School of Chemical Engineering

Dr Hong Peng

UQ Amplify Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical Engineering
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Researcher biography

Biography:

Dr. Hong (Marco) Peng is now an Amplify Senior Lecturer at School of Chemical Engineering, the University of Queensland (UQ). He gained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at UQ with OZ Minerals Award for Excellent Thesis (2014). He had also the industry experience as a chemical engineer at Olympic Dam site and Newcastle Technology centre, BHP Billiton (2006-2009).

Research:

His research focuses on fundamental aspects of chemical engineering processes, with a specialization in unlocking nucleation and crystallization phenomena with projects on utilization of waste resource as functional materials for critical metals and carbon capture & utilization. Dr. Peng is CI for ARC Research Hub for PVRS and ARC Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy and the recipient of the prestigious Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships (Both Early and Middle Career).

Projects and Research Grants:

  1. Desilication Product Seed for Sandy DSP Process, Rio Tinto,2023 (Leading CI)
  2. Lime reduction during pressure oxidation of gold-bearing sulphides, Newcrest, 2023 (Leading CI)
  3. Controlling iron precipitation during pressure oxidation of gold-bearing sulphides, Newcrest, 2022-2023 (Leading CI)
  4. Metal-based zeolite catalyst development for CO2 hydrogenation, 2022-2025, ARC Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy (Co-CI)
  5. The effect of anions on early stage co-growth of desilication products (DSP) in a synthetic Bayer solution, 2022, Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO) (Leading CI)
  6. Developing low cost technology to turn clay to zeolite. Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship (Middle Career), 2020-2023, Queensland Government (Sole CI)
  7. Green synthesis of adsorption materials from clay minerals, 2019-2020, UniQuest pathfinder (Leading CI)
  8. Unlocking Queensland's bauxite ore reserves through process technology innovation. Advance Queensland Research Fellowship (Early Career), 2016-2019, Queensland Government (Sole-CI)

Teaching and Learning:

  • Lecturer and Coordinator in Chemical Thermodynamics (CHEE3003), since 2021
  • Lecturer in Engineering Investigation & Statistical Analysis (CHEE2010), since 2019
  • ENGG7290 Engineering Placement, BE/ME course, Academic supervisor and Grader, since 2018
  • Lecturer in Process Modelling and Dynamics (CHEE3007), 2018-2019

Honours And Awards

  1. TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Awards,2020
  2. UQ Amplify Fellowship (early career and mid-career), 2019-2021, 2023-2026
  3. Travel award for Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher Workshop, 2018
  4. Best Alumina Paper in ICSOBA Conference, 2017
  5. OZ Minerals Award for Excellent PhD thesis, 2014

Academic and Discipline service

  1. Vice Chair of Recycling and Environmental Technologies Committee, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2022-
  2. Academic Representative of Joint Chemical Engineering Committee – Queensland (IChemE and Engineering Australia), 2020-
  3. Secretary of Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy Committee, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2021-2023
  4. Leading topic editor for JOM, "Reprocessing and Recycling of Tailings from Metallurgical Process",2022; "Progress on Recovery of Critical Raw Materials, 2021"; "Advances in Process Metallurgy,2020"

Research Interests

  • Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Precipitation, crystallisation, bioleaching, froth flotation, nanobubbles

  • Chemical Engineering

Valorisation of bauxite residue and mine tailings, Zeolite, Alum, Environmental functional materials, MD Simulation

Publications

Book Chapters (3)
Journal Articles (70)
Conference Papers (14)
Thesis (1)
Patents (3)

Book Chapters

Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James, Ma, Shengchun, Wang, Sicheng and Tian, Xinyu (2023). Turning bauxite residue to metal adsorption materials through a low-cost approach. Light Metals 2023. (pp. 225-229) edited by Stephan Broek. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22532-1_30
Peng, Hong, Peters, Steven and Vaughan, James (2019). Leaching kinetics of thermally-activated, high silica bauxite. Light metals 2019. (pp. 11-17) edited by Corleen Chesonis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_2
Vogrin, John, Hodge, Harrison, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2019). Quantitative X-ray diffraction study into bauxite residue mineralogical phases. Light metals 2019. (pp. 93-99) edited by Corleen Chesonis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_13

