Dr Chrystelle C. Egger

Title: Lecturer in Chemistry & Forensic Science
Phone: (+44) 01782 7 33337
Email:
Location: Lennard-Jones 1.12
Role: Third year tutor for Forensic Science
Contacting me: Drop by or send email
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I studied biology and chemistry in Versailles, France. I then specialised in inorganic/physical chemistry and obtained my degree and Master from Versailles. I moved cross-Atlantic to Oklahoma State University (USA) to work as a Research Assistant on materials chemistry for one year. Then, I chose to do a PhD in collaboration with Synetix, ICI at UMIST, Manchester, UK dealing with the formation mechanism of mesoporous materials and their architecture in terms of surface curvature. I carried out my first post-doctoral research at the Max Planck for Colloids and Interfaces Sciences, Golm, Germany on hybrid porous materials and then at the Institut de Sciences et d’Ingenierie Supramoleculaires in Strasbourg, in a BASF laboratory on the design of nanoporous foams.  I came back to the UK in 2007 as a Lecturer in Chemistry and Forensic Sciences at Keele University.

Foam I have been working in the field of porous materials for the last 10 years, in six laboratories and four countries, both in industry and academia. I have developed a strong expertise in colloid chemistry, physical chemistry and polymer chemistry.

I am now working on (i) designing functional polymeric materials with potential in molecular recognition in aqueous media (ii) tackling the mechanisms of precipitation of silicic acid under very dilute conditions (In collaboration with Chris Exley, Keele).

I am a member of the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences
and Applied Mathematics (EPSAM). See also my Porous Materials Research Group page.

Selected Publications

  • Egger CC. 2011. Towards Novel Polymeric Porous Materials. In Modern Trends in Macromolecular Chemistry. Lee JN (Ed.). Nova Science Publishers.
  • Egger CC, du Fresne C, Schmidt D, Yang J, Schaedler V. 2008. Design of highly porous melamine-based networks through a bicontinuous microemulsion templating strategy. JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 48(1-2), 86-94. link> doi>
  • Egger CC, du Fresne C, Raman VI, Schädler V, Frechen T, Roth SV, Müller-Buschbaum P. 2008. Characterization of highly porous polymeric materials with pore diameters larger than 100 nm by mercury porosimetry and X-ray scattering methods. Langmuir, vol. 24(11), 5877-5887. link> doi>
  • EGGER CC, Hirschinger J, Raya J, Schädler V. 2007. 1H-13C CPMAS andT2 Relaxation Solid-State NMR Measurements of Melamine-Based Polycondensed Chemical Gels. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 208(19-20), 2204-2214. doi>
  • Schmidt, D, Raman, VI, Egger CC, Du Frense, C, Schadler, V. 2007. Templated cross-linking reactions for designing nanoporous materials. Materials Science and Engineering C: Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems (vol. 27, pp. 1487-1490). Elsevier. doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Egger CC, du Fresne C, Schmidt D, Yang J, Schaedler V. 2008. Design of highly porous melamine-based networks through a bicontinuous microemulsion templating strategy. JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 48(1-2), 86-94. link> doi>
  • Egger CC, du Fresne C, Raman VI, Schädler V, Frechen T, Roth SV, Müller-Buschbaum P. 2008. Characterization of highly porous polymeric materials with pore diameters larger than 100 nm by mercury porosimetry and X-ray scattering methods. Langmuir, vol. 24(11), 5877-5887. link> doi>
  • EGGER CC, Hirschinger J, Raya J, Schädler V. 2007. 1H-13C CPMAS andT2 Relaxation Solid-State NMR Measurements of Melamine-Based Polycondensed Chemical Gels. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, vol. 208(19-20), 2204-2214. doi>
  • EGGER CC, Faul CFJ, Franke D, Smarsly B. 2005. Synthesis and Phase Characterization of a Double-Tailed Pyrrole-Containing Surfactant: A Novel Tecton for the Production of Functional Nanostructured Materials. Langmuir, vol. 21(7), 2704-2712. doi>
  • EGGER CC, Anderson MW, Casci JL, Tiddy GJT. 2005. A New Minimal Surface and the Structure of Mesoporous Silicas. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 44(21), 3243-3248. doi>
  • EGGER CC, Anderson MW, Casci JL, Tiddy GJT. 2005. In situ NMR and XRD studies of the growth mechanism of SBA-1. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 7(8), 1845-1855. doi>
  • Livage, C, Egger CC, Nogues, M, Ferey, G. 2001. Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of MIL 36, Co(C7H10O4), a three-dimensional coordination polymer. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIC - Chemistry, vol. 4(3), 221-226. doi>
  • Livage, C, Egger CC, Ferey, G. 2001. Hydrothermal versus Nonhydrothermal Synthesis for the Preparation of Organic−Inorganic Solids:  The Example of Cobalt(II) Succinate. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 13(2), 410-414. doi>
  • Livage, C, Egger CC, Ferey, G. 1999. Hybrid Open Networks (MIL 16):  Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Ferrimagnetism of Co4(OH)2(H2O)2(C4H4O4)3·2H2O, a New Layered Cobalt(II) Carboxylate with 14-Membered Ring Channels. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 11(6), 1546-1550. doi>
  • Livage, C, Egger CC, Nogues, M, Ferey, G. 1998. Hybrid open frameworks (MIL-n). Part 5 Synthesis and crystal structure of MIL-9: a new three-dimensional ferrimagnetic cobalt(II) carboxylate with a two-dimensional array of edge-sharing Co octahedra with 12-membered rings. Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 8, 2743-2747. doi>
  • Cavellec, M, Egger CC, Linares, J, Nogues, M, Varret, F, Ferey, G. 1997. Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structure Determination, and Magnetic Properties of the Iron (III) Phosphate [Fe3(PO4)3F2 , (CH3NH3)2, H2O]: Comparison with the Isostructural Oxyfluorinated Gallophosphate ULM-4. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 134, 349-355.

