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Kyösti Kontturi

Kyösti Kontturi

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Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10652
World Ranking
10313
National Ranking
53

Overview

Kyösti Kontturi was affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research was situated at the intersection of engineering, materials science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Kontturi's work focused on several key scientific topics including:

  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques

Their subfields of study reflected an interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise in:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Molecular Biology

Among their recent scholarly contributions was a publication titled "A Calorimetric Study of Ligand Exchange on Silver Nanoparticles", published in 2025 in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Kontturi included:

  • Lasse Murtomäki
  • Maija Huuppola
  • Christoffer Johans

The SSRN Electronic Journal was a notable venue for their research dissemination.

Best Publications

  • Surface redox catalysis for O2 reduction on quinone-modified glassy carbon electrodes

    Kaido Tammeveski;Kyösti Kontturi;Richard J Nichols;Robert J Potter

  • Electrochemical resolution of 15 oxidation states for monolayer protected gold nanoparticles.

    Bernadette M. Quinn;Peter Liljeroth;Virginia Ruiz;Timo Laaksonen

  • Influence of ligand structure on the stability and oxidation of copper nanoparticles.

    Petri Kanninen;Christoffer Johans;Juha Merta;Kyösti Kontturi

  • Gold nanoparticles enable selective light-induced contents release from liposomes.

    Lauri Paasonen;Timo Laaksonen;Christoffer Johans;Marjo Yliperttula

  • Ionic transport processes

    Kyösti Kontturi;Lasse Murtomäki;José A. Manzanares

  • Polypyrrole as a model membrane for drug delivery

    Kyösti Kontturi;Päivi Pentti;Göran Sundholm

  • Amphiphilic Gold Nanoparticles Grafted with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Polystyrene

    Jun Shan;Markus Nuopponen;Hua Jiang;Tapani Viitala

  • Comparison of methanol, ethanol and iso-propanol oxidation on Pt and Pd electrodes in alkaline media studied by HPLC

    Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio;Youngkook Kwon;Elisabet Ahlberg;Kyosti Kontturi

  • Stability and electrostatics of mercaptoundecanoic acid-capped gold nanoparticles with varying counterion size.

    Timo Laaksonen;Päivi Ahonen;Christoffer Johans;Kyösti Kontturi

  • The development of an all copper hybrid redox flow battery using deep eutectic solvents

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  • Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS2 catalysts in biphasic liquid systems.

    Peiyu Ge;Micheál D. Scanlon;Pekka Peljo;Xiaojun Bian

  • Biomimetic oxygen reduction by cofacial porphyrins at a liquid-liquid interface

    Pekka Peljo;Lasse Murtomäki;Tanja Kallio;Hai-Jun Xu

  • The kinetics of the Cu2+/Cu+ redox couple in deep eutectic solvents

    David Lloyd;Tuomas Vainikka;Lasse Murtomäki;Kyösti Kontturi

  • Electrosynthesis of polyphenylpyrrole coated silver particles at a liquid-liquid interface

    Christoffer Johans;Jason Clohessy;Sebastien Fantini;Kyösti Kontturi

  • Modeling of the Salt and pH Effects on the Permeability of Grafted Porous Membranes

    K. Kontturi;S. Mafe;J. A. Manzanares;B. L. Svarfvar

  • Interfacial capacitance and ionic association at electrified liquid/liquid interfaces

    Cheng Yufei;Vincent J. Cunnane;David J. Schiffrin;Lasse Mutomäki

  • Electrochemical determination of partition coefficients of drugs

    Kyösti Kontturi;Lasse Murtomäki

  • Controlled transdermal iontophoresis by ion-exchange fiber

    Tarja Jaskari;Marja Vuorio;Kyösti Kontturi;Arto Urtti

  • A facile template-free approach to magnetodriven, multifunctional artificial cilia.

    Jaakko V I Timonen;Christoffer Johans;Kyösti Kontturi;Andreas Walther

  • Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide: Rotating disk electrode and fuel cell studies

    Elena Lobyntseva;Tanja Kallio;Nadezda Alexeyeva;Kaido Tammeveski

  • Ion-exchange fibers and drugs: an equilibrium study.

    Tarja Jaskari;Marja Vuorio;Kyösti Kontturi;José A. Manzanares

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanja Kallio
Tanja Kallio Aalto University
David J. Schiffrin
David J. Schiffrin University of Liverpool
Jouni Hirvonen
Jouni Hirvonen University of Helsinki
Arto Urtti
Arto Urtti University of Eastern Finland
Salvador Mafé
Salvador Mafé University of Valencia
Timo Laaksonen
Timo Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Hélder A. Santos
Hélder A. Santos University Medical Center Groningen
Kaido Tammeveski
Kaido Tammeveski University of Tartu
Patrick R. Unwin
Patrick R. Unwin University of Warwick
Heikki Tenhu
Heikki Tenhu University of Helsinki

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