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Developing widening engagement activities and events (2022)
Book
Whitnall, D., Ling, S., & Sutton, E. (2022). Developing widening engagement activities and events. University of Salford

This booklet is Developing Widening Engagement Activities and Events and provides further information and details about the process and a practical guide to delivering events to connect to and communicate your research. Aims of this eBook: • Spec... Read More about Developing widening engagement activities and events.

Coordinating UoS engagement events (2022)
Book
Sutton, E., Ling, S., & Whitnall, D. (2022). Coordinating UoS engagement events. University of Salford

This booklet is Coordinating UoS Engagement Events and provides further information and details on ways in which diverse teams across the University can help you to maximise the impact of your public & community engagement activities. Aims of this e... Read More about Coordinating UoS engagement events.

Action learning: resources held in Manchester and Salford (2022)
Journal Article
Pedler, M., Edmonstone, J., Chambers, N., Mahon, A., Clark, E., Baxter, H., …Garlick, V. (2022). Action learning: resources held in Manchester and Salford. Action learning, 19(2), 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2022.2068401

This paper aims to make known the materials on action learning that are held in the uni- versities of Salford and Manchester, with the aim of bringing these unique resources to the attention of researchers and other interested parties. It is a joint... Read More about Action learning: resources held in Manchester and Salford.

2D-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Screen-Printed Bulk-Modified Electrochemical Platforms Explored towards Oxygen Reduction Reactions (2022)
Journal Article
Khan, A., Ferrari, A., Hughes, J., Smith, G., Banks, C., & Rowley-Neale, S. (2022). 2D-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Screen-Printed Bulk-Modified Electrochemical Platforms Explored towards Oxygen Reduction Reactions. Sensors, 22(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093330

A low-cost, scalable and reproducible approach for the mass production of screen-printed electrode (SPE) platforms that have varying percentage mass incorporations of 2D hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) (2D-hBN/SPEs) is demonstrated herein. These nov... Read More about 2D-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Screen-Printed Bulk-Modified Electrochemical Platforms Explored towards Oxygen Reduction Reactions.

Electroanalytical Overview: Screen-printed electrochemical sensing platforms for the detection of vital cardiac, cancer and inflammatory biomarkers (2022)
Journal Article
Crapnell, R., Ferrari, A., Dempsey, N., & Banks, C. (2022). Electroanalytical Overview: Screen-printed electrochemical sensing platforms for the detection of vital cardiac, cancer and inflammatory biomarkers. #Journal not on list, 1, 405-428. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SD00041A

Biomarkers play an important and irrefutable role in the screening, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of a wide variety of human diseases. As these biomarkers inevitably feature more and more prominently in the patient care pathway, there is a grow... Read More about Electroanalytical Overview: Screen-printed electrochemical sensing platforms for the detection of vital cardiac, cancer and inflammatory biomarkers.

Electrochemical Improvements Can Be Realized via Shortening the Length of Screen-Printed Electrochemical Platforms (2021)
Journal Article
Whittingham, M., Hurst, N., Crapnell, R., Ferrari, A., Blanco, E., Davies, T., & Banks, C. (2021). Electrochemical Improvements Can Be Realized via Shortening the Length of Screen-Printed Electrochemical Platforms. Analytical Chemistry, 93(49), 16481–16488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03601

Screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) are ubiquitous within the field of electrochemistry and are commonplace within the arsenal of electrochemists. Their popularity stems from their reproducibility, versatility, and extremely low-cost production, allowin... Read More about Electrochemical Improvements Can Be Realized via Shortening the Length of Screen-Printed Electrochemical Platforms.

Social Capital: Understanding Its Value in Strengthening Resilience & Securing Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Yioutani-Iacovides, M., Elkadi, H., & Heysham, N. (2021, November). Social Capital: Understanding Its Value in Strengthening Resilience & Securing Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Paper presented at ESCR The 2021 Festival of Social Science. Exploring Society together., Online

I. Presentations + Interactive polls School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford: ▪ Prof Hisham Elkadi: Social Capital for Resilience of Industry SMEs ▪ Dr Nourhan Heysham: Social Capital Networks ▪ Dr Maria Yioutani-Iac... Read More about Social Capital: Understanding Its Value in Strengthening Resilience & Securing Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Electroanalytical Overview: Electrochemical Sensing Platforms for Food and Drink Safety (2021)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Crapnell, R., & Banks, C. (2021). Electroanalytical Overview: Electrochemical Sensing Platforms for Food and Drink Safety. Biosensors, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11080291

Robust, reliable, and affordable analytical techniques are essential for screening and monitoring food and water safety from contaminants, pathogens, and allergens that might be harmful upon consumption. Recent advances in decentralised, miniaturised... Read More about Electroanalytical Overview: Electrochemical Sensing Platforms for Food and Drink Safety.

