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Dr Katherine Holt (EPSRC Advanced Fellow)

Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Dr Katherine Holt
Address: Department of Chemistry, UCL
Phone No: +44 (0)20 7679 1027
Fax No: +44 (0)20 7679 7463
Extension: 21027
Email: k.b.holt@ucl.ac.uk
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Research areas of interest include:

  • Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM)
  • Boron-doped Diamond Ultramicroelectrodes.
  • Diamond Nanoparticles.
  • Redox properties of living cells and cell components.
  • Electrochemistry of model biological systems and biomimetic molecules.
  • Electrochemical aspects of future energy technologies. 

Summary

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Research interests include the study of respiratory chain function of bacteria and mitochondria; development of boron-doped diamond microelectrodes; understanding the redox properties of diamond nanoparticles and investigation of catalytic properties of biomimetic clusters for application in future energy technologies.

Research Profile

Selected Publications

  1. Undoped Diamond Nanoparticles: Origin of Surface Redox ActivityKatherine B. HoltPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys., (2010), 12, 2048 - 2058.
  2. Astroelectrochemistry: The role of redox chemistry in cosmic dust chemistryDaren J. Caruana, Katherine B. HoltPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2010), 12, 3072 - 3079.
  3. Electrochemistry of Undoped Diamond Nanoparticles: Accessing Surface Redox States. Katherine B. Holt, Enrique Millan-Barrios, Daren J. Caruana, J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2009) 131, 13272+
  4. Focused Ion beam Fabrication of Boron-doped Diamond Ultramicroelectrodes. Jingping Hu, Katherine B. Holt, John S. Foord, Analytical Chemistry (2009) 81, 5663-5670.
  5. Bimetallic complexes based on carboxylate and carbamate ligands: synthesis and electrochemical investigations.Lin, Y.H., Leung, N.H., Holt, K.B., Thompson, A.L., Wilton-Ely, J.D.E.T., Dalton Trans, (2009) 38, 6891 - 7901.

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