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Leonidas G. Bachas

Leonidas G. Bachas

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Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
12362
World Ranking
9729
National Ranking
2736

Overview

Leonidas G. Bachas is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with notable contributions to several related subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work focuses on multiple specialized topics, particularly advanced photocatalysis techniques, covalent organic framework applications, and metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications. Further areas of study include occupational health and performance, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, as well as gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Leonidas G. Bachas has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include ACS Applied Nano Materials, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Water.

Recent papers authored by or involving Bachas cover a range of topics and were published between 2020 and 2021. These include:

  • Halide Effects in BiVO4/BiOX Heterostructures Decorated with Pd Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B as a Model Organic Pollutant, 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Size-Controlled SrTiO3 Nanoparticles Photodecorated with Pd Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Organic Dye Degradation, 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Evaluation of silicone-based wristbands as passive sampling systems using PAHs as an exposure proxy for carcinogen monitoring in firefighters: Evidence from the firefighter cancer initiative, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Design of a mediator-free, non-enzymatic electrochemical biosensor for glutamate detection, 2020, Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine
  • Delivery of therapeutic agents and cells to pancreatic islets: Towards a new era in the treatment of diabetes, 2021, Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Bachas often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Marc R. Knecht
  • Sylvia Daunert
  • Emre Dikici
  • Elsayed M. Zahran
  • Elnaz Zeynaloo

Best Publications

  • Aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube membranes.

    Bruce J. Hinds;Nitin Chopra;Terry Rantell;Rodney Andrews

  • Oriented immobilization of proteins

    Srivatsa V. Rao;Kimberly W. Anderson;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Nitrate-Selective Electrode Developed by Electrochemically Mediated Imprinting/Doping of Polypyrrole

    Richard S. Hutchins;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Genetically engineered protein in hydrogels tailors stimuli-responsive characteristics.

    Jason D. Ehrick;Sapna K. Deo;Tyler W. Browning;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Alumina nanoparticles induce expression of endothelial cell adhesion molecules.

    Elizabeth Oesterling;Nitin Chopra;Vasileios Gavalas;Xabier Arzuaga

  • Anion-Selective Electrodes Based on Electropolymerized Porphyrin Films

    Sylvia. Daunert;Shelley. Wallace;Antonio. Florido;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Ionophore-based ion-selective potentiometric and optical sensors

    R. Daniel Johnson;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Novel poly-glutamic acid functionalized microfiltration membranes for sorption of heavy metals at high capacity

    D Bhattacharyya;J.A Hestekin;P Brushaber;L Cullen

  • Reactive nanostructured membranes for water purification.

    Scott R. Lewis;Saurav Datta;Minghui Gui;Eric L. Coker

  • Carbon Nanotube Sol−Gel Composite Materials

    Vasilis G. Gavalas;Rodney Andrews;Dibakar Bhattacharyya;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Development of a fully integrated analysis system for ions based on ion-selective optodes and centrifugal microfluidics.

    R. Daniel Johnson;Ibrahim H. A. Badr;Gary Barrett;Siyi Lai

  • Polycysteine and Other Polyamino Acid Functionalized Microfiltration Membranes for Heavy Metal Capture

    Stephen M. C. Ritchie;Kyle E. Kissick;Leonidas G. Bachas;Subhas K. Sikdar

  • Surface Modification of Silica- and Cellulose-Based Microfiltration Membranes with Functional Polyamino Acids for Heavy Metal Sorption

    S. M. C. Ritchie;L. G. Bachas;T. Olin;S. K. Sikdar

  • Carbon nanotube aqueous sol-gel composites: enzyme-friendly platforms for the development of stable biosensors.

    Vasilis G. Gavalas;Stacy A. Law;J. Christopher Ball;Rodney Andrews

  • Catalytic biofunctional membranes containing site-specifically immobilized enzyme arrays: a review

    D.Allan Butterfield;Dibakar Bhattacharyya;Sylvia Daunert;Leonidas Bachas

  • Aqueous-phase synthesis of PAA in PVDF membrane pores for nanoparticle synthesis and dichlorobiphenyl degradation

    V. Smuleac;L. Bachas;D. Bhattacharyya

  • Monitoring of bacteria growth using a wireless, remote query resonant-circuit sensor: application to environmental sensing.

    K.G. Ong;J. Wang;R.S. Singh;L.G. Bachas

  • Artificial Muscle Material with Fast Electroactuation under Neutral pH Conditions

    Elizabeth A. Moschou;Serban F. Peteu;Leonidas G. Bachas;Marc J. Madou

  • Functional One‐Dimensional Nanomaterials: Applications in Nanoscale Biosensors

    Nitin Chopra;Vasilis G. Gavalas;Bruce J. Hinds;Leonidas G. Bachas

  • Chelate-Modified Fenton Reaction for the Degradation of Trichloroethylene in Aqueous and Two-Phase Systems

    Scott Lewis;Andrew lynch;Leonidas Bachas;Steve hampson

  • Monitoring blood coagulation with magnetoelastic sensors

    Libby G Puckett;Gary Barrett;Dimitris Kouzoudis;Craig Grimes

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Daunert
Sylvia Daunert University of Miami
Dibakar Bhattacharyya
Dibakar Bhattacharyya University of Kentucky
Marc J. Madou
Marc J. Madou University of California, Irvine
Marc R. Knecht
Marc R. Knecht University of Miami
Mark E. Meyerhoff
Mark E. Meyerhoff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Craig A. Grimes
Craig A. Grimes Pennsylvania State University
Pedro Molina
Pedro Molina University of Murcia
Bernhard Hennig
Bernhard Hennig University of Kentucky
Rodney Andrews
Rodney Andrews University of Kentucky
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky

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