MoO2 Nanowire Electrochemically Decorated Graphene Additively Manufactured Supercapacitor Platforms (2021)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Pimlott, J., Down, M., Rowley-Neale, S., & Banks, C. (2021). MoO2 Nanowire Electrochemically Decorated Graphene Additively Manufactured Supercapacitor Platforms. #Journal not on list, 11(23), https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202100433

Additively manufactured (AM) supercapacitor platforms are fabricated from bespoke filaments, which are comprised of electro-conductive graphene (20 wt%) incorporated polylactic acid (80 wt%), via fused deposition modeling and denoted as G/AMEs. The G... Read More about MoO2 Nanowire Electrochemically Decorated Graphene Additively Manufactured Supercapacitor Platforms.

Toward the Rapid Diagnosis of Sepsis: Detecting Interleukin-6 in Blood Plasma Using Functionalized Screen-Printed Electrodes with a Thermal Detection Methodology (2021)
Journal Article
Crapnell, R., Jesadabundit, W., Ferrari, A., Dempsey-Hibbert, N., Peeters, M., Tridente, A., …Banks, C. (2021). Toward the Rapid Diagnosis of Sepsis: Detecting Interleukin-6 in Blood Plasma Using Functionalized Screen-Printed Electrodes with a Thermal Detection Methodology. Analytical Chemistry, 93(14), 5931–5938. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00417

This paper reports the detection of the inflammatory and sepsis-related biomarker, interleukin-6 (IL-6), in human blood plasma using functionalized screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) in conjunction with a thermal detection methodology, termed heat-tran... Read More about Toward the Rapid Diagnosis of Sepsis: Detecting Interleukin-6 in Blood Plasma Using Functionalized Screen-Printed Electrodes with a Thermal Detection Methodology.

Screen-Printed Electrodes: Transitioning the laboratory in-to-the field (2021)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Rowley-Neale, S., & Banks, C. (2021). Screen-Printed Electrodes: Transitioning the laboratory in-to-the field. Talanta, 3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talo.2021.100032

This short article overviews the use of screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) in the field of electroanalysis and compares their application against traditional laboratory based analytical techniques. Electroanalysis coupled with SPEs can offer low-cost,... Read More about Screen-Printed Electrodes: Transitioning the laboratory in-to-the field.

Recent advances in 2D hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) applied as the basis of electrochemical sensing platforms (2020)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Rowley-Neale, S., & Banks, C. (2020). Recent advances in 2D hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) applied as the basis of electrochemical sensing platforms. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 413, 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-03068-8

2D hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) is a lesser utilised material than other 2D counterparts in electrochemistry due to initial reports of it being non-conductive. As we will demonstrate in this review, this common misconception is being challenged,... Read More about Recent advances in 2D hexagonal boron nitride (2D-hBN) applied as the basis of electrochemical sensing platforms.

Screen-printed electrochemical-based sensor for taxifolin determination in edible peanut oils (2020)
Journal Article
Pierini, G., Maccio, S., Robledo, S., Ferrari, A., Banks, C., Fernandez, H., & Zon, M. (2020). Screen-printed electrochemical-based sensor for taxifolin determination in edible peanut oils. Microchemical Journal, 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.105442

An electrochemical method for the determination of Taxifolin (Tx) in peanut oil samples using screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) is reported for the first time. The different electroanalytical parameters such as scan rate, supporting electrolyte, pH an... Read More about Screen-printed electrochemical-based sensor for taxifolin determination in edible peanut oils.

Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction (2020)
Journal Article
Scremin, J., dos Santos, I., Hughes, J., Ferrari, A., Valderrama, E., Zheng, W., …Banks, C. (2020). Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nanoscale, 35, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR04336B

We present the fabrication of platinum (Pt0) nanoparticle (ca. 3 nm average diameter) decorated vertically aligned graphene (VG) screen-printed electrodes (Pt/VG-SPE) and explore their physicochemical characteristics and electrocatalytic activity tow... Read More about Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction.

Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region (2020)
Journal Article
Al Salem, H., Al-Goul, S., Ferrari, A., Brownson, D., Velarde, L., & Koehler, S. (2020). Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region. Chemical Communications, 67, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02675A

The reactivity of graphene at its boundary region has been imaged using non-linear spectroscopy to address the controversy whether the terraces of graphene or its edges are more reactive. Graphene was functionalised with phenyl groups, and we subsequ... Read More about Imaging the Reactivity and Width of Graphene’s Boundary Region.

Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms (2020)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Carrington, P., Rowley-Neale, S., & Banks, C. (2020). Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00407C

In 2020, the new European Drinking Water Directive will be updated to include new drinking-water safety parameters. These will introduce reduced thresholds for the presence of heavy metals, pesticides and other contaminants in domestic drinking water... Read More about Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms.

The influence of lateral flake size in Graphene/Graphite paste electrodes: an electroanalytical investigation (2020)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Elbardisy, H., Silva, V., Belal, T., Talaat, W., Daabees, H., …Brownson, D. (2020). The influence of lateral flake size in Graphene/Graphite paste electrodes: an electroanalytical investigation. Analytical Methods, 2133-2142. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0AY00169D

We report the electroanalytical properties of graphene and graphite paste electrodes comprising varying lateral flake sizes. The fabricated electrodes are first electrochemically validated using a standard redox probe prior to the influence of their... Read More about The influence of lateral flake size in Graphene/Graphite paste electrodes: an electroanalytical investigation.