Browsing Chemistry (Theses and Dissertations) by Sponsor "Trinity College Dublin (TCD)"
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Bio-inspired aryldiazonium cabrohydrate coatings; synthesis, suface modification and applications in biofilm control
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2019)This thesis examines the use of aryldiazonium surface modification strategies in order to produce surfaces terminated with saccharide functionality with applications in controlling surface bound biofilm progression. To ... -
Computational Modelling and Design of Cathode Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)Unravelling the activity and selectivity of novel heterogeneous catalysts requires a deep understanding of the effects unfolding at the catalytic surface. Particularly, this thesis emphasises the relevance of dopant ... -
Computational Modelling of Perovskite-based Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)The development and use of clean and renewable modes of power generation is essential to address the increasing environmental and health concerns associated with fossil fuel consumption. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) ... -
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, ... -
Design and development of novel self-assembled luminescent lanthanide complexes in solution and in soft materials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of ChemistrySchool 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 ... -
Investigations into Metal-Binding Groups to Probe the DNA Repair Nuclease SNM1A
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)SNM1A is a nuclease that is implicated in DNA interstrand crosslink repair and as such is of importance to regular cellular function. However, little is known about its roles, regulation, interaction partners or posttranslational ... -
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 ... -
Methods Development for the Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Porphyrins and Porphyrin Rigid Linker Arrays
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)This research focuses on two main aspects: The synthesis of new derivatives of naturally occurring porphyrins and the preparation of non-natural chromophore-rigid linker conjugates as potential bioisosteres and mimics of ... -
NanoElectrochemical studies of 2D Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion using Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2023)Electrochemical systems are of critical importance in modern society as they enable the conversion of electricity from renewable sources into chemicals and materials. The integration of nanomaterials in energy storage and ... -
Non-covalent interactions in supramolecular hybrid polyoxometalates
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a species of discrete anionic polynuclear metal-oxo clusters made from early transition metals in their higher oxidation states. Together with organic ligands they can be assembled in hybrid ... -
Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Photochemistry and Photocatalysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Localised surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of sub-wavelength metallic nanoantennas can greatly improve light-matter interactions at the nanoscale beyond the optical diffraction limit and holds great promise for applications ... -
Uranium Thiocyanate Compounds in Multiple Oxidation States
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2019)A comprehensive structural, magnetic, spectroscopic and computational study has been carried out on a series of high symmetry 5f2 uranium(IV) thiocyanate and selenocyanate complexes, of formula A4[U(NCS(e))8] (A = Me4N, ...