• Investigations on additive manufacturing for the production of personalised dosage forms of low-dose and thermolabile drugs 

  Kollamaram, Gayathri (University of Limerick, 2018)

  This thesis reports investigations on Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques, namely valvejet technology and fused deposition modelling for the production of personalised dosage forms of low dose and low-melting ...
• Rationalising crystal nucleation of organic molecules in solution using artificial neural networks 

  Hjorth, Timothy; Svärd, Michael; Rasmuson, Åke C. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  In this study, the method of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is applied to analyse the effect of various solute, solvent, and solution properties on the difficulty of primary nucleation, without bias towards any ...
• Metal-organic materials as electrode precursors and hosts for lithium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries 

  Foley, Sarah (Univesity of Limerick, 2018)

  This thesis describes the development of a range of metal oxide, metal chalcogenide and metal alloy composites, using metal-organic materials (MOMs) as sacrificial precursors and their application as electrode materials ...
• Nanotechnology for energy conversion and storage: synthesis and processing of metal sulfide nanoparticles for thin film solar cells and lithium Ion batteries 

  Bree, Gerard (University of Limerick, 2018)

  This thesis describes work carried out on the synthesis and processing of metal sulfide nanoparticles, taking advantage of distinct nano-characteristics and low-cost processing techniques to fabricate high performance ...
• Selective adsorption of water, methanol, and ethanol by naphthalene diimide-based coordination polymers with constructed open Cu2+ metal sites and separation of ethanol/acetonitrile 

  Li, Guo-Bi; Song, Bai-Qiao; Wang, Shi-Qiang; Pei, Ling-Min; Liu, Sheng-Gui; Song, Jiang-Li; Yang, Qing‐Yuan (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  The selective separation of ethanol/acetonitrile by porous materials has rarely been observed owing to their similar physicochemical properties. In this work, we report a new coordination network, [Cu2(4-pmntd)2(opd)2](4-pmntd ...
• Promotion of mefenamic acid nucleation by a surfactant additive, docusate sodium 

  Bodnár, Katalin; Hudson, Sarah P.; Rasmuson, Åke C. (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  The influence of docusate sodium (DOSS) on the nucleation of mefenamic acid (MEF) has been studied in different dimethylacetamide (DMA)–water mixtures. A series of induction time experiments were conducted under moderate ...
• Hydrothermal in-plane-shear strength of carbon fibre/benzoxazine laminates manufactured out-of-autoclave by liquid-resin-infusion 

  Comer, Anthony J.; Ray, Dipa K.; Clancy, Gearóid J.; Obande, Winifred O.; Rosca, Inga; McGrail, Patrick Terry; Stanley, Walter (Elsevier, 2019)

  Benzoxazine’s have recently emerged as new candidate resins for elevated temperature structural applications in the aerospace sector offering attractive attributes including infusibility under vacuum, fire-smoke-toxicity ...
• Unravelling the link between solvent-mediated proton transfer and the salt formation of saccharin and sulfamethazine 

  Padrela, Luis; Zeglinski, Jacek; Ryan, Kevin M. (American Chemical Society, 2018)

  Molecular tautomerism has been reported to play an important role in the crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients, particularly in the formation of pharmaceutical cocrystals and salts. In this work, by combining ...
• Electrochemical characterisation of Ni(II)-Crown type Polyoxometalate doped polypyrrole films for the catalytic reduction of bromate in water 

  Ali, Bushra; Laffir, Fathima R.; Kailas, Lekshmi; Armstrong, Gordon; O'Connell, Robbie; McCormac, Timothy (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  The nickel substituted (Ni4[(P8W48O184)(WO2)]28–, crown type polyoxometalate was electrochemically polymerised with conducting polymer pyrrole for the electrocatalytic reduction of bromate in water. The immobilized films ...
• Protecting bactofencin A to enable its antimicrobial activity using mesoporous matrices 

