List of Publications
2025
Kaayyooof Fikadu Gutema, Menbere Leul Mekonnen, Bitania Tekilu Yilma; Tesfaye Eshete Asrat, Jan Dellith,Marco Diegel, Andrea Csáki , Wolfgang Fritzsche, Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Sulfite in Red Wine Using Alginate-Copper Laccase Nanozyme with Smartphone as an Optical Readout, ACS measurement Science, 2025 , 5, 1, 145–154
Menbere Leul Mekonnen, Ebrahim M. Abda; Andrea Csáki , Wolfgang Fritzsche Frontiers in Laccase Nanozymes-Enabled Colorimetric Sensing: A review; Analytica Chimica Acta, 2025, 1337,343333
2024
Geleto;S.A., GutemaB. T., Ariti A. M., AnkalaB. A., Achamyeleh;A. A, Mekonnen; E.G., Mekonnen; K.N, Workie;Y.W, E. M. Abda and M. L. Mekonnen;M.L, (2024) 2 - Classification of nanozymes. In Nanozymes. (Edited by R. M. Tripathi, R. N. Pudake, P. Huang, and N. Horzum), pp. 19-44.
Gutema, B. T.; Ariti, A. M.; Geleto, S. A.; Workie, Y. A.; Shitaw, K. N.; Tegegne, W. A.; Mekonnen, M. L.; Abda, E. M., Enhanced oxidoreductase activity of diatom frustule supported Fe3O4 for sensitive colorimetric detection of Cr(VI). J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2024, 457, 115895.
Weldekirstos, H. D.; Mengist, T.; Belachew, N.; Mekonnen, M. L., Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using g-C3N4/CoFe2O4 composite under sunlight irradiation. Results in Chemistry, 2024, 7, 101306
Ahmed;A.M,Mekonnen;M.L, Jote;B.A,Damte;J.Y, Mengesha; E.T, Lednický;T, Mekonnen; K.N, Removal of phosphate from wastewater using zirconium/iron embedded
chitosan/alginate hydrogel beads: An experimental and computational perspective, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 281, 136431
2023
Merga; AM, Geleto;SA, Gutema;BT, Mekonnen;EG, Workie;YA Abda; EM, Mekonnen; M.L, Magnetite chitosan hydrogel nanozyme with intrinsic peroxidase activity for smartphone-assisted colorimetric sensing of thiabendazole, Sensing and Biosensing Research, 2023,42,100595
Seada Abdo Geleto;SA, Merga; AM,Gutema;BT,Abda; EM, Abiye;AA, Abay;SA,Mekonnen; M.L, Workie;YA, Nanocellulose/Fe 3 O 4 /Ag Nanozyme with Robust Peroxidase Activity for Enhanced Antibacterial and Wound Healing Applications, ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 51, 48764–48774
Mekonnen;EG, Shiraw;KN, Hwang BJ, Workie;YA Abda; EM, Mekonnen; M.L,Copper nanoparticles embedded fungal chitosan as a rational and sustainable bionanozyme with robust laccase activity for catalytic oxidation of phenolic pollutants, RSC Advance,2023,13, 32126-32136
Achamyeleh;AA, Ankala;BA, Workie;YA Mekonnen; M.L,Abda; EM, Bacterial nanocellulose/Copper as a robust laccase-mimicking bionanozyme for catalytic oxidation of phenolic pollutants, ACS Omega,2023,8, 45, 43178–43187
Ankala;BA,Achamyeleh;AA, Su;WN, Wotango;AS,Workie;YA, Abda;EM, Mekonnen; M.L,MoS2/Cu as a peptide/nucleotide-matrix-free laccase memetic nanozyme for robust catalytic oxidation of phenolic pollutants,New Joiurnal of Chemistry,2023,47, 19880-19888
Ahimed; AM, Mekonnen; M.L, Mekonnen,;KN, Polymer-based nanocomposite adsorbents for resource recovery from wastewater,RSC Advance, 2023,13, 31687-31703
Ahimed; AM, Mekonnen; M.L, Mekonnen,KN,Review on nanocomposite materials from cellulose, chitosan, alginate, and lignin for removal and recovery of nutrients from wastewater,Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications,2023, 6, 100386
Muluneh;EY, Mekonnen; M.L,Debebe;SE, Determination of Lead(II) and Cadmium(II) in Selected Commercially Available Water-Based Paints of Ethiopia by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry Using a Bismuth-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, ChemistrySelect,2023 ,8, e202300963.
