David E. Cliffel
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
cliffel@email.unc.edu
Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry
Education
- Post -Doctoral Research Assistant, Royce W. Murray Research Group, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998-2000.
- Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry, Allen J. Bard Research Group, University of Texas at Austin, 1992-1998.
- B.S. in Chemistry/ B. of Electrical Engineering, Adviser: R. G. Keil, University of Dayton, 1988-1992.
Research Interests
Electrochemistry of metallic nanoparticles, host-guest complexes, and fullerenes using novel analytical techniques like Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM), Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence (ECL), and Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM).
Publications
- Allen C. Templeton, David E. Cliffel, and Royce W. Murray. "Redox and Fluorophore Functionalization of Water-Soluble, Tiopronin-Protected Gold Clusters." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 7081-7089.
- David E. Cliffel, Allen J. Bard, and Seiji Shinkai. "Electrochemistry of tert-Butylcalix[8]arene-C60 Films Using a Scanning Electrochemical Microscope-Quartz Crystal Microbalance." Anal. Chem., 1998, 70, 4146-4151.
- Fu-Ren F. Fan, David Cliffel, and Allen J. Bard. "Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 37. Light Emission by Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence at SECM Tips and Their Application to Scanning Optical Microscopy." Anal. Chem., 1998, 70, 2941-2948.
- David E. Cliffel and Allen J. Bard. "Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 36. A Combined Scanning Electrochemical Microscope- Quartz Crystal Microbalance Instrument for Studying Thin Films." Anal. Chem., 1998, 70, 1993-1998.
- A.J. Bard, D. E. Cliffel, C. Demaille, F.F. Fan, and M. Tsionsky. "Advances in Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy." Annali di Chimica, 1997, 87, 15-31.
- J. Chlistunoff, D. Cliffel, and A.J. Bard. "Electrochemistry of Fullerenes." in Handbook of Conductive Molecules and Polymers. Volume 1: Charge-Transfer Salts, Fullerenes, and Photoconductors. H.S. Nalwa, editor. Wiley & Sons, 1997.
- Jerzy Chlistunoff, David E. Cliffel, and Allen J. Bard. "Electrochemistry of Fullerene Films." Thin Solid Films, 1995, 257, 166-184.
- David E. Cliffel and Allen J. Bard. "Electrochemical Studies of the Protonation of C60- and C602-." J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 8140-8413.