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Editorial, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology

Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2009-02-01)

It is a pleasure to introduce this special edition of Cell and Development Biology dedicated to the field and application of Biosensors. This edition comprises seven reviews covering the most active research areas where ...
Electrochemical detection of TNT at cobalt phthalocyanine mediated screen-printed electrodes and application to detection of airborne vapours

Caygill, J. S.; Collyer, Stuart D.; Holmes, Joanne L.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-10-11)

We describe the use of cobalt phthalocyanine as a mediator to improve the sensitivity for the electrochemical detection of TNT. Commercial screen-printed electrodes containing cobalt phthalocyanine were employed for ...
The electrochemistry of the ferri/ferrocyanide couple at a calix [4]resorcinarenetetrathiol-modified gold electrode as a study of novel electrode modifying coatings for use within electro-analytical sensors

Collyer, Stuart D.; Davis, Frank; Lucke, Andrew; Stirling, Charles J. M.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2003-06-05)

The electrochemistry of the ferri/ferrocyanide redox couple has been studied at Au electrodes modified with calix[4]resorcinarenetetrathiol. Cyclic voltammetry in Fe(CN)63- solutions yields three separate pairs of faradaic ...
Electrochromic effects from a simple commercial polymer membrane.

Davis, Frank; Law, Karen A.; Bridge, Kerry; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2007-08-01)

A simple commercial polyester polymer membrane has been found to exhibit an intense electrochromic effect. Most polymers which undergo electrochromic effects contain either transition metals or extensive conjugated ...
Flexible Ultrathin PolyDVB/EVB Composite Membranes for the Optimization of a Lactate Sensor.

Bridge, Kerry; Davis, Frank; Collyer, Stuart D.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2007-01-01)

An ultrathin composite membrane has been developed as the outer covering barrier in a model amperometric lactate oxidase enzyme electrode. The membrane was formed by cathodic electropolymerization of divinylbenzene/eth ...
Flexible Ultrathin PolyDVB/EVB Composite Membranes for the Optimization of a Whole Blood Glucose Sensor.

Bridge, Kerry; Davis, Frank; Collyer, Stuart D.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2007-01-01)

An ultrathin composite membrane has been developed as the outer covering barrier in a model amperometric glucose oxidase enzyme electrode. The membrane was formed by cathodic electropolymerization of divinylbenzene/eth ...
Graphene modified electrodes for enhanced electrochemical detection

Walch, Nicholas John (Cranfield University, 2016-01)

The ability to inexpensively and reliably detect organic compounds is important across a multitude of different areas of science. Benzene ring functional groups are found in a wide variety of biological molecules, (such ...
Labeless AC impedimetric antibody-based sensors with pg ml-1 sensitivities for point-of-care biomedical applications.

Barton, Andrew C.; Collyer, Stuart D.; Davis, Frank; Garifallou, Goulielmos-Zois; Tsekenis, Georgios; Tully, Elizabeth; O'Kennedy, Richard; Gibson, Tim; Millner, Paul A.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2009-01-01)

This paper describes the development and characterisation of labeless immunosensors for (a) the cardiac drug digoxin and (b) bovine serum albumin (BSA). Commercial screen-printed carbon electrodes were used as the basis ...
Labeless and reversible immunosensor assay based upon an electrochemical current-transient protocol

Grant, Sarah; Davis, Frank; Pritchard, Jeanette A.; Law, Karen A.; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Gibson, Timothy D. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2003-10-24)

A novel labeless and reversible immunoassay based upon an electrochemical current-transient protocol is reported which offers many advantages in comparison to classical immuno-biochemical analyses in terms of simplicity, speed ...
Labeless Immunosensor Assay for Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Based Upon an AC Impedance Protocol.