Journal Articles

Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Zhang, Xi, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ahmed, Mohamed, Weng, Yilun, Rozhkovskaya, Alexandra, Vogrin, John, Konarova, Muxina and Zhu, Zhonghua (2024). Unlocking the role of Ni-Fe species in CO2 methanation. Fuel, 374 132373, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132373
Xue, Yijiao, Zhang, Meng, Feng, Jiabing, Zhang, Yan, Chevali, Venkata, Song, Fei, Pan, Zheng, Peng, Hong, Zhou, Yonghong and Song, Pingan (2024). Structure–fire-retardant property correlations in biodegradable polymers. Applied Physics Reviews, 11 (3) 031321. doi: 10.1063/5.0210839
Chu, Tao, Lu, Yixia, Hou, Boyou, Jafari, Pooya, Zhou, Zhezhe, Peng, Hong, Huo, Siqi and Song, Pingan (2024). The application of ammonium polyphosphate in unsaturated polyester resins: a mini review. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 225 110796, 110796. doi: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2024.110796
Huang, Guobo, Huo, Siqi, Ren, Jiahao, Chen, Wei, Yang, Haiqin, Xiao, Shenwei, Wang, Tianle, Peng, Hong and Song, Pingan (2024). Engineering Ce/P-functionalized g-C3N4 for advanced ABS nanocomposites exhibiting unparalleled fire retardancy, enhanced thermal and mechanical properties. Applied Materials Today, 38 102191, 102191. doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102191
Gao, Shuai, Song, Bing, Wang, Sicheng, Vaughan, James, Zhu, Zhonghua and Peng, Hong (2024). A low-cost process for complete utilization of bauxite residue. Journal of Environmental Management, 356 120751, 120751. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120751
Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Wu, Xuankun, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Weng, Yilun, Konarova, Muxina, Vogrin, John, Rozhkovskaya, Alexandra and Zhu, Zhonghua (2024). Impact of varied zeolite materials on nickel catalysts in CO2 methanation. Journal of Catalysis, 432 115439, 115439. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115439
Zhang, Fan, Liao, Ting, Peng, Hong, Xi, Shibo, Qi, Dong-Chen, Micallef, Aaron, Yan, Cheng, Jiang, Lei and Sun, Ziqi (2024). Outer Sphere Electron Transfer Enabling High-Voltage Aqueous Electrolytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (15), 10812-10821. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c01188
Xue, Yijiao, Zhang, Tianchen, Peng, Hong, Ma, Zhewen, Zhang, Meng, Lynch, Mark, Dinh, Toan, Zhou, Zhezhe, Zhou, Yonghong and Song, Pingan (2024). Fire-retardant, anti-dripping, biodegradable and biobased polyurethane elastomers enabled by hydrogen-bonding with cellulose nanocrystals. Nano Research, 17 (3), 2186-2194. doi: 10.1007/s12274-023-6397-0
Liu, Lei, Zhu, Menghe, Feng, Jiabing, Peng, Hong, Shi, Yongqian, Gao, Jiefeng, Tang, Long-Cheng and Song, Pingan (2024). Fire-retardant and high-strength polymeric materials enabled by supramolecular aggregates. Aggregate, 5 (2) e494. doi: 10.1002/agt2.494
Wang, Sicheng, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2024). Nitrate-induced cancrinite precipitation in alkaline solution at low temperature and relevance to the Bayer alumina process. Hydrometallurgy, 223 106227, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106227
Zhang, Jianzhong, Fang, Yang, Zhang, Anlin, Yu, Youming, Liu, Lina, Huo, Siqi, Zeng, Xuesen, Peng, Hong and Song, Pingan (2023). A Schiff base-coated ammonia polyphosphate for improving thermal and fire-retardant properties of unsaturated polyester. Progress in Organic Coatings, 185 107910. doi: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2023.107910
Yan, Penghui, Nur Azreena, Idris, Peng, Hong, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ahmed, Mohamed, Weng, Yilun, Zhu, Zhonghua, Kennedy, Eric M. and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Catalytic hydropyrolysis of biomass using natural zeolite-based catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 476 146630, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.146630
Vogrin, John, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong, Zhao, Ling and Vaughan, James (2023). Synthesis of zeolites using kaolin in concentrated sodium hydroxide-aluminate solutions. Applied Clay Science, 224 (November) 107106, 107106. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2023.107106
Yan, Penghui, Peng, Hong, Vogrin, John, Rabiee, Hesamoddin and Zhu, Zhonghua (2023). Selective CO2 hydrogenation over zeolite-based catalysts for targeted high-value products. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (34), 17938-17960. doi: 10.1039/d3ta03150k
Wang, Sicheng, Dube, Bugalo, Vaughan, James, Gao, Shuai and Peng, Hong (2023). Silica gel free region and rare earth metal extraction correlations in reprocessing bauxite residue. Minerals Engineering, 199 108115, 108115. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108115
