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Development of a novel dual-enzyme screen-printed amperometric biosensor for the analysis of esterified fatty acids (2023)
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Smart, A., Crew, A., Doran, O., & Hart, J. (2023). Development of a novel dual-enzyme screen-printed amperometric biosensor for the analysis of esterified fatty acids. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 122, Article 105488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105488

This paper describes, for the first time, the development of a novel trilinolein biosensor based on the immobilisation of lipase and lipoxygenase (LOX) onto a cobalt phthalocyanine screen-printed carbon electrode (CoPC-SPCE) in conjunction with amper... Read More about Development of a novel dual-enzyme screen-printed amperometric biosensor for the analysis of esterified fatty acids.

Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids (2020)
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Smart, A., Hart, J., Crew, A., & Doran, O. (2020). Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Applied Sciences, 10(21), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10217779

This paper describes the design, development and characterisation of an electrochemical biosensor for the measurement of linoleic and α-linolenic acid, as representative free polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), that may be implicated in food safety... Read More about Studies towards the development of a novel, screen-printed carbon-based, biosensor for the measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method (2019)
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Westmacott, K. L., Crew, A. P., Doran, O., & Hart, J. P. (2020). Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 150, Article 111837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111837

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is the first report on the fabrication, characterisation and application of an electrochemical (bio)sensor system for the simultaneous measurement of skatole and androstenone. A biosensor for androstenone was fabricated usin... Read More about Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method.

An electrocatalytic screen-printed amperometric sensor for the selective measurement of thiamine (Vitamin B1) in food supplements (2019)
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Smart, A., Westmacott, K. L., Crew, A., Doran, O., & Hart, J. P. (2019). An electrocatalytic screen-printed amperometric sensor for the selective measurement of thiamine (Vitamin B1) in food supplements. Biosensors, 9(3), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios9030098

An electrocatalytic screen-printed sensor has been investigated for the measurement of the biologically important biomolecule vitamin B1 (thiamine) for the first time in food supplements. Under basic conditions, the vitamin was converted to its elect... Read More about An electrocatalytic screen-printed amperometric sensor for the selective measurement of thiamine (Vitamin B1) in food supplements.

Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour (2018)
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Hughes, G., Pemberton, R. . M., Nicholas, P., & Hart, J. P. (2018). Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour. Electroanalysis, 30(8), 1608-1612. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.+201+800+104

This paper describes a simple, convenient approach to the fabrication of microband electrodes and microband biosensors based on screen printing technology. These devices were printed in a three-electrode configuration on one strip; a silver/silver ch... Read More about Fabrication of miniaturised screen-printed glucose biosensors, using a water-based ink, and the evaluation of their electrochemical behaviour.

A novel electroanalytical approach to the measurement of B vitamins in food supplements based on screen-printed carbon sensors (2017)
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Westmacott, K. L., Crew, A. P., Doran, O., & Hart, J. P. (2018). A novel electroanalytical approach to the measurement of B vitamins in food supplements based on screen-printed carbon sensors. Talanta, 181, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.12.074

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. This paper describes the development of a novel electrochemical assay for the measurement of water-soluble vitamins in food and pharmaceutical products. The optimum conditions for the determination of vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (r... Read More about A novel electroanalytical approach to the measurement of B vitamins in food supplements based on screen-printed carbon sensors.

Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode (2017)
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Nicholas, P., Pittson, R., & Hart, J. P. (2018). Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode. Food Chemistry, 241, 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.077

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This paper describes the development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay, for the measurement of fructose, using a graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed electrode (SPCE-G-COOH). Cyclic voltammetry showed that th... Read More about Development of a simple, low cost chronoamperometric assay for fructose based on a commercial graphite-nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrode.

Alpha-synuclein ferrireductase activity is detectible in vivo, is altered in Parkinson's disease and increases the neurotoxicity of DOPAL (2017)
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McDowall, J. S., Ntai, I., Honeychurch, K. C., Hart, J. P., Colin, P., Schneider, B. L., & Brown, D. R. (2017). Alpha-synuclein ferrireductase activity is detectible in vivo, is altered in Parkinson's disease and increases the neurotoxicity of DOPAL. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 85, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2017.08.001

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. The normal cellular role of α-synuclein is of potential importance in understanding diseases in which an aggregated form of the protein has been implicated. A potential loss or change in the normal function of α-synuclein could p... Read More about Alpha-synuclein ferrireductase activity is detectible in vivo, is altered in Parkinson's disease and increases the neurotoxicity of DOPAL.

Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation (2016)
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Hart, J. P., Liébana, S., Jones, L. J., Drago, G. A., Pittson, R. W., Liu, D., …Hart, J. P. (2016). Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 231, 384-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.142

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. A new generic platform for the development of microbiosensors combining screen-printing and ultrafast pulsed laser technologies has been developed, characterised and evaluated. This new platform consists of a... Read More about Design and development of novel screen-printed microelectrode and microbiosensor arrays fabricated using ultrafast pulsed laser ablation.

A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring (2016)
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Hart, J. P., Pemberton, R. M., Hughes, G., Hughes, G., Pemberton, R., Fielden, P. R., & Hart, J. P. (2016). A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring. Analytica Chimica Acta, 933, 82-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.06.005

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. A reagentless glutamate biosensor was applied to the determination of glutamate released from liver hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) in response to toxic challenge from various concentrations of paracetamol. A screen printe... Read More about A novel reagentless glutamate microband biosensor for real-time cell toxicity monitoring.

