Where We Publish:
Dr. Renault has published in some of the most reputable scientific journals such as Nature and the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).
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44. Dominique, Emily, and Christophe Renault. “Is the catalytic current always proportional to the surface area of an electro-catalyst?” Chemical Communications, vol. 62, no. 22, 25 Feb. 2026, pp. 6174–6177, https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc00132g.
43. Dominique, Emily, Alexandre Da-Silva, Philippe Allongue, and Christophe Renault. “Ph-induced conformational change of amine-terminated self-assembled monolayers.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 129, no. 44, 24 Oct. 2025, pp. 19981–19991, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05627.
42. Dominique, Emily, and Christophe Renault. “Single entity electrochemistry in Motion.” Electroanalysis, vol. 37, no. 3, 17 Mar. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.12040.
41. Dominique, Emily, and Christophe Renault. “Towards the rational design of n-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-n′-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine (6PPD) electrochemical sensor.” The Analyst, vol. 149, no. 21, 22 Aug. 2024, pp. 5165–5173, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4an00973h.
40. Rana, Ashutosh, Kingshuk Roy, Joseph N Heil, James H Nguyen, Christophe Renault, Brian M Tackett, and Jeffrey E Dick. “Realizing the kinetic origin of hydrogen evolution for aqueous zinc metal batteries.” Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 14, no. 43, 2 Sept. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202402521.
39. Clarke, Thomas B., Lynn E Krushinski, Kathryn J Vannoy, Guillermo Colon-Quintana, Kingshuk Roy, Ashutosh Rana, Christophe Renault, Megan L Hill, Jeffrey E Dick. “Single entity electrocatalysis.” Chemical Reviews, vol. 124, no. 15, 17 July 2024, pp. 9015–9080, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00723.
38. Vannoy, Kathryn J., Myles Quinn Edwards, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “An electrochemical perspective on reaction acceleration in microdroplets.” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 1, 17 July 2024, pp. 149–171, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-061622-030919.
37. Rana, Ashutosh, James H Nguyen, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Concentration enrichment in a dissolving microdroplet: Accessing sub-nanomolar electroanalysis.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 96, no. 14, 27 Mar. 2024, pp. 5384–5391, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04971.
36. Rana, Ashutosh, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Understanding dynamic voltammetry in a dissolving microdroplet.” The Analyst, vol. 149, no. 15, 30 Apr. 2024, pp. 3939–3950, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4an00299g.
35. Rana, Ashutosh, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Measuring liquid-into-liquid diffusion coefficients by dissolving microdroplet electroanalysis.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 51, 11 Dec. 2023, pp. 18748–18753, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03256.
34. Lemay, Serge G., Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Particle Mass Transport in impact electrochemistry.” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, vol. 39, 1 June 2023, p. 101265, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101265.
33. Vannoy, Kathryn J., Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “The microelectrode insulator influences water nanodroplet collisions.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 18, 24 Apr. 2023, pp. 7286–7293, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00287.
32. Colón-Quintana, Guillermo S., Kathryn J Vannoy, Christophe Renault, Silvia Voci, Jeffrey E Dick. “Tuning the three-phase microenvironment geometry promotes phase formation.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 126, no. 47, 18 Nov. 2022, pp. 20004–20010, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03973.
31. Renault, Christophe, Cecilia Laborde, Andrea Cossettini, Luca Selmi, Frans Widdershoven, Serge G Lemay. “Electrochemical characterization of individual oil micro-droplets by high-frequency nanocapacitor array imaging.” Faraday Discussions, vol. 233, 19 Aug. 2021, pp. 175–189, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1fd00044f.
30. Deng, Zejun, and Christophe Renault. “Detection of individual insulating entities by electrochemical blocking.” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, vol. 25, 1 Feb. 2021, p. 100619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2020.08.001.
29. Pendergast, Andrew D., Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Correlated optical–electrochemical measurements reveal bidirectional current steps for graphene Nanoplatelet collisions at Ultramicroelectrodes.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 93, no. 5, 25 Jan. 2021, pp. 2898–2906, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04409.
28. Deng, Zejun, and Christophe Renault. “Unravelling the last milliseconds of an individual graphene nanoplatelet before impact with a PT surface by bipolar electrochemistry.” Chemical Science, vol. 12, no. 37, 16 Aug. 2021, pp. 12494–12500, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc03646g.
