Prof Tony James
Profile
Biography
Tony completed his undergraduate degree in 1986 at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and PhD in 1991 under the guidance of Thomas M. Fyles at the University of Victoria. He then moved to Japan for Postdoctoral Research at the Chemirecognics Project with Seiji Shinkai. In 1995 he took up a Royal Society Research Fellowship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham and in 2000 he moved to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005, Reader in 2007 and then Professor in 2011. He has been a visiting professor at Tsukuba, Osaka and Kyushu Universities and is a guest Professor at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) and Xiamen University. He has recently been awarded Haitian Scholarship at Dalian University of Technology. His research interests include Molecular Recognition, Molecular Assemblies and Sensor Design. He has over 130 publications, including one book, 7 book chapters and 126 papers in international peer reviewed journals. He is also the named inventor on 16 international patents. He has delivered 114 invited lectures within the UK and internationally. Citation statistics indicate that two of his publications have been cited over 300 times, five over 200 times, nine over 100, and 24 over 50, with a total of >4,900 citations from 126 papers at a frequency of >37 citations per paper. He also has an h-index of 35 (as of August 2011).
Publications
Xu, S.-Y., Hu, B., Flower, S. E., Jiang, Y.-B., Fossey, J. S., Deng, W.-P. and James, T. D., 2013. Forthcoming. Colorimetric enantioselective recognition of chiral secondary alcohols via hydrogen bonding to a chiral metallocene containing chemosensor. Chemical Communications
Lawrence, K., Nelson, G.W., Foord, J.S., Felipe-Sotelo, M., Evans, N.D.M., Mitchels, J. M., James, T.D., Xia, F. and Marken, F., 2013. “Hydrothermal wrapping” with poly(4-vinylpyridine) introduces functionality: pH-sensitive core–shell carbon nanomaterials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (14), pp. 4559-4564.
Pereira Morais, M. P., Marshall, D., Flower, S. E., Caunt, C. J., James, T. D., Williams, R. J., Waterfield, N. R. and Van Den Elsen, J. M. H., 2013. Analysis of protein glycation using fluorescent phenylboronate gel electrophoresis. Scientific Reports, 3, 1437.
Bull, S.D., Davidson, M.G., Van Den Elsen, J.M.H., Fossey, J.S., Jenkins, A.T.A., Jiang, Y.-B., Kubo, Y., Marken, F., Sakurai, K., Zhao, J. and James, T.D., 2013. Exploiting the reversible covalent bonding of boronic acids : Recognition, sensing, and assembly. Accounts of Chemical Research, 46 (2), pp. 312-326.
Tickell, D.A., Mahon, M. F., Bull, S.D. and James, T.D., 2013. A simple protocol for NMR analysis of the enantiomeric purity of chiral hydroxylamines. Organic Letters, 15 (4), pp. 860-863.
Huang, Y.-J., Ouyang, W.-J., Wu, X., Li, Z., Fossey, J. S., James, T. D. and Jiang, Y.-B., 2013. Glucose sensing via aggregation and the use of “knock-out” binding to improve selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (5), pp. 1700-1703.
Nishimura, T., Xu, S.-Y., Jiang, Y.-B., Fossey, J.S., Sakurai, K., Bull, S.D. and James, T.D., 2013. A simple visual sensor with the potential for determining the concentration of fluoride in water at environmentally significant levels. Chemical Communications, 49 (5), pp. 478-480.
Shi, L., Li, Y., Liu, Z.-P., James, T.D. and Long, Y.-T., 2012. Simultaneous determination of Hg(II) and Zn(II) using a GFP inspired chromophore. Talanta, 100, pp. 401-404.
Fossey, J.S., D'Hooge, F., van den Elsen, J.M.H., Pereira Morais, M.P., Pascu, S.I., Bull, S.D., Marken, F., Jenkins, A.T.A., Jiang, Y.-B. and James, T.D., 2012. The development of boronic acids as sensors and separation tools. Chemical Record, 12 (5), pp. 464-478.
Shariki, S., Cox, O.T.L., Tickell, D.A., James, T.D., Dale, S.E.C., Marken, F., Pereira Morais, M.P., Van Den Elsen, J.M.H. and Bending, S., 2012. Coil-by-coil assembly of poly[acrylamide-co-3-(methacryl-amido)- phenylboronic acid] with polydiallyldimethyl-ammonium to give alizarin red S responsive films. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 (36), pp. 18999-19006.
Grigoriou, S., Johnson, E.K., James, T.D., Cameron, P.J., Chen, L. and Adams, D.J., 2012. Dipeptide hydrogel formation triggered by boronic acid-sugar recognition. Soft Matter, 8 (25), pp. 2788-2791.
