Featured Publications & Patents |
Below is a selection of publications and patents which our group has produced.
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Lawrence, C.L., Okoh, A.O., Vishwapathi, V., McKenna, S.T., Critchley, M.E., Smith, R.B. N-alkylated linear heptamethine polyenes as potent non-azole leads against Candida albicans fungal infections (2020) Bioorganic Chemistry, 102, art. no. 104070, .
Devine, A., Hegarty, C., Casimero, C., Molyneaux, R.L., Smith, R.B., Cardosi, M.F., Davis, J.
Electrochemically initiated release: exploring new modalities for controlled drug release (2020) Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 872, art. no. 113926, .
Casimero, C., Bigham, T., McGlynn, R.J., Dooley, J.S.G., Ternan, N.G., Snelling, W.J., Critchley, M.E., Zinkel, C.L., Smith, R.B., Sabogal-Paz, L.P., Davis, J. Electroanalytical properties of chlorophenol red at disposable carbon electrodes: Implications for Escherichia coli detection (2019) Bioelectrochemistry, 130, art. no. 107321, .
Jalab, M., Critchley, M.E., Taylor, C.M., Lawrence, C.L., Smith, R.B. 1,8-Substituted anthraquinones, anthrones and bianthrones as potential non-azole leads against fungal infections (2019) Bioorganic Chemistry, 91, art. no. 103151, .
Hegarty, C., McKillop, S., McGlynn, R.J., Smith, R.B., Mathur, A., Davis, J. Microneedle array sensors based on carbon nanoparticle composites: interfacial chemistry and electroanalytical properties (2019) Journal of Materials Science, 54 (15), pp. 10705-10714.
Okoh, O.A., Critchley, M.E., Bisby, R.H., Lawrence, C.L., Wainwright, M., Smith, R.B. Synthesis and photophysical properties of meso-aminophenyl-substituted heptamethine dyes as potential leads to new contrast agents (2019) Coloration Technology, 135 (4), pp. 305-311.
McLister, A., Casimero, C., McConville, A., Taylor, C.M., Lawrence, C.L., Smith, R.B., Mathur, A., Davis, J. Design of a smart sensor mesh for the measurement of pH in ostomy applications (2019) Journal of Materials Science, 54 (14), pp. 10410-10419.
Casimero, C., McConville, A., Fearon, J.-J., Lawrence, C.L., Taylor, C.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Sensor systems for bacterial reactors: A new flavin-phenol composite film for the in situ voltammetric measurement of pH (2018) Analytica Chimica Acta, 1027, pp. 1-8.
Hegarty, C., Kirkwood, S., Cardosi, M.F., Lawrence, C.L., Taylor, C.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Disposable solid state pH sensor based on flavin polymer-ferrocyanide redox couples (2018) Microchemical Journal, 139, pp. 210-215.
Wainwright, M., Stockburn, W.J., Lawrence, C.L., Stevens, H.J., Jones, A.E., Smith, R.B. Photoactive plants: Botany bad boys or horticultural heroes? (2018) Phytotherapy Research, 32 (3), pp. 561-563.
Johns, S.C., Crouch, L.L.E., Grieve, S., Maloney, H.L., Peczkowski, G.R., Jones, A.E., Sharp, D., Smith, R.B. A rapid, chromatography-free route to substituted acridine-isoalloxazine conjugates under microwave irradiation (2014) Tetrahedron Letters, 55 (22), pp. 3308-3311.
Okoh, O.A., Bisby, R.H., Lawrence, C.L., Rolph, C.E., Smith, R.B. Promising near-infrared non-targeted probes: Benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes (2014) Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 35 (1), pp. 42-56.
Tyler, A.R., Okoh, A.O., Lawrence, C.L., Jones, V.C., Moffatt, C., Smith, R.B. N-Alkylated 2,3,3-trimethylindolenines and 2-methylbenzothiazoles. Potential lead compounds in the fight against Saccharomyces cerevisiae infections (2013) European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64, pp. 222-227.
