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Our research focus can be summarized as analytical surface-science. Nearly all of our research is based on measurements of chemical interactions with surfaces, and most of our instrumentation is specifically designed to examine interfacial phenomena. If you've ever wondered why oil spreading on water looks like a rainbow, why you can only make sand castles with wet sand, or how Rain-X® keeps your windshield so clean, you might be interested in our work. We use precice measurements of chemical behaviors to create new, fundamental understanding of these types of questions to address important challenges in environmental remediation, materials development, and energy science.
Detailed descriptions of our research projects and some laboratory pictures can be found within this website. If you have questions, feel free to send us an email or arrange a visit to our lab. Follow us on Twitter @shawschem (group) or @shawchem (Prof Shaw)
Research for All
The Shaw group accepts that scientific advancement suffers without participation from all varied communities. We proactively engage all people regardless of status or ability. We acknowledge institutional challenges within the sciences, both for and against, certain groups of people. To counter this and provide clearer pathways to success, we work to create an inviting and enjoyable environment to do, and share, good science for all. Through formal training and informal interactions, we continuously strive to improve ourselves while advocating for each others’ success. We hope our efforts will support positive changes within our field.



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Spielvogel, K.D.; Stumme, N.C.; Fetrow, T.V.; Wang, L.; Luna, J.A.; Keith, J.M.; Shaw, S.K.; Daly, S.R., Quantifying Variations in Metal–Ligand Cooperative Binding Strength with Cyclic Voltammetry and Redox-Active Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry 2022 61 (5), 2391-2401. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03014
DeYoung, J.L.; Holyoake, E.A.; Shaw S.K., What Are the Differences between Two Environmental Films Sampled 1 km Apart? ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2021 5 (12), 3407-3413. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00257
Samanta, A.; Huang, W.; Parveg, A.S.M.S.; Kotak, P.; Auyeung, R.C.Y.; Charipar, N.A.; Shaw, S.K.; Ratner, A.; Lamuta, C.; Ding, H., Enabling Superhydrophobicity-Guided Superwicking in Metal Alloys via a Nanosecond Laser-Based Surface Treatment Method. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021 13 (34), 41209-41219. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09144
Horvath, A.; Curry, J.; Haverhals, L.M.; Shaw, S.K., Practical Online Monitoring of Ionic Liquid Fiber Welding Solvent. ACS Omega 2021 6 (34), 22367-22373. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03122
Pitawela, N.R.; Shaw S.K., Imidazolium Triflate Ionic Liquids’ Capacitance–Potential Relationships and Transport Properties Affected by Cation Chain Lengths. ACS Measurement Science Au 2021 1 (3), 117-130. DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.1c00015
Pitawela, N.R.; Shaw, S. K., Capacitive Hysteresis Effects in Ionic Liquids: 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Trifluoromethanesulfonate on Polycrystalline Gold Electrode. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2021, 168, 046510. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/abf4ac
DeYoung, J.; Shaw, S. K., Evaluating Environmental Film Maturation through a Deliquescence–Efflorescence Model. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2021, 5 (3), 645-650. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00335
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