MATERIALS & SURFACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK

PUBLICATIONS 2011

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, KEYNOTE AND INVITED

LECTURES, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, PATENTS

AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Callanan, A., N. F. Davis, M. T. Walsh and T. M. McGloughlin. August 2011. Tissue-engineered Extracellular Matrices (ECMs) as Adjuvant Scaffolds for Endovascular Aneurysmal Repair (EVAR). In: Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering – Cells and Biomaterials, Daniel Eberli (Editor), Published by InTech, pp. 301-322. ISBN: 978-953-307-663-8. Corbett, T. J., D. S. Molony, E. G. Kavanagh, P. A. Grace, M. T. Walsh and T. M. McGloughlin. September 2011. Experimental Analysis of Endovascular Treatment of AAA and Predictors of Long-term Outcomes. In: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms. Book Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, T. M. McGloughlin (Editor), Published by Springer, pp. 247-284. ISBN: 978-3-642-18094-1. Crowley, C., J. T. Pembroke and C. Birkinshaw. 2011. Biomaterials in Dentistry and Medicine. In: Biomaterials Developments and Applications, H. Bourg and A. Lisle (Editors), Book Series: Advances in Biology and Medicine, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 231-289. ISBN: 978-1-60876-476-1. Doyle, B. J. and T. M. McGloughlin. September 2011. Computer-aided Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. In: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms. Book Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, T. M. McGloughlin (Editor), Published by Springer, pp. 119-138. ISBN: 978-3-642-18094-1. Kowal, K., S. A. M. Tofail and H. Podbielska. May 2011. How to Prevent Patients from Nosocomial Activity? In: Nutraceutics, Biomedical Remedies and Physiotherapeutic Methods for Prevention of Civilization-related Diseases. Book Series: Acta Biomedical Engineering, Volume 4/2011, H. Podbielska and T. Trziszka (Editors), Wroclaw: Indygo Zahir Media, pp. 255-262. ISBN: 978-83-62276-03-5. Molony, D. S., S. Broderick, A. Callanan, T. M. McGloughlin and M. T. Walsh. September 2011. Fluid-structure Interaction in Healthy, Diseased and Endovascularly Treated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. In: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms. Book Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, T. M. McGloughlin (Editor), Published by Springer, pp. 163-180. ISBN: 978-3-642-18094-1. McCarthy, M. A., C. T. McCarthy and W. F. Stanley. October 2011. Bolt-hole Clearance Effects in Composite Joints. In: Composite Joints and Connections: Principles, Modelling and Testing, P. Camanho and L. Tong (Editors.), Woodhead Publishing Limited, 544 pages. ISBN: 1 84569 990 4.

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McGloughlin, T. (Editor). 2011. Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms. Book Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, Published by Springer. ISBN: 978-3-642-18094-1. O’Dowd, N. 2011. Constraint Based Fracture Mechanics in Predicting the Failure of Welded Joints. In: Fracture and Fatigue of Welded Joints and Structures, Kenneth A. Macdonald (Editor), Woodhead Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-845569-513-2. O’Dwyer, C. and A. Etcheberry (Editors). June 2011. Processes at the Semiconductor-Solution Interface 4. ECS Transactions, Volume 35, Issue 8. Published by The Electrochemical Society, Pennington NJ, USA, 224 pages. ISBN: 978-1-60768-219-6. Ryan, M. P., J. T. Pembroke and C. Adley. April 2011. Ralstonia. In: Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens, D. Liu (Editor), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 769-778. ISBN: 978-1-439-81238-9. Walsh, G. March 2011. Drug Approval in the European Union and the United States. In: An Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology, Second edition, M. Wink (Editor), Wiley Blackwell, Weinheim, Germany, pp. 499-508. ISBN: 978-3-527-32637-2. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Adams, D. R., D. Ron and P. A. Kiely. October 2011. RACK1, A Multifaceted Scaffolding Protein: Structure and Function. Cell Communication and Signalling, 9, Article 22. ISSN: 1478-811X. Andreoli, E., D. A. Rooney, W. Redington, R. Gunning and C. B. Breslin. May 2011. Electrochemical Deposition of Hierarchical Micro/nanostructures of Copper Hydroxysulfates on Polypyrrole-polystyrene Sulfonate Films. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (17), pp. 8725-8734. ISSN: 1932-7447. Bala, T., A. Sanyal, A. Singh, D. Kelly, C. O’Sullivan, F. Laffir and K. M. Ryan. May 2011. Silver Tip Formation on Colloidal CdSe Nanorods by a Facile Phase Transfer Protocol. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (19), pp. 6815-6820. ISSN: 0959-9428. Bala, T., G. Armstrong, F. Laffir and R. Thornton. April 2011. Titania-silver and Alumina-silver Composite Nanoparticles: Novel, Versatile Synthesis, Reaction Mechanism and Potential Antimicrobial Application. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 356 (2), pp. 395-403. ISSN: 0021-9797. Barrett, C. A., A. Singh, J. A. Murphy, C. O’Sullivan, D. N. Buckley and K. M. Ryan. September 2011. Complete Synthesis of Germanium Nanocrystal Encrusted Carbon Colloids in Supercritical CO2 and Their Superhydrophobic Properties. Langmuir, 27 (17), pp. 11166-11173. ISSN: 0743-7463. Barrett, M., H. Hao, A. Maher, B. K. Hodnett, B. Glennon and D. Croker. May 2011. In-situ Monitoring of Supersaturation and Polymorphic Form of Piracetam during Batch Cooling Crystallization. Organic Process Research and Development, 15 (3), pp. 681-687. ISSN: 1083-6160. Barrett, C. A., H. Geaney, R. D. Gunning, F. R. Laffir and K. M. Ryan. April 2011. Perpendicular Growth of Catalyst-free Germanium Nanowire Arrays. Chemical Communications, 47 (13), pp. 3843-3845. ISSN: 1359-7345. Becher, P. F., S. Hampshire, M. J. Pomeroy, M. J. Hoffmann, M. J. Lance and R. L. Satet. March 2011. An Overview of the Structure and Properties of Silicon-based Oxynitride Glasses. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 2 (1), pp. 63-83. ISSN: 2041-1294. Bulushev, D. A. and J. R. H. Ross. August 2011. Catalysis for Conversion of Biomass to Fuels Via Pyrolysis and Gasification: A Review. Catalysis Today, 171 (1), pp. 1-13. ISSN: 0920-5861.

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Bulushev, D. A. and J. R. H. Ross. April 2011. Vapour Phase Hydrogenation of Olefins by Formic Acid Over a Pd/C Catalyst. Catalysis Today, 163 (1), pp. 42-46. ISSN: 0920-5861. Butler, J., P. Tiernan, A. A. Gandhi, K. McNamara and S. A. M. Tofail. July 2011. Production of Nitinol Wire from Elemental Nickel and Titanium Powders Through Spark Plasma Sintering and Extrusion. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 20 (4-5), pp. 757-761. ISSN: 1059-9495. Butler, J., P. Tiernan, A. A. Gandhi, S. Beloshapkin and S. A. M. Tofail. April 2011. Processing of Small Scale Nitinol Billets by Induction Heated Nonconventional Isothermal Extrusion (IHNCIE). Journal of Engineering Materials & Technology, 133 (2), Article 021009, 11 pages. ISSN: 0094-4289. Cao, Y., Q. Jiao, Y. Zhao and Y. Dong. September 2011. Decorating Mg/Fe Oxide Nanotubes with Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 509 (38), pp. 9372-9376. ISSN: 0925-8388. Carroll, G. T., T. M. McGloughlin, P. E. Burke, M. Egan, F. Wallis and M. T. Walsh. February 2011. Wall Shear Stresses Remain Elevated in Mature Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Case Study. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133 (2), Article 021003, 9 pages. ISSN: 0148-0731. Ciolino, J. B., S. P. Hudson, A. N. Mobbs, T. R. Hoare, N. G. Iwata, G. R. Fink and D. S. Kohane. August 2011. A Prototype Antifungal Contact Lens. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 52 (9), pp. 6286-6291. ISSN: 0146-0404. Clarkin, O., A. Wren, R. Thornton, J. Cooney and M. R. Towler. September 2011. Antibacterial Analysis of a Zinc-based Glass Polyalkenoate Cement. Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 26 (3), pp. 277-292. ISSN: 0885-3282. Collins, G., P. Fleming, C. O’Dwyer, M. A. Morris and J. D. Holmes. April 2011. Organic Functionalization of Germanium Nanowires using Arenediazonium Salts. Chemistry of Materials, 23 (7), pp. 1883-1891. ISSN: 0897-4756. Corbett, T. J., A. Callanan and T. M. McGloughlin. April 2011. In Vitro Measurement of the Axial Migration Force on the Proximal End of a Bifurcated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent-graft Model. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 225 (4), pp. 401-409. ISSN: 0954-4119. Corbett, T. J., D. S. Molony, A. Callanan and T. M. McGloughlin. January 2011. The Effect of Vessel Material Properties and Pulsatile Wall Motion on the Fixation of a Proximal Stent of an Endovascular Graft. Medical Engineering and Physics, 33 (1), pp. 106-111. ISSN: 1350-4533. Coughlan, A., M. P. Ryan, N. M. Cummins and M. R. Towler. January 2011. The Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm to the Presence of a Glass Polyalkenoate Cement Formulated from a Silver Containing Glass. Journal of Materials Science, 46 (1), pp. 285-287. ISSN: 0022-2461. Cummins, N. M., E. K. Poku, M. R. Towler, O. M. O’Driscoll and S. H. Ralston. August 2011. Clinical Risk Factors for Osteoporosis in Ireland and the UK: A Comparison of FRAX and QFractureScores. Calcified Tissue International, 89 (2), pp. 172-177. ISSN: 0171-967X. Curran, D. J., T. J. Fleming, M. R. Towler and S. Hampshire. November 2011. Mechanical Parameters of Strontium Doped Hydroxyapatite Sintered Using Microwave and Conventional Methods. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4 (8), pp. 2063-2073. ISSN: 1751-6161. Davis, N. F., D. M. Fanning, B. B. McGuire, G. T. Carroll and H. D. Flood. December 2011. Perioperative Management of Chronic Anticoagulation Therapy in Urological Patients: A Cross-sectional Survey of Practice. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 180 (4), pp. 823-828. ISSN: 0021-1265.

