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Materials and Nanobiology Publications

The below list highlights key high impact publications of researchers in the Theme (since January 2008).

An full list of Faculty publications can be found in the Faculty of Health and Medical Science's and Division of Chemical Science's sections of the Surrey Research Insight (open access depository of research papers).

Hot publication news:

  • The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has just published Dr. Sub Reddy's work on the use of smart materials (hydrogel-based molecularly imprinted polymers – HydroMIPs) to facilitate protein crystallisation: Protein crystallization is vital to the success of the Human Genome project which has opened up exciting opportunities for the treatment of disease. However, it is often not the genes themselves that are the targets of potential drugs, but the thousands of proteins encoded by these genes. In order to understand how proteins perform their various tasks, there is a need to know the structure of these proteins. In collaboration with Professor Naomi Chayen (Imperial College), Reddy’s research has considered a new approach to the use of HydroMIPS, that of harnessing them as selective surfaces for inducing protein crystallization. The technology has been patented by the University of Surrey and in collaboration with the Research Enterprise & Support Team, Reddy and Chayen are pursuing routes for exploitation.
    The Early Edition article can be downloaded from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016539108
  • The 2005 review "Prospects for alkaline anion-exchange membranes in low temperature fuel cells" by John Varcoe and Robert Slade has been cited more than 200 times (source: Scopus - 213 citations as of 15 June 2011): [R. C. T. Slade, J. R. Varcoe, Fuel Cells, 5, 187 (2005)].
  • The 2005 research paper "Atomic-scale investigation of defects, dopants, and lithium transport in the LiFePO4 olivine-type battery material" by Dan Driscoll has been cited more than 150 times (source: Web of Knowledge - 155 citations as of 22 June 2011): [M. S. Islam, D. J. Driscoll, C. A. J. Fisher, P. R. Slater, Chemistry of Materials, 17, 5085 (2005).]

Conductive and Magnetic Inorganic Materials and Metal-Organic Frameworks:

  • N. P.Chmel, G. J.Clarkson, A.Troisi, S. S.Turner, P. Scott, "Chiral Semiconductor Phases: The optically pure D3[M(III)(S, S-EDDS)}2 (D=TTF, TSF) family", Inorg. Chem., 50, 4039 (2011).
  • N. P.Chmel, L. E. N.Allan, J. M. Becker, G. J. Clarkson, S. S.Turner, P. Scott, "TTF salts of optically pure cobalt pyridine amidates: detection of soluble assemblies with stoichiometry corresponding to the solid state", Dalton Trans., 40, 1722 (2011).
  • H. Akutsu, S. Yamashita, J. Yamada, S. Nakatsuji, Y. Hosokoshi, S. S.Turner, "A purely organic paramagnetic metal, kappa-beta''-(BEDT-TTF)2(PO-CONHC2H4SO3, where PO = 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-3-pyrrolin-1-oxy free radical", Chem. Mater., 23, 762 (2011).
  • H. Akutsu, J. Yamada, S. Nakatsuji, S. S. Turner, "A new anionic acceptor, 2-sulfo-3,5,6-trichloro-1,4-benzoquinone and its charge transfer salts", Cryst. Eng. Comm., 11, 2588 (2009).
  • H. Akutsu, K. Sato, S. Yamashita, J-I. Yamadamada, S. Nakatsuji, S. S. Turner, "The first organic paramagnetic metal containing the aminoxyl radical", J. Mat. Chem., 18, 3313 (2008).

Heterogeneous Catalysts:

  • S. K. Beaumont, G. Kyriakou, D. J. Watson, O. P.H. Vaughan, A. C. Papageorgiou, R. M. Lambert, “Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Prototypical Enone", J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 15075 (2010).
  • V. K. Kanuru, G. Kyriakou, S. K. Beaumont, A. C. Papageorgiou, D. J. Watson, R. M. Lambert, “Sonogashira Coupling on an Extended Gold Surface in Vacuo: Reaction of Phenylacetylene with Iodobenzene on Au(111)", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 8081 (2010).
  • K. Brandt, M. Chiu, D. Watson, M. Tikhov, R. Lambert, “Chemoselective catalytic hydrogenation of acrolein on Ag(111): effect of molecular orientation on reaction selectivity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 17286 (2009).
  • M. Turner, O. P. H. Vaughan, G. Kyriakou, D.J. Watson, L. J. Scherer, A.C. Papageorgiou, J. K. M. Sanders, R. M. Lambert, “Deprotection, tethering, and activation of a one-legged metalloporphyrin on a chemically active metal surface: [SAc]P-Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 14913 (2009).
  • D. J. Watson, R. J. B. R. John-Jesudason, S. K. Beaumont, G. Kyriakou, J. W. Burton, R. M. Lambert, “Heterogeneously catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of C=C bonds directed by surface-tethered chiral modifiers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 14584 (2009).
  • M. Turner, O. P. H. Vaughan, G. Kyriakou, D. J. Watson, L. J. Scherer, G. J. E. Davidson, J. K. M. Sanders, R. M. Lambert, “Deprotection, tethering, and activation of a catalytically active metalloporphyrin to a chemically active metal surface: [SAc]4P-Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 1910 (2009).

