Christopher Tollan

Background:

2002-2007 PhD in Organic Chemistry (C60 Fullerne Chemistry), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

2007-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher (Organic & Colloid Chemistry), CIDETEC IK4, San Sebastian, Spain

Research interests:

SEM/TEM sample preparation

Publications:

M. Donolato, Ch. Tollan, J. M. Porro, A. Berger, and P. Vavassori, Flexible and Stretchable Polymers with Embedded Magnetic Nanostructures, Adv. Mater. (2012), DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203072

E. Gonzalez, Ch. Tollan, A. Chuvilin, M. J. Barandiaran, and M. Paulis, Determination of the Coalescence Temperature of Latexes by Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy, _ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 4, 4276–4282 (2012)

Ch. M. Tollan, J. A. Pomposo, and D. Mecerreyes, Syntesis of fulleropyrrolidine pyridinium salts by facile anion exchange and their solubility NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews 4, 299–302 (2009)

Ch. M. Tollan, J. Echeberria, R. Marcilla, J. A. Pomposo and D. Mecerreyes, One-step growth of gold nanorods using a β-diketone reducing agent  J. Nanopart. Res. 11, 1241-1245 (2009)

Ch. M. Tollan, R. Marcilla J. A. Pomposo, J. Rodriguez, J. Aizpurua, J. Molina and D. Mecerreyes, Irreversible Thermochromic Behavior in Gold and Silver Nanorod/Polymeric Ionic Liquid Nanocomposite Films, _ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 1, 1373-1378 (2008)

M. Döbbelin, R. Marcilla, Ch.Tollan, J. A. Pomposo, A new approach to hydrophobic and water-resistant poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) films using ionic liquids, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 5354-5358 (2008)

Ch. M. Tollan, P. R. Birkett and N. S. Allen, The synthesis of high-content fullerene functionalised polymers through the controlled addition of an amine-tagged fullerene derivativeNew J. Chem. 32, 1373-1378 (2008)