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Potential for detection of microorganisms and heavy metals in potable water using electronic nose technology.

Canhoto, Olinda; Magan, Naresh (Elsevier, 2003-05)

Studies have been carried out to determine the potential for the detection of different microbial species (Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa), alone and in the presence of low concentrations ...
Water activity, solute and temperature modify growth and spore production of wild type and genetically engineered Aspergillus niger strains.

Parra, Roberto; Aldred, David; Archer, David B.; Magan, Naresh (Elsevier, 2004-08-05)

The effect of interactions of water activity (aw) (0.99–0.90), temperature (20, 30 and 35 °C) and modifying aw solute (glycerol, NaCl) on growth and sporulation of a wild-type strain of Aspergillus niger (W) and two ...
Photochemical polymerization of thiophene derivatives in aqueous solution

Piletsky, Sergey A.; Piletska, Elena V.; Karim, K.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Turner, Anthony P. F. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2004-08-20)

A novel method of photochemical polymerization of thiophene derivatives in aqueous solution catalyzed by potassium dichromate and initiated by illumination is described.
Surface plasmon resonance sensor for domoic acid based on grafted imprinted polymer

Lotierzo, M.; Henry, O. Y. F.; Piletsky, Sergey A.; Tothill, Ibtisam E.; Cullen, David C.; Kania, M.; Hock, B.; Turner, Anthony P. F. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2004-09-15)

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film for domoic acid (DA) was synthesised by direct photo-grafting onto a gold chip suitable for a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based bioanalytical instrument system, the BIAcore ...
Evaluation of an FIA Operated Amperometric Bacterial Biosensor, Based on Pseudomonas Putida F1 for the Detection of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes (BTEX)

Rasinger, Josef D.; Marrazza, Giovanna; Briganti, Fabrizio; Scozzafava, Andrea; Mascini, Marco; Turner, Anthony P. F. (Taylor and Francis, 2005)

Recently, the development and optimization of a flow injection analysis (FIA) operated bacterial biosensor based on the aerobic catabolism of Pseudomonas putida ML2 was reported in the literature (Lanyon et al. 2004, 2005). ...
Species differentiation by DNA-modified carbon electrodes using an ac impedimetric approach.

Davis, Frank; Nabok, Alexei; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2005-02-15)

A simple and novel electrochemical biosensor based approach is described for differentiating between differing species of fish on the basis of DNA hybridisation events. Screen-printed carbon electrodes modified with a ...
A novel optical biosensor format for the detection of clinically relevant TP53 mutations

Wilson, P. K.; Jiang, T.; Minunni, Maria E.; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Mascini, Marco (Elsevier, 2005-05-15)

The TP53 gene has been the subject of intense research since the realisation that inactivation of this gene is common to most cancer types. Numerous publications have linked TP53 mutations in general or at specific locations ...
Home blood glucose biosensors: a commercial perspective

Newman, Jeffrey D.; Turner, Anthony P. F. (Elsevier, 2005-06-15)

Twenty years on from a review in the first issue of this journal, this contribution revisits glucose sensing for diabetes with an emphasis on commercial developments in the home blood glucose testing market. Following a ...
Towards the development of multisensor for drugs of abuse based on molecular imprinted polymers.

Piletska, Elena V.; Romero-Guerra, M.; Chianella, Iva; Karim, K.; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Piletsky, Sergey A. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2005-06-22)

The synthetic receptors for cocaine, deoxyephedrine, methadone and morphine were computationally designed and produced using molecular imprinting. The structure and energy of the molecular complexes were analysed by ...
Controlled release of the herbicide simazine from computationally designed molecularly imprinted polymers

Piletska, Elena V.; Turner, Nicholas W.; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Piletsky, Sergey A. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2005-11-02)

The present study describes the development of materials suitable for environmental control of algae. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were used as simazine carriers able to provide the controlled release of simazine ...
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination and student collusion: marks do not tell the whole truth.

Parks, R.; Warren, P. M.; Boyd, K. M.; Cameron, H.; Cumming, A.; Lloyd-Jones, G. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2006-01-01)

Objective: To determine whether the marks in the third year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) were affected by the collusion reported by the students themselves on an electronic discussion board.reported ...
Development of a disposable pyruvate biosensor to determine pungency in onions (Allium cepa L.)

Abayomi, Louise Anike; Terry, Leon A.; White, S. F.; Warner, P. J. (Elsevier, 2006-05-15)

A disposable prototype pyruvate biosensor was constructed using pyruvate oxidase immobilised on mediated meldolas blue electrodes to determine pungency in onions (Allium cepa L.). The optimum operating potential was +150 ...
Influence of initiator and different polymerisation conditions on performance of molecularly imprinted polymers

Mijangos, Irene; Navarro-Villoslada, Fernando; Guerreiro, Antonio R.; Piletska, Elena V.; Chianella, Iva; Karim, Kal; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Piletsky, Sergey A. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2006-09-15)

A set of polymers was imprinted with (−)-ephedrine using two different initiators. A chemometrics approach was used to optimise experiments aimed at analysis of the interplay of parameters such as polymerisation time, ...
Trichophyton species: use of volatile fingerprints for rapid identification and discrimination.

Sahgal, Natasha; Monk, Barry; Wasil, Mohammad; Magan, Naresh (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-12)

Background: Fungal infection of the skin is a common clinical problem, and laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis is important to ensure appropriate treatment. The identification of the species of fungus is also ...
Procedure 24 : Construction of an enzyme-containing microelectrode array and use for detection of low levels of pesticides

Davis, Frank; Law, Karen A.; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Higson, Seamus P. J. (2007-01-01)

Objectives (a) To construct a microelectrode array based on a screen printed substrate. (b) To utilise the microelectrode array to form an array of enzyme- containing electrodes (c) To test the electrode response to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Biofuelcells-Recent advances and applications

Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J. (Elsevier, 2007-02-15)

In 2006, the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics published a special issue devoted exclusively to biofuel cells, including several research papers and an extensive review of the field [Bullen, R.A., Arnot, T.C., Lakeman, ...
Surface imprinted beads for the recognition of human serum albumin

Bonini, Francesca; Piletsky, Sergey A.; Turner, Anthony P. F.; Speghini, Adolfo; Bossi, Alessandra (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2007-04-15)

The synthesis of poly-aminophenylboronic acid (ABPA) imprinted beads for the recognition of the protein human serum albumin (HSA) is reported. In order to create homogeneous recognition sites, covalent immobilisation of ...

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