Dr Thierry Maffeis

Research Highlights

1. Barnett, C., Mourgelas, V., McGettrick, J., Maffeis, T., Barron, A., & Cobley, R. (2019). The effects of vacuum annealing on the conduction characteristics of ZnO nanorods. Materials Letters, 243, 144-147.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.02.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48830
2. Kyle, S., Jessop, Z., Al-Sabah, A., Hawkins, K., Lewis, A., Maffeis, T., Charbonneau, C., Gazze, A., Francis, L., Iakovlev, M., Nelson, K., Eichhorn, S., & Whitaker, I. (2018). Characterization of pulp derived nanocellulose hydrogels using AVAP® technology. Carbohydrate Polymers, 198, 270-280.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.06.091, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40840
3. Lehmann, S., Gilbert, B., Maffeis, T., Grichine, A., Pignot-Paintrand, I., Clavaguera, S., Rachidi, W., Seve, M., & Charlet, L. (2018). In Vitro Dermal Safety Assessment of Silver Nanowires after Acute Exposure: Tissue vs. Cell Models. Nanomaterials, 8(4), 232

   https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8040232, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39989
4. Ma, B., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Madé, B., Findling, N., Markelova, E., Salas-Colera, E., Maffeis, T., Lewis, A., Tisserand, D., Bureau, S., & Charlet, L. (2018). XANES-Based Determination of Redox Potentials Imposed by Steel Corrosion Products in Cement-Based Media. Environmental Science & Technology

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03236, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44923
5. Alkhaibari, A., Maffeis, T., Bull, J., & Butt, T. (2018). Combined use of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium brunneum , and the mosquito predator, Toxorhynchites brevipalpis, for control of mosquito larvae: Is this a risky biocontrol strategy?. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2018.02.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38405
6. Lewis, A., Náhlík, J., Jones, D., & Maffeis, T. (2016). Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Gas Sensors Based on Gold Nanoparticle Decorated Zinc Oxide Nanosheets. Procedia Engineering, 168, 321-324.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.206, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31593
7. Jones, D., Maffeïs, T., & Maffeis, T. (2015). Analysis of the kinetics of surface reactions on a zinc oxide nanosheet-based carbon monoxide sensor using an Eley–Rideal model. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 218, 16-24.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.04.072, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21140
8. Tarat, A., Nettle, C., Bryant, D., Jones, D., Penny, M., Brown, R., Majitha, R., Meissner, K., & Maffeis, T. (2014). Microwave-assisted synthesis of layered basic zinc acetate nanosheets and their thermal decomposition into nanocrystalline ZnO. Nanoscale Research Letters, 9(1), 11

   https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-11, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21131
9. Brown, R., Evans, J., Smith, N., Tarat, A., Jones, D., Barnett, C., & Maffeis, T. (2013). The effect of metal layers on the morphology and optical properties of hydrothermally grown zinc oxide nanowires. Journal of Materials Science, 48(14), 4908-4913.

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7271-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15732
10. Blackwood, I., Teng, K., Maffeïs, T., Franks, J., Wilks, S., Teng, V., & Maffeis, T. (2005). Investigation of annealing effects on the adsorption of Ni on 4H-SiC(0001) surfaces using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. , 105528

    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2136423, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1848
11. Maffeı̈s, T., Owen, G., Penny, M., Starke, T., Clark, S., Ferkel, H., Wilks, S., & Maffeis, T. (2002). Nano-crystalline SnO2 gas sensor response to O2 and CH4 at elevated temperature investigated by XPS. , 29

    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(02)02301-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1849
12. Maffeı̈s, T., Owen, G., Malagù, C., Martinelli, G., Kennedy, M., Kruis, F., Wilks, S., & Maffeis, T. (2004). Direct evidence of the dependence of surface state density on the size of SnO2 nanoparticles observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. , 21

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2003.11.041, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1850
13. Malagù, C., Carotta, M., Galliera, S., Guidi, V., Maffeis, T., Martinelli, G., Owen, G., Wilks, S., & Maffeis, T. (2004). Evidence of band bending flattening of 10 nm polycrystalline SnO2. , 50

