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Overview

David E. Cliffel is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, electrochemistry, and bioengineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications
  • Analytical chemistry and sensors
  • Preterm birth and chorioamnionitis
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by David E. Cliffel are:

  • "Reversing the Thermodynamics of Galvanic Replacement Reactions by Decreasing the Size of Gold Nanoparticles," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Photosystem I Enhances the Efficiency of a Natural, Gel-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell," 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • "Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Photosystem I and PEDOT:PSS Biohybrid Films for Photocurrent Generation," 2021, Langmuir
  • "A bistable, multiport valve enables microformulators creating microclinical analyzers that reveal aberrant glutamate metabolism in astrocytes derived from a tuberous sclerosis patient," 2021, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Chlorpyrifos Disrupts Acetylcholine Metabolism Across Model Blood-Brain Barrier," 2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Their work has been published primarily in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, Nanoscale Advances, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, and Molecules.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • G. Kane Jennings
  • Christopher D. Stachurski
  • Kody D Wolfe
  • Dusty R. Miller
  • Olivia E. Owens

Best Publications

  • Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors

    Danielle W. Kimmel;Gabriel LeBlanc;Mika E. Meschievitz;David E. Cliffel

  • Redox and fluorophore functionalization of water-soluble, Tiopronin- protected gold clusters

    Allen C. Templeton;David E. Cliffel;Royce W. Murray

  • Electronic conductivity of solid-state, mixed-valent, monolayer-protected Au clusters

    W. Peter Wuelfing;Stephen J. Green;Stephen J. Green;Jeremy J. Pietron;Jeremy J. Pietron;and David E. Cliffel;and David E. Cliffel

  • Mercaptoammonium-Monolayer-Protected, Water-Soluble Gold, Silver, and Palladium Clusters

    David E. Cliffel;Francis P. Zamborini;Stephen M. Gross;Royce W. Murray

  • Functionalized nanoporous gold leaf electrode films for the immobilization of photosystem I.

    Peter N. Ciesielski;Amanda M. Scott;Christopher J. Faulkner;Brad J. Berron

  • In vivo toxicity, biodistribution, and clearance of glutathione-coated gold nanoparticles

    Carrie A. Simpson;Kenneth J. Salleng;David E. Cliffel;Daniel L. Feldheim

  • Electrochemistry of fullerene films

    Jerzy Chlistunoff;David Cliffel;Allen J. Bard

  • Engineering Challenges for Instrumenting and Controlling Integrated Organ-on-Chip Systems

    J. P. Wikswo;F. E. Block;D. E. Cliffel;C. R. Goodwin

  • Ag44(SR)304−: a silver–thiolate superatom complex

    Kellen M. Harkness;Yun Tang;Amala Dass;Jun Pan

  • Photosystem I - based biohybrid photoelectrochemical cells.

    Peter N. Ciesielski;Frederick M. Hijazi;Amanda M. Scott;Christopher J. Faulkner

  • Enhanced Photocurrent Production by Photosystem I Multilayer Assemblies

    Peter N. Ciesielski;Christopher J. Faulkner;Matthew T. Irwin;Justin M. Gregory

  • Device and methods for measuring the response of at least one cell to a medium

    John P Wikswo;David Osterman;Franz J Baudenbacher;Owen Mcguinness

  • Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Soluble Platinum Nanoparticles Protected by a Thiol Monolayer

    Sven E. Eklund;David E. Cliffel

  • Enhanced photocurrents of photosystem I films on p-doped silicon.

    Gabriel LeBlanc;Gongping Chen;Evan A. Gizzie;G. Kane Jennings

  • Rapid assembly of photosystem I monolayers on gold electrodes.

    Christopher J. Faulkner;Susan Lees;Peter N. Ciesielski;David E. Cliffel

  • A Microphysiometer for Simultaneous Measurement of Changes in Extracellular Glucose, Lactate, Oxygen, and Acidification Rate

    Sven E. Eklund;Dale Taylor;Eugene Kozlov;and Ales Prokop

  • Photosystem I-polyaniline/TiO2 solid-state solar cells: simple devices for biohybrid solar energy conversion

    Evan A. Gizzie;J. Scott Niezgoda;Maxwell T. Robinson;Andrew G. Harris

  • Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 37. Light Emission by Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence at SECM Tips and Their Application to Scanning Optical Microscopy

    Fu-Ren F. Fan;and David Cliffel;Allen J. Bard

  • The effect of As, Co, and Ni impurities on pyrite oxidation kinetics: An electrochemical study of synthetic pyrite

    Stephen Lehner;Kaye Savage;Madalina Ciobanu;David E. Cliffel

  • Glucose and Lactate Biosensors for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Imaging of Single Live Cells

    Madalina Ciobanu;Dale E. Taylor;Jeremy P. Wilburn;David E. Cliffel

  • Characterization of Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoparticles by Mass Spectrometry

    Kellen M. Harkness;David E. Cliffel;John A. McLean

  • Short-Chain PEG Mixed-Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters Increase Clearance and Red Blood Cell Counts

    Carrie A. Simpson;Amanda C. Agrawal;Andrzej Balinski;Kellen M. Harkness

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Wikswo
John P. Wikswo Vanderbilt University
John A. McLean
John A. McLean Vanderbilt University
Allen J. Bard
Allen J. Bard The University of Texas at Austin
Richard F. Haglund
Richard F. Haglund Vanderbilt University
Greg M. Swain
Greg M. Swain Michigan State University
Sandra J. Rosenthal
Sandra J. Rosenthal Vanderbilt University
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Royce W. Murray
Royce W. Murray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David M. Aronoff
David M. Aronoff Indiana University
Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University

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