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Bioelectrochemical Systems: Prioritizing Energy Density, Long-Term Stability, and Validation

2025 August

Bioelectrochemical Systems: Prioritizing Energy Density, Long-Term Stability, and Validation
ACS Energy Letters
Luana C. I. Faria, Steffane Q. Nascimento, Filipe C. D A. Lima, Graziela C. Sedenho, Thiago Bertaglia, Rodrigo M. Iost, João C. P. de Souza, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, Shelley D. Minteer, Serge Cosnier, Ariel L. Furst, and Frank N. Crespilho

Posted in Microbial Electrocatalysis
Genetic Surfaceome E. coli Reprogramming Enables Selective Water Oxidation

2025 August

Genetic Surfaceome E. coli Reprogramming Enables Selective Water Oxidation
Advanced Materials
Graziela C. Sedenho, Jéssica C. Pacheco, Melanie Gut, Filipe C. D. A. Lima, Sunanda Dey, Frank N. Crespilho, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Surface Protein Engineering
Fast, Simple Electrochromic Biosensors for Point-of-Use Infectious Disease Diagnosis

2025 July

Fast, Simple Electrochromic Biosensors for Point-of-Use Infectious Disease Diagnosis
Analytical Chemistry
Songyi Yeon, Marjon Zamani, Xingcheng Zhou, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics, Electrochemistry
Self-assembled Nanomaterials Enable Extended Lithium Release

2025 July

Self-assembled Nanomaterials Enable Extended Lithium Release
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Marjon Zamani, Kirmina Monira, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Metal-Phenolic Networks

2024 December

Innovative Approach to Sustainable Fertilizer Production: Leveraging Electrically Assisted Conversion of Sewage Sludge for Nutrient Recovery
ACS Omega
Gerardine G. Botte, Dayana Donneys-Victoria, Christian E. Alvarez-Pugliese, Jedidian Adjei, Selin Sahin, Nathan W. Wilson, Kayleigh Millerick, Amy Hardberger, Ariel L. Furst, Nicole Hu, Andrew J. Medford

 

Posted in Electrochemistry, Remediation
Imidazolium-based ionic liquids support biosimilar flavin electron transfer

2024 August

Imidazolium-based ionic liquids support biosimilar flavin electron transfer
Materials Advances
Grace Anderson, Alec Agee, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Microbial Electrocatalysis
Mixed Conducting Polymers Alter Electron Transfer Thermodynamics to Boost Current Generation from Electroactive Microbes

2024 July

Mixed Conducting Polymers Alter Electron Transfer Thermodynamics to Boost Current Generation from Electroactive Microbes
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Alec Agee, Gordon Pace, Victoria Yang, Rachel Segalman, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Microbial Electrocatalysis
Electrocatalytic Properties of Electrochemically-Polymerized Metal-Phenolic Networks

2024 April

Electrocatalytic Properties of Electrochemically-Polymerized Metal-Phenolic Networks
ChemElectroChem
Nadia Zaragoza, Sage Widder, Heidi Huynh, Marjon Zamani, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry
Secondary Structure in Enzyme-Inspired Polymer Catalysts Impacts Water Oxidation Efficiency

2024 April

Secondary Structure in Enzyme-Inspired Polymer Catalysts Impacts Water Oxidation Efficiency
Advanced Science
Graziela C. Sedenho, Steffane Q. Nascimento, Marjon Zamani, Frank N. Crespilho, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry
Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction via DNA-Directed Catalyst Immobilization

2024 March

Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction via DNA-Directed Catalyst Immobilization
JACS Au
Gang Fan, Nathan Corbin, Minju Chung, Thomas M. Gill, Evan B. Moore, Amruta A. Karbelkar, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Electrochemistry
Novel delivery systems for controlled release of bacterial therapeutics

2024 Feb

Novel delivery systems for controlled release of bacterial therapeutics
Trends in Biotechnology
Nadia Zaragoza, Grace I. Anderson, Stephanie Allison-Logan, Kirmina Monir, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Microbial Therapeutics
Improving electrochemical hybridization assays with restriction enzymes

2024 Jan

Improving electrochemical hybridization assays with restriction enzymes
Chemical Communications
Xingcheng Zhou, Marjon Zamani, Katherine Austin, Marieke De Bock, Joshua Chaj Ullola, Smah Rikia and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Zeta potential characterization using commercial microfluidic chips

2023 Nov

Zeta potential characterization using commercial microfluidic chips
Lab on a Chip
Jonathan Cottet, Josephine O. Oshodi, Jesse Yebouet, Andrea Leang, Ariel L. Furst and Cullen R. Buie

Posted in Biophysics
Improving electrochemical hybridization assays with restriction enzymes

