SMART POLYMER-DNA HYBRIDS AS RECOGNITION SITES FOR ADVANCED NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Spatially isolated redox processes enabled by ambipolar charge transport in multi-walled carbon nanotube mats

Renzo A Fenati, Peter C Sherrell, Dmitriy A Khodakov, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda Ellis

2021-04-01

This work demonstrates a simple dual-well device which enables spatially isolated solutions to undergo complementary redox reactio..

Printed recyclable and self-poled polymer piezoelectric generators through single-walled carbon nanotube templating

Nick A Shepelin, Peter C Sherrell, Eirini Goudeli, Emmanuel N Skountzos, Vanessa C Lussini, Greg W Dicinoski, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda V Ellis

2020-03-01

With an increasing global energy demand, along with a rising uptake of portable electronic devices, it is of great importance to i..

Oxacillin Coupled G-Quadruplexes as a Novel Biofilm-Specific Antibiotic for Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

RA Fenati, K Locock, Y Qu, AV Ellis

2019-07-15

One of the most important traits of pathogenic microbial biofilms is their high tolerance to conventional antimicrobial agents, wh..

Cross-linking of dehydrofluorinated PVDF membranes with thiol modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and pure water flux analysis

Jonathan Sierke, Amanda Ellis

2019-07-01

Porous poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) membranes often undergo compaction in pressure driven water treatment, contributing to a..

New developments in composites, copolymer technologies and processing techniques for flexible fluoropolymer piezoelectric generators for efficient energy harvesting

Nick A Shepelin, Alexey M Glushenkov, Vanessa C Lussini, Phillip J Fox, Greg W Dicinoski, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda V Ellis

2019-04-01

Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) have recently attracted significant interest, as they are able to harvest mechanical ener..

3D printing of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene): a poling-free technique to manufacture flexible and transparent piezoelectric generators

Nick A Shepelin, Vanessa C Lussini, Phillip J Fox, Greg W Dicinoski, AlexeyM Glushenkov, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda V Ellis

2019-03-01

Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) present a unique opportunity for renewable and sustainable energy harvesting. Here, we pr..

Morphological changes of sintered polydopamine coatings

Christopher T Gibson, Christiaan R Ridings, Andrew J Blok, Cameron J Shearer, Gunther G Andersson, Amanda V Ellis

2019-03-01

Polydopamine (PDA), produced from the self-polymerization of dopamine under alkaline conditions, is well known for its natural adh..

Synthesis of a deoxyguanosine monophosphate rich propyl methacrylate oligomer

Michael J Wilson, Renzo A Fenati, Elizabeth GL Williams, Amanda V Ellis

2018-06-07

We report on the first synthesis of a "protected" 5′-dimethoxytrityl-N-isobutyryl-2′-deoxyguanosine(dG), 3′-[(2-cyanoethyl)-2-(met..

Hi-fidelity discrimination of isomiRs using G-quadruplex gatekeepers

Nianjia Seow, Renzo A Fenati, Ashley R Connolly, Amanda V Ellis

2017-11-16

Core microRNA (miRNA) sequences exist as populations of variants called isomiRs made up of different lengths and nucleotide compos..

Single nucleotide polymorphism discrimination with and without an ethidium bromide intercalator

Renzo A Fenati, Ashley R Connolly, Amanda V Ellis

2017-02-15

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping is an important aspect in understanding genetic variations. Here, we discriminate ..

Optimisation of DNA hybridisation and toehold strand displacement from magnetic bead surfaces

Renzo A Fenati, Dmitriy Khodakov, Amanda V Ellis

2017-01-01

Here, we present work on the improved hybridisation and release of specially designed pegylated double stranded DNA strands with a..

A DNA Circuit for IsomiR Detection

Ashley R Connolly, Rena Hirani, Amanda V Ellis, Matt Trau

2016-11-17

A synthetic DNA oligonucleotide has been programmed to function as a biological circuit to detect 5'-IsomiRs. The circuit consists..

High purity synthesis of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane modified with an antibacterial

Jonathan K Sierke, Amanda V Ellis

2015-10-01

Abstract Here, high purity octa(3-mercaptopropyl) POSS has been synthesized and subsequently reacted with a variety of alkenes via..

Protected DNA strand displacement for enhanced single nucleotide discrimination in double-stranded DNA

Dmitriy A Khodakov, Anastasia S Khodakova, David M Huang, Adrian Linacre, Amanda V Ellis

2015-03-04

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a prime source of genetic diversity. Discriminating between different SNPs provides an ..