Salvador Mafe

Dr. Salvador Mafe


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Academic Career Length

34Years (1993-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 February 2009 in ACS Nano
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MAMubarak Ali
Mubarak Ali
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
SMSalvador Mafe
Salvador Mafe
RNReinhard Neumann
Reinhard Neumann
WEWolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger

29 March 2012 in ACS Nano
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MAMubarak Ali
Mubarak Ali
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
HNHung Quoc Nguyen
Hung Quoc Nguyen
SNSaima Nasir
Saima Nasir
JCJavier Cervera
Javier Cervera
WEWolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger

28 September 2009 in Langmuir
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MAMubarak Ali
Mubarak Ali
SMSalvador Mafe
Salvador Mafe
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
RNReinhard Neumann
Reinhard Neumann
WEWolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger

17 September 2012 in ACS Nano
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MAMubarak Ali
Mubarak Ali
SNSaima Nasir
Saima Nasir
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
JCJavier Cervera
Javier Cervera
SMSalvador Mafe
Salvador Mafe
WEWolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger

1 April 2011 in Electrochimica Acta
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JCJavier Cervera
Javier Cervera
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
SMSalvador Mafe
Salvador Mafe
PSPieter Stroeve
Pieter Stroeve

18 March 2011 in Nanoscale
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MAMubarak Ali
Mubarak Ali
PRPatricio Ramirez
Patricio Ramirez
MTMuhammad Nawaz Tahir
Muhammad Nawaz Tahir
SMSalvador Mafe
Salvador Mafe
ZSZuzanna Siwy
Zuzanna Siwy
WEWolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger
We demonstrate the supramolecular bioconjugation of concanavalin A (Con A) protein with glycoenzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) inside single nanopores, fabricated in heavy ion tracked polymer membranes. Firstly, the HRP-enzyme was covalently immobilized on the inner wall of the pores using carbodiimide coupling chemistry. The immobilized HRP-enzyme molecules bear sugar (mannose) groups available for the binding of Con A protein. Secondly, the bioconjugation of Con A on the pore wall was achieved through its biospecific interactions with the mannose residues of the HRP enzyme. The immobilization of biomolecules inside the nanopore leads to the reduction of the available area for ionic transport, and this blocking effect can be exploited to tune the conductance and selectivity of the nanopore in aqueous solution. Both cylindrical and conical nanopores were used in the experiments. The possibility of obtaining two or more conductance states (output), dictated by the degree of nanopore blocking resulted from the different biomolecules in solution (input), as well as the current rectification properties obtained with the conical nanopore, could also allow implementing information processing at the nanometre scale. Model simulations based on the transport equations further verify the feasibility of the sensing procedure that involves concepts from supramolecular chemistry, molecular imprinting, recognition, and nanotechnology.