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Research
Latest papers
Redox-active microneedles for disease management.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
SERS-Integrated Microneedles: Bridging Nanoplasmonics and Microsampling for Advanced Bioanalysis.
ACS sensors · 2025
Speciation Analysis of Metals and Metalloids by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.
Environmental science & technology · 2024
Latest funding
- $225,000
Homeowner water quality testing through use of miniaturized ISE and FET-based sensor arrays
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $30,000
Use of nano- and bio-materials to mitigate aquacultural biofouling
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $361,500
Enhancing Maritime Industry Resilience and Sustainability by Development of Non-toxic Anti-Fouling Marine Coatings
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
13 publications.
Redox-active microneedles for disease management.
Youden B, Carrier A, Yu N, Hodson C, Oni K, Chirathodi F, Yang D, Servos M, Oakes K, Chen Y, Jiang R, Donnelly RF, Zhang X
SERS-Integrated Microneedles: Bridging Nanoplasmonics and Microsampling for Advanced Bioanalysis.
Yang D, Youden B, Yu N, Carrier A, Jiang R, Servos M, Oakes K, Zhang X
Speciation Analysis of Metals and Metalloids by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.
Youden B, Yang D, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Zhang X
Accelerated cascade melanoma therapy using enzyme-nanozyme-integrated dissolvable polymeric microneedles.
Singh P, Chen Y, Youden B, Oakley D, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Zhang X
Oral delivery of a highly stable superoxide dismutase as a skin aging inhibitor.
Dong L, Chen Y, Gu L, Gan M, Carrier A, Oakes K, Zhang X, Dong Z
Photoresponsive polymeric microneedles: An innovative way to monitor and treat diseases.
Singh P, Youden B, Carrier A, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Lin S, Nguyen TD, Zhang X
Microfluidic chip interfacing microdialysis and mass spectrometry for in vivo monitoring of nanomedicine pharmacokinetics in real time.
Chen Y, Yang Y, Zeng X, Feng JL, Oakes K, Zhang X, Cui S
Synergistic Multimodal Cancer Therapy Using Glucose Oxidase@CuS Nanocomposites.
Singh P, Youden B, Yang Y, Chen Y, Carrier A, Cui S, Oakes K, Servos M, Jiang R, Zhang X
Nitrite-enhanced copper-based Fenton reactions for biofilm removal.
Wang L, Peng R, Liu X, Heng C, Miao Y, Wang W, Carrier A, Oakes K, Zhang X
Baseline characterization of sediments and marine biota near industrial effluent discharge in Northumberland Strait, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Chaudhary M, Walker TR, Willis R, Oakes K
Homeowner water quality testing through use of miniaturized ISE and FET-based sensor arrays
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken KDO
Keywords: arsenic, lead, manganese, iron; drinking water; dug and drilled well contamination; escherichia coli; field-effect transistor (fet) sensor; integrated modular device; ion-selctive electrode (ise) sensor; microbial and chemical analytes; multi-electrode array sensor; smartphone application interface
Use of nano- and bio-materials to mitigate aquacultural biofouling
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken
Enhancing Maritime Industry Resilience and Sustainability by Development of Non-toxic Anti-Fouling Marine Coatings
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken KD
Assessment of Waste Heat Capture Feasibility from Pulp Mill Waste Stream As Foundation for Eco-Industrial Park
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken
Guiding sustainable bio-industrial synergies for optimal GHG mitigation and regional economic development
Principal investigators: Adams, Michelle
Fabrication of visible light-excited photocatalytic TiO2 nanocomposite membranes for removal of organic pollutants and pathogenic microorganisms
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken
Fermentative manipulations of cell wall polysaccharides to enhance seaweed extract by-product value
Principal investigators: Oakes, Ken
iCreate Cape Breton: fostering youth resilience in the face of slow violence
Keywords: history education; northern issues; curriculum development; Nunavut; Franklin expedition
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xu Zhang and Ken Oakes: 11 shared papers
- Mark Servos and Xu Zhang: 9 shared papers
- Mark Servos and Ken Oakes: 6 shared papers
- Margaret Walsh and Ken Oakes: 1 shared paper
- Biology
- Chemistry - Cape Breton University
- Civil and Resource Engineering
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