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Davis, N. F., R. Mooney, A. V. Piterina, A. Callanan, B. B. McGuire, H. D. Flood and T. M. McGloughlin. October 2011. Construction and Evaluation of Urinary Bladder Bioreactor for Urologic Tissue-engineering Purposes. Urology, 78 (4), pp. 954-960. ISSN: 0090-4295. Davis, N. F., R. Mooney, A. Callanan, H. D. Flood and T. M. McGloughlin. May 2011. Augmentation Cystoplasty and Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds: An Ex Vivo Comparative Study with Autogenous Detubularised Ileum. PLoS ONE, 6 (5), Article e20323, 7 pages. eISSN: 1932-6203. Davis, N. F., A. Callanan, B. B. McGuire, H. D. Flood and T. M. McGloughlin. April 2011. Evaluation of Viability and Proliferative Activity of Human Urothelial Cells Cultured onto Xenogenic Tissue-engineered Extracellular Matrices. Urology, 77 (4), Article 1007, 7 pages. ISSN: 0090-4295. Davis, N. F., A. Callanan, B. B. McGuire, R. Mooney, H. D. Flood and T. M. McGloughlin. April 2011. Porcine Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds in Reconstructive Urology: An ex vivo Comparative Study of their Biomechanical Properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4 (3), pp. 375-382. ISSN: 1751-6161. Devadoss, A., C. Dickinson, T. E. Keyes and R. J. Forster. March 2011. Electrochemiluminescent Metallopolymer-nanoparticle Composites: Nanoparticle Size Effects. Analytical Chemistry, 83 (6), pp. 2383-2387. ISSN: 0003-2700. Díaz, C., M. L. Valenzuela, V. Lavayen, K. Mendoza, D. O. Peña and C. O’Dwyer. November 2011. Nanostructured Copper Oxides and Phosphates from a New Solid-state Route. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 377 (1), pp. 5-13. ISSN: 0020-1693. Díaz, C., M. L. Valenzuela, D. Bravo, C. Dickinson and C. O’Dwyer. October 2011. Solid-state Synthesis of Embedded Single-crystal Metal Oxide and Phosphate Nanoparticles and In-situ Crystallization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 362 (1), pp. 21-32. ISSN: 0021-9797. Dong, Y., S. Hampshire, J. Zhou, X. Dong, B. Lin and G. Meng. November 2011. Combustion Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-Sm Co-doped CeO2 Electrolytes. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 31 (13), pp. 2365-2376. ISSN: 0955-2219. Dong, Y., S. Hampshire, J. Zhou, X. Dong, B. Lin and G. Meng. October 2011. Mechanical Strengthening of Sm-doped CeO2 Ceramics by 1 mol% Cobalt Oxide for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Application. Journal of Power Sources, 196 (20), pp. 8402-8405. ISSN: 0378-7753. Dong, Y. C., S. Hampshire, J. Zhou, Z. Ji, J. Wang and G. Meng. May 2011. Sintering and Characterization of Flyash-based Mullite with MgO Addition. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 31 (5), pp. 687-695. ISSN: 0955-2219. Dong, Y., S. Hampshire, J. Zhou and G. Meng. April 2011. Synthesis and Sintering of Gd-doped CeO2 Electrolytes With and Without 1 at.% CuO Dopping for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (8), pp. 5054-5066. ISSN: 0360-3199. Dong, Y., B. Lin, J. Zhou, X. Zhang, Y. Ling, X. Liu, G. Meng and S. Hampshire. April 2011. Corrosion Resistance Characterization of Porous Alumina Membrane Supports. Materials Characterization, 62 (4), pp. 409-418. ISSN: 1044-5803. Doyle, B. J., P. R. Hoskins and T. M. McGloughlin. April 2011. Computational Rupture Prediction of AAAs: What Needs to be Done Next? Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 18 (2), pp. 226-229. ISSN: 1526-6028. Dwane, S. and P. A. Kiely. September-October 2011. Tools Used to Study How Protein Complexes are Assembled in Signaling Cascades. Bioengineered Bugs, 2 (5), pp. 247-259. ISSN: 1949-1018.

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Fenton, M., J. C. Cooney, R. P. Ross, R. D. Sleator, O. McAuliffe, J. O’Mahony and A. Coffey. July-December 2011. In Silico Modeling of the Staphylococcal Bacteriophage-derived Peptidase CHAPK. Bacteriophage, 1 (4), pp. 198-206. ISSN: 2159-7073. Frizzell, R. M., C. T. McCarthy and M. A. McCarthy. June 2011. Simulating Damage and Delamination in Fibre Metal Laminate Joints Using a Three-dimensional Damage Model with Cohesive Elements and Damage Regularisation. Composites Science and Technology, 71 (9), pp. 1225-1235. ISSN: 0266-3538. Frizzell, R. M., C. T. McCarthy and M. A. McCarthy. June 2011. Predicting the Effects of Geometry on the Behaviour of Fibre Metal Laminate Joints. Composite Structures, 93 (7), pp. 1877-1889. ISSN: 0263-8223. Gannon, G., C. O’Dwyer, J. A. Larsson and D. Thompson. December 2011. Interdigitating Organic Bilayers Direct the Short Interlayer Spacing in Hybrid Organic-inorganic Layered Vanadium Oxide Nanostructures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115 (49), pp. 14518-14525. ISSN: 1520-6106. Garate, J., N. J. English, A. Singh, K. M. Ryan, D. A. Mooney and J. M. D. MacElroy. November 2011. Electrophoretic Deposition of Poly(3-decylthiophene) onto Gold-mounted Cadmium Selenide Nanorods. Langmuir, 27 (22), pp. 13506-13513. ISSN: 0743-7463. Geaney, H., C. Dickinson, C. A. Barrett and K. M. Ryan. November 2011. High Density Germanium Nanowire Growth Directly from Copper Foil by Self-induced Solid Seeding. Chemistry of Materials, 23 (21), pp. 4838-4843. ISSN: 0897-4756. Geaney, H., C. Dickinson, W. Weng, C. J. Kiely, C. A. Barrett, R. D. Gunning and K. M. Ryan. July 2011. Role of Defects and Growth Directions in the Formation of Periodically Twinned and Kinked Unseeded Germanium Nanowires. Crystal Growth and Design, 11 (7), pp. 3266-3272. ISSN: 1528-7483. Gnanappa, A. K., C. O Murchu, O. Slattery, F. Peters, T. O’Hara, B. Aszalós-Kiss and S. A. M. Tofail. February 2011. Improved Aging Performance of Vapor Phase Deposited Hydrophobic Self-assembled Monolayers. Applied Surface Science, 257 (9), pp. 4331-4338. ISSN: 0169-4332. Godsell, J. F., T. Bala, K. M. Ryan and S. Roy. August 2011. An Ac Susceptibility Study in Capped Ni/Ni(OH)2 Core-shell Nanoassemblies: Dual Peak Observations. Journal of Physics D – Applied Physics, 44 (32), Article 325004, 10 pages. ISSN: 0022-3727. Grace, A. and P. J. Frawley. February-March 2011. Experimental Parametric Equation for the Prediction of Valve Coefficient (Cv) for Choke Valve Trims. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 88 (2-3), pp. 109-118. ISSN: 0308-0161. Gray, P. J. and C. T. McCarthy. August 2011. A Highly Efficient User-defined Finite Element for Load Distribution Analysis of Large-scale Bolted Composite Structures. Composites Science and Technology, 71 (12), pp. 1517-1527. ISSN 0266-3538. Hampshire, S. and M. J. Pomeroy. July 2011. Silicon Nitride Grain Boundary Glasses: Chemistry, Structure and Properties. Key Engineering Materials, 484, pp. 46-51. ISSN: 1662-9795. Hanifi, A. R., M. J. Pomeroy and S. Hampshire. February 2011. Novel Glass Formation in the Ca-Si-A1-O-N-F System. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94 (2), pp. 455-461. ISSN: 1551-2916. Katnam, K. B., A. J. Comer, W. F. Stanley, M. Buggy, A. R. Ellingboe and T. M. Young. October 2011. Characterising Pre-preg and Non-crimp-fabric Composite Single Lap Bonded Joints. International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, 31 (7), pp. 679-686. ISSN: 0143-7496. Katnam, K. B., J. P. J. Stevenson, W. F. Stanley, M. Buggy and T. M. Young. October 2011. Tensile Strength of Two-part Epoxy Paste Adhesives: Influence of Mixing Technique and Micro-void Formation. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 31 (7), pp. 666-673. ISSN: 0143-7496.

