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Highly sensitive room temperature sensors based on the UV-LED activation of zinc oxide nanoparticles by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J., Ewen, R.J., Ratcliffe, N.M., Richards, M.

“…This study describes novel work on the use of UV-light emitting diodes (LEDs) to enhance the room temperature gas sensitivity of thick film zinc oxide sensors…”
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506 Identification of bacteria in human urine from the profile of emitted volatile organic compounds by Williams, J.P, Vaughan, K, De, Lacy Costello B, Ratcliffe, N.M, Drake, M.J

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A pilot study of faecal volatile organic compounds in faeces from cholera patients in Bangladesh to determine their utility in disease diagnosis by Garner, C.E., Smith, S., Bardhan, P.K., Ratcliffe, N.M., Probert, C.S.J.

“…The aim of this pilot study was to analyse the volatile organic compounds in faecal samples collected from cholera patients in Bangladesh to determine…”
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Application of Similarity Coefficients to Predict Disease Using Volatile Organic Compounds by Smith, S., White, P., Redding, J., Ratcliffe, N.M., Probert, C.

“…Measures of similarity are used to provide evidence in support of the conjecture that the presence and absence profile of a subset of volatile organic…”
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Thick film organic vapour sensors based on binary mixtures of metal oxides by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J., Ewen, R.J., Ratcliffe, N.M., Sivanand, P.S.

“…Previously, composite sensors incorporating differing proportions of tin dioxide and zinc oxide were reported which exhibited high sensitivity to a range of…”
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A novel method for rapidly diagnosing the causes of diarrhoea by Probert, C S J, Jones, P R H, Ratcliffe, N M

“…Background: The microbiological diagnosis of infectious diarrhoea may take several days using conventional techniques. In order to determine whether flatus can…”
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The fabrication and characterisation of a highly sensitive polypyrrole sensor and its electrical responses to amines of differing basicity at high humidities by Guernion, N., Ewen, R.J., Pihlainen, K., Ratcliffe, N.M., Teare, G.C.

“…Ammonia is a common feedstock for many chemical processes involving nitrogen compounds. It is a poisonous, colourless gas with a pungent smell and a fairly low…”
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Development of an electrochemical assay for 2,6-dinitrotoluene, based on a screen-printed carbon electrode, and its potential application in bioanalysis, occupational and public health by Honeychurch, K.C, Hart, J.P, Pritchard, P.R.J, Hawkins, S.J, Ratcliffe, N.M

“…Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) have been successfully exploited as disposable sensors for the measurement of 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) using a…”
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Highly sensitive mixed oxide sensors for the detection of ethanol by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J, Ewen, R.J, Guernion, N, Ratcliffe, N.M

“…Sensors consisting of mixtures of tin dioxide and zinc oxide powders in a range of proportions were constructed. Each mixture was applied to an…”
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The synthesis of a number of 3-alkyl and 3-carboxy substituted pyrroles; their chemical polymerisation onto poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes, and their use as gas sensitive resistors by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J., Evans, P., Guernion, N., Ratcliffe, N.M., Sivanand, P.S., Teare, G.C.

“…A number of synthetic pathways to 1-phenylsulphonyl and 1-tosylsulphonyl pyrrole have been reviewed and repeated. Two novel methods of producing this…”
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The synthesis of 3-octadecyl- and 3-docosylpyrrole, their polymerisation and incorporation into novel composite gas sensitive resistors by Guernion, N, de Lacy Costello, B.P.J, Ratcliffe, N.M

“…3-Octadecylpyrrole and the novel 3-docosylpyrrole were synthesised in high yields. These monomers were polymerised with various oxidising agents to produce a…”
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A study of the catalytic and vapour-sensing properties of zinc oxide and tin dioxide in relation to 1-butanol and dimethyldisulphide by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J, Ewen, R.J, Jones, P.R.H, Ratcliffe, N.M, Wat, R.K.M

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Erratum to “The synthesis of a number of 3-alkyl and 3-carboxy substituted pyrroles; their chemical polymerisation onto poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes, and their use as gas sensitive resistors”: [Synthetic Metals 114 (2000) 181–188] by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J, Evans, P, Guernion, N, Ratcliffe, N.M, Sivanand, P.S, Teare, G.C

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The rapid detection of methyl tert-butyl ether (MtBE) in water using a prototype gas sensor system by DE LACY COSTELLO, B. P. J, SIVANAND, P. S, RATCLIFFE, N. M, REYNOLDS, D. M

“…The gasoline additive Methyl-tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE) is the second most common contaminant of groundwater in the USA and represents an important soil…”
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Identification of volatiles generated by potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum cv: Maris Piper) infected by Erwinia carotovora, Bacillus polymyxa and Arthrobacter sp by de Lacy Costello, B.P.J, Evans, P, Ewen, R.J, Gunson, H.E, Ratcliffe, N.M, Spencer-Phillips, P.T.N

“…Bacteria were isolated from internal tissues of surface sterilized healthy tubers of Solanum tuberosum cv. Maris Piper (8 different isolates) and from tubers…”
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Simple Methods for the Extraction and Identification of Amine Malodurs from Spoiled Foodstuffs by Jones, P.R.H., Ewen, R.J., Ratcliffe, N.M.

“…Headspace GC-MS analysis was performed on potato tubers infected withErwinia carotovorabacteria and on Iberian cured ham infected…”
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Polyheterocycles containing alkene spacer linkages Part II. Synthesis and polymerization of ( E)-2-styrylthiophenes and ( E)-2-styrylpyrrole by Smith, J.R., Ratcliffe, N.M., Campbell, S.A.

“…A number of ( E)-2-styrylthiophenes, exhibiting a range of electronic effects, and ( E)-2-styrylpyrrole were synthesized and their electrochemical behaviour…”
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The use of thin silver films for the detection of low concentrations of hydrogen sulphide by Hawkins, S.J, Ratcliffe, N.M, Sagastizabal, A

“…This work describes the facile fabrication of a sensor for the visual detection of hydrogen sulphide at concentrations of ≥0.1 ppm. Colloidal silver films were…”
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Simple methods for the extraction and identification of amine malodors from spoiled foodstuffs by Jones, P.R.H, Ewen, R.J, Ratcliffe, N.M

“…Headspace GC-MS analysis was performed on potato tubers infected with Erwinia carotovora bacteria and on Iberian cured ham infected with Microccus and…”
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Identification by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the volatile organic compounds emitted from the wood-rotting fungi Serpula lacrymans and Coniophora puteana, and from Pinus sylvestris timber by EWEN, Richard J., JONES, Peter R. H., RATCLIFFE, Norman M., SPENCER-PHILLIPS, Peter T. N.

“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by two wood-rotting basidiomycete fungi, Serpula lacrymans (dry rot fungus) and Coniophora puteana (cellar fungus),…”
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