Biography
Research in our group is interdisciplinary and spans several fields: physical and analytical electrochemistry, carbon materials, corrosion science and neuroscience. We conduct fundamental research with advanced carbon materials to address key problems and technological needs in energy, health and the environment. Our core science lies in the preparation, processing and application of diamond and diamond-like carbons. We seek to considerably improve the ability to prepare and control the material properties of single and polycrystalline diamond, and nitrogen-incorporated tetrahedral amorphous carbon, and to explore frontier applications where the unique material properties are essential for performance.
Research Area
Awards
CAPES Visiting Scholar, São Carlos, Brazil, 2013-2016
Corrosion Best Paper Award, 2015
Summer Research Fellow, Université Joseph Fourier and LEMPI, Grenoble, France, 2001
Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, Young Investigator Award, 1998
Research Group
Education
1992-93: JSPS/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Advisor: Kingo Itaya.
1991-92: Postdoctoral Fellow, Space Power Institute, Auburn University. Advisor: Bruce J. Tatarchuk.
1991: Ph.D. (Analytical Chemistry), University of Kansas. Advisor: Theodore Kuwana.
1985: B.A. (Chemistry), University of Texas at Dallas. Advisor: Wayne Britton.
Publications
Structure, Electronic Properties and Electrochemical Behavior of a Boron-Doped Diamond/Quartz Optically Transparent Electrode, N. Wachter, C.Munson, R.Jarosova, I. Berkun, R. Rocha-Filho, G. M. Swain, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016. 10.1021/acsami.6b02467
Effects of Film Morphology and Surface Chemistry on the Direct Electrochemistry of Cytochrome c at Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes, Y. Dai, D. A. Proshlyakov, G. M. Swain, Electrochim Acta 2016, 197, 129-138.
Electrochemical Detection of Peroxynitrite Using Hemin-PEDOT Functionalized Boron-Doped Diamond Microelectrode, S. F. Peteu, B. W. Whitman, J. J. Galligan, G. M. Swain, Analyst 2016, 141, 1796-1806.
Electrochemical Detection of Peroxynitrite Using Hemin-PEDOT Functionalized Boron-Doped Diamond Microelectrode, S. F. Peteu, B. W. Whitman, J. J. Galligan, G. M. Swain, Analyst 2016, 141, 1796-1806.
Macrophage Depletion Lowers Blood Pressure and Restores Sympathetic Nerve 2-Adrenergic Receptor Function in Mesenteric Arteries of DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats, L.V. Thang, S. L. Demel, R. Crawford, N. E. Kaminski, G. M. Swain, N. Van Rooijen , J. J. J. Galligan, Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 2015 309, H1186-197.
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