Dan Bizzotto
Professor
bizzotto@chem.ubc.ca
Home department: Chemistry
Website: https://bizzotto-lab.sites.olt.ubc.ca/
Research Interest
- Electrochemical Processes
- Purification of Metals
- Fuel Cell
- Batteries
- Biosensors
Current Research Work
- Making and Characterizing Modified Electrode Surfaces: We investigate how the electric potential changes the nature of the molecules on the electrode surface in addition to the arrangement of these molecules on the surface. We probe these changes using electrochemical methods (voltammetry, impedance, chronocoulometry) and couple them with in-situ spectroscopies such as FTIR, reflectance, Raman, and fluorescence in addition to AFM.
- Electrochemical DNA Sensors: The formation of high quality DNA modified electrode surfaces were realized using DNA nanocubes. The formation, characteriztion and use of DNA nanocube modified gold surface for sensing nucleic acids, or protein was demonstrated through FRET measurements while controlling the electrode potential.
- Nanoparticle Synthesis and Electrocatalysis: The formation of Pt nano structures in or on Nafion is studied as an alternative method for creating interfaces that are appropriate for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells or electrolyzers.