Calvin O. Huber

Analytical Chemistry
Professor Emeritus
Center for Great Lake Studies
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(414) 229-6670
e-mail: huber@uwm.edu
Selected Publications

Time-dependent response for sucrose at the stopped-flow nickel oxide electrode.

The work in Professor Huber's laboratory examines electrode reactions in order to elucidate their chemistry and to apply them to chemical measurement and separation problems.

Anodic reactions at copper and nickel oxide electrodes by alcohols, glycols, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins have been studied. One result has been the ability to follow the denaturation of soluble proteins as side and end group amino and hydroxyl groups become increasingly accessible to the electrode surface. Current activities include kinetics of olefin oxidation, self-assembly of electrolytes, and the application of protein anodic reactions to monitoring of immuno-reactions for immunoassays.

Electrode reactions associated with monitoring and control of water chlorination and dechlorination are part of the group's interests. These studies include chloramines, chlorine in oxidation states greater than plus one, and reducing agents such as sulfite and phenylarsine oxide.

Other areas under study include double-layer induced electroosmotic flow with associated electrode detection, potentiometry of stainless steel surfaces, and porous medium solution transport.