Peter Jonathan Eaton

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Departamento de Química

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Rua do Campo Alegre, 687

4167-007, Porto

Portugal

E-mail:

Nationality : UK Citizen

EMPLOYMENT

Requimte/Departamento de Química, Porto

Dec 2005 to present

Investigador Auxiliar

I am currently employed as an "Investigador Auxiliar"(Assistant Researcher), by the REQUIMTE, and I work in the Chemistry Department, University of Porto, using Atomic Force Microscopy to study Electroactive polymers, nanoparticle-based genetic diagnostic devices, artificial metallosurfactant-based vesicles, proteoliposomes and Langmuir-Blodgett films.

Departamento de Química, Porto

Oct 2004 to Dec 2005

FCT Research Fellow

FCT funded postdoctoral project on novel AFM measurements of conducting films and nanostructures.

Instituto de Investigaciones Quimicas, Seville, Spain

Jan 2002 to Sept 2004

Becario (Research Fellow)

EU / Spanish Ministry of Education and Science funded project on interactions between carbohydrate functionalised nanoparticles and DNA. Making Atomic Force Microscopy(AFM) measurements of nanoparticle - DNA interactions. I also studied carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions with the AFM, and made tribological measurements on thin films using the AFM.

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, 1998-Dec 2001

 

Research Associate.

Studying a range of surfaces, especially polymer surfaces using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Developing new analysis techniques using the AFM. Producing polymer film samples, characterising using AFM and contact-angle goniometry and mapping adhesion forces and mechanical parameters across the polymer. Also developing analysis software to process and display the results. Also responsible for running of FTIR unit in the School of Pharmacy.


EDUCATION

Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, 1998

Ph.D.

Ph.D. project investigating the mechanisms of adhesion in glass / PVC / organosilane laminates. This was achieved by using infrared, Raman microscopic and thermal measurements to assess the interdiffusion of the PVC and organosilane materials, and the reactions that occur in the bulk polymer and at the interfaces.

Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology, 1995

MSc. in Polymer Technology

Including optional module in polymer science. The research project was to devise, develop and assess a novel nylon to rubber adhesion system, using no adhesive interlayer. The work was carried out in collaboration with Avon - Clevite limited.

Chemistry Department, University of York, 1994

BSc. Honours in Chemistry ( Class II/ii )

A modular course, in which specialised options were materials science, computers in chemistry, catalysis, energy studies, advanced physical chemistry, and fast reactions. The final year research project involved the investigation of a novel thermoreversible gel.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. J. C. Fernandes, P. Eaton, A. M. Gomes, M. E. Pintado and F. X. Malcata, Study of the antibacterial effects of chitosans on Bacillus cereus (and its spores) by atomic force microscopy imaging and nanoindentation , Ultramicroscopy 109 (8), 854-860 (2009).

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  2. P. Neves, S.C.D.N. Lopes, I. Sousa, S. Garcia, P. Eaton, P. Gameiro, Characterization of membrane protein reconstitution in LUVs of different lipid composition by fluorescence anisotropy, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 49(2), 276-281 (2009).

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  3. J. C. Fernandes, P. Eaton, H. Nascimento, L. Belo, S. Rocha, R. Vitorino, F. Amado, J. Gomes, A. Santos-Silva, M. E. Pintado and F. X. Malcata, Effects of Chitooligosaccharides on Human Red Blood Cell Morphology and Membrane Protein Structure, Biomacromolecules, 9(12), 3346-3352 (2008).

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  4. I. Gomes, N. C. Santos, L. M. A. Oliveira, A. Quintas, P. Eaton, E. Pereira and R. Franco, Probing Surface Properties of Cytochrome c@Au Bionanoconjugates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112(42), 16340–16347 (2008).

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  5. P. Eaton, J. C. Fernandes, E. Pereira, M. E. Pintado and F. X. Malcata, Atomic Force Microscopy Study of the Antibacterial Effects of Chitosans on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, Ultramicroscopy 108(10), 1128-1134 (2008).

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  6. P. Baptista, E. Pereira, P. Eaton, G, Doria, A. Miranda, I. Gomes, P. Quaresma and R. Franco, Gold nanoparticles for the development of clinical diagnosis methods, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 391, 943-950 (2008).

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  7. P. Eaton, G. Doria, E. Pereira, P. V. Baptista and R. Franco, Imaging Gold Nanoparticles for DNA Sequence Recognition in Biomedical Applications, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioScience 6(4), 282 - 288 (2007).

