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Dr Wei Shen

BE (Chemical Engineering), Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, 1983
PhD (Physical Chemistry), La Trobe University, 1992

Senior Lecturer

email: wei.shen@eng.monash.edu.au
tel: (61 3) 9905 3447
fax:(61 3) 9905 3413
Room 114, Building 59 Engineering

Professional Appointments

  • 2001 - present: Senior Lecturer, Australian Pulp and Paper Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 1994 - 2001: Research Fellow, Australian Pulp and Paper Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
  • 1992 - 1994: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, La Trobe University
  • 1983 - 1986: Research and Teaching Assistant, Beijing Printing Institute, Beijing, P.R. China

Professional Affiliations 

  • Member, Appita
  • Member, TAGA
  • Member of Editorial Board, Appita Journal

Current Research and Professional Interests

  • Ink-Fountain Solution Interactions in Lithographic Printing
  • Ink-Paper Interactions in Impact and Ink-Jet Printing
  • Project Manager CRC-Smartprint
  • Paper and Fibre Surface Chemistry
  • Paper sizing mechanisms
  • Surface Energetics and Adhesion

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

  • F. Xambili, W. Shen and I.H. Parker, “Ink-fountain solutin interaction in lithography. Part 1: Observation of fountain solutin droplets and air bubbles in ink vehicle using confocal microscopy”, Appita Journal, in press
  • J. Xu, L. Wang, W. Shen, R. Paimin and X. Wang, “The influence of the interior structure of Aliquat 336/PVC membranes to their extraction behaviour”, Separation Science and Technology, accepted (6/2004)
  • W. Shen F. Xu and I.H. Parker, “An experimental investigation of the redistribution behaviour of alkyl ketene dimers and their corresponding ketones”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 212, 197 (2003)
  • Y.B. Truong, W. Shen and I.H. Parker, “Effect of primary fines and surface charge of hardwood pulps on AKD sizing” , Appita Journal, 56(1), 30 (2003)
  • W. Shen and I.H. Parker, “The spreading of Alkyl Ketene Dimers (AKD) in paper and on smooth hydrophilic substrates”. in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, volume 2, K.L. Mittal (Ed.), VSP, (2002) p449. (Invited)
  • W. Shen, F. Xu and I.H. Parker, “The effect of melting points of AKD and its corresponding ketone on their spreading behaviour”, Appita Journal , 55(5), 375 (2002)
  • W. Shen, N. Brack, I.H. Parker and P.J. Pigram, "A simplified approach to understanding the mechanism of AKD sizing", Appita Journal, 54(4), 352 (2001)
  • W. Shen and I.H. Parker, "A preliminary study of the spreading of AKD in the presence of capillary structures", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 240, 172 (2001)
  • W. Shen, I.H. Parker, N. Brack, P.J. Pigram, "Mechanism of AKD Migration Studied on Glass Surfaces", Colloids and Surfaces A, 176, 129 (2001)
  • W. Shen, Y.J. Sheng and I.H. Parker, "Evaluating the surface energy of hardwood fibres using the wilhelmy and inverse gas chromatography methods" in Cellulosic pulps, fibres and materials, J. Kennedy, G. Phillips, P.A. Williams (Eds), Woodhead Publishing Ltd, UK, (2000), p. 181
  • W. Shen, Y. Filonenko, N. Brack, P.J. Pigram and I.H. Parker, "Liquid wetting and surface free energy of sized and unsized paper", Colloids and Surfaces A, 173, 117 (2000) Y.J. Sheng, W. Shen and I.H. Parker, "The importance of the surface energetics of the substrate in water-based flexographic printing", Appita Journal, 53(5), 367 (2000)
  • L. Wang, R. Paimin, R. Cattrall, W. Shen and S.D. Kolev, "The extraction of cadmium(II) and copper(II) from hydrochloric acid solutions using an Aliquat 336/PVC membranes", Journal of membrane science, 176, 151 (2000)
  • W. Shen, Y.J. Sheng and I.H. Parker, "Comparison of the Surface Energetics Data of Eucalypt Fibres and Some Polymers Measured by Contact Angle and Inverse Gas Chromatography Methods", Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 13, 817 (1999)
  • W. Shen and I.H. Parker, "Surface Composition and Surface Energetics of Various Eucalypt Pulps", Cellulose, 6, 41 (1999) • W. Shen, Ian H. Parker and Y.J. Sheng, "The Effects of Surface Extractives and Lignin On the Surface Energy of Eucalypt Kraft Pulp Fibres", Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 12, 161 (1998)
  • W. Shen, X.D. Wang, R.W. Cattrall, G.L. Nyberg and J. Liesegang, "XPS Analysis of Hydroxide Ion Surface Reactions on CeF3 and LaF3 Fluoride Ion-Selective Electrodes", Electroanalysis, 9, 917 (1997)
  • G.L. Nyberg and W. Shen, "The determination of adsorbate-substrate bonding via UPS" in Surface Science, Principles and Current Applications, R.J. MacDonald, E.C. Taglauer and K.R. Wandelt (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany (1996) p149
  • W. Shen, G.L. Nyberg and A. Hoffman , "The Reactivity and Bonding of Oxygen on the [alpha]-Cu-17%Al(100) Surface", Surface Science, 334, 209 (1995)
  • W. Shen, G.L. Nyberg and J. Liesegang, "An Electron Spectroscopic Study of the Adsorption of Benzenethiol and 1,2-Benzenedithiol on the Cu(110) Surface", Surface Science, 298, 143 (1993) • W. Shen, G.L. Nyberg and J. Liesegang, "A UPS and XRD characterization of polycrystalline Copper", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 4, 6587 (1992)

Conference Papers

  • B. Hutton and Wei Shen, “Sizing effects via AKD evpourisation”, 58th Appita Conference, April 2004, pp. 401 (Peer Reviewed)
  • F. Liu, W. Shen and I.H. Parker, “Surface analysis, a way to better understand lithographic printing problems”, 58th Appita Conference, April 2004, pp.393
  • W. Shen and I.H. Parker, “AFM observation of the non-solid behaviour of AKD wax”, 56th Appita Conference, March 2002, pp. 415 (Peer Reviewed)
  • W. Shen, F. Xu and I.H. Parker, “The redistribution behaviour of Alkyl ketene dimmers and their corresponding ketone”, in “Scientific and Technical Advances In the Interal and Surface Sizing of Paper and Board”, Proceedings of the 3rd Major International Sizing Conference. Prague, Czech Republic, (Dec. 2001), paper 2 (Invited)