Conferences Presentations

DATE
FORMAT
PUBLICATION
VENUE
2013      
3rd - 4th September 2013 Paper

Evaluation of microwave plasma and furnace processing for manufacturing of metal oxide coatings for DSSC electrodes

Stephen Sheehan, K.R. Thampi and D.P. Dowling

IMC30 Conference, UCD Dublin
19th – 22nd June 2013 Paper

Evaluation of microwave plasma as a rapid, energy efficient processing technology for the fabrication of dye sensitised solar cells

Stephen Sheehan, K. R. Thampi and D.P. Dowling
Universitas 21 Graduate Research Conference on Energy, UCD Dublin
18th – 20th June 2013 Poster

Synthesis of Multi-Component Copper-based CuInxGa1-xS2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Next Generation Solar Absorbers for Solution-Processable Solar Cells

Claudia Coughlan, Ajay Singh, Kevin M Ryan
EuroNanoForum, Convention Centre, Dublin
27th – 31st June 2013 Poster

Systematic Study into the Synthesis and Shape Development in Colloidal CuInxGa1-xS2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Integration into Low-Cost Solar Cells

Claudia Coughlan, Ajay Singh, Kevin M. Ryan
EMRS Spring Meeting, Congress Centre - Strasbourg, France
27th – 31st June 2013 Invited Paper

Solution Growth and Assembly of Quaternary CIGS and CZTS Nanorods for Applications in Thin-Film PV

Kevin M Ryan, Ajay Singh, Claudia Coughlan, Shalini Singh
EMRS Spring Meeting, Congress Centre - Strasbourg, France
27th – 31st June 2013 Invited Paper

Application of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatments for the removal of organic contaminants prior to composite bonding

D P Dowling, V J Law, J Mohan, A. Ivankovic and F T O’Neill
EMRS Spring Meeting, Congress Centre - Strasbourg, France
7th-11th April 2013 Paper

Ruthenium ß-diketiminate complexes as catalysts for the rapid and efficient dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

Crystal O’Connor, Dominique F. Schreiber, Christian Grave, Sateesh Bandaru, Niall J. English, J.M.D. MacElroy and Andrew D. Phillips
245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1st - 6th April 2013 Poster

Fabrication of anodic and cathodic electrodes for use in tandem DSSC’s

Stephen Sheehan, D. Dini, K. Ravindranathan Thampi and Denis P. Dowling
NextGen Nano PV, 1st Nanotechnology for Next Generation High Efficiency Photovoltaics Conference, IES Cargese, Corsica
30th January - 1st February 2013 Paper

Novel Sorbents for Temperature Swing Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide

David Madden and Teresa Curtin
23rd Irish Environmental Researchers’ Colloquium, ENVIRON2013, Ryan Institute, NUI Galway
3rd - 5th January 2013 Paper

Synthesis of  Organic dyes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Ciaran Lyons, Praveen Surolia, Owen Byrne, Neelima Rathi, Edmond Magner, Aswani Yella, Michael Graetzel and K. Ravindranathan Thampi

2nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin Films for Advanced Technology (OMTAT-2013), CUSAT, India
3rd - 5th January 2013 Plenary

Renewable energy technologies and its adaptation in an urban environment

K. Ravindranathan Thampi
2nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin Films for Advanced Technology (OMTAT-2013), CUSAT, India
2012      
9th-10th November 2012 Poster

Bifunctional arene ruthenium catalysts for dehydrogenation of ammonia borane: a density functional theory study

Sateesh Bandaru, Niall J. English, Andrew D. Phillips and J.M.D. MacElroy
21st Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry (CCTCC), Jackson, Mississippi, USA
18th-21st September 2012 Paper

Evaluation of the effectiveness of ultrasonic and plasma pre-treatments of ITO-PEN substrates on their photovoltaic performance in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC’s)

A. Dembele, J.M. D. MacElroy, D. P. Dowling
NanoSmat 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
17th - 20th September 2012 Invited Paper

Photo- and electrocatalytic techniques for sustainable fuel production

Avishek Paul, Jane Inglis, Jennifer Manton, Finn Connaughton, Damian Connolly, Johannes G. Vos, Mary Pryce
24th International Ion Chromatography Symposium, Berlin, Germany
10th – 12th September 2012 Poster

Carbene Iridium Complexes as Catalysts for Water Oxidation

Ana Petronilho and Martin Albrecht

Dalton Discussion 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry. University of Sheffield
10th – 12th September 2012 Paper

The role of bridging ligand in hydrogen generation by photocatalytic Ru/Pd assemblies
Gurmeet. S. Bindra, Martin Schulz, Mary.T. Pryce, Avishek Paul, Robert Groarke, Suraj Soman,Jane Inglis, Wesley R. Browne, Michael Pfeffer,  Sven Rau, Brian J. MacLean and Johannes. G. Vos

Dalton Discussion 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry. University of Sheffield
10th – 12th September 2012 Paper

Photolytic water oxidation catalyzed by molecular carbene iridium complexes

Ana Petronilho, Mahfujur Rahman, James A. Woods, J. M. Don MacElroy, Stefan Bernhard, Martin Albrecht
Dalton Discussion 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry. University of Sheffield
9th-13th September 2012 Keynote

Mesoionic carbenes: a versatile platform for transition metal chemistry

Martin Albrecht
40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Valencia
10th-14th September 2012 Paper

Influence of Atmospheric Plasma Jet Pre-Treatments of TiO2 Electrodes on Dye Adhesion and DSSC Cell Performance

S. Sheehan, M. Rahman, D.P. Dowling

13th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
9th-13th September 2012 Keynote

Mesoionic carbenes: a versatile platform for transition metal chemistry

Martin Albrecht

40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Valencia
3rd-4th September 2012 Keynote

Perspectives on a Photo-Electrochemical System for Water Splitting- Recent studies in the Solar Energy Conversion Cluster

Mahfujur Rahman, Ana Petronilho, Martin Albrecht, Sateesh Bandaru, Niall English, JM Don MacElroy

Electrochem 2012, Trinity College Dublin
3rd-4th September 2012 Keynote Solution growth and assembly of nanorods and nanowires for advances in thin film PV and lithium ion batteries
Kevin M Ryan
Electrochem 2012, Trinity College Dublin
2nd - 6th September 2012 Poster