Wu, W., Ji, S., Shao, J., Guo, H., James, T. D. and Zhao, J., 2012. Ruthenium(II)-polyimine-coumarin light-harvesting molecular arrays: Design rationale and application for triplet-triplet-annihilation-based upconversion. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18 (16), pp. 4953-4964.
Xing, Z., Wang, H. C., Cheng, Y., Zhu, C., James, T. D. and Zhao, J., 2012. Selective saccharide recognition using modular diboronic acid fluorescent sensors. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 (6), pp. 1223-1229.
Ibrahim, N. B., Lawrence, K., James, T. D., Xia, F., Pan, M., Mu, S., Mitchels, J. M. and Marken, F., 2012. Surface-dopylated carbon nanoparticles sense gas-induced pH changes. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 161 (1), pp. 184-190.
Cross, A. J., Davidson, M. G., García-vivó, D. and James, T. D., 2012. Well-controlled synthesis of boronic-acid functionalised poly(lactide)s: a versatile platform for biocompatible polymer conjugates and sensors. RSC Advances, 2 (14), pp. 5954-5956.
Shao, J., Sun, H., Guo, H., Ji, S., Zhao, J., Wu, W., Yuan, X., Zhang, C. and James, T. D., 2012. A highly selective red-emitting FRET fluorescent molecular probe derived from BODIPY for the detection of cysteine and homocysteine: An experimental and theoretical study. Chemical Science, 3 (4), pp. 1049-1061.
Lawrence, K., Flower, S.E., Kociok-Kohn, G., Frost, C.G. and James, T.D., 2012. A simple and effective colorimetric technique for the detection of boronic acids and their derivatives. Analytical Methods, 4 (8), pp. 2215-2217.
D'Hooge, F., Elfeky, S. A., Flower, S., Pascu, S. I., Jenkins, A. T. A., van den Elsen, J., James, T. and Fossey, J., 2012. Biotinylated boronic acid fluorophore conjugates: quencher elimination strategy for imaging and saccharide detection. RSC Advances, 2, pp. 3274-3280.
Metola, P., Anslyn, E. V., James, T. D. and Bull, S. D., 2012. Circular dichroism of multi-component assemblies for chiral amine recognition and rapid ee determination. Chemical Science, 3 (1), pp. 156-161.
Lawrence, K., Watkins, J. D., James, T. D., Taylor, J. E., Bull, S. D., Nelson, G. W., Foord, J. S., Long, Y. T. and Marken, F., 2012. Dioctylamine-sulfonamide-modified carbon nanoparticles as high surface area substrates for coenzyme Q10-lipid electrochemistry. Electroanalysis, 24 (5), pp. 1003-1010.
Kong, C., Li, D. W., Li, Y., Partovi-Nia, R., James, T. D., Long, Y. T. and Tian, H., 2012. Reversible electrochemical modulation of fluorescence and selective sensing of ascorbic acid using a DCIP-CA-CdTe QD system. Analyst, 137 (5), pp. 1094-1096.
Schuller, T. A., Kuball, M., Flower, S. E., James, T. D., Fossey, J. S., Marcon, D., Das, J., Degroot, S., Germain, M. and Sarua, A., 2011. Field-effect saccharide sensing using AlGaN/GaN heterostructures and boronic acid based chemical receptors. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 160 (1), pp. 1078-1081.
Xing, Z., Wang, H.-C., Cheng, Y., James, T. D. and Zhu, C., 2011. A ditopic fluorescence sensor for saccharides and mercury based on a boronic-acid receptor and desulfurisation reaction. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 6 (11), pp. 3054-3058.
Perez-Fuertes, Y., Taylor, J. E., Tickell, D. A., Mahon, M. F., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2011. Asymmetric Strecker Synthesis of alpha-Arylglycines. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76 (15), pp. 6038-6047.
Wu, Y. B., Guo, H. M., James, T. D. and Zhao, J. Z., 2011. Enantioselective Recognition of Mandelic Acid by a 3,6-Dithiophen-2-yl-9H-carbazole-Based Chiral Fluorescent Bisboronic Acid Sensor. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76 (14), pp. 5685-5695.
Wu, Y., Guo, H., Zhang, X., James, T. D. and Zhao, J., 2011. Chiral donor photoinduced-electron-transfer (d-PET) boronic acid chemosensors for the selective recognition of tartaric acids, disaccharides, and ginsenosides. Chemistry - A European Journal, 17 (27), pp. 7632-7644.