Chapters

  • Egger CC. 2011. Towards Novel Polymeric Porous Materials. In Modern Trends in Macromolecular Chemistry. Lee JN (Ed.). Nova Science Publishers.

Other

  • Schmidt, D, Raman, VI, Egger CC, Du Frense, C, Schadler, V. 2007. Templated cross-linking reactions for designing nanoporous materials. Materials Science and Engineering C: Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems (vol. 27, pp. 1487-1490). Elsevier. doi>
  • Schadler, V, Egger CC, Ettl, R, Schmidt, W, Konietzni, F. Recording materials for ink-jet printing.
  • Anderson MW, Tiddy GJT, Egger CC, Hughes P, Brakke KA, Casci JL. 2005. Targeting formation in microporous and mesoporous materials. MOLECULAR SIEVES: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, PTS A AND B (vol. 158, pp. 581-592). link>
  • Anderson MW, Egger CC, Tiddy GJT, Casci JL, Zholobenko VL. 2004. Modelling mesoporous materials with analytical functions. RECENT ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ZEOLITES AND RELATED MATERIALS, PTS A - C (vol. 154, pp. 1448-1455). link>
  • Egger CC, Anderson, MW, Tiddy, GJT, Casci, JL. 2004. Understanding the growth mechanism in SBA-1 synthesis. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis (vol. 154, pp. 489-496). Elsevier. doi>
  • Casci, JL, Tiddy, GJT, Anderson, MW, Sen, T, Egger CC. A macroporous-microporous silica material with ordered mesoporosity influenced by alcohol co-surfactant.
  • Anderson MW, Egger CC, Tiddy GJT, Casci JL. 2002. Modelling mesoporous materials. IMPACT OF ZEOLITES AND OTHER POROUS MATERIALS ON THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, PTS A AND B (vol. 142, pp. 1149-1156). link>

Year 1

  • CHE-10038 : Chemical Principles for Forensics

Year 2

  • CHE-20010 : Criminalistic Methods

Year 3

  • CHE-30002 : Chemistry Research Project
  • CHE-30011 : Forensic Science Research Project
  • CHE-30029 : Forensic Science Dissertation (module Leader)
  • CHE-30035 : Advanced Topics in Forensic Science Analysis