Staff profile

Dr Bruce Johnson

Emeritus Scholar

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Pharmacy and Applied Science
Department of Pharmacy

Applied Science 1, room 2.15, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BSc(Hons) (Adelaide), DipEd (Monash), PhD (Flinders), MRACI

Membership of professional associations

Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Member of the Australian Society of Soil Science

Area of study

Chemistry
Pharmacy

Recent publications

Quill, E., Angove, M.W., Morton, D.J. and Johnson, B.B. Characterization of dissolved organic matter in water extracts of thermally altered plant species found in box-ironbark forests. Australian Journal of Soil Research (2010) 48, 693-704.

Heard, J., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Angove, M.J. Measuring ‘hydrophobicity’ of filamentous bacteria found in wastewater treatment plants. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2009) 72, 289-294.   Heard, J., Harvey, E., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D., and Angove, M.J. The effect of filamentous bacteria on foam production and stability. Colloids and Surfaces: BioInterfaces (2008) 63, 21-26   Van Emmerik, T.J., Angove M.J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. Sorption of chlorpyrifos onto selected minerals and the effect of humic acid. Journal of Food and Agricultural Chemistry (2007) 55(18), 7527-7533.   Van Emmerik, T.J., Sandström, D., Antzutkin, O.N., Angove M.J. and Johnson, B.B. 31P solid state nuclear magnetic resonance study of the sorption of phosphate onto gibbsite and kaolinite. Langmuir (2007) 23, 3205-3213.   Harris, R.G., Wells, J.D. Angove, M.J. and Johnson, B.B. Modelling the adsorption of organic dye molecules to kaolinite. Clays and Clay Minerals (2006) 54, 456-465.   Harris, R.G., Johnson, B.B., and Wells, J.D. Competitive adsorption of Cd and dyes to kaolinite. Clays and Clay Minerals (2006) 54, 449-455.   Harris, R.G., Johnson, B.B., and Wells, J.D. Studies on the adsorption of dyes to kaolinite. Clays and Clay Minerals (2006) 54, 435-448.   Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Influence of temperature on the adsorption of mellitic acid onto kaolinite. Langmuir (2006) 22, 4208 - 4214.   Shareef, A., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Aqueous solubilities of estrone, 17β-estradiol, 17-α ethynylestradiol and bisphenol A. Accepted by Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (2006) 51, 879-881   Shareef, A., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Sorption of bisphenol A, 17-α ethynylestradiol and estrone to mineral surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2006) 297, 62-69.   Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. The influence of temperature on the adsorption of mellitic acid onto goethite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2006) 296, 30-40.   Shareef, A. Parnis, C.J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Reply to “Suitability of N,O-bis-(trimethylsilyl)-N-trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) and N-(tert-butydimethylsilyl)-N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) as derivatisation reagents for the determination of the estrogens estrone (E1) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy”. Journal of Chromatography A (2005) 1095, 203-204.   Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B., and Angove, M.J. Sorption of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole and Zn(II) onto Montmorillonite. Clays and Clay Minerals (2005) 53, 137-146.   Ikhsan, J., Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B., and Wells, J.D. Co-sorption of Zn(II) and 2-, 3- or 4-Aminopyridine by Montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 284, 400-407.   Ikhsan, J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of 2-, 3- and 4-aminopyridine by montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 284, 383-392.   Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of Zn(II) by montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A (2005) 252, 31-41.

 

Older publications

Selected publications.

  Johnson, B.B., Persson, P. and Sjöberg, S. Surface complexation of mellitic acid to goethite: an ATR-FTIR spectroscopic study. Langmuir (2004) 20, 823-828.   Ginting, S., Johnson, B.B. and Wilkens, S. Testing the ability of organic ligands and plant materials to reduce the toxic effects of aluminium in soils. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (2004) 55, 13-24.   Lackovic, K., Johnson, B.B., Angove, M.J. and Wells, J.D. and Modelling the adsorption of citric acid onto Muloorina illite and related clay minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 267, 49-59.   Fernandes, M.B., Skjemstad, J.O., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Brooks, P. Characterisation of carbonaceous combustion residues: I. Morphological, elemental and spectroscopic features. Chemosphere (2003) 51, 785-795.   Johnson, B.B., Ivanov, A.V., Antzutkin, O.N. and Forsling, W. 31P nuclear magnetic resonance study of the adsorption of phosphate and phenylphosphates on γ-Al2O3. Langmuir (2002) 18, 1104-1111.   Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. The influence of temperature on the adsorption of cadmium(II) and cobalt(II) on goethite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1999) 211, 281-290.   Ginting, S., Johnson, B.B. and Wilkens, S. Alleviation of aluminium phytotoxicity on soybean growth by organic acids in nutrient solutions. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology (1998) 25, 901-908.   Ruth, A., Johnson, B.B. and Fowler, T.J. Geomorphic controls on aluminium in acid soils of the Axe Creek catchment, Victoria. Australian Journal of Soil Research (1998) 36, 951-962.   Spark, K.M., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Sorption of heavy metals by mineral-humic acid substrates. Australian Journal of Soil Research (1997) 35, 113-122.   Rodda, D.P., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. Anomalous adsorption behaviour of copper(II) on goethite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1996) 184, 564-569.   Rodda, D.P., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Modeling the effect of temperature on adsorption of lead(II) and zinc(II) on goethite at constant pH. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1996) 184, 365-377.   Spark, K.M., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Characterising trace metal adsorption on kaolinite. European Journal of Soil Science (1995) 46, 633-640.   Spark, K.M., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. Is copper(II) hydroxide an intermediate in the formation of the hydroxide chloride and hydroxide nitrate of copper(II)? Australian Journal of Chemistry (1990) 43, 749-754.

Research projects

Investigation of the mode of sorption of ortho-phosphate and inositol hexaphosphate by soil minerals using solid-state NMR and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy