Current research projects
We have different projects were you can participate and they involve studying electrochemical interfaces. The goal is to innovate and find new methods to study these dynamic chemical processes. Electrochemistry can help to study these processes but in combination with other techniques such as spectroscopy one can understand them and find novel methods to understand them.
Unveiling effects of nanoconfinement on electron transfer reactions.
What happens to electrochemical reactions when molecules become confined under nanometer/Angstrom level spaces? Molecular collisions increase and it can push chemical transformations into a different reaction pathway. This is currently unknown. In this project, we are building chemical instrumentation to explore and discover how nanoconfinement affects electrochemical reactions.
Single-entity based electrochemical sensing.
Sensors can be accurate only when sufficient concentration of analyte is obtained, what if this concentration is very low that reaches pico to femtomolar levels? Electrochemical sensors based on single-entity can detect single molecules/analytes in samples, this increases our detection limits as the limit itself becomes one molecule! Here we are trying to utilize this technology to learn chemical interactions at the single molecule level, which is the highest resolution possible.
In situ electrocatalysis
Electrocatalysis is a heterogeneous process that involves utilizing electrode as catalyst to accelerate chemical reactions when an electrochemical potential is applied. This opens the window to numerous opportunities. However, different electrode materials can be used and not all of them behave the same. Here we employ in situ measurements to understand the reaction mechanisms of such materials.