Wang, Sicheng, Nguyen, Tuan, Peng, Hong, Wu, Songlin, Parry, David, Urban, Anja and Huang, Longbin (2023). Sodium removal from bauxite desilication product (sodalite) aided by chelating effects of inorganic and organic acids. Journal of Environmental Management, 338 117837, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117837
Wang, Sicheng, Vaughan, James, Xia, Fang, Etschmann, Barbara, Brugger, Joël, Brand, Helen and Peng, Hong (2023). Revealing the effect of anions on the formation and transformation of zeolite LTA in caustic solutions: an in situ synchrotron PXRD study. Crystal Growth and Design, 23 (5), 3660-3670. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00106
Vogrin, John, Peng, Hong, Santini, Talitha, Lee, Li Jie and Vaughan, James (2023). The influence of sodium sulphate on sodium aluminosilicate solubility in Bayer liquor aiding the desilication process. Hydrometallurgy, 219 106079, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106079
Yan, Penghui, Xi, Shibo, Peng, Hong, Mitchell, David R. G., Harvey, Luke, Drewery, Matthew, Kennedy, Eric M., Zhu, Zhonghua, Sankar, Gopinathan and Stockenhuber, Michael (2023). Facile and eco-friendly approach to produce confined metal cluster catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145 (17), 9718-9728. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01304
Peng, Hong, Vu, Ngoc Quy, Vaughan, James, Wang, Sicheng and Gao, Shuai (2023). Revealing the mechanisms of metal adsorption by bauxite residue. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 62 (8), 3515-3524. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02928
Gao, Shuai, Peng, Hong, Song, Bing, Zhang, Jinxuan, Wu, Weixi, Vaughan, James, Zardo, Peter, Vogrin, John, Tulloch, Sylvia and Zhu, Zhonghua (2023). Synthesis of zeolite from low-cost feeds and its sustainable environmental applications. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (1) 108995, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.108995
Tesfaye, Fiseha, Hamuyuni, Joseph, Iloeje, Chukwunwike O., Peng, Hong and Verhulst, Dirk (2023). High-Temperature Phases and Processes for Enabling Cleaner Production of Metals and Energy. JOM, 75 (5), 1435-1438. doi: 10.1007/s11837-023-05777-8
Zhang, Fan, Liao, Ting, Liu, Cong, Peng, Hong, Luo, Wei, Yang, Haoyu, Yan, Cheng and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Biomineralization-inspired dendrite-free Zn-electrode for long-term stable aqueous Zn-ion battery. Nano Energy, 103 107830, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107830
Mei, Jun, Zhang, Qian, Peng, Hong, Liao, Ting and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Phase engineering activation of low-cost iron-containing sulfide minerals for advanced electrocatalysis. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 111, 181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.09.047
Peng, Hong and Forsberg, Kerstin (2022). Progress on the recovery of Critical Raw Materials. JOM, 74 (5), 1932-1933. doi: 10.1007/s11837-022-05252-w
Mei, Jun, Liao, Ting, Peng, Hong and Sun, Ziqi (2022). Bioinspired materials for energy storage. Small Methods, 6 (2) 2101076, e2101076. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202101076
Fang, Chaojun, Cai, Tianrui, Yu, Shichao, Gao, Lijuan, Huang, Lingyun, Peng, Hong, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Jun (2022). How ferric salt enhances the first-stage acidic leaching of chalcocite: performance of intermediate crystallite. JOM, 74 (5), 1969-1977. doi: 10.1007/s11837-022-05171-w
Bao, Shenxu, Peng, Hong, Rao, Feng and Zhang, Wencai (2021). Editorial: the separation and removal of inorganic ions and organics from aqueous solutions. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9 757447, 757447. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.757447
Peng, Hong, Qi, Tiangui, Vogrin, John, Huang, Qianmei, Wu, Weixi and Vaughan, James (2021). The effect of leaching temperature on kaolinite and meta-kaolin dissolution and zeolite re-precipitation. Minerals Engineering, 170 107071, 107071. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107071
Li, Peng, Huang, Yun, Fu, Changkui, Jiang, Shang Xu, Peng, Wei, Jia, Yi, Peng, Hong, Zhang, Ping, Manzie, Narelle, Mitter, Neena and Xu, Zhi Ping (2021). Eco‐friendly biomolecule‐nanomaterial hybrids as next‐generation agrochemicals for topical delivery. EcoMat, 3 (5) eom2.12132, 1-19. doi: 10.1002/eom2.12132
Mei, Jun, Bai, Juan, Ayoko, Godwin A., Peng, Hong, Liao, Ting and Sun, Ziqi (2021). In situ growth of transition metal nanoparticles on aluminosilicate minerals for oxygen evolution. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2 (8) 2100057. doi: 10.1002/aesr.202100057
Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James and Vogrin, John (2021). Effect of alkalinity on zeolite LTN formation under Bayer process pre-desilication conditions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60 (28) acs.iecr.1c02134, 10119-10128. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02134
Peng, Hong and Forsberg, Kerstin (2021). Advances in process metallurgy. JOM, 73 (6), 1629-1630. doi: 10.1007/s11837-021-04691-1
