Daniel Thomas
Professor Emeritus
College of Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Note: I have retired and am not accepting any new students or group members.
Education
B.Sc. (University of Alberta, 1980)
Ph.D. (University of Toronto, 1986)
Post-doc (University of Washington, 1986-1989)
Research
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC): Materials and Design
- Nickel Carbonyl Refining
- Nanostructured Materials
- Energy Systems
- Psychometrics and Learning of Chemistry
- Effectiveness of POGIL Materials in Learning Chemistry
- Conceptual Learning Tendencies and Student Performance
Research Group
Former Graduate Student Members
- Nathan Shami (M.Sc.)
- Michael Moore (Ph.D.)
- David Smith (M.Sc.)
- Ryan Crozier (M.Sc.)
- Jong Park (Ph.D.)
- Jingpeng Wang (Ph.D.)
- Taras Kolodiazhnyi (M.Sc.)
- Lori Jones (Ph.D.)
- L. Zhang (M.Sc.)
Former Undergraduate Student Members
- Elliot Lade
- Sam Koh
- Ryan Crozier
- Kyle Bradfield
- David Smith
- Patrick Policelli
- Jeff Roberts
- Francis Brosseau
- Brad Clarke
- Bob McPhail
- Mike Fleischauer
- Matt Biggar
- Chantal Paquet
Publications
- Thomas, D.F. & Schwan, A.L. (Nov. 2024). History of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Guelph, Can. J. Chem. 102 (11).
- Snyder, K., Chen L. & Thomas, D.F. (Nov. 2024). Vibrational Spectrum Perturbations of Alkanethiol Self Assembled Monolayers with Noble Gases and Chlorinated Species, Can. J. Chem. 102 (11).
- Moore, M. & Thomas, D.F. (Jan. 2017). From Nanometers to Kilometers and Beyond: Teaching Physical Properties Across Multiple Scales, Discussion on University Science Teaching, Proceedings of the Western Conference on Science Education, 1 (1).
- Moore, M. & Thomas, D.F. (Jan. 2017). Inter- and Intra-Rater Consistency: Armies of Graduate TAs Grading in First Year, Discussion on University Science Teaching, Proceedings of the Western Conference on Science Education, 1 (1).
- Thomas, D. & Jones, L.A. (Jan. 2017). Measuring Students' Approach to Learning, Discussion on University Science Teaching, Proceedings of the Western Conference on Science Education, 1 (1).
- Thomas, D. & Pritchard, P. (in press 2016). Student Engagement Through Writing: An Undergraduate e-Journal Project. Chapter 15 in Integrating Library and Information Literacy Into Chemical Curricula (pp. 20).
- Koczkur, K., Hamed, E., Chahma, M., Thomas, D., & Houmam, A. (2014). Electron Transfer Initiated Formation of Covalently Bound Organic Layers on Silicon Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 118 (36), 20908-20915.
- Houmam, A., Muhammad, H., Chahma, M., Koczkur, K., & Thomas, D. F. (2011). 4-Nitrophenyl Sulfenyl Chloride as a New Precurosr for Well-Ordered Aromatic SAMs on Gold Surfaces. Chemical Communications, 47, 7095-7097.
- Kolodiazhnyi, T. V. & Thomas, D. F. (2010). Hysteresis in the I-V Tunneling Characteristics of n-Type BaTiO3 Ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 83, 129.
- Wu, G., Wen, J., Wang, J., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2010). A facile approach to synthesize N and B co-doped TiO2 Nanomaterials with Superior Visible-Light Response. Materials Letters, 64, 1728-1731.
- Pritchard, P. & Thomas, D. F. (2010). Inspiring Writing in the Sciences: An Undergraduate Electronic Journal Project. ACM Inroads, 3.
- Kafi, A., Ahmadalineshad, A., Wang, J., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2010). Direct Growth of Nanoporous Au and its Application in Electrochemical Biosensing. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25, 2458-2463.
- Dadarwal, R., Namvar, A., Hall, J. C., Thomas, D. F., & Warriner, K. (2009). Organic Conducting Polymer Electrode Based Sensors for Detection of Salmonella Infecting Bacteriophages. Materials Science and Engineering, 29, 761-765.
