Browsing by Subject "Chirality"
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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 ... -
Development of Calcium Carbonate-based Nano- and Micro- Structural Materials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)Calcium carbonate is a ubiquitous material, which has a high commercial importance and a variety of important applications. The main goal of this work is the development of new CaCO3 based nano- and micro-structural materials ... -
Effect of chiral ligand concentration and binding mode on chiroptical activity of CdSe/CdS quantum dots
(2019)Chiroptically active fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals, quantum dots (QDs), are of high interest from a theoretical and technological point of view, because they are promising candidates for a range of potential ... -
Exploring New and Enhanced Optical Functionalities in Coupled Nano-Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2018)In this thesis, a variety of novel emerging systems were chosen to explore new and enhanced optical functionalities in coupled nano-systems. The coupling of novel nanomaterials with complimentary properties paves the way ... -
Ligand-induced chirality and optical activity in semiconductor nanocrystals: theory and applications
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020)Chirality is one of the most fascinating occurrences in the natural world and plays a crucial role in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and medicine. Chirality has also been envisaged to play an important role in ... -
Porphyrin Atropisomerism - a New Twist in Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular Architectures
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)The unifying theme of the work reported in this thesis is the exploitation of the flexibility of the porphyrin macrocycle using sterically demanding units to construct supramolecular receptors for selective guest encapsulations. ... -
Synthesis and spectroscopic studies of chiral CdSequantum dots
(2010)Using microwave irradiation, water soluble, optically active, penicillamine (Pen) capped CdSenanocrystals with broad spectral distribution (430?780 nm) of photoluminescence have been produced and studied by a range of ... -
Thiourea organocatalysts as emerging chiral pollutants: En route to porphyrin-based (chir)optical sensing
(2021)Environmental pollution with chiral organic compounds is an emerging problem requiring innovative sensing methods. Amino-functionalized thioureas, such as 2-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)thiourea ...