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Kelly, D., A. Singh, C. Barrett, C. O’Sullivan, C. Coughlan, F. Laffir, C. O’Dwyer and K. M. Ryan. November 2011. A Facile Spin-cast Route for Cation Exchange of Multilayer Perpendicularly-aligned Nanorod Assemblies. Nanoscale, 3 (11), pp. 4580-4583. ISSN: 2040-3364. Khan, M. A., M. U. Islam, M. Ishaque and I. Z. Rahman. September 2011. Effect of Tb Substitution on Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Magnesium Ferrites. Ceramics International, 37 (7), pp. 2519-2526. ISSN: 0272-8842. Kolaj-Robin, O., S. R. O’Kane, W. Nitschke, C. Léger, F. Baymann and T. Soulimane. January 2011. Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of Succinate: Quinone Reductase from Thermus thermophilus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Bioenergetics, 1807 (1), pp. 68-79. ISSN: 0005-2728. Korostynska, O., A. Arshak, K. I. Arshak and D. Morris. September 2011. Investigation into Real-time Pressure Sensing Properties of SnO2, TiO2 and TiO2/ZnO Thick Films with Interdigitated Electrodes. Materials Science and Engineering B, 176 (16), pp. 1297-1300. ISSN: 0921-5107. Koutsoupakis, C., O. Kolaj-Robin, T. Soulimane and C. Varotsis. September 2011. Probing Protonation/Deprotonation of Tyrosine Residues in Cytochrome ba3 Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus by Time-resolved Step-scan Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286 (35), pp. 30600-30605. ISSN: 0021-9258. Kowal, K., K. Wysocka-Król, M. Kopaczyńska, E. Dworniczek, R. Franiczek, M. Wawrzyńska, M. Vargová, M. Zahoran, E. Rakovský, P. Kuš, G. Plesch, A. Plecenik, F. Laffir, S. A. M. Tofail and H. Podbielska. October 2011. In-situ Photoexcitation of Silver-doped Titania Nanopowders for Activity against Bacteria and Yeasts. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 362 (1), pp. 50-57. ISSN: 0021-9797. Lang, S. B., S. A. M. Tofail, A. A. Gandhi, M. Gregor, C. Wolf-Brandstetter, J. Kost, S. Bauer and M. Krause. March 2011. Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric and Photoeffects in Hydroxyapatite Thin Films on Silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (12), Article 123703, 3 pages. ISSN: 0003-6951. Lawlor, M. G., M. R. O’Donnell, B. M. O’Connell and M. T. Walsh. June 2011. Experimental Determination of Circumferential Properties of Fresh Carotid Artery Plaques. Journal of Biomechanics, 44 (9), pp. 1709-1715. ISSN: 0021-9290. Li, D. and N. P. O’Dowd. December 2011. On the Evolution of Lattice Deformation in Austenitic Stainless Steels – The Role of Work Hardening at Finite Strains. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59 (12), pp. 2421-2441. ISSN: 0022-5096. Li, D., N. P. O’Dowd, C. M. Davies and S. Zhang. September-October 2011. Microscale Prediction of Deformation in an Austenitic Stainless Steel Under Uniaxial Loading. European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 30 (5), pp. 748-760. ISSN: 0997-7538. Looney, M., H. O’Shea, W. Redington, G. Kelly and D. Boyd. May 2011. High-temperature X-ray Analysis of Phase Evolution in Sr-doped Zinc-silicate Glasses. Journal of Non-crystalline Solids, 357 (10), pp. 2097-2102. ISSN: 0022-3093. Lynch, R. and M. Walsh. 2011. Second Level Education and the Decline in Popularity of Engineering within an Irish Context. International Journal of Engineering Education, 27 (2), pp. 411-421. ISSN: 0949-149X. Mathur, A., S. Wadhwa, M. Tweedie, K. S. Hazra, C. Dickinson, S. S. Roy, S. K. Mitra, D. S. Misra and J. A. McLaughlin. October 2011. A Comparative Study of the Growth, Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Multiwall CNTs Grown by Thermal and Microwave Plasma Enhanced CVD Methods. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44 (1), pp. 29-36. ISSN: 1386-9477. Mathur, A., S. S. Roy, S. C. Ray, K. S. Hazra, J. Hamilton, C. Dickinson, J. McLaughlin and D. S. Misra. August 2011. Enhancement of Field Emission Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes on Oxidation. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11 (8), pp. 7011-7014. ISSN: 1533-4880.

