Research Interests

• Electrochemical formation of ordered arrays of nanomaterials
• Electrodeposition of metals with emphasis on controlling the morphology of deposits and understanding the deposition mechanism
• Ionic liquids and non-aqueous solvents for electrodeposition
• Surface sensitive electrochemical characterization of metals and alloys

Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada, 2015

B.S., University of Winnipeg, Canada, 2007

• Horwood, C., Owusu-Ansah, E., Shi, Y.J. and V. Birss. Pulsed laser induced dewetting of Au thin films on Ta2O5 substrates, Chemical Physics, 2021, 541, 110926.
• Vedharathinam, V., Qi, Z., Horwood, C., Bourcier, B., Stadermann, M., Biener, J., and M. Biener. Using a 3D porous flow-through electrode geometry to control selectivity and current density of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO in ionic liquid, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(12), 10605-10611.
• Pham, T.A., Horwood, C., Maiti, A., Bunn, T., Peters, V., and M. Stadermann. Solvation Properties of Silver and Copper Ions in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid: A First-Principles Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018, 122(50), 12139-12146.
• Horwood, C. and M. Stadermann. Evaluation of a Ag/Ag₂S reference electrode with long-term stability for electrochemistry in ionic liquids, Electrochemistry Communications, 2018, (88) 105–108.
• Horwood, C., Stadermann, M. and T. Bunn. Metal Alloy ICF Capsules Created by Electrodeposition, Fusion Science and Technology, 2018, (73) 335–343.
• Horwood, C., Stadermann, M. and T. Bunn. Platinum Electrodeposition for Supported ALD Templated Foam Hohlraum Liners, Fusion Science and Technology, 2018, (73) 219–228.
• Ansah, E., Horwood, C., El-Sayed, H., Birss, V. and Y. Shi. A method for the formation of Pt metal nanoparticle arrays using nanosecond pulsed laser dewetting, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, (106), 203103.
• El-Sayed, H., Horwood, C., Ansah, E., Shi, Y., and V. Birss. Gold nanoparticle array formation on dimpled Ta templates using pulsed laser-induced thin film dewetting, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, (17), 11062-11069.
• Horwood, C., El-Sayed, H. and V. I. Birss. Precise electrochemical prediction of short tantalum oxide nanotube length, Electrochimica Acta, 2014, (132), 91-97.
• El-Sayed, H., Horwood, C., Abhayawardhana, A. and V. I. Birss. New insights into the initial stages of Ta oxide nanotube formation on polycrystalline Ta electrodes, Nanoscale, 2013, (5), 1494-1498.