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  1. Against “Flip” Thinking: Neural Organoids, Consciousness Inflation, and Evidence-Based Ethics

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, July 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Eisuke Nakazawa, Dr Alex R Harris

  2. Electrophysiological Recording With Activated Iridium Oxide: Effective Electrode Area, Not Total Impedance, Determines Performance

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, July 2026, Wiley

    Dr Alex R Harris

  3. Electroanalysis and electrophysiological recording of bio‐doped conducting polymer‐modified neural electrodes

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Alex R Harris

  4. Where is the Ethical Debate around Phenotypic Screening of Prenatal Tissue Using Stem Cell-Derived Tissue Constructs?

    Article • Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  5. Need for greater post-trial support for clinical trial participants assessing high-risk, irreversible treatments

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics, June 2024, BMJ

    Dr Alex R Harris

  6. Defining Biomarkers in Stem Cell‐Derived Tissue Constructs for Drug and Disease Screening

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr Alex R Harris

  7. Limitations in the electrochemical analysis of voltage transients

    Article • Journal of Neural Engineering, January 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  8. A review of ethical and regulatory issues in the clinical application of stem cell-derived tissue constructs

    Article • Molecular Psychology Brain Behavior and Society, May 2023, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Alex R Harris

  9. Electrochemistry in a Two- or Three-Electrode Configuration to Understand Monopolar or Bipolar Configurations of Platinum Bionic Implants

    Article • Micromachines, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex R Harris

  10. Ethical and regulatory issues of stem cell-derived 3-dimensional organoid and tissue therapy for personalised regenerative medicine

    Article • BMC Medicine, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  11. Not-So-Straightforward Decisions to Keep or Explant a Device: When Does Neural Device Removal Become Patient Coercion?

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  12. CDKL5 deficiency disorder: molecular insights and mechanisms of pathogenicity to fast-track therapeutic development

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, August 2022, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Alex R Harris

  13. Investigating the feasibility and ethical implications of phenotypic screening using stem cell-derived tissue models to detect and manage disease

    Article • Stem Cell Reports, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  14. Visualising the risks of clinical trials for fair treatment and appropriate informed consent of participants

    Article • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  15. Comparison of the In Vitro and In Vivo Electrochemical Performance of Bionic Electrodes

    Article • Micromachines, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex R Harris

  16. Military Medicine Research: Incorporation of High Risk of Irreversible Harms into a Stratified Risk Framework for Clinical Trials

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  17. Restoring vision using optogenetics without being blind to the risks

    Article • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  18. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Systems for Personalising Epilepsy Treatment: Research Ethics Challenges and New Insights for the Ethics of Personalised Medicine

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Katrina Hutchison, Dr Alex R Harris

  19. Fibrinogen, collagen, and transferrin adsorption to poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-xylorhamno-uronic glycan composite conducting polymer biomaterials for wound healing applications

    Article • Biointerphases, March 2021, American Vacuum Society

    Dr Alex R Harris

  20. Understanding charge transfer on the clinically used conical Utah electrode array: charge storage capacity, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and effective electrode area

    Article • Journal of Neural Engineering, February 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  21. Impact of Protein Fouling on the Charge Injection Capacity, Impedance, and Effective Electrode Area of Platinum Electrodes for Bionic Devices

    Article • ChemElectroChem, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Alex R Harris

  22. Current Perspectives on the Safe Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves with Platinum Electrodes

    Article • Bioelectronics in Medicine, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  23. Facile Development of a Fiber-Based Electrode for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Dopamine

    Article • ACS Sensors, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  24. Modeling Emergent Properties in the Brain Using Tissue Models to Investigate Neurodegenerative Disease

    Article • The Neuroscientist, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Alex R Harris

  25. Electrochemical methods for analysing and controlling charge transfer at the electrode–tissue interface

    Article • Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  26. Using Chronopotentiometry to Better Characterize the Charge Injection Mechanisms of Platinum Electrodes Used in Bionic Devices

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, April 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Alex R Harris

  27. Conjugated Polymers

    Article • March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  28. Biomedical Applications of Organic Conducting Polymers

    Article • March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  29. Insights into the Electron Transfer Kinetics, Capacitance and Resistance Effects of Implantable Electrodes Using Fourier Transform AC Voltammetry on Platinum

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2019, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Alex R Harris

  30. Predicting neural recording performance of implantable electrodes

    Article • The Analyst, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  31. Measuring the effective area and charge density of platinum electrodes for bionic devices

    Article • Journal of Neural Engineering, March 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  32. Charge Injection from Chronoamperometry of Platinum Electrodes for Bionic Devices

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2018, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Alex R Harris

  33. PEDOT doped with algal, mammalian and synthetic dopants: polymer properties, protein and cell interactions, and influence of electrical stimulation on neuronal cell differentiation

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  34. Correlation of Impedance and Effective Electrode Area of Iridium Oxide Neural Electrodes

