Department of Chemistry

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Email: K.Edler@bath.ac.uk

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Dr Karen Edler

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The aim of research in this group is to investigate the principles of structure formation in self-organising systems on length scales ranging from tens of Ångstroms to microns. We synthesise materials where different molecular interactions result in hierarchical structure formation. We study the interactions in order to control the spontaneous formation of structures within materials or mixtures of materials.

For more details please see the Edler group page.

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Publications

Shiko, E., Edler, K. J., Lowe, J. P. and Rigby, S. P., 2013. Probing hysteresis during sorption of cyclohexane within mesoporous silica using NMR cryoporometry and relaxometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 398, pp. 168-175.

Edler, K. J. and Yang, B., 2013. Formation of mesostructured thin films at the air–liquid interface. Chemical Society Reviews, 42 (9), pp. 3765-3776.

Qi, S., Roser, S., Edler, K. J., Pigliacelli, C., Rogerson, M., Weuts, I., Dycke, F. and Stokbroekx, S., 2013. Insights into the role of polymer-surfactant complexes in drug solubilisation/stabilisation during drug release from solid dispersions. Pharmaceutical Research, 30 (1), pp. 290-302.

Jiang, D., Burrows, A.D., Xiong, Y. and Edler, K.J., 2013. Facile synthesis of crack-free metal-organic framework films on alumina by a dip-coating route in the presence of polyethylenimine. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (18), pp. 5497-5500.

Yang, B., Holdaway, J. A. and Edler, K. J., 2013. Robust ordered cubic mesostructured polymer/silica composite films grown at the air/water interface. Langmuir, 29 (12), pp. 4148-4158.

Comas-Rojas, H., Enríquez-Victorero, C., Roser, S. J., Edler, K. J. and Pérez-Gramatges, A., 2013. Self-assembly and phase behaviour of PEI : cationic surfactant aqueous mixtures forming mesostructured films at the air/solution interface. Soft Matter, 9 (15), pp. 4003-4014.

Jiang, D., Keenan, L. L., Burrows, A. D. and Edler, K. J., 2012. Synthesis and post-synthetic modification of MIL-101(Cr)-NH2via a tandem diazotisation process. Chemical Communications, 48 (99), pp. 12053-12055.

Xia, F., Pan, M., Mu, S., Xiong, Y., Edler, K.J., Idini, I., Jones, M.D., Tsang, S.C. and Marken, F., 2012. Hydrothermal core-shell carbon nanoparticle films : Thinning the shell leads to dramatic pH response. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 (45), pp. 15860-15865.

Shiko, E., Edler, K.J., Lowe, J.P. and Rigby, S.P., 2012. Probing the impact of advanced melting and advanced adsorption phenomena on the accuracy of pore size distributions from cryoporometry and adsorption using NMR relaxometry and diffusometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 385 (1), pp. 183-192.

Clifton, L. A., Sanders, M., Kinane, C., Arnold, T., Edler, K. J., Neylon, C., Green, R. J. and Frazier, R. A., 2012. The role of protein hydrophobicity in thionin–phospholipid interactions: a comparison of α1 and α2-purothionin adsorbed anionic phospholipid monolayers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 (39), pp. 13569-13579.

Yang, B., Jaber, R. and Edler, K. J., 2012. Silica–Surfactant–Polyelectrolyte Film Formation: Evolution in the Subphase. Langmuir, 28 (22), pp. 8337-8347.

Vuorema, A., Sillanpää, M., Edler, K. J., Jaber, R., Dale, S. E. C., Bending, S., Gu, Y., Yunus, K., Fisher, A. C. and Marken, F., 2012. Mesoporous silica sputter-coated onto ITO: Electrochemical processes, ion permeability, and gold deposition through nanopores. Electroanalysis, 24 (6), pp. 1296-1305.

Wasbrough, M. J., Edler, K. J., Hawley, A. M., Holdaway, J. A. and Price, G. J., 2012. Control of mesostructure in self-assembled polymer/surfactant films by rational micelle design. Soft Matter, 8 (12), pp. 3357-3362.

Crawford, R. J., Edler, K. J., Lindhoud, S., Scott, J. L. and Unali, G., 2012. Formation of shear thinning gels from partially oxidised cellulose nanofibrils. Green Chemistry, 14 (2), pp. 300-303.

