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  1. Predicting the stability of geopolymer activator solutions for optimised synthesis through thermodynamic modelling

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  2. The Impact of Sugars on Kidney Stone Formation

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  3. Ligand-Mediated Control of the Surface Oxidation States of Copper Nanoparticles Produced by Laser Ablation

    Article • Langmuir, March 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  4. Using infrared to understand clay dissolution that then go on to form zeolites

    Article • Minerals Engineering, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  5. Probing interfacial cocrystallisation using simultaneous potential and current measurements at liquid‐liquid interfaces polarised by common ion approach

    Article • ChemElectroChem, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Franca Jones

  6. Spontaneous formation of barium sulfate crystals at liquid–liquid interfaces

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  7. The formation of desilication products in the presence of kaolinite and halloysite – The role of surface area

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  8. Calcium oxalate crystallization in synthetic urinary medium: The impact of a more complex solution medium, organic molecules and zinc ions

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  9. Barium sulfate crystallization in non-aqueous solvent

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  10. The role of zinc ions in calcium oxalate monohydrate crystallization

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  11. Stabilization of Aragonite: Role of Mg2+ and Other Impurity Ions

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  12. Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Franca Jones

  13. Spontaneous Formation of a Hybrid Heterotrimer of Fe3O4-Ag2S-ZnS by Seeded-Growth Method

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Franca Jones

  14. Spontaneous Formation of Heterodimer Au–Fe7S8 Nanoplatelets by a Seeded Growth Approach

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  15. The impact of sulfite ions on barium sulfate crystallization

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  16. Methane (CH4) Wettability of Clay-Coated Quartz at Reservoir Conditions

    Article • Energy & Fuels, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  17. Does a ring structure stop molecules from inhibiting crystallization?

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  18. The Effect of Monoethylene Glycol on Calcium Carbonate Solubility at High Temperatures

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  19. The impact of oxalate ions on barium sulfate crystallization

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  20. CO2 and CH4 Wettabilities of Organic-Rich Shale

    Article • Energy & Fuels, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  21. Crystallization of Jarosite with Variable Al3+ Content: The Transition to Alunite

    Article • Minerals, June 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Franca Jones

  22. Calcium oxalate crystal growth modification; investigations with confocal Raman microscopy

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  23. Anhydrous Calcium Oxalate Polymorphism: A Combined Computational and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  24. Barium Sulfate Crystallization from Synthetic Seawater

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, July 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  25. Iron oxide formation from FeCl2 solutions in the presence of uranyl (UO22+) cations and carbonate rich media

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  26. Crystallization of jarosite in the presence of amino acids

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  27. The many roles of mellitic acid during barium sulfate crystallization

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  28. Tetrazoles: calcium oxalate crystal growth modifiers

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  29. Investigating hydrogel formation using in situ variable-temperature scanning probe microscopy

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  30. Advanced bile acid-based multi-compartmental microencapsulated pancreatic β-cells integrating a polyelectrolyte-bile acid formulation, for diabetes treatment

    Article • Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Franca Jones

  31. Investigating the impact of anatase on the dissolution of boehmite

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  32. Additions and corrections published 29thNovember 2013 to 6thMarch 2014

    Article • CrystEngComm, July 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  33. Effect of Lanthanum on the Crystal Growth of Barium Sulfate

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  34. Upper-rim acidic peptidocalixarenes as crystal growth modifiers

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, March 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Alessandro Casnati, Dr Franca Jones

  35. Impact of Tunable Oligophosphonates on Barium Sulfate Crystallization

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  36. Focused beam reflectance measurement for monitoring the extent and efficiency of flocculation in mineral systems

    Article • AIChE Journal, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Franca Jones

  37. Crystallization of sodalite particles under Bayer-type conditions

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  38. Sodalite Solids Formation at the Surface of Iron Oxide and Its Impact on Flocculation

    Article • February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Franca Jones

  39. Using absorbance as a measure of turbidity in highly caustic solutions

    Article • International Journal of Mineral Processing, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  40. Investigating vaterite phase stabilisation by a tetrazole molecule during calcium carbonate crystallisation

