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Zubair, Abdullah; Al Mamun, Abdullah; McNamara, Karrina; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Islam, Fakhrul; Lebedev, Vasily A.
(Elsevier, 2020)
In this study, we have synthesized Ti(1-x)SmxO2 (x = 0–20%) nanocomposites by adopting an aqueous sol-gel route. A two or multi-phase mixture of titania and samarium oxide could be expected as samarium added >5% may exceed ...
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Hanley, Emma Sarah
(University of Limerick, 2015)
The world is transitioning to a decarbonised economy, less than 300 years after the emergence of the industrial revolution. There is widespread acceptance for this transition due to accelerating climate change, increasing ...
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Mogili, Naga Vishnu V.; Tanner, David A.; Nakahara, Shohei
(Wiley & Sons, 2016)
Strained superlattices (SSLs) are typically found inside the p-n junction area of semiconductor devices and consist of very thin alternating layers of different material. There exists a small lattice mismatch between these ...
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Clancy, Neil T.; Leahy, Martin J.; Nilsson, Gert E.; Anderson, Chris
(Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2007)
Skin behaves as a viscoelastic material, having mechanical properties composed of elastic and fluid components. Upon indentation, the fibres are stretched and fluid displaced from the compressed region. The rate of recovery ...
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Jadhav, Vijaykumar V.; Kore, Ronan M.; Thorat, Nanasaheb D.; Yun, Je Moon; Ho Kim, Kwang; Mane, Rajaram S.; O'Dwyer, Colm
(IOP Publishing, 2018)
Nickel (Ni) foam-based symmetric/asymmetric electrochemical supercapacitors benefit from a randomly 3D structured porous geometry that functions as an active material support and as a current collector. The surface composition ...
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Quill, Nathan; Buckley, Noel; O’Dwyer, Colm; Lynch, Robert P.
(Electrochemical Society, 2019)
Anodization of n-InP electrodes was carried out over a range of temperatures and KOH concentrations. Scanning electron microscopy showed <111>A aligned pore growth with pore width decreasing as the temperature was increased. ...
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Rice, Daragh; Mouras, Rabah; Gleeson, Matthew; Liu, Ning; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Soulimane, Tewfik; Silien, Christophe
(American Chemical Society, 2018)
Noble-metal nanoparticles size and packing density are critical for sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and controlled preparation of such films required to achieve reproducibility. Provided that they are ...
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Liu, Pia; Singh, Shalini; Guo, Yina; Wang, Jian-Jun; Xu, Hongxing; Silien, Christophe; Liu, Ning; Ryan, Kevin M.
(2017)
Herein we report the formation of multi-layered arrays of vertically aligned and close packed semiconductor nanorods in perfect registry at a substrate using electric field assisted assembly. The collective properties of ...
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Poudel, Anup; Fernandez, Marc A.; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Biggs, Manus J.
(University of Nebraska Press, 2019)
Analysis of the cellular response to piezoelectric materials has been driven by the
discovery that many tissue components exhibit piezoelectric behavior ex vivo.
In particular, polyvinylidene fluoride and the trifluoroethylene ...
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Nirmalraj, Peter N.; Thompson, Damien; Riel, Heike E.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
The drive towards organic computing is gaining momentum. Interestingly, the building blocks
for such architectures is based on molecular ensembles extending from nucleic acids to synthetic
molecules. Advancement in this ...
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Khan, Pritam; Brennan, Grace; Lillis, James; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Liu, Ning; Silien, Christophe
(MDPI, 2020)
Optical properties of metal nanostructures, governed by the so-called localised surface
plasmon resonance(LSPR) effects,have envoked intensive investigations in recent times owing to their fundamental nature and potential ...
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Kumar, Vasanth K.; Srinivas, Gadipelli; Wood, Barbara; Ramisetty, Kiran A.; Stewart, Andrew A.; Howard, Christopher A.; Brett, Dan; Rodriquez-Reinoso, F.
(American Society of Chemistry, 2019)
Characterization of the guest-host interactions and the heterogeneity of porous materials is
essential across the physical and biological sciences, for example for gas sorption and separation,
pollutant removal from ...
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Kermavnar, Tjaša; O'Sullivan, Kevin Jeremiah; Casey, Vincent; de Eyto, Adam; O'Sullivan, Leonard
(Elsevier, 2020)
Soft exoskeletons apply compressive forces at the limbs via connection cuffs to actuate movement or stabilise joints. To avoid excessive mechanical loading, the interface with the wearer's body needs to be carefully designed. ...
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Bangert, Ursel; Pierce, W.; Boothroyd, C.; Pan, C.-T.; Gwilliam, R.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
lasmons in the visible/UV energy regime have attracted great attention, especially in nano-materials, with regards to applications in opto-electronics and light harvesting; tailored enhancement of such plasmons is of ...
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Oboroceanu, Daniela; Quill, Nathan; Lenihan, Catherine; Ní Eidhin, Deirdre; Albu, Sergiu P.; Lynch, Robert P.; Buckley, Noel
(Electrochemical Society, 2016)
The stability of typical vanadium flowbattery (VFB) catholytes with respect to precipitation of V2O5 was investigated at temperatures
in the range 30–60◦C. In all cases a precipitate formed after an induction time, which ...
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Hsieh, Wen Ting; Wu, Pin Chieh; Khurgin, Jacob B.; Tsai, Din Ping; Liu, Ning; Sun, Greg
(American Chemical Society, 2018)
In the past decade or two, the field of nanophotonics has seen rapid development, empowered by introducing the concepts of plasmonics and metamaterials. The enabling feature behind this progress has been the use of noble ...
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Barrett, Christopher A.; Singh, Ajay; Murphy, Joseph A.; O'Sullivan, Catriona; Buckley, Noel; Ryan, Kevin M.
(American Chemical Society, 2011)
Colloidal carbon spheres were synthesized by the carbonization of squalane, a nonvolatile hydrocarbon solvent, in supercritical carbon dioxide. Precise pressure modulation of the fluid medium led to size controlled growth ...
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Chadwick, Edward G.; Mogili, Naga Vishnu V.; O'Dwyer, Colm; Moore, Jimmy D.; Fletcher, John S.; Laffir, Fathima R.; Armstrong, Gordon; Tanner, David A.
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013)
Porous silicon is generally achieved through electro-chemical etching or chemical etching of bulk silicon in hydrofluoric acid based solutions. The work presented here explores the effect of a chemical etching process on ...
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Broggy, Joanne
(University of Limerick, 2010)
Irish students’ interest and enjoyment of science deteriorates as they progress
through formal education and subsequently enrolments in the physical sciences at
second and third level education are low. Research in science ...
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Wasserberg, Dorothee; Cabanas-Danés, Jordi; Prangsma, Jord; O'Mahony, Shane; Cazade, Pierre-André; Tromp, Eldrich; Blum, Christian; Thompson, Damien; Huskens, Jurriaan; Subramaniam, Vinod; Jonkheijm, Pascal
(American Chemical Society, 2017)
We report oriented immobilization of proteins
using the standard hexahistidine (His6)-Ni2+:NTA
(nitrilotriacetic acid) methodology, which we systematically
tuned to give control of surface coverage. Fluorescence
microscopy ...