Jiang, D., Burrows, A. D., Jaber, R. and Edler, K. J., 2012. Facile synthesis of metal-organic framework films via in situ seeding of nanoparticles. Chemical Communications, 48 (41), pp. 4965-4967.

Edler, K., Holdaway, J., Wasbrough, M. and Jaber, R., 2012. Keynote Talk: Mesostructured Polymer Surfactant Films. In: ECIS 2012, 26th Conference of the European Colloid & Interface Society, 2012-09-02 - 2012-09-07, Malmö/Lund.

Edler, K., O'Driscoll, B. M. D., Jaber, R., Wasbrough, M. and Holdaway, J., 2012. Mesostructured Polymer-Surfactant Hydrogel Films: Formation Processes and Properties. In: Polymer Networks Group Meeting 2012, 2012-08-12 - 2012-08-16, Jacksons Hole Wyoming.

Edler, K. and Jaber, R., 2012. Polymerization of styrene in polyelectrolyte-surfactant films. In: Polymer Networks Group Meeting 2012, 2012-08-12 - 2012-08-16, Jacksons Hole Wyoming.

Shariki, S., Liew, S. Y., Thielemans, W., Walsh, D. A., Cummings, C. Y., Rassaei, L., Wasbrough, M. J., Edler, K. J., Bonne, M. J. and Marken, F., 2011. Tuning percolation speed in layer-by-layer assembled polyaniline–nanocellulose composite films. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 15 (11-12), pp. 2675-2681.

Campbell, R. A. and Edler, K. J., 2011. Growth-collapse mechanism of PEI-CTAB films at the air-water interface. Soft Matter, 7 (23), pp. 11125-11132.

Hargreaves, R., Bowron, D. T. and Edler, K., 2011. Atomistic structure of a micelle in solution determined by wide Q-range neutron diffraction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (41), pp. 16524-16536.

Hawley, A. M., Edler, K. J. and Roser, S. J., 2011. Mesoporous titanium dioxide films using partially fluorinated surfactant templates in ethanol. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (36), pp. 14062-14071.

Edler, K., Holdaway, J. and Wasbrough, M., 2011. Nanostructured polymer-surfactant films for encapsulation/release. In: MC10: Tenth International Conference on Materials Chemistry,, 2011-07-04 - 2011-07-07, Manchester.

Edler, K. and Jaber, R., 2011. PAN-pyrene-micelle based sensors for metal ions. In: MC10: Tenth International Conference on Materials Chemistry,, 2011-07-04 - 2011-07-07, Manchester.

Jiang, D. M., Burrows, A. D. and Edler, K. J., 2011. Size-controlled synthesis of MIL-101(Cr) nanoparticles with enhanced selectivity for CO2 over N2. CrystEngComm, 13 (23), pp. 6916-6919.

Rassaei, L., Jaber, R., Flower, S. E., Edler, K. J., Compton, R. G., James, T. D. and Marken, F., 2010. Microwave-electrochemical formation of colloidal zinc oxide at fluorine doped tin oxide electrodes. Electrochimica Acta, 55 (27), pp. 7909-7915.

Edler, K. J., Hawley, A. M., O'Driscoll, B. M. D. and Schweins, R., 2010. Association of titania with nonionic block copolymers in ethanol: the early stages of templating and film formation. Chemistry of Materials, 22 (16), pp. 4579-4590.

Yang, B., Edler, K., Guo, C. and Liu, H. Z., 2010. Assembly of nonionic-anionic co-surfactants to template mesoporous silica vesicles with hierarchical structures. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 131 (1-3), pp. 21-27.

Ainalem, M. L., Kristen, N., Edler, K., Hook, F., Sparr, E. and Nylander, T., 2010. DNA binding to zwitterionic model membranes. Langmuir, 26 (7), pp. 4965-4976.

Vuorema, A., Sillanpää, M., Rassaei, L., Wasbrough, M. J., Edler, K. J., Thielemans, W., Dale, S. E. C., Bending, S., Wolverson, D. and Marken, F., 2010. Ultrathin carbon film electrodes from vacuum-carbonised cellulose nanofibril composite. Electroanalysis, 22 (6), pp. 619-624.

