School of Chemistry: Recent submissions
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Forming and compliance-free operation of low-energy, fast-switching HfOxSy/HfS2 memristors
(2025)We demonstrate low energy, forming and compliance-free operation of a resistive memory obtained by the partial oxidation of a two-dimensional layered van-der-Waals semiconductor: hafnium disulfide (HfS2). Semiconductor–oxide ... -
Controlled Fabrication of Native Ultra-Thin Amorphous Gallium Oxide From 2D Gallium Sulfide for Emerging Electronic Applications
(2024)Oxidation of 2D layered materials has proven advantageous in creating oxide/2D material heterostructures, opening the door for a new paradigm of low-power electronic devices. Gallium (II) sulfide (β-GaS), a hexagonal phase ... -
Potassium-Ion Battery Electrodes from Potassium Ferricyanide Nanoplatelets: Thin Platelets and Thick Electrodes Unlock High Areal Capacity and Excellent Rate Performance
(2025)Recent efforts to develop cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) have focused on maximizing specific capacity. However, real applications will require thick electrodes with high areal capacity that can ... -
Surface Modification Improves Spinel LiCoO2 Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials Grown by Low Temperature Solvothermal Flow Reaction
(2024)Methods that provide routes to LiCoO2 growth with lower energy requirements from recycled battery cathode ashes are important for sustainable Li-ion battery technology . Here, a low temperature route to a stable, coated ... -
Carbon Thin-Film Electrodes as High-Performing Substrates for Correlative Single Entity Electrochemistry
(2024)Correlative methods to characterize single entities by electrochemistry and microscopy/spectroscopy are increasingly needed to elucidate structure-function relationships of nanomaterials. However, the technical constraints ... -
Optimization of Piezo-driven Jet Valve Dispensing Process for the Geometrical Control of Printed Sensors based on Silver and MXene inks
(2024)Printed sensors offer unique benefits - highly customizable designs, low-cost prototyping, and a wide range of materials and properties - which can be exploited. Piezo-driven jet valve dispensing is a printing technique ... -
Double transition metal Ti2NbC2Tx MXene with modulated electronic structure for advanced lithium-ion capacitors
(2025)Double transition metal (DTM) MXenes are garnering increasing attention owe to their wide diversity, controllable properties, tunable electronic structure and surface chemistry. Nevertheless, research on the exciting DTM ... -
A Magnetic Nanocarrier of Ciprofloxacin Used for Restraining the Growth of the Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2025)Ciprofloxacin (CPL) is an effective antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, its use is limited by the emergence of multi-resistant strains. In this study, 8–15 nm manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles, ... -
Electrically Insulating Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Materials: A Perspective
(2024)Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding is critical in electronic applications. Over the past decades, numerous high-performance EMI shields are developed using electrically conducting materials. However, from an ... -
3D networked MXene thin films for high performance supercapacitors
(2024)Maximizing the energy and power density of supercapacitors requires thick electrodes, enabling a high areal loading. Simultaneously, a sophisticated, hierarchical pore structure for the active material is needed, ... -
Electrically Conductive Injectable Silk/PEDOT: PSS Hydrogel for Enhanced Neural Network Formation
(2025)With no effective treatments for functional recovery after injury, spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the unresolved healthcare challenges. Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) transplantation is a versatile ... -
Tailored glycosylated anode surfaces: Addressing the exoelectrogen bacterial community via functional layers for microbial fuel cell applications
(2020)Grafting of aryldiazonium cations bearing a p-mannoside functionality over microbial fuel cell (MFC) anode materials was performed to investigate the ability of aryl-glycoside layers to regulate colonisation by biocatalytic ... -
Thiol-Ene Mediated Strategies for Peptide Cyclisation and Bioconjugation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2025)This thesis presents innovative methodologies for peptide cyclisation, functionalisation, and bioconjugation, providing advanced tools for biomedical research and drug discovery. Central to this work is the application of ... -
Metal@carbon nitrogenated porous architectures as novel sustainable catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived organics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2025)The valorisation of biomass and waste feedstocks is a crucial strategy for reducing carbon emissions. Biomass stands out among renewables for its potential beyond energy production, serving as a sustainable source for ... -
Alkali cation-π interactions in aqueous systems, modulating supramolecular stereoisomerism of nanoscopic metal-organic capsules
(2024)Contrary to common chemical intuition, cation-π interactions can persist in polar, aqueous reaction solutions, rather than in dry non-coordinative solvent systems. This account highlights how alkali ion-π interactions ... -
Design, Synthesis, and Photophysical and Biological Studies of Naphthalimide Bioconjugates for Medicinal and Materials Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, 2025)This thesis presents significant advancements in the synthesis, characterization, and use of Naphthalimide (Nap) based biological relevant compounds for bioimaging and therapeutic applications. Extensive photophysical ... -
The development of novel synthetic methodologies for the preparation of glycosidase inhibitors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)Sugars with heteroatoms other than oxygen in the ring (e.g. iminosugars, thiosugars) are known to exhibit interesting biological activities and possess considerable therapeutic potential. Their biological activity can be ... -
Novel Approaches to Targeted Drug Delivery via Endogenous Enzyme Activation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2025)Current treatments used in cancer chemotherapy are limited due to their narrow therapeutic window, dose-limiting toxicity and low cancer-cell specificity, making the development of targeted drug delivery strategies an ... -
Synthesis and functionalisation of nanomaterials for biomedical diagnostic applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)This thesis explores synthesis and functionalisation of a variety of nanomaterials for the purpose of biological detection with a potential focus on medical diagnostics. Early diagnosis is the key to disease prevention, ... -
Peptidic Activity Based Probes to Understand the Deubiquitination Machinery
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2025)Ubiquitination is a highly conserved post-translational modification (PTM) that governs numerous critical cellular events such as protein degradation and membrane import/export. Such process is tightly regulated by a complex ...