Watkins, J. D., Lawrence, K., Taylor, J. E., James, T., Bull, S. D. and Marken, F., 2011. Carbon nanoparticle surface electrochemistry: high-density covalent immobilisation and pore-reactivity of 9,10-anthraquinone. Electroanalysis, 23 (6), pp. 1320-1324.
Qin, L. X., Ma, W., Li, D. W., Li, Y., Chen, X. Y., Kraatz, H. B., James, T. D. and Long, Y. T., 2011. Coenzyme Q functionalized CdTe/ZnS quantum dots for reactive oxygen species (ROS) imaging. Chemistry - A European Journal, 17 (19), pp. 5261-5270.
Nishiyabu, R., Kubo, Y., James, T. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2011. Boronic acid building blocks: tools for sensing and separation. Chemical Communications, 47 (4), pp. 1106-1123.
Chen, W., Elfeky, S. A., Nonne, Y., Male, L., Ahmed, K., Amiable, C., Axe, P., Yamada, S., James, T. D., Bull, S. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2011. A pyridinium cation-π interaction sensor for the fluorescent detection of alkyl halides. Chemical Communications, 47 (1), pp. 253-255.
Li, Y., Shi, L., Qin, L. X., Qu, L. L., Jing, C., Lan, M. B., James, T. D. and Long, Y. T., 2011. An OFF-ON fluorescent probe for Zn2+ based on a GFP-inspired imidazolone derivative attached to a 1,10-phenanthroline moiety. Chemical Communications, 47 (15), pp. 4361-4363.
Nishiyabu, R., Kubo, Y., James, T. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2011. Boronic acid building blocks: tools for self assembly. Chemical Communications, 47 (4), pp. 1124-1150.
Collins, A. M., Watkins, J. D., Katif, N., Huang, Y. J., Jiang, Y. B., James, T. D., Bull, S. D. and Marken, F., 2011. Liquid | liquid electrochemical bicarbonate and carbonate capture facilitated by boronic acids. Chemical Communications, 47 (43), pp. 12002-12004.
Larkin, J. D., Fossey, J. S., James, T. D., Brooks, B. R. and Bock, C. W., 2010. A Computational Investigation of the Nitrogen-Boron Interaction in o-(N,N-Dialkylaminomethyl)arylboronate Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114 (47), pp. 12531-12539.
Rassaei, L., Jaber, R., Flower, S. E., Edler, K. J., Compton, R. G., James, T. D. and Marken, F., 2010. Microwave-electrochemical formation of colloidal zinc oxide at fluorine doped tin oxide electrodes. Electrochimica Acta, 55 (27), pp. 7909-7915.
Huang, Y. J., Jiang, Y. B., Bull, S. D., Fossey, J. S. and James, T. D., 2010. Diols and anions can control the formation of an exciplex between a pyridinium boronic acid with an aryl group connected via a propylene linker. Chemical Communications, 46 (43), pp. 8180-8182.
Huang, Y. J., Jiang, Y. B., Fossey, J. S., James, T. and Marken, F., 2010. Assembly of N-hexadecyl-pyridinium-4-boronic acid hexafluorophosphate monolayer films with catechol sensing selectivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (38), pp. 8305-8310.
Mirri, G., Bull, S. D., Horton, P. N., James, T. D., Male, L. and Tucker, J. H. R., 2010. Electrochemical method for the determination of enantiomeric excess of binol using redox-active boronic acids as chiral sensors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (26), pp. 8903-8905.
Kelly, A. M., Katif, N., James, T. and Marken, F., 2010. N,N-Butyl-decamethylferrocenyl-amine reactivity at liquid vertical bar liquid interfaces: electrochemically driven anion transfer vs. pH driven proton transfer. New Journal of Chemistry, 34 (7), pp. 1261-1265.
Zhang, X., Wu, Y. B., Ji, S. M., Guo, H. M., Song, P., Han, K. L., Wu, W. T., Wu, W. H., James, T. D. and Zhao, J. Z., 2010. Effect of the electron donor/acceptor orientation on the fluorescence transduction efficiency of the d-PET effect of carbazole-based fluorescent boronic acid sensors. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75 (8), pp. 2578-2588.
Elfeky, S. A., Flower, S. E., Masumoto, N., D'Hooge, F., Labarthe, L., Chen, W. B., Len, C., James, T. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2010. Diol appended quenchers for fluorescein boronic acid. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 5 (3), pp. 581-588.
Pereira Morais, M. P., Mackay, J. D., Bhamra, S. K., Buchanan, J. G., James, T. D., Fossey, J. S. and van den Elsen, J. M. H., 2010. Analysis of protein glycation using phenylboronate acrylamide gel electrophoresis. Proteomics, 10 (1), pp. 48-58.