Perkins, E., Lowe, J., Edler, K. and Rigby, S., 2010. Studies of structure-transport relationships in biodegradable polymer microspheres for drug delivery using NMR cryodiffusometry. Chemical Engineering Science, 65 (2), pp. 611-625.

Shariki, S., Bonne, M. J., Thielemans, W., Edler, K. and Marken, F., 2010. Assembly and electrochemical characterisation of nano-cellulose - Poly-aniline composite films. In: Electrochemical Society - 218th ECS Meeting Abstracts 2010, MA 2010-02. Vol. 3. Pennington, NJ: Electrochemical Society Inc., p. 2095.

Bonne, M. J., Galbraith, E., James, T. D., Wasbrough, M. J., Edler, K. J., Jenkins, A. T. A., Helton, M., McKee, A., Thielemans, W., Psillakis, E. and Marken, F., 2010. Boronic acid dendrimer receptor modified nanofibrillar cellulose membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (3), pp. 588-594.

Comas-Rojas, H., Fernandez-Cata, G., Edler, K. J., Roser, S. J. and Perez-Gramatges, A., 2009. Multiple thin film formation from dilute mixtures of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 339 (2), pp. 495-501.

Yang, B. and Edler, K. J., 2009. Free-standing ordered mesoporous silica films synthesized with surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes at the air/water interface. Chemistry of Materials, 21 (7), pp. 1221-1231.

Edler, K. J., Wasbrough, M. J., Holdaway, J. A. and O'Driscoll, B. M. D., 2009. Self-assembled films formed at the air-water interface from CTAB/SDS mixtures with water-soluble polymers. Langmuir, 25 (7), pp. 4047-4055.

Rassaei, L., Sillanpaa, M., Edler, K. J. and Marken, F., 2009. Electrochemically Active Mercury Nanodroplets Trapped in a Carbon Nanoparticle - Chitosan Matrix. Electroanalysis, 21 (3-5), pp. 261-266.

Aberg, C., Sparr, E., Edler, K. J. and Wennerstrom, H., 2009. Nonequilibrium phase transformations at the air-liquid interface. Langmuir, 25 (20), pp. 12177-12184.

Fernandez-Martin, C., Roser, S. J. and Edler, K. J., 2008. Evolution of non-ionic surfactant-templated silicate films at the air-liquid interface. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18 (11), pp. 1222-1231.

Vidal, L., Chisvert, A., Canals, A., Psillakis, E., Lapkin, A. A., Acosta, F., Edler, K. J., Holdaway, J. A. and Marken, F., 2008. Chemically surface-modified carbon nanoparticle carrier for phenolic pollutants: Extraction and electrochemical determination of benzophenone-3 and triclosan. Analytica Chimica Acta, 616 (1), pp. 28-35.

Perkins, E. L., Lowe, J. P., Edler, K. J., Tanko, N. and Rigby, S. P., 2008. Determination of the percolation properties and pore connectivity for mesoporous solids using NMR cryodiffusometry. Chemical Engineering Science, 63 (7), pp. 1929-1940.

Cummings, C. Y., Bonne, M. J., Edler, K. J., Helton, M., McKee, A. and Marken, F., 2008. Direct reversible voltammetry and electrocatalysis with surface-stabilised Fe2O3 redox states. Electrochemistry Communications, 10 (11), pp. 1773-1776.

Rigby, S. P., Chigada, P. I., Perkins, E. L., Watt-Smith, M. J., Lowe, J. P. and Edler, K. J., 2008. Fundamental studies of gas sorption within mesopores situated amidst an inter-connected, irregular network. Adsorption, 14 (2-3), pp. 289-307.

O'Driscoll, B. M. D., Hawley, A. M. and Edler, K. J., 2008. Incorporation of sparingly soluble species in mesostructured surfactant-polymer films. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 317 (2), pp. 585-592.

O'Driscoll, B. M. D., Hawley, A. M., Roser, S. J. and Edler, K. J., 2008. Phenyl-functionalised mesoporous silica films. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 37, pp. 1-7.

Bonne, M., Edler, K., Buchanan, J. G., Wolverson, D., Psillakis, E., Helton, M., Thielemans, W. and Marken, F., 2008. Thin-film modified electrodes with reconstituted cellulose-PDDAC films for the accumulation and detection of triclosan. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (7), pp. 2660-2666.

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