Dr Ross Gillanders

Senior Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3036

Email

rg89@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

With a background in water quality sensor development in industry and academia, my current research is primarily focused on explosive vapour detection by optical sensing for landmines and IEDs. In the Organic Semiconductor Centre we develop and characterise conjugated polymer films that are sensitive to nitroaromatic molecules such as TNT. My main focus is in developing the instrumentation to take these advanced materials into the field, and improving selectivity and specificity for target molecules.

Other active research interests include:

• Sol-gel coatings for molecular imprinting
• Detection of explosive molecules in aqueous environments
• Pesticide sensing
• Preconcentration materials and techniques for trace chemical sampling and detection
• Use of honeybees in environmental sensing
• Sensor arrays. 

Selected publications

• APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CHEMICALS USING OPTICAL SENSORS

  Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G., Samuel, I. D. W. & Glackin, J. M. E., 20 Apr 2023, IPC No. G01N 21/64 2006.1, G01N 31/22 2006.1, G01N 21/78 2006.1, Patent No. WO/2023/062357, 11 Oct 2022, Priority date 12 Oct 2021, Priority No. 2114557.8

  Research output: Patent

• Open access

  Fluorescence lifetime imaging for explosive detection

  Matheson, A. B., Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Henderson, R., 13 Nov 2023, In: Optics Letters. 48, 22, p. 6015-6018 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Thermal control of organic semiconductors for trace detection of explosives

  Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N., Mohammed, S. & Turnbull, G. A., 21 Nov 2023, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25, 43, p. 29548-2955 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Honeybee-based biohybrid system for landmine detection

  Filipi, J., Stojnić, V., Muštra, M., Gillanders, R. N., Jovanović, V., Gajić, S., Turnbull, G. A., Babić, Z., Kezić, N. & Risojević, V., 10 Jan 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 803, 9 p., 150041.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Biomonitoring for wide area surveying in landmine detection using honeybees and optical sensing

  Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. ME., Babić, Z., Muštra, M., Simić, M., Kezić, N., Turnbull, G. A. & Filipi, J., Jun 2021, In: Chemosphere. 273, 8 p., 129646.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Comparison of UV-A photolytic and UV/TiO₂ photocatalytic effects on Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7813 and four microcystin analogues: a pilot scale study

  Menezes, I., Capelo-Neto, J., Pestana, C. J., Clemente, A., Hui, J., Irvine, J. T. S., Nimal Gunaratne, H. Q., Robertson, P. K. J., Edwards, C., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Lawton, L. A., 15 Nov 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 298, 11 p., 113519.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Thermal desorption of explosives vapour from organic fluorescent sensors

  Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N. & Turnbull, G., 2 Dec 2021, In: Chemistry Proceedings. 5, 1, 6 p., 11.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Explosives detection by swabbing for improvised explosive devices

  Glackin, J. M. E., Gillanders, R. N., Eriksson, F., Fjällgren, M., Engblom, J., Mohammed, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G., 5 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Analyst. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Sensing of explosive vapor by hybrid perovskites: effect of dimensionality

  Harwell, J. R., Glackin, J. M. E., Davis, N. J. L. K., Gillanders, R. N., Credington, D., Turnbull, G. & Samuel, I. D. W., 10 Jul 2020, In: APL Materials. 8, 9 p., 0771106.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Biological Method (Bees) for Explosive Detection

  Gillanders, R. N. & Turnbull, G. A., 2019, Explosives Detection: Sensors, Electronic Systems and Data Processing. Capineri, L. & Turmus, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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