US-Ireland SFI funded paper in collaboration with QUB and Georgia Tech on crystallographic phase patterning in bismuth ferrite in J Mater Sci.
Journal Article: Nitrogen reactive ion etch processes for the selective removal of poly-(4-vinylpyridine) in block copolymer films
Paper in Nanotechnology led by Dr. Susan Kelleher’s group in the UCD School of Chemistry on selective etching in block copolymer films by nitrogen reactive ion etching.
Arxiv: Giant negative electrostriction and dielectric tunability in a van der Waals layered ferroelectric
Paper in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on cKPFM of van der Waals layered copper indium thiophosphate (CIPS) submitted to Arxiv.org.
Journal Article: Single-Molecule Nonresonant Wide-Field Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Ferroelectrically Defined Au Nanoparticle Microarrays
New paper in ACS Omega in collaboration with Prof. Katia Gallo’s group at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology on SERS from lithium niobate templates.
Journal Article: Photo-induced surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy from a diphenylalanine peptide nanotube-metal nanoparticle template
Recent paper in Scientific Reports on PIERS from peptide nanotube templates.
Journal Article: Controlling the mechanoelasticity of model biomembranes with room-temperature ionic liquids
Paper in Biophysical Reviews with colleagues from UCD School of Physics.
Journal Article: Templated microwave synthesis of luminescent carbon nanofibers
Paper in RSC Advances in collaboration with UCD School of Chemistry.
Book Chapter: Applications of KPFM-Based Approaches for Surface Potential and Electrochemical Measurements in Liquid
Chapter on Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research published.
OSA Stories
PhD student Rosa Alshammari recently discussed her research with The Optical Society.
Electrochemical force microscopy of the solid-liquid interface: 4-year PhD studentship
A PhD position is available in the Nanoscale Function Group to investigate the electrochemical properties of the solid-liquid interface. Do you have experience/interest in atomic force microscopy? Electrochemistry? Batteries? If so, see here for details.
