Associate Professor
Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

DH 004B
(408) 924-4970
roger.terrill@sjsu.edu

Terrill Group Page

Education

B.A. Chemistry, University of California - Santa Cruz, 1986
M.S. Chemistry, Fresno State University, 1990
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 1995

Courses Taught

Quantitative Analysis
Physical-Inorganic Techniques
Instrumental Analysis
Physical Chemistry Lab
Current Topics in Analytical Chemistry

Research Interests

• Infrared Optical Biosensors (Surface Plasmon and Interferometric)
• Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Selected Publications

• "Preparation and electrochemistry of a pyrene-linked iron terpyridine and its anodic redox polymer" Hsiao-Chu Lin, Daniel A. Straus, Victoria Anne Johnson, Jia E. Lu, Louise Lopez, and Roger Terrill. Electrochimica Acta2012, 62, 140-146.
• "Electrochemical Mapping for Polymer Chemical and Physical Gradients" Roger Terrill, Xuejun Wang, and Paul W. Bohn. Invited chapter submission, published in "Soft Matter Gradient Surfaces: Methods and Applications" John Wiley and Associates, Jan Genzer ed., Spring 2010.
• “Preparation and analysis of Eu³⁺- and Eu²⁺-doped ZBLAN and ZBLALi fluorozirconate glasses” Bruce Phebus, Boris Getman, Shane Kiley, David Rauser, Mischa Plesha and Roger H. Terrill. Solid State Ionics2005, 35-36, 2631-2638.
• “High Sensitivity NO2 Detection with Carbon Nanotube-Gold Nanoparticle Composite Films” Philip Young, Yijiang Lu, Roger Terrill and Jing Li. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology2005, 5, 1509-1513.
• “Surface Plasmon Spectra of Silver and Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies”Mondona Zangeneh and Roger Terrill. Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marcel Dekker Inc. 2004 ISBN: 0-8247-4797-6.
• “Surface Plasmon Spectral Fingerprinting of Adsorbed Magnesium Phthalocyanine by Angle and Wavelength Modulation”Mondona Zangeneh, Nga Doan, Edward Sambriski and Roger H. Terrill*. Applied Spectroscopy2004, 1, 10-17.
• "Dynamic Monolayer Gradients: Active Spatiotemporal Control of Alkanethiol Coatings on Thin Gold Films "  Roger H. Terrill, Karin A. Balss, and Paul W. Bohn. Journal of the American Chemical Society; 2000; 122(5); 988-989.