Professor David Williams
University of Auckland
Chemical Sciences
Background:
New medical diagnostic tools – rapid assay methods and POC diagnostics; Microfluidics and microfabrication – new devices and surface chemistry; Peptides and polymers as modifiers of crystal growth and as nano-pattern generators; Corrosion science – stochastic models for localised corrosion and passivation of surfaces; Electrochemical sensors; Imaging electrochemical reactions; Surface chemistry of oxides and semiconducting oxides as gas sensors; Networks of low-cost instruments for air quality measurement; Electrochemistry of modified liquid-liquid interfaces.