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Dr Daren Caruana

Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Dr Daren Caruana
Address: Department of Chemistry, UCL
Phone No: +44 (0)20 7679 4527
Fax No: +44 (0)20 7679 7463
Extension: 24527
Email: d.j.caruana@ucl.ac.uk
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Research areas of interest include:

  • Gas Phase Electrochemistry
  • Plasma electrochemistry
  • Electrochemically Driven Protein/Peptide Assembly
  • Free standing Surfactant films 

Summary

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The presence of ions in plasmas presents a realistic prospect for performing and controlling redox reactions at a solid/gas interface. The focus of this work is to apply the well-established underlying principles of liquid and solid phase electrochemistry to the gas phase. The eventual aim of this work is to develop voltammetry in a gaseous electrolyte which will open up many applications such as electroanalysis, electrodeposition and electrocatalysis in the gas phase.

Research Profile

Selected Publications

  1. D. C. Braide-Azikiwe, K.B. Holt, D.E. Williams, D.J. Caruana, “Soap Film Electrochemistry” Electrochem. Commu., (2009) On line.
  2. R.Schlapak, D. Armitage, N. Saucedo-Zeni, W. Chrzanowski, M. Hohage, D. Caruana, S. Howorka, (2009) Selective Protein and DNA Adsorption on PLL-PEG Films Modulated by Ionic Strength, Soft Matter, 3, 613-621.
  3. J. Sanchez Galiani, E. Hadzifejzovic, R.A. Harvey, D.J. Caruana, (2008) Plasma Electrochemistry: Absorption of flame borne species in platinum electrodes. Electrochimica Acta, 53, 3271-3278.
  4. K.B. Holt, C. Ziegler, D.J. Caruana, J. Zang, E. Millán-Barrios, J. Hu, J.S. Foord, “Redox properties of undoped 5 nm diamond nanoparticles.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., (2008)10, 303-310.
  5. Emina Hadzifejzovic, Jovan Stankovic, Steven Firth, Paul F McMillan, Daren J Caruana, "Plasma Electrochemistry: Electroreduction in a Flame", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., (2007), 9, 5335-5339.

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  • BSc Biochemistry 1990. University of Warwick.
  • PhD 1994. Chemistry Department, University of Southampton. Title of thesis "Electrochemical immobilisation of enzymes on microelectrodes" Supervisor, Professor P. N. Bartlett.
  • 1994-1997. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the department of biomedical Sciences University of Malta, supervisor by Prof. J. V. Bannister.
  • 1997 - 1998. Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, supervisor by Prof. A. Heller.
  • 1998 -1999. Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry at UCL, supervisor by Prof. D. E. Williams.
  • 1999-2004. Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at UCL.
  • 2003 Awarded the Marlow Medal and Prize from the Faraday Division of the Royal Society of chemistry.
  • 2004 - 2008. Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at UCL.
  • 2004-2008. Founding Programme director of Natural Sciences degree.
  • 2008 - date. Reader in Physical Chemistry at UCL.