2023 Oct

Self-Assembled Nanocoatings Protect Microbial Fertilizers for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
JACS Au
Benjamin Burke, Gang Fan, Pris Wasuwanich, Evan B. Moore, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Metal-Phenolic Networks
35+1 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2023

2023 Aug

35+1 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2023
Matter
Monica Allen, Kwabena Bediako, William J. Bowman, Michelle Calabrese, Lucas Caretta, Rose K. Cersonsky, Wen Chen, Santiago Correa, Rachel Davidson, Leora Dresselhaus-Marais, Carissa N. Eisler, Ariel Furst, …, Steve Cranford

 

Posted in Uncategorized
Electrochemical Characterization of Biomolecular Electron Transfer at Conductive Polymer Interfaces

2023 Feb

Electrochemical Characterization of Biomolecular Electron Transfer at Conductive Polymer Interfaces
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Alec Agee, Thomas Mark Gill, Gordon Pace, Rachel Segalman and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Electrochemistry, Microbial Electrocatalysis
Carbon Electrode-Based Biosensing Enabled by Biocompatible Surface Modification with DNA and Proteins

2023 Jan

Carbon Electrode-Based Biosensing Enabled by Biocompatible Surface Modification with DNA and Proteins
Bioconjugate Chemistry
Amruta Karbelkar, Rachel Ahlmark, Xingcheng Zhou, Katherine Austin, Gang Fan, Victoria Y. Yang, and Ariel Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics, Electrochemistry
Recent Advances in Gold Electrode Fabrication for Low-Resource Setting Biosensing

2023 Jan

Recent Advances in Gold Electrode Fabrication for Low-Resource Setting Biosensors
Lab on a Chip
Marjon Zamani, Catherine M. Klapperich and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
An Improved Spectrophotometric Method for Toluene-4-Monooxygenase Activity

2023 Jan

An Improved Spectrophotometric Method for Toluene-4-Monooxygenase Activity
Chemistry Europe
Barathkumar Baskaran, Thomas M. Gill, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Remediation
Interfacial electrolyte effects on aqueous CO2 reduction: Learning from enzymes to develop inorganic approaches

2022 Oct

Interfacial electrolyte effects on aqueous CO2 reduction: Learning from enzymes to develop inorganic approaches
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
Thomas Mark Gill and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis
Recent Advances in Signal Amplification to Improve Electrochemical Biosensing for Infectious Diseases

2022 June

Recent Advances in Signal Amplification to Improve Electrochemical Biosensing for Infectious Diseases
Frontiers in Chemistry
Xingcheng Zhou, Daena A. Schuh, Lauren M. Castle, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis, Disease Diagnostics
Metal-phenolic networks as tuneable spore coat mimetics

2022 June

Metal-phenolic networks as tuneable spore coat mimetics
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Pris Wasuwanich, Gang Fan, Benjamin Burke and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Metal-Phenolic Networks
Metal–Phenolic Networks as Versatile Coating Materials for Biomedical Applications

2022 May

Metal–Phenolic Networks as Versatile Coating Materials for Biomedical Applications
ACS Applied Bio Materials
Gang Fan, Jonathan Cottet, Mariela R. Rodriguez-Otero, Pris Wasuwanich and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Metal-Phenolic Networks
Electricity, chemistry and biomarkers: an elegant and simple package

2022 April

Electricity, chemistry and biomarkers: an elegant and simple package
EMBO Reports
Marjon Zamani and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Perspective—Electrochemical Sensors for Neurotransmitters and Psychiatrics: Steps toward Physiological Mental Health Monitoring

2022 April

Perspective—Electrochemical Sensors for Neurotransmitters and Psychiatrics: Steps toward Physiological Mental Health Monitoring
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Marjon Zamani, Tatum Wilhelm and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Surface Requirements for Optimal Biosensing with Disposable Gold Electrodes

2021 December

Protection of Anaerobic Microbes from Processing Stressors Using Metal–Phenolic Networks
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Gang Fan, Pris Wasuwanich, Mariela R. Rodriguez-Otero, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Metal-Phenolic Networks
Surface Requirements for Optimal Biosensing with Disposable Gold Electrodes

2021 November

Surface Requirements for Optimal Biosensing with Disposable Gold Electrodes
ACS Measurement Science AU
Marjon Zamani, Victoria Yang, Lizi Maziashvili, Gang Fan, Catherine M. Klapperich, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Strategies for Engineering Affordable Technologies for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases

2021 October

Strategies for Engineering Affordable Technologies for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases
Accounts of Chemical Research
Marjon Zamani, Ariel L. Furst, and Catherine M. Klapperich

