Dr Edmond Magner

Senior Lecturer, Environmental Chemistry  

                                                                      Postgraduate Vacancies       

Research Activities:

• Redox properties of proteins and enzymes in nonaqueous media; characterisation of the effect of the solvent on the catalytic properties of redox enzymes in such media [1-3, 5, 10].
• Development of new sensors for medical, environmental and industrial applications [8]; mechanistic studies of these sensors and their responses in complex media such as tissue with the view to understanding their behaviour in such media.
• The use of novel mesoporous silicates with tightly controlled pore size to encapsulate proteins and enzymes with a view to developing stable sensors and catalytically active enzymes [4, 7, 10]. This work is  performed in collaboration with Prof. B.K. Hodnett and Dr. J.G. Wall in the Materials and Surface Sciences Institute.
• Characterisation of thermoreversible hydrogels used in the controlled release of pharmaceutically active compounds [6,9].

Relevant Publications

1.      Ivanova, E. E. Magner. Direct Electron Transfer of Haemoglobin and Myoglobin in Methanol and Ethanol at Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide Modified Pyrolytic Graphite Electrodes, Electrochem. Comm., 2005, 7, 323-327.

 2.  Konash, A., E. Magner, Electrochemically Mediated Reduction of Horseradish Peroxidase by 1,1'-Ferrocene Dimethanol in Nonaqueous Solvents, Anal. Chem., 2005, 77,1647-1654.

3.      O’Reilly, N., Magner, E. The Electrochemistry of Cytochrome c in Aqueous and Mixed Solvent Solutions: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and the Effect of Solvent Dielectric Constant Langmuir, 2005, 21, 1009-1014.

4.      Goradia, D., Cooney, J., Hodnett, B.K., Magner, E. The adsorption characteristics, activity and stability of trypsin adsorbed onto ordered mesoporous silicates, J. Mol. Cat. B, 2005, 32, 231-239.

5.     Brusowa, Z., Ferapontova, E.E., Sakharov, I.Y., Magner, E., Gorton, L. Bioelectrocatalysis of plant peroxidases immobilised on graphite in aqueous and mixed solvent media,  Electroanalysis, 2005, 17,  460-468.

6.     Cleary, J., Bromberg, L.E., Magner E. Adhesion of Polyether Modified Poly(acrylic) acid to Mucin.  Langmuir, 2004, 20, 9755-9762.

7.      Deere, J., M. Serantoni, K.J. Edler, J. G. Wall, B. K. Hodnett, E. Magner.  Measurement of the Adsorption of Cytochrome c onto the External Surface of a Thin Film Mesoporous Silicate by Ellipsometry. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 532-536.

8.      Jamal, M., A.S. Sarac, E. Magner.  Conductive Copolymer Modified Carbon Fibre Microelectrodes: Electrode Characterization and Electrochemical Detection of p-Aminophenol Sens Act. B 2004, 97, 59-66.

9.      Cleary, J., Bromberg, L.E., Magner E. Diffusion and release of solutes in Pluronic-g-poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels, Langmuir, 2003, 19, 9162-9172.

10.  Deere, J., E. Magner, J. G. Wall and B. K. Hodnett. Oxidation of ABTS by Silicate Immobilized Cytochrome c in Nonaqueous Solutions, Biotech. Prog., 2003, 19, 1238-1243.

 Last Modified 8th April 2005