Dr K. H. Aaron Lau
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Area of Expertise
General Areas of Expertise
- Biointerfaces, Cell-Surface and Protein-Surface Interactions
- Nanopores: Transport/Diffusion of Macromolecules
- Polymer Brushes and Hydrogels
- Surface Modification
- Protein and Enzyme Assays, Peptide Characterization
Material Systems under Investigation
- Peptoids: Poly(N-Substituted Glycines)
- Nanoporous Alumina
- Polymer Surface Grafting and Polymerisation
- Polyphenolic/Polycatecholic Coatings
Technical Expertise
- Solid Phase Synthesis
- HPLC, LC-MS, MALDI-MS
- Macromolecular Self-Assembly
- Anodisation
- Radical Polymerisation
- Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Ellipsometry, and Related Surface Optical Measurements
- AFM, XPS, SEM
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Medal: Team Award
- Recipient
- 11/10/2022
- HFSP Young Investigator Grant
- Recipient
- 18/3/2016
- Delegate to Scottish Crucible 2015
- Recipient
- 23/4/2015
- Researcher Mobility Fellowship
- Recipient
- 8/2014
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Publications
- Martinoid : the peptoid martini force field
- Swanson Hamish W A, van Teijlingen Alexander, Lau King Hang Aaron, Tuttle Tell
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Vol 129, pp. 1-15 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP05907C
- Minimal peptoid dynamics inform self-assembly propensity
- Swanson Hamish W A, Lau King Hang Aaron, Tuttle Tell
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol 127, pp. 10601–10614 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03725
- Multifunctional peptide biointerfaces
- Lau King Hang Aaron, Mukhtar Asma
- Peptide Bionanomaterials From Design to Application (2023) (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29360-3_15
- A Convention for Peptoid Monomer Naming
- Swanson Hamish W A, Lau King Hang Aaron, Tuttle Tell
- (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00085559
- Solvent-controlled self-assembly of Fmoc protected aliphatic amino acids
- Koshti Bharti, Swanson Hamish W A, Wilson Basil, Kshtriya Vivek, Naskar Soumick, Narode Hanuman, Lau King Hang Aaron, Tuttle Tell, Gour Nidhi
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Vol 25, pp. 11522-11529 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP05938J
- Peptoid self-assembly : from minimal sequences to functional nano-assemblies and biomedical applications
- Swanson Hamish William Alan, El Yaagoubi Marwa, Jawed Aquib, Saxena Varun, Merrilees Martyn, Tuttle Tell, Pandey Lalit M, Hamley Ian W, Lau K H Aaron
- Supramolecular Nanotechnology Advanced Design of Self- Assembled Functional Materials (2023) (2023)
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Professional Activities
- 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies
- Invited speaker
- 23/6/2019
- 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Orlando
- Speaker
- 4/4/2019
- 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Orlando
- Speaker
- 1/4/2019
- 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Orlando
- Speaker
- 1/4/2019
- Bioinspired Nanomaterials - RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Interest Group ECR Meeting
- Organiser
- 18/3/2019
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 8/1/2019
Projects
- Arrayjet AIV 2023
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator) Wark, Alastair (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
- Differential binding of peptoid functionalized nanoparticles to bacteria for identifying specific strains (Iqra Azeem MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships) NPBactID
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator)
- 18-Jan-2023 - 17-Jan-2025
- Towards rapid detection of microplastic particles in human blood samples
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator) Lau, K. H. Aaron (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Developing Membrane Targeting Antimicrobial Lipo-Peptoids by Modular Peptidomimicry and High Throughput Imaging (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01) mTAPeptoid
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator) Bauer, Ralf (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2022 - 17-Jan-2024
- European Network on Nature-Inspired Materials (RSE Saltire Facilitation Awrds)
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023
- An Experimental-Computational Co-Investigation of Peptoid Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023
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Contact
Dr
K. H. Aaron
Lau
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: aaron.lau@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2162