Amine Modified Zeolites as Low Temperature CO2 Sorbents

D. Madden, E. Daniels, T. Curtin
7th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, Lyon, France
2nd - 6th September 2012 Poster

Studies on the catalysed release of H2 from solid phase NH3BH3

Rory Herron, Andrew D Phillips, James A. Sullivan

7th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, Lyon, France
2nd-7th September 2012 Paper

Photolytic water oxidation catalyzed by molecular carbene iridium complexes

Ana Petronilho, Mahfujur Rahman, James A. Woods, J. M. Don MacElroy, Stefan Bernhard, Martin Albrecht

25th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal
2nd-7th September 2012 Paper

Fast and efficient dehydrogenation of boron-nitrogen substrates using a bifunctional ruthenium catalyst

Andrew D. Phillips, Christian Grave, Crystal O’Connor and Dominique Schreiber

25th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal
19th-23rd August 2012 Invited Paper N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalysis

Martin Albrecht, Ana Petronilho,  Anneke Krüger, Ralte Lalrempuia

244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia
30th July-3rd August 2012 Poster

On the enhancement of the photoactivity of chemical bath deposited hematite for solar water splitting application

Mahfujur Rahman, Ana Petronilho, Rachel Morrish, J. M. Don Macelroy, Denis P. Dowling, Colin. A. Wolden, Martin Albrecht

19th International Conference on the Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
2nd-4th  July 2012 Paper

Enhanced DSSC power conversion efficiency through carbon-doping of TiO2 photoanodes prepared using a novel microwave plasma processing technique

B.H.Q. Dang, D. Jeng, G. Bree, M. Rahman, J.M.D. MacElroy, D.P. Dowling

6th International Meeting on Developments in Materials, Processes and Applications in Emerging Technologies, Alvor, Portugal
17th - 22nd June 2012 Poster

Oxidation of unreactive bonds catalyzed by mesoionic carbene complexes

Ana Petronilho, Anneke Krüger, Ralte Lalrempuia, Daniel Canseco-Gonzalez, Martin Albrecht

Gordon Research Conference, Inorganic Chemistry: New Challenges and Opportunities, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
14th-15th June 2012 Paper

Hybrid Porous Solids for Carbon Dioxide Capture

D. Madden, E. Daniels and T. Curtin

64th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University of Limerick
14th-15th June 2012 Paper

Uptake and Activation of Carbon Dioxide by Dinuclear Macrocyclic and Macrobicyclic Complexes

Mooneerah Heerah Booluck,  Grace G. Morgan, Helge Müller-Bunz, Jane Nelson, Jeremy Scelle, Avishek Paul and Mary Pryce

64th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University of Limerick
12th - 14th June 2012 Invited Speaker

Oxidation reactions catalyzed by mesoionic carbene complexes

Martin Albrecht

30th Meeting of the GEQO (Royal Chemical Society of Spain), University of Jaume, Castellon, Spain
16th-20th April 2012 Poster

An LED Based Solar Simulator

Laura L. Tobin, Dominic Zerulla, and John T. Sheridan

SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussles, Belgium
9th - 13th April 2012 Poster

Controlled Growth of Si Nanowires Using a Simple Solution Based Approach

Hugh  Geaney, Calum  Dickinson, Kevin  M. Ryan, Ajay Singh

MRS Spring 2012 Meeting, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California
9th - 13th April 2012 Poster

Moire Pattern Revealed in Semiconductor Nanorods Superlattice

Ajay Singh, Calum Dickinson, Kevin M.  Ryan

MRS Spring 2012 Meeting, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California
9th - 13th April 2012 Poster

Synthesis of Ternary and Quaternary Copper Chalcogenide Nanorods for Integration into Low-cost Solar Cells

Ajay  Singh, Claudia  Coughlan, Hugh  Geaney, Dervla  Kelly, Emma  Mullane, Tadhg  Kennedy, Thomas O’Connor, Shalini Singh, Kevin M. Ryan

MRS Spring 2012 Meeting, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California
9th - 13th April 2012 Paper

Device-scale Multilayer Assembly of Vertical Aligned Semiconductor Nanorods by Electrophoresis

Ajay Singh, Kevin  M  Ryan
MRS Spring 2012 Meeting, Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco, California
25th-29th March 2012 Poster

Directed and self-assembly of semi-conductor nanorods over large areas

Ajay Singh, Dervla Kelly, Kevin M Ryan

ACS Spring 2012 Meeting, San Diego, California
25th-29th March 2012 Poster

Controlled growth of Si nanowires using a simple solution based approach

Hugh Geaney, Ajay Singh, Calum Dickinson, Kevin M Ryan

ACS Spring 2012 Meeting, San Diego, California
25th-29th March 2012 Paper

Facile spin-cast route for cation exchange of multilayer perpendicularly-aligned nanorod assemblies

Dervla Kelly, Ajay Singh, Christopher A Barrett, Catriona O'Sullivan, Claudia Coughlan, Fathima R Laffir, Colm O'Dwyer, Kevin M Ryan

ACS Spring 2012 Meeting, San Diego, California
25th-29th March 2012 Paper

Self-assembly of CuInS2 and CuIn1-xGaxS2 nanorod into 2D and 3D superstructure

Ajay Singh, Claudia Coughlan, Hugh Geaney, Dervla Kelly, Kevin M Ryan

ACS Spring 2012 Meeting, San Diego, California
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Transparent conducting thin films of FTO deposited by dip coating and spray techniques

Stephen Sheehan, JMD MacElroy, K Ravi Thampi and  Denis P Dowling

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Effect of water during the quantitation of formate in photocatalytic studies on CO2 reduction in dimethylformamide

Avishek Paul, Damian Connolly, Martin Schulz, Mary T. Pryce, and Johannes G. Vos

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Synthesis and photophysical properties of rhenium carbonyl complexes containing triazole ligands

Avishek Paul, Claire Brennan, Jennifer Manton, Johannes G. Vos and Mary T. Pryce

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells

Neelima Rathi, Ciaran Lyons, Pathik Maji, K. Ravindranathan Thampi, Edmond Magner

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Solar-driven water splitting with hematite photocatalyst and molecular electrocatalyst