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Melligan, F., R. Auccaise, E. H. Novotny, J. J. Leahy, M. H. B. Hayes and W. Kwapinski. February 2011. Pressurised Pyrolysis of Miscanthus Using a Fixed Bed Reactor. Bioresource Technology, 102 (3), pp. 3466-3470. ISSN: 0960-8524. Mitchell, N. A., C. T. Ó Ciardhá and P. J. Frawley. August 2011. Estimation of the Growth Kinetics for the Cooling Crystallisation of Paracetamol and Ethanol Solutions. Journal of Crystal Growth, 328 (1), pp. 39-49. ISSN: 0022-0248. Mitchell, N. A., P. J. Frawley and C. T. Ó Ciardhá. April 2011. Nucleation Kinetics of Paracetamol-ethanol solutions from Induction Time Experiments using Lasentec FBRM®. Journal of Crystal Growth, 321 (1), pp. 91-99. ISSN: 0022-0248. Munroe, Á., D. Croker, B. K. Hodnett and C. C. Seaton. October 2011. Epitaxial Growth of Polymorphic Systems: The Case of Sulfathiazole. CrystEngComm, 13 (19), pp. 5903-5907. ISSN: 1466-8033. Munroe, Á., D. Croker, Å. C. Rasmuson and B. K. Hodnett. February 2011. Analysis of FII Crystals of Sulphathiazole: Epitaxial Growth of FII on FIV. CrystEngComm, 13 (3), pp. 831-834. ISSN: 1466-8033. Murphy, E. C., M. Mörgelin, J. C. Cooney and I. Frick. July 2011. Interaction of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron with the Kallikrein-kinin System. Microbiology, 157 (7), pp. 2094-2105. ISSN: 1350-0872. McArdle, S., S. Girish, J. J. Leahy and T. Curtin. December 2011. Selective Hydrogenation of Sunflower Oil Over Noble Metal Catalysts. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 351, pp. 179-187. ISSN: 1381-1169. McCarthy, C. T. and P. Gray. January 2011. An Analytical Model for the Prediction of Load Distribution in Highly Torqued Multi-bolt Composite Joints. Composite Structures, 93 (2), pp. 287-298. ISSN: 0263-8223. Nagaraja, B. M., D. A. Bulushev, S. Beloshapkin and J. R. H. Ross. December 2011. The Effect of Potassium on the Activity and Stability of Ni-MgO-ZrO2 Catalysts for the Dry Reforming of Methane to Give Synthesis Gas. Catalysis Today, 178 (1), pp. 132-136. ISSN: 0920-5861. Nakahara, S., D. Kim, J. Jin Kim and J. C. M. Hwang. April 2011. Microstructure of Sputter-deposited Strontium Titanate Films. Journal of Electron Microscopy, 60 (2), pp. 133-142. ISSN: 0022-0744. Nakahara, S., D. A. Tanner, A. K. Khan and J. S. Robinson. April 2011. Oxidation-induced Void Formation in TEM Specimens of Al-Cu-Li Alloy. Materials Science and Technology, 27 (4), pp. 783-788. ISSN: 0267-0836. Nakahara, S., D. A. Tanner, S. Hudson, E. Magner, W. Redington and K. Hodnett. January 2011. Defocus Image Contrast in Hexagonally-ordered Mesoporous Material. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (3), pp. 1189-1200. ISSN: 1463-9076. Nolan, T., S. M. Troy, M. G. Healy, W. Kwapinski, J. J. Leahy and P. G. Lawlor. July 2011. Characterization of Compost Produced from Separated Pig Manure and a Variety of Bulking Agents at Low Initial C/N Ratios. Bioresource Technology, 102 (14), pp. 7131-7138. ISSN: 0960-8524. Oboroceanu, D., L. Wang, A. Kroes-Nijboer, A. Brodkorb, P. Venema, E. Magner and M. A. E. Auty. October 2011. The Effect of High Pressure Microfluidization on the Structure and Length Distribution of Whey Protein Fibrils. International Dairy Journal, 21 (10), pp. 823-830. ISSN: 0958-6946. Ó Ciardhá, C. T., P. J. Frawley and N. A. Mitchell. August 2011. Estimation of the Nucleation Kinetics for the Anti-solvent Crystallisation of Paracetamol in Methanol/water Solutions. Journal of Crystal Growth, 328 (1), pp. 50-57. ISSN: 0022-0248.

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O’Connor, W. T., A. Smyth and M. D. Gilchrist. May 2011. Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Critical Evaluation. Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 130 (2), pp. 106-113. ISSN: 0163-7258. O’Higgins, R. M., C. T. McCarthy and M. A. McCarthy. February 2011. Identification of Damage and Plasticity Parameters for Continuum Damage Mechanics Modelling of Carbon and Glass Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials. Strain, 47 (1), pp. 105-115. ISSN: 0039-2103. O’Neill, F., F. Condon, T. McGloughlin, B. Lenehan, J. C. Coffey and M. Walsh. May 2011. Dynamic Hip Screw Versus DHS Blade: A Biomechanical Comparison of the Fixation Achieved by Each Implant in Bone. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 93-B (5), pp. 616-621. ISSN: 0301-620X. O’Reilly, N. J. and E. Magner. March 2011. The Effect of Solvent on the Catalytic Properties of Microperoxidase-11. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (12), pp. 5304-5313. ISSN: 1463-9076. O’Sullivan, C., S. Crilly, F. R. Laffir, A. Singh, E. Magner and K. M. Ryan. March 2011. Protein Immobilisation on Perpendicularly Aligned Gold Tipped Nanorod Assemblies. Chemical Communications, 47 (9), pp. 2655-2657. ISSN: 1359-7345. Pagliaro, P., M. B. Prime, J. S. Robinson, B. Clausen, H. Swenson, M. Steinzig and B. Zuccarello. September 2011. Measuring Inaccessible Residual Stresses using Multiple Methods and Superposition. Experimental Mechanics, 51 (7), pp. 1123-1134. ISSN: 0014-4851. Pavlou, A., T. Soulimane and E. Pinakoulaki. October 2011. Evidence for the Presence of Two Conformations of the Heme a3-CuB Pocket of Cytochrome caa3 from Thermus thermophilus. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115 (39), pp. 11455-11461. ISSN: 1520-6106. Periyat, P., F. Laffir, S. A. M. Tofail and E. Magner. December 2011. A Facile Aqueous Sol-gel Method for High Surface Area Nanocrystalline CeO2. RSC Advances, 1 (9), pp. 1595-1844. ISSN: 2046-2069. Piterina, A. V., J. Bartlett and J. T. Pembroke. May 2011. Morphological Characterisation of ATAD Thermophilic Sludge; Sludge Ecology and Settleability. Water Research, 45 (11), pp. 3427-3438. ISSN: 0043-1354. Plecenik, T., S. A. M. Tofail, M. Gregor, M. Zahoran, M. Truchly, F. Laffir, T. Roch, P. Durina, M. Vargova, G. Plesch, P. Kus and A. Plecenik. March 2011. Direct Creation of Microdomains with Positive and Negative Surface Potential on Hydroxyapatite Coatings. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (11), Article 113701, 3 pages. ISSN: 0003-6951. Reidy, C. J., T. J. Fleming, S. Hampshire and M. R. Towler. November-December 2011. Comparison of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria-doped Zirconia Ceramics. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 8 (6), pp. 1475-1485. ISSN: 1546-542X. Robin, S., A. A. Gandhi, M. Gregor, F. R. Laffir, T. Plecenik, A. Plecenik, T. Soulimane and S. A. M. Tofail. December 2011. Charge Specific Protein Placement at Submicrometer and Nanometer Scale by Direct Modification of Surface Potential by Electron Beam. Langmuir, 27 (24), pp. 14968-14974. ISSN: 0743-7463. Robin, S., M. Arese, E. Forte, P. Sarti, A. Giuffrè and T. Soulimane. August 2011. A Sulfite Respiration Pathway from Thermus thermophilus and the Key Role of Newly Identified Cytochrome c550. Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (15), pp. 3988-3997. ISSN: 0021-9193. Robinson, J. S., D. J. Hughes and C. E. Truman. December 2011. Confirmation of Principal Residual Stress Directions in Rectilinear Components by Neutron Diffraction. Strain, 47, issue supplement s2, pp. 36-42. ISSN: 0039-2103.