Amperometric Screen-Printed Galactose Biosensor for Cell Toxicity Applications (2016)
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Jackson, S. K., Pemberton, R. M., Kanyong, P., Hughes, G., Pemberton, R., Jackson, S., & Hart, J. P. (2016). Amperometric Screen-Printed Galactose Biosensor for Cell Toxicity Applications. Analytical Letters, 49(2), 236-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2015.1070166

© 2016, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. ABSTRACT: This paper reports the development and application of a biosensor for the amperometric determination of galactose in the presence of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells with and without a... Read More about Amperometric Screen-Printed Galactose Biosensor for Cell Toxicity Applications.

Development of a voltammetric assay, using screen-printed electrodes, for clonazepam and its application to beverage and serum samples (2015)
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Honeychurch, K. C., Brooks, J., & Hart, J. P. (2016). Development of a voltammetric assay, using screen-printed electrodes, for clonazepam and its application to beverage and serum samples. Talanta, 147, 510-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.10.032

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This paper describes the development of an electrochemical assay based on screen-printed carbon sensors for the determination of clonazepam in serum and in wine. The cyclic voltammetric behaviour of the drug... Read More about Development of a voltammetric assay, using screen-printed electrodes, for clonazepam and its application to beverage and serum samples.

Development of a novel reagentless, screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase and NAD+, integrated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the determination of glutamate in food and clinical applications (2015)
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Hughes, G., Pemberton, R. M., Fielden, P. R., & Hart, J. P. (2015). Development of a novel reagentless, screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase and NAD+, integrated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the determination of glutamate in food and clinical applications. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 216, 614-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.04.066

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Abstract A screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE) containing the electrocatalyst Meldola's Blue (MB) has been investigated as the base transducer for a reagentless glutamate biosensor. The biopolymer chitosan (CHIT) and multiwall... Read More about Development of a novel reagentless, screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase and NAD+, integrated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the determination of glutamate in food and clinical applications.

Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers (2014)
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Sage, I. C., Drago, G. A., Pemberton, R., Cox, T., Tuffin, R., Griffiths, J., …Hart, J. P. (2014). Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers. Sensors, 14(11), 20519-20532. https://doi.org/10.3390/s141120519

© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This report describes the design and development of an integrated electrochemical cell culture monitoring system, based on enzyme-biosensors and chemical sensors, for monitoring indicators of... Read More about Fabrication and evaluation of a micro(bio)sensor array chip for multiple parallel measurements of important cell biomarkers.

Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee (2014)
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Honeychurch, K. C., Davidson, G. M., Brown, E., & Hart, J. P. (2015). Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee. Analytica Chimica Acta, 853, 222-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2014.09.033

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) has been successfully determined in coffee by high performance liquid chromatography dual electrode detection (LC-DED) in the dual reductive mode. Initial studies were performed to optimise the chromatogr... Read More about Novel reductive-reductive mode electrochemical detection of Rohypnol following liquid chromatography and its determination in coffee.

Development of a disposable screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase, for the determination of glutamate in clinical and food applications (2014)
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Hughes, G., Pemberton, R., Fielden, P., & Hart, J. P. (2014). Development of a disposable screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase, for the determination of glutamate in clinical and food applications. Analytical & Bioanalytical Electrochemistry, 6(4), 435-449

A screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE) containing the electrocatalyst Meldola’s Blue (MB) has been investigated as the base transducer for a glutamate biosensor. The sandwich biosensor was fabricated by firstly depositing a chitosan (CHIT) layer... Read More about Development of a disposable screen-printed amperometric biosensor based on glutamate dehydrogenase, for the determination of glutamate in clinical and food applications.

Electrochemical detection of benzodiazepines, following liquid chromatography, for applications in pharmaceutical, biomedical and forensic investigations (2014)
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Honeychurch, K. C., & Hart, J. P. (2014). Electrochemical detection of benzodiazepines, following liquid chromatography, for applications in pharmaceutical, biomedical and forensic investigations. https://doi.org/10.5640/insc.040101

Benzodiazepines are an important class of drugs commonly administered with a potential for abuse and environmental pollution. This review focuses on the liquid chromatographic electrochemical detection of the benzodiazepine class of drugs. These are... Read More about Electrochemical detection of benzodiazepines, following liquid chromatography, for applications in pharmaceutical, biomedical and forensic investigations.

Use of whole blood for analysis of disease-associated biomarkers (2013)
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McLeod, J., Pemberton, R. M., May, J. E., Pemberton, R., Hart, J. P., McLeod, J. D., …Doran, O. (2013). Use of whole blood for analysis of disease-associated biomarkers. Analytical Biochemistry, 437(1), 59-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2013.02.024

Analyses for diagnosis and monitoring of pathological conditions often rely on blood samples, partly due to relative ease of collection. However, many interfering substances largely preclude the use of whole blood itself, necessitating separation of... Read More about Use of whole blood for analysis of disease-associated biomarkers.

Microfabricated glucose biosensor for culture welloperation (2013)
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Hart, J. P., Luxton, R., Xu, J., Griffiths, J., Sage, I., Tuffin, R., …Hart, J. P. (2013). Microfabricated glucose biosensor for culture welloperation. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 42(1), 668-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2012.11.032

A water-based carbon screen-printing ink formulation, containing the redox mediator cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) and the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx), was investigated for its suitability to fabricate glucose microbiosensors in a 96-well microplate f... Read More about Microfabricated glucose biosensor for culture welloperation.

Development of an amperometric screen-printed galactose biosensor for serum analysis (2013)
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Pemberton, R. M., Kanyong, P., Pemberton, R., Jackson, S. K., & Hart, J. P. (2013). Development of an amperometric screen-printed galactose biosensor for serum analysis. Analytical Biochemistry, 435(2), 114-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2013.01.006

The development of a disposable amperometric biosensor for the measurement of circulating galactose in serum is described. The biosensor comprises a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE), incorporating the electrocatalyst cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC... Read More about Development of an amperometric screen-printed galactose biosensor for serum analysis.