Brocklesby, K.L., Johns, S.C., Jones, A.E., Sharp, D., Smith, R.B. Smart bandages - A colourful approach to early stage infection detection & control in wound care (2013) Medical Hypotheses, 80 (3), pp. 237-240.
Brocklesby, K., Smith, R., Sharp, D. An interdisciplinary experiment: Azodye metabolism by Staphylococcus aureus (2012) Journal of Biological Education, 46 (4), pp. 247-251.
Leslie, R., Leeb, E., Smith, R.B. Synthesis of ethyl nalidixate: A medicinal chemistry experiment
(2012) Journal of Chemical Education, 89 (1), pp. 144-146.
Villalba, M.M., Leslie, R., Davis, J., Smith, R.B. Designer experiments to assist in the teaching of NMR spectroscopy. A spectroscopic experiment in green chemistry [Experimentos para ayudar en la enseñanza de la espectroscopia de NMR] (2011) Journal of Science Education, 12 (1), pp. 38-40.
Smith, R.B., Faki, H., Leslie, R. Limitations of the Jacobs-Gould reaction using microwave irradiation
(2011) Synthetic Communications, 41 (10), pp. 1492-1499.
Sharp, D., Gladstone, P., Smith, R.B., Forsythe, S., Davis, J. Approaching intelligent infection diagnostics: Carbon fibre sensor for electrochemical pyocyanin detection (2010) Bioelectrochemistry, 77 (2), pp. 114-119.
Lee, L., Villalba, M.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Epoxide-quinone transformations: Multi-parametric indicators for assessing animal welfare (2009) Electrochemistry Communications, 11 (8), pp. 1555-1558.
Villalba, M.M., Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Lawrence, N.S., Davis, J. Rapid assessment of the latent hazard posed by dissolved mercaptans within aqueous effluent (2008) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 154 (1-3), pp. 444-450.
Chitre, S.A., Lobo, G.-A.M., Rathod, S.M., Smith, R.B., Leslie, R., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Bromide-sulfur interchange: Ion chromatographic determination of total reduced thiol levels in plasma (2008) Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 864 (1-2), pp. 173-177.
Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Davis, J. Synthesis of acridine-quinone systems - A potential electrochemical fluorescent switch (2008) Synthetic Communications, 38 (20), pp. 3447-3455.
Billington, S., Smith, R.B., Karousos, N.G., Cowham, E., Davis, J. Covert approaches to countering adult chemophobia (2008) Journal of Chemical Education, 85 (3), pp. 379-380.
Lobo, G.-A.M., Chitre, S.A., Rathod, S.M., Smith, R.B., Leslie, R., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Determination of total reduced thiol levels in plasma using a bromide substituted quinone (2007) Electroanalysis, 19 (24), pp. 2523-2528.
Tustin, G.J., Lafitte, V.G.H., Banks, C.E., Jones, T.G.J., Smith, R.B., Davis, J., Lawrence, N.S. Synthesis and characterisation of water soluble ferrocenes: Molecular tuning of redox potentials (2007) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 692 (23), pp. 5173-5182.
Villalba, M.M., Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. A chromatographic tool for preparing combinatorial quinone-thiol conjugate libraries (2007) Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, 70 (5), pp. 797-802.
Lawrence, N.S., Banks, C.E., Tustin, G.J., Jones, T.G.J., Smith, R.B., Davis, J., Wadhawan, J.D. Electrochemical characterisation of novel water-soluble ruthenocene complexes: An anion-dependent response (2007) Electrochemistry Communications, 9 (7), pp. 1451-1455.
Solsona, I.A., Smith, R.B., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Metabolic mimics: Thiol responsive drug release
(2006) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 302 (2), pp. 698-701.
Platts, M., Smith, R.B., Mould, N., Davis, J. Ephedrine-copper-carbon interactions: An electroanalytical investigation
Smith, R.B., Canton, C., Lawrence, N.S., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Molecular anchors - Mimicking metabolic processes in thiol analysis (2006) New Journal of Chemistry, 30 (12), pp. 1718-1724.
