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        Books

• Florinel-Gabriel Banica, Chemical Sensors and Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2012.  ISBN 97804470710661.
  Available online at Wiley Online Library;  ProQuest
  
  A list of corrections to the first print version is available here.
  
  Russian translation: Technosphera, Moscow, 2014 (Баника Ф.-Г., Химические и биологические сенсоры: основы и применения, Техносфера, Москва, 2014г). ISBN: 978-5-94836-380-6.
  
  
  Recent publications in periodicals

• E. Catelli, F.G. Bănică and Ana Bănică, Salt efflorescence in historic wooden buildings, Heritage Science (2016) 4:31. Full paper
  
• K.F. Gebremariam, L. Kvittingen, and F.G. Banica, Physico-Chemical Characterisation of Pigments and Binders of Murals in a Church in Ethiopia, Archaeometry, Article first published online: 19 May 2015. Abstract;  Full paper
  
•  K.F. Gebremariam, L. Kvittingen, and F.G. Banica, "Application of a portable XRF analyzer to investigate the medieval wall paintings of Yemrehanna Krestos Church, Ethiopia". X-Ray Spectrometry,  42 (2013) 462. Abstract
  
• Z. Garaiova, M.A. Mohsin, V. Vargova, F.G. Banica, and T. Hianik., "Complexation of cytochrome c with calixarenes incorporated into the lipid vesicles and supported membranes". Bioelectrochemistry,  87 (2012) 220
• M.A. Mohsin, F.G. Banica, T. Oshima, and T. Hianik, "Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for assessing the recognition of cytochrome c by immobilized calixarenes". Electroanalysis, . 23 (2011)1229.
•  M.A. Mohsin, T. Hianik, F.G. Banica, T. Oshima, and D.P. Nikolelis, "A study of the properties of self-assembled bimolecular layers on the gold electrode with incorporated calixarenes for dopamine and epinephrine detection", in Sensing in electroanalysis, K. Vytras, K. Kalcher, and I. Svancara, Editors. 2010, University Press Center, Pardubice, p. 185.
• F.G. Banica,  M. Galik, I. Svancara, K. Vytras, "Electrochemical Investigation of Metal Sulfides at Mercury Electrodes Using Thiourea as a Source of Sulfide Ion". Electroanalysis, 21(2009) 332.
• M. Galik, F.G. Banica, Ana Banica , I. Svancara, K. Vytras,"New Electrocatalytic Reactions at a Mercury Electrode in the Presence of Homocysteine or Cysteine and Cobalt or Nickel Ions". Electroanalysis,  21(2009)130 .
• Ana Banica, Alina Culetu and F.G. Banica, “Electrochemical and EQCM investigation of L-selenomethionine in adsorbed state at gold electrodes”J. Electroanal. Chem., 599 (2007) 100-110.doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.09.023
• T. Mikysek, I. Svancara, K. Vytras, F.G. Banica, ”Functionalised resin-modified carbon paste sensor for the voltammetric determination of Pb(II) within a wide concentration range. Electrochemi. Commun., 10 (2008) 242–245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2007.11.032 .
• F. G. Banica, Beata Kafar, Slawomira Skrzypek, W. Ciesielski, “Selenomethionine-catalyzed nickel ion reduction at a mercury electrode: applications in the analysis of nutritional supplements”. Electroanalysis, 18 (2006). 2269. Full paper.
• Bente-Jeanette Foss, Ana Ion, Vassilia Partali, H.-R.Sliwka, and F. G. Banica, ”Electrochemical and EQCM investigation of a selenium derivatized carotenoid in the self-assembled state at a gold electrode”, J. Electroanal. Chem., 593 (2006) 15-28. Full paper
• Bente Jeanette Foss, Ana Ion, Vassilia Partali, H -R Sliwka and F. G. Banica,  "1-(7-Selenaoctanoyl)-glycerol as an Anchor for Self-Assembly of Biological Compounds at the Gold Surface",  Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.,69 ( 2004) 1971-1996. Abstract
• Ana Ion, V. Partali, H. R. Sliwka, F. G. Banica,"Electrochemistry of a carotenoid self-assembled monolayer", Electrochem. Commun. 4 (2002 ) 674. Post print
• Ana Ion, F. G. Banica, "Direct electrochemistry of bovine hearth cytochrome c promoted by cysteine derivatives and analogous. Some effects of promoter structure",  J. Solid State Electrochem., 5(2001) 431.Abstract
• Ana Ion, T. Ljones, F. G. Banica, "Eectrochemistry of dopamine beta-hydroxylase in adsorbed state at a gold electrode",  Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 69 (2004) 759. Abstract
• F. G. Banica,  A. Ion, "Kinetics: Electrocatalysis-based Determination" (invited contribution), in R. A. Meyers, Ed.,  Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: Instrumentation and Applications, J. Wiley, New York, 2000, pp. 11115-11144. EAC on line
• N. Spataru, F. G. Banica, "Catalytic hydrogen evolution in cathodic stripping voltammetry on a mercury electrode in the presence of cobalt(II)  ion and phenylthiourea or thiourea". Analyst, 126 (2001) 1907.
• Ana Ion, M. B. Costache, I. V. Grecu, F. G. Banica, "Alternating Current tensammetry of tetraphenylborate (TPB) and its application for potassium determination", Electroanalysis, 15 (2003) 1415.
• F. G. Banica, " A simple hanging mercury drop electrode". J. Chem. Educ., 77 (2000) 98. See an application of this device
• F. G. Banica, Ana Ion, "On the voltammetric determination of the stability constants for some metal ions complexes with the hydrogen sulfide anion". Talanta,  45 (1998) 1031 (doi:10.1016/S0039-9140(97)00190-2 ). Includes comments on the paper entitled "Determination of Metal (Bi)Sulfide Stability Constants of Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Zn²⁺ by Voltammetric Methods" by G.W. Luther III et al, Environ. Sci. Technol. 30 (1996), 671 (DOI: 10.1021/es950417i). See also comments by W. Davison , Environ. Sci. Technol. 30 (1996), 3638 (DOI: 10.1021/es960420h).