Dr Robert M. J. Jacobs
Stipendiary Lecturer
Subject Area: Chemistry
Email:
remove.me.robert.jacobs@chem.ox.ac.uk
Tel: +44-(0)1865-276000
Fax: +44-(0)1865-285002
Research Interests
My research interests are focused around applying state of the art instrumentation in surface science to novel problems. This has lead me into a wide range of fields including, amongst others, nanotechnology, electrochemistry and biotechnology. Many of the projects in which I become involved arise through collaborations with groups across the Department. Examples of publications arising from my work, are given below. My role in the Chemistry Department is as the Instrument Scientist and Manager responsible for the Surface Analysis Facility (SAF). This is a suite of equipment housed in several purpose built laboratories in the basement of the Chemistry Research Laboratory. The SAF contains a wide variety of state of the art scientific equipment capable of many experimental methods including: atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (including IRRAS, PMIRRAS and ATR spectroscopy), ellipsometry, X-ray reflectometry, surface characterisation by gas adsorption (surface area, pore size distribution etc.) and dynamic surface tension and contact angle measurements.Selected Publications
Bourlange, A.; Payne, D. J.; Jacobs, R. M. J.; Egdell, R. G.; Foord, J. S.; Schertel, A.; Dobson, P. J.; Hutchison, J. L.: Growth of Microscale In2O3 Islands on Y-Stabilized Zirconia(100) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Chemistry of Materials (2008), 20(14), 4551-4553.
Sofia I. Pascu, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Lok H. Tong, Robert M. J. Jacobs, Peter J. Barnard, Brian T. Chu, Yoon Huh, Gerard Tobias, Christoph G. Salzmann, Jeremy K. M. Sanders, Malcolm L. H. Green and Jennifer C. Green: Interactions between tripodal porphyrin hosts and single walled carbon nanotubes: an experimental and theoretical (DFT) account: J. Mater. Chem., (2008), 18(24), 2781-2788
Salzmann, Christoph G.; Ward, Michael A. H. ; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Tobias, Gerard; Green, Malcolm L. H.: Interaction of Tyrosine-, Tryptophan-, and Lysine-Containing Polypeptides with Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Its Relevance for the Rational Design of Dispersing Agents. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2007), 111(50), 18520-18524
Thorogood, Charles A.; Wildgoose, Gregory G.; Crossley, Alison; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Jones, John H.; Compton, Richard G.: Differentiating between ortho- and para-Quinone Surface Groups on Graphite, Glassy Carbon, and Carbon Nanotubes Using Organic and Inorganic Voltammetric and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Labels. Chemistry of Materials (2007), 19(20), 4964-4974
Zhang, Fajun; Skoda, Maximilian W. A.; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Zorn, Stefan; Martin, Richard A.; Martin, Christopher M.; Clark Graham F.; Weggler, Sophie; Hildebrandt, Andreas; Kohlbacher, Oliver; Schreiber; Frank Reentrant condensation of proteins in solution induced by multivalent counterions Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 148101
Zhang, Fajun; Dressen, Donald G.; Skoda, Maximilian W. A.; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Zorn, Stefan; Martin, Richard A.; Martin, Christopher M.; Clark, Graham F.; Schreiber, Frank: Gold nanoparticles decorated with oligo(ethylene glycol) thiols: kinetics of colloid aggregation driven by depletion forces Eur. Biophys. J. (2008), 37(5), 551-561
Zhang, Fajun; Skoda, Maximilian W. A. ; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Zorn, Stefan; Martin, Richard A.; Martin, Christopher M.; Clark, Graham F.; Goerigk, Guenter; Schreiber, Frank: Gold nanoparticles decorated with oligo(ethylene glycol) thiols: protein resistance and colloidal stability. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2007), 111(49), 12229-12237
Briscoe, Wuge H.; Chen, Meng; Dunlop, Iain E.; Klein, Jacob; Penfold, Jeffrey; Jacobs, Robert M. J.: Applying grazing incidence X-ray reflectometry (XRR) to characterizing nanofilms on mica. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2007), 306(2), 459-463.
Zhang, Fajun; Skoda, Maximilian W. A.; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Martin, Richard A.; Martin, Christopher M.; Schreiber, Frank: Protein Interactions Studied by SAXS: Effect of Ionic Strength and Protein Concentration for BSA in Aqueous Solutions. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2007), 111(1), 251-259.
Hinderhofer, Alexander; Heinemeyer, Ute; Gerlach, Alexander; Kowarik, Stefan; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; Sakamoto, Youichi; Suzuki, Toshiyasu; Schreiber, Frank: Optical properties of pentacene and perfluoropentacene thin films. Journal of Chemical Physics (2007), 127(19) 194705/1-194705/6
Skoda, M. W. A.; Jacobs, R. M. J.; Willis, J.; Schreiber, F.: Hydration of Oligo(ethylene glycol) Self-Assembled Monolayers Studied Using Polarization Modulation Infrared Spectroscopy. Langmuir (2007), 23(3), 970-974.
Ok, Kang Min; Sung, Jaeyoung; Hu, Gang; Jacobs, Robert M. J.; O'Hare, Dermot: TOF-2: A Large 1D Channel Thorium Organic Framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008), 130(12), 3762-3763