Devine, A., Hegarty, C., Casimero, C., Molyneaux, R.L., Smith, R.B., Cardosi, M.F., Davis, J.
Electrochemically initiated release: exploring new modalities for controlled drug release (2020) Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 872, art. no. 113926, .
Casimero, C., Bigham, T., McGlynn, R.J., Dooley, J.S.G., Ternan, N.G., Snelling, W.J., Critchley, M.E., Zinkel, C.L., Smith, R.B., Sabogal-Paz, L.P., Davis, J. Electroanalytical properties of chlorophenol red at disposable carbon electrodes: Implications for Escherichia coli detection (2019) Bioelectrochemistry, 130, art. no. 107321, .
Jalab, M., Critchley, M.E., Taylor, C.M., Lawrence, C.L., Smith, R.B. 1,8-Substituted anthraquinones, anthrones and bianthrones as potential non-azole leads against fungal infections (2019) Bioorganic Chemistry, 91, art. no. 103151, .
Hegarty, C., McKillop, S., McGlynn, R.J., Smith, R.B., Mathur, A., Davis, J. Microneedle array sensors based on carbon nanoparticle composites: interfacial chemistry and electroanalytical properties (2019) Journal of Materials Science, 54 (15), pp. 10705-10714.
Okoh, O.A., Critchley, M.E., Bisby, R.H., Lawrence, C.L., Wainwright, M., Smith, R.B. Synthesis and photophysical properties of meso-aminophenyl-substituted heptamethine dyes as potential leads to new contrast agents (2019) Coloration Technology, 135 (4), pp. 305-311.
McLister, A., Casimero, C., McConville, A., Taylor, C.M., Lawrence, C.L., Smith, R.B., Mathur, A., Davis, J. Design of a smart sensor mesh for the measurement of pH in ostomy applications (2019) Journal of Materials Science, 54 (14), pp. 10410-10419.
Casimero, C., McConville, A., Fearon, J.-J., Lawrence, C.L., Taylor, C.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Sensor systems for bacterial reactors: A new flavin-phenol composite film for the in situ voltammetric measurement of pH (2018) Analytica Chimica Acta, 1027, pp. 1-8.
Hegarty, C., Kirkwood, S., Cardosi, M.F., Lawrence, C.L., Taylor, C.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Disposable solid state pH sensor based on flavin polymer-ferrocyanide redox couples (2018) Microchemical Journal, 139, pp. 210-215.
Wainwright, M., Stockburn, W.J., Lawrence, C.L., Stevens, H.J., Jones, A.E., Smith, R.B. Photoactive plants: Botany bad boys or horticultural heroes? (2018) Phytotherapy Research, 32 (3), pp. 561-563.
Johns, S.C., Crouch, L.L.E., Grieve, S., Maloney, H.L., Peczkowski, G.R., Jones, A.E., Sharp, D., Smith, R.B. A rapid, chromatography-free route to substituted acridine-isoalloxazine conjugates under microwave irradiation (2014) Tetrahedron Letters, 55 (22), pp. 3308-3311.
Okoh, O.A., Bisby, R.H., Lawrence, C.L., Rolph, C.E., Smith, R.B. Promising near-infrared non-targeted probes: Benzothiazole heptamethine cyanine dyes (2014) Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 35 (1), pp. 42-56.
Tyler, A.R., Okoh, A.O., Lawrence, C.L., Jones, V.C., Moffatt, C., Smith, R.B. N-Alkylated 2,3,3-trimethylindolenines and 2-methylbenzothiazoles. Potential lead compounds in the fight against Saccharomyces cerevisiae infections (2013) European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64, pp. 222-227.
Brocklesby, K.L., Johns, S.C., Jones, A.E., Sharp, D., Smith, R.B. Smart bandages - A colourful approach to early stage infection detection & control in wound care (2013) Medical Hypotheses, 80 (3), pp. 237-240.
Brocklesby, K., Smith, R., Sharp, D. An interdisciplinary experiment: Azodye metabolism by Staphylococcus aureus (2012) Journal of Biological Education, 46 (4), pp. 247-251.
