Publications

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2024

Electrochemical Detection of Tenofovir through Quenching of Chloride Ion-Mediated Gold Electrodissolution
Marc Brunet Cabré, Fredrick Okumu, and Kim McKelvey
Langmuir, 2024

2023

Effects of N-functional groups on the electron transfer kinetics of VO2+/VO2+ at carbon: Decoupling morphology from chemical effects using model systems
Maida A. Costa de Oliveira, Christian Schröder, Marc Brunet-Cabré, Hugo Nolan, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, Tatiana S. Perova, Kim McKelvey, Paula E. Colavita
Electrochimica Acta, 475, 143640, 2023

Isolation of pseudocapacitive surface processes at monolayer MXene flakes reveals delocalized charging mechanism
Marc Brunet Cabré, Dahnan Spurling, Pietro Martinuz, Mariangela Longhi, Christian Schröder, Hugo Nolan, Valeria Nicolosi, Paula E Colavita, Kim McKelvey
Nature Communications, 14 (1), 374, 2023

MoS2/carbon heterostructured catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: N-doping modulation of substrate effects in acid and alkaline electrolytes
Hugo Nolan, Christian Schröder, Marc Brunet-Cabré, Filippo Pota, Niall McEvoy, Kim McKelvey, Tatiana S Perova, Paula E Colavita
Carbon, 202, 70 – 80, 2023

2022

Partially oxidised boron nitride as a 2D nanomaterial for nanofiltration applications
Natalia García Doménech, Áine Coogan, Finn Purcell-Milton, María Luisa Casasín García, Adrián Sanz Arjona, Marc Brunet Cabré, Aran Rafferty, Kim McKelvey, Peter Dunne, Yurii K Gun’ko
Nanoscale Advances, 4(22), 4895-4904, 2022

Editorial Overview: Nanoscale Electrochemistry
Kim McKelvey, Qianjin Chen
Electrochemical Science Advances, 2(5), e2260004, 2022

Electrochemical Detection of Isolated Nanoscale Defects in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Marc Brunet Cabré, Aislan Esmeraldo Paiva, Matěj Velický, Paula E Colavita, Kim McKelvey
J. Phys. Chem. C, 126 (28), 11636-11641, 2022.

High-Performance Boron Nitride-Based Membranes for Water Purification
Natalia García Doménech, Finn Purcell-Milton, Adrián Sanz Arjona, Maria-Luisa Casasín García, Maeve Ward, Marc Brunet Cabré, Aran Rafferty, Kim McKelvey, Peter Dunne, Yurii K Gun’ko
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(3), 473

2021

Electrochemical kinetics as a function of transition metal dichalcogenide thickness
Marc Brunet Cabré, Aislan Esmeraldo Paiva, Matěj Velický, Paula E Colavita, Kim McKelvey
Electrochimica Acta, 393, 139027, 2021.

2020

A High-Pressure System for Studying Oxygen Reduction During Pt Nanoparticle Collisions
Yulun Zhang, Donald A. Robinson, Kim McKelvey, Hang Ren, Henry S. White and Martin A. Edwards
J. Electrochem. Soc. 167 166507, 2020.

Microscale electrochemical cell on a custom CMOS transimpedance amplifier for high temporal resolution single entity electrochemistry
Marc Brunet Cabré, Denis Djekic, Timothée Romano, Nadim Hanna, Jens Anders, Kim McKelvey
ChemElectroChem, 7 (23), 4724-4729, 2020.

Continuum Simulations for Microscale 3D Batteries
Kim McKelvey, Marc Brunet Cabré, and Aislan Esmeraldo Paiva
Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 21:76–83, 2020.

2019

Enhancing Lithium Insertion with Electrostatic Nanoconfinement in a Lithography Patterned Precision Cell
Sylvia Xin Li, Nam S. Kim, Kim McKelvey, Chanyuan Liu, Henry S. White, Gary W. Rubloff, Sang Bok Lee, and Mark A. Reed
ACS Nano, 13, 7, 8481–8489, 2019.

2018

Method for Dynamically Detecting Secretions from Single Cells Using a Nanopore
Eamonn Kennedy, Mohammad Hokmabadi, Zhuxin Dong, Kim McKelvey, Edward M. Nelson, and Gregory Timp
Nano Lett., 18 (7), 4263–4272, 2018.

