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  1. Electronic control of DNA-based nanoswitches and nanodevices

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  2. A general approach to the design of allosteric, transcription factor-regulated DNAzymes

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  3. A Disorder-Based Strategy for the Introduction of Allosteric, “Hill-Type” Cooperativity into Artificial Receptors

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  4. Rational Design of pH-Controlled DNA Strand Displacement

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  5. Intrinsic disorder as a generalizable strategy for the rational design of highly responsive, allosterically cooperative receptors

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  6. Folding-Upon-Binding and Signal-On Electrochemical DNA Sensor with High Affinity and Specificity

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  7. Using the Population-Shift Mechanism to Rationally Introduce “Hill-type” Cooperativity into a Normally Non-Cooperative Receptor

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  8. Using the Population-Shift Mechanism to Rationally Introduce “Hill-type” Cooperativity into a Normally Non-Cooperative Receptor

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  9. A modular electrochemical peptide-based sensor for antibody detection

    Article • Chemical Communications, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Camelia Bala, Professor Francesco Ricci

  10. Effects of Crowding on the Stability of a Surface-Tethered Biopolymer: An Experimental Study of Folding in a Highly Crowded Regime

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  11. Programmable pH-Triggered DNA Nanoswitches

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  12. Thermodynamic Basis for Engineering High-Affinity, High-Specificity Binding-Induced DNA Clamp Nanoswitches

    Article • ACS Nano, December 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  13. Allosterically Tunable, DNA-Based Switches Triggered by Heavy Metals

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  14. Determinants of the Detection Limit and Specificity of Surface-Based Biosensors

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  15. Detection of IP-10 protein marker in undiluted blood serum via an electrochemical E-DNA scaffold sensor

    Article • The Analyst, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  16. Using Distal-Site Mutations and Allosteric Inhibition To Tune, Extend, and Narrow the Useful Dynamic Range of Aptamer-Based Sensors

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  17. A review of experimental aspects of electrochemical immunosensors

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  18. Bioelectrochemical Switches for the Quantitative Detection of Antibodies Directly in Whole Blood

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  19. Rational Design of Allosteric Inhibitors and Activators Using the Population-Shift Model: In Vitro Validation and Application to an Artificial Biosensor

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  20. GlucoMen Day Continuous Glucose Monitoring System: A Screening for Enzymatic and Electrochemical Interferents

    Article • Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, September 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  21. Re-engineering Electrochemical Biosensors To Narrow or Extend Their Useful Dynamic Range

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2012, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  22. Re-engineering Electrochemical Biosensors To Narrow or Extend Their Useful Dynamic Range

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2012, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  23. Quantification of Transcription Factor Binding in Cell Extracts Using an Electrochemical, Structure-Switching Biosensor

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  24. Engineering Biosensors with Extended, Narrowed, or Arbitrarily Edited Dynamic Range

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  25. Entropic and Electrostatic Effects on the Folding Free Energy of a Surface-Attached Biomolecule: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dmitrii Makarov, Professor Francesco Ricci

  26. Employing the Metabolic “Branch Point Effect” to Generate an All-or-None, Digital-like Response in Enzymatic Outputs and Enzyme-Based Sensors

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  27. High-Precision, In Vitro Validation of the Sequestration Mechanism for Generating Ultrasensitive Dose-Response Curves in Regulatory Networks

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, October 2011, PLOS

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  28. Probe accessibility effects on the performance of electrochemical biosensors employing DNA monolayers

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  29. Transcription Factor Beacons for the Quantitative Detection of DNA Binding Activity

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  30. Using Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotide Probes for the Reagentless, Electrochemical Detection of Double-Stranded DNA

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

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  31. Development of a recombinant Fab-fragment based electrochemical immunosensor for deoxynivalenol detection in food samples

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  32. Quantitative, reagentless, single-step electrochemical detection of anti-DNA antibodies directly in blood serum

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  33. ELIME (Enzyme Linked Immuno Magnetic Electrochemical) Method for Mycotoxin Detection

