Thomas Becker
Lecturer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Thomas Becker studied Physics at the University of Ulm in Germany and obtained his PhD from the University of Twente (The Netherlands) in 2005. He joined the Nanochemistry Research Institute/Department of Chemistry at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, in 2005 where he manages the Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility. His research interests focus on sample characterisation with scanning probe microscopy techniques and confocal Raman microscopy. He is involved with a number of University based research projects from different disciplines such as corrosion research, hydrogels, and health sciences as well as with collaborations with the industry.
Research Interest
Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), confocal Raman Microscopy, Hydrogels, Corrosion Research, Nanotechnology, Nanofluidics, Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA), Physics of surfaces and interfaces
Publications
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Barker, E. C., A. D. Martin, C. J. Garvey, C. Y. Goh, F. Jones, M. Mocerino, B. W. Skelton, M. I. Ogden, and T. Becker. 2017. "Thermal annealing behaviour and gel to crystal transition of a low molecular weight hydrogelator." Soft Matter 13 (5): 1006-1011.
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Dwivedi, D., K. Lepková, and T. Becker. 2017. "Carbon steel corrosion: a review of key surface properties and characterization methods." RSC Advances 7 (8): 4580-4610.
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Wu, J. P., B. J. Swift, T. Becker, A. Squelch, A. Wang, Y. C. Zheng, X. Zhao, J. Xu, W. Xue, M. Zheng, D. Lloyd, and T. B. Kirk. 2017. "High-resolution study of the 3D collagen fibrillary matrix of Achilles tendons without tissue labelling and dehydrating." Journal of Microscopy 266 (3): 273-287.