27. Pendergast, Andrew D., Zejun Deng, Fouad Maroun, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Revealing dynamic rotation of single graphene nanoplatelets on electrified Microinterfaces.” ACS Nano, vol. 15, no. 1, 16 Dec. 2020, pp. 1250–1258, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c08406.
26. Moazzenzade, Taghi, Xiaojun Yang, Luc Walterbos, Jurriaan Huskens, Christophe Renault, Serge G Lemay. “Self-induced convection at microelectrodes via electroosmosis and its influence on impact electrochemistry.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 142, no. 42, 12 Oct. 2020, pp. 17908–17912, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08450.
25. Deng, Zejun, Fouad Maroun, Jeffrey E Dick, Christophe Renault. “Detection of individual conducting graphene nanoplatelet by electro-catalytic depression.” Electrochimica Acta, vol. 355, 20 Sept. 2020, p. 136805, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136805.
24. Renault, Christophe, and Serge G. Lemay. “Electrochemical collisions of individual graphene oxide sheets: An analytical and fundamental study.” ChemElectroChem, vol. 7, no. 1, 17 Dec. 2019, pp. 69–73, https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201901606.
23. Glasscott, Matthew W., Andrew D Pendergast, Sondrica Goines, Anthony R Bishop, Andy T Hoang, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “Electrosynthesis of high-entropy metallic glass nanoparticles for designer, multi-functional electrocatalysis.” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, 10 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11219-4.
22. Pendergast, Andrew D., Matthew W. Glasscott, Christophe Renault, Jeffrey E Dick. “One-step electrodeposition of ligand-free PdPt alloy nanoparticles from water droplets: Controlling size, coverage, and elemental stoichiometry.” Electrochemistry Communications, vol. 98, 1 Jan. 2019, pp. 1–5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.11.005.
21. Deng, Zejun, Ridha Elattar, Fouad Maroun, Christophe Renault. “In situ measurement of the size distribution and concentration of insulating particles by electrochemical collision on Hemispherical Ultramicroelectrodes.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 90, no. 21, 4 Oct. 2018, pp. 12923–12929, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03550.
20. Arulrajan, Antony Cyril, Christophe Renault, Stanley CS Lai. “How changes in interfacial pH lead to new voltammetric features: The case of the electrochemical oxidation of hydrazine.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 20, no. 17, 6 Apr. 2018, pp. 11787–11793, https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp01835a.
19. Lemay, Serge G., Cecilia Laborde, Christophe Renault, Andrea Cossettini, Luca Selmi, Frans P Widdershoven. “High-frequency nanocapacitor arrays: Concept, recent developments, and outlook.” Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 49, no. 10, 19 Sept. 2016, pp. 2355–2362, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00349.
18. Kim, Jiyeon, Christophe Renault, Nikoloz Nioradze, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Kevin C Leonard, Allen J Bard. “Nanometer scale scanning electrochemical microscopy instrumentation.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 88, no. 20, 3 Oct. 2016, pp. 10284–10289, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03024.
17. Kim, Jiyeon, Christophe Renault, Nikoloz Nioradze, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Kevin C Leonard, Allen J Bard. “Electrocatalytic activity of individual Pt nanoparticles studied by Nanoscale Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 138, no. 27, 29 June 2016, pp. 8560–8568, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b03980.
16. Renault, Christophe, Véronique Balland, Benoît Limoges, Cyrille Costentin. “Chronoabsorptometry to investigate conduction-band-mediated electron transfer in mesoporous tio2 thin films.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 119, no. 27, 22 June 2015, pp. 14929–14937, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03477.
15. Dick, Jeffrey E., Christophe Renault, Allen J Bard. “Observation of single-protein and DNA macromolecule collisions on Ultramicroelectrodes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 137, no. 26, 29 June 2015, pp. 8376–8379, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b04545.
14. Renault, Christophe, Kyle Marchuk, Hyun S Ahn, Eric J Titus, Jiyeon Kim, Katherine A Willets, Allen J Bard. “Observation of nanometer-sized electro-active defects in insulating layers by fluorescence microscopy and Electrochemistry.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 87, no. 11, 15 May 2015, pp. 5730–5737, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00898.
