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Fraser A. Armstrong

Fraser A. Armstrong

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Chemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
30021
World Ranking
1486
National Ranking
78

Overview

Fraser A. Armstrong is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including chemistry, engineering, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these disciplines, they have contributed notably to subfields such as molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics, with notable contributions to:

  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Chemical synthesis and characterization

Fraser A. Armstrong has published several recent papers, including:

  • Nanotechnology for catalysis and solar energy conversion, 2020, Nanotechnology
  • The roles of long-range proton-coupled electron transfer in the directionality and efficiency of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Viperin, through its radical-SAM activity, depletes cellular nucleotide pools and interferes with mitochondrial metabolism to inhibit viral replication, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • Iron-sulfur clusters as inhibitors and catalysts of viral replication, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • The power of electrified nanoconfinement for energising, controlling and observing long enzyme cascades, 2021, Nature Communications

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Armstrong are:

  • Jonathan P. Rourke
  • S.J. Lancaster
  • Tina Overton
  • Mark T. Weller
  • Ryan A. Herold

They have contributed to publications in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science
  • Nature Communications

Armstrong has also contributed to book publications, including a forthcoming title published by Oxford University Press:

  • Inorganic Chemistry, to be published in 2025

Best Publications

  • Shriver and Atkins' Inorganic Chemistry

    Peter Atkins;Tina Overton;Jonatan Rourke;Mark Weller

  • Enzymes as working or inspirational electrocatalysts for fuel cells and electrolysis.

    James A. Cracknell;Kylie A. Vincent;Fraser A. Armstrong

  • Direct electrochemistry of redox proteins

    Fraser A. Armstrong;H. Allen O. Hill;Nicholas J. Walton

  • Investigating and Exploiting the Electrocatalytic Properties of Hydrogenases

    Kylie A. Vincent;and Alison Parkin;Fraser A. Armstrong

  • Structure, Function, and Mechanism of the Nickel Metalloenzymes,CO Dehydrogenase, and Acetyl-CoA Synthase

    Mehmet Can;Fraser A. Armstrong;Stephen W. Ragsdale

  • Recent developments in faradaic bioelectrochemistry

    Fraser A Armstrong;George S Wilson

  • Reaction of complex metalloproteins studied by protein-film voltammetry

    Fraser A. Armstrong;Hendrik A. Heering;Judy Hirst

  • Efficient and Clean Photoreduction of CO2 to CO by Enzyme-Modified TiO2 Nanoparticles Using Visible Light

    Thomas W. Woolerton;Sally Sheard;Erwin Reisner;Elizabeth Pierce

  • Visible Light-Driven H2 Production by Hydrogenases Attached to Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Nanoparticles

    Erwin Reisner;Daniel J. Powell;Christine Cavazza;Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps

  • How oxygen attacks [FeFe] hydrogenases from photosynthetic organisms.

    Sven T. Stripp;Gabrielle Goldet;Caterina Brandmayr;Oliver Sanganas

  • Reversibility and efficiency in electrocatalytic energy conversion and lessons from enzymes

    Fraser A. Armstrong;Judy Hirst

  • Electrocatalytic hydrogen oxidation by an enzyme at high carbon monoxide or oxygen levels.

    Kylie A. Vincent;James A. Cracknell;Oliver Lenz;Ingo Zebger

  • Designer laccases: a vogue for high-potential fungal enzymes?

    Caroline J. Rodgers;Christopher F. Blanford;Stephen R. Giddens;Pari Skamnioti

  • Enzyme electrokinetics: using protein film voltammetry to investigate redox enzymes and their mechanisms.

    Christophe Léger;Sean J. Elliott;Sean J. Elliott;Kevin R. Hoke;Lars J. C. Jeuken;Lars J. C. Jeuken

  • Energy and environment policy case for a global project on artificial photosynthesis

    Thomas Faunce;Wolfgang Lubitz;Alfred W Rutherford;Douglas Robert MacFarlane

  • Catalytic electron transport in Chromatium vinosum [NiFe]-hydrogenase: application of voltammetry in detecting redox-active centers and establishing that hydrogen oxidation is very fast even at potentials close to the reversible H+/H2 value.

    Harsh R. Pershad;Jillian L. C. Duff;Hendrik A. Heering;Evert C. Duin

  • A unique iron-sulfur cluster is crucial for oxygen tolerance of a [NiFe]-hydrogenase

    Tobias Goris;Annemarie F Wait;Miguel Saggu;Johannes Fritsch

  • Effect of a dispersion of interfacial electron transfer rates on steady state catalytic electron transport in [NiFe]-hydrogenase and other enzymes

    Christophe Léger;Anne K. Jones;Simon P.J. Albracht;Fraser A. Armstrong

  • Dynamic electrochemical investigations of hydrogen oxidation and production by enzymes and implications for future technology

    Fraser A. Armstrong;Natalie A. Belsey;James A. Cracknell;Gabrielle Goldet

  • A stable electrode for high-potential, electrocatalytic O2 reduction based on rational attachment of a blue copper oxidase to a graphite surface

    Christopher F. Blanford;Rachel S. Heath;Fraser A. Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Judy Hirst
Judy Hirst University of Cambridge
Frank Sargent
Frank Sargent Newcastle University
Andrew J. Thomson
Andrew J. Thomson University of East Anglia
Oliver Lenz
Oliver Lenz Johnson & Johnson
Jacques Breton
Jacques Breton CEA Saclay
Stephen W. Ragsdale
Stephen W. Ragsdale University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Julea N. Butt
Julea N. Butt University of East Anglia
Simon P. J. Albracht
Simon P. J. Albracht University of Amsterdam
Bärbel Friedrich
Bärbel Friedrich Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas Happe
Thomas Happe Ruhr University Bochum

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