Tesfaye, Fiseha, Peng, Hong and Zhang, Mingming (2021). Advances in the circular economy of lanthanides. JOM, 73 (1), 16-18. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04493-x
Ahmed, Mohamed H.M., Batalha, Nuno, Qiu, Tengfei, Hasan, MD Mahmudul, Atanda, Luqman, Amiralian, Nasim, Wang, Lianzhou, Peng, Hong and Konarova, Muxina (2020). Red-mud based porous nanocatalysts for valorisation of municipal solid waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 396 122711, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122711
Mei, Jun, Wang, Tiantian, Peng, Hong, Ayoko, Godwin A., Liu, Jianjun, Liao, Ting and Sun, Ziqi (2020). First exploration on electrochemical activation of low-cost albite mineral for boosting lithium storage capability. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4 (7) 2000057, 2000057. doi: 10.1002/adsu.202000057
Vogrin, John, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2020). Influence of chloride on sodium aluminosilicate solubility in Bayer liquor. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 299 110086, 110086. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110086
Peng, Hong, Kim, Tae and Vaughan, James (2020). Acid Leaching of Desilication Products: Implications for Acid Neutralisation of Bauxite Residue. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (17) acs.iecr.0c00423, 8174-8182. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00423
Wong, David S., Kvithyld, Anne and Peng, Hong (2020). Aluminum: recycling and carbon/environmental footprint. JOM, 72 (10), 3332-3333. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04325-y
Vogrin, John, Santini, Talitha, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2019). The anion effect on sodium aluminosilicates formed under Bayer process digestion conditions. Hydrometallurgy, 192 105236, 105236. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.105236
Fang, Chaojun, Yu, Shichao, Wei, Xuyi, Peng, Hong, Ou, Leming, Zhang, Guofan and Wang, Jun (2019). The cation effect on adsorption of surfactant in the froth flotation of low-grade diasporic bauxite. Minerals Engineering, 144 106051, 106051. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2019.106051
Wang, Sicheng, Tuan Nguyen,, Peng, Hong and Huang, Longbin (2019). On the mechanism of sodic removal from bauxite residue and bauxite desilication products (BDP) using acetic acid. Jom, 72 (1), 309-318. doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-03884-z
Vaughan, James , Peng, Hong , Seneviratne, Dilini , Hodge, Harrison , Hawker, William , Hayes, Peter and Staker, Warren (2019). The sandy desilication product process concept. JOM, 71 (9), 2928-2935. doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-03617-2
Peng, Hong, Gudgeon, James and Vaughan, James (2019). Nucleation phenomena of supersaturated KCl solutions revealing by molecular dynamic simulation: implication of dehydration shell process. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 283, 108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.03.076
Peng, Hong and Nguyen, Anh V. (2018). A link between viscosity and cation-anion contact pairs: adventure on the concept of structure-making/breaking for concentrated salt solutions. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 263, 109-117. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.04.145
Peng, Hong, Ding, Mengliu and Vaughan, James (2018). The anion effect on zeolite LTA to sodalite phase transformation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (31) xxx, 10292-10302. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02026
Yu, Jin-sheng, Liu, Run-qing, Wang, Li, Sun, Wei, Peng, Hong and Hu, Yue-hua (2018). Selective depression mechanism of ferric chromium lignin sulfonate for chalcopyrite–galena flotation separation. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 25 (5), 489-497. doi: 10.1007/s12613-018-1595-6
Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2018). Aluminate effect on desilication product phase transformation. Journal of Crystal Growth, 492, 84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.04.013
Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James and Vogrin, John (2018). The effect of thermal activation of kaolinite on its dissolution and reprecipitation as zeolites in alkaline aluminate solution. Applied Clay Science, 157, 189-197. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.03.002
Peng, Hong, Seneviratne, Dilini and Vaughan, James (2018). Role of the amorphous phase during sodium aluminosilicate precipitation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (5), 1408-1416. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04538
Wang, Xingxing, Liao, Rui, Zhao, Hongbo, Hong, Maoxing, Huang, Xiaotao, Peng, Hong, Wen, Wen, Qin, Wenqing, Qiu, Guanzhou, Huang, Caoming and Wang, Jun (2017). Synergetic effect of pyrite on strengthening bornite bioleaching by Leptospirillum ferriphilum. Hydrometallurgy, 176, 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.12.003