Galbraith, E. and James, T., 2010. Boron based anion receptors as sensors. Chemical Society Reviews, 39 (10), pp. 3831-3842.
Larkin, J. D., Frimat, K. A., Fyles, T. M., Flower, S. E. and James, T. D., 2010. Boronic acid based photoinduced electron transfer (PET) fluorescence sensors for saccharides. New Journal of Chemistry, 34 (12), pp. 2922-2931.
Bonne, M. J., Galbraith, E., James, T. D., Wasbrough, M. J., Edler, K. J., Jenkins, A. T. A., Helton, M., McKee, A., Thielemans, W., Psillakis, E. and Marken, F., 2010. Boronic acid dendrimer receptor modified nanofibrillar cellulose membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (3), pp. 588-594.
Nishimura, T., Cho, T., Kelly, A. M., Powell, M. E., Fossey, J. S., Bull, S. D., James, T. D., Masunaga, H., Akiba, I. and Sakurai, K., 2010. Synthesis of a highly hydrophobic cationic lipid and structural and thermodynamic studies for interaction with DNA. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 83 (9), pp. 1010-1018.
Zhang, X., Chi, L., Ji, S., Wu, Y., Song, P., Han, K., Guo, H., James, T. D. and Zhao, J., 2009. Rational design of d-PeT phenylethynylated-carbazole monoboronic acid fluorescent sensors for the selective detection of α-hydroxyl carboxylic acids and monosaccharides. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (47), pp. 17452-17463.
Phillips, M. D., Fyles, T. M., Barwell, N. P. and James, T. D., 2009. Carbohydrate sensing using a fluorescent molecular tweezer. Chemical Communications, 2009 (43), pp. 6557-6559.
Ma, W. M. J., Pereira Morais, M. P., D'Hooge, F., van den Elsen, J. M. H., Cox, J. P. L., James, T. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2009. Dye displacement assay for saccharide detection with boronate hydrogels. Chemical Communications, 2009 (5), pp. 532-534.
Han, F., Chi, L., Liang, X., Ji, S., Liu, S., Zhou, F., Wu, Y., Han, K., Zhao, J. and James, T. D., 2009. 3,6-Disubstituted carbazole-based bisboronic acids with unusual fluorescence transduction as enantioselective fluorescent chemosensors for tartaric acid. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (3), pp. 1333-1336.
Powell, M. E., Kelly, A. M., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2009. A simple chiral derivatisation protocol for H-1 NMR spectroscopic analysis of the enantiopurity of O-silyl-1,2-amino alcohols. Tetrahedron Letters, 50 (8), pp. 876-879.
Elfeky, S. A., D'Hooge, F., Poncel, L., Chen, W. B., Perera, S. P., van den Elsen, J. M. H., James, T. D., Jenkins, A. T. A., Cameron, P. J. and Fossey, J. S., 2009. A surface plasmon enhanced fluorescence sensor platform. New Journal of Chemistry, 33 (7), pp. 1466-1469.
Kataoka, K., Okuyama, S., Minami, T., James, T. D. and Kubo, Y., 2009. Amine-triggered molecular capsules using dynamic boronate esterification. Chemical Communications, 13, pp. 1682-1684.
Fossey, J. S. and James, T. D., 2009. Boronic acid based modular fluorescent saccharide sensors. In: Reviews in Fluorescence. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 103-118.
Katif, N., Harries, R. A., Kelly, A. M., Fossey, J. S., James, T. D. and Marken, F., 2009. Boronic acid-facilitated α-hydroxy-carboxylate anion transfer at liquid/liquid electrode systems: the EICrev mechanism. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 13 (10), pp. 1475-1482.
Galbraith, E., Kelly, A. M., Fossey, J. S., Kociok-Kohn, G., Davidson, M. G., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2009. Dynamic covalent self-assembled macrocycles prepared from 2-formyl-aryl-boronic acids and 1,2-amino alcohols. New Journal of Chemistry, 33 (1), pp. 181-185.
Xu, Z., Kim, S. K., Han, S. J., Lee, C., Kociok-Kohn, G., James, T. D. and Yoon, J., 2009. Ratiometric fluorescence sensing of fluoride ions by an asymmetric bidentate receptor containing a boronic acid and imidazolium group. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 (18), pp. 3058-3065.
Yeste, S. L., Powell, M. E., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2009. Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (1), pp. 427-430.
