Dr Paolo Bertoncello

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

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About

Paolo Bertoncello was appointed Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Swansea University in 2010. Prior to this appointment he spent seven years, as a postdoctoral researcher in several research institutions:

The University of Texas at Austin (June 2003-June 2004)
The University of Warwick (Aug. 2004- Sept. 2007)
Dublin City University (Nov. 2007- Feb. 2010)

In 2004 he was the recipient of a prestigious and highly competitive Marie Curie Fellowship from the EU Commission, and he moved to the Unwin’s lab at the University of Warwick.

In 2008 he moved to the Forster’s group at Dublin City University through a Marie Curie Reintegration Grant and a DCU Research Fellowship.

In 2003, he received his PhD in Biophysics. PB’s research career has focused on combining functional materials with electrochemistry, and thin films technologies, especially the Langmuir-Blodgett method to fabricate polymeric/metal nanoparticles nanostructures for electrocatalytic energy and sensing applications.

Areas Of Expertise

Electrocatalysis
Biosensors
Electrochemistry
Thin films

Publications

Research Highlights

Carrod, A., Graglia, F., Male, L., Duff, C., Simpson, P., Elsherif, M., Ahmed, Z., Butt, H., Xu, G., Lo, K., Bertoncello, P., & Pikramenou, Z. (2022). Photo‐ and Electrochemical Dual‐Responsive Iridium Probe for Saccharide Detection. Chemistry – A European Journal, 28(4)
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103541, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58775
Hernandez Aldave, S., Tarat, A., & Bertoncello, P. (2021). Efficient Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Nitrites from Cured Meat and Their Voltammetric Detection at Chemically Modified Electrodes Based on Hexamethyl-p-Terphenyl Poly(methylatedbenzimidazolium) Incorporating Nitrogen-Doped Graphite Nanoplatelets. Chemosensors, 9(11), 325
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9110325, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58732
Leone, E., Ferraraccio, S., Damonte, G., Lova, P., Bertoncello, P., & Monticelli, O. (2021). On the development of electrochemical sensors coated with polycaprolactone. Electrochemistry Communications, 129, 107089
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2021.107089, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57283
Rees, M., Wright, A., Holdcroft, S., & Bertoncello, P. (2020). Voltammetry at Hexamethyl-P-Terphenyl Poly(Benzimidazolium) (HMT-PMBI)-Coated Glassy Carbon Electrodes: Charge Transport Properties and Detection of Uric and Ascorbic Acid. Sensors, 20(2), 443
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020443, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53248
Hernandez-Aldave, S., Tarat, A., McGettrick, J., & Bertoncello, P. (2019). Voltammetric Detection of Caffeine in Beverages at Nafion/Graphite Nanoplatelets Layer-by-Layer Films. Nanomaterials, 9(2), 221
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48773
Jones, T., Hernandez-Aldave, S., Kaspar, R., Letterio, M., Yan, Y., & Bertoncello, P. (2019). Tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)polysulfone-methylene quaternary phosphonium chloride (TPQPCl) ionomer chemically modified electrodes: An electroanalytical study towards sensing applications. Electrochimica Acta, 311, 160-169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.089, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50057
Hernandez Aldave, S., Kaspar, R., Letterio, M., Tarat, A., Yan, Y., & Bertoncello, P. (2018). Quaternary phosphonium-based (TPQPCl)-ionomer/graphite nanoplatelets composite chemically modified electrodes: a novel platform for sensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(48), 13293-13304.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc04967j, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45892
Abid, H., Johnson, D., Clifford, B., Gethin, D., Bertoncello, P., Hashaikeh, R., & Hilal, N. (2018). Periodic electrolysis technique for in situ fouling control and removal with low-pressure membrane filtration. Desalination, 433, 10-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.01.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38085
Abid, H., Johnson, D., Clifford, B., Gethin, D., Bertoncello, P., Hashaikeh, R., & Hilal, N. (2018). Periodic electrolysis technique for in situ fouling control and removal with low-pressure membrane filtration. Desalination, 433, 10-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.01.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53289
Bertoncello, P. & Ugo, P. (2017). Recent Advances in Electrochemiluminescence with Quantum Dots and Arrays of Nanoelectrodes. ChemElectroChem, 4(7), 1663-1676.
https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33658