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Robinson, J. S., D. A. Tanner, C. E. Truman and R. C. Wimpory. July 2011. Measurement and Prediction of Machining Induced Redistribution of Residual Stress in the Aluminium Alloy 7449. Experimental Mechanics, 51 (6), pp. 981-993. ISSN: 0014-4851. Ryan, M. P., J. T. Pembroke and C. C. Adley. October 2011. Differentiating the Growing Nosocomial Infectious Threats Ralstonia pickettii and Ralstonia insidiosa. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 30 (10), pp. 1245-1247. ISSN: 0934-9723. Ryan, M. P., J. T. Pembroke and C. C. Adley. August 2011. Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Ralstonia pickettii and Ralstonia insidiosa Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources Including High-purity Water. Diversity in Ralstonia pickettii. BMC Microbiology, 11, Article 194, 11 pages. ISSN: 1471-2180. Scully, J. and P. J. Frawley. February 2011. Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Suspension of Nonspherical Particles in a Stirred Tank. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 50 (4), pp. 2331-2342. ISSN: 0888-5885. Sharif, A. M., D. N. Buckley, M. Buck and C. Silien. November 2011. Bonding Asymmetry and Adatoms in Low-density Self-assembled Monolayers of Dithiols on Au(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (44), pp. 21800-21803. ISSN: 1932-7447. Siletsky, S. A., I. Belevich, N. P. Belevich, T. Soulimane and M. I. Verkhovsky. September 2011. Time-resolved Single-turnover of caa3 Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus. Fifth Electron of the Fully Reduced Enzyme Converts OH into EH State. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA): Bioenergetics, 1807 (9), pp. 1162-1169. ISSN: 0005-2728. Silien, C., D. Lahaye, M. Caffio, R. Schaub, N. R. Champness and M. Buck. March 2011. Electrodeposition of Palladium onto a Pyridine-terminated Self-assembled Monolayer. Langmuir, 27 (6), pp. 2567-2574. ISSN: 0743-7463. Singh, B., L. Murad, F. Laffir, C. Dickinson and E. Dempsey. August 2011. Pt Based Nanocomposites (mono/bi/tri-metallic) Decorated Using Different Carbon Supports for Methanol Electro-oxidation in Acidic and Basic Media. Nanoscale, 3 (8), pp. 3334-3349. ISSN: 2040-3364. Singh, B., F. R. Laffir, C. Dickinson, T. McCormac and E. Dempsey. January 2011. Carbon Supported Cobalt and Nickel Based Nanomaterials for Direct Uric Acid Determination. Electroanalysis, 23 (1), pp. 79-89. ISSN: 1040-0397. Smolentseva, E., B. T. Kusema, S. Beloshapkin, M. Estrada, E. Vargas, D. Y. Murzin, F. Castillon, S. Fuentes and A. Simakov. January 2011. Selective Oxidation of Arabinose to Arabinonic Acid Over Pd-Au Catalysts Supported on Alumina and Ceria. Applied Catalysis A: General, 392 (1-2), pp. 69-79. ISSN: 0926-860X. Spaggiari, A., N. P. O’Dowd and E. Dragoni. July 2011. Multiscale Modelling of Porous Polymers using a Combined Finite Element and D-optimal Design of Experiment Approach. Computational Materials Science, 50 (9), pp. 2671-2682. ISSN: 0927-0256. Strobl, M., A. Hilger, M. Boin, N. Kardjilov, R. Wimpory, D. Clemens, M. Mühlbauer, B. Schillinger, T. Wilpert, C. Schulz, K. Rolfs, C. Davies, N. O’Dowd, P. Tiernan and I. Manke. September 2011. Time-of-flight Neutron Imaging at a Continuous Source: Proof of Principle Using a Scintillator CCD Imaging Detector. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A – Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 651 (1), pp. 149-155. ISSN: 0168-9002. Švrček. V., D. Mariotti, K. Kalia, C. Dickinson and M. Kondo. April 2011. Formation of Single-crystal Spherical Particle Architectures by Plasma-induced Low-temperature Coalescence of Silicon Nanocrystals Synthesized by Laser Ablation in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (14), pp. 6235-6242. ISSN: 1932-7447.

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Tapasztó, O., P. Kun, F. Wéber, G. Gergely, K. Balázsi, J. Pfeifer, P. Arató, A. Kidari, S. Hampshire and C. Balázsi. December 2011. Silicon Nitride Based Nanocomposites Produced by Two Different Sintering Methods. Ceramics International, 37 (8), pp. 3457-3461. ISSN: 0272-8842. Thati, J. and Å. C. Rasmuson. March 2011. On the Mechanisms of Formation of Spherical Agglomerates. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 42 (4), pp. 365-379. ISSN: 0928-0987. Tierney, A. P., A. Callanan and T. M. McGloughlin. April 2011. In vivo Feasibility Case Study for Evaluating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Tissue Properties and Rupture Potential using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4 (3), pp. 507-513. ISSN: 1751-6161. Tkaczyk, T., N. P. O’Dowd and K. Nikbin. June 2011. The Effect of Prestrain on Ductile Fracture Toughness of Reeled Pipeline Steels. Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 133 (3), Article 031701, 8 pages. ISSN: 0094-9930. Tobin, E. F., T. M. Young, D. Raps and O. Rohr. July 2011. Comparison of Liquid Impingement Results from Whirling Arm and Water-jet Rain Erosion Test Facilities. Wear, 271 (9-10), pp. 2625-2631. ISSN: 0043-1648. Turner, K. M., G. Pasut, F. M. Veronese, A. Boyce and G. Walsh. March 2011. Stabilization of a Supplemental Digestive Enzyme by Post-translational Engineering using Chemically-activated Polyethylene Glycol. Biotechnology Letters, 33 (3), pp. 617-621. ISSN: 0141-5492. Varma, P. C. R., P. Periyat, M. Oubaha, C. McDonagh and B. Duffy. May 2011. Application of Niobium Enriched Ormosils as Thermally Stable Coatings for Aerospace Aluminium Alloys. Surface & Coatings Technology, 205 (16), pp. 3992-3998. ISSN: 0257-8972. Vaughan, T. J. and C. T. McCarthy. September 2011. A Micromechanical Study on the Effect of Intra-ply Properties on Transverse Shear Fracture in Fibre Reinforced Composites. Composites Part A – Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42 (9), pp. 1217-1228. ISSN: 1359-835X. Vaughan, T. J. and C. T. McCarthy. February 2011. Micromechanical Modelling of the Transverse Damage Behaviour in Fibre Reinforced Composites. Composites Science and Technology, 71 (3), pp. 388-396. ISSN: 0266-3538. Velusamy, V., K. I. Arshak, C. F. Yang, L. Yu, O. Korostynska and C. Adley. July 2011. Comparison Between DNA Immobilization Techniques on a Redox Polymer Matrix. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2 (3), pp. 392-400. ISSN: 2156-8251. Wadhwa, S., J. J. Hamilton, P. S. M. Dunlop, C. Dickinson and J. A. Bryne. January 2011. Effect of Post-annealing on the Photocatalytic Activity of Hydrothermally Synthesised Titania Nanotubes. Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 14 (1), pp. 147-157. ISSN: 1203-8407. Wren, A. W., F. R. Laffir, A. Kidari and M. R. Towler. February 2011. The Structural Role of Titanium in Ca-Sr-Zn-Si/Ti Glasses for Medical Applications. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357 (3), pp. 1021-1026. ISSN: 0022-3093. Wren, A. W., N. M. Cummins, F. R. Laffir, S. P. Hudson and M. R. Towler. January 2011. The Bioactivity and Ion Release of Titanium-containing Glass Polyalkenoate Cements for Medical Applications. Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Medicine, 22 (1), pp. 19-28. ISSN: 0957-4530. Zhou, J., Y. Dong, S. Hampshire and G. Meng. May 2011. Utilization of Sepiolite in the Synthesis of Porous Cordierite Ceramics. Applied Clay Science, 52 (3), pp. 328-332. ISSN: 0169-1317.

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KEYNOTE AND INVITED LECTURES Armstrong, G. 2011. 225 into 1 Does Go: Making Open-access Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Work in a Multi-user Environment. UK and Ireland SPM Users’ Meeting, Agilent UK, Yarnton, Oxford, United Kingdom, 14 December. Invited lecture. Arshak, K. I., V. Velusamy, O. Korostynska and C. Adley. 2011. Advances in Real Time Detection of Pathogens for Food and Water Quality Monitoring. 1st International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business, IMiEJS 2011, Athlone, 9-11 June. Invited lecture. Buckley, D. N., C. O’Dwyer, R. P. Lynch and N. Quill. 2011. Anodic Formation of Nanoporosity in n-InP in KOH. Processes at the Semiconductor Solution Interface 4, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May. Invited lecture. Bulushev, D. A. 2011. Heterogeneous Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Biomass Derived Formic Acid. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, November. Invited lecture. Dickinson C. 2011. Electron Microscopy Studies of Group IV and II-VI Semi-conductors. CNRS, CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, France, 17 November. Invited lecture. Dickinson C. 2011. Electron Microscopy Studies of Group IV and II-VI Semi-conductors: From Defects to Morphology. Nanophotonics Workshop, University of Ulster, United Kingdom, 1-4 March. Invited lecture. Gandhi, A. A., S. Robin, T. Soulimane and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Detection of Submicron and Nano Scale Electric Charge Patterning on Biomaterials using KPFM. Investigating Electrical Properties at the Nanoscale Using AFM & STM, Trinity College Dublin, 6 December. Invited lecture. Hampshire, S. 2011. Mechanical Properties of Oxynitride Glasses. FFAG5 – 5th International Workshop on Flow and Fracture of Advanced Glasses, Saint Malo, France, 21-25 March. Invited lecture. Kiely, P. A. 2011. Using Peptide Arrays to Decipher Protein-protein Interactions and Signalling Pathways in Cancer. Conference on Peptide Arrays as Tools for Study of Protein Interactions, Charles Darwin House, London, 15-16 March. Invited lecture. Lang, S. B., S. A. M. Tofail, A. A. Gandhi, M. Gregor, C. Wolf-Brandstetter and S. Clyens. 2011. Hydroxyapatite Thin Films on Silicon: Biomaterials with Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric and Photoeffect Properties. IUPAC 7th International Conference on Novel Materials and Their Synthesis (NMS-VII) & 21st International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXI), Shanghai, China, 16-21 October. Invited lecture. Magner, E. 2011. Electrochemical Properties of Redox Enzymes: Applications in Biofuel Cells and Biosensors. Tyndall National Institute, October. Invited lecture. Magner, E. 2011. Enzyme Immobilisation. Symposiun on Enzyme Immobilisation, BioNoCo, RWTH Aachen, Germany, 23 September. Invited lecture. Magner, E. 2011. Electrochemistry of Redox Proteins in Nonaqueous Solvents. Symposium in Honour of W. J. Albery, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 5 April. Invited lecture. McGloughlin T. M. and L. G. Morris. 2011. Getting a Medical Device into Clinical Practice – The AAA Stent Graft. ESPRC Meeting on Patient Specific Modelling, University of Edinburgh, 28-29 September. Invited lecture. McGloughlin, T. M. 2011. Biomedical Engineering Research at CABER , Department of Medical Physics, University of Edinburgh, 5 May. Invited lecture.

