Chemistry (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Strain modification of surface electronic states measured with scanning tunnelling spectroscopy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Scanning tunnelling microscopy is a surface science tool that allows topographic imaging of a conductive surface on an atomic scale, enabling real space visualisation of surface reconstructions. As it is based on quantum ... -
Design and Synthesis of Terpyridine Functionalised Supramolecular Architectures
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Coordination-driven supramolecular assembly is an extremely useful tool to generate architectures of increased complexity and functionality, such as metallo-supramolecular gels and emissive materials. Interest in the ... -
Self-assembled Lanthanide luminescent Cyclen Complexes, from material to biological application
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)The Thesis is entitled Self-assembled Lanthanide Luminescent Cyclen Complexes, from Material to Biological Application covers the formation of different Ln(III) cyclen based complexes and self-assembly and their applications ... -
The Interaction of Chiral Nanoparticles with Biological Objects
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)The main goal of this research is to investigate how different factors influence the induced optical activity of semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) of various shapes and test the biological activity of NPs capped with chiral ... -
Development of Synthetic Peptides as Functional Probes for the Lipoprotein Biosynthesis Pathway in Bacteria
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Protein lipidation is a critical post-translational modification that occurs in all bacteria. The essential enzymes involved in this modification are exclusive to bacteria and have demonstrated potential as antibiotic ... -
Studies of a series of Benzene-1,3,5-derivatives and some other supramolecular building blocks and their self-assembly properties
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)This thesis, titled Studies of a series of Benzene-1,3,5-derivatives and some other supramolecular building blocks and their self-assembly properties , describes the synthesis and characterisation of novel tripodal systems ... -
Novel Approaches to Probe the Activity of Deubiquitinating Enzymes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Ubiquitination is a highly conserved post-translational modification that regulates a multitude of critical cellular events. This process is orchestrated by a complex enzymatic network. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) ... -
Exploring the α2-adrenergic receptors with alkyl substituted bis-guanidinium diaryl derivatives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)The burden of mental health conditions is on the rise globally. It is well documented that noradrenaline has a key role in memory, attention, stress, and regulation of emotions. The α2-adrenergic receptors (α2-ARs) are an ... -
Development of Novel Acyl Thiol-ene Mediated Peptide Ligation Strategies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)This thesis, entitled Development of Novel Acyl Thiol-ene Mediated Peptide Ligation Strategies is composed of six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introductory overview of the fields of amide synthesis and peptide ligation. ... -
Post-Synthetic Treatment of Layered Nanomaterials for Optimized Performance in Energy Transfer & Storage Devices
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Controlled syntheses of PbO and NiFe LDH layered nanomaterials were carried out for this work, followed by comprehensive studies to determine the extent to which improvements can be made, in terms of performance in their ... -
In-situ and Operando (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy (S)TEM; a real-time investigation of energy storage devices and materials at the atomic level
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)In the modern age of ubiquitous mobile technology, demand for ever increasing battery capacity and size reduction in such devices is a key driving factor for this sector. Technology is currently striving to improve the ... -
Comparison of Pyrite Found at the Navan Deposit, Tara Mines, Ireland, with 95% Pure Commercially Available Pyrite
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)A study was conducted to compare the morphological, chemical, crystallographic, and froth flotation characteristics of pyrite found in the Navan deposit and processed at Boliden Tara Mines, Ireland, with 95% pure pyrite ... -
Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Photochemistry and Photocatalysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Localised surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of sub-wavelength metallic nanoantennas can greatly improve light-matter interactions at the nanoscale beyond the optical diffraction limit and holds great promise for applications ... -
High-valent dinuclear bis-μ-hydroxo complexes for PCET reactivity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)High valent dinuclear bis-μ-hydroxo transition metals complexes are hypothesised to play a potentially crucial role in several enzymatic mechanism involving their high-valent dinuclear bis-μ-oxo counterparts such as soluble ... -
Investigations into Metal-Binding Groups to Probe the DNA Repair Nuclease SNM1A
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)SNM1A is a nuclease that is implicated in DNA interstrand crosslink repair and as such is of importance to regular cellular function. However, little is known about its roles, regulation, interaction partners or posttranslational ... -
New Materials for Controlled Singlet Oxygen Generation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Singlet oxygen is notoriously uncontrollable, suffers from poor selectivity, and has fast decomposition rates in biological media. Across the scientific community, there is an enduring effort to refine singlet oxygen ... -
Block-Copolymer-derived plasmonic templates and its applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Plasmonic metasurfaces have important applications in life science, optics, and catalysis. However, their industrial usage is limited by high throughput nanofabrication. A promising solution is the transfer of a pattern ... -
Development of Multimodal Magnetic-Plasmonic Nanocomposites
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)The main aim of this work was to prepare a wide range of magnetic-plasmonic nano- and micro-materials and to explore their properties and potential applications. The combination of both magnetic and plasmonic properties ... -
Developing state of the art sample preparation for high-resolution electron microscopy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)In recent years there have been great advances in scanning transmission electron microscopes, in particular, high-resolution low voltage imaging and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. These techniques rely ... -
Two-dimensional Materials for Energy Storage and Harvesting
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)Energy storage and harvesting have become a global concern due to the ever-increasing demand for energy and upcoming depletion of natural resources. As a family of Van der Waals layered crystals, metal chalcogenides (MCs) ...