Mahfujur Rahman, Ana Petronilho, J. M. Don MacElroy, and Martin Albrecht

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

LED Solar Simulator

Laura L. Tobin, Dominic Zerulla, K. Ravindranathan Thampi and John T. Sheridan

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Porous solids for low temperature carbon dioxide adsorption

David Madden, Teresa Curtin

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster

Formation and characterisation of doped rutile phase TiO2: for use as a photocatalyst

Elaine M. Neville, Julia Ziegler, J. M. Don MacElroy, K. Ravindranathan Thampi and James A. Sullivan

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster and Flash Presentation

Studying dyes for dye-sensitised solar cells

Laura L. Tobin, Dominic Zerulla, John T. Sheridan

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster and Flash Presentation

Synthesis of ternary and quaternary i-iii-vi2 semiconductor nanocrystals for integration into low-cost solar cells

Claudia Coughlan, Ajay Singh, Dervla Kelly, Tadhg Kennedy, Hugh Geaney, Emma Mullane, Thomas O’Connor, Shalini Singh and Kevin M. Ryan

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Poster and Flash Presentation

Synthesis of organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cells

Ciaran Lyons , J.M. Don MacElroy and K. Ravindranathan Thampi

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Anodic and cathodic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs): different materials, different performances and different perspectives

Danilo Dini, Mauro Giustini, Franco Decker, Han Vos, Muhammad Awais, Denis Dowling, Elizabeth Gibson, Anders Hagfeldt

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Synthesis of new materials for photovoltaic (PV) cells via microemulsions

Lukasz Szymanski, Cosima Stubenrauch, K. Ravindranathan Thampi

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

A facile spin-cast route for cation exchange of multilayer perpendicularly-aligned nanorod assemblies for solar cell applications

Dervla Kelly, Ajay Singh, Christopher A. Barrett, Catriona O’Sullivan, Claudia Coughlan, Fathima R. Laffir, Colm O’Dwyer and Kevin M. Ryan
SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Effect of aromatic ring size on the photophysics and photochemistry of styrylbenzothiazole

Morad M. El-Hendawy, Mohammed K. Awad, Tarek A. Fayed, Safaa H. Etio, Niall J. English

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Assessing the fitness of various exchange-correlation functionals for td-dft studies of charge-transfer excitations in organic dyes

Pratibha Dev, Saurabh Agrawal and Niall J. English

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Electrophoretic deposition of poly(3- decylthiophene) onto gold-mounted cadmium selenide nanorods

José Antonio Garate, Niall J. English, Ajay Singh, Kevin M. Ryan, Damian A. Mooney and J.M.D. MacElroy

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Microwave plasmas sintering to achieve enhanced power conversion efficiency of tio2 photoelectrodes used in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC)

A. Dembele, M. Rahman, J.M. D. Macelroy, D. P. Dowling

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

On the refinement of hematite morphology via a wet etching technique for solar water splitting applications

M. Rahman, R. Morrish, J. M. D. MacElroy, D. P. Dowling, C. A. Wolden

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Device-scale multilayer assembly of vertical aligned semiconductor nanorods by electrophoresis

Ajay Singh, Hugh Geaney, Dervla Kelly, Claudia Coughlan, Emma Mullane, Tadhg Kennedy, Thomas O’Connor, Shalini Singh and Kevin M. Ryan

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

The evaluation of a microblasting technique for the deposition of TiO2 coatings onto metal, glass and polymer substrates

K. A. McDonnell, M. Rahman, N. English, D. P. Dowling

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

Microwave plasma treatments for the fabrication and processing of photoactive un-doped and carbon-doped TiO2 coatings

Binh H. Q. Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy, and Denis P. Dowling

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Paper

The colloidal synthesis of quaternary copper zinc tin tetrasulphide (czts) nanorod absorbers and their large scale assembly from solution

Kevin M Ryan and Ajay Singh

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
6th-9th March 2012 Keynote

Selected advancements in flexible solar cells: research and applications

K. R. Thampi

SmartSurfaces2012: Solar & Biosensor Applications. Dublin
12th-13th January 2012 Paper

Evaluation of CO2 fixation in the cavity of the Rubisco Enzyme using QM, QM/MM and Linear-Scaling DFT methods

Morad Elhendawy, Damian Mooney and Niall English
16th Irish Atomistic Simulators and Nanoscale Simulators Ireland Meeting, Trinity College Dublin
12th-13th January 2012 Poster

Influence of pressure on methane hydrates

Niall J English

16th Irish Atomistic Simulators and Nanoscale Simulators Ireland Meeting, Trinity College Dublin
2011      
17-20th October 2011 Paper

Evaluation of magnetron sputtering and microwave plasma treatments for the fabrication of photoactive un-doped and C-doped TiO2 coatings

B.H.Q. Dang, M. Rahman, J.M.D. MacElroy, D.P. Dowling
NANOSMAT 2011, Krakow, Poland
18th - 20th Sept 2011 Poster

SILAR vs. Solution Phase Lead Sulphide Quantum Dots in QDSSC with Cobalt Complex as Redox Couple

Jennifer O’Reilly, Dominic Zerulla
2nd International Conference on Semiconductor Sensitized Solar Cells, Mallorca, Spain
12th-13th Sept 2011 Paper

Potential of microwave plasma treatments for the fabrication and processing of photoactive TiO2 coatings

Binh H. Q. Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy, and Denis P. Dowling
The Photocatalytic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces Workshop, PSS2011,  Manchester
7th – 9th Sept 2011 Poster

A LED Solar simulator for solar cell performance

Laura L. Tobin, Lara McManus, Dominic Zerulla and John T. Sheridan

Photonics Ireland 2011, Malahide, Dublin
7th – 9th Sept 2011 Paper

Dye studies for dye-sensitised solar cells

Laura L. Tobin, Dominic Zerulla and John T. Sheridan
Photonics Ireland 2011, Malahide, Dublin
28 Aug - 2 Sept 2011 Poster

Doped TiO2 nanotubes for use as photocatalysts for water splitting under sunlight

Elaine M. Neville, Mahfujur Rahman, J. M. Don MacElroy, K. Ravindranathan Thampi and James A. Sullivan
Europacat X Congress, Glasgow, Scotland
27th - 31st August 2011 Poster

Reactivity of arene ruthenium (II) complexes with N- and O- chelating ligands

Andrew D. Phillips, Maryam Mohammadpoor, Crystal O’Connor
ISOC 8th International School of Organometallic Chemistry, Camerino, Italy
24th - 26th August 2011 Paper