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O’Connor, W. T. 2011. What Can Neuroscience Teach Us About Teaching? Science Week 2011, Institute of Technology, Sligo, 13-20 November. Keynote speaker – Webinar https://sligoit.adobeconnect.com/_a830957328/p4iqhsre1xk/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal O’Connor, W. T. 2011. Inside the Brain: Alzheimer’s Disease. Science Week 2011, Institute of Technology, Sligo, 13-20 November. Invited lecture. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. How is the Internet Changing Your Brain? 3D BarCamp Annual Meeting, University of Limerick, 11 June. Invited lecture. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. What Can Neuroscience Teach Us About Problem Based Learning? FACiLiTATE International Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 27 May. Invited lecture. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. Providing Student Support in a Medical Curriculum. Irish Network of Medical Educators (INMED) Annual Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 15 April. Invited lecture. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. What Can Neuroscience Teach Us About Mindfulness? Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) Conference, University of Bangor, Wales, 9-11 April. Invited lecture. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. What Can Neuroscience Teach us About Teaching? International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy, NUI Maynooth, 28 January. Invited lecture. Ryan, K. M. 2011. Self and Directed Assembly with Semiconductor Nanorods; Upscaling for Practical Application in Energy Conversion. Nanoweek Conference 2011: Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Invited lecture. Tofail, S. A. M., H. Podbielska and M. Wawrzyńska. 2011. Bringing Nanotechnology to Medical Devices: Can We Make a Real Difference in Your Life. Nutraceutics, Biomedical Remedies and Physiotherapeutic Methods for Prevention of Civilization-Related Diseases, Humboldt Kolleg, Wrocław, Poland, 26-29 May. Plenary lecture. Tofail, S. A. M. 2011. A Few Questions Regarding the Origin of Bone Piezoelectricity. 28th Annual Meeting of Japanese Bio-Electrical and Physical Stimulation Research Society, (JBEPSRS) 2011, Tokyo, Japan, 5 March. Plenary lecture. Tofail, S. A. M. 2011. Piezoelectric Hydroxyapatite: From Computer Simulation to Commercialisation. Kobayashi Institute of Physical Research, Tokyo, Japan, 4 March. Invited lecture. Tofail, S. A. M. 2011. Piezoelectricity in Natural and Synthetic Biomaterials: What Future for Implant Applications? RIKEN Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 1 March. Invited lecture. Towler, M. R., S. Hampshire, C. J. Reidy, D. J. Curran and T. J. Fleming. 2011. Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria-doped Zirconia Ceramics and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Nanocomposites. 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC11), 5th International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems (in honour of Professor Katsutoshi Komeya, Yokohama National University, Japan), Daytona Beach, Florida, 23-28 January. Invited lecture. Velusamy, V., K. I. Arshak, O. Korostynska and C. Adley. 2011. Study of IDE as a Sensor Head for Interfacing with Handheld Electrochemical Analyzer System. 35th International Microelectronics and Packaging IMAPS-CPMT Poland Conference, Gdańsk, Poland, 21-24 September. Invited lecture. Walsh, G. 2011. Engineering Biopharmaceuticals: Rationale, Approaches and Likely Future Impact. Biotrends 2011, Dortmund, Germany, 8-9 December. Invited lecture.

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Walsh, G. 2011. EU Biosimilar Regulations: An Analysis of the Data Which has Underpinned the Approval of Biosimilars Granted Marketing Authorizations in Europe. Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Baltimore, USA, 6-7 September. Invited lecture. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Armstrong, E. and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Three-dimensional Ordered Macroporous LiFePO4 Inverted Opal Thin Film Cathodes for High Performance, Ultrafast Charging Lithium-ion Batteries. 40th Spring Weekend Meeting of the Institute of Physics in Ireland, Carlingford, Co. Louth, 15 April. Poster presentation. Armstrong, E., C. Dickinson and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Electron Microscopy Investigations of the Morphology and Crystallography of Single Crystal CdS. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Armstrong, G., T. Bala, F. Laffir, R. Thornton, E. Dalton and A. Munari. 2011. From Microbes to Microprocessors. European Cost Action MP0903 Meeting, Kilmurry Lodge, Limerick, 12-14 October. Oral presentation. Armstrong, G. and F. Laffir. 2011. Towards an Antimicrobial Nanocomposite Coating for Contact Surfaces. Society of Chemical Industry Irish Adhesion and Surface Coating Conference 2011, IT Tallaght, Dublin, 1 September. Poster presentation. Armstrong, G. 2011. Open Access Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory at the Materials & Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Astratine, L. and E. Magner. 2011. Electrochemical Deposition of Poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroaniline) From Aqueous Solutions. International Workshop: Polymers at Electrodes. A Quarter of a Century Later, Bad Schandau, Germany, 6-9 November. Oral presentation. Astratine, L. and E. Magner. 2011. Characterization and Electrochromic Properties of Poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroaniline). 2nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium, Dublin, 2 November. Oral presentation. Astratine, L. and E. Magner. 2011. Formation of Electrochromic PTFA Films Utilizing Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. Electrochemical Horizons, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 5-6 September. Oral presentation. Astratine, L. and E. Magner. 2011. Conducting Polymer Electrochromic Materials Utilising Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. Annual Postgraduate Symposium, Dublin, 19 May. Oral presentation. Astratine, L., J. Cassidy, E. Magner and A. Betts. 2011. Formation of Conducting Polymers Utilizing Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. Eirelec ‘11: Electrochemistry - The Future? Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co. Limerick, 16-18 May. Poster presentation. Bachar, A., C. Mercier, A. Tricoteaux, A. Leriche, C. Follet, M. Saadi and S. Hampshire. 2011. Elaboration et Caracterisations des Bioverres Si-Ca-Na-O-F Dopes a l’azote. 13ème Congres de la Société Francaise de Génie des Procédés (SFGP), Lille, France, 29 November-1 December. Oral presentation. Bulushev, D. A., L. Jia, S. Beloshapkin and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Biomass Derived Formic Acid for Hydrogen Production and Hydrogenation. 1st International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries, CatBior, Torremolinos-Malaga, Spain, 2-5 October. Oral presentation.