13. Renault, Christophe, Lionel Nicole, Clément Sanchez, Cyrille Costentin, Véronique Balland, Benoît Limoges. “Unraveling the charge transfer/electron transport in mesoporous semiconductive tio2 films by voltabsorptometry.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 17, no. 16, 2015, pp. 10592–10607, https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00023h.
12. Dick, Jeffrey E., Christophe Renault, Byung‐Kwon Kim, Allen J Bard. “Simultaneous detection of single attoliter droplet collisions by electrochemical and electrogenerated chemiluminescent responses.” Angewandte Chemie, vol. 126, no. 44, 11 Sept. 2014, pp. 12053–12056, https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201407937.
11. Dick, Jeffrey E., Christophe Renault, Byung-Kwon Kim, Allen J Bard. “Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of common organic luminophores in water using an emulsion system.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 136, no. 39, 19 Sept. 2014, pp. 13546–13549, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja507198r.
10. Scida, Karen, Josephine C Cunningham, Christophe Renault, Ian Richards, Richard M Crooks. “Simple, sensitive, and quantitative electrochemical detection method for paper analytical devices.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 86, no. 13, 11 June 2014, pp. 6501–6507, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac501004a.
9. Renault, Christophe, Jessica Koehne, Antonio J Ricco, Richard M Crooks. “Three-dimensional wax patterning of paper fluidic devices.” Langmuir, vol. 30, no. 23, 4 June 2014, pp. 7030–7036, https://doi.org/10.1021/la501212b.
8. Fosdick, Stephen E., Morgan J Anderson, Christophe Renault, Paul R DeGregory, James A Loussaert, Richard M Crooks. “Wire, mesh, and fiber electrodes for paper-based electroanalytical devices.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 86, no. 7, 13 Mar. 2014, pp. 3659–3666, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5004294.
7. Renault, Christophe, Morgan J. Anderson, Richard M Crooks. “Electrochemistry in hollow-channel paper analytical devices.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 136, no. 12, 17 Mar. 2014, pp. 4616–4623, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4118544.
6. Renault, Christophe, Xiang Li, Stephen E Fosdick, Richard M Crooks. “Hollow-channel paper analytical devices.” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 85, no. 16, 9 Aug. 2013, pp. 7976–7979, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac401786h.
5. Renault, Christophe, Karen Scida, Kyle N Knust, Stephen E Fosdick, Richard M Crooks. “Paper-based Bipolar Electrochemistry.” Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology, vol. 4, no. 4, 31 Dec. 2013, pp. 146–152, https://doi.org/10.5229/jecst.2013.4.4.146.
4. Schaming, Delphine, Christophe Renault, Ryan T Tucker, Stéphanie Lau-Truong, Jean Aubard, Michael J Brett, Véronique Balland, Benoît Limoges. “Spectroelectrochemical characterization of small hemoproteins adsorbed within nanostructured mesoporous Ito Electrodes.” Langmuir, vol. 28, no. 39, 18 Sept. 2012, pp. 14065–14072, https://doi.org/10.1021/la302913j.
3. Renault, Christophe, Claude P. Andrieux, Ryan T Tucker, Michael J Brett, Véronique Balland, Benoît Limoges. “Unraveling the mechanism of catalytic reduction of O2 by microperoxidase-11 adsorbed within a transparent 3D-nanoporous ITO film.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 134, no. 15, 9 Apr. 2012, pp. 6834–6845, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja301193s.
2. Renault, Christophe, Kenneth D. Harris, Michael J Brett, Véronique Balland, Benoît Limoges. “Time-resolved UV-visible spectroelectrochemistry using transparent 3D-mesoporous nanocrystalline ITO electrodes.” Chem. Commun., vol. 47, no. 6, 3 Dec. 2010, pp. 1863–1865, https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cc04154h.
1. Renault, Christophe, Véronique Balland, Eugenia Martinez-Ferrero, Lionel Nicole, Clément Sanchez, Benoît Limoges. “Highly ordered transparent mesoporous tio2 thin films: An attractive matrix for efficient immobilization and spectroelectrochemical characterization of cytochrome c.” Chemical Communications, no. 48, 2009, p. 7494, https://doi.org/10.1039/b919976d.