Richter, I., Warren, M. R., Minari, J., Elfeky, S. A., Chen, W., Mahon, M. F., Raithby, P., James, T. D., Sakurai, K., Teat, S. J., Bull, S. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2009. Solid-State Structures and Solution Analyses of a Phenylpropylpyridine N-Oxide and an N-Methyl Phenylpropylpyridine. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 4 (1), pp. 194-198.
D'Hooge, F., Rogalle, D., Thatcher, M. J., Perera, S., van den Elsen, J. M. H., Jenkins, T. A., James, T. and Fossey, J., 2008. Polymerisation resistant synthesis of methacrylamido phenylboronic acids. Polymer, 49 (16), pp. 3362-3365.
Scrafton, D. K., Taylor, J. E., Mahon, M. F., Fossey, J. S. and James, T. D., 2008. "Click-fluors": Modular fluorescent saccharide sensors based on a 1,2,3-triazole ring. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73 (7), pp. 2871-2874.
Liang, X., James, T. D. and Zhao, J., 2008. 6,6′-Bis-substituted BINOL boronic acids as enantioselective and chemoselective fluorescent chemosensors for D-sorbitol. Tetrahedron, 64 (7), pp. 1309-1315.
Larkin, J. D., Bhat, K. L., Markham, G. D., James, T. D., Brooks, B. R. and Bock, C. W., 2008. A Computational Characterization of Boron−Oxygen Multiple Bonding in HN=CH−CH=CH−NH−BO. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 112 (36), pp. 8446-8454.
Jackson, T. R., Springall, J. S., Rogalle, D., Masurnoto, N., Li, H. C., D'Hooge, F., Perera, S. P., Jenkins, A. T. A., James, T. D., Fossey, J. S. and van den Elsen, J. M. H., 2008. Boronate affinity saccharide electrophoresis: A novel carbohydrate analysis tool. Electrophoresis, 29 (20), pp. 4185-4191.
Fujita, N., Shinkai, S. and James, T. D., 2008. Boronic Acids in Molecular Self‐Assembly. Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 3 (7), pp. 1076-1091.
Chi, L., Zhao, J. and James, T. D., 2008. Chiral Mono Boronic Acid As Fluorescent Enantioselective Sensor for Mono α-Hydroxyl Carboxylic Acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73 (12), pp. 4684-4687.
Katif, N., MacDonald, S. M., Kelly, A. M., Galbraith, E., James, T. D., Lubben, A. T., Opallo, M. and Marken, F., 2008. Electrocatalytic determination of sulfite at immobilized microdroplet liquid - Liquid interfaces: The EIC' mechanism. Electroanalysis, 20 (5), pp. 469-475.
Galbraith, E., Fyles, T. M., Marken, F., Davidson, M. G. and James, T. D., 2008. Fluorescent boron bis(phenolate) with association response to chloride and dissociation response to fluoride. Inorganic Chemistry, 47 (14), pp. 6236-6244.
Tamesue, S., Numata, M., Kaneko, K., James, T. D. and Shinkai, S., 2008. Hierarchical carbon nanotube assemblies created by sugar–boric or boronic acid interactions. Chemical Communications, 2008 (37), pp. 4478-4480.
Richter, I., Minari, J., Axe, P., Lowe, J. P., James, T. D., Sakurai, K., Bull, S. D. and Fossey, J. S., 2008. Intramolecular cation-pi interactions control the conformation of nonrestricted (phenylalkyl)pyridines. Chemical Communications
James, T. D., 2008. Molecular Recognition Using Boronic Acids. In: Chemistry, Physics, and Biology in Macromolecular Science. Osaka University Press.
Nonaka, A., Horie, S., James, T. D. and Kubo, Y., 2008. Pyrophosphate-induced reorganization of a reporter–receptor assembly via boronate esterification; a new strategy for the turn-on fluorescent detection of multi-phosphates in aqueous solution. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 6 (19), pp. 3621-3625.
Kelly, A. M., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2008. Simple chiral derivatisation protocols for NMR analysis of the enantiopurity of 1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-diamine and N-Boccyclohexane-1,2-diamine. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 19 (4), pp. 489-494.
Kelly, A. M., Perez-Fuertes, Y., Fossey, J. S., Yeste, S. L., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2008. Simple protocols for NMR analysis of the enantiomeric purity of chiral diols. Nature Protocols, 3 (2), pp. 215-219.
Perez-Fuertes, Y., Kelly, A. M., Fossey, J. S., Powell, M. E., Bull, S. D. and James, T. D., 2008. Simple protocols for NMR analysis of the enantiomeric purity of chiral primary amines. Nature Protocols, 3 (2), pp. 210-214.
