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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.

From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending (2020)
Book Chapter
Irwin, D. (2020). From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending. In Accounts and Accountability in Late Medieval Europe: Records, Procedures, and Socio-Political Impact (251-272). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers

This paper explores the administrative processes which resulted in the production of the scrutiny rolls prior to 1275-6. In so doing, it argues for the need to distinguish between acknowledgements of debt (products of the urban environment) and scr... Read More about From Chirograph to Roll: The Records of Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Jewish Moneylending.

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.

Ni−Fe (Oxy)hydroxide Modified Graphene Additive Manufactured (3D‐Printed) Electrochemical Platforms as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2019)
Journal Article
dos Santos, P., Rowley-Neale, S., Ferrari, A., Bonacin, J., & Banks, C. (2019). Ni−Fe (Oxy)hydroxide Modified Graphene Additive Manufactured (3D‐Printed) Electrochemical Platforms as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemElectroChem, 6(22), 5633-5641. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201901541

We demonstrate that polylactic acid (PLA)/graphene additive manufactured (3D-printed) electrodes (Gr/AMEs) electrodeposited with Ni−Fe (oxy)hydroxide can efficiently catalyse the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)... Read More about Ni−Fe (Oxy)hydroxide Modified Graphene Additive Manufactured (3D‐Printed) Electrochemical Platforms as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) (2019)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Brownson, D., & Banks, C. (2019). Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52463-4

Mono-, few-, and multilayer graphene is explored towards the electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Careful physicochemical characterisation is undertaken during electrochemical perturbation revealing that the integrity of graphene is str... Read More about Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER).

Exploring the reactivity of distinct electron transfer sites at CVD grown monolayer graphene through the selective electrodeposition of MoO2 nanowires (2019)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Foster, C., Brownson, D., Whitehead, K., & Banks, C. (2019). Exploring the reactivity of distinct electron transfer sites at CVD grown monolayer graphene through the selective electrodeposition of MoO2 nanowires. Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48022-6

The origin of electron transfer at Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) grown monolayer graphene using a polymer-free transfer methodology is explored through the selective electrodeposition of Molybdenum (di)oxide (MoO2). The electrochemical decoration... Read More about Exploring the reactivity of distinct electron transfer sites at CVD grown monolayer graphene through the selective electrodeposition of MoO2 nanowires.

Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers (2018)
Book
Kerry, G., Whitnall, D., & Worsley, H. (2018). Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers. Salford, UK: University of Salford

We are living in a digital era where the majority of people spend a vast amount of time on social media. So as academics it is important that we access this digital world and use it to our advantage. Social media is a key aspect of science communicat... Read More about Digital Skills Development : Effective digital profiles for researchers.

The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276 (2018)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2018). The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276. #Journal not on list, 49, 56-71. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.jhs.2017v49.045

Acknowledgements of debt have long been used in the study of medieval Anglo-Jewish moneylending activities. Such studies have been primarily based upon a socio-economic approach. In contrast, this paper is based upon an analysis of the material, pala... Read More about The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276.

Batch injection electroanalysis with stainless-steel pins as electrodes in single and multiplexed configurations. (2017)
Journal Article
Ferrari, A., Amor-Gutierrez, O., Costa-Rama, E., & Fernandez-Abedul, M. (2017). Batch injection electroanalysis with stainless-steel pins as electrodes in single and multiplexed configurations. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemicall, 253, 1207-1213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.07.148

In this work, mass-fabricated stainless-steel pins are used as low-cost electrodes in a batch injection analysis (BIA) system with electrochemical detection (BIA-ED). The system consists of a polypropylene container including a potentiostatic three-e... Read More about Batch injection electroanalysis with stainless-steel pins as electrodes in single and multiplexed configurations..

Building scalable and sustainable services for researchers (2016)
Book Chapter
Clay, D. (2016). Building scalable and sustainable services for researchers. In A. Mackenzie, & L. Martin (Eds.), Developing digital scholarship : emerging practices in academic libraries. London: Facet Publishing