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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A5300
Austin, TX 78712-0165
Contact Information
Office: WEL: 2.426
Phone: 471-3761
Lab
Office: WEL 2.421, 2.144, 2.102
Phone: 471-1323, 471-6890
Fax: 471-0088
Allen J. Bard
ajbard@mail.utexas.edu
Professor, Faculty
Director, Center for Electrochemistry
Norman Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair
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Research GroupThe Bard Group |
EducationBS, City College of New York, 1955 MA, Harvard University, 1956 PhD, Harvard University, 1958 Honorary Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science |
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AwardsMember, National Academy of Sciences, 1982 |
Affiliations
Center for Electrochemistry; Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology; Texas Materials Institute;
Analytical chemistry and electrochemistry
Our group works on the application of electrochemical methods to chemical problems. We are particularly interested in using electrochemistry to elucidate the behavior and properties of novel organic and inorganic species and to study systems under extreme conditions (e.g., in supercritical fluids). We also study the interaction of light and electrochemical systems. For example, one can produce light by electrochemical generation of reactive species (electrogenerated chemiluminescence); this forms the basis of a very sensitive and selective method of analysis. We are also working on the utilization of light in photoelectrochemical cells with semiconductor electrodes or particles for the generation of electricity and chemicals. Fundamental studies of the semiconductor/solution interface and of very small (Q- or quantum-sized) particles are carried out. We have been using scanning probe techniques, like scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopies, to investigate reactions on the surfaces of electrodes with very high (atomic) resolution. We also have been developing the technique of scanning electrochemical microscopy, invented by our group, in imaging and analyzing surface structures, measuring reaction rates, and performing high resolution fabrication.
Representative Publications
C. Hurth, C. Li, A. J. Bard "Direct Probing of Electrical Double Layers by Scanning Electrochemical Potential Microscopy" J. Phys. Chem. C 111(12) (2007): 4620-4627.
A. J. Bard "The Rise of Voltammetry: From Polarography to the Scanning Electrochemical Microscope" J. Chem. Ed. 84(4) (2007): 644-650.
D. Zhan, X. Li, W. Zhan, F.-R. F. Fan, A. J. Bard "Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 58. Application of a Micropipet-Supported ITIES Tip to Detect Ag+ and Study its Effect on Fibroblast Cells" Anal. Chem. 79 (2007): 5225-5231.
J. Ghilane, F.-R. F. Fan, A. J. Bard "Facile Electrochemical Characterization of Core/Shell Nanoparticles. Ag Core/Ag2O Shell Structures" Nano Lett. 7(5) (2007): 1406-1412.
W. Zhan, A. J. Bard "Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence. 83. Immunoassay of Human C- Reactive Protein by Using Ru(bpy)32+-Encapsulated Liposomes as Labels" Anal. Chem. 79(2) (2007): 459-463.