Moiré Pattern Revealed in Semiconductor Nanorods Superlattice

Ajay Singh, Calum Dickinson and Kevin M. Ryan
MSI Symposium 2011, Crann, Trinity College Dublin
21st- 25th August 2011 Poster

A new approach for dye studies of dye-sensitised solar cells          

Laura Tobin, Ralph Prendergast, Thomas O’Reilly, Dominic Zerulla and John T. Sheridan  

SPIE Optics & Photonics Conference 2011, San Diego
21st- 25th August 2011 Poster

An LED Based Solar Simulator          

Laura Tobin, Lara McManus, Dominic Zerulla and John T. Sheridan

SPIE Optics & Photonics Conference 2011, San Diego
17th-26th July 2011 Poster

Computational Study of Clathrate Hydrates         

Paul. D. Gorman and Niall J. English

CCP5 (Cecam) Summer School in Molecular Simulation, Queens University Belfast
17th-21st July 2011 Paper

Molecular Dynamics Study of Clathrate Hydrate Dissociation    

Niall English

7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Edinburgh, UK
11th - 21st July 2011 Poster

Molecular dynamics study of water in contact with TiO2 rutile-110, 100, 101, 001 and anatase-101, 001 surface

Ritwik S. Kavathekar, Pratibha Dev, Niall J. English and J.M.D. MacElroy

DFT and Beyond: CECAM Hands-on Tutorial Workshop, FHI-Berlin, Germany

5th-8th July 2011 Poster

Synthesis and characterization of porphyrin sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells        

Pathik Maji, Saurabh Agrawal, Neelima Rathi, Ciaran Lyons, Niall English,  Edmond Magner, Don J.M. MacElroy, K. Ravindranathan Thampi

 ISACS4 Conference, MIT, Boston
5th-8th July 2011 Poster

The influence of deposition conditions on the nanostructure and photoresponse properties of chemical bath deposited hematite for efficient water splitting        

Mahfujur Rahman, Rachel Morrish, Don MacElroy, D. P Dowling, Colin A. Wolden

 ISACS4 Conference, MIT, Boston
5th-8th July 2011 Poster

Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterizationof dye-sensitized solar cells   

Neelima Rathi, Ciaran Lyons, Pathik Maji, K. Ravindranathan Thampi­, Edmond Magner

 ISACS4 Conference, MIT, Boston
5th-8th July 2011 Poster

Uptake and Activation of Carbon Dioxide by Dinuclear Macrocyclic and Macrobicyclic Complexes  

Moonerah Heerah Boooluck and Grace Morgan

 ISACS4 Conference, MIT, Boston
3rd-7th July 2011 Paper

Ligand-Assisted Bond Activation by Metal Complexes Containing Strongly Mesoionic Carbenes   

Anneke Krüger, Ralte Lalrempuia, Martin Albrecht

19th EuCheMS International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Toulouse, France
3rd-7th July 2011 Poster

Catalytic Water Oxidation Using Iridium abnormal Carbene Complexes

Ana Petronilho, Ralte Lalrempuia, and Martin Albrecht

19th EuCheMS International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Toulouse, France
27th – 29th June 2011 Paper

Microwave plasma sintering of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on flexible substrates for dye sensitized solar cells applications                              

A. Dembele , M. Rahman, J.M. D. MacElroy , D. P. Dowling

5th international Meeting on Developments in Materials, Processes and Applications of Emerging Technologies,  Alvor, Portugal
27th-30th June 2011 Poster

Mesoporous solids for low temperature carbon dioxide adsorption  

Wiebke Reimann, David Madden, Teresa Curtin

11th International Conference on
Carbon Dioxide Utilization,  Université de Bourgogne Dijon, France
27th-30th June 2011 Poster

Mechanistic Study of CO2 fixation in dinuclear Zinc (II) Octa-Azacryptates   

Morad M. El-Hendawy, Niall J. English and Damian A. Mooney

11th International Conference on
Carbon Dioxide Utilization,  Université de Bourgogne Dijon, France
27th-30th June 2011 Poster

Using 13C-NMR to examine the binding of 13C-enriched CO32- to azacryptand scaffolds in aqueous solution  

Aljoscha Wild, J. Paul G. Malthouse

11th International Conference on
Carbon Dioxide Utilization,  Université de Bourgogne Dijon, France
19th – 24th June 2011 Poster

Moiré Pattern Revealed in Semiconductor Nanorods Superlattice

Ajay Singh, Calum Dickinson and Kevin M. Ryan
Gordon Conference on Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies,  Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy
19th - 24th June 2011 Poster

Understanding Semiconductor Nanorod Assembly from Solution: Towards Aligned Nanorod Solar Cells. 

Ajay Singh, Robert Gunning, Ambarish Sanyal, Shafaat Ahmed, Christopher Barrett, Edric Gill, Catriona O’Sullivan, Hugh Geaney, Emma Mullane, Dervla Kelly, Claudia Coughlan, Tadhg Kennedy and Kevin M. Ryan

Gordon Conference on Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies,  Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy
19th May 2011 Presentation

Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction  

Kevin Fennell, Jhansi Kishore, James A. Sullivan and Grace G. Morgan

Dublin Chemistry Graduate Seminars, 3rd Year talks, UCD Dublin
19th May 2011 Presentation

Doped Titania: Towards more efficient photocatalysts under sunlight   

Elaine M. Neville, Mahfujur Rahman, J. M. Don MacElroy, K. Ravindranathan Thampi and James A. Sullivan

Dublin Chemistry Graduate Seminars, 3rd Year talks, UCD Dublin
18th – 20th May 2011 Paper

Tethered bi-nuclear complexes for CO2 Hydrogenation

Jhansi Mamilla, Kevin Fennell, James A. Sullivan and Grace G. Morgan

COST D36 Action, devoted to Structure-Performance  relationships in functional materials.  Fuengirola, Spain
16th -18th May 2011 Poster

Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells

Neelima Rathi, Ciaran Lyons, Pathik Maji, K. Ravi Thampi, Edmond Magner

Eirelec ‘11: Electrochemistry - The Future? Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland
15th-18th May 2011 Poster

Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells

Neelima Rathi, Ciaran Lyons, Pathik Maji, K. Ravi Thampi, Edmond Magner

3rd Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Conference, HOPV 2011, Valencia, Spain
25th-29th April 2011 Invited Paper

Synergistic Effects on Band Gap-narrowing in Titania by Doping from First-principles Calculations: Density Functional Theory Studies. 

