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Ewan W. Blanch

Ewan W. Blanch

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6872
World Ranking
16515
National Ranking
364

Overview

Ewan W. Blanch is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of organic chemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, analytical chemistry, and materials chemistry. Their work spans key subfields including organic chemistry and analytical chemistry, supported by a focus on spectroscopy techniques.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas related to chemical and biomedical spectroscopy, lipid membrane behavior, microbial natural products, synthesis, and bioactivity, as well as antimicrobial peptides and meat product quality. These include:

  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality

Frequent collaborators in their research include Subashani Maniam, Jeremy Landry, Peter J. Torley, Nilamuni H. de Silva, and Laurence A. Nafié, each contributing to multiple projects.

Ewan W. Blanch has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in environmental analysis, monitoring and assessment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Natural spirocyclic alkaloids and polyphenols as multi target dementia leads, 2021, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of spirooxindole-pyrrolizidine analogues and their activity as anti-amyloidogenic agents, 2021, Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Delivery of antimicrobial peptides to model membranes by cubosome nanocarriers, 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Beyond soluble and insoluble: A comprehensive framework for classifying dietary fibre's health effects, 2025, Food Research International

The primary venues for publication include the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, The Cambridge Structural Database, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Molecules.

Best Publications

  • Lactoferrin: Structure, function, denaturation and digestion

    Bo Wang;Yakindra Prasad Timilsena;Ewan Blanch;Benu Adhikari

  • Solution structure and dynamics of biomolecules from Raman optical activity

    L.D. Barron;L. Hecht;E.W. Blanch;A.F. Bell

  • A Raman optical activity study of rheomorphism in caseins, synucleins and tau. New insight into the structure and behaviour of natively unfolded proteins.

    Christopher D. Syme;Ewan W. Blanch;Carl Holt;Ross Jakes

  • Is polyproline II helix the killer conformation? A Raman optical activity study of the amyloidogenic prefibrillar intermediate of human lysozyme.

    Ewan W Blanch;Ludmilla A Morozova-Roche;Duncan A.E Cochran;Andrew J Doig

  • Raman optical activity comes of age

    Laurence D. Barron;Lutz Hecht;Iain H. McColl;Ewan W. Blanch

  • Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in environmental analysis, monitoring and assessment.

    Timothy T.X. Ong;Ewan W. Blanch;Oliver A.H. Jones

  • A new perspective on beta-sheet structures using vibrational Raman optical activity: from poly(L-lysine) to the prion protein.

    Iain H McColl;Ewan W Blanch;Andrew C Gill;Alexandre G O Rhie

  • Recent advances in the use of vibrational chiroptical spectroscopic methods for stereochemical characterization of natural products

    João M. Batista;Ewan W. Blanch;Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani

  • Vibrational Raman optical activity characterization of poly(l-proline) II helix in alanine oligopeptides.

    Iain H. McColl;Ewan W. Blanch;Lutz Hecht;Neville R. Kallenbach

  • Unfolded proteins studied by Raman optical activity.

    Barron Ld;Blanch Ew;Hecht L

  • Solution structure of native proteins with irregular folds from Raman optical activity

    Edward Smyth;Christopher D. Syme;Ewan W. Blanch;Lutz Hecht

  • A study of alpha-helix hydration in polypeptides, proteins, and viruses using vibrational raman optical activity.

    Iain H. McColl;Ewan W. Blanch;Lutz Hecht;Laurence D. Barron

  • Vibrational Raman optical activity of proteins, nucleic acids, and viruses

    Ewan W Blanch;Lutz Hecht;Laurence D Barron

  • Surface enhanced Raman optical activity (SEROA)

    Salim Abdali;Ewan William Blanch

  • Through-space transfer of chiral information mediated by a plasmonic nanomaterial

    Saeideh Ostovar pour;Louise Rocks;Karen Faulds;Duncan Graham

  • Calculation of Raman Optical Activity Spectra of Methyl-β-d-Glucose Incorporating a Full Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Hydration Effects

    James R. Cheeseman;Majeed S. Shaik;Paul L. A. Popelier;Ewan W. Blanch

  • Effects and anomalies that can occur in SERS spectra of biological molecules when using a wide range of aggregating agents for hydroxylamine-reduced and citrate-reduced silver colloids

    Nicola R. Yaffe;Ewan W. Blanch

  • Molecular structures of viruses from Raman optical activity.

    Ewan W. Blanch;Lutz Hecht;Christopher D. Syme;Vito Volpetti

  • Tryptophan absolute stereochemistry in viral coat proteins from raman optical activity.

    Ewan W. Blanch;Lutz Hecht;Loren A. Day;Dennis M. Pederson

  • Raman and Raman optical activity (ROA) analysis of RNA structural motifs in Domain I of the EMCV IRES.

    Alison J. Hobro;Mansour Rouhi;Ewan W. Blanch;Graeme L. Conn

  • Shear-induced unfolding of lysozyme monitored in situ.

    Lorna Ashton;Jonathan Dusting;Eboshogwe Imomoh;Stavroula Balabani

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence D. Barron
Laurence D. Barron University of Glasgow
Lutz Hecht
Lutz Hecht University of Glasgow
Andrew J. Doig
Andrew J. Doig University of Manchester
Benu Adhikari
Benu Adhikari RMIT University
Paul L. A. Popelier
Paul L. A. Popelier University of Manchester
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani Sao Paulo State University
Petr Bouř
Petr Bouř Czech Academy of Sciences
Rein V. Ulijn
Rein V. Ulijn City University of New York
Robert A. Shanks
Robert A. Shanks RMIT University

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