Single Ag Nanoparticle Collisions within a Dual-Electrode Micro-Gap Cell
Kim McKelvey, Donald A Robinson, Nicholas J Vitti, Martin Andrew Edwards, Henry White
Faraday Discussions, 210, 189 – 200, 2018. PDF of full text

Redox-Cycling in Nanogap Electrochemical Cells
Henry S. White, Kim McKelvey
Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 7, 48-53, 2018. PDF of full text

2017

Selective increase in CO2 electroreduction activity at grain-boundary surface terminations
Ruperto G. Mariano, Kim McKelvey, Henry S. White, Matthew W. Kanan
Science, 358(6367), 1187-1192, 2017.

Three-Dimensional Super-resolution Imaging of Single Nanoparticles Delivered by Pipettes
Yun Yu, Vignesh Sundaresan, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, Yulun Zhang, Martin A. Edwards, Kim McKelvey, Henry S. White, Katherine A. Willets
ACS Nano, 11(10), 10529–10538, 2017.

Microscale 2.5D Batteries
Kim McKelvey, A. Alec. Talin, Bruce Dunn, Henry S. White
J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(2), A2500-A2503, 2017.

Nanopipettes as a tool for single nanoparticle electrochemistry
Kim McKelvey, Sean German, Yulun Zhang, Henry S. White, Martin A. Edwards
Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 6(1), 4-9, 2017.

2016

Resistive Pulse Delivery of Single Nanoparticles to Electrochemical Interfaces
Kim McKelvey, Martin A. Edwards, Henry S. White
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,  7(19), 3920–3924, 2016.

Fabrication, Testing, and Simulation of All-Solid-State Three-Dimensional Li-Ion Batteries
A. Alec Talin, Dmitry Ruzmetov, Andrei Kolmakov, Kim McKelvey, Nicholas Ware, Farid El Gabaly, Bruce Dunn, Henry S. White
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8 (47), 32385–32391, 2016.

Redox Cycling in Nanogap Electrochemical Cells. The Role of Electrostatics in Determining the Cell Response
Qianjin Chen, Kim McKelvey, Martin A. Edwards, Henry S. White
J. Phys. Chem. C, 120(31), 17251–17260, 2016.

Combinatorial localized dissolution analysis: Application to acid-induced dissolution of dental enamel and the effect of surface treatments
Alexander S. Parker, Rehab Al Botros, Sophie L. Kinnear, Michael E. Snowden, Kim McKelvey, Alexander T. Ashcroft, Mel Carvell, Andrew Joiner, Massimo Peruffo, Carol Philpotts, Patrick R. Unwin
J. Colloid Interface Sci., 476(15), 94–102, 2016.

Intermittent‐contact Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (IC‐SECM) as a Quantitative Probe of Defects in Single Crystal Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes
Lucy I. Tomlinson, Hollie V. Patten, Ben L. Green, James Iacobini, Katherine E. Meadows, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin, Mark E. Newton, Julie V. Macpherson
Electroanalysis, 28, 2297 –2302, 2016.

Simultaneous Interfacial Reactivity and Topography Mapping with Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM)
Dmitry Mometenko, Kim McKelvey, Minkyung Kang, Gabriel Negrao Meloni, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 88 (5), 2838–2846, 2016.

2015

Single Molecule Electrochemical Detection in Aqueous Solutions and Ionic Liquids
Joshua C. Byers, Binoy Paulose Nadappuram, David Perry, Kim McKelvey, Alex W. Colburn, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 87 (20), 10450–10456, 2015.

High-Speed Electrochemical Imaging
Dmitry Momotenko, Joshua C Byers, Kim McKelvey, Minkyung Kang, Patrick R. Unwin
ACS Nano,9 (9),8942–8952, 2015.

Hopping intermittent contact-scanning electrochemical microscopy (HIC-SECM) as a new local dissolution kinetic probe: application to salicylic acid dissolution in aqueous solution
Amelia R. Perry, Robert A. Lazenby, Maria Adobes-Vidal, Massimo Peruffo, Kim McKelvey, Michael E. Snowden, Patrick R. Unwin
CrystEngComm, 17, 7835-7843, 2015.