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2004.04.036, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1851
14. Maffeis, T. & Brown, R. (2009). Scanning Probe Microscopy of ZnO Nanobelts. e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology

    https://doi.org/10.1380/ejssnt.2009.323, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5689
15. Maffeis, T. (2008). Ni∕Al[sub 0.2]Ga[sub 0.8]N interfacial reaction and Schottky contact formation using high quality epitaxial layers

    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2888522, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5692
16. Maffeis, T., Penny, M., Castaing, A., Guy, O., Wilks, S., Guy, O., & Maffeis, T. (2012). XPS investigation of vacuum annealed vertically aligned ultralong ZnO nanowires. Surface Science, 606(1-2), 99-103.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2011.09.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6222
17. Maffeis, T. & Li, L. (2012). Comparison of ZnO nanowires synthesized on various surfaces on a single substrate. Materials Letters, 72

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2011.12.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9134
18. Tarat, A., Majithia, R., Brown, R., Penny, M., Meissner, K., Maffeis, T., & Maffeis, T. (2012). Synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnO nanobelts via pyrolytic decomposition of zinc acetate nanobelts and their gas sensing behavior. Surface Science, 606(7-8), 715-721.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2011.12.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9135
19. Maffeis, T. (2011). Microwaves and nanoparticles: from synthesis to imaging.

    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.891242, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9136
20. Cobley, R., Brown, R., Barnett, C., Maffeis, T., Penny, M., Maffeis, T., & Cobley, R. (2013). Quantitative analysis of annealed scanning probe tips using energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 102(2), 023111

    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4776705, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14274
21. Brown, R., Barnett, C., Tarat, A., Jones, D., Francis, L., Conlan, S., & Maffeis, T. (2012). The viability of U-2 OS cells on Zinc Oxide nanowires observed via MTS assay in vitro. (pp. 1-4).

    https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2012.6322020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14275
22. Tarat, A., Majithia, R., Brown, R., Penny, M., Meissner, K., Maffeis, T., & Maffeis, T. (2012). Nanocrystalline ZnO obtained from pyrolytic decomposition of layered basic zinc acetate: Comparison between conventional and microwave oven growth. In 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) (pp. 1-5).

    https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2012.6322084, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14276
23. Barnett, C., Brown, R., Jones, D., Tarat, A., Cobley, R., & Maffeis, T. (2012). Investigation into the initial growth parameters of hydrothermally grown zinc oxide nanowires. In 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) (pp. 1-4).

    https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2012.6321959, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14277
24. Doneddu, D., Guy, O., Dunstan, P., Maffeis, T., Teng, K., Wilks, S., Igic, P., Twitchen, D., Clement, R., Dunstan, P., Igic, P., Guy, O., Teng, V., & Maffeis, T. (2008). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies on the formation of chromium contacts to single-crystal CVD diamond. Surface Science, 602(6), 1135-1140.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2007.12.021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1120
25. Guy, O., Lodzinski, M., Teng, K., Maffeis, T., Tan, M., Blackwood, I., Dunstan, P., Al-Hartomy, O., Wilks, S., Wilby, T., Rimmer, N., Lewis, D., Hopkins, J., Wilks, S., Dunstan, P., Teng, V., & Maffeis, T. (2008). Investigation of the 4H–SiC surface. Applied Surface Science, 254(24), 8098-8105.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.03.056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1121
26. Wright, C., Wilks, S., Maffeis, T., & Brown, R. (2008). Atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy-spectroscopy characterization of ZnO nanobelts. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

    https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2838048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5469
27. Maffeis, T., Penny, M., Garbutt, J., Wilks, S., Wilks, S., & Maffeis, T. (2010). STM-STS investigation of vacuum annealed ZnO nanoribbons. physica status solidi (a), 207(2), 282-285.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200982485, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5559
28. Maffeis, T., Penny, M., Cobley, R., Comini, E., Sberveglieri, G., Wilks, S., Wilks, S., Maffeis, T., & Cobley, R. (2009). XPS Characterisation of Vacuum Annealed Nanocrystalline WO3 Films. e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, 7, 319-322.

