Surface characterization and functional properties of carbon-based materials

Thesis

Carbon-based materials are poised to be an important class of 21st century materials, for bio-medical, bio-electronic, and bio-sensing applications. Diamond and polymers are two examples of carbon-based materials of high interest to the bio-materials community. Diamond, in its conductive form, can be used as an electrochemical bio-sensor, whilst its nanoparticle form is considered a non-inflammatory platform to deliver drugs or to grow neuronal cells. Polymers, especially when chemicall...

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Authors: Nelson, GW

• Publication date: 2012
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-nb0kdv4mv
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Polystyrene; Diamond; Carbene Chemistry; X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS); Anti-microbial Coatings; Protein Adsorption; Diamond electrochemistry; Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA); Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D)
• Subjects: Surfaces; Surface chemistry; Surface nanoscience; Advanced materials; Electrochemistry and electrolysis; Surface analysis; Polymers Amino acid and peptide chemistry; Protein chemistry; Physical & theoretical chemistry; Biophysical chemistry; Chemistry & allied sciences