Dr Georg Haehner

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Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3889

Email

gh23@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

We explore new chemistry and physics at small scales and apply this knowledge to realising advanced tools for materials sciences, the life sciences, and sensor technology. My group's efforts span from (bio)chemical investigations enabled by novel surfactants, to materials characterisation on small scales, to systematic device engineering for practical applications. Our research is predominantly based in interface science. It is highly interdisciplinary and is centred at the nexus of Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences.

One major focus of our work is the preparation of functional surfaces (e.g. for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)) by applying ultrathin organic coatings, and their characterisation by a variety of surface analytical techniques. Another one is the development of a sensor platform compatible with microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies, enabling the study of liquid-solid interactions and the determination of liquid properties such as viscoelasticity.

PhD supervision

• Archie Stirling

Selected publications

• Open access

  Phase field modelling of crystal growth of NaCl in two dimensions

  Tan, C. D. & Hähner, G., 14 May 2023, In: CrystEngComm. 25, 18, p. 2802-2812 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The response of coral skeletal nano-structure and hardness to ocean acidification conditions

  Tan, C. D., Haehner, G., Fitzer, S., Cole, C. S., Finch, A. A., Hintz, C. J., Hintz, K. & Allison, N., 2 Aug 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 8, 15 p., 230248.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Combining SPR with atomic-force microscopy enables singlemolecule insights into activation and suppression of the complement cascade

  Makou, E., Bailey, R. G., Johnston, H., Parkin, J. D., Hulme, A. N., Hähner, G. & Barlow, P. N., 27 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294, 52, p. 20148-20163 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Acylative kinetic resolution of alcohols using a recyclable polymer-supported isothiourea catalyst in batch and flow

  Neyyappadath, R., Chisholm, R., Greenhalgh, M. D., Rodriguez-Escrich, C., Pericàs, M. A., Hähner, G. & Smith, A. D., 2 Feb 2018, In: ACS Catalysis. 8, 2, p. 1067-1075 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Direct organocatalytic enantioselective functionalization of SiO_x surfaces

  Parkin, J. D., Chisholm, R., Frost, A. B., Bailey, R. G., Smith, A. D. & Hähner, G., 20 Jul 2018, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57, 30, p. 9377-9381 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Evaluating polymer-supported isothiourea catalysis in industrially-preferable solvents for the acylative kinetic resolution of secondary and tertiary heterocyclic alcohols in batch and flow

  Guha, N., Neyya Ppadath, R. M., Greenhalgh, M., Chisholm, R., Smith, S., McEvoy, M., Rodríguez-Escrich, C., Young, C. M., Pericas, M. A., Hähner, G. & Smith, A. D., 24 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Green Chemistry. In press

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students

  Kohnle, A., Benfield, C., Hähner, G. & Paetkau, M., 14 Mar 2017, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 94, 3, p. 392-397

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Contact-free experimental determination of the static flexural spring constant of cantilever sensors using a microfluidic force tool

  Parkin, J. D. & Hähner, G., 30 Mar 2016, In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 7, p. 492-500

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Electrodeposition of gold templated by patterned thiol monolayers

  She, Z., Di Falco, A., Hähner, G. & Buck, M., 15 Jun 2016, In: Applied Surface Science. 373, p. 51-60

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Isothiourea-mediated organocatalytic Michael addition-lactonization on a surface: modification of SAMs on silicon oxide substrates

  Chisholm, R., Parkin, J. D., Smith, A. D. & Hähner, G., 5 Apr 2016, In: Langmuir. 32, 13, p. 3130–3138

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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