Nanostructured Carbons and Carbon Nanotubes:

  • P. Sherrell, J. Chen, J. M. Razal, C. Crean (née Lynam), G. G. Wallace,  A. I. Minett, "Advanced microwave-assisted production of hybrid electrodes for energy applications", Energy Environ. Sci., 3, 1979 (2010).
  • E. Lahiff, C. Lynam, N. Gilmartin, D. Diamond, R. O’Kennedy, "The increasing importance of nanostructured surfaces in biosensor fabrication", Analy. Bioanaly. Chem., 398, 1575 (2010).
  • C. Lynam, N. Gilmartin, A. I. Minett, R. O’Kennedy, G. G. Wallace, "Carbon nanotube based transducers for immunoassays", Carbon, 47, 2337 (2009).
  • J. Chen, J. Z. Wang, A. I. Minett, Y. Liu, C. Lynam, H. Liu, G. G. Wallace, "Carbon nanotube network modified carbon fibre paper for Li-ion batteries", Energy Environ. Sci., 2, 393 (2009).
  • J. M. Pringle, O. Ngamna, C. Lynam, G. G. Wallace, M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane, "One-step synthesis of conducting polymer-noble metal nanoparticle composites using an ionic liquid", Adv. Funct. Mater., 18, 2031 (2008).
  • J. Chen, A. I. Minett, Y. Liu, C. Lynam, P. Sherrell, G. G. Wallace, "Direct growth of flexible carbon nanotube electrodes", Adv. Mater., 20, 566 (2008).

Chemical Fuel Cells:

  • R. Zeng, R. C. T. Slade, J. R. Varcoe, "An Experimental Study on the Placement of Reference Electrodes in Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells", Electrochim. Acta, 56, 607 (2010).
  • R. Zeng, S. D. Poynton, J. P Kizewski, R. C. T. Slade, J. R. Varcoe, "A novel reference electrode for application in alkaline polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells", Electrochem. Commun., 12, 823 (2010).
  • Y. Wu, C. Wu, J. R. Varcoe, S. D. Poynton, T. Xu, Y. Fu, "Novel silica/poly(2,6–dimethyl–1,4–phenylene oxide) hybrid anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells: effect of silica content and the single cell performance", J. Power Sources, 195, 3069 (2010).
  • J. Yang, P. K. Shen, J. Varcoe, Z. Wei, "Nafion/Polyaniline Composite Membranes Specifically Designed to Allow Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Operation at Low Humidity", J. Power Sources, 189, 1016 (2009).
  • L. A. Adams, S. D. Poynton, C. Tamain, R. C. T. Slade, J. R. Varcoe, "A carbon dioxide tolerant aqueous-electrolyte-free anion-exchange membrane alkaline fuel cell", Chem.Sus.Chem., 1, 79 (2008).

Biological Fuel Cells:

  • X. Wu, F. Zhao, N. Rahunen, J. R. Varcoe, C. Avignone-Rossa, A. E. Thumser, R C. T. Slade, "A Role for Microbial Palladium Nanoparticles in Extracellular Electron Transfer", Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 50, 427 (2011).
  • F. Zhao, N. Rahunen, J. R. Varcoe, A. J. Roberts, C. Avignone-Rossa, A. E. Thumser, R. C.T. Slade, "Factors affecting the performance of microbial fuel cells for sulfur pollutants removal", Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24, 1931 (2009).
  • X. Wu, F. Zhao, J.R. Varcoe, A.E. Thumser, C. Avignone-Rossa, R.C.T. Slade, "A one–compartment fructose/air biological fuel cell based on direct electron transfer", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25, 326 (2009).
  • F. Zhao, N. Rahunen, J. R. Varcoe, A. Chandra, C. Avignone-Rossa, A. E. Thumser, R. C.T. Slade, "Activated carbon cloth as anode for sulfate removal in a microbial fuel cell", Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 4971 (2008).