Peng, Hong and Firouzi, Mahshid (2017). Evaluation of interfacial properties of concentrated KCl solutions by molecular dynamics simulation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 538, 703-710. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.11.063
Xiao, Wei, Cao, Pan, Liang, Qiannan, Peng, Hong, Zhao, Hongbo, Qin, Wenqing, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Jun (2017). The activation mechanism of Bi3+ ions to rutile flotation in a strong acidic environment. Minerals, 7 (7) 113, 113. doi: 10.3390/min7070113
Vaughan, James, Riggio, Justin, Chen, Jeff, Peng, Hong, Harris, Hugh H. and van der Ent, Antony (2017). Characterisation and hydrometallurgical processing of nickel from tropical agromined bio-ore. Hydrometallurgy, 169, 346-355. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.01.012
Wang, Jun, Tao, Lang, Zhao, Hongbo, Hu, Minghao, Zheng, Xihua, Peng, Hong, Gan, Xiaowen, Xiao, Wei, Cao, Pan, Qin, Wenqin, Qiu, Guanzhou and Wang, Dianzuo (2016). Cooperative effect of chalcopyrite and bornite interactions during bioleaching by mixed moderately thermophilic culture. Minerals Engineering, 95, 116-123. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.06.006
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R and Nguyen, Anh V (2015). Progress on the Surface Nanobubble Story: What is in the bubble? Why does it exist?. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 222, 573-580. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.09.004
Chen, Xing-hua, Hu, Yue-hua, Peng, Hong and Cao, Xue-feng (2015). Degradation of ethyl xanthate in flotation residues by hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Central South University, 22 (2), 495-501. doi: 10.1007/s11771-015-2548-0
Salimi, Reza, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2014). Solubility of tricalcium aluminate in synthetic spent Bayer liquor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (44), 17499-17505. doi: 10.1021/ie502693p
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2014). The impact of line tension on the contact angle of nanodroplets. Molecular Simulation, 40 (12), 934-941. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2013.828210
Peng, Hong, Birkett, Greg R. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2013). Origin of interfacial nanoscopic gaseous domains and formation of dense gas layer at hydrophobic solid-water interface. Langmuir, 29 (49), 15266-15274. doi: 10.1021/la403187p
Peng, Hong, Hampton, Marc A. and Nguyen, Anh V. (2013). Nanobubbles do not sit alone at the solid-liquid interface. Langmuir, 29 (20), 6123-6130. doi: 10.1021/la305138v
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2013). A weighted test-area method for calculating surface tension. Molecular Simulation, 39 (2), 129-136. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2012.708414
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2012). Determination of contact angle by molecular simulation using number and atomic density contours. Molecular Simulation, 38 (12), 945-952. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2012.678846
Peng, Tiefeng, Nguyen, Anh V., Peng, Hong and Dang, Liem X. (2012). Quantitative analysis of aqueous nanofilm rupture by molecular dynamic simulation. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116 (3), 1035-1042. doi: 10.1021/jp208896y
Jin, Decai, Wang, Ping, Bai, Zhihui, Wang, Xinxin, Peng, Hong, Qi, Rong, Yu, Zhisheng and Zhuang, Guoqiang (2011). Analysis of bacterial community in bulking sludge using culture-dependent and -independent approaches. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 23 (11), 1880-1887. doi: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60621-3
Yang, Yu, Qian, Lin, Shi, Wu Yang, Peng, Hong and Qiu, Guan-zhou (2008). Isolation and characterization of acidophilic bacterium from Gaofeng Mine in China. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 18 (5), 1253-1257. doi: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60212-5
Yang, Y., Wan, M. X., Shi, W. Y., Peng, H., Qiu, G. Z., Zhou, J. Z. and Liu, X. D. (2007). Bacterial diversity and community structure in acid mine drainage from Dabaoshan Mine, China. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 47 (2), 141-151. doi: 10.3354/ame047141
Yang, Yu, Peng, Hong, Qiu, Guan-zhou, Liu, Jian-she and Hu, Yue-hua (2006). Stochastic simulation of growth curves of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of Central South University of Technology, 13 (5), 473-476. doi: 10.1007/s11771-006-0070-0
Peng, H., Yang, Y., Li, X., Qiu, G. Z., Liu, X. D., Huang, J. F. and Hu, Y. H. (2006). Structure analysis of 16S rDNA sequences from strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 39 (2), 178-182.
Hu, Y. H., He, Z. G., Hu, W. X., Peng, H. and Zhong, H. (2004). Effect of two kinds of amino-acids on bioleaching metal sulfide. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 14 (4), 794-797.

