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Pyrrole-based Photosensitisers for Photomedicine. Synthesis, Photophysical and Photobiological Evaluation of Chlorins and Dipyrrin Complexes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a light activated therapy which involves a drug-photosensitiser (PS), light, and molecular oxygen. First, the PS is administered via a systemic or topical route and then it accumulates in the ... -
Quantum dots and quantum dot based polymer composites
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2013)The main aim of this thesis is to develop a range of new nanomaterials and composite materials based on fluorescent semiconducting nanoparticles (quantum dots). The work involves the synthesis and characterisation of various ... -
Quanutm dot metal nanoparticle based composites for biomedical applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2013)The main aim of this project is to develop a range of nanocomposite materials based on gold and silver nanostructures and semiconductor nanoparticles, or quantum dots (QDs). The work involves the synthesis, functionalisation ... -
Redox cationic polymerisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2011)The aim of this work is the development of an initiation chemistry that allows preparation of storage stable single-component epoxy compositions, which polymerize when contacted with metallic substrates, at ambient ... -
Research and development in the synthesis of cyanoacrylates
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2010)This dissertation is aimed at developing a new synthetic chemistry suitable for the selective production of highly reactive, high yield and purified electron deficient enes in bulk quantities. -
Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes for Biological Applications in Imaging and as Anti-Cancer Agents
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Ruthenium-polypyridyl complexes containing extended aromatic ring systems exhibit attractive photophysical properties and have been shown to bind strongly to DNA. Such properties make complexes like these suitable for a ... -
Ruthenium(II)-1,8,-Naphthalimide conjugates as DNA probes and photoreagents
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2008)This thesis entitled "Ru(II)-1,8-Naphthalimide Conjugates as DNA Probes and Photoreagents" is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1, the introduction, details the structure of DNA and the different modes by which small ... -
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Visualisation of Emergent Grain Boundaries on Cu (111) Surfaces
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2023)While nanocrystalline materials offer numerous advantages in various applications due to their superior properties, the presence of grain boundaries inherent to these materials can have a detrimental impact on their ... -
Selective Deposition: Fabrication of Coherent Nano-Dimensioned Metal Oxide Films by Monolayer Polymer Brush Template Assisted Inclusion
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Selective fluorescent chemosensors and iodinated contrast agents : biological evaluation for cellular zinc detection, microdamage detection and imaging
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2004)This thesis entitled "Selective Fluorescent Chemosensors and lodinated Contrast Agents: Biological Evaluation for Cellular Zinc detection, Microdamage Detection and Imaging" has been divided into six Chapters. Chapter 1 ... -
Selective Mineralisation by Hydrothermal Methods
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)The use of hydrothermal synthesis has led to the control of the size and shape of various materials of inorganic nature. It has also been highlighted as a green, cheap, and reliable synthetic method, by using water in ... -
Self-assembled Lanthanide luminescent Cyclen Complexes, from material to biological application
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)The Thesis is entitled Self-assembled Lanthanide Luminescent Cyclen Complexes, from Material to Biological Application covers the formation of different Ln(III) cyclen based complexes and self-assembly and their applications ... -
Semi-synthetic Approaches to N-Glycosylation: A Story of Thiol-Ene Methodology, and Interferon-γ
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)The following thesis, entitled “Semi-synthetic Approaches to N-Glycosylation: A Story of Thiol-Ene Methodology, and Interferon-γ” is composed of six chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the key concepts ... -
Single-walled carbon nanotubes and photo switchable spiropyrans : novel multifunctional platforms for sensing and biological applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2011)Over the last years the applications of chemically modified carbon nanotubes have considerably expanded and progressed in both material and biomedical science. A vast number of SWNTs based materials have been rationally ... -
Single-walled carbon nanotubes as novel NIR fluorescent probes for biomedical optical imaging
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Solution-state Anion Binding Studies of Urea- and Amide-based Hydrogen-bonding Receptors for the Design of Supramolecular Assemblies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2019)This work investigates urea- and amide-based hydrogen-binding systems as small-molecule anion-binding receptors, as part of a project in the Gunnlaugsson group to develop complex molecular assemblies built around the ... -
Solvent-Engineered Tin(II) Oxide for Applications in Energy Storage Devices
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2023)With the global economy finally accepting of the harm caused by fossil fuels to the planet as a whole and the reality that they are a finite resource, ambitious plans are being made to transition to carbon-neutral economies ... -
Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Evaluation of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Bearing Phenanthroline-Naphthalimide Ligands
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2023)Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Evaluation of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Bearing Phenanthroline-Naphthalimide Ligands Deirdre Ann McAdams This Thesis predominantly focusses on the design, synthesis, and characterisation ... -
Stannyl porphyrins, ferrocenyl porphyrins and nonplanar porphyrins : synthesis and photophysical properties
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2012)The aim of this work was to synthesis the tin porphyrins, ferrocene porphyrins and nonplanar multiporphyrins arrays. The next step was to investigate their photophysical properties. -
Strain modification of surface electronic states measured with scanning tunnelling spectroscopy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Scanning tunnelling microscopy is a surface science tool that allows topographic imaging of a conductive surface on an atomic scale, enabling real space visualisation of surface reconstructions. As it is based on quantum ...