    Download Eaton et al IEEETNB 2007 1.pdf

  8. P. Eaton,A. Ragusa, C. Clavel, C. T. Rojas, P. Graham, R. V. Durán and S. Penades, Glyconanoparticle–DNA Interactions: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioScience 6(4), 309-318 (2007).

    Download Eaton et al IEEETNB 2007 2.pdf

  9. P. Garcia, P. Eaton, H. P. M. Geurts, M. Sousa, P. Gameiro, M. C. Feiters, R. J. M. Nolte, E. Pereira, and B. de Castro AFM and Electron Microscopy Study of the Unusual Aggregation Behavior of Metallosurfactants Based on Iron(II) Complexes with Bipyridine Ligands, Langmuir 23(15), 7951 - 7957 (2007).

    Download Garcia et al langmuir 2007.pdf

  10. J. M. de la Fuente, D. Alcantara, P. Eaton, P. Crespo, T. C. Rojas, A. Fernadez, A. Hernando and S. Penadés, Gold and Gold-Iron Oxide Magnetic Glyconanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Magnetic Properties, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110(26), 13021-13028 (2006).

    Download de la Fuente et al J Phys Chem B 2006.pdf

  11. C. Tromas, P. Eaton, J. Mimault, J. Rojo, and S. Penadés, Structural Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Neoglycoconjugates using Atomic Force Microscopy, Langmuir 21, 6142 - 6144 (2005).

    Download Tromas et al Langmuir 2005.pdf

  12. J. M. de la Fuente, P. Eaton, A. G. Barrientos, M. Menéndez and S. Penadés, Thermodynamic Evidence for Ca2+-Mediated Self-Aggregation of Lewis X Gold Glyconanoparticles. A Model for Cell Adhesion via Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interaction, Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 17, 6192 - 6197 (2005).

    Download De la Fuente et al JACS 2005.pdf

  13. D. Martínez-Martínez, J.C. Sánchez-López , T.C. Rojas, A. Fernández,
    P. Eaton, and M. Belin, Tribological and structural studies of nanocrystalline Ti-C-N composites coatings prepared by reactive sputtering, Thin Solid Films, 472 1-2, 64-70 (2005).

    Download Martinez-Martinez et al Thin Solid Films 2005.pdf
  14. M. J. Feio, V. Zinkevich I. B. Beech, E. Llobet-Brossa, P. Eaton, J. Schmitt and J. Guezennec and M. Belin, Desulfovibrio alaskensis sp. nov., a sulphate-reducing bacterium from a soured oil reservoir ,Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 54, 1747-1752 (2004).

    Download Feio et al Alaskensis.pdf

  15. M.M. Patel, J.D. Smart, T. G. Nevell, R. J. Ewen, P. Eaton, J. Tsibouklis, Mucin/poly(acrylic acid) interactions: A spectroscopic investigation of mucoadhesion. Biomacromolecules 4(5) 1184-1190 (2003).

    Download Patel et al Biomacromolecules 2003.pdf

  16. J. Yarwood, P. Eaton,C. Constable, D. Bard, P. Whelan, D. Larroumet and C. S. Deng, Raman Microscopy in the Service of Industry Microscopy and Microanalysis 9(2) 1104-1105 (2003).

  17. P. Eaton, F. Fernández Estarlich, R. J. Ewen, T. G. Nevell, J. R. Smith and J. Tsibouklis, Combined Nanoindention and Adhesion Force Mapping Using the Atomic Force Microscope: Investigations of a Filled Polysiloxane Coating, Langmuir,18(25) 10011-10015 (2002).

    Download Eaton et al Langmuir 2002.pdf
  18. P. Eaton, J. R. Smith, P. Graham, J. D. Smart, T. G. Nevell, and J. Tsibouklis, Adhesion Force Mapping of Polymer Surfaces: Factors Influencing Force of Adhesion, Langmuir,18(8) 3387-3389 (2002).

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  19. J. Tsibouklis, M. Stone,A.A. Thorpe, P. Graham,E. Barbu ,P. Eaton,J.R. Smith ,T.G. Nevell,R. J. Ewen, Fluoropolymer coatings with inherent resistance to biofouling, Surface Coatings International Part B-Coatings Transactions, 85 (4) 301-308 (2002).
  20. E. Barbu, R.A. Pullin, P. Graham, P. Eaton, R.J. Ewen, J.D. Smart, T.G. Nevell and J. Tsibouklis, Poly(di-1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluoroalkyitaconates) films: surface organisation phenomena, surface energy determinations and force of adhesion measurements, Polymer, 43 1727-1734 (2002).

