Publications

Selected Publications

2026

PEDOT:PSS – a Key Material for Bioelectronics. A.E.A. Ramirez, D. van der Laan, M. B. Shah, L. Wang, E. Zeglio, A. Savva.* Advanced Science, 2026.

Electrically active hydrogels based on PEDOT:PSS for neural cultures. L. Wang, Y. Hajee, J.-P. Frimat, A. Savva.* J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026.

2025

High Performance Organic Mixed Ionic-electronic Polymeric Conductor with Stability to Autoclave Sterilization. H. Liao, A. Savva, A. V. Marsh, Y-Y. Yang, H. Faber, M. Rimmele, M. Sanviti, R. Zhou, A. Hamid Emwas, J. Martín, T. D. Anthopoulos, M. Heeney, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202416288.

2024

Microelectrode Arrays Measure Blocking of Voltage‐Gated Calcium Ion Channels on Supported Lipid Bilayers Derived from Primary Neurons. Z. Lu, C. Barberio, A. Fernandez‐Villegas, A. Withers, A. Wheeler, K. Kallitsis, E.Martinelli, A. Savva, B. M Hess, A.‐M. Pappa, G. S. Kaminski Schierle, R. M. Owens. Advanced Science, 11, 2024, 2304301.

2023

Photo-chemical stimulation of neurons with organic semiconductors. A. Savva, A. Hama, G. Herrera, N. Gasparini, L. Migliaccio, P. Magistretti, I. McCulloch, E. Glowacki, S. Inal, Advanced Science, 2023.

3D organic bioelectronics for electrical monitoring of human adult stem cells. A. Savva, J. Saez Castano, A. Whithers, C. Barberio, V. Stoeger, C.-M. Moysidou, Z. Lu, C. Pitsalidis, R.M. Owens, Materials Horizons, 2023, 10, 3589.

Organic microelectrode arrays for bioelectronic applications, Z. Lu, A. Pavia, A. Savva, L. Kergoat, R.M. Owens, Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2023.

2022

Understanding electrochemical properties of supported lipid bilayers interfaced with organic electronic devices, Z. Lu, D. van Niekerk, A. Savva, K. Kallitsis, Q. Thiburce, A. Salleo, A.-M. Pappa, R. M. Owens, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022, 10 , 8050.

Bioelectronic Screening Platform for Real-Time Monitoring of Tumour-derived Extracellular Vesicle-Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition W.C. Traberg, J. Uribe, V. Druet, A. Hama, C.-Maria Moysidou, M. Huerta, R. McCoy, D. Hayward, A. Savva, S. Pavagada, Z. Lu, A. Koklu, A.-M. Pappa, R. Fitzgerald, S. Inal, S. Daniel, and R. M. Owens,  Advanced  Healthcare Materials 2023, 2301194.

2021

An electroactive and thermo-responsive material for the capture and release of cells M. Garcia-Hernando, J. Saez, A. Savva, L. Basabe-Desmonts, R. M. Owens, F. Benito-Lopez, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021,191, 113405.

Organic Bioelectronics for In Vitro Systems, C. Pitsalidis, A.-M. Pappa, A. Boys, Y. Fu, C.-M. Moysidou, D. van Niekerk, J. Saez, A. Savva, D. Iandolo, R. M. Owens, Chemical Reviews, 2021, 122, 4700.

Functional Infectious Nanoparticle Detector: Finding viruses by detecting their host entry functions using organic bioelectronic devices, T. Tang,† A. Savva,† W. T. Christiansen, Q. Thiburce, A. Withers, A.-M. Pappa, H.-Y. Liu, E. Martinelli, M. Cornelius, A. Salleo, R. M. Owens, S. Daniel(†sharing first authorship), ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 18142.

2020

Balancing ion and electron conduction for high performance organic electrochemical transistors, A. Savva,* R. Hallani, C. Cendra, J. Surgailis, T. C. Hidalgo, S. Wustoni,  X. Chen, M. Kirkus, A. Giovannitti, A. Salleo, I. McCulloch, S. Inal, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30, 1907657.

Water stable molecular n-doping produces organic electrochemical transistors with high transconductance and record stability, A.F Paterson, A. Savva, S. Wustoni, L. Tsetseris, B.D. Paulsen, H. Faber, A. H. Emwas, X. Chen, G. Nikiforidis, T.C Hidalgo, M. Moser, I. P. Maria, J. Rivnay, I. McCulloch, T.D. Anthopoulos, S. Inal, Nature communications, 2020, 11, 1.

Biofuel powered glucose detection in bodily fluids with an n-type conjugated polymer, D. Ohayon, G. Nikiforidis, A. Savva , A. Giugni , S. Wustoni, T. Palanisamy, X. Chen, I. M. Petruta, E. Di Fabrizio, P. M. F. J. Costa , I. McCulloch, S. Inal , Nature Materials, 2020, 19, 456.

2019

Influence of water on the performance of organic electrochemical transistors, A. Savva, C. Cendra, A. Giugni, B. Torre, J. Surgailis,  D. Ohayon, A. Giovannitti, I. McCulloch, E. Di Fabrizio, A. Salleo, J. Rivnay, S. Inal, Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 927.

Solvent engineering for high performance organic electrochemical transistors and biosensors, A. Savva, D. Ohayon, J. Surgailis, T. Castillo, X. Chen, I. M. Petruta, I. McCulloch, S. Inal, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019 5, 1900249.

Enzyme-Free Detection of Glucose with a Hybrid Conductive Gel Electrode, S. Wustoni, A. Savva, E. Bihar, S. Inal, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, 6, 1800928.

2018

Ionic-to-electronic coupling efficiency in PEDOT:PSS films operated in aqueous electrolytes, A. Savva, S. Wustoni, S. Inal,Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 12023.

Direct metabolite detection with an n-type accumulation mode organic electrochemical transistor, A.M. Pappa, D. Ohayon, A. Giovannitti, I.P. Maria, A. Savva, I. Uguz, J. Rivnay, I. McCulloch, R. M. Owens, S. Inal, Science Advances, 2018 6, eaat0911.