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John S. Fossey is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as major subfields. Additional subfields in their work include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Spectroscopy.

Their research prominently addresses several scientific topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms

John S. Fossey's frequent collaborators include Louise Male, Whitney A. Webre, Habtom B. Gobeze, Sairaman Seetharaman, and Yoshitaka Matsushita. These co-authors appear regularly in the scientist's published work, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The scientist has contributed articles to various academic venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database, with 14 publications
  • Tetrahedron, with 2 publications
  • ACS Sensors
  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • Advanced Therapeutics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by John S. Fossey include:

  • "Molecular Boronic Acid-Based Saccharide Sensors," published in 2021 in ACS Sensors
  • "Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems," published in 2022 in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Insulin Delivery Using Dynamic Covalent Boronic Acid/Ester-Controlled Release," published in 2021 in Advanced Therapeutics
  • "Azetidines and their applications in asymmetric catalysis," published in 2020 in Tetrahedron
  • "Nanomolecular singlet oxygen photosensitizers based on hemiquinonoid-resorcinarenes, the fuchsonarenes," published in 2020 in Chemical Science

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Formation of C−C Bonds by Addition to Imines and Hydrazones: A Ten-Year Update

    Shu̅ Kobayashi;Yuichiro Mori;John S. Fossey;Matthew M. Salter

  • Exploiting the Reversible Covalent Bonding of Boronic Acids: Recognition, Sensing, and Assembly

    Steven D Bull;Matthew G. Davidson;Jean M. H. van den Elsen;John S. Fossey

  • Selective sensing of saccharides using simple boronic acids and their aggregates

    Xin Wu;Zhao Li;Xuan-Xuan Chen;John S. Fossey

  • Boronic acid building blocks: tools for self assembly.

    Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Yuji Kubo;Tony D. James;John S. Fossey;John S. Fossey

  • Boronic acid building blocks: tools for sensing and separation

    Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Yuji Kubo;Tony D. James;John S. Fossey;John S. Fossey

  • A water-soluble boronate-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of peroxynitrite and imaging in living cells†

    Xiaolong Sun;Qingling Xu;Gyoungmi Kim;Stephen E. Flower

  • Batch fabrication of disposable screen printed SERS arrays

    Lu-Lu Qu;Da-Wei Li;Jin-Qun Xue;Wen-Lei Zhai

  • Glucose Sensing via Aggregation and the Use of “Knock-Out” Binding To Improve Selectivity

    Yan-Jun Huang;Wen-Juan Ouyang;Xin Wu;Zhao Li

  • Facile on-site detection of substituted aromatic pollutants in water using thin layer chromatography combined with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

    Dawei Li;Lulu Qu;Wenlei Zhai;Jinqun Xue

  • Direct Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Bis-Aryl-α-Amino Acid Esters via Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Addition of p-Quinone Methides

    Fu-Sheng He;Jing-Hai Jin;Zhong-Tao Yang;Xingxin Yu

  • Boronic Acid-Based Carbohydrate Sensing

    Wenlei Zhai;Xiaolong Sun;Tony D. James;John S. Fossey

  • Molecular Boronic Acid-Based Saccharide Sensors.

    George T. Williams;Jonathan L. Kedge;John S. Fossey

  • Portable surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensor for rapid detection of aniline and phenol derivatives by on-site electrostatic preconcentration.

    Dan Li;Da-Wei Li;John S. Fossey;Yi-Tao Long

  • Cyclic electroplating and stripping of silver on Au@SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles for sensitive and recyclable substrate of surface-enhanced Raman scattering

    Dan Li;Da-Wei Li;Yang Li;John S. Fossey

  • Simple protocols for NMR analysis of the enantiomeric purity of chiral diols

    Andrew M Kelly;Yolanda Pérez-Fuertes;John S Fossey;Sonia Lozano Yeste

  • Recent advances in the use of chiral metal complexes with achiral ligands for application in asymmetric catalysis

    Zhong-Yan Cao;William D. G. Brittain;John S. Fossey;Feng Zhou

  • Boronic acids for fluorescence imaging of carbohydrates

    Xiaolong Sun;Wenlei Zhai;John S. Fossey;Tony D. James

  • "Click-fluors": modular fluorescent saccharide sensors based on a 1,2,3-triazole ring.

    David K. Scrafton;James E. Taylor;Mary F. Mahon;John S. Fossey

  • A Highly Selective Ferrocene-Based Planar Chiral PIP (Fc-PIP) Acyl Transfer Catalyst for the Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols

    Bin Hu;Meng Meng;Zheng Wang;Wenting Du

  • Multiple depositions of Ag nanoparticles on chemically modified agarose films for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    Wen-Lei Zhai;Da-Wei Li;Lu-Lu Qu;John S. Fossey

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony D. James
Tony D. James University of Bath
Steven D. Bull
Steven D. Bull University of Bath
Yi-Tao Long
Yi-Tao Long Nanjing University
Yun-Bao Jiang
Yun-Bao Jiang Xiamen University
Frank Marken
Frank Marken University of Bath
Kazuo Sakurai
Kazuo Sakurai The University of Kitakyushu
Shu Kobayashi
Shu Kobayashi University of Tokyo
Eric V. Anslyn
Eric V. Anslyn The University of Texas at Austin
Attila Sik
Attila Sik University of Birmingham
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science

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