Professor Hans Griesser
Contact Details
Tel: +61 8 8302 3703
Fax: +61 8 8302 3683
Email: hans.griesser@unisa.edu.au
Position
Deputy Director (Industry), Ian Wark Research Institute
Professor of Surface Science
Qualifications
DipChem SciTeachingCert PhD ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Background
Hans is a Physical Chemist by training and has applied this background to interdisciplinary research in various fields, particularly surface science, the analysis and modification of polymer surfaces, thin film deposition, biomaterials, and adhesion. Born in Switzerland, he studied science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, obtaining a Diploma in Chemistry (4-year course) and Secondary Schools Science Teacher’s qualifications. He then joined the Physical Chemistry Department of the ETH to pursue PhD studies in molecular spectroscopy, leading to the degree of Dr. sc. nat. by the ETH Zürich in 1979. Moving to Australia, he studied low temperature exciton spectroscopy as Research Fellow at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, followed by 4 ½ years with the Research Laboratory of Kodak Australasia where he combined spectroscopy and surface science skills to develop novel polymer surface treatments and vacuum-coated thin films for non-photographic applications. Next, joining CSIRO in 1987, he continued research on surface modification and thin film coating processes, and surface analysis methods. This work led to the establishment of a research group that performed fundamental and applied R&D, using surface science and plasma skills for various purposes, particularly for the development of novel biomaterial surfaces and coatings, and for achieving adhesive bonding of polymers. He joined
the Ian Wark Research Institute in early 2002, where he continues research on solid surfaces and coatings, particularly with polymers and bio-interfaces.
He acts as PhD supervisor for students who undertake PhD and Masters projects in the well-equipped surface science laboratories. These PhD projects provide fundamental knowledge on interfaces and biomaterials. He also lectures in surface science and biomedical engineering.
His mother tongue is Swiss German; and he speaks English, French and some Spanish. His main interests outside work are photography; raising and growing Australian plants, especially rare and endangered species that require conservation measures; bushwalking; and exploring Australia’s Outback areas.
Research Interests
Hans' current research interests comprise fundamental and applied studies on the design and fabrication of novel surfaces and coatings for various purposes. A major focus is the surface modification and coatings for polymeric and orthopaedic biomaterials, and study of their interactions with biological systems, including study of protein and lipid adsorption on synthetic surfaces. Other activities comprise fundamental studies of coatings and polymer surfaces, gas plasma technologies, polymer surface dynamics, and the development of surface analytical methods. His work has application for biomedical devices, adhesive bonding, membranes, thin film dielectrics, and protective coatings. In addition to devices, his surface engineering methods can also be applied to beads, powders, and nano-particles. Much of this research is interdisciplinary and performed in close collaboration with biochemists, biologists, microbiologists, biomedical engineers, and clinicians in other institutions and companies.
Refereed Publications since 2001
Book
P. Vermette, H.J. Griesser, G. Laroche, and R. Guidoin (Eds.), Biomedical Applications of Polyurethanes, Landes Publishing (2001).
Book Chapters
P. Vermette, S. Levesque and H.J. Griesser, Biomedical Degradation of Polyurethanes
(Review), in: P. Vermette, H.J. Griesser, G. Laroche and R. Guidoin (Eds.), Biomedical Applications of Polyurethanes, Landes Publishing, Chapter 5 (2001).
H.J. Griesser, Surface Modification of Polyurethanes (A Review), in: P. Vermette, H.J. Griesser, G. Laroche and R. Guidoin (Eds.), Biomedical Applications of Polyurethanes, Landes Publishing, Chapter 7 (2001).
R. Guidoin and H.J. Griesser, The Future of Biomedical Polyurethanes, in: P. Vermette, H.J. Griesser, G. Laroche and R. Guidoin (Eds.), Biomedical Applications of Polyurethanes, Landes Publishing, Chapter 9 (2001).
H.J. Griesser and P. Kambouris, Biocompatible Hydrogels, in : Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology, Elsevier Science, p. 548 (2001).
H. A.W. St John, T. R. Gengenbach, P. G. Hartley and H. J. Griesser, Surface Analysis of Polymers.
in: D. J. O'Connor, B. A. Sexton and R. St. C. Smart (Eds.), Surface Analysis Methods in Material Science. 2nd edition, Springer Series in Surface Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 23, (2002).