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Bulushev, D. A., S. Beloshapkin, P. E. Plyusnin, Y. V. Shubin, P. A. Pyrjaev, V. I. Bukhtiyarov, S. V. Korenev and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Effect of Composition of Metallic Particles on Formic Acid Decomposition Over PdAu/Al2O3 Catalysts. EuropaCat X Congress, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, 28 August-2 September. Poster presentation. Bulushev, D. A., L. Jia, S. Beloshapkin and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Formic Acid Derived from Biomass for Hydrogen Production and Olefins Hydrogenation. International Conference on Nanostructured Catalysts and Catalytic Processes for the Innovative Energetics and Sustainable Development, Novosibirsk, Russia, 6-10 June. Poster presentation. Bulushev, D. A., S. Beloshapkin, P. E. Plyusnin, Y. V. Shubin, P. A. Pyrjaev, V. I. Bukhtiyarov, S. V. Korenev and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Formic Acid Decomposition over PdAu/A12O3 Catalysts: Effect of Surface and Bulk Composition of Metallic Particles. 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, USA, 5-10 June. Poster presentation. Byrne, E. M., M. A. McCarthy, W. A. Curtin and Z. Xia. 2011. Optimizing Load Transfer in Multiwall Nanotubes through Interwall Coupling: Theory and Simulation. 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, ICCS16, University of Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June. Oral presentation. Çalışkan, F., Z. Tatlı and S. Hampshire. 2011. Incorporation of Fluorine as a New Modifier to Traditional Oxide Additive Systems to Enhance Liquid Phase in Pressureless Sintering of Silicon Nitride Powders. 7th International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics, CICC-7, Xiamen, China, 4-7 November. Oral presentation. Callanan, A., E. Guihen, C. Crean, W. T. O’Connor and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Lactate-pyruvate and Growth Proliferation Levels of Endothelial Cells on Extracellular Matrix Materials. 24th European Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Dublin, 4-9 September. Poster presentation. Cloonan, A., M. O’Donnell, W. Lee, M. T. Walsh and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Advancing the Ball Burst Biaxial Testing of Membrane. 24th European Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Carr, S., J. Butler, P. Devereux, S. Lavelle, J. M.Carlson, T. McGloughlin and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Analytical Methods for Choosing Elements to Improve X-ray Visibility of Nitinol-based Alloy. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Chadwick, E. G., D. A. Tanner, S. Beloshapkin, H. Zhang and G. Behan. 2011. High Resolution Microscopical Analysis of Metallurgical Grade Nanoporous Silicon Particles. Nanoweek Conference 2011: Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Chovan, D., S. A. M. Tofail and M. Nolan. 2011. Elastic Constants of Ni-rich NiTiPt. COST Action MP0903, Nano Alloys Conference, Limerick, 12-14 October. Oral presentation. Chovan, D., S. A. M. Tofail and M. Nolan. 2011. Bulk and Elastic Properties of B2 Cubic Ni(Ti,Pt). Ireland Nanoscale Simulators Meeting, Cork, 11-12 January. Oral presentation. Collins, G., P. Fleming, C. O’Dwyer, M. A. Morris and J. D. Holmes. 2011. Functionalization of Germanium Nanowires. Processes at the Semiconductor Solution Interface 4, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May. Oral presentation. Coughlan, C. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Synthesis of I-III-VI2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Low-Cost Solar Cells. 63rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University College Dublin, 23-24 June. Poster presentation.

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Croker D., M. Foreman, C. J. Elcoate, A. R. Maguire, S. E. Lawrence and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. Determination of Ternary Phase Diagrams in the p-toulenesulphonamide/triphenylphosphine Oxide Co-crystal System. 18th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, ISIC 18, ETH Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-16 September. Poster presentation. Crowley, C. M., J. T. Pembroke and S. Hampshire. 2011. A Long-term Study of the Setting Reaction of Glass Ionomer Cements by FTIR. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Crowley, C. M., T. Pembroke and S. Hampshire. 2011. A Long-term Study of the Setting Reaction of Glass Ionomer Cements by FT-IR. NUI Galway-University of Limerick Alliance, Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Crowley, C. M. and S. Hampshire. 2011. Influence of Fluorine and Nitrogen on the IR Transmission of Glasses. NUI Galway-University of Limerick Alliance, Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Curran, D. J., T. J. Fleming, M. R. Towler and S. Hampshire. 2011. Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite When Using a Dispersal Phase of Nano-Zirconia and Sintering Using Conventional and Microwave Methods. NUI Galway-University of Limerick Alliance, Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Dickinson, C. 2011. Crystallography in the SEM. 35th Annual Symposium, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 24-26 August. Oral presentation. Egan, B., R. M. Frizzell, C. T. McCarthy and M. A. McCarthy. 2011. Numerical and Experimental Damage Prediction in Countersunk Composite Joints Subjected to Variable-Rate Loadings. 3rd Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, ECCOMAS, Hannover, Germany, 21-23 September. Oral presentation. Farragher, T. P., N. P. O’Dowd, S. Scully and S. B. Leen. 2011. Thermo-mechanical Characterization of P91 Power Plant Components. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM 21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. Farragher, T. P., N. P. O’Dowd, S. Scully and S. B. Leen. 2011. Thermo-mechanical Analysis of a Pressurised Pipe under Plant Conditions. ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP2011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 17-21 July. Oral presentation. Figiel, Ł., C. Pisano and M. Zarόd. 2011. Computational Modelling of Quasi-solid State Processing of PET-clay Nanocomposites. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Łόdź, Poland, 2-5 October. Oral presentation. Figiel, Ł. 2011. A Two-scale FE2 Approach for Simulation of Forming Processes for Polymer Nanocomposites. 14th International Conference on Material Forming, ESAFORM, Belfast, 27-29 April. Oral presentation. Geaney, H., K. M. Ryan and C. Dickinson. 2011. Analysis of Defects and Growth Directions in Unseeded and Solid Seeded Ge NWs. 35th Annual Symposium, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 24-26 August. Oral presentation. Geaney, H. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Vapor Solid Growth of Germanium Nanowires on Copper Substrates for Battery Applications via In-situ Germane Production. MRS Spring Meeting 2011, Moscone West Convention Center San Francisco, USA, 25-29 April. Oral presentation. Geaney, H. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Unseeded Growth of Ge NWs on ITO Substrates. MRS Spring Meeting 2011, Moscone West Convention Center San Francisco, USA, 25-29 April. Poster presentation.

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Glynn, C., W. McSweeney, O. Lotty, J. D. Holmes and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Raman Spectroscopy of Metal-assisted Chemically Etched Rough Si Nanowire Layers. Processes at the Semiconductor Solution Interface 4, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May. Oral presentation. Joyce. J. T., D. Richardson, D. N. Buckley and C. Silien. 2011. Molecular Self-assembly and Photocurrent at Gold Surfaces. MSSI Research Day, The Castle Oaks Hotel, Limerick, 19 October. Oral presentation. Kelly, D., K. M. Ryan and F. Laffir. 2011. Cation of Exchange of Nanorod Assemblies. 63rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University College Dublin, 23-24 June. Oral presentation. Kennedy, T. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Controlled Growth of 1 Dimensional Germanium Nanostructures. Intel European Research and Innovation Conference 2011, Intel, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, 12-14 October. Poster presentation. Kennedy, T. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. High Performance Lithium-ion Battery Anodes Using Germanium Nanowires Grown Directly on a Copper Current Collector. 63rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University College Dublin, 23-24 June 2011. Poster presentation. Kopaczyńska, M., B. Sobieszczańska, A. Ulatowska-Jarża, I. Hołowacz, I. Buzalewicz, S. A. M. Tofail, M. Wawrzyńska and H. Podbielska. 2011. Surface Charge, Wettability and Biological Examinations of Titania Coated Stainless Steel. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Korostynska, O., M. Salazar, A. A. Gandhi and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. High Temperature Induced Pyroelectricity in Screen-printed Hydroxyapatite Thick Films. 14th International Symposium on Electrets, ISE14, Montpellier, France, 28-31 August. Poster presentation. Korostynska, O., A. A. Gandhi, Y. Zhang and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Electrical Properties of Screen-Printed Hydroxyapatite Thick Films for Biomedical Applications. Bioengineering in Ireland, 17th Annual Conference of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Galway, 28-29 January. Oral presentation. Kowal, K., J. Żegliński, P. Cronin, P. Tiernan, S. A. M. Tofail and H. Podbielska. 2011. Nanopowders Immobilization on Textiles by Modified Dip-coating Method. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Laffir, F., B. Singh and E. Dempsey. 2011. Surface Chemistry of Bimetallic Nanocomposite Catalysts as Revealed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. European Cost Action MP0903 Meeting, Kilmurry Lodge, Limerick, 12-14 October. Poster presentation. Laffir, F. 2011. Surface Chemistry of Bimetallic Nanocomposite Catalysts as Revealed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. European Conference on Surface Science, ECOSS-28, Wroclaw, Poland, 28 August- 2 September. Oral presentation. Laffir, F., B. Singh, C. O’Sullivan and A. Wren. 2011. What does X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Reveal in Nano-systems? Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Lang, S. B., S. A M. Tofail, A. A. Gandhi, M. Gregor, C. Wolf-Brandstetter, J. Kost, J., S. Bauer and M. Krause. 2011. Hydroxyapatite Thin Films on Silicon: Biomaterials with Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric and Photoeffect Properties. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Lang, S. B., Y. Abuhatzira, J. Kost, A. A. Gandhi, S. A. M. Tofail and O. Korostynska. 2011. Poled PVDF-TrFE Coatings on Quartz Microbalance Sensors: A New Technique For Study of Proteins In Solution. 14th International Symposium on Electrets, ISE14, Montpellier, France, 28-31 August. Oral presentation.