Garifallou, Goulielmos-Zois; Tsekenis, Georgios; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Millner, Paul A.; Pinacho, Daniel G.; Sanchez-Baeza, Francisco; Marco, M-Pilar; Gibson, Timothy D. (Taylor & Francis, 2007-01-01)

This paper describes the construction of a labeless immunosensor for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin and its interrogation using an AC impedance protocol. Commercial screen-printed carbon electrodes were used as the basis ...
Langmuir and LB properties of two calix[4]resorcinarenes: Interactions with various analytes

Sugden, Mark W.; Richardson, Tim H.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Faul, Charl F. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2008-05-15)

The ability of calixarene-based molecules to interact with amino acids has been the basis of many studies. The Langmuir and LB properties of two calix [4]resorcinarenes have been investigated. The properties of the layer ...
Long period grating based toluene sensor for use with water contamination

Partridge, Matthew; Wong, Rebecca; James, Stephen W.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-11-01)

A demonstration of the use of a calix[4]resorcinarene coated optical fibre long period grating sensor for the detection of toluene in water is presented. Monitoring water quality both for domestic use and around industrial ...
A membrane-based ELISA assay for the herbicide Isoproturon in soil samples

Baskeyfield, Damian E. H.; Davis, Frank; Magan, Naresh; Tothill, Ibtisam E. (Taylor & Francis, 2012-01-31)

A membrane based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (MELISA) for the detection of a common herbicide, isoproturon is described. A heterogeneous competitive ELISA was the format chosen for isoproturon detection. An immunoassay ...
Microband sensor for As(III) analysis: Reduced matrix interference

Dudeney, Richard; Newman, Jeffrey; Davis, Frank; Setford, Steven; Tothill, Ibtisam E. (Wiley, 2017-07-17)

A portable sensor based on a microband design for arsenic detection in drinking water is presented. The work was focused to minimize interference encountered with a standard screen-printed electrodes featuring an onboard ...
Modifying monolayer behaviour by incorporating subphase additives and improving Langmuir–Blodgett thin film deposition on optical fibres

Partridge, Matthew; Wong, Rebecca; Collins, Mike; James, Stephen W.; Davis, Frank; Tatam, Ralph P.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier, 2014-01-17)

Experiments showing the possibility of modifying the behaviour of calix[4]resorcinarene monolayers at the air–water interface and optimising the deposition of multilayer coatings onto optical fibres are presented. The ...
Multi-parameter measurements using optical fibre long period gratings for indoor air quality monitoring

Hromadka, J.; Korposh, Sergiy; Partridge, Matthew; James, Stephen W.; Crump, Derrick; Davis, Frank; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier, 2016-12-11)

An array of three long period gratings (LPGs) fabricated in a single optical fibre and multiplexed in the wavelength domain was used to measure simultaneously temperature, relative humidity (RH) and volatile organic compounds ...
A new application of scanning electrochemical microscopy for the label-free interrogation of antibody-antigen interactions.

Holmes, Joanne L.; Davis, Frank; Collyer, Stuart D.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2011-03-18)

Within this work we present a 'proof of principle' study for the use of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) to detect and image biomolecular interactions in a label-free assay as a potential alternative to current ...
New Techniques in Monitoring Water Pollution - Development of Sonochemically Fabricated Microarrays for the Determination of Pollutants.

Davis, Frank; Collyer, Stuart D.; Gornall, Davinia D.; Law, Karen A.; Mills, Daniel W.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Teknoscienze Srl, 2007-01-01)

The focus of this article is to describe a simple-to-use, disposable sensor suitable for the rapid determination of pollutants in aqueous media, utilising a novel sonochemical microelectrode fabrication technique. The ...
Optical and AFM study of electrostatically assembled films of CdS and ZnS colloid nanoparticles.

Suryajaya, S.; Nabok, Alexei; Davis, Frank; Hassan, A.; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Evans-Freeman, J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2008-05-30)

CdS and ZnS semiconducting colloid nanoparticles coated with the organic shell, containing either SO3− or NH2+ groups, were prepared using the aqueous phase synthesis. The multilayer films of CdS (or ZnS) were deposited ...
Optical fibre long period grating based selective vapour sensing of volatile organic compounds

Topliss, Stephen M.; James, Stephen W.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2010-01-07)

The chemical sensing capabilities of an optical fibre long period grating (LPG) coated with a functional material are explored. The LPG period and coating thickness are chosen such that the mode transition region, ...

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