School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

Mr Sean Johnston

Adjunct Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

Publications

Book Chapters (3)
Journal Articles (14)
Thesis (1)

Book Chapters

Atrens, Andrej, Shi, Zhiming, Mehreen, Syeda U., Chen, Xingrui, Johnston, Sean, Song, Guang-Ling, Chen, Xianhua and Pan, Fusheng (2022). Corrosion of Mg alloys. Encyclopedia of materials: metals and alloys. (pp. 46-74) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819726-4.00046-6
Venezuela, Jeffrey, Johnston, Sean, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrej (2021). Corrosion of metallic biomaterials. Metallic biomaterials processing and medical device manufacturing. (pp. 469-515) edited by Cuie Wen. Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing/Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102965-7.00014-x
Atrens, A., Song, G.-L., Shi, Z., Soltan, A., Johnston, S. and Dargusch, M. S. (2017). Understanding the corrosion of Mg and Mg alloys. Reference module in chemistry, molecular sciences and chemical engineering. (pp. 1-20) edited by Jan Reedijk, Hideaki Kakeya, Koop Lammertsma, Roberto Marquardt, Massimo Morbidelli, Hiromi Nakai, Giovanni Natile, Colin Poole, Martin Quack, Kari Rissanen and Klaus Wandelt. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.13426-2

Journal Articles

Dargusch, Matthew, Wang, Yuan, Sha, Chuhan, Yang, Nan, Chen, Xingrui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Otte, Joseph, Johnston, Sean, Lau, Cora, Allavena, Rachel, Mardon, Karine, McCaroll, Ingrid and Cairney, Julie (2024). Insights into heat treatments of biodegradable Mg-Y-Nd-Zr alloys in clinical settings: Unveiling roles of β' and β1 nanophases and latent in vivo hydrogen evolution. Acta Biomaterialia, 190, 605-622. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.047
Dargusch, Matthew S., Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Yang, Nan, Johnston, Sean, Ali, Yahia, Wang, Gui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Carluccio, Jiwon, Lau, Cora, Allavena, Rachel, Liang, Daniel, Mardon, Karine and Ye, Qingsong (2022). In vivo performance of a rare earth free Mg–Zn–Ca alloy manufactured using twin roll casting for potential applications in the cranial and maxillofacial fixation devices. Bioactive Materials, 12, 85-96. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.10.026
Dargusch, Matthew Simon, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Dehghan‐Manshadi, Ali, Johnston, Sean, Yang, Nan, Mardon, Karine, Lau, Cora and Allavena, Rachel (2020). In vivo evaluation of bioabsorbable Fe‐35Mn‐1Ag: first reports on in vivo hydrogen gas evolution in Fe‐based implants. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 10 (2) 2000667, 2000667. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202000667
Py, Baptiste, Johnston, Sean, Hardy, Alexander, Shi, Zhiming, Wolski, Krzysztof and Atrens, Andrejs (2020). Quantifying the influence of calcium ion concentration on the corrosion of high-purity magnesium, AZ91, WE43 in modified Hanks’ solutions. Materials Research Express, 7 (9) 096501, 096501. doi: 10.1088/2053-1591/abb1f4
Atrens, Andrej, Shi, Zhiming, Mehreen, Syeda U., Johnston, Sean, Song, Guang-Ling, Chen, Xianhua and Pan, Fusheng (2020). Review of Mg alloy corrosion rates. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 8 (4), 989-998. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2020.08.002
Johnston, Sean, Lau, Cora, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrej (2019). Absorbable Mg surgical tack: proof of concept and in situ fixation strength. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 97, 321-329. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.05.035
Venezuela, Jeffrey Jones D., Johnston, Sean and Dargusch, Matthew Simon (2019). The prospects for biodegradable zinc in wound closure applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8 (16) 1900408, 1900408. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201900408
Johnston, Sean, Shi, Zhiming, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Wen, Cuie, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrej (2019). Investigating Mg Biocorrosion In Vitro: Lessons Learned and Recommendations. JOM, 71 (4), 1406-1413. doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-03327-9
Atrens, Andrej, Johnston, Sean, Shi, Zhiming and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2018). Viewpoint - understanding Mg corrosion in the body for biodegradable medical implants. Scripta Materialia, 154, 92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.05.021
Johnston, Sean, Dargusch, Matthew and Atrens, Andrej (2018). Erratum to: Building towards a standardised approach to biocorrosion studies: a review of factors influencing Mg corrosion in vitro pertinent to in vivo corrosion (vol 61, pg 475, 2018). Science China Materials, 61 (9), 1248-1248. doi: 10.1007/s40843-018-9310-6
Johnston, Sean, Dargusch, Matthew and Atrens, Andrej (2017). Building towards a standardised approach to biocorrosion studies: a review of factors influencing Mg corrosion in vitro pertinent to in vivo corrosion 建立一个生物腐蚀研究的标准化方法:与体内腐蚀相关的体外镁腐蚀影响因素综述. Science China Materials, 61 (4), 475-500. doi: 10.1007/s40843-017-9173-7
Johnston, Sean, Shi, Zhiming, Hoe, Cherilyn, Uggowitzer, Peter J., Cihova, Martina, Loffler, Jorg F., Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrejs (2017). The influence of two common sterilization techniques on the corrosion of Mg and its alloys for biomedical applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials, 106 (5), 1907-1917. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34004
Johnston, Sean, Shi, Zhiming, Dargusch, Matthew S. and Atrens, Andrej (2016). Influence of surface condition on the corrosion of ultra-high-purity Mg alloy wire. Corrosion Science, 108, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.corsci.2016.03.007
Johnston, Sean, Shi, Zhiming and Atrens, Andrej (2015). The influence of pH on the corrosion rate of high-purity Mg, AZ91 and ZE41 in bicarbonate buffered Hanks' solution. Corrosion Science, 101, 182-192. doi: 10.1016/j.corsci.2015.09.018

Thesis

Johnston, Sean Michael (2019). Exploring magnesium corrosion in a medical environment. PhD Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.727