Debbie Silvester
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Debbie Silvester’s research activities include understanding electrochemical processes with a focus on sensing. She is particularly interested in the role of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as replacements for organic solvents in various electrochemical reactions. RTILs are a new and interesting class of solvent that possess several properties such as: negligible vapour pressure, intrinsic conductivity, wide electrochemical windows, high chemical and thermal stability, high polarity and the ability to dissolve a wide range of compounds. Debbie is also the seminar co-ordinator for the Department of Chemistry, and the secretary for the Electrochemistry division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (EDRACI).
Research Interest
Chemical Sciences Electroanalytical Chemistry Electrochemistry
Publications
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Lee, J., and D. S. Silvester. 2016. "Low-cost microarray thin-film electrodes with ionic liquid gel-polymer electrolytes for miniaturised oxygen sensing." Analyst 141 (12): 3705-3713.
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Kang, C., J. Lee, and D. S. Silvester. 2016. "Electroreduction of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of an EC
2 Mechanism." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (20): 10997-11005. -
Hussain, G., and D. S. Silvester. 2016. "Detection of sub-ppm Concentrations of Ammonia in an Ionic Liquid: Enhanced Current Density Using "Filled" Recessed Microarrays." Analytical Chemistry 88 (24): 12453-12460.