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
A Microbial Electrochemical Technology to Detect and Degrade Organophosphate Pesticides

2021 September

A Microbial Electrochemical Technology to Detect and Degrade Organophosphate Pesticides
ACS Central Science
Amruta A. Karbelkar, Erin E. Reynolds, Rachel Ahlmark, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Electrochemistry, Microbial Electrocatalysis, Remediation
Bioelectrochemical platforms to study and detect emerging pathogens

2021 August

Bioelectrochemical platforms to study and detect emerging pathogens
MRS Bulletin
Mary C. Machado, Marjon Zamani, Susan Daniel & Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics

2021 July

DNA Electrochemistry: Charge-Transport Pathways through DNA Films on Gold
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Adela Nano, Ariel L. Furst, Michael G. Hill, and Jacqueline K. Barton

Posted in Electrochemistry
Electrochemical Strategy for Low-Cost Viral Detection

Featured in this ACS Central Science First Reaction

2021 May

Electrochemical Strategy for Low-Cost Viral Detection
ACS Central Science
Marjon Zamani, James M. Robson, Andy Fan, Michael S. Bono Jr., Ariel L. Furst, and Catherine M. Klapperich

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Electrochemical Sensors to Detect Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens

2021 May

Electrochemical Sensors to Detect Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens
ACS Sensors
Lauren M. Castle, Daena A. Schuh, Erin E. Reynolds, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Engineering the interface between electroactive bacteria and electrodes

2021 April

Engineering the interface between electroactive bacteria and electrodes
Joule
Chelsea Catania, Amruta A. Karbelkar, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Microbial Electrocatalysis
The silent pandemic: Emergent antibiotic resistances following the global response to SARS-CoV-2

2021 March

The silent pandemic: Emergent antibiotic resistances following the global response to SARS-CoV-2
iScience
Andrew R. Mahoney, Mohammad Moein Safaee, William M. Wuest, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Antibiotic Development
Covalent capture and electrochemical quantification of pathogenic E. coli

2021 March

Covalent capture and electrochemical quantification of pathogenic E. coli
Chemical Communications
Sarah H. Klass, Laura E. Sofen, Zachary F. Hallberg, Tahoe A. Fiala, Alexandra V. Ramsey, Nicholas S. Dolan, Matthew B. Francis and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
Biohybrid Systems for Improved Bioinspired, Energy-Relevant Catalysis

2021 February

Biohybrid Systems for Improved Bioinspired, Energy-Relevant Catalysis
ChemBioChem
Gang Fan, Pris Wasuwanich, and Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Biomolecular Catalysis
Protein-Embedded Metalloporphyrin Arrays Templated by Circularly Permuted Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coat Proteins

2020 December

Protein-Embedded Metalloporphyrin Arrays Templated by Circularly Permuted Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coat Proteins
ACS Nano
Jing Dai, Gavin J. Knott, Wen Fu, Tiffany W. Lin, Ariel L. Furst, R. David Britt, and Matthew B. Francis

Posted in Metalloprotein Engineering
How Far Can Electromicrobial Production Go?

2020 October

How Far Can Electromicrobial Production Go?
Joule
Gang Fan, Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Microbial Electrocatalysis
Electrochemical Diagnostics for Bacterial Infectious Diseases

2020 June

Electrochemical Diagnostics for Bacterial Infectious Diseases
ACS Infectious Diseases
Amruta A. Karbelkar, Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics

2019 December

Perspective—Electrochemical Sensors to Monitor Endocrine Disrupting Pollutants
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Laura E. Sofen, Ariel L. Furst

Posted in Disease Diagnostics

2019 December

Strand Displacement Strategies for Biosensor Applications
ScienceDirect
Yifan Dai, Ariel Furst, Chung Chiun Liu

Posted in Disease Diagnostics

2019 August

A Thylakoid-Bound and Redox Active Rubredoxin (RBD1) is Essential in de novo Assembly and Repair of Photosystem II Complexes in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes PNAS
García-Cerdán, J. G.; Furst, A. L.; McDonald, K.; Schuneman, D.; Francis, M. B.; Niyogi, K. K.

Posted in Metalloprotein Engineering

2019 April

DNA hybridization to control cellular interactions
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
Furst, A. L.; Klass, S. H.; Francis, M. B.

Posted in DNA Programmed Cell Assembly

2019 April

Toward multimarker and functional assays from crude cell lysates: controlling spacing and signal amplification in DNA-CT–based bioelectrochemical devices
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
Furst, A. L.; Muren, N. B.; Hill, M. G.

Posted in Disease Diagnostics

2018 December

Impedance-Based Detection of Bacteria
Chemical Reviews
Furst, A. L.; Francis, M. B.

Posted in Disease Diagnostics
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