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, October 2009, MyJove Corporation

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  34. Surface chemistry effects on the performance of an electrochemical DNA sensor

    Article • Bioelectrochemistry, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  35. Thermodynamic basis for the optimization of binding-induced biomolecular switches and structure-switching biosensors

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  36. An Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Protein−Small Molecule Interactions Directly in Serum and Other Complex Matrices

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  37. Direct electrochemical detection of trichothecenes in wheat samples using a 96-well electrochemical plate coupled with microwave hydrolysis

    Article • World Mycotoxin Journal, May 2009, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  38. Reagentless, Electrochemical Approach for the Specific Detection of Double- and Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  39. Electrocatalytic oxidation of thiocholine at chemically modified cobalt hexacyanoferrate screen-printed electrodes

    Article • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  40. E-DNA sensors for convenient, label-free electrochemical detection of hybridization

    Article • Microchimica Acta, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  41. Ex Vivo Continuous Glucose Monitoring With Microdialysis Technique: The Example of GlucoDay

    Article • IEEE Sensors Journal, January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  42. A review on novel developments and applications of immunosensors in food analysis

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, December 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  43. Effect of Molecular Crowding on the Response of an Electrochemical DNA Sensor

    Article • Langmuir, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  44. Fast, sensitive and cost-effective detection of nerve agents in the gas phase using a portable instrument and an electrochemical biosensor

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, May 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  45. Rapid Screening Electrochemical Methods for Aflatoxin B1and Type‐A Trichothecenes: A Preliminary Study

    Article • Analytical Letters, May 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  46. Toward continuous glucose monitoring with planar modified biosensors and microdialysis

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  47. Linear, redox modified DNA probes as electrochemical DNA sensors

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  48. A probe for NADH and H2O2 amperometric detection at low applied potential for oxidase and dehydrogenase based biosensor applications

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  49. Chapter 24 Mediated enzyme screen-printed electrode probes for clinical, environmental and food analysis

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  50. Procedure 17 Preparation of Prussian blue-modified screen-printed electrodes via a chemical deposition for mass production of stable hydrogen peroxide sensors

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  51. Detection of carbamic and organophosphorous pesticides in water samples using a cholinesterase biosensor based on Prussian Blue-modified screen-printed electrode

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  52. Glutathione amperometric detection based on a thiol–disulfide exchange reaction

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  53. Acetylcholinesterase sensor based on screen-printed carbon electrode modified with prussian blue

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Ricci, Gennady Evtugyn

  54. Sensor and biosensor preparation, optimisation and applications of Prussian Blue modified electrodes

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  55. Extraction and Detection of Pesticides by Cholinesterase Inhibition in a Two‐Phase System: a Strategy to Avoid Heavy Metal Interference

    Article • Analytical Letters, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  56. A novel continuous subcutaneous lactate monitoring system☆

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  57. Novel planar glucose biosensors for continuous monitoring use

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, April 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  58. Characterisation of Prussian blue modified screen-printed electrodes for thiol detection

    Article • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, March 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  59. Cholinesterase sensors based on screen-printed electrodes for detection of organophosphorus and carbamic pesticides

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesco Ricci, Gennady Evtugyn

  60. Electroanalytical Study of Prussian Blue Modified Glassy Carbon Paste Electrodes

    Article • Electroanalysis, August 2003, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  61. Prussian Blue and enzyme bulk-modified screen-printed electrodes for hydrogen peroxide and glucose determination with improved storage and operational stability

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, May 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  62. Investigation of the Effect of Different Glassy Carbon Materials on the Performance of Prussian Blue Based Sensors for Hydrogen Peroxide

    Article • Electroanalysis, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  63. Prussian Blue based screen printed biosensors with improved characteristics of long-term lifetime and pH stability

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Francesco Ricci

  64. Prussian Blue Modified Carbon Nanotube Paste Electrodes: A Comparative Study and a Biochemical Application

    Article • Analytical Letters, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Francesco Ricci