Mekonnen; M.L; Molla; AM, Abda;EM, Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Thiabendazole Based on Its Inhibition Effect on the Peroxidase Mimetic Activity of Ag-MoS2 Nanozyme, ACS Agri Sci Technol, 2023,3,1,82-89
Sisay; GB, Atisme;TB, Workie;YA,Negie, ZW, Mekonnen ML, M/Zr modified nanobiochar from spent coffee grounds for phosphate recovery and its application as a phosphorous release fertilizer, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management,2023, 19, 100766
Sisay; GB and Mekonnen ML, Hydrothermal Synthesis of Mg modified Nanobiochar from Spent Coffee Grounds for Effective Phosphate Removal: Kinetic and Isotherm Studies, ChemistrySelect,2023, 8, e202302288.
2022
Molla; AM, Debebe; SE, Mekonnen; M.L, Sensitive electrochemical detections of Thiabendazole using Ag-MoS2 electrode, Electroanalysis,2022, 35, e202200045.
2021
Mekonnen; M.L., Workie; Y.W, Wei-Nien Su; W.N., Hwang; B.J. plasmonic paper substrates for point-of-need applications: Recent developments and fabrication methods, Sensors Actuators B. Chemical, 2021, 345, 130401
2020
Mekonnen; M .L, Su;W-N, Chen; C-H, Minoru;O., Hwang; B-J, Dielectric nanosheet modified plasmonic-paper as highly sensitive and stable SERS substrate and its application for pesticides detection Spectrochemical Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2020, 225, 117484
Tegegne; W.T., Mekonnen; M.L, Su;W-N, Chen; C-H, Hwang; B-J, Sensitive and reliable detection of deoxynivalenol mycotoxin in pig feed by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy on silver nanocubes@polydopamine substrate, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2020, 229,117940
2018
Mekonnen;M .L, Su;W-N, Chen; C-H, Hwang; B-J,3D-functionalized shell isolated Ag nanocubes on a miniaturized flexible platform for sensitive and selective SERS detection of small molecules, Microchemical Journal, 2018,142, 305-312
2017
Mekonnen; M .L, Su;W-N, Chen; C-H, Hwang; B-J, Ag@SiO2 Nanocubes Loaded Miniaturized Filter Paper as Hybrid Flexible Plasmonic SERS Substrate for Trace Melamine Detection, Analytical Methods, 2017, 9, 6823-6829
Conference Papers:
Mekonnen; M. L,,Plasmonic Sensing based on Silica stablized NPs, DNA Mittle Deoutchland,May 2025, Jena, Germany
Mekonnen; M. L,, Development of nobel nanozymes for multitude of industrial applications, EBTi Annual Conference , Addis Ababa,2023 (Invited Talk)
Molla; AM, Debebe; SE, Mekonnen; M.L.,Sensitive electrochemical detections of Thiabendazole using Ag-MoS2 electrode, 6th international conference on ST , AASTU, May 2022
Mekonnen; M . L, Su; W-N, Chen; C-H, Minoru; O., Hwang; B-J, Flexible plasmonic-paper SERS substrate with an improved assemblage of Ag@SiO2 NCs for food analysis XXVI ICORS, August 2018, Jeju, Korea
Mekonnen; M . L, Su; W-N, Chen; C-H, Hwang; B-J, Hybrid Flexible Plasmonic SERS Substrate with Improved Assemblage of Ag@SiO2 Nanocubes on a Miniaturized Paper Platform, ECS Meeting Abstracts, 2018