- Wang, J., Adams, B., Asmussen, R. M., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2009). Facile Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Intermetallic PtPb Nanodendrites. Chemistry of Materials, 21, 1716-1724.
- Wang, J., Thomas, D., & Chen, A. (2008). Non-enzymatic Electrochemical Glucose Sensor Based on Nanoporous PtPb networks. Analytical Chemistry, 80 (4), 997-1004.
- Wang, J., Holt-Hindle, P., MacDonald, D., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2008). Synthesis and Electrochemical Study of Pt-Based nanoporous Materials. Electrochimica Acta, 53 (23), 6944-6952.
- Wu, G., Wang, J., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2008). Synthesis of F-doped Flower-like TiO2 Nanostructures with High Photoelectrochemical Activity. Langmuir, 24, 3503-3509.
- Wang, J., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2008). Direct Growth of Novel Alloyed PtAu Nano-Dendrites. Chemical Communications, 5010-5012.
- Peng, X., Wang, J., Thomas, D. F., & Chen, A. (2005). Tunable Growth of TiO2 Nanostructures on Ti Substrates. Nanotechnology, 16 (10), 2389.
- Thomas, D. (2000). Porous Silicon. Chapter 3 in Volume IV, Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology. Academic Press.
- Thomas, D. (1999). Chemical Kinetic Measurements with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Bulletin of the Microscopical Society of Canada, 27 (2), 9.
- Thomas, D., Kolodiazhnyi, T. V., & Belous, A. G. (1998). Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of BaTiO3 ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 18, 1637.
- Jones, L., Yukseker, O., & Thomas, D. F. (1996). Dependence of Photochemically Etched Porous Silicon Formation on Photoetching Wavelength and Power. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology.
- Jones, L., Wei, F. X., & Thomas, D. F. (1995). Moveable Ultra-High Vacuum Sample Mount: Heating, Cooling and Temperature Measurement Capabilities. Review of Scientific Instruments, 66 (2), 1146.
- Jones, L., Wei, F. X., & Thomas, D. F. (1995). Design and Implementation of a Heatable, All-glass Doser for Sensitive Organometallic Compounds in an Ultrahigh Vacuum Environment. Review of Scientific Instruments, 66, 4981.
- Jones, L., Taylor, G. M., Wei, F. X., & Thomas, D. F. (1995). Chemical Etching of Silicon: Smooth, Rough and Glowing Surfaces. Progress in Surface Science, 50, 283.
- Campbell, S. D., Jones, L., Nakamichi, E., Wei, F. X., Zajchowski, L. D., D.F. Thomas (1995). Spectral and Structural Features of Porous Silicon Prepared by Chemical and Electrochemical Etching Processes. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 13, 1184.
- Jones, L. & Thomas, D. F. (1992). Nanometer-scale Instability at Sliding Interfaces: Tribological Considerations in STM Designs. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A: International Journal Devoted to Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 10 (4), 636.
- Polanyi, J. C., Reiland, W., Stanners, C., Thomas, D. F., & Visticot, J. P. (1989). Dynamics of Non-Adiabatic Reactions III: Effect of Enhanced Collision Energy in F + Na2 --> NaF + Na*. Journal of Chemical Physics, 93 (12), 4723.
- Polanyi, J. C., Thomas, D. F., & Visticot, J. P. (1989). Dynamics of Non-Adiabatic Reactions. IV: Effect of Enhanced Collision Energy in the Four-Centre Reaction F2 + Na2 --> F + NaF + Na*. Journal of Chemical Physics, 93 (12), 4730.
- Blanchard, D. L., Thomas, D. F., Allen, L. R., & Engel, T. (1989). A Helium Diffraction Study of Surface Roughening on Ni(117). Surface Science, 222, 477-490.
- Barnes, J. A., Polanyi, J. C., Reiland, W., & Thomas, D. F. (1985). Product Vibrational and Rotational State Distributions from the Surface Reaction F + H2 --> HF + H. Journal of Chemical Physics, 82 (8), 3824.
- Bertie, J., Thomas, D., & Thorson, W. (1980). The Infrared Spectrum of Sodium Bifluoride NaHF2 at 295K from 2100 to 5700 wavenumbers. Journal of Chemical Physics, 73 (10), 5399.