All Research

Journal Articles

Ferraraccio, S., Russell, J., Newland, B., & Bertoncello, P. (2024). Poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG)-cryogels: A novel platform towards enzymatic electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based sensor applications. Electrochimica Acta, 483
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65714
Ferraraccio, S. & Bertoncello, P. (2023). Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor based on tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) with glucose and lactate dehydrogenases encapsulated within alginate hydrogels. Bioelectrochemistry, 150, 108365
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108365, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62252
Ferraraccio, S., Lisa, D., Pastorino, L., & Bertoncello, P. (2022). Enzymes Encapsulated within Alginate Hydrogels: Bioelectrocatalysis and Electrochemiluminescence Applications. Analytical Chemistry, 94(46), 16122-16131.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03389, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61826
Worsley, E., Margadonna, S., & Bertoncello, P. (2022). Application of Graphene Nanoplatelets in Supercapacitor Devices: A Review of Recent Developments. Nanomaterials, 12(20), 3600
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203600, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61568
Carrod, A., Graglia, F., Male, L., Duff, C., Simpson, P., Elsherif, M., Ahmed, Z., Butt, H., Xu, G., Lo, K., Bertoncello, P., & Pikramenou, Z. (2022). Photo‐ and Electrochemical Dual‐Responsive Iridium Probe for Saccharide Detection. Chemistry – A European Journal, 28(4)
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103541, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58775
Hernandez Aldave, S., Tarat, A., & Bertoncello, P. (2021). Efficient Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Nitrites from Cured Meat and Their Voltammetric Detection at Chemically Modified Electrodes Based on Hexamethyl-p-Terphenyl Poly(methylatedbenzimidazolium) Incorporating Nitrogen-Doped Graphite Nanoplatelets. Chemosensors, 9(11), 325
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9110325, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58732
Leone, E., Ferraraccio, S., Damonte, G., Lova, P., Bertoncello, P., & Monticelli, O. (2021). On the development of electrochemical sensors coated with polycaprolactone. Electrochemistry Communications, 129, 107089
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2021.107089, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57283
Rees, M., Wright, A., Holdcroft, S., & Bertoncello, P. (2020). Voltammetry at Hexamethyl-P-Terphenyl Poly(Benzimidazolium) (HMT-PMBI)-Coated Glassy Carbon Electrodes: Charge Transport Properties and Detection of Uric and Ascorbic Acid. Sensors, 20(2), 443
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020443, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53248
Hernandez-Aldave, S., Tarat, A., McGettrick, J., & Bertoncello, P. (2019). Voltammetric Detection of Caffeine in Beverages at Nafion/Graphite Nanoplatelets Layer-by-Layer Films. Nanomaterials, 9(2), 221
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9020221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48773
Jones, T., Hernandez-Aldave, S., Kaspar, R., Letterio, M., Yan, Y., & Bertoncello, P. (2019). Tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)polysulfone-methylene quaternary phosphonium chloride (TPQPCl) ionomer chemically modified electrodes: An electroanalytical study towards sensing applications. Electrochimica Acta, 311, 160-169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.089, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50057
Hernandez Aldave, S., Kaspar, R., Letterio, M., Tarat, A., Yan, Y., & Bertoncello, P. (2018). Quaternary phosphonium-based (TPQPCl)-ionomer/graphite nanoplatelets composite chemically modified electrodes: a novel platform for sensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(48), 13293-13304.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc04967j, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45892
Abid, H., Johnson, D., Clifford, B., Gethin, D., Bertoncello, P., Hashaikeh, R., & Hilal, N. (2018). Periodic electrolysis technique for in situ fouling control and removal with low-pressure membrane filtration. Desalination, 433, 10-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.01.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38085
Abid, H., Johnson, D., Clifford, B., Gethin, D., Bertoncello, P., Hashaikeh, R., & Hilal, N. (2018). Periodic electrolysis technique for in situ fouling control and removal with low-pressure membrane filtration. Desalination, 433, 10-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.01.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53289
Bertoncello, P. & Ugo, P. (2017). Recent Advances in Electrochemiluminescence with Quantum Dots and Arrays of Nanoelectrodes. ChemElectroChem, 4(7), 1663-1676.
https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33658
Abid, H., Lalia, B., Bertoncello, P., Hashaikeh, R., Clifford, B., Gethin, D., & Hilal, N. (2017). Electrically conductive spacers for self-cleaning membrane surfaces via periodic electrolysis. Desalination, 416, 16-23.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33009
Stewart, A., O’Reilly, E., Moriarty, R., Bertoncello, P., Keyes, T., Forster, R., & Dennany, L. (2015). A Cholesterol Biosensor Based on the NIR Electrogenerated-Chemiluminescence (ECL) of Water-Soluble CdSeTe/ZnS Quantum Dots. Electrochimica Acta, 157, 8-14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21194
Bertoncello, P., Stewart, A., & Dennany, L. (2014). Analytical applications of nanomaterials in electrogenerated chemiluminescence. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 406(23), 5573-5587.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-014-7946-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19080
Bertoncello, P. (2011). Nanomaterials for biosensing with electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection. Frontiers in Bioscience, 16(1), 1084
https://doi.org/10.2741/3737, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19081
Dennany, L., Gerlach, M., O'Carroll, S., Keyes, T., Forster, R., & Bertoncello, P. (2011). Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing properties of water soluble core-shell CdSe/ZnS quantum dots/Nafion composite films. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(36), 13984
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM12183A, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6291
Bertoncello, P. (2010). Advances on scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) for energy. Energy & Environmental Science, 3(11), 1620
https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ee00046a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19082
Bertoncello, P. & Devadoss, A. (2010). Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence and Charge Transport Through Films of Metallopolymer-Gold Nanoparticle Composites. Langmuir
https://doi.org/10.1021/la902676p, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6053
Forster, R., Bertoncello, P., & Keyes, T. (2009). Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2(1), 359-385.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-060908-155305, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19093
Bertoncello, P. & Forster, R. (2009). Nanostructured materials for electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based detection methods: Recent advances and future perspectives. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24(11), 3191-3200.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2009.02.013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19092
Bertoncello, P. (2009). Potential-assisted assembly of functionalised platinum nanoparticles on electrode surfaces. Electrochemistry Communications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2009.08.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6057
Edwards, M., Bertoncello, P., & Unwin, P. (2009). Slow Diffusion Reveals the Intrinsic Electrochemical Activity of Basal Plane Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Electrodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(21), 9218-9223.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8092918, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6056
Bertoncello, P. (2008). Functional electrochemically-active ultra-thin Nafion films. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.12.053, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6051
Bertoncello, P. (2008). An investigation on the self-aggregation properties of sulfonated copper(II) phthalocyanine (CuTsPc) thin films. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.01.054, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6052
Fei, L., Bertoncello, P., Ciani, I., Mantovani, G., & Unwin, P. (2008). Incorporation of Functionalized Palladium Nanoparticles within Ultrathin Nafion Films: A Nanostructured Composite for Electrolytic and Redox-Mediated Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials, 18(11), 1685-1693.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200701447, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6054
Fei, L., Ciani, I., Bertoncello, P., Unwin, P., Zhao, J., Bradbury, C., & Fermin, D. (2008). Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of Redox-Mediated Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Palladium Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(26), 9686-9694.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8001228, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6055

