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Marc D. Porter is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering, with a primary focus on biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to biosensors, microfluidic technologies, molecular junctions, and tuberculosis research. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Proteinase K Pretreatment for the Quantitative Recovery and Sensitive Detection of the Tuberculosis Biomarker Mannose-Capped Lipoarabinomannan Spiked into Human Serum," 2023, published in Analytical Chemistry
  • "On the Counter-intuitive Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Barrier Properties of Alkanethiolate Monolayers on Gold: Smooth versus Rough Surfaces," 2022, published in Electroanalysis
  • "Molecularly-tunable nanoelectrode arrays created by harnessing intermolecular interactions," 2021, published in Chemical Science
  • "Modified trident-shaped electrode design for particle lateral position detection in microfluidic impedance flow cytometry," 2024, published in Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • "Microfluidic platform for the enzymatic pretreatment of human serum for the detection of the tuberculosis biomarker mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan," 2024, published in Analytical Methods

Marc D. Porter's work is represented in publication venues such as:

  • Analytical Methods
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Electroanalysis
  • Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • Chemical Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors including Eamonn Clarke, Himanshu J. Sant, Lars B. Laurentius, Ling Zang, and Christopher Lambert.

Their main research topics feature:

  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Marc D. Porter's body of work encompasses the development and application of biosensor technologies, especially those relevant to the detection and analysis of infectious agents such as tuberculosis. This includes investigative work on enzymatic pretreatment methods for biological samples and advanced electrode array designs for microfluidic systems, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex biomedical engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Spontaneously organized molecular assemblies. 4. Structural characterization of n-alkyl thiol monolayers on gold by optical ellipsometry, infrared spectroscopy, and electrochemistry

    Marc D. Porter;Marc D. Porter;Thomas B. Bright;David L. Allara;Christopher E. D. Chidsey

  • Alkanethiolate Gold Cluster Molecules with Core Diameters from 1.5 to 5.2 nm: Core and Monolayer Properties as a Function of Core Size

    Michael J. Hostetler;Julia E. Wingate;Chuan Jian Zhong;Jay E. Harris

  • The electrochemical desorption of n-alkanethiol monolayers from polycrystalline Au and Ag electrodes

    Cindra A. Widrig;Chinkap Chung;Marc D. Porter

  • Femtomolar detection of prostate-specific antigen: an immunoassay based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering and immunogold labels.

    Desiree S. Grubisha;Robert J. Lipert;Hye Young Park;Jeremy Driskell

  • Monolayer Films Prepared by the Spontaneous Self-Assembly of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Dialkyl Sulfides from Solution onto Gold Substrates: Structure, Properties, and Reactivity of Constituent Functional Groups

    Ernest B. Troughton;Colin D. Bain;George M. Whitesides;Ralph G. Nuzzo

  • Reductive desorption of alkanethiolate monolayers at gold: a measure of surface coverage

    Mary M. Walczak;Darwin D. Popenoe;Randall S. Deinhammer;Brian D. Lamp

  • SERS as a bioassay platform: fundamentals, design, and applications

    Marc D. Porter;Robert J. Lipert;Lorraine M. Siperko;Gufeng Wang

  • SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY OF ETHANETHIOLATE AND N-OCTADECANETHIOLATE MONOLAYERS SPONTANEOUSLY ADSORBED AT GOLD SURFACES

    Cindra A. Widrig;Cindra A. Widrig;Carla A. Alves;Marc D. Porter

  • Immunoassay readout method using extrinsic Raman labels adsorbed on immunogold colloids

    Jing Ni;R. J. Lipert;G. B. Dawson;M. D. Porter

  • Structure and interfacial properties of spontaneously adsorbed n-alkanethiolate monolayers on evaporated silver surfaces

    Mary M. Walczak;Chinkap Chung;Scott M. Stole;Cindra A. Widrig

  • Electrochemical oxidation of amine-containing compounds. A route to the surface modification of glassy carbon electrodes

    Randall S. Deinhammer;Mankit Ho;James W. Anderegg;Marc D. Porter

  • Atomic scale imaging of alkanethiolate monolayers at gold surfaces with atomic force microscopy

    Carla A. Alves;Earl L. Smith;Marc D. Porter

  • Low-level detection of viral pathogens by a surface-enhanced Raman scattering based immunoassay.

    Jeremy D. Driskell;Karen M. Kwarta;Robert J. Lipert;Marc D. Porter

  • The electrode/electrolyte interface - A status report

    Allen J. Bard;Hector D. Abruña;Chris E. Chidsey;Larry R. Faulkner

  • Electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic evidence for differences in the binding sites of alkanethiolate monolayers chemisorbed at gold

    Mary M. Walczak;Carla A. Alves;Brian D. Lamp;Marc D. Porter

  • Chemical and biochemical analysis using scanning force microscopy.

    Hajime Takano;Jeremy R. Kenseth;Sze Shun Wong;Janese C. O'Brien

  • Thermodynamically controlled electrochemical formation of thiolate monolayers at gold : characterization and comparison to self-assembled analogs

    Duane E. Weisshaar;Duane E. Weisshaar;Brian D. Lamp;Marc D. Porter

  • Nanometer-Scale Mapping of Chemically Distinct Domains at Well-Defined Organic Interfaces Using Frictional Force Microscopy

    John-Bruce D. Green;Mark T. McDermott;Marc D. Porter;Lorraine M. Siperko

  • Labeled gold nanoparticles immobilized at smooth metallic substrates: systematic investigation of surface plasmon resonance and surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

    Jeremy D. Driskell;Robert J. Lipert;Marc D. Porter

  • Prospects for point-of-care pathogen diagnostics using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

    Jennifer H. Granger;Nicholas E. Schlotter;Nicholas E. Schlotter;Alexis C. Crawford;Marc D. Porter

  • Detection of the potential pancreatic cancer marker MUC4 in serum using surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

    Gufeng Wang;Robert J. Lipert;Maneesh Jain;Sukhwinder Kaur

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Fritz
James S. Fritz Iowa State University
Chuan-Jian Zhong
Chuan-Jian Zhong Binghamton University
Julia F. Ridpath
Julia F. Ridpath Agricultural Research Service
Delphi Chatterjee
Delphi Chatterjee Colorado State University
John P. Bannantine
John P. Bannantine Agricultural Research Service
Jeremy J. Baumberg
Jeremy J. Baumberg University of Cambridge
Duncan Graham
Duncan Graham University of Strathclyde
Theodore Kuwana
Theodore Kuwana Case Western Reserve University
Royce W. Murray
Royce W. Murray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christopher E. D. Chidsey
Christopher E. D. Chidsey Stanford University

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