Biography

Dan has been at Surrey since 1996, in that time he has completed a BSc(hons) in Chemistry (September 1996 - June 2000, Dissertation title: “Synthesis and Characterisation of Mesoporous Solids for Potential Environmental Applications” supervised by Prof Bob Slade); an MSc in Chemical Research (July 2000 - December 2001, Thesis title: “Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Materials for deNO_x Catalysis” supervised by Prof Bob Slade); and a PhD in Chemistry (January 2002 - August 2005, Thesis title: “Atomistic Simulation and Experimental Studies of Complex Oxide Materials Containing Tetrahedral and Octahedral Units” supervised by Prof Saiful Islam and Prof Peter Slater). Whilst finishing writing up for his PhD, Dan started working as the technician for chromatography in the department of chemistry, in 2006 he was promoted to Experimental Officer for the separation sciences. Responsibilities in this role include:

• Management of Departmental Chromatography Laboratories, including purchasing of instruments and consumables, arranging servicing and service contracts and operation and maintenance of analytical instruments (GC, GCMS, HPLC and IC)

• Provision of technical advice, training and assistance to academic staff and students regarding chromatographic techniques and instruments

• Monitoring of a safe working environment in accordance with Health and Safety policies

• Revision and updating of chemistry chromatography practicals; provision of materials for MSc programmes and postgraduate skills courses

Research Interests

Inorganic solid-state materials for environmental cleanup applications; Lithium-ion battery cathode materials 

Publications

“Simulation and conductivity studies of defects and ion transport in Sc₂(WO₄)₃”, D. J. Driscoll, M. S. Islam, P. R. Slater, Solid State Ionics, 176 (2005) 539

“Atomic-scale studies of defects, dopants and lithium transport in LiFePO₄ olivine-type battery material”, M. S. Islam, D. J. Driscoll, C. A. J. Fisher, P. R. Slater, Chemistry of Materials, 17 (2005) 5085

“Investigations into the ex-situ methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol permeabilities of alkaline polymer electrolyte membranes”, J. R. Varcoe, R.C.T. Slade, E. Lam How Yee, S.D. Poynton, D. J. Driscoll, Journal of Power Sources, 173 (2007) 194

“Poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene)-derived radiation-grafted anion-exchange membrane with properties specifically tailored for application in metal-cation-free alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells”, J. R. Varcoe, R. C. T. Slade, E. Lam How Yee, S. D. Poynton, D. J. Driscoll, D. C. Apperley, Chemistry of Materials, 19 (2007) 2686

“Preparation of high-oxygen-content apatite silicates through Ti-doping: effect of Ti-doping on the oxide ion conductivity”, A. Al-Yasari, A. Jones, A. Orera, D.C. Apperley, D. Driscoll, M. S. Islam, P. Slater, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (2009) 5003

Departmental Duties

RPS for X-Radiation

Responsibilities include:

• Management of Faculty X-Ray Diffraction facility, including arranging service contracts and consumables

• Provision of technical advice, training and assistance to academic staff and students regarding X-Ray Diffraction techniques and instruments (training arranged via Judy Peters)

• Monitoring of a safe working environment in accordance with Health and Safety policies

Affiliations

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

LC and GC instruments in the Department of Chemistry

Varian 920-LC

                HPLC with manual and automated injectors, UV-vis detector and fraction collector

Varian 920-LC (2)

                HPLC with manual and automated injectors, UV-vis detector, ELS detector and fraction collector

Varian Polaris

                HPLC with manual injector and UV-vis detector

ThermoFinnigan Surveyor   

                HPLC with automated injector, UV-vis detector and RI detector

Merck-Hitachi 6200    

                HPLC with manual injectors and UV-vis detector (this instrument is used exclusively for teaching)

Merck-Hitachi 6200 (2)

                HPLC with manual injectors and UV-vis detector (this instrument is used exclusively for teaching)

PolymerLabs GPC50    

                Gel permeation chromatograph with manual injector, UV-vis, RI and viscometry detectors (this instrument                 is used exclusively by the Polymer research group within Chemical Sciences, but may be available by                 arrangement)     

Dionex ICS-5000

                Ion chromatograph with separate anion and cation channels, each channel has a manual injector and                 suppressed conductivity detector (this instrument belongs to the Energy Materials group within Chemical                 Sciences, but may be available by arrangement) 

Brunel CCC

                Countercurrent chromatograph (this instrument is currently "mothballed" but may be available by                 arrangement)

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Agilent 7890A-5975C

                GC-MS with automated injector, can be run in EI or CI modes

ThermoQuest Finnigan Voyager

                GC-MS with automated injector, can be run in EI or CI modes

Micromass GCT classic    

                ToF MS, can be run in EI or CI modes with samples introduced by either GC or solids probe

Agilent 6890N   

                Gas chromatograph with automated injector and FI detector

Hewlett-Packard 5890 series II

                Gas chromatograph with automated injector and EC and NP detectors

CSi series 200 (blue)

                Gas chromatograph with automated injector and FI detector

CSi series 200 (lilac)

                Gas chromatograph with automated injector and FI detector

ESS Ecosys-p Residual Gas Analyser

                Portable RGA capable of monitoring multiple species in real time

X-Ray Diffraction instruments in the Department of Chemistry

PANalytical X'Pert Pro 

                Multipurpose theta-2theta diffractometer with 3 modes of operation: (1) powder diffraction with spinner or                 bracket sample stage; (2) powder diffraction with variable temperature / variable pressure / variable                 atmosphere stage; (3) glancing incidence angle with spinner or bracket sample stage

PANalytical X'Pert Powder 

                Theta-theta diffractometer with 15 position sample changer and spinner or bracket sample stages

Philips 1830     

                Theta-2theta powder diffractometer with spinner sample stage