H.J. Griesser; McArthur, S.L.; Wagner, M.S.; Castner, D.G.; Kingshott, P.; McLean,
K.M, XPS, ToF-SIMS, and MALDI-MS for Characterizing Adsorbed Protein Films, in: Biopolymers at Interfaces, 2nd Edition, Ed. Malmsten, M. (Marcel Dekker Inc) p. 641-669 (2003)
H.J. Griesser; and P. Kingshott, Surface-MALDI-MS. in : Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 6, Ed. M. Gross (Elsevier), in press (2006)
Refereed Journal Publications
S.L. McArthur K.M. McLean H.A.W. St John, H.J. Griesser, XPS and surface-MALDI-MS characterisation of worn HEMA-based contact lenses,
Biomaterials 22 (24): 3295-3304 (2001)
L. Meagher H.J. Griesser, Interactions between adsorbed lactoferrin layers measured directly with the atomic force microscope,
Colloids And Surfaces B-Biointerfaces 23 125-140 (2002)
P. Kingshott H. Thissen and H.J. Griesser, Effects of cloud-point grafting, chain length, and density of PEG layers on competitive adsorption of ocular proteins,
Biomaterials 23 2043-2056 (2002)
P.G. Hartley, S.L. McArthur, K.M. McLean and H.J. Griesser, Physicochemical properties of polysaccharide coatings based on grafted multilayer assemblies,
Langmuir 18: 2483-2494 (2002)
P. Vermette, L. Meagher, E. Gagnon, H.J. Griesser and C.J. Doillon, Immobilized liposome layers for drug delivery applications: inhibition of angiogenesis,
Journal Of Controlled Release 80 179-195 (2002)
P. Kingshott, S. McArthur, H. Thissen, D.G. Castner and H.J. Griesser, Ultrasensitive probing of the protein resistance of PEG surfaces by secondary ion mass spectrometry,
Biomaterials 23 4775-4785 (2002)
H. Thissen, J.P. Hayes, P. Kingshott, G. Johnson, E.C. Harvey and H.J. Griesser,
Nanometer thickness laser ablation for spatial control of cell attachment, Smart Materials & Structures 11: 792-799 (2002)
H.J. Griesser, P.G. Hartley, S.L. McArthur, K.M. McLean, L. Meagher and H. Thissen,
Interfacial properties and protein resistance of nano-scale polysaccharide coatings,
Smart Materials & Structures 11: 652-661 (2002)
S.L. McArthur, M.S. Wagner, P.G. Hartley, K.M. McLean, H.J. Griesser and D.G. Castner,
Characterization of sequentially grafted polysaccharide coatings using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and principal component analysis
(PCA), Surface And Interface Analysis 33 924-931 (2002)
P. Vermette, T. Gengenbach, U. Divisekera, P.A. Kambouris, H.J. Griesser and L. Meagher,
Immobilization and surface characterization of NeutrAvidin biotin-binding protein on different hydrogel interlayers,
Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science 259 13-26 (2003)
D.F. Sweeney, R.Z. Xie, M.D.M. Evans, A. Vannas, S.D. Tout, H.J. Griesser, G. Johnson and J.G. Steele,
A comparison of biological coatings for the promotion of corneal epithelialization of synthetic surface in vivo,
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 44 3301-3309 (2003)
E.B.H. Hume, J. Baveja, B. Muir, T.L. Schubert, N. Kumar, S. Kjelleberg, H.J. Griesser, H. Thissen, R. Read, L.A. Poole-Warren, K. Schindhelm and M.D.P. Willcox,
The control of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and in vivo infection rates by covalently bound furanones,
Biomaterials 25 5023-5030 (2004)
H.J. Griesser, P. Kingshott, S.L. McArthur, K.M. McLean, G.R. Kinsel and R.B. Timmons,
Surface-MALDI mass spectrometry in biomaterials research, Biomaterials 25 4861-4875 (2004)
P. Vermette H.J. Griesser, P. Kambouris and L. Meagher, Characterization of surface-immobilized layers of intact liposomes,
Biomacromolecules 5 1496-1502 (2004)
S. Pasche, M. Textor, L. Meagher, N.D. Spencer and H.J. Griesser, Relationship between interfacial forces measured by colloid-probe atomic force microscopy and protein resistance of poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted poly(L-lysine) adlayers on niobia surfaces,
Langmuir 21 6508-6520 (2005)
S.A. Al-Bataineh, P. Hamilton-Brown, L. Meagher, K.E. Bremmell, M. Jasieniak and H.J. Griesser,