Run Long and Niall English GG3.5.

Symposium GG: Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials

2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
25th-29th April 2011 Paper

Colloidal Synthesis of GeTe Nanocrystals

Emma Mullane, Hugh Geaney, Christopher Barrett, Robert Gunning and Kevin M. Ryan

MRS Spring Meeting 2011, Symposium R: Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications, San Francisco
25th-29th April 2011 Paper

Vapor Solid Solid Growth of Germanium Nanowires on Copper Substrates for Battery Applications via In Situ Germane Production.

 Hugh Geaney, Christopher Barrett, Edric Gill, Robert Gunning, Catriona O Sullivan, Ajay Singh, Emma Mullane, Dervla Kelly and Kevin M. Ryan

MRS Spring Meeting 2011,  Symposium M:  Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage, San Francisco
25th-29th April 2011 Paper

Improved Solar Cell Absorption through Surface Plasmon Excitation on Nanostructured Interfaces.         

Eadaoin McClean and Dominic Zerulla

Symposium B: Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies

2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
25th-29th April 2011 Paper

Modification of Germanium Nanowires with Semiconductor Quantum Dots: A New Photoanode Material.              

Ajay Singh, Chris Barrett, Hugh Geaney, Robert Gunning and Kevin M. Ryan

Symposium B: Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies

2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
25th-29th April 2011 Poster

Understanding Semiconductor Nanorod Assembly from Solution: Towards Aligned Nanorod Solar Cells            

Ajay Singh, Robert Gunning, Ambarish Sanyal, Shafaat Ahmed, Christopher Barrett, Edric Gill, Catriona O’Sullivan, Hugh Geaney, Emma Mullane, Dervla Kelly, Claudia Coughlan, Tadhg Kennedy and Kevin M. Ryan

Symposium B: Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies

2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
25th-29th April 2011 Poster

High Density Unseeded Growth of Ge NWs on ITO Substrates     

Hugh Geaney, Christopher A. Barrett, Edric Gill, Catriona O Sullivan, Fathima Laffir, Robert D. Gunning, Emma Mullane, Dervla Kelly, Tadhg Kennedy, Claudia Coughlin and Kevin M. Ryan

MRS Spring Meeting 2011, Symposium EE: Semiconductor Nanowires--From Fundamentals to Applications, San Francisco
25th-29th April 2011 Poster

The Temporal Response of a Dye Sensitised Solar Cell    

Thomas O'Reilly

Symposium B: Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies

2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
18th-20th April 2011 Attendee

Faraday Discussion D151: Hydrogen Storage Materials    

Paul Gorman

Oxford, Cambridge, UK
11th - 14th April 2011 Paper

Challenging the Norm: Catalytic Impact of Abnormal Carbene Ligands                                                                                                                           

A. Krüger, M. Heckenroth, M. Iglesias, R. Lalrempuia and M. Albrecht

EICC-1:1st EuCheMS Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Manchester, UK
4th-15th April 2011 Poster

An opto-electonic comparison between quantum dots produced via SILAR and solution phase synthesis in a quantum dot sensitised solar cell

Jennifer O’Reilly, K. Ravi Thampi and Dominic Zerulla

Heterogeneous Quantum Rod and Quantum Dot Nanomaterials Summer School, Cargese, Corsica
5th – 8th April 2011 Poster

Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

Laura  L. Tobin, Dr. Dominic Zerulla and Prof. John T. Sheridan

4th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, Stellenbosch, South Africa
27th – 31st March 2011 Invited Speaker

New methods and architectures for CO2 reduction through artificial photosynthesis

K Ravindranathan Thampi, Grace Morgan, James Sullivan, Nadia Coburn, Danilo Dini, Han Vos, J.M. Don MacElroy

241st ACS National Meetring, Solar Energy Conversion and Utilization for Fuels and Energy Production, Anaheim, California 
2nd March 2011 Invited Speaker

Generation of novel solar cells using nanoscale structures for plasmonic enhancement                                                                     

Dominic Zerulla

1st Nano for Clean Technologies Workshop: Photovoltaics Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials Research Institute (NAMRI) Jordanstown Campus, UU, Belfast
2nd March 2011 Invited Speaker

Semiconductor Nanorod Assembly for Low Cost Solution Processable Photovoltaics

Kevin M Ryan

1st Nano for Clean Technologies Workshop: Photovoltaics Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials Research Institute (NAMRI) Jordanstown Campus, UU, Belfast
31st January - 1st February 2011 Invited Speaker

Enhancing product performance through the application of nanocoatings

Denis P Dowing

Nanoweek Conference 2011: 
Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carton House, Co. Kildare.
31st January - 1st February 2011 Invited Speaker

Self and directed Assembly with Semiconductor Nanorods; Upscaling for practical application in Energy Conversion

Kevin M Ryan

Nanoweek Conference 2011: 
Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carton House, Co. Kildare.
31st January - 1st February 2011 Poster

Fabrication of nano-crystalline NiO surfaces for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2  

Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, J.M. Don MacElroy, Danilo Dini, Johannes G. Vos, Denis P. Dowling

Nanoweek Conference 2011: 
Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carton House, Co. Kildare.
31st January - 1st February 2011 Poster

Development of photoactive titanium dioxide coatings for the application of hydrogen production

Binh H. Q. Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, J. M. Don MacElroy, Denis P. Dowling

Nanoweek Conference 2011: 
Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carton House, Co. Kildare.
13th-21st January 2011 Attended

15th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods Hands-on Tutorial on Electronic Structure Computations Saurabh Agrawal

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
16th-21st January 2011 Poster

Enhancing the photoactivity performance of titanium dioxide (TiO2) coatings

Binh H. Q. Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, J. M. Don MacElroy, Denis P. Dowling

Gordon Research Conference: Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels, Ventura, CA USA
2010      
15th-20th December 2010 Invited Paper Challenging the norm: Impact of abnormal carbene ligands in transition metal chemistry and catalysis 
M. Albrecht; A. Krüger; M. Iglesias; R. Lalrempuia
Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
13th - 14th December 2010 Paper