  Durack, Edel; Mallen, Sarah; O'Connor, Paula M.; Rea, Mary C.; Ross, R.Paul; Hill, Colin; Hudson, Sarah P. (Elsevier, 2019)

  There is huge global concern surrounding the emergence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and this is resulting in an inability to treat infectious diseases. This is due to a lack of new antimicrobials coming to the market ...
• Standardization of research methods employed in assessing the interaction metallic-based nanoparticles and the blood-brain barrier: present and future perspectives 

  Ross, Aisling M.; Mc Nulty, David; O'Dwyer, Colm; Grabrucker, Andreas M.; Cronin, Patrick; Mulvihill, John J. (Elsevier, 2019)
• A study of the influence of processing parameters on steering of carbon Fibre/PEEK tapes using laser-assisted tape placement 

  Clancy, Gearóid J.; Peeters, Daniël; Oliveri, Vincenzo; Jones, David; O'Higgins, Ronan M.; Weaver, Paul M. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Laser-assisted Automated Tape Placement (LATP) in-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites has significant potential to produce repeatable and accurate components more efficiently than conventional processing methods. ...
• Na2VO5 from sodium ion-exchanged vanadium oxide nanotubes and its efficient reversible lithiation as a Li-Ion anode material 

  McNulty, David; Buckley, Noel; O'Dwyer, Colm (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  Efficient synthetic protocols for stable oxide materials as Li-ion battery electrodes are important not only for improving long-term battery performance but also for tackling potential material abundance issues and ...
• Microscale modelling of the deformation of a martensitic steel using the Voronoi Tessellation method 

  Sun, Fengwei; Meade, Edward D.; O'Dowd, Noel P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  The deformation of a martensitic steel (P91) at the microscale is investigated using the finite element method. The approach takes into account the hierarchical grain-packet-block microstructure of the steel as determined ...
• Anodic formation of nanoporous indium phosphide in KOH electrolytes: effects of temperature and concentration 

  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. ...
• Transforming cities by designing with communities 

  Webb, Rosemarie; Avram, Gabriela; Buron, Javier; Joyce, Aisling (Springer, 2018)

  The Adaptive Governance Lab at the School of Architecture at University of Limerick has been working collaboratively with local government officials and community activists on action research projects co-designing with ...
• This is our city! Urban communities re-appropriating their city 

  Avram, Gabriela (Springer, 2018)

  In this chapter, the author examines a citizen-driven intervention regarded as “city hacking”; the initiative empowered citizens to organize themselves around a communal issue and enact urban interventions at economic, ...
• Investigation of the interfacial interactions in epoxy nano-composites filled with functionalized graphene based fillers 

  Chakraborty, Souvik; Barbezat, Michel; Cuervo Reyes, Eduardo; Chakraborty, Amit Kumar; Terrasi, Giovanni P. (Taylor and Frances, 2019)

  This work discusses the investigation of filler-matrix interfacial interactions in epoxy matrices filled with different loadings of graphene based fillers – graphene oxide (GO) and n-butylamine functionalized graphene oxide ...
• Carrier particle mediated stabilization and isolation of valsartan nanoparticles 

  Kumar, Ajay; Davern, Peter; Hodnett, Benjamin K.; Hudson, Sarah P. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Drug nanoparticles are a promising solution to the challenging issues of low dissolution rates and erratic bioavailability due to their greater surface/volume ratio. The central purpose of this study is to prepare, stabilize ...
• Development of high power laser ablation process for polycrystalline diamond polishing - Part 1: Fundamental understanding of PCD ultra-short pulsed laser ablation 

  Holtz, Ronald; Scalbert, William; Tanner, David A.; Laffir, Fathima R.; Holtz, Ronald (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2018)

  Diamond exhibits incredible chemical and mechanical properties Utilization of diamond for industrial applications has universally spread thanks to the discovery of its industrial synthesis and the enhancement of its ...

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