Professor Alison Downard - Publications
Garrett, D. J., Flavel, B.S., Shapter, J.G., Baronian, K.H.R. and Downard, A. J. Robust Forests of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Chemically Assembled on Carbon Substrates. Langmuir, 2010, 26, 1848–1854.
Brooksby, P.A., Anderson, K.H., Downard, A.J. and Abell, A.D. Electrochemistry of Ferrocenoyl β-Peptide Monolayers on Gold. Langmuir, 2010, 26, 1334–1339.
Brooksby, Paula A., Anderson, Kelly H., Downard, Alison J., Abell, Andrew D. Electrochemistry of Ferrocenyl b-Peptide Monolayers on Gold. Langmuir ACS ASAP. CODEN: LANGD5 ISSN:0743-7463. AN 2009:1217672 CAPLUS.
Garrett, David J., Flavel, Benjamin S., Shapter, Joseph G., Baronian, Keith H. R., Downard, Alison J. Robust Forests of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Chemically Assembled on Carbon Substrates. Langmuir ACS ASAP. CODEN: LANGD5 ISSN:0743-7463. AN 2009:1196715 CAPLUS.
Lehr, Joshua, Williamson, Bryce E., Flavel, Benjamin S., Downard, Alison J. Reaction of Gold Substrates with Diazonium Salts in Acidic Solution at Open-Circuit Potential. Langmuir (2009), 25(23), 13503-13509. CODEN: LANGD5 ISSN:0743-7463. CAN 151:516704 AN 2009:1028747 CAPLUS.
Cruickshank A.C. and Downard A.J. Electrochemical stability of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles electrostatically assembled on amine-modified glassy carbon. Electrochim. Acta, 2009, v54, 5566-5570.
Liu X., Baronian, K.H.R. and Downard, A.J. Direct growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on planar carbon substrates by thermal chemical vapour deposition. Carbon, 
2009, v47, 500 - 506.
Panther, J.G., Stillwell, K.P., Powell, K.J. and Downard, A.J. Perfluorosulfonated Ionomer-Modified Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films: Tool for Inorganic Arsenic Speciation Analysis. Anal. Chem., 2008, v80, 9806–9811.
Liu X., Baronian, K.H.R. and Downard, A.J. Patterned arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotube microelectrodes on carbon films prepared by thermal chemical vapour deposition. Anal. Chem., 2008, v80, 8835–8839.
Panther, J.G., Stillwell, K.P., Powell, K.J. and Downard, A.J. Development and application of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for the measurement of total dissolved inorganic arsenic in waters. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2008; v622, 133-142.
Fairman, C., Yu, S.S.C., Guozhen, L., Downard, A.J., Hibbert, D.B. and Gooding, J.J. Exploration of Variables in the Fabrication of Pyrolysed Photoresist. J. Solid State Electrochem., 2008; v12, 1357-1365.
Barrière, F. and Downard, A.J. Covalent Modification of Graphitic Carbon Substrates by Non-Electrochemical Methods. J. Solid State Electrochem., 2008; v12, 1231–1244. Invited article for special issue on carbon electrochemistry
Pellissier, M., Barrière, F., Downard, A.J. and Leech, D. Improved stability of redox enzyme layers on glassy carbon electrodes via covalent grafting. Electrochem. Commun., 2008; v10, 835–838.
Garrett, DJ, Lehr, J, Miskelly, GM, Downard, AJ. Microcontact printing using the spontaneous reduction of aryldiazonium salts. Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 129 Issue: 50 Pages: 15456-+ Published: DEC 19 ~2007.
Pearson, D, Downard, AJ, Muscroft-Taylor, A, et al. Reversible photoregulation of binding of alpha-chymotrypsin to a gold surface.
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 129 Issue: 48 Pages: 14862-+ Published: DEC 5 ~2007.
Yu, SSC, Tan, ESQ, Jane, RT, Downard, AJ. An electrochemical and XPS study of reduction of nitrophenyl films covalently grafted to planar carbon surfaces.
Source: LANGMUIR Volume: 23 Issue: 22 Pages: 11074-11082 Published: OCT 23 ~2007.
Zigah, D, Pellissier, M, Barriere, F, Downard, AJ, Haplot, P. SECM imaging of micropatterned organic films on carbon surfaces.
Source: ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 9 Issue: 9 Pages: 2387-2392 Published: SEP ~2007.
Cruickshank, AC, Tan, ESQ, Brooksby, PA, Downard, AJ. Are redox probes a useful indicator of film stability? An electrochemical, AFM and XPS study of electrografted amine films on carbon.
Source: ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 9 Issue: 7 Pages: 1456-1462 Published: JUL ~2007.
