Dr Baker and BHCG have published across a variety of topics including; carbohydrates/glycans, organic chemistry, polymer science, ice recrystallisation, peptidomimetics, diagnostic design and research culture.

Alex has a total of 19 papers, of which 6 are first author, and 1 patent.

He has over 600 citations and an h-index of 12

Publications

2024

  • Sialic acids in infection and their potential use in detection and protection against pathogens

    Dedola S., Ahmadipour S., Andrade P., Baker A.N., Boshra A.N., Chessa S., Gibson M.I., Hernando P.J., Ivanova I.M., Lloyd J., Marin J.M., Munro-Clark A.J., Pergolizzi G., Richards SJ., Ttofi I., Wagstaff B., Field R., RSC Chemical Biology, 2024

  • Detection of Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (C. atrox) venom using Glycopolymer Functionalised Gold Nanoparticles

    Hezwani M., Anokye D., Soutar D. E., Ligorio M., Prabhakar N., Cantor A., Terracciano R., Walker M., Baker A. N., ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-gx2q5 (2/12/24)

2023

  • Discrimination between protein glycoforms using lectin- functionalised gold nanoparticles as signal enhancers

    Neves M.P.S., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Georgiou P.G., Gibson M.I., Nanoscale Horizons, 2023, 8, 377-382

2022

  • Polymer-tethered Glyconanoparticle Colourimetric Biosensors for Lectin Binding: Structural and Experimental Parameters to Ensure a Robust Output

    Micallef J., Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Soutar D.E., Georgiou P.G., Walker M., Gibson M.I., RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 33080

  • Poly(vinyl alcohol) molecular bottlebrushes nucleate ice

    Georgiou P.G., Kinney N., Kontoupoulou I., Baker A.N., Hindmarsh S., Bissoyi A., Congdon T.R., Whale T.F., Gibson M.I., Biomacromolecules, 2022

  • Glycosylated gold nanoparticles in point of care diagnostics: from aggregation to lateral flow

    Baker A.N., Hawker-Bond G.W., Georgiou P.G., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022,  51, 7238

  • The impact of research culture on mental health & diversity in STEM

    Limas C.J., Corcoran L.C., Baker A.N., Cartaya A.E., Ayres Z.J., Chemistry - A European Journal, 2022,  e2021102957

    Achieved significant Altmetric score placing it as the number one output from the journal for articles of a similar age and number 3 in the Journal’s history (~20k articles)

  • Plasmonic Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with Polymer-Stabilised Glycosylated Gold Nanorods

    Georgiou P.G., Guy C.S., Hasan M., Ahmad A., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Thakkar N.V., Walker M., Pandey S., Anderson N.R., Grammatopoulos D., Gibson M.I., ACS Macro Letters, 2022, 11, 3, 317-322

  • End-Functionalized Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone) for Ligand Display in Lateral Flow Device Test Lines

    Baker A.N., Congdon T. R., Richards SJ., Georgiou P.G., Walker M., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I.,  ACS Polymers Au, 2022, 2, 2, 69-79

    Featured as front cover and included included in the ACS virtual issue - COVID-19: Challenges, Progress and Future Implications

  • Lateral Flow Glyco-Assays for the Rapid and Low-Cost Detection of Lectins - Polymeric Linkers and Particle Engineering are Essential for Selectivity and Performance

    Baker A.N., Muguruza A.R., Richards SJ., Georgiou P.G., Goetz S., Walker M., Dedola S., Field R.A., Gibson M.I., Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2022, 11, 2101784

    Altmetric higher than 80% of papers in the journal

2021

  • A Glycan-based Flow-Through Device for the Detection of SARS-COV-2 from Patient Swabs

    Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Pandey S., Guy C.S., Ahmad A., Hasan M., Biggs C.I., Georgiou P.G., Zwetsloot A.J., Straube A., Dedola S., Field R.A., Anderson N.R., Walker M., Grammatopoulos D., Gibson M.I., ACS Sensors, 2021, 6, 10, 3696-3705

    Highlighted by the Medical Schools Council, ~2800 reads and top 5% of all research tracked by Altmetric

  • The Nature of the Polymeric Glycolic-Linker Controls the Signal Outputs for Plasmonic Gold Nanorods Biosensors in Complex Media due to Biocorona Formation

    Pancaro A., Szymonik M., Georgiou P.G., Baker A.N., Walker M., Adiaensens P., Hendrix J., Gibson M.I., Nelissen I., Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 10837-10848

  • Polymer Self-Assembly Induced Enhancement of Ice Recrystallization Inhibition

    Georgiou P.G., Marton H.L., Baker A.N., Congdon T.R., Whale T.F., Gibson M.I., Journal of American Chemical Society, 2021

    Higher Altmetric than 90% of papers in the journal (~60k articles) with over 7,300 reads

2020

  • Introducing affinity and selectivity into galectin-targeting nanoparticles with fluorinated glycan ligands

    Richards SJ., Gibson M.I., Fasciae M.A., Linclau B., Galan M.C., Baker A.N., Ledru H., Webster C.S., Council C.E., Walker M., Chidwick H., Wheatley D.E., Vendeville J-B., Keenan T., Budhadev D., Chemical Science, 2020, 12, 905-910

  • The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device

    Baker A.N., Richard, SJ., Guy C.S., Congdon T. R., Hasan M., Zwetsloot A.J., Gallo A., Lewandowski J. R., Stansfeld P. J., Straube A., Walker M., Chessa S., Pergolizzi G., Dedola S., Field R., Gibson M.I., ACS Central Science, 2020, 6, 2046-52

    Top 20 "Most Read Articles" on ACS Central Science 1 year after publication - one of the top 10 most cited articles in 2021 for the journal (~1600 articles) and in the top 5% of all research tracked by Altmetric (~22.5 million pieces)

  • Protecting Group Free Synthesis of Glyconanoparticles Using Amino–Oxy-Terminated Polymer Ligands

    Laezza A., Georgiou P.G., Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2020, 31, 10, 2392-2403

  • Polymer-Stabilized Sialylated Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Optimization, and Differential Binding to Influenza Hemagglutinins

    Richards SJ., Baker A.N., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 4, 1604-161

2019

  • Tuning Aggregative versus Non-Aggregative Lectin Binding with Glycosylated Nanoparticles by the Nature of the Polymer Ligand

    Georgiou P.G., Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Laezza A., Walker M., Gibson M.I., Journal of Materials Chemistry B., 2020, 8, 136-145

Pre-Prints

The pre-print paper can be found on ChemRxiv, Published online 15/6/20

2020

The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids, and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device

Baker A.N., Richards SJ., Guy C.S., Congdon T. R., Hasan M., Zwetsloot A.J., Straube A., Walker M., Chessa S., Pergolizzi G., Dedola S., Field R., Gibson M.I., ChemRxiv

Patents

Lateral Flow Device

GB2007895.2