Quad-Barrel Multifunctional Electrochemical and Ion Conductance Probe for Voltammetric Analysis and Imaging
Binoy Paulose Nadappuram, Kim McKelvey, Joshua C. Byers, Aleix G. Güell, Alex W. Colburn, Robert A. Lazenby, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 87 (7), 3566-3573, 2015.

Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy Platform for Ultrasensitive Photoelectrochemical Imaging
Barak D.B. Aaronson, Joshua C. Byers, Alex W. Colburn, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 87 (8), 4129-4133, 2015.

Voltammetric scanning electrochemical cell microscopy: dynamic imaging of hydrazine electro-oxidation on platinum electrodes
Chang-hui Chen, Leon Jacobse, Kim McKelvey, Stanley C.S. Lai, Marc T.M. Koper, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 87 (11), 5782–5789, 2015.

Nucleation and Aggregative Growth of Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Electrodes: Experiment and Kinetic Model
Yang-Rae Kim, Stanley C.S. Lai, Kim McKelvey, Guohui Zhang, David Perry, Thomas S. Miller, Patrick R. Unwin
J. Phys. Chem. C, 119 (30), 17389–17397, 2015.

2014

Bias modulated scanning ion conductance microscopy
Kim McKelvey, David Perry, Joshua C. Byers, Alex W. Colburn, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 86 (7), 3639-3646, 2014.

Measurement of the efficacy of calcium silicate for the protection and repair of dental enamel
Alexander S. Parker, Anisha N. Patel, Rehab Al Botros, Michael E. Snowden, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin, Alexander T. Ashcroft, Mel Carvell, Andrew Joiner, Massimo Peruffo
J. of Dentistry, 42, S21-S29, 2014.

Molecular Functionalization of Graphite Surfaces: Basal Plane versus Step Edge Electrochemical Activity
Guohui Zhang, Paul M. Kirkman, Anisha N. Patel, Anatolii S. Cuharuc, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
JACS, 136 (32), 11444-11451, 2014.

Positionable vertical microfluidic cell based on electromigration in a theta pipet
Michael A. O’Connell, Michael E. Snowden, Kim McKelvey, Florence Gayet, Ian Shirley, David M. Haddleton, Patrick R. Unwin
Langmuir, 30 (33), 10011-10018, 2014.

Surface charge mapping with a nanopipette
Kim McKelvey, Sophie L. Kinnear, David Perry, Dmitry Momotenko, Patrick R. Unwin
JACS, 136 (39), 13735-13744, 2014.

Think small: nanopores for sensing and synthesis
Winston Timp, Allison M. Nice, Edward M. Nelson, Volker Kurz, Kim McKelvey, Gregory Timp
IEEE Access, 2, 1396-1408, 2014.

2013

Meniscus confined fabrication of multidimensional conducting polymer nanostructures with scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM)
Kim McKelvey, Michael A. O’Connell, Patrick R. Unwin
Chem. Comm., 49 (29), 2986-2988, 2013.

Hopping intermittent contact-scanning electrochemical microscopy (HIC-SECM): visualizing interfacial reactions and fluxes from surfaces to bulk solution
Robert A. Lazenby, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 85 (5), 2937-2944, 2013.

Coarse-grained simulation of trans membrane peptides in the gel phase
Ibrahim H. Al-Lehyani, John M.A. Grime, Matthew Bano, Kim McKelvey, Michael P. Allen
J. Comp. Chem., 238, 97-105, 2013.

Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy: a versatile technique for nanoscale electrochemistry and functional imaging
Neil Ebejer, Aleix G. Güell, Stanley C.S. Lai, Kim McKelvey, Michael E. Snowden, Patrick R. Unwin
Ann. Rev. Anal. Chem., 6, 329-351, 2013.

Quantitative local photosynthetic flux measurements at isolated chloroplasts and thylakoid membranes using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
Kim McKelvey, Sophie Martin, Colin Robinson, Patrick R. Unwin
J. Phys. Chem. B, 117 (26), 7878-7888, 2013.

Fabrication and characterization of dual function nanoscale pH-scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) probes for high resolution pH mapping
Binoy Paulose Nadappuram, Kim McKelvey, Rehab Al Botros, Alex W. Colburn, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 85 (17), 8070-8074, 2013.

