Peter Lye
Lecturer, Chemistry
Qualifications
BSc, PhD(Newcastle(NSW)), GradCertHighEd (NE), CChem, MRACI
Contact
| Email: | plye@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Riggs Building 3.06 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3018 (or +61 2 6773 3018 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3268 |
| Homepage: | http://www.une.edu.au/chemistry/research/lye.shtml |
After completing his PhD, in the area of inorganic chemistry, at the University of Newcastle in 1995 Peter was appointed as postdoctoral research fellow within the group of Prof. André E. Merbach at the Insitut de Chimie Minéral et Analytique, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. During this time his research concentrated on the use of both high and ambient pressure stopped-flow techniques in the elucidation of complex reaction mechanisms.
From 1998 - 2002 he worked on a number of industrially funded projects (AMIRA Project P497A Cyanide Waste Management and AMIRA Project P420B, Gold Processing Technology) within the A.J. Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Hydrometallurgy at Murdoch University in Perth, WA. The projects were/are supported by a cross-section of Australian, South African and North American gold producing companies (Brokered by the Australian Mineral Industries Research Association Ltd) with Peters research focusing on the management of cyanide within a gold ore processing operations.
In January 2003 Peter accepted the position of lecturer in Chemistry at the University of New England and maintained hes research links with the AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy through his appointment as Honorary Visiting Researcher In August 2003.
Research interests
The broad area of research interest is in the study of solution chemistry with particular emphasis on the reaction kinetics and thermodynamics of environmentally and/or industrially important systems.
The following are more specific areas of interest:
- The application of stopped-flow techniques in the elucidation of reaction mechanisms.
- The application of diode array, fibre optic and immersion probe technology for remote sensing applications. This could be either in the laboratory or on-site.
- The effect of high electrolyte concentrations on solution equilibria / dynamics.
- The application of chemometric techniques to complex data analysis from a range systems and instruments and the development of computer programs for the nonlinear least-squares fitting of complex, multivariate chemical measurements, applications in equilibrium and kinetic studies.
- Modelling of complex industrial and environmental systems.
- Supramolecular chemistry in the area of molecular recognition and self assembly.
Publications
"A Model for the Sequential Threading of -Cyclodextrin onto a Guest: A Complete Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study in Water", Christophe Saudan, Frank A. Dunand, Amira Abou-Hamdan, Pascal Bugnon, Peter G. Lye, Stephen F. Lincoln and André E. Merbach, JACS, 2001, 123(42): 10290-10298.
"Formation Kinetics of Pendant Arm Polyamine Macrocycles with Copper(II)", P. G. Lye, G. A. Lawrance and M. Maeder, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 2376.
"Current NPI emission Estimation Techniques for HCN", P. G. Lye, Management of Cyanide in the Gold Industry Beyond 2001, Kalgoorlie, WA, December 5, 2001.
"High-pressure studies as a novel approach in determining inclusion mechanisms: Thermodynamics and kinetics of the host-guest interactions for alpha-cyclodextrin complexes", A. Abouhamdan, P. Bugnon, C. Saudan, P. G. Lye and A. E. Merbach, JACS, 2000,122(4):592-602.
"Mechanistic Investigation on the Water Substitution in the p-Arene Complexes [Cp*Ir(H2O)3]2+ and [Cp*Rh(H2O)3]2+", S. Cayemittes, T. Poth, M. J. Fernandez, P. G. Lye, M. Becker, H. Elias and A. E. Merbach, Inorganic Chemistry, 1999, 38, 4309.
"Complexation of Pendant Arm Macrocycles with Cu(II) Hydroxo Complexes in Strongly Alkaline Solutions. Investigation of pH Dependencies", P. G. Lye, G. A. Lawrance and M. Maeder, Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, 1999, Vol. 1, 153.
"Cyanide: Legislation and Public Perceptions", P. G. Lye, Gold Processing Week 99, Cyanide Tailings Management for Practitioners, Darwin, October 5, 1999.
"Peroxynitrite Synthesis, Isomerization and Oxidation", P. Bugnon, R. Kissner, P. G. Lye, T. Nauser and W. H. Koppenol, Chem. Res. Toxicol., 1997, 10, 1285.
Confidential Industry Reports
AMIRA Project P497A: Cyanide Waste Management: Minimising Environmental and Economic Impacts, Final Report Module 4: Chemical Measurements, July 2000.
AMIRA Project P420B: Gold Processing Technology, Module 3: Cyanide and the Environment, Site Surveys: 1. Jundee Gold Mine (Normandy Mining), Nov. 2001. 2. The Peak Gold Mine (RioTinto), May 2002. 3. Paddington Gold Mine (AurionGold), May 2002. 4. Sunrise Dam Gold Mine (AngloGold), Nov. 2002. 5. Marvel Loch Gold Mine (Sons of Gwalia), Feb. 2003. 6. St Ives Gold Mine (Gold fields), Nov. 2003. 7. Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (Newmont and Barrick), Nov. 2003.
Report I: Feedback from Stakeholders and Industry Representatives, for the Department of Environmental Protection (WA) and Environment Australia, Nov. 2002.
Report II: Review of Existing Cyanide Emission Estimation Techniques for Gold Ore Processing, for the Department of Environmental Protection (WA) and Environment Australia, Jan. 2003.
Final Report: Improvement of NPI Cyanide Emission Estimation Techniques (Gold Industry), for the Department of Environmental Protection (WA) and Environment Australia, May 2003.