Conference Papers

Peng, Hong, Vaughan, James, Wang, Sicheng, Vogrin, John and Seneviratne, Dilini (2024). Chemical thermodynamics and reaction kinetics of Bayer process desilication. Light Metals 2024, Orlando, FL United States, 3 - 7 March 2024. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50308-5_1
Vaughan, James, Legge, Peter, Gudgeon, James and Peng, Hong (2024). Manipulating iron precipitation and gold deportment during pressure oxidation. TMS 2024, Orlando, FL, United States, 3-7 March 2024. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50236-1_28
Audet, Denis, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2022). Low cost improvements to the Sandy DSP process. International ICSOBA Conference, Athens, Greece, 10-14 October 2022. Quebec, Canada: ICSOBA.
Fang, Chaojun, Cai, Tianrui, Gao, Lijuan, Deng, Xiaowei, Lv, Bo and Peng, Hong (2022). Effect of thermal activation on phase transformation and pre-desiliconization of low-grade bauxite. Light Metals Symposia at the The-Minerals-Metals-Materials-Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States, 27 February - 3 March 2022. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_9
Fang, Chaojun, Yu, Shichao, Peng, Hong, Deng, Xiaowei and Wang, Jun (2020). Ionic effect of NaCl and KCl on the flotation of diaspore and kaolinite using sodium oleate as collector. TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, United States, 23-27 February 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_6
Ogilvie, Horace, Vaughan, James and Peng, Hong (2020). Inhibition of Kaolinite Dissolution in Bayer Liquor Through Lithium Addition. 149th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Light Metals 2020, San Diego, CA United States, 23-27 February 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_5
Seneviratne, D.N., Peng, H., Gillespie, A.R. and Vaughan, J. (2018). An investigation of Bayer desilication product agglomeration mechanisms by kernel function population balance modelling. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Vaughan, James, Fu, Weng, Peng, Hong, Hawker, Will, Hayes, Peter C. and Robinson, Dave (2018). Australian hydrometallurgy research and development. First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy, Ottawa, Canada, 26-29 August 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95022-8_142
Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2018). In-situ XRD investigation of bauxite dehydroxylation. TMS 2018 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona, 11-15 March 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-72484-3_3
Vogrin, J., Vaughan, J., Peng, H. and Santini, T. (2018). Characterisation and steps toward structure solution of synthetic anion-substituted desilication products. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Peng, H., Vaughan, J., Staker, W., Wang, J. and Wen, W. (2018). Advanced characterisation of bauxite residue. Alumina2018, Gladstone, QLD, Australia, 9-14 September 2018. Applecross, WA, Australia: AQW.
Seneviratne, Dilini, Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2017). The impact of organic additives on phase transformation and particle size of Bayer process desilication product. 35th ICSOBA Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 2-5 October 2017. Hamburg, Germany: ICSOBA.
Peng, H., Vaughan, J. and Zieba, M. (2015). The thermodynamic approach to predicting silicate solubility. 10th International Alumina Quality Workshop, Perth, WA, Australia, 19-23 April 2015. AQW Incorporated.
Peng, Hong, Nguyen, Anh V. and Birkett, Greg R. (2011). An improved method for calculating surface tension by Monte Carlo simulation. Chemeca 2011: Australasian Conference on Chemical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 18 - 21 September 2011. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.

Thesis

Peng, Hong (2013). Nanobubbles and Molecular Scale Phenomena of Vapour-Liquid-Solid Interfaces. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland.

Patents

Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2020). Leached spodumene residue treatment. 2020903792.
Vaughan, James, Peng, Hong, Gudgeon, James and Kelly, Kieran (2019). Process for high purity alumina. 2019904388.
Peng, Hong and Vaughan, James (2019). Synthesis of adsorption materials. 2019901952.