Influence of Chromium doping on the optical properties of TiO2 Coatings         

Kevin McDonnell, Niall English, Mahfujur Rahman and Denis Dowling

3rd Materials Ireland Annual Conference, DIT, Dublin
17th - 18th November 2010 Poster

Development of photoactive titanium dioxide coatings for the application of hydrogen production  

Binh Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, J.M. Don MacElroy, Denis P. Dowling

Globe Forum, Dublin 2010
17th - 18th November 2010 Poster

Opto-Electrical Properties of PV Cells 

Laura Tobin, Dr. Dominic Zerulla, Prof. John T. Sheridan

Globe Forum, Dublin 2010
14th - 19th November 2010 Poster

The influence of doping (Ti and/or Si) on structure, morphology and photoresponse properties of α–Fe2O3 thin film for efficient water splitting

Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy, K. Ravi Thampi and Denis Dowling

Nano and Surface Science Approaches to Production and Storage of Hydrogen, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
14th - 19th November 2010 Poster

Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Oriented Hematite Nanorod Arrays Prepared by Aqueous Solution Growth

C. A. Wolden, R. Morrish, M. Rahman, J.M.D. MacElroy

Nano and Surface Science Approaches to Production and Storage of Hydrogen, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
19th - 22nd October 2010 Paper Processing of mesoporous TiO2 electrode for dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications using microwave plasma sintering                           A. Dembele , M. Rahman , J.M. D. MacElroy, D. P. Dowling 5th International conference on surfaces, coatings and nanostructured materials (Nanosmat 2010), Reims, France
19th - 22nd October 2010 Paper

On the improvement of the photoactivity of sputtered deposited TiO2 coating by doping (C, N or C+N) for the application of Hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting 

Mahfujur Rahman, Binh H. Q. Dang, Don MacElroy and Denis P. Dowling

5th International conference on surfaces, coatings and nanostructured materials (Nanosmat 2010), Reims, France
19th - 22nd October 2010 Poster

Effect of anodizing process condition and post anodizing treatment on the physical and photoresponse properties of the TiO2 nanotube

M. Rahman, S. Faure, T. Akter, J. M. D. MacElroy, and D. P. Dowling

5th International conference on surfaces, coatings and nanostructured materials (Nanosmat 2010), Reims, France
17th - 22nd October 2010 Paper

Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting by Hematite Nanorod Arrays Prepared by Aqueous Solution Growth 

Rachel Moorish, Mahfujur Rahman, J. M. Donal MacElroy and Colin A. Wolden

57th AVS International Symposium and Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
18th - 25th September 2010 N/A

International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion 

Ajay Singh

Quantsol 2010, Hirschegg, Austria
17th September 2010 Poster

Azacryptate Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction  

K. Fennell, V. McKee, J. Nelson, G. Morgan and J. Sullivan

2010 Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry in Ireland, QUB, Belfast
13th - 17th September 2010 Paper

Application of a novel microwave plasma treatment for the sintering of Nickel oxide coatings for use in dye-sensitized solar cells

 Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, J.M. Don MacElroy, Danilo Dini, Johannes G. Vos, Denis P. Dowling

Twelfth International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering PSE 2010,  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

13th - 17th September 2010 Paper

Conversion of amorphous TiO2 coatings into their crystalline form using a novel microwave plasma treatment 

Binh H. Q. Dang, Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy, and Denis P. Dowling

Twelfth International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering PSE 2010,  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

12th - 15th September 2010 Poster

Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of doped TiO2 materials as photocatalysts for water splitting under sunlight       

Elaine M. Neville, Mahfujur Rahman, Michael J. Mattle, James A. Sullivan, Rory Herron, David A. Loughrey, K. Ravindranathan Thampi

6th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, Beijing, China
5th - 10th September 2010 Poster

Porous TiO2 via the Polymer-Gel Coating Technique  

Lukasz Szymanski, Cosima Stubenrauch

24th Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society  Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
1st - 5th August 2010 Poster

Solar Simulators: LED Design and Characterisation

Laura L. Tobin, Evin Lee, James Ryle, Dominic Zerulla, K. Ravindranathan Thampi, John T. Sheridan

SPIE Optics + Photonics: Solar Energy + technology San Diego, California, U.S
1st - 5th August 2010 Poster

Modelling Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell  

Laura L. Tobin, Thomas O’Reilly, Dominic Zerulla, John T. Sheridan

SPIE Optics + Photonics: Solar Energy + technology San Diego, California, U.S
4th - 9th July 2010 Paper

Aligned Nanorod Solar Cells 

Ajay Singh, Robert Gunning and Kevin M. Ryan

ESF Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy, Austria
4th - 9th July 2010 Poster

A spatially resolved study on the Sn diffusion during the sintering process in the active layer of dye sensitised solar cells

Codrin Andrei, Thomas O'Reilly and Dominic Zerulla

ESF Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy, Austria
4th - 9th July 2010 Poster

Investigation of the SILAR Technique for PbS Q-Dots in a Quantum Dot Sensitised Solar Cell and Device Stability with Electrolyte

Jennifer O’Reilly, K. Ravi Thampi and Dominic Zerulla

ESF Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy, Austria
24th - 25th June 2010 Presentation

Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction 

Kevin Fennell

Masterclass in Environmental Chemistry, Maynooth, Ireland
24th - 25th June 2010 Presentation

Sol-gel synthesis and characterisation of the photo-electrochemical activity of doped TiO2- towards more efficient photocatalysts for water splitting  

Elaine Neville

Masterclass in Environmental Chemistry, Maynooth, Ireland
20th - 23th April 2010 Plenary Talk

Catalysis for fuel processing 

K. Ravindranthan Thampi

European Energy Conference, Barcelona, Spain
20th - 23th April 2010 Paper

Sol-gel fabrication of carbon-modified titania 

E. M. Neville, M. Mattle, B. Rajesh, K. R. Thampi, J. A. Sullivan and J.M.D. MacElroy

European Energy Conference, Barcelona, Spain
12th - 16th April 2010 Poster

Investigating Dye Sensitised Solar Cells 

Laura L. Tobin, Thomas O'Reilly, Dominic Zerulla, John T. Sheridan

SPIE Photonics Europe: Photonics for Solar Energy Systems, Brussels, Belgium
29th - 31st March 2010 Plenary Talk

