Matthew R. Linford (born April 9, 1966)[1] is an associate professor at Brigham Young University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Provo, Utah) since September 2006.
His lab is devoted to synthesizing hydrophobic surfaces, diamond stationary phases for liquid chromatography and microfabricated TLC plates.
[2] In his group, they also undertake liquid chromatography (HPLC and TLC) and solid phase extraction (SPE), develop hydrophobic coatings for various materials.
[4] Linford has worked on topics including supercritical fluid chromatography and the formation of the first alkyl monolayers on silicon using diacyl peroxides.
He has studied the use of synchrotron radiation to characterize monolayers on silicon, worked on the gas-phase free-radical modification of alkyl monolayers, devised a new method for coating particles, and studied the strong effect of ionic strength on surface dye extraction during dye-polymer multilayer formation.
While working as a senior scientist at Rohm and Haas Company, he developed an IR tool for the rapid screening of catalysts, and he designed and built a laser scanner for detecting defects on plastic sheets which can be used as a substrate for flat panel liquid crystal displays.
He developed procedures to attach a nickel (NTA) chelator to glass coverslips to bind proteins with 6-his tags, developed novel methods to immobilize amines onto surfaces, performed surface patterning using microcontact printing, and worked on bioconjugation of a protein to glass microspheres.