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Overview

Duncan Graham is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research output spans a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Specific subfields of study include biophysics, molecular biology, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their work focuses on a variety of specialized research areas, with main topics including:

  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Several recent papers reflect the range and application of their research. These include:

  • 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase regulates lipid homeostasis in treatment-resistant prostate cancer, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective, 2024, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Biomolecular condensates formed by designer minimalistic peptides, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis: Results of a Large-Scale European Multi-Instrument Interlaboratory Study, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Detection of Multiple Nitroaromatic Explosives via Formation of a Janowsky Complex and SERS, 2020, Analytical Chemistry

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Karen Faulds
  • William J. Tipping
  • Sian Sloan-Dennison
  • Nicholas C. O. Tomkinson
  • Stacey Laing

Graham's publications appear frequently in notable scientific venues such as The Analyst, Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, The Cambridge Structural Database, and Chemical Communications.

Best Publications

  • Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

    Judith Langer;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Javier Aizpurua;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

  • Gold Nanoparticles for the Improved Anticancer Drug Delivery of the Active Component of Oxaliplatin

    Sarah D. Brown;Paola Nativo;Jo-Ann Smith;David Stirling

  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS): A Review of Applications:

    Graeme McNay;David Eustace;W. Ewen Smith;Karen Faulds

  • Oxygen Reactions in a Non-Aqueous Li+ Electrolyte†

    Zhangquan Peng;Stefan A. Freunberger;Laurence J. Hardwick;Yuhui Chen

  • Molecularly-mediated assemblies of plasmonic nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy applications.

    Luca Guerrini;Duncan Graham

  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for in vivo biosensing

    Stacey Laing;Lauren E. Jamieson;Karen Faulds;Duncan Graham

  • Control of enhanced Raman scattering using a DNA-based assembly process of dye-coded nanoparticles

    Duncan Graham;David G. Thompson;W. Ewen Smith;Karen Faulds

  • Evaluation of surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering for quantitative DNA analysis.

    K. Faulds;W.E. Smith;D. Graham

  • Ultrasensitive DNA detection using oligonucleotide-silver nanoparticle conjugates

    David G Thompson;Alexis Enright;Karen Faulds;W Ewen Smith

  • Surface modification of gold nanoparticles with neuron-targeted exosome for enhanced blood–brain barrier penetration

    Mattaka Khongkow;Teerapong Yata;Suwimon Boonrungsiman;Uracha Rungsardthong Ruktanonchai

  • Direct surface-enhanced raman scattering analysis of DNA duplexes

    Luca Guerrini;Željka Krpetić;Danny van Lierop;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

  • Rapid and ultra-sensitive determination of enzyme activities using surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering.

    Barry D Moore;Lorna Stevenson;Alan Watt;Sabine Flitsch

  • SERS Detection of Multiple Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Using Nanosensors

    Hayleigh Kearns;Royston Goodacre;Lauren E. Jamieson;Duncan Graham

  • Selective detection of deoxyribonucleic acid at ultralow concentrations by SERRS

    D. Graham;W.E. Smith;A.M.T. Linacre;C.H. Munro

  • Surface enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopic (SESORS) imaging – the next dimension

    Nicholas Stone;Marleen Kerssens;Gavin Rhys Lloyd;Karen Faulds

  • Comparison of surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering from unaggregated and aggregated nanoparticles

    K. Faulds;R.E. Littleford;D. Graham;G. Dent

  • Enhanced oligonucleotide–nanoparticle conjugate stability using thioctic acid modified oligonucleotides

    Jennifer A. Dougan;Camilla T. Karlsson;W. Ewen Smith;Duncan Graham

  • Simple multiplex genotyping by surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering.

    D. Graham;B.J. Mallinder;D. Whitcombe;N.D. Watson

  • Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS

    Kirsten Gracie;Elon Correa;Samuel Mabbott;Jennifer A. Dougan

  • Synthesis and physical properties of anti-HIV antisense oligonucleotides bearing terminal lipophilic groups.

    Calum MacKellar;Duncan Graham;David W. Will;Stephen Burgess

  • 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase regulates lipid homeostasis in treatment-resistant prostate cancer.

    Arnaud Blomme;Catriona A. Ford;Ernest Mui;Rachana Patel

  • Surface-enhanced Raman scattering

    Duncan Graham;Richard Van Duyne;Bin Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Faulds
Karen Faulds University of Strathclyde
W.E. Smith
W.E. Smith University of Strathclyde
Jonathan M. Cooper
Jonathan M. Cooper University of Glasgow
Peter A. G. Cormack
Peter A. G. Cormack University of Strathclyde
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Michael R. Detty
Michael R. Detty University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Paul Garside
Paul Garside University of Glasgow
Iain B. McInnes
Iain B. McInnes University of Glasgow
Alan R. Kennedy
Alan R. Kennedy University of Strathclyde
David W. McComb
David W. McComb The Ohio State University

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