Priscilla Baker

(51), Tel (w): 021 959-3051

Email: pbaker ‘at’uwc.ac.za

(PhD Degree, 2003) – University of Stellenbosch

Research : Baker works in the area of semi conductive polymers and polymer composites of polyaniline, polypyrrole, polyamic acid and polysulfone may be readily synthesised as electrochemical transducers onto screen printed electrodes. These electrodes are compatible with multi array ensembles, for the purpose of multi element analysis, which reduces the cost and time associated with evaluation and quantitative analysis. Electro-responsive polymers can be used to prepare materials that swell, shrink, or bend in response to an electric signal.

P.L.G. Baker

They can transform electrical energy into mechanical energy and have shown promising application in biomechanics, artificial muscle actuation, sensing, energy transduction, sound dampening, chemical separations, and controlled drug delivery, these polymers are an increasingly important class of smart materials. Since 2005- 2011 Baker has been grant holder for bilateral research grants with key partners at Bangor University, Wales (UK), Coimbra University (Portugal), State University of New York, Binghamton (USA)and Neubrandenburg University (Germany). SensorLab (UWC) and LPPI (Cergy Pontoise) have partnered in collaborative research projects (2011-2019), student training, teaching and publication in these areas of mutual research interest. The collaboration between these international laboratories draws on specialization in physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, materials science and more recently organic synthetic chemistry. The main objective remains the design and production of novel nanostructured materials for efficient electrocatalysis and energy focused applications .

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=9X3MY-sAAAAJ

H-index: 30

 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-2670:

 Communications : 2 plenary, 6 keynote 29 invited conferences, Chairperson of 4 international conferences, Guest editor Electrochimica Acta (2010 and 2019), Analytical Letters (2011)

Supervision: 12 postdocs, 2 ongoing PhDs, 30 completed PhDs, 40 completed, 6 Master ongoing

5 major publications:

  1. Hamnca S., Phelane L., Iwuoha E., Baker P. Electroch emical Determination of Neomycin and Norfloxacin at a Novel Polymer Nanocomposite Electrode in Aqueous Solution. Analytical Letters 2017 50(12), pp1887-1896
  2. Mekassa, B., Baker, P.G., Chandravanshi, B.S. and Tessema, M. Synthesis, characterization, and preparation of nickel nanoparticles decorated electrochemically reduced graphene oxide modified electrode for electrochemical sensing of diclofenac. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2018 22(11), pp.3607-3619.
  3. Ngema, X.T., Baker, P., Ajayi, F., Aubert, P.H. and Banet, P. . Polyamic acid (PAA) immobilized on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) as an electrochemical platform for the sensing of tuberculosis (TB) antibodies and hydrogen peroxide determination. Analytical Letters, 2019 pp.1-20.
  4. Mekassa, B., Baker, P.G., Chandravanshi, B.S. and Tessema, M. Sensitive electrochemical determination of ethambutol in pharmaceutical formulation and human urine at nickel nanoparticles/electrochemically reduced graphene oxide modified electrode. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2019 33(2), pp.215-228.
  5. Phelane, L., Gouveia-Caridade, C., Barsan, M.M., Baker, P.G., Brett, C.M. and Iwuoha, E.I. Electrochemical Determination of Tyrosine using a Novel Tyrosinase Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) Polysulfone Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode (GCE). Analytical Letters, 2019 pp.1-14.