Paulik, MG, Brooksby, PA, Abell, AD, Downard, AJ. Grafting aryl diazonium cations to polycrystalline gold: Insights into film structure using gold oxide reduction, redox probe electrochemistry, and contact angle behavior.
Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Volume: 111 Issue: 21 Pages: 7808-7815 Published: MAY 31 ~2007.
Yu, SSC, Downard, AJ. Photochemical grafting and activation of organic layers on glassy carbon and pyrolyzed photoresist films.
Source: LANGMUIR Volume: 23 Issue: 8 Pages: 4662-4668 Published: APR 10 ~2007.
Pietak, A., Korte, S., Tan, E.S.Q., Downard A.J. and Staiger, M.P. A Novel Technique for Characterizing the Surface of Natural Fibres. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2007, v253, 3627-3635.
Yu, S.S.C. and Downard, A.J. Photochemical Grafting and Activation of Organic Layers on Glassy Carbon and Pyrolyzed Photoresist Films. Langmuir, 2007, v23, 4662-4668.
Downard, A.J., Garrett, D.J. and Tan, E.S.Q. Microscale Patterning of Organic Films on Carbon Surfaces Using Electrochemistry and Soft Lithography, Langmuir, 2006, v22, 10739 - 10746.
Brooksby, P.A., Anderson, K.H., Downard, A.J., Abell, A.D. Olefin Cross-Metathesis of a Vinyl-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayer (SAM) on Au(111): Electrochemical Study Using a Ferrocenyl Redox Center, Langmuir, 2006, v22, 9304 - 9312.
Downard, A.J., Tan, E.S.Q. and Yu, S.S.C. Controlled Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles on Carbon Surfaces. New J. Chem. , 2006, v30 , 1283-1288.
Yu, S.S.C. and Downard, A.J. Dynamic Behavior of Organic Thin Films Attached to Carbon Surfaces. e- J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech ., v3, 2005, 294-298.
Brooksby, P.A., Downard, A.J. and Yu, S.S.C. Effect of Applied Potential on Arylmethyl Films Oxidatively Grafted to Carbon Surfaces. Langmuir, v21, 2005, 11304-11311.
Brooksby, P.A. and Downard, A.J. Multilayer Nitroazobenzene Films Covalently Attached to Carbon. An AFM and Electrochemical Study. J. Phys. Chem. B ., v109, 2005, 8791–8798.
Downard, A.J., Jackson, S.L. and Tan, E.S.Q. Fluorescence microscopy study of protein adsorption at modified glassy carbon surfaces. Aust. J. Chem . , v58, 2005, 275-279.
Brooksby, P.A. and Downard, A.J. Nanoscale Patterning of Flat Carbon Surfaces by Scanning Probe Lithography and Electrochemistry. Langmuir, v21, 2005, 1672-1675.
Plieger, P.G., Downard, A.J., Moubaraki, B., Murray , K.S. and Brooker, S. Dimetallic complexes of acyclic pyridine-armed ligands derived from 3,6-diformylpyridazine . J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. , 2004, 2157-65.
Brooksby, P.A. and Downard, A.J. Electrochemical and atomic force microscopy study of carbon surface modification via diazonium reduction in aqueous and acetonitrile solutions. Langmuir , v20, 2004, 5038-45.
Downard, A.J., Panther, J., Kim, Y.-C. and Powell, K.J. Lability of metal ion-fulvic acid complexes as probed by FIA and DGT: a comparative study. Anal. Chim. Acta, v499, 2003, 17-28.
Downard, A.J., Goodwin , N.J. and Henderson , W. Electrochemistry of ferrocenylphosphines FcCH 2 PR 2 (Fc = (η 5 -C 5 H 5 )Fe(η 5 -C 5 H 4 ); R = Ph, CH 2 OH and CH 2 CH 2 CN), and some phosphine oxide, phosphine sulfide, phosphonium and metal complex derivatives. J. Organomet. Chem., v676, 2003, 62-72.
Baronian, K.H.R., Downard, A.J., Lowen, R.K. and Pasco , N . Detection of two distinct substrate-dependent catabolic responses in yeast cells using a mediated electrochemical method. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., v 60, 2002, 108-13.
Downard, A.J. and Prince, M.J. Barrier properties of organic monolayers on glassy carbon electrodes. Langmuir, v17, 2001, 5581-6.
Downard, A.J. Potential-dependence of self-limited films formed by reduction of aryldiazonium salts at glassy carbon electrodes. Langmuir, v16, 2000, 9680-2.
Downard, A.J. Electrochemically assisted covalent modification of carbon electrodes. Electroanalysis, v12, 2000, 1085-96.