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, July 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  35. Organic Electrodes and Communications with Excitable Cells

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Alex R Harris

  36. Effective Area and Charge Density of Iridium Oxide Neural Electrodes

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  37. Correlation of impedance and effective electrode area of chondroitin sulphate doped PEDOT modified electrodes

    Article • Synthetic Metals, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  38. Effective area and charge density of dextran sulphate doped PEDOT modified electrodes

    Article • Synthetic Metals, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  39. Effective Area and Charge Density of Chondroitin Sulphate Doped PEDOT Modified Electrodes

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  40. Thin-film micro-electrode stimulation of the cochlea in rats exposed to aminoglycoside induced hearing loss

    Article • Hearing Research, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex R Harris

  41. Correlation of Impedance and Effective Electrode Area of Dextran Sulfate Doped PEDOT Modified Electrodes

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2016, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Alex R Harris

  42. Conductive and protein resistant polypyrrole films for dexamethasone delivery

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  43. Correction to Optical and Electrochemical Methods for Determining the Effective Area and Charge Density of Conducting Polymer Modified Electrodes for Neural Stimulation

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  44. Is a ‘Last Chance’ Treatment Possible After an Irreversible Brain Intervention?

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  45. Optical and Electrochemical Methods for Determining the Effective Area and Charge Density of Conducting Polymer Modified Electrodes for Neural Stimulation

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  46. Correlation of the impedance and effective electrode area of doped PEDOT modified electrodes for brain–machine interfaces

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  47. Controlling Brain Cells With Light: Ethical Considerations for Optogenetic Clinical Trials

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  48. A Method for Systematic Electrochemical and Electrophysiological Evaluation of Neural Recording Electrodes

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, March 2014, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Alex R Harris

  49. Applications of voltammetric ion selective electrodes to complex matrices

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  50. Conducting polymer coated neural recording electrodes

    Article • Journal of Neural Engineering, December 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  51. Enhanced x-ray imaging for a thin film cochlear implant with metal artefacts using phase retrieval tomography

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, June 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Alex R Harris

  52. Efficacy Testing as a Primary Purpose of Phase 1 Clinical Trials: Is it Applicable to First-in-Human Bionics and Optogenetics Trials?

    Article • AJOB Neuroscience, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex R Harris

  53. Voltammetric Ion-Selective Electrodes for the Selective Determination of Cations and Anions

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  54. Theoretical and experimental evaluation of screen-printed tubular carbon ink disposable sensor well electrodes by dc and Fourier transformed ac voltammetry

    Article • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  55. Efficient strategy for quality control of screen-printed carbon ink disposable sensor electrodes based on simultaneous evaluation of resistance, capacitance and Faradaic current by Fourier transform AC voltammetry

    Article • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris

  56. Voltammetric, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Investigations of Electrocrystallized Forms of Semiconducting AgTCNQ (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane) Exhibiting Different Morphologies and Colors

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  57. AFM study of morphological changes associated with electrochemical solid–solid transformation of three-dimensional crystals of TCNQ to metal derivatives (metal = Cu, Co, Ni; TCNQ = tetracyanoquinodimethane)

    Article • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex R Harris, A/Prof Adam M

  58. Tuning the Electrocrystallization Parameters of Semiconducting Co[TCNQ] 2 -Based Materials To Yield either Single Nanowires or Crystalline Thin Films

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  59. Electrocrystallization of Phase I, CuTCNQ (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane), on Indium Tin Oxide and Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes †

    Article • Langmuir, December 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  60. Characterisation of two distinctly different processes associated with the electrocrystallization of microcrystals of phase I CuTCNQ (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane)

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  61. Electrochemical studies of porphyrin-appended dendrimers

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  62. Voltammetric, EQCM, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Studies on the Electrocrystallization of Semiconducting, Phase I, CuTCNQ on Carbon, Gold, and Platinum Electrodes by a Nucleation-Growth Process

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2005, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Alex R Harris

  63. Coordination Polymers of Dicyanamide and Methylpyrazine:  Syntheses, Structures, and Magnetic Properties

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  64. Crystal Engineering with Mercuric Chloride

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alex R Harris

  65. Structure and magnetism of the ladder-like coordination polymer Co3(dca)2(nic)4(H2O)8·2H2O [dca = dicyanamide anion, N(CN)2−; nic = nicotinate anion]

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris

  66. Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2002, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Alex R Harris

  67. trans-Tetraaquabis(pyridine-4-carboxylate-κN)nickel(II)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, December 2000, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Alex R Harris

  68. trans-Tetraaquabis(pyridine-3-carboxylate-κN)nickel(II)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, December 2000, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Alex R Harris

  69. Phase change in tetraphenylphosphonium perchlorate

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, November 2000, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Alex R Harris

  70. Copper(I) dicyanamide coordination polymers: ladders, sheets, layers, diamond-like networks and unusual interpenetration †

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Alex R Harris