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Wireless Nanobioelectronics for Electrical Intracellular Sensing (2019)
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For the field of bioelectronics to make an impact on healthcare, there is an urgent requirement for the development of “wireless” electronic systems to enable modulation of chemistry inside of cells. Herein we report on an intracellular wireless elec... Read More about Wireless Nanobioelectronics for Electrical Intracellular Sensing.

Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior (2019)
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Biological structures control cell behavior via physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical cues. Approaches that allow us to build devices that mimic these cues in a combinatorial way are lacking due to there being no suitable instructive materia... Read More about Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior.

Mechanistic insight into heterogeneity of trans-plasma membrane electron transport in cancer cell types (2019)
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Trans-plasma membrane electron transfer (tMPET) is a process by which reducing equivalents, either electrons or reductants like ascorbic acid, are exported to the extracellular environment by the cell. TPMET is involved in a number of physiological p... Read More about Mechanistic insight into heterogeneity of trans-plasma membrane electron transport in cancer cell types.

Remotely controlled in situ growth of silver microwires forming bioelectronic interfaces (2019)
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There is a pressing need to advance our ability to construct three-dimensional (3D) functional bioelectronic interfaces. Additionally, to ease the transition to building cellular electronic systems, a remote approach to merge electrical components wi... Read More about Remotely controlled in situ growth of silver microwires forming bioelectronic interfaces.

Reversible, High-Affinity Surface Capturing of Proteins Directed by Supramolecular Assembly (2019)
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The ability to design surfaces with reversible, high-affinity protein binding sites represents a significant step forward in the advancement of analytical methods for diverse biochemical and biomedical applications. Herein, we report a dynamic supram... Read More about Reversible, High-Affinity Surface Capturing of Proteins Directed by Supramolecular Assembly.

Mammalian cell-driven polymerisation of pyrrole (2018)
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A model cancer cell line was used to initiate polymerisation of pyrrole to form the conducting material polypyrrole. The polymerisation was shown to occur via cytosolic exudates rather than via membrane redox sites which normally control the oxidatio... Read More about Mammalian cell-driven polymerisation of pyrrole.

New perspectives on iron uptake in eukaryotes (2018)
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All eukaryotic organisms require iron to function. Malfunctions within iron homeostasis have a range of physiological consequences, and can lead to the development of pathological conditions that can result in an excess of non-transferrin bound iron... Read More about New perspectives on iron uptake in eukaryotes.

Wireless bioelectronic nanosystems for intracellular communication (2018)
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In order for the field of bioelectronics to make an impact on healthcare, there is an urgent requirement for the development of “wireless” electronic systems to both sense and actuate cell behaviour. Herein we report the first example of an innovativ... Read More about Wireless bioelectronic nanosystems for intracellular communication.

Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine (2018)
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Cellular homeostasis is in part controlled by biological generated electrical activity. By interfacing biology with electronic devices this electrical activity can be modulated to actuate cellular behaviour. There are current limitations in merging e... Read More about Electrochemically stimulating developments in bioelectronic medicine.

An electrochemical system for the study of trans-plasma membrane electron transport in whole eukaryotic cells (2018)
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The development of new assays to study trans-plasma membrane electron transport (tPMET) in eukaryotic systems is paramount for a number reasons, which include the further understanding of the underlying biology which can then potentially be applied t... Read More about An electrochemical system for the study of trans-plasma membrane electron transport in whole eukaryotic cells.

Tailoring the electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube modified indium tin oxide via in situ grafting of aryl diazonium (2017)
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Our ability to tailor the electronic properties of surfaces by nanomodification is paramount for various applications, including development of sensing, fuel cell, and solar technologies. Moreover, in order to improve the rational design of conductin... Read More about Tailoring the electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube modified indium tin oxide via in situ grafting of aryl diazonium.

Electrochemical communication with the inside of cells using micro-patterned vertical carbon nanofibre electrodes (2016)
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With the rapidly increasing demands for ultrasensitive biodetection, the design and applications of new nano-scale materials for development of sensors based on optical and electrochemical transducers have attracted substantial interest. In particula... Read More about Electrochemical communication with the inside of cells using micro-patterned vertical carbon nanofibre electrodes.

Fast, ultrasensitive detection of reactive oxygen species using a carbon nanotube based-electrocatalytic intracellular sensor (2015)
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Herein, we report a highly sensitive electrocatalytic sensor-cell construct that can electrochemically communicate with the internal environment of immune cells (e.g., macrophages) via the selective monitoring of a particular reactive oxygen species... Read More about Fast, ultrasensitive detection of reactive oxygen species using a carbon nanotube based-electrocatalytic intracellular sensor.

Electronic communication of cells with a surface mediated by boronic acid saccharide interactions (2015)
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The fabrication of a molecularly tailored surface functionalised with a saccharide binding motif, a phenyl boronic acid derivative is reported.The functionalised surface facilitated the transfer of electrons, via unique electronic interactions mediat... Read More about Electronic communication of cells with a surface mediated by boronic acid saccharide interactions.

Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion (2014)
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Electrochemical detection of intracellular and cell membrane redox systems in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2014)
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New insights into electrocatalysis based on plasmon resonance for the real-time monitoring of catalytic events on single gold nanorods (2014)
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Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been widely applied in industrial catalysis and electrocatalysis. Owing to their wide variety of shapes, sizes, and compositions, a range of different catalytic properties is possible. Thus, it is important to monitor c... Read More about New insights into electrocatalysis based on plasmon resonance for the real-time monitoring of catalytic events on single gold nanorods.

Modulation of biointeractions by electrically switchable oligopeptide surfaces: structural requirements and mechanism (2014)
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