Mr Andrew Blok

 

Sturt Road, BEDFORD PARK, South Australia, 5042 mailing address C/O CAPS Flinders University GPO Box 2100 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Research Group: Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology   Webpage: http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrew.blok Email: link Phone: +61 8 8201 2957 Fax: +61 8 8201 2905

 

Current Research Activities

My current research involves the development of coatings to produce reverse osmosis and pretreatment desalination membranes that are non-leaching, antimicrobial and low biofouling.

Previous Research:
I have been involved in the synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of a new suite of supramolecular fluorescent molecules for the detection of anions. The sensors based on the 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore were also immobilised onto a silica surface. The immobilised sensors have the potential to be used in the field and are easily regenerated and reusable. This work was undertaken at Flinders University in collaboration with Deakin University.

I have also been involved with the development of methodology to analyse single crystals of the explosive compounds RDX and HMX using HPLC with both UV-Visible and ESI-MS detection. This worked was undertaken at Flinders University in collaboration with Defence Science Technology Organisation.