Dye and Q-dot sensitised solar cells: Opportunities and Challenges

K.R. Thampi

Light Harvesting and Solar Energy Conversion, Stuttgart, Germany
29th - 31st March 2010 Poster

Titanocene and organic dye adsorption studies on TiO2 surface  using ab-initio and Molecular Dynamics Approaches 

S. Agrawal, N. English, D.A. Mooney, J.M.D. MacElroy

Light Harvesting and Solar Energy Conversion, Stuttgart, Germany
29th - 31st March 2010 Poster

Classical Simulation of TiO2-Water Interface

R. Kavathekar, N. English, D.A. Mooney, J.M.D. MacElroy

Light Harvesting and Solar Energy Conversion, Stuttgart, Germany
29th - 31st March 2010 Poster

Synthesis of new materials for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells via microemulsions

Lukasz Szymanski and Cosima Stubenrauch

Light Harvesting and Solar Energy Conversion, Stuttgart, Germany
21st - 26th March 2010 Paper Femtosecond Surface Plasmon Characterisation on Metallic Dielectric Interfaces
Jose Francisco Lopez-Barbera, Brian Ashall and Dominic Zerulla
DPG, Regensburg, Germany
21st - 26th March 2010 Paper

Electromagnetic polarisation twisting mediated by plasmon / nanostructure interaction

Brian Ashall,  Brian Vohnsen, Stephan Schwieger, Erich Runge, Michael Berndt, and Dominic Zerulla

DPG, Regensburg, Germany
21st March 2010 Paper

A Multi-rate Kinetic Model for Oriented Attachment of Semiconductor Nanorods   

R. Gunning, A. Singh and K.M. Ryan

ACS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA
19th March 2010 Invited Seminar Molecular Simulation of Nanoscale Systems for Solar Energy  Niall J English Dept. of Chemistry, Minzu University, Beijing
18th March 2010 Poster

Tethering of Cobalt Complexes to Functionalized SBA-15 for Catalytic Fixation of CO2 

M. Jhansi L. Kishore, Kevin Fennell, James A. Sullivan and Grace G. Morgan

Catalyst Preparation 4 the 21st Century, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K.
4th - 6th March 2010 Poster

Measuring the Current-Voltage Characteristics of Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells 

Laura L. Tobin, Thomas O’Reilly, Dominic Zerulla, John T. Sheridan

IONS-7, Galway, Ireland
17th - 19th Feb 2010 Paper

Mesoporous solids for low temperature CO2 adsorption 

Wiebke Reimann and Teresa Curtin

Environ 2010, LIT, Limerick
13th - 17th February 2010 Paper Synergistic effects of metal-nonmetal codoping on visible light activated photocatalyst of anatase titania: an ab- initio calculation                          Run Long and Niall English International Conference on Powering a Greener Future: Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion, Cairo
2009      
10th - 11th December 2009 Paper

Effect of doping (C, N or C+N) on the photoactivity of the sputtered deposited TiO2 coating for the application of Hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting

M. Rahman, D. Dowling and JMD MacElroy

International Symposium on Reactive Sputter Deposition (RSD2009), Manchester, UK
8th -13th November 2009 Paper Density Functional Theory Studies of Doping in Both Bulk- and Surface-State Titania
Run Long and Niall J. English
AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville Tennesse
19th – 22nd October 2009 Paper Deposition of hybrid organic-inorganic composite coatings using atmospheric plasma jet technique
Amidou Dembele
NanoSmat2009: 4th International Conference on Surfaces Coatings and Nanostructured Materials, Rome, Italy NS157
19th – 22nd October 2009 Paper Development of visible-lightactive TiO2 nano-thick coatings for the application of Hydrogen production by hotoelectrochemical water splitting
Mahfujur Rahman
NanoSmat2009: 4th International Conference on Surfaces Coatings and Nanostructured Materials, Rome, Italy NS156
16th -18th October 2009 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Grace Morgan and James Sullivan
Coordination Chemistry Winter School. University of Karlsruhe, Germany
15th - 16th October 2009 Poster

Investigation of advanced biomimetic materials for solar energy conversion

O’Reilly J., Thampi, R. and Zerulla, D.

Inspire BioNano1st International Conference, Dublin
14th October 2009 Poster Classical Simulation of TiO2 - Water simulations
Ritwik Kavathekar, Niall English and Don MacElroy
ACAM High Performance Computing Workshop, UCD Dublin
28th – 30th September 2009 Poster Synthesis of New Materials for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic (PV) Cells via Microemulsions
Lukasz Szymanski and Cosima Stubenrauch
44th Meeting of the German Colloid Society, Hamburg, Germany
15th - 16th September 2009 Poster

Electrophoretic deposition for thin film photovoltaic devices

Robert Gunning, Catriona O’Sullivan, Ajay Singh, Hugh Geaney, Christopher Barrett and Kevin M. Ryan

IOP Photovoltaics, London
14th – 16th September 2009 Poster Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Laura Tobin, Dominic Zerulla and John T Sheridan
Photonics Ireland, Kinsale, Ireland
9th - 11th September 2009 Poster Classical Simulation of TiO2 - Water simulations
Ritwik Kavathekar, Niall English and Don MacElroy
Computer Simulation of Oxides, Trinity College Dublin
9th - 11th September 2009 Poster

Titanocene Adsorption Studies on TiO2 (110) Rutile Surface using Ab-initio and Molecular Dynamics Approaches

Saurabh Agrawal, Niall J English, Damian A Mooney and JMD MacElroy

Computer Simulation of Oxides, Trinity College Dublin
8th - 10th September 2009 Poster

A kinetic model for Oriented Attachment of Semiconductor Nanorods

 Robert Gunning, Catriona O'Sullivan and Kevin M. Ryan

Intel European Research and Innovation Conference, Leixlip, Co. Kildare
7th - 10th September 2009 Paper

Solution Synthesis of Self –Seeded Germanium Nanowires and Analysis of Electrical Properties 