Relationships between Surface Properties and Protein Adsorption, European. Cells and Materials 10, Suppl. 5, 21 (2005)
S. Pasche, J. Voros, H.J. Griesser, N.D. Spencer and M. Textor, Effects of ionic strength and surface charge on protein adsorption at PEGylated surfaces,
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 17545-17552 (2005)
B.W. Muir, H. Thissen.; G.P. Simon, P.J. Murphy and H.J. Griesser, Factors affecting the Adhesion of Microwave Plasma Deposited Siloxane Films on Polycarbonate,
Thin Solid Films, 500, 34-40 (2006)
H. Thissen, G. Johnson, P.G. Hartley, P. Kingshott and H.J. Griesser, Two-dimensional Patterning of Thin Coatings for the Control of Tissue Outgrowth,
Biomaterials 27, 35-43 (2006)
K.E. Bremmell, P. Kingshott, Z. Ademovic, B. Winther-Jensen and H.J. Griesser,
Colloid-Probe AFM Investigation of Interactions between Fibrinogen and PEG-like Plasma Polymer Surfaces,
Langmuir, 22, 313-318 (2006)
P. Peng, S. Kumar, N.H. Voelcker, E. Szili, R. St C and H.J. Griesser, Thin Calcium Phosphate Coatings on Titanium by Electrochemical Deposition in Modified Simulated Body Fluid,
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A, 76, 347-355 (2006).
S.A. Al-Bataineh, L.G. Britcher and H.J. Griesser, XPS Characterization of the Surface Immobilization of Antibacterial Furanones,
Surface Science, 600, 952-962 (2006).
B.W. Muir, S.L. Mc Arthur, H. Thissen, G.P. Simon, H.J. Griesser and D.G. Castner,
Effects of oxygen plasma treatment on the surface of bisphenol-A-polycarbonate: A study using SIMS, principal component analysis, ellipsometry, XPS and AFM nanoindentation,
Surface and Interface Analysis, accepted 14/02/06
T. Blättler, S. Pasche, M. Textor and H.J. Griesser, High Salt Stability and Protein Resistance of Poly(L-Lysine)-g-Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Copolymers Covalently Immobilized via Aldehyde Plasma Polymer Interlayers on Inorganic and Polymeric Substrates,
Langmuir, 22, 5760-5769 (2006).
S.A. Al-Bataineh, L.G. Britcher and H.J. Griesser, Rapid Radiation Degradation in the XPS Analysis of Antibacterial Coatings of Brominated Furanones,
Surface and Interface Analysis, accepted 24/04/06
K.S. Siow, L. Britcher, S. Kumar and H.J. Griesser, Plasma Methods for the Generation of Chemically Reactive Surfaces for Biomolecule Immobilization and Cell Colonization - A Review,
Plasma Processes and Polymers, accepted 26/04/06.
C.P. Ndi, S.J. Semple, H.J. Griesser and M.D. Barton, Antimicrobial activity of some plant species from the Australian genus Eremophila,
J Basic Microbiol, submitted
Selected Patents
Method for reducing crazing in a plastics material
Patent number: US 6,514,573
Application number: US19990125023
Extended wear ophthalmic lens
Patent number: US2005228065
Application number: US20050146586 20050607
Extended wear ophthalmic lens
Patent number: US6951894
Application number: US20000640526 20000817
Optically variable devices
Patent number: AU2003229366
Application number: AU20030229366 20030521
Coating process
Patent number: DE60016449D
Application number: DE20006016449
Beschichtungsverfahren
Patent number: AT283733T
Application number: AT20000975918T
Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting
therefrom
Patent number: NO20030826
Application number: NO20030000826
Antimicrobial coatings
Patent number: US2003224032
Application number: US20030257245
Multilayer materials
Patent number: US2003175325
Application number: US20030368693
Coupled peptides
Patent number: US2003008397
Application number: US20020197036
Multilayered material
Patent number: JP2003062059
Application number: JP20020196950
Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting
therefrom
Patent number: US2002086160
Application number: US20010939145
Coating process
Patent number: EP1230041 and US6582754
Application number: EP20000975918
Neutral coatings
Patent number: EP1048304
Application number: EP20000109237
Surface modification of polymers
Patent number: US6299787
Application number: US19980180086