Fabrication, characterization, and functionalization of dual carbon electrodes as probes for scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
Kim McKelvey, Binoy Paulose Nadappuram, Paolo Actis, Yasufumi Takahashi, Yuri E. Korchev, Tomokazu Matsue, Colin Robinson, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 85 (15), 7519-7526, 2013.

Nanoscale intermittent contact-scanning electrochemical microscopy
Robert A. Lazenby, Kim McKelvey, Massimo Peruffo, Marc Baghdadi, Patrick R. Unwin
J. Solid State Electrochem., 17 (12), 2979-2987, 2013.

Dual-barrel conductance micropipet as a new approach to the study of ionic crystal dissolution kinetics
Sophie L. Kinnear, Kim McKelvey, Michael E. Snowden, Massimo Peruffo, Alex W. Colburn, Patrick R. Unwin
Langmuir, 29 (50), 15565-15572, 2013.

2012

Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy: Theory and experiment for quantitative high resolution spatially-resolved voltammetry and simultaneous ion-conductance measurements
Michael E. Snowden, Aleix G. Güell, Stanley C.S. Lai, Kim McKelvey, Neil Ebejer, Michael A. O’Connell, Alexander W. Colburn, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 84 (5), 2483-2491, 2012.

New approaches and applications in electrochemical scanning probe microscopy
Kim McKelvey
PhD thesis, University of Warwick, 2012.

Electrochemical Mapping Reveals Direct Correlation between Heterogeneous Electron‐Transfer Kinetics and Local Density of States in Diamond Electrodes
Hollie V. Patten, Katherine E. Meadows, Laura A. Hutton, James G. Iacobini, Dario Battistel, Kim McKelvey, Alexander W. Colburn, Mark E. Newton, Julie V. Macpherson, Patrick R. Unwin
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (28), 7002-7006, 2012.

Definitive Evidence for Fast Electron Transfer at Pristine Basal Plane Graphite from High-Resolution Electrochemical Imaging
Stanley Lai, Anisha N. Patel, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (22), 5260-5260, 2012.

Quantitative localized proton-promoted dissolution kinetics of calcite using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
Carrie-Anne McGeouch, Massimo Peruffo, Martin A. Edwards, Lucy A. Bindley, Robert A. Lazenby, Michael M. Mbogoro, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
J. Phys. Chem. C, 116 (28), 14892-14899, 2012.

Quantitative nanoscale visualization of heterogeneous electron transfer rates in 2D carbon nanotube networks
Aleix G. Güell, Neil Ebejer, Michael E. Snowden, Kim McKelvey, Julie V. Macpherson, Patrick R. Unwin
PNAS, 109 (29), 11487-11492, 2012.

MSK1 regulates homeostatic and experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
Sonia AL Corrêa, Christopher J. Hunter, Oleg Palygin, Sandrine C. Wauters, Kirsty J. Martin, Colin McKenzie, Kim McKelvey, Richard G.M. Morris, Yuriy Pankratov, J. Simon C. Arthur, Bruno G. Frenguelli
J. Neuroscience, 32 (38), 13039-13051, 2012.

Nanoscale electrochemical patterning reveals the active sites for catechol oxidation at graphite surfaces
Anisha N. Patel, Kim McKelvey, Patrick R. Unwin
JACS, 134 (50), 20246-20249, 2012.

A new view of electrochemistry at highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
Anisha N. Patel, Manon Guille Collignon, Michael A. O’Connell, Wendy O.Y. Hung, Kim McKelvey, Julie V. Macpherson, Patrick R. Unwin
JACS, 134 (49), 20117–20130, 2012.

2011

Quantitative visualization of molecular transport through porous membranes: Enhanced resolution and contrast using intermittent contact-scanning electrochemical microscopy
Kim McKelvey, Michael E. Snowden, Massimo Peruffo, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 83 (17), 6447-6454, 2011.

2010

Intermittent Contact-Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (IC-SECM): A New Approach for Tip Positioning and Simultaneous Imaging of Interfacial Topography and Activity
Kim McKelvey, Martin A. Edwards, Patrick R. Unwin
Anal. Chem., 82 (15), 6334-6337, 2010.