Book Chapters

Bertoncello, P. (2015). Carbon Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Sensing. Handbook of carbon nanomaterials World Scientific Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814678919_0009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19107

Other Research Outputs

Ennser, K., Brown, H., & Bertoncello, P. (2019). Math workshop as a valuable vehicle to learning
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52914

Supervision

Enzymes-encapsulated hydrogels for Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing applications. (awarded 2022)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Yon Ju-Nam
Next generation hybrid gas sensors for the agri-food and automotive industries: a solution to maximise output and sustainability (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Zari Tehrani

Other supervisor: Dr Zari Tehrani
Development of greener electrode coatings for next generation supercapacitors (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Serena Margadonna

Taught Modules

EG-307 Particulate Systems

This module aims at presenting the fundamental aspects of transport mechanisms of particles (suspended in fluids) and to illustrate the properties and external conditions that influence the flow of fluids through packed beds, the separation of multiphase systems, separation across phase boundaries in a variety of industrial situations.
EGA323 Energy and Low Carbon Technologies

This module aims to present fundamental aspects of energy generation using low carbon technologies. The module will describe the following: ¿ Description of the concept of "Hydrogen economy"; Hydrogen generation and purification; Power To Gas; ¿ Energy generation using fuel cells: Proton exchange fuel cells (PEMs), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs), phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs), alkaline fuel cells (AFCs); methanol fuel cells (MeFCs). ¿ Solar energy generation: Silicon-based photovoltaic cells, Gratzel and Organic photovoltaic cells; Perovskite solar cells; ¿ Definition and description of batteries: Rechargeable batteries: Li-ion, Li-ion polymer, Na-ion, Na-air, and NiMH batteries; ¿ Supercapacitors as energy generators. Wind and Tidal Energy generation; Geothermal Energy.

Dr Paolo Bertoncello

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All Research

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Other Research Outputs

Supervision

Enzymes-encapsulated hydrogels for Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing applications. (awarded 2022)

Next generation hybrid gas sensors for the agri-food and automotive industries: a solution to maximise output and sustainability (current)

Development of greener electrode coatings for next generation supercapacitors (current)

Taught Modules

EG-307 Particulate Systems

EGA323 Energy and Low Carbon Technologies