• Influence of carbonate-based additives on the electrochemical performance of Si NW anodes cycled in an ionic liquid electrolyte. 

  Stokes, Killian; Kennedy, Tadhg; Kim, Guk-Tae; Geaney, Hugh; Storan, Dylan; Laffir, Fathima R.; Appetecchi, Giovanni Battista; Passerini, Stefano; Ryan, Kevin M. (2020)

  Addition of electrolyte additives (ethylene or vinylene carbonate) is shown to dramatically improve the cycling stability and capacity retention (1600 mAh g-1) of Si nanowires (NWs) in a safe ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte ...
• Copper silicide nanowires as hosts for amorphous Si deposition as a route to produce high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes 

  Stokes, Killian; Geaney, Hugh; Sheehan, Martin; Borsa, Dana; Ryan, Kevin M. (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  Herein, copper silicide (Cu15Si4) nanowires (NWs) grown in high densities from a metallic Cu substrate are utilized as nanostructured hosts for amorphous silicon (aSi) deposition. The conductive Cu15Si4 NW scaffolds ...
• Precursor-mediated linear- and branched- polytypism control in CuαZnβSnySeδ colloidal nanocrystals using a dual-injection method 

  Ren, Huan; Li, Zhe; Sun, Yuanwei; Gao, Peng; McCarthy, Conor T.; Liu, Ning; Xu, Hongxing; Ryan, Kevin M. (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  Control of polytypism in colloidal nanocrystals allows for a shape evolution from 0D to 3D and also provides an opportunity to tailor physical properties that are crystal phase dependent. Initiating polytypism in nanostructures ...
• Analysis and ANN prediction of melting properties and ideal mole fraction solubility of co-crystals 

  Gamidi, Rama Krishna; Rasmuson, Åke C. (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  Different Artificial Neural Network models have been developed and examined for prediction of cocrystal properties based on pure component physical properties only. From the molecular weight, melting temperature, melting ...
• A review of steady-state thermal and mechanical modelling on tubular solar receivers 

  Conroy, Timothy J.; Collins, Maurice N.; Grimes, Ronan (Elsevier, 2019)

  Tower systems are forecast to become the dominant CSP technology in the future due to the potential to achieve high working fluid temperatures, thereby enhancing thermodynamic efficiency in the power block and facilitating ...
• Integrated optical-thermal-mechanical model for investigations into high temperature sodium receiver operation 

  Conroy, Timothy J.; Collins, Maurice N.; Grimes, Ronan (Elsevier, 2019)

  An integrated optical-thermal-mechanical model is used to simulate the interaction between a heliostat field and sodium-cooled receiver through diurnal CSP plant operation. The cumulative heat flux on the receiver is controlled ...
• Thrombosis and COVID-19: The potential role of nutrition 

  Tsoupras, Alexandros; Lordan, Ronan; Zabetakis, Ioannis (Frontiers Media, 2020)

  COVID-19 has caused significant loss of life and disrupted global society at a level never before encountered. While the disease was predominantly characterized by respiratory symptoms initially, it became clear that ...
• Carbon nanotube embedded adhesives for real‑time monitoring of adhesion failure in high performance adhesively bonded joints 

  Bregar, Tadej; An, Donglan; Gharavian, Somayeh; Burda, Marek; Durazo‑cardenas, Isidro; Thakur, Vijay Kumar; Ayre, David; Słoma, Marcin; Hardiman, Mark; McCarthy, Conor T.; Nezhad, Hamed Yazdani (Natureresearch, 2020)

  Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) embedded polymers are of increasing interest to scientific and industrial communities for multi‑functional applications. in this article, cnts have been introduced to high‑ strength epoxy adhesive ...
• Supercritical extraction and microwave activation of wood wastes for enhanced syngas production and generation of fullerene-like soot particles 

  Trubetskaya, Anna; Hunt, Andrew J.; Budarin, Vitaliy L.; Attard, Thomas M.; Kling, Jens; Surupe, Gerrit R.; Arshadi, Mehrdad; Umekigi, Kentaro (Elsevier, 2020)

  This work demonstrated that supercritical carbon dioxide extraction is effective as a pre-treatment technology to generate soot particles with the fullerene-like structure and increase syngas yield from extracted ...
• A copper silicide nanofoam current collector for directly grown Si nanowire network and their application as lithium-ion anodes 

