Bottomley's research interests are in biological applications of scanning probe microscopy, microcantilever and microacoustic array sensors, and electroanalytical chemistry. Current projects include:
Force Spectroscopy of Biopolymers: Correlating Molecular Structure with Single Molecule Elasticity
Microcantilever and Microacoustic Array-based Immunoassays
Chemical Force Microscopy on Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
Atomic Force Microscopic Imaging Drug-DNA Complexes
Reductive Biotransformation and Decolorization of Reactive Anthraquinone and Phthalocyanine Dyes
Theory and Application of Cyclic Square Wave Voltammetry