Browsing Physics (Theses and Dissertations) by Sponsor "European Research Council (ERC)"
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Ab Initio calculation of parameters for electron and spin transport in organic crystals
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2018)Organic semiconductors offer several crucial advantages over their inorganic counterparts in electronic and spintronic applications. Besides offering structural advantages such as variety and flexibility, organic semiconductors ... -
Dielectric Networks from solution processed 2D nanomaterials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)Shortly after the demonstration of the existence of free-standing graphene, the need for large scale production of two-dimensional nanomaterials was met by the emergence of a solution processing method called liquid phase ... -
Examining How Planets Interact With The Stellar Wind Using 3D Numerical Models
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)The majority of planets do not exist in empty space, but are embedded in the stellar wind, which consists of mostly ionised Hydrogen ejected from the host star. Understanding stellar wind-planet interactions is of huge ... -
Heat Transfer in Open Quantum Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2023)In most situations of practical interest, quantum systems are not isolated from their surroundings but are interacting with an environment. The importance of such situations has been highlighted, for example, in the fields ... -
The in-situ structural characterization of layered double hydroxide materials in catalytic and biological applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2019)The overall aim of this PhD research is to understand the physical behaviours of layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanomaterials in applied environments. Two aspects of LDH-based applications were studied. Firstly, the thermal ... -
An Investigation into the Accretion Processes of Young Stellar Objects
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2023)The way in which young stars form is complex and fascinating, and is anything but a smooth, continuous process. Studying their dramatic, and sometimes violent, early years of accreting and ejecting material is vital in ... -
Magnetic Fields and Accretion Processes in Young Stars: A case study of the classical T Tauri star DK Tau
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2024)Low-mass young stars that are a few million years old and called classical T Tauri stars (cTTs) experience magnetospheric accretion. They are surrounded by a circumstellar disk (which consists of an inner and outer disk) ... -
A Microscopy Study of PVD Grown Cu: Sample preparation, optimisation and in-situ analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2019)A variety of sample preparation techniques have been developed and optimised for PVD grown Cu films and Cu NWs. These techniques include traditional cross-sectional preparation, plan-view preparation, site-specific ... -
New Methods of Studying Young Stellar Objects Using Radio Interferometry
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)While most studies of star formation are based on infrared or optical observations, radio astronomy has also proven very useful in the study of this process. This is seen for example in the detection of free-free emission ... -
Non-equilibrium transport properties of quasiperiodic models
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2023)The advances in the manipulation of ultracold atoms trapped by optical lattices has established this set-up as a promising analogue simulator of quantum Hamiltonians. The extended coherence times allow for the monitoring ... -
Optimisation of Electrolytically-gated Thin Film Transistors made from Printed Nanosheet Networks
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)Networks of two-dimensional nanosheets show great potential in a wide variety of different applications, with particular focus on the area of printed electronics. One of the main issues facing such nanosheet network ... -
Thermodynamics of interacting many-body quantum systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2021)Technological and scientific advances have given rise to an era in which coherent quantum-mechanical phenomena can be probed and experimentally-realised over unprecedented timescales in condensed matter physics. In turn, ... -
Transport Properties of Disordered Nanowire Networks: from Conducting Thin Films to Neuromorphic Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2018)Nanowire networks have had much attention from the scientific community in the past two decades due to their potential in numerous technological applications. Central to these are the superior electrical properties manifested ... -
The winds of low-mass stars and solar-wind evolution
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2020)Stellar winds affect the evolution of stars (as well as impacting the planets orbiting these stars) through the removal of angular momentum and mass over time. This process changes the rotation rate of the host star, which ...