Robert Gunning and Kevin M. Ryan

Euromat 2009, Glasgow, UK
30th Aug – 4th Sept 2009 Poster Preparation and Characterisation of C-doped TiO2 Photocatalysts
Elaine Neville and James Sullivan
EuropaCat IX Congress - Catalysis for a Sustainable World, Salamanca
9th August 2009 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Grace Morgan and James Sullivan
10th Annual Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin
2nd – 6th August 2009 Poster Investigation and Optimisation of Biomimetic Dye Sensitised Solar Cells
Thomas O'Reilly, Brian Ashall and Dominic Zerulla
SPIE Optics + Photonics: Solar Energy + technology, San Diego, California, US
2nd – 6th August 2009 Poster Modelling Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Laura Tobin, Dominic Zerulla and John T Sheridan
SPIE Optics + Photonics: Solar Energy + technology, San Diego, California, US
12th - 15th July 2009 Invited Speaker Influence of Processing Conditions on the Adhesion Performance of Atmospheric Plasma Polymerized Primer Coatings on Steel                             D.P. Dowling 7th International symposium on polymer surface modification: relevance to adhesion. University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
4th - 9th July 2009 Poster

Application of HPLC in the investigation of the photochemical reactions of bimetallic complexes {[Ru(bpy)2]2bpt}3+ and {[Ru(bpy)2]2bpzt}3+ (P047)

H.M.Y. Ahmed, N. Coburn, D. Dini, J.G. Vos

18th International Symposium on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Sapporo, Japan
28th - 29th June 2009 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Jhansi Kishore, Grace Morgan and James Sullivan
Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group. University of Leeds, Yorkshire, U.K.
24th - 29th May 2009 Invited Speaker

Electrophoretic deposition of spherical and rod-shaped nanocrystals into close packed superlattices.

Kevin M. Ryan

215th ECS Meeting, San Francisco
21st-26th June 2009 Poster

Dynamically tunable nanostructures: new horizons in plasmonics

D. Zerulla, M. Berndt and B. Ashall

SPPIV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
21st-26th June 2009 Poster

Magnetic and Electric influences on surface plasmons 

B. Ashall, L. Sapienza, M. Berndt, J.F. Lopez-Barbera, B. Vohnsen,  D. Zerulla

SPPIV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
25th - 29th May 2009 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Grace Morgan and James Sullivan
CLEAR Catalytic Summer School, Sithonia Resort, Thessaloniki, Greece
24-29th May 2009 Poster Systematic preparation of C-doped TiO2: Towards more efficient photocatalysts
Elaine Neville and James Sullivan
CLEAR summer school ’09, Porto Carras
8th May 2009 Poster

Development of visible-light-active TiO2 coatings for the application of Hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting

Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy and Denis P. Dowling

Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster Synthesis of New Materials for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic (PV) Cells via Microemulsions
Lukasz Szymanski and Cosima Stubenrauch
Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster

Reactive sputtered NiOx coatings for application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy,Danilo Dini,Johannes G. Vos,and Denis P. Dowling

Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster Mesoporous Solids for low Temperature CO2 adsorption
Wiebke Reimann and Teresa Curtin
Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, Grace Morgan and James Sullivan
Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster Using NMR to observe carbon dioxide and its reactions in aqueous solution
Aljoscha Wild, J.P.G Malthouse and Chandralal Hewage
Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
8th May 2009 Poster UV-Visible characterisation of C-doped TiO2 photo-catalysts for water splitting
Elaine Neville and James Sullivan
Energy to Drive the Irish Economy, Energy Meeting, UL Limerick
7th May 2009 Poster Using NMR to observe carbon dioxide and its reactions in aqueous solution
Aljoscha Wild, J.P.G Malthouse and Chandralal Hewage
Irish NMR Meeting, UCD Dublin
April 27-May 1, 2009 Invited Speaker

Evaluation of Anti-fouling properties of Atmospheric Plasma Deposited Siloxane Coatings                                                                                       D.P. Dowling

ICMCTF 2009 San Diego, California USA
April 27-May 1, 2009 Paper Deposition and characterisation of NiOX films by reactive sputtering for application in dye sensitized solar cells
Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, Don MacElroy, Nadia Coburn, Danilo Dini, Johannes G. Vos and D. P. Dowling
ICMCTF 2009 San Diego, California USA
3rd-5th April 2009 Poster

Surface Plasmon Focussing, Guiding and Polarisation Twisting using Tailor Designed Nanostructured Arrays.

B. Ashall, M. Berndt, M. Rohmer, P. Scholz, S. Schwieger, E. Runge, M, Aeschlimann, D. Zerulla

Institute of Physics Ireland Spring Meeting, Wexford
22-27th March 2009 Paper Nanostructure symmetry induced surface plasmon propagation: guiding and polarisation twisting
Brian Ashall and Dominic Zerulla
DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden Germany

2008

     
12th December 2008 Poster Synthesis of new materials for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells via microemulsions
Lukasz Szymanski and Cosima Stubenrauch
7th CSCB Symposium, UCD Dublin
12th December 2008 Poster 1H, 13C and 15N nuclear Magnetic Resonance study of EDTA with Mg(II) or Zn(II)
Aljoscha Wild, J.P.G Malthouse, Chandralal Hewage
7th CSCB Symposium, UCD Dublin
17-18th November 2008 Invited Speaker Solar driven reduction of CO2: a convergent approach
Johannes G Vos
SFI Summit, Kilkenny
9th -12th November 2008 Poster Use of Mono- and Binuclear Ruthenium Complexes as Dye-Sensitizers for CO2 Photoreduction
Nadia Coburn, Danilo Dini, Johannes G. Vos, Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, Denis Dowling, Don MacElroy
4th ERA Flash Chemistry Conference, Madrid
3rd November 2008 Paper Synthesis of new materials for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells via microemulsions
Lukasz Szymanski and Cosima Stubenrauch
Solar Energy Society of Ireland Colloquium for PhD Students at Dublin Institute of Technology
26th September 2008 Poster Use of Mono- and Binuclear Ruthenium Complexes as Dye-Sensitizers for CO2 Photoreduction
Nadia Coburn, Danilo Dini, Johannes G. Vos, Muhammad Awais, Mahfujur Rahman, Denis Dowling, Don MacElroy
2008 RSC Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry in Ireland, TCD
26th September 2008 Poster Azacrypt Trapping of CO2 for Chemical Reduction
Kevin Fennell and Grace Morgan
2008 RSC Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry in Ireland, TCD
20th June 2008 Poster Advanced Biomimetic Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
Sharon Davin
Challenge of Sustainability Conference, DKIT, Ireland