Chemistry (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Templated synthesis of novel molecules and materials using 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole supramolecular building blocks
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)This thesis, entitled "Templated synthesis of novel molecules and materials using 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole supramolecular building blocks", describes the facile synthetic modification of the 1,4-disubstituted-1,2 ... -
In search of strong light-harvesting and long-lived Ru (II) and Ir(III) triplet photosensitisers
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)The Ph.D. thesis begins with a general introduction of triplet photosensitisers and their role in Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion (TTA-UC). It gives a short literature review of the photophysical properties of ... -
Functionalization of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) have aroused enormous interest in recent years due to their intriguing properties and a wide array of potential applications. Further tailoring their colloidal and ... -
Computational Modelling, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Guanidinium-like Derivatives as Protein Kinase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cancer
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Kinases have emerged as one of the most intensively pursued targets in current medicinal chemistry research, and to date, the FDA has approved 31 small molecule kinase inhibitors (SMKI), with several therapeutic applications, ... -
Investigation of the Structure-Property Relationships of Photoactive Surfactants
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Surfactants are functional and versatile molecules, common to a plethora of industries and applications as emulsifying, wetting, dispersing and foaming agents. The usefulness of surfactants is a result of their amphiphilicity; ... -
Ureasil Architectures for Organic-Inorganic Photoactive Hybrid Materials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Ureasils are Class II organic-inorganic hybrids consisting of poly(oxyalkylene) chains covalently linked to a siliceous network via urea bridges. Ureasil monoliths are photoluminescent, waveguiding and photo- and thermally ... -
Energy Storage and Conversion Applications of Transition Metal Oxide Nanoflakes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)In this work, MoO3 and Co(OH)2 were prepared via liquid phase exfoliation (LPE) and tested for application as supercapacitor materials and for a catalyst material for the oxygen evolution reaction (Co(OH)2 only). LPE was ... -
Luminescent self-assembled supramolecular polymers and microspheres based on Benzene-1,3,5- tricarboxamide (BTA) derivatives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)This thesis, entitled ‘Luminescent Self-assembled Supramolecular Polymers and Microspheres Based on Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) Derivatives’ describes the syntheses and characterisation of a new range of tripodal ... -
Understanding carbon-biomolecules interactions for the rational design of carbon-based biomaterials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Carbon-based materials have shown an outstanding performance in the biomedical field and the desire of understanding the impressive bioresponse towards carbon materials is an attractive prospect for design of improved ... -
Two dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides via thermally assisted conversion - synthesis, characterisation and electronic properties
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)2D transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of major interest to the research and electrical engineering community. A number of TMDs are semiconducting and have a wide range of bandgaps, they can exhibit n- or p- ... -
New technology for the extraction of energy critical metals from weee and removal of PFOA from water
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)ABSTRACT Electrical and electronic equipment contains a plethora of energy critical metals which eventually concentrates in the annual 20-50 million metric tonnes of e-wastes produced globally. This has been identified ... -
High-valent nickel complexes supported by pyridinedicarboxamidate ligands in hydrocarbon oxidation reactions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2017)High-valent M=O and M-O-X complexes are hypothesised to be potent oxidising intermediates both in enzymatic and small-molecule catalysis. In contrast to those from groups 6-8, oxidants that contain late transition metals ... -
Studies towards oligodeoxynucleotide conjugates as potential photoactive antisense agents in chronic myeloid leukaemia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2002)The research presented in this thesis concerns the synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) conjugates and their use in the photochemical induction of oxidative damage to specific nucleic acid bases in a complementary ODN ... -
Design and development of novel self-assembled luminescent lanthanide complexes in solution and in soft materials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, 2017)This thesis describes the design, synthesis and characterisation of naphthyl-dipicolylamide (naphthyl-dpa) ligands for sensitisation of lanthanide, Ln(III), emission. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the fundamental ... -
Synthesis and structural characterisation of polynuclear d-block metal complexes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2006)The research presented in this thesis lies within the area of coordination chemistry and the study of polynuclear metal complexes. More specifically, this project involves the synthesis and structural and magnetic (for ... -
Controlling the carbon-bio interface: ex-situ and in-situ studies of fundamental biomolecule--carbon reactions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2017)Carbon materials and nanomaterials are of great interest for biological applications such as implantable apparatus and nanoparticle vectors. In particular, amorphous carbon is extensively used as coating for biomedical devices ... -
The effects of residual stress on the material characterisation of individual nanowires
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2017)Many of the techniques currently used to measure the mechanical properties of individual nanowires make the assumption that initially the nanowires are in a zero-stress state. However, due to their small sizes and large ... -
Wet-chemistry synthesis and characterization of layered nanomaterials with tailored morphology
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2017)This PhD Thesis addresses a comprehensive study on the application of wet-chemistry methods to the preparation of layered nanostructured materials; namely 2-dimensional Mg-Al and Ni-Fe layered double hydroxides and ... -
Synthesis and raman characterisation of transition metal dichalcogenides
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2017)In recent years there has been an increased interest in layered materials such as Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs). When isolated in their monolayer form, they are essentially a 2D material, with unique properties. ... -
A study on novel pyrazine-substituted dithiolene complexes as synthetic models for molybdenum cofactor and facile molybdenum mediated unexpected formation of pentathiepins
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)In the present study, pyrazine (3 and 12) and quinoxaline (4 and 9-11) based compounds were synthesised as precursors for the synthetic analogues of MPT in MoCo. During the attempts to synthesise target model complexes, ...