Leslie, R., Leeb, E., Smith, R.B. Synthesis of ethyl nalidixate: A medicinal chemistry experiment
(2012) Journal of Chemical Education, 89 (1), pp. 144-146.
Villalba, M.M., Leslie, R., Davis, J., Smith, R.B. Designer experiments to assist in the teaching of NMR spectroscopy. A spectroscopic experiment in green chemistry [Experimentos para ayudar en la enseñanza de la espectroscopia de NMR] (2011) Journal of Science Education, 12 (1), pp. 38-40.
Smith, R.B., Faki, H., Leslie, R. Limitations of the Jacobs-Gould reaction using microwave irradiation
(2011) Synthetic Communications, 41 (10), pp. 1492-1499.
Sharp, D., Gladstone, P., Smith, R.B., Forsythe, S., Davis, J. Approaching intelligent infection diagnostics: Carbon fibre sensor for electrochemical pyocyanin detection (2010) Bioelectrochemistry, 77 (2), pp. 114-119.
Lee, L., Villalba, M.M., Smith, R.B., Davis, J. Epoxide-quinone transformations: Multi-parametric indicators for assessing animal welfare (2009) Electrochemistry Communications, 11 (8), pp. 1555-1558.
Villalba, M.M., Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Lawrence, N.S., Davis, J. Rapid assessment of the latent hazard posed by dissolved mercaptans within aqueous effluent (2008) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 154 (1-3), pp. 444-450.
Chitre, S.A., Lobo, G.-A.M., Rathod, S.M., Smith, R.B., Leslie, R., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Bromide-sulfur interchange: Ion chromatographic determination of total reduced thiol levels in plasma (2008) Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 864 (1-2), pp. 173-177.
Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Davis, J. Synthesis of acridine-quinone systems - A potential electrochemical fluorescent switch (2008) Synthetic Communications, 38 (20), pp. 3447-3455.
Billington, S., Smith, R.B., Karousos, N.G., Cowham, E., Davis, J. Covert approaches to countering adult chemophobia (2008) Journal of Chemical Education, 85 (3), pp. 379-380.
Lobo, G.-A.M., Chitre, S.A., Rathod, S.M., Smith, R.B., Leslie, R., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Determination of total reduced thiol levels in plasma using a bromide substituted quinone (2007) Electroanalysis, 19 (24), pp. 2523-2528.
Tustin, G.J., Lafitte, V.G.H., Banks, C.E., Jones, T.G.J., Smith, R.B., Davis, J., Lawrence, N.S. Synthesis and characterisation of water soluble ferrocenes: Molecular tuning of redox potentials (2007) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 692 (23), pp. 5173-5182.
Villalba, M.M., Litchfield, V.J., Smith, R.B., Franklin, A.M., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. A chromatographic tool for preparing combinatorial quinone-thiol conjugate libraries (2007) Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, 70 (5), pp. 797-802.
Lawrence, N.S., Banks, C.E., Tustin, G.J., Jones, T.G.J., Smith, R.B., Davis, J., Wadhawan, J.D. Electrochemical characterisation of novel water-soluble ruthenocene complexes: An anion-dependent response (2007) Electrochemistry Communications, 9 (7), pp. 1451-1455.
Solsona, I.A., Smith, R.B., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Metabolic mimics: Thiol responsive drug release
(2006) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 302 (2), pp. 698-701.
Platts, M., Smith, R.B., Mould, N., Davis, J. Ephedrine-copper-carbon interactions: An electroanalytical investigation
Smith, R.B., Canton, C., Lawrence, N.S., Livingstone, C., Davis, J. Molecular anchors - Mimicking metabolic processes in thiol analysis (2006) New Journal of Chemistry, 30 (12), pp. 1718-1724.
Patent Applications |
Below is a list of patent applications made by Rob and the group.
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(WO2013114115) PROCESS FOR DYE PRODUCTION - Robert B. Smith & Okoh Adeyi Okoh
Pub. No.: WO/2013/114115
Pub. No.: WO/2013/114115