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Professor Steven E J Bell

Steven Bell

Professor S.E.J. Bell
BSc (Queen’s University of Belfast), 1982
PhD (Queen’s University of Belfast), 1986

Director of Research, IMM
Chair of Physical Chemistry

Tel:     + 44 (0) 28 9097 4470
Fax:    + 44 (0) 28 9097 6524
E-mail: s.bell@qub.ac.uk

 

Additional Publications

Sheets of large superhydrophobic metal particles self-assembled on water by the Cheerios effect, I.A. Larmour, G.C. Saunders and S.E.J. Bell, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008. First available on web 28/5/08 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705833.

Quantitative surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, S.E.J. Bell, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 1012-1024.

Recent applications of chemical imaging to pharmaceutical process monitoring and quality control, A.A. Gowen, C.P. O’Donnell, P.J. Cullen and S.E.J. Bell, Eur. J, Pharm. Biopharm., 2008, 69, 10-22.

Quantitative analysis of solid dosage formulations by Raman spectroscopy, S.E.J. Bell in Pharmaceutical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy, S. Saisic (ed.), Wiley, New Jersey, 2008, Chp. 2, 29-64.

Remarkably simple fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces using electroless galvanic deposition, I.A. Larmour, S.E. J. Bell, and G.C. Saunders, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 1710-1712.

Screening tablets for DOB using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, S.E.J. Bell, L.A. Fido, N.M.S. Sirimuthu et al, J. Forensic Sci., 2007, 1063-1067.

Fluidised bed characterisation using Raman spectroscopy: Applications to pharmaceutical processing, G. Walker, S.E.J. Bell, M. Vann, D.S. Jones and G. Andrews, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2007, 62, 3832-3838.

Classification of adipose tissue species using Raman spectroscopy J.R. Beattie, S.E.J. Bell, C. Borggaard, A.M. Fearon and B.W. Moss, Lipids, 2007, 42, 679-685.

Novel porphyrin-incorporated hydrogels for photoactive intraocular lens biomaterials, C. Brady, S.E.J. Bell, C. Parsons, S.P. Gorman, D.S. Jones, C.P. McCoy, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007,111, 527- 534.

Characterisation of silicone elastomer vaginal rings containing HIV microbicide TMC120 by Raman spectroscopy, S.E.J. Bell, A.C. Dennis, L.A. Fido, R.K. Malcolm, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, C.F. Toner and A.D. Woolfson, J. Pharm. Pharmacology, 2007, 59, 203- 207.

C0-melt fluidised bed granulation of pharmaceutical powders: improvements in drug bioavailability, G. Walker, S.E.J. Bell, P. Douglas, G. Andrews, D.S. Jones, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2007, 62, 451- 462.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for sub-micromolar detection of DNA/RNA mononucleotides, S.E.J. Bell, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 15580-15581.

Prediction of adipose tissue composition using Raman spectroscopy: average properties and individual fatty acids, J.R. Beattie, S.E.J. Bell, C. Borgaard, A. Fearon B.W. Moss. Lipids 2006, 41, 287-294.

Forensic analysis of architectural finishes using FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy II: White paints, S.E.J. Bell, L.A. Fido, S.J. Speers, W.J. Armstrong, S. Spratt, Appl. Spectrosc. 2005, 59, 1340-1346.

Quantitative surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of dipicolinic acid - towards rapid anthrax endospore detection, S. E. J. Bell, J.N. Mackle, J. N., N.M.S. Sirimuthu, Analyst, 2005,130, 545- 549.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy as a probe of competitive binding by anions to citrate-reduced silver colloids, S.E.J. Bell, N.M.S. Sirimuthu, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 7405-7410.

Polyethylene multiwalled carbon nanotube composites, T. McNally, P. Potschke, P. Halley, M. Murphy, D. Martin, S.E.J. Bell, G.P. Brennan, D. Bein, P. Lemoine, J.P. Quinn, Polymer, 2005, 46, 8222-8232.

Forensic analysis of architectural finishes using FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy I: The resin bases, S.E.J. Bell, L.A. Fido, S.J. Speers, W.J. Armstrong, S. Spratt, Appl. Spectrosc. 2005, 59, 1339.

Reduced-size polarized basis sets for calculations of molecular electric properties. III. Second-row atoms, Z. Benkova, A.J. Sadlej, R.E. Oakes, R. E.; S.E.J. Bell, Theo. Chem. Acc., 113, 238- 247, 2005.

Reduced Size Polarized Basis Sets for Calculations of Molecular Electric Properties. II. Simulation of the Raman Spectra, R.E. Oakes, S.E.J. Bell,* Z. Benkova and A.J. Sadlej, J. Comp. Chem. 2005, 26, 154- 159.

Rapid Forensic Analysis and Identification of “Lilac” Architectural Finishes Using Raman Spectroscopy S.E.J. Bell,* L.A. Fido, S.J. Speers and W.J. Armstrong, Appl. Spectrosc. 2005, 59, 100- 108.

Raman Spectra of Chinese Scrolls and other Fluorescent Samples, S.E.J. Bell in Spectroscopy in Archaeology and Art History, H.G.M. Edwards and J. Chalmers (eds), Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, Chp 18, 2005, 292-303.

Reduced size polarized basis sets for calculations of molecular electronic properties. I. The basis set generation, Z. Benkova, A.J. Sadlej,* R.E. Oakes and S.E.J. Bell, J. Comp. Chem. 2005, 26, 145- 153.

Multivariate Prediction of Clarified Butter Composition Using Raman Spectroscopy, J.R. Beattie, S.E.J. Bell,* C. Borgaard, A.M. Fearon and B.W. Moss. Lipids, 2004, 39, 897- 906.

Rapid, quantitative analysis of ppm/ppb nicotine using surface-enhanced Raman from polymer-encapsulated Ag nanoparticles (Gel-Colls), S.E.J. Bell* and N.M.S. Sirimuthu, Analyst, 2004, 129, 1032-1036.

Preliminary investigation of the application of Raman spectroscopy to the prediction of the sensory quality of beef silverside, J.R. Beattie, S.E.J. Bell, L.J. Patterson, B.W. Moss* and D. Patterson, Meat Science, 2004, 66, 903- 913.

A critical evaluation of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of lipids:fatty acid methyl esters, J.R. Beattie, S.E.J. Bell* and B.W. Moss, Lipids, 2004, 39, 1- 13.

Development of sampling methods for Raman analysis of solid dosage forms of therapeutic and illicit drugs, S.E.J. Bell,* J.R. Beattie, J.J. McGarvey K.L. Peters, N.M.S. Sirimuthu and S.J. Speers, J. Raman Spectrosc. 2004, 35, 409-417.

DFT Studies of the resonance Raman spectra of ground and excited triplet state free-base meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP), R. E. Oakes, S. J. Spence, and S. E. J. Bell*, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003, 107, 10953- 10959.

Tracking the distribution of "ecstasy" tablets by Raman composition profiling: A large scale feasibility study, S.E.J. Bell,* L.J. Barrett, D.T. Burns, A.C. Dennis and S.J. Speers, Analyst, 2003, 128, 1331-1335.

Resonance Raman and DFT studies of tetra-tert-butyl porphine: Assignment of strongly-enhanced distortion modes in a ruffled porphyrin, R. E. Oakes, S. J. Spence, and S. E. J. Bell*, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003, 107, 2964- 2973.

DFT studies of long-chain FAMEs: theoretical justification for determining chain length and unsaturation from experimental Raman spectra, R. E. Oates, J.R. Beattie, B.W. Moss and S.E.J. Bell*, J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem.), 2003, 626, 27- 45.