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Ian A. Nicholls

Ian A. Nicholls

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10939
World Ranking
12572
National Ranking
188

Overview

Ian A. Nicholls is affiliated with Linnaeus University in Sweden. Their research spans a range of topics within chemistry and materials science, with a focus on analytical chemistry methods development, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, crystallization and solubility studies, and polymer surface interaction studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, Nicholls has contributed extensively to several subfields:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Biology

In terms of research topics, Nicholls's work covers a diverse range, including:

  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

Their recent papers include:

  • The Use of Computational Methods for the Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (2021), published in Polymers
  • Urea-Based Imprinted Polymer Hosts with Switchable Anion Preference (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances enrichment and detection (2023), published in Talanta
  • Improved Solvothermal Synthesis of γ-Fe2O3 Magnetic Nanoparticles for SiO2 Coating (2021), published in Nanomaterials
  • Discovery of Icenticaftor (QBW251), a Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Potentiator with Clinical Efficacy in Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2021), published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Common venues where Nicholls frequently publishes include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • RSC Advances
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Polymers
  • Talanta

Frequent coauthors in Nicholls's work include:

  • Jesper G. Wiklander
  • Subban Kathiravan
  • Subramanian Suriyanarayanan
  • Prakriti Dhillon
  • Prasad Anaspure

Best Publications

  • Molecular imprinting science and technology: a survey of the literature for the years up to and including 2003

    Cameron Alexander;Håkan S. Andersson;Lars I. Andersson;Richard J. Ansell

  • Molecular imprinting science and technology: a survey of the literature for the years 2004-2011.

    Michael J. Whitcombe;Nicole Kirsch;Ian A. Nicholls;Ian A. Nicholls

  • Receptor and transport properties of imprinted polymer membranes – a review

    S A Piletsky;T L Panasyuk;E Piletskaya;Ian Alan Nicholls

  • On the thermal and chemical stability of molecularly imprinted polymers

    Johan Svenson;Ian Alan Nicholls

  • Toward the semiquantitative estimation of binding constants guides for peptide peptide binding in aqueous solution

    Dudley H. Williams;Jonathan P. L. Cox;Andrew J. Doig;Mark Gardner

  • Study of the nature of recognition in molecularly imprinted polymers, II [1]: Influence of monomer–template ratio and sample load on retention and selectivity

    Håkan S Andersson;Jesper G Karlsson;Sergey A Piletsky;Ann-Christin Koch-Schmidt

  • Carbon-carbon bond formation using substrate selective catalytic polymers prepared by molecular imprinting: an artificial class II aldolase

    Jun Matsui;Ian A. Nicholls;Isao Karube;Klaus Mosbach

  • Innate immunity activation on biomaterial surfaces: A mechanistic model and coping strategies

    Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl;John Lambris;Hans Elwing;Daniel Ricklin

  • Theoretical and computational strategies for rational molecularly imprinted polymer design

    Ian A. Nicholls;Håkan S. Andersson;Christy Charlton;Henning Henschel

  • Synthetic peptide receptor mimics: highly stereoselective recognition in non-covalent molecularly imprinted polymers

    Olof Ramström;Ian A. Nicholls;Klaus Mosbach

  • Can we rationally design molecularly imprinted polymers

    Ian A Nicholls;Karina Adbo;Håkan S Andersson;Per Ola Andersson

  • Strategies for Molecular Imprinting and the Evolution of MIP Nanoparticles as Plastic Antibodies-Synthesis and Applications.

    Doaa Refaat;Mohamed G. Aggour;Ahmed A. Farghali;Rashmi Mahajan

  • Combined Hydrophobic and Electrostatic Interaction-Based Recognition in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

    Sergey A. Piletsky;Håkan S. Andersson;Ian A. Nicholls

  • Insights into the role of the hydrogen bond and hydrophobic effect on recognition in molecularly imprinted polymer synthetic peptide receptor mimics

    Ian A. Nicholls;Olof Ramström;Klaus Mosbach

  • In vitro sliding of actin filaments labelled with single quantum dots

    Alf Månsson;Mark Sundberg;Martina Balaz;Richard Bunk

  • Structure and dynamics of monomer-template complexation: an explanation for molecularly imprinted polymer recognition site heterogeneity

    Björn C. G. Karlsson;John O’Mahony;Jesper G. Karlsson;Helen Bengtsson

  • Spectroscopic Evaluation of Molecular Imprinting Polymerization Systems

    Håkan S. Andersson;Ian A. Nicholls

  • Metal ion mediated recognition in molecularly imprinted polymers

    Jun Matsui;Ian A. Nicholls;Toshifumi Takeuchi;Klaus Mosbach

  • Probing the molecular basis for ligand-selective recognition in molecularly imprinted polymers selective for the local anaesthetic bupivacaine

    Jesper G Karlsson;Lars I Andersson;Ian A Nicholls

  • Thermodynamic Considerations for the Design of and Ligand Recognition by Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

    Ian A. Nicholls

  • Molecular recognition in cinchona alkaloid molecular imprinted polymer rods

    Jun Matsui;Ian A. Nicholls;Toshifumi Takeuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Montelius
Lars Montelius Lund University
Klaus Mosbach
Klaus Mosbach Lund University
Sergey A. Piletsky
Sergey A. Piletsky University of Leicester
Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl Uppsala University
Michael J. Whitcombe
Michael J. Whitcombe University of Leicester
Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson Uppsala University
Paul F. Alewood
Paul F. Alewood University of Queensland
Tom Eirik Mollnes
Tom Eirik Mollnes Oslo University Hospital
Elena V. Piletska
Elena V. Piletska University of Leicester
Isao Karube
Isao Karube Tokyo University of Technology

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