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Lavayen, V., C. O’Dwyer, D. Navas, M. A. Santa Ana, E. Benavente and G. Gonzalez. 2011. Vanadium Oxide Nanotubes: Systematic Raman Spectroscopy Study. XIII Inorganic Chemistry Chilean Meeting, Temuco, Chile, 11-14 January. Oral presentation. Li, D. and N. P. O’Dowd. 2011. Lattice Strain and Texture Evolution in an Austenitic Stainless Steel under Uniaxial Loading at Ambient Temperature. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM 21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. Lyons, Z. and S. Hampshire. 2011. Synthesis and Characterisation of Strontium Sialon (Sr-Si-Al-O-N(F)) Glasses. NUI Galway-University of Limerick Alliance, Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Madden, D. and T. Curtin. 2011. Microporous Solids for Low Temperature Carbon Dioxide Adsorption. 63rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University College Dublin, Dublin, 23-24 July. Poster presentation. Madden, D. and T. Curtin. 2011. Microporous Solids for Low Temperature Carbon Dioxide Adsorption. 21st Irish Environmental Researchers’ Colloquium, University College Cork, Cork, 6-8 April. Poster presentation. Maher, A., D. Croker, Å. C. Rasmuson and B. K. Hodnett. 2011. Investigations into the Solution Mediated Polymorphic Transformation of FII(6.403) to FIII(6.525) Piracetam in a Range of Organic Solvents. British Association of Crystal Growth Annual Conference, BACG 41, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July. Poster presentation. Mealey, D., D. Croker, B. K. Hodnett and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. The Effect of Solvent on the Nucleation Behaviour of Salicylic Acid. British Association of Crystal Growth Annual Conference, BACG 41, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July. Oral presentation. Meaney, C. L., G. T. Carroll, A. J. Cloonan and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Evaluation of Cell-materials Interaction in Response to in vitro Physiological Shear. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, BMES 2011, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 12-15 October. Poster presentation. Meaney, C. L., G. T. Carroll, A. J. Cloonan and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Differential Endothelial Cell Response to Vascular Biomaterials under Physiological Shear. 24th European Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Medda, L., A. Salis and E. Magner. 2011. Specific Ion Effects on the Electrochemical Properties of Cytochrome c. La Chimica in Sardegna Nell’anno Della Chimica, Porto Conte Ricerche, Tramariglio, Sardinia, Italy, 21 October. Poster presentation. Medda, L., A. Salis and E. Magner. 2011. Specific Ion Effects on the Electrochemical Properties of Cytochrome c. 25th Meeting of the European Colloids and Interface Society, Berlin, Germany, 5-9 September. Poster presentation. Medda, L., A. Salis and E. Magner. 2011. Specific Ion effects on the Electrochemical Properties of Cytochrome c. La Parola ai Giovani 2011, Università di Cagliari, Italy, 24 June. Oral presentation. Mogili, N. V. B. and D. Tanner. 2011. Study of Porous Silicon Morphology using Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction. 35th Annual Symposium, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 24-26 August. Oral presentation. Mogili, N. V. B. and D. Tanner. 2011. CBED & FE Study of Strain Relaxation in Cross-sectional Si, Si0.81Ge0.19 Strained Layer Superlattice Structure. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM 21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Poster presentation.

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Mogili, N. V. B. and D. Tanner. 2011. Interfacial Strain Analysis of Si, SiGe Strained Layer Superlattice Structure using Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction. International Conference on Electron Nanoscopy, EM50, Hyderabad, India, 6-8 July. Oral presentation. Mogili, N. V. B. and D. Tanner. 2011. Interfacial Strain Analysis of Si, SiGe Superlattice Structure Using CBED. 1st NUI Galway-UL Alliance Annual Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Mogili, N. V. B., D. A. Tanner and S. Nakahara. 2011. Interfacial Strain Analysis of Si, SiGe Superlattice Structure using Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Mooney, R., A. V. Piterina, M. T. Walsh and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Automated Decellularisation of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Scaffolds: An in vitro Feasibility Study. TERMIS NA, Annual Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, 11-14 December. Oral presentation. Mullane, E. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Colloidal Synthesis of GeTe Nanocrystals. MRS Spring Meeting 2011, Moscone West Convention Center San Francisco, USA, 25-29 April. Poster presentation. McGloughlin, T. M., A. J. Cloonan, B. J. Doyle and A. Callanan. 2011. Minimally Invasive Delivery of a Conditioned Urinary Bladder Matrix Stent Device. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, BMES 2011, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 12-15 October. Oral presentation. McNamara, K., D. Conroy, J. Butler, A. A. Gandhi and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. A Comparison Between Structural Integrity and Internal Stress of Thermally Grown and Reactively Sputtered Tantalum Oxide Films on NiTi Alloys. EUROMAT 2011, Montpellier, France, 12-15 September. Oral presentation. McNamara, K., D. Conroy, J. Butler, A. A. Gandhi and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. An Investigation into the Various Oxidation States and Compounds Formed by Thermally Oxidising and Reactively Sputtering Tantalum onto NiTi Alloy. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. McNamara, K., D. Conroy, J. Butler, A. A. Gandhi and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Structural Integrity and Internal Stress in Thermally Grown and Reactively Sputtered Tantalum Oxide Films on NiTi Alloys. E-MRS 2011 Spring Meeting, Nice, France, 9-13 May. Oral presentation. McNulty, D., D. N. Buckley and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. A Study of Vanadium Oxide Nanostructured Cathodes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May. Oral presentation. McSherry, T., A. A. Gandhi, J. Żegliński and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Synthesis and Magnetic Characterisation of Neodymium and Gadolinium Substituted Hydroxyapatite. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. McSweeney, W., O. Lotty, J. D. Holmes and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Fabrication and Characterization of Ordered Single-crystal Metal-assisted Chemically Etched Si Nanowire Anodes for Lithium Batteries. Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May. Oral presentation. McSweeney, W., O. Lotty, J. D. Holmes and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Fabrication and Characterization of Single-Crystal Mesoporous Si Nanowire Anodes for Lithium Batteries. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence and Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation.

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Nagaraja, B. M., D. A. Bulushev, S. Beloshapkin and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Development of Highly Stable and Active Ni/MgO-ZrO2 Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane to Synthesis Gas. EuropaCat X Congress, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, 28 August-2 September. Poster presentation. O’Connell, M. L., W. T. O’Connor, B. Ramsay, E. Guihen, W. L. Ho and M. J. Leahy. 2011. Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging Architect for Dermal Microdialysis in Psoriasis. SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 22-27 January. Oral presentation, Paper No. 7898-29. O’Connor, T. and K. M. Ryan. 2011. Nanocrystal Encrusted Carbon Sphere Layers for Superhydrophobic Coatings that are Low Cost and Wear Resistant. 63rd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, University College Dublin, 23-24 June. Poster presentation. O’Dwyer, C. 2011. Modelling Curvature in Lamellar Vanadium Oxide-thiol Bilayer Nanostructures. NAP 2011 Annual Scientific Workshop, Tyndall National Institute, Cork, 26 January. Oral presentation. O’Dwyer, D., C. McCarthy and N. P. O’Dowd. 2011. Micromechanical Modelling of Damage in Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. O’Mahoney, D. C., K. B. Katnam, N. P. O’Dowd, C. T. McCarthy and T. Young. 2011. Performance of Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints under Mode I and Mode II Loading. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. O’Mahony, M., D. Croker, Å. C. Rasmuson and B. K. Hodnett. 2011. The Solution Mediated Transformation of FI Carbamazepine. British Association of Crystal Growth Annual Conference, BACG 41, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July. Poster presentation. O’Mahony, M., D. Croker, Å. C. Rasmuson and B. K. Hodnett. 2011. The Dissolution Behaviour of Triclinic FI Carbamazepine in Ethanol. British Association of Crystal Growth Annual Conference, BACG 41, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July. Poster presentation. Pawlak, N., M. Kelleher and S. Hampshire. 2011. A Study of the Rheological Properties of Several Calcium Phosphate Slips for Indirect Shape Forming. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Pawlak, N., M. Kelleher and S. Hampshire. 2011. Porosity Control and Optimisation of Bioceramics using Rapid Prototyping. University of Limerick and Dublin Institute of Technology ‘