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  41. Effect of Solution Silicate on the Precipitation of Barium Sulfate

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  42. Crystal Growth and Molecular Crystal Growth Modification

    Article • January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Franca Jones

  43. Barium sulfate crystallization dependence on upper rim calix[4]arene functional groups

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  44. Infrared investigation of barite and gypsum crystallization: Evidence for an amorphous to crystalline transition

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  45. Rod-shaped barium sulfate particles from a completely inorganic system

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  46. Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mark Ogden, Dr Franca Jones

  47. Phosphonate additives do not always inhibit crystallization

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  48. Small molecules induce mesocrystal formation: nanoparticle aggregation directed by self-assembling calixarenes

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  49. Controlling crystal growth with modifiers

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  50. Tetrazoles: a new class of compound for crystallization modification

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  51. The effect of anatase, rutile and sodium titanate on the dissolution of boehmite and gibbsite at 90 °C

    Article • International Journal of Mineral Processing, October 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  52. An electron microscopy study of the crystal growth of schwertmannite needles through oriented aggregation of goethite nanocrystals

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  53. The dissolution behaviour of titanium oxide phases in synthetic Bayer liquors at 90 °C

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, April 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  54. Systematic Thermodynamics of Hydration (and of Solvation) of Inorganic Solids

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones, Adjunct Research Professor Leslie Glasser

  55. Understanding barium sulfate precipitation onto stainless steel

    Article • Applied Surface Science, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  56. Understanding the Kinetics of Barium Sulfate Precipitation from Water and Water–Methanol Solutions

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  57. Exploring the role of ions and amino acids in directing the growth of minerals from solution

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, February 2008, Mineralogical Society

    Dr Franca Jones

  58. Growth modification of hematite by phosphonate additives

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  59. Proline-functionalised calix[4]arene: an anion-triggered hydrogelator

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  60. The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  61. Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of Variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and Cations (Na+ or Zn2+)

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  62. Aspartic acid as a crystal growth catalyst

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  63. Effect of Benzoic Acids on Barite and Calcite Precipitation

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  64. Assisted Desolvation as a Key Kinetic Step for Crystal Growth

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  65. Molecular Modeling of Phosphonate Molecules onto Barium Sulfate Terraced Surfaces

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  66. Understanding the mechanism by which nitrilotriacetic acid interacts with precipitating barium sulfate

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  67. Morphology Control in the Synthesis of Iron Oxide and Oxyhydroxide Nanoparticles

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Franca Jones

  68. Bio-Inspired Calix[4]arene Additives for Crystal Growth Modification of Inorganic Materials

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  69. Empirical molecular modelling of crystal growth modifiers

    Article • Molecular Simulation, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Franca Jones

  70. Comparison of the effect growth inhibitors have on an isostructural pair of salts

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  71. The effect of calcium cations on the precipitation of barium sulfate 2: calcium ions in the presence of organic additives

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  72. Boehmite-Derived γ-Alumina System. 2. Consideration of Hydrogen and Surface Effects

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones

  73. The effect of calcium ions on the precipitation of barium sulphate 1: calcium ions in the absence of organic additives

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, February 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  74. The role of phosphonate speciation on the inhibition of barium sulfate precipitation

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  75. The effect of phosphonate-based growth modifiers on the morphology of hematite nanoparticles formed via acid hydrolysis of ferric chloride solutions

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  76. Investigation into the effect of phosphonate inhibitors on barium sulfate precipitation

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, April 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  77. Interaction of κ-Carrageenan with Nickel, Cobalt, and Iron Hydroxides

    Article • Biomacromolecules, December 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Franca Jones, Professor Helmut Cölfen

  78. Iron oxyhydroxide colloids stabilized with polysaccharides

    Article • Colloid & Polymer Science, June 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Franca Jones

  79. Molecular modeling of water adsorption on hematite

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Franca Jones

  80. Effect of caustic and carbonate on the flocculation of haematite in synthetic Bayer liquors

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, November 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones

  81. Flocculation of haematite in synthetic Bayer liquors

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, April 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Franca Jones