    https://doi.org/10.1380/ejssnt.2009.319, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5568
29. Singh, N., Manshian, B., Jenkins, G., Griffiths, S., Williams, P., Maffeis, T., Wright, C., Doak, S., & Wright, C. (2009). NanoGenotoxicology: The DNA damaging potential of engineered nanomaterials. Biomaterials, 30(23-24), 3891-3914.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.04.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10709
30. Singh, N., Jenkins, G., Nelson, B., Marquis, B., Maffeis, T., Brown, A., Williams, P., Wright, C., Doak, S., & Wright, C. (2012). The role of iron redox state in the genotoxicity of ultrafine superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Biomaterials, 33(1), 163

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.09.087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14121
31. Lloyd, J., Fung, C., Deganello, D., Wang, R., Maffeis, T., Lau, S., Teng, K., Teng, V., Maffeis, T., Deganello, D., & Fung, C. (2013). Flexographic printing-assisted fabrication of ZnO nanowire devices. Nanotechnology, 24(19), 195602

    https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/19/195602, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14583
32. Davies, C., Whitten, M., Kim, A., Wootton, E., Maffeis, T., Tlusty, M., Vogan, C., Rowley, A., Walker, M., & McCabe, C. (2014). A comparison of the structure of American (Homarus americanus) and European (Homarus gammarus) lobster cuticle with particular reference to shell disease susceptibility. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 117, 33-41.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.01.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17946
33. Lord, A., Maffeis, T., Walton, A., Kepaptsoglou, D., Ramasse, Q., Ward, M., Köble, J., & Wilks, S. (2013). Factors that determine and limit the resistivity of high-quality individual ZnO nanowires. Nanotechnology, 24(43), 435706

    https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/43/435706, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18529
34. Lord, A., Walton, A., Maffeis, T., Ward, M., Davies, P., & Wilks, S. (2014). ZnO nanowires with Au contacts characterised in the as-grown real device configuration using a local multi-probe method. Nanotechnology, 25(42), 425706

    https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/42/425706, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18716
35. Lord, A., Maffeis, T., Allen, M., Morgan, D., Davies, P., Jones, D., Evans, J., Smith, N., & Wilks, S. (2014). Surface state modulation through wet chemical treatment as a route to controlling the electrical properties of ZnO nanowire arrays investigated with XPS. Applied Surface Science, 320, 664-669.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.09.078, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18717
36. Lord, A., Ward, M., Evans, J., Davies, P., Smith, N., Maffeis, T., & Wilks, S. (2014). Enhanced Long-Path Electrical Conduction in ZnO Nanowire Array Devices Grown via Defect-Driven Nucleation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(36), 21177-21184.

    https://doi.org/10.1021/jp505414u, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18818
37. Davies, C., Thomas, G., Maffeis, T., Wootton, E., Penny, M., & Rowley, A. (2014). Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoe astaci, a haematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus americanus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 122, 48-51.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.08.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19189
38. Barnett, C., Kryvchenkova, O., Wilson, L., Maffeis, T., Kalna, K., Cobley, R., Maffeis, T., Cobley, R., & Kalna, K. (2015). The role of probe oxide in local surface conductivity measurements. Journal of Applied Physics, 117(17), 174306

    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919662, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21324

    http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/17/10.1063/1.4919662
39. MacKintosh, S., Serino, L., Iddon, P., Brown, R., Conlan, R., Wright, C., Maffeis, T., Raxworthy, M., Sheldon, I., Wright, C., Conlan, S., Maffeis, T., & Sheldon, M. (2015). A three-dimensional model of primary bovine endometrium using an electrospun scaffold. Biofabrication, 7(2), 025010

    https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/7/2/025010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21884

    http://iopscience.iop.org/1758-5090/7/2/025010/
40. Lord, A., Maffeis, T., Kryvchenkova, O., Cobley, R., Kalna, K., Kepaptsoglou, D., Ramasse, Q., Walton, A., Ward, M., Köble, J., & Wilks, S. (2015). Controlling the Electrical Transport Properties of Nanocontacts to Nanowires. Nano Letters, 15(7), 4248-4254.

    https://doi.org/10.1021/nl503743t, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22729

    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl503743t
41. Barnett, C., Smith, N., Jones, D., Maffeis, T., & Cobley, R. (2015). Effects of Vacuum Annealing on the Conduction Characteristics of ZnO Nanosheets. Nanoscale Research Letters, 10(1)

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-1066-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23391

    http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/10/1/368
42. Barnett, C., Kryvchenkova, O., Smith, N., Kelleher, L., Maffeis, T., & Cobley, R. (2015). The effects of surface stripping ZnO nanorods with argon bombardment. Nanotechnology, 26(41), 415701

    https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/41/415701, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23525
43. Alkhaibari, A., Carolino, A., Yavasoglu, S., Maffeis, T., Mattoso, T., Bull, J., Butt, T., & Samuels, R. (2016). Metarhizium brunneum Blastospore Pathogenesis in Aedes aegypti Larvae: Attack on Several Fronts Accelerates Mortality. PLOS Pathogens, 12(7), e1005715

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005715, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29193

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005715
44. Burke, L., Mortimer, C., Curtis, D., Lewis, A., Williams, R., Hawkins, K., Maffeis, T., Wright, C., & Wright, C. (2017). In-situ synthesis of magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticle-nanofibre composites using electrospinning. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 70, 512-519.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2016.09.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29839
45. Wills, J., Hondow, N., Thomas, A., Chapman, K., Fish, D., Maffeis, T., Penny, M., Brown, R., Jenkins, G., Brown, A., White, P., & Doak, S. (2016). Genetic toxicity assessment of engineered nanoparticles using a 3D in vitro skin model (EpiDerm™). Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 13(1)

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-016-0161-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29852
46. Folch-Mallol, J., Butt, T., Greenfield, B., Greig, C., Maffeis, T., Taylor, J., Piasecka, J., Dudley, E., Abdulla, A., Dubovskiy, I., Garrido-Jurado, I., Quesada-Moraga, E., Penny, M., Eastwood, D., & Eastwood, D. (2013). Metarhizium anisopliae Pathogenesis of Mosquito Larvae: A Verdict of Accidental Death. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e81686

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081686, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30740
47. Mouhamad, Y., Mortensen, T., Holder, A., Lewis, A., Maffeis, T., & Deganello, D. (2016). High performance tunable piezoresistive pressure sensor based on direct contact between printed graphene nanoplatelet composite layers. RSC Advances, 6(107), 105206-105210.

    https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19540G, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31031
48. Barnett, C., Castaing, A., Jones, D., Lewis, A., Jenkins, L., Cobley, R., & Maffeis, T. (2017). XPS investigation of titanium contact formation to ZnO nanowires. Nanotechnology, 28(8), 085301

    https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa5663, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31988
49. Alshehri, N., Lewis, A., Pleydell-Pearce, C., & Maffeis, T. (2017). Investigation of the growth parameters of hydrothermal ZnO nanowires for scale up applications. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2017.09.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35717
50. Barnett, C., Jackson, G., Jones, D., Lewis, A., Welsby, K., Evans, J., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Maffeis, T., Dunstan, P., Barron, A., & Cobley, R. (2018). Investigation into the effects of surface stripping ZnO nanosheets. Nanotechnology, 29(16), 165701

    https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aaae5c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38951
51. Alkhaibari, A., Lord, A., Maffeis, T., Bull, J., Olivares, F., Samuels, R., & Butt, T. (2018). Highly specific host-pathogen interactions influence Metarhizium brunneum blastospore virulence against Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Virulence, 9(1), 1449-1467.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2018.1509665, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43523

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