  Aminu, Ibrahim Saana; Geaney, Hugh; Imtiaz, Sumair; Adegoke, Temilade E.; Kapuria, Nilotpal; Collins, Gearoid A.; Ryan, Kevin M. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) have been identified as an excellent candidate material for the replacement of graphite in anodes, allowing for a significant boost in the capacity of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, ...
• Sodium receiver designs for integration with high temperature power cycles 

  Conroy, Timothy J.; Collins, Maurice N.; Grimes, Ronan (Elsevier, 2019)

  A variety of tube materials and geometries are considered in an analysis that identifies suitable sodium receiver designs for integration with next-generation thermodynamic power cycles. Sodium is capable of delivering ...
• Thermal and mechanical analysis of a sodium-cooled solar receiver operating under a novel heliostat aiming point strategy 

  Conroy, Timothy J.; Collins, Maurice N.; Fisher, James; Grimes, Ronan (Elsevier, 2018)

  The nature in which a solar receiver in a concentrated solar power plant interacts with an accompanying heliostat field plays a significant role in plant performance and economics. An appropriate heat flux distribution ...
• New single photon sources by optoelectronic tailoring of 2D materials using low energy ion implantation 

  Hennessy, Michael; O'Connell, Eoghan; Rost, Stefan; Auge, Manuel; Moynihan, Eoin; Bui, Minh; Hofsaess, Hans C.; Kardynal, Beata; Bangert, Ursel (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

  Monolayer thick transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with the chemical formula MX2 (M=Mo, W; X=S, Se), constitute a new class of direct bandgap semiconductors. Their remarkable physical properties resulting from their ...
• Free standing tapes of donor doped BaTiO3 for multilayer positive temperature coefficient thermistors 

  Ul Haq, Ehtsham; Kowal, Katarzyna; Chovan, Drahomir; Karimi-Jafari, Maryam; Silien, Christophe; Tofail, Syed A. M.; O'Sullivan, Katherine; Maher, Anthony (IEEE, 2020)

  A disruptive method of fabricating free-standing tapes of La-doped (BaCaSrPb)TiO3 thermistors is demonstrated. The greatest advantage is that the free-standing tapes do not require high temperature co-firing of electrodes ...
• Characterization of a modular microfluidic photoionization detector 

  Rezende, Gustavo Coelho; Le Calvé, Stéphane; Brandner, Jürgen J.; Newport, David (Elsevier, 2020)

  Photoionization detectors with a small ionization chamber can contribute to overall gas analyser miniaturization. This work reports the characterization of a microfluidic photoionization detector prototype (μPID) which is ...
• Electric field DC conductivity dependency of polyimide films 

  Guinane, Luke; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Stenson, Bernard; O'Malley, John; Glynn, Colm; Geary, Shane; Diaham, Sombel (IEEE, 2020)

  The isolation behaviour of polyimide thin films has been studied. Properties such as DC conductivity and the threshold electrical fields were obtained through a steady state current measurement under an applied voltage ...
• Simulation of liquid flow with a combination artificial intelligence flow field and Adams–Bashforth method 

  Babanezhad, Meisam; Behroyan, Iman; Nakhjiri, Ali Taghvaie; Marjani, Azam; Shirazian, Saeed (Nature, 2020)

  Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of particle hydrodynamics in the multiphase industrial process enables us to fully learn the process and optimize it on the industrial scale. However, using high resolution computational ...
• An efficient isostatic mixed shell element for coarse mesh solution 

  Madeo, Antonio; Liguori, Francesco S.; Zucco, Giovanni; Fiore, Stefania (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  A novel mixed shell finite element (FE) is presented. The element is obtained from the Hellinger–Reissner variational principle and it is based on an elastic solution of the generalized stress field, which is ruled by the ...
• Switching adsorbent molecular materials (SAMMs) for C8 separation and water capture 

  Kałuża, Adrianna M. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  With the increasing demand for the separation and purification of industrial commodities, the energy consumption for their production has increased at a fast pace. Previous studies on metal-organic materials, materials ...
• Roll compaction integrated work stream 

  Pishnamazi, Mahboubeh (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This thesis focuses on the study of powder and granule characterization in order to improve the formulations and properties of solid oral dosage forms as final products. The main goal is to investigate the effect of ...

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