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
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Smellie, I. A., Tan, C. D., Patterson, I. L. J. & Hähner, G., 23 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis. Online first, 16 p.
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Tan, C. D. & Hähner, G., 14 May 2023, In: CrystEngComm. 25, 18, p. 2802-2812 11 p.
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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.
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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.
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Neyyappadath, R., Chisholm, R., Greenhalgh, M. D., Rodriguez-Escrich, C., Pericà s, M. A., Hähner, G. & Smith, A. D., 2 Feb 2018, In: ACS Catalysis. 8, 2, p. 1067-1075 9 p.
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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.
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Guha, N., Neyya Ppadath, R. M., Greenhalgh, M., Chisholm, R., Smith, S., McEvoy, M., RodrÃguez-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
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Kohnle, A., Benfield, C., Hähner, G. & Paetkau, M., 14 Mar 2017, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 94, 3, p. 392-397
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Parkin, J. D. & Hähner, G., 30 Mar 2016, In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 7, p. 492-500
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She, Z., Di Falco, A., Hähner, G. & Buck, M., 15 Jun 2016, In: Applied Surface Science. 373, p. 51-60
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