Hogan Research Group

We recently published some work, led by PhD candidate David Macedo, presenting a method to get a more accurate measurement of return peak current in CV experiments. You can read the paper here:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04181

We've also made a program that automatically performs this analysis, available at https://github.com/davedavedavem/diffusional-fitter

There's some sample data there too if you'd like to try it out.

The current version works for data with a single pair of peaks, but David Macedo is also working on future versions which can handle multi-peak CVs. He's looking at providing more options for capacitive current correction too.

More Accurate Measurement of Return Peak Current in Cyclic Voltammetry Using Diffusional Baseline Fitting The difficulty associated with accurately measuring the height of the back peak (Ipb) in cyclic voltammetry (CV) has long plagued electrochemists. Most commonly, Ipb is measured by extrapolating a linear fit from a selected region of a voltammogram after the switching potential (Eλ), but without su...

Love seeing our HDR students kicking goals. Congratulations to David Macedo from the Hogan Lab. David was recently awarded the The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Original Research Publication Award for HDR students in the field of analytical chemistry.

You can read David’s paper here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137636

Hot off the press! We are delighted to contribute to a book chapter on Electrochemiluminescence published in the Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry with Paul Francis and Serena Hermione Carrara.

Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry Comprehensive and authoritative coverage of inorganic photochemistry, from its fundamentals and experimental techniques to it's variety if applications

Researchers have shown how thousands of dollars can be shaved off the cost of a portable medical diagnostic instrument by basing it on a small, cheap computer, known as a Raspberry Pi.

Diseases are often diagnosed by quantifying the levels of certain proteins in samples like blood, but this is usually done in a pathology lab using expensive instruments.

The research team, led by Professor Conor Hogan, developed a portable instrument which measures the amount light emitted from samples under electrical stimulation, a process known as electrochemiluminescence.

By significantly reducing the cost of point-of-care medical diagnostic tools, the hope is that disease monitoring could become more accessible in developing countries and remote communities.

Read in the journal Bioelectrochemistry: https://now.latrobe/3lznZX1

Our latest paper which describes a simplified but analytically powerful electrochemiluminescence instrument and sensor: "A simple, low-cost instrument for electrochemiluminescence immunoassays based on a Raspberry Pi and screen-printed electrodes"

Check it out - it's free to access until 24 May.

A simple, low-cost instrument for electrochemiluminescence immunoassays based on a Raspberry Pi and screen-printed electrodes A powerful, yet low-cost and semi-portable electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensing device is described. It is constructed around a Raspberry Pi sing…

Conor has been awarded the Graeme Batley Medal (2020) by RACI's Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Division, in recognition of excellence in pure or applied scientific work in analytical chemistry in Australia. Congratulations, Conor!

(the year is correct, it was awarded with some delay)

A very belated congrats to Claire Buchanan for being awarded the 2021 Brad Stringer Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching, established in memory of Dr Brad Stringer. Well deserved, Claire!

We're delighted to share our latest paper, hot off the press: 'Intense near-infrared electrochemiluminescence facilitated by energy transfer in bimetallic Ir-Ru metallopolymers'.

Intense near-infrared electrochemiluminescence facilitated by energy transfer in bimetallic Ir-Ru metallopolymers The facile synthesis of a bimetallic polymer is demonstrated by a single-step modification of [Ru(bpy)2PVP10]2+ (bpy = bipyridine, PVP = poly-4-vinylp…

Graduations are a great end to a difficult year - congratulations Dr Noah Kebede, and our Master students, Sam and Helmini (whose ceremony is tomorrow).

Farewell (socially distanced) lunch to farewell our post-doc, Gina, and celebrate with this year's winner of the Stringer Award.

We're a very proud lab today: we've received the news that Conor Hogan is now a full Professor. Congratulations Conor!

The BEST Centre will host an online event on the topic of sensor and biosensor research of relevance to Security, Defence and CBRN threats.

Join us on Friday 9 October from 4 pm for the free virtual event with talks from Professor Brian Abbey (LIMS, La Trobe University), Professor Paul Dastoor (University of Newcastle) and Dr Axel Bender (CBRN STaR Shot Leader at DST Group).

Register: https://sensingfordefence.eventbrite.com.au