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Application of colloidal quantum dots to a range of photovoltaic designs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2015)This project explores the use of quantumly confined materials as photon absorbers, with the aim to produce nanomaterials that we believe will increase efficiency in reported quantum dot based photovoltaic designs. The ... -
Aspects of supramolecular chemistry : molecular helicates and coordination polymers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2003)The research presented in this thesis lies within the general area of supramolecular and coordination chemistry. There are two facets to the work presented herein. Firstly, the syntheses and characterisation of novel ... -
Biological investigations of novel 1,8-naphthalimide compounds and the design and synthesis of pyridine based polyamides
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2009)This thesis entitled "Biological Investigations of Novel 1,8-Naphthalimide Compounds and the Design and Synthesis of Pyridine Polyamides" is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1, the introduction focuses on the basic ... -
Bioremediation of unresolved complex mixtures in marine oil spills : an analytical perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2000)Unresolved complex mixture (UCM) is the fraction of some petroleums that cannot be resolved by conventional gas chromatography and is characteristic of biodegraded petroleum oils and some refined products such as lubricating ... -
Bipyridyl alkynyl-based polyphenylenes : tuning photoluminescence in metal-organic chromophores
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2011)Chapter 1 introduces two series of novel polyphenylene molecules with inherent ligand functionality. These are prepared via a sequence of Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions and [2+4] Diels-Alder cycloadditions and are ... -
Calix[4]arene-based hosts for lanthanide and anion binding : synthesis and physical studies.
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2007)This thesis, entitled "Calix[4]arene-based hosts for lanthanide and anion binding: synthesis and physical studies" is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the chemistry of calix[4]arenes, an ... -
Carbon based nanomaterials application in dye sensitized solar cell
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)Sunlight is the largest of all available carbon-neutral energy sources. Therefore, currently solar cell or photovoltaic cell based technologies, which can convert solar energy into electricity, are of extreme importance. ... -
Carbon nanotube-polymer composites
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2009)Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes have generated a lot of activity in many areas of science and engineering due to their unprecedented superlative mechanical, thermal and electronic properties. This combination ... -
CdTe based nanocomposite materials for biological imaging
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2008)The main goal of this research is to develop new CdTe QD based nanomaterials and demonstrate their potential for biological applications, in particular their use as fluorescent bioimaging tools. This work involves the ... -
Characterisation of n-ferrocenyl alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2007)The study of self-assembled monolayers and their applications in chemistry and materials science have been of interest since the early 1980's. Due to their stable and dense structure self-assembled monolayers have been ... -
Chiral hypernucleophilic acylation catalysts and synthesis of bipyridyls via palladium-catalysed reductive homocoupling of chloropyridines
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2001)Chapter 1 of this thesis discusses the explosion of interest in the non-enzymatic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols catalysed by chiral derivatives of the hypemucleophilic acylation catalyst, 4-dimethylaminopyridine. ... -
Chiral lanthanide-directed self-assembly : ligand substitution as a path to functionally diverse supramolecular complexes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)Entitled “Chiral Lanthanide-Directed Self-Assembly: Ligand Substitution as a Path to Functionally Diverse Supramolecular Complexes”, this thesis is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1, the introduction, aims to address ... -
Chiroptically-Active Quantum Nanostructures
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)In this research, a wide variety of fluorescent nanoparticles have been synthesised and analysed through the lens of optical activity and potential chiroptical applications. Cadmium and cadmium-free fluorescent nanoparticles ... -
Combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) & surface stress measurements (SSM) of chemical reactions on semiconductor surfaces : oxidation of the Si(111)-(7x7)surface
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2012)A novel combined scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and surface stress measurement (SSM) system has been developed to allow absorbate-induced changes in surface stress to be measured and related to the structural and ...