    Download Barbu et al Polymer 2002.pdf
  21. P. Eaton, J. R. Smith,J. Tsibouklis, J. D. Smart., Adhesion-force and indentation mapping of polymer blends : factors affecting the measured adhesion force. Scanning 23(2), 77 (2001).

  22. J.R. Smith, P. Eaton, K. Waddington, C. Alexander, J. Tsibouklis and J.A. Swift, Adhesion behaviour of covalently-bound 18-MEA and other fatty acids Proc. 10th Int. Wool Text. Res. Conf., Aachen, Germany HH-2, 26 Nov-2 Dec, 1-10 (2000).

  23. J. Tsibouklis, M. Stone, A.A. Thorpe, P. Graham, E. Barbu, J. Smart, P. Eaton, J.R. Smith, T.G. Nevell and R.J. Ewen, Fluoropolymer coatings with inherent resistance to biofouling, Fluorine in Coatings IV, 30 1-3. ISBN 0 9505319 3 6 (2001).

  24. P. Eaton, P. Graham, J. R. Smith, J. Tsibouklis, J. Smart and T. G. Nevell, Mapping the Surface Heterogeneity of a Polymer Blend: An Adhesion-Force-Distribution Study Using the Atomic Force Microscope, Langmuir, 16, 7887-7890 (2000).

    Download Eaton et al Langmuir 2000.pdf

  25. Raman microscopic studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces, C. Sammon, C. Mura, P. Eaton and J. Yarwood, Analusis 28, No. 1 (2000).

  26. P. Eaton, P. Holmes and J. Yarwood, In-Situ and ex-situ ATR-FTIR and Raman microscopic studies of organosilane hydrolysis and the effect of hydrolysis on silane diffusion through a polymeric film, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 82, 2016-2026 (2001).

    Download Eaton et al J Appl Polym Sci 2001.pdf

  27. P. Eaton, P. Holmes and J. Yarwood, ATR-FTIR and Raman microscopic investigation of diffusion and distribution of silane coupling agents in PVC films, Appl. Spectroscopy, 54 (4) (2000).

  28. J. Tsibouklis, P. Graham, V. Peters, P. Eaton, J.R. Smith, T.G. Nevell, J.D. Smart, R.J. Ewen, Poly(perfluoroalkylmethacrylate) film structures: surface organisation phenomena, surface-energy determinations, force of adhesion measurements and resistance to microbial colonisation, Macromolecules 33, 8460-8465 (2000).

    Download Tsibouklis et al Macromolecules 2000.pdf

  29. J. Tsibouklis, M. Stone, A.A. Thorpe, P. Graham, V. Peter, K. L. Green, P. Eaton, J. R. Smith, T. G. Nevell, J. D. Smart, R. J. Ewen, Preventing the Bacterial colonisation of biomaterials: the ultra-low-surface-energy-coating approach, Proceedings of the 19th. Pharmeceutical technology Conference, M. Rubenstein (ed ), 1, 24-38 (2000).

  30. Confocal Raman Microscopy for the Depth Profiling of Polymer/Polymer and Polymer/Glass Interfaces, Sammon, C., P. Eaton, C. Mura and J. Yarwood, Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications II, proceedings of SPIE, 4129 (2000).

  31. C. Sammon, S. Hajatdoost, P. Eaton, C. Mura and J. Yarwood, Materials analysis using confocal Raman microscopy, Macromolecular Symposia 141, 247-262 (1999).


ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Won the 1997 Microspectroscopy Applications Group ( MAG ) award for the best oral presentation.

  • Won the 1998 Infrared and Raman Discussion Group ( IRDG ) award for best poster presentation.


OTHER SKILLS

  • During the course of studies has become highly computer literate, having learnt the use of word processors, spreadsheets, data analysis and statistics packages.
  • I have also learnt to program in Visual Basic, C, Pascal, HTML and Dreamweaver, and several proprietary languages.
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  • I also have a full UK driving license, and intermediate-level Portuguese and good spoken and written Spanish.

    • REFEREES

    Dr. T. Nevell,

    School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences,

    Portsmouth University,

    St. Michaels Building,

    White Swan Rd.

    Portsmouth,

    PO1 2DT.

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Prof. J. Yarwood,

    Materials Research Institute,

    Sheffield Hallam University,

    Pond St., Sheffield

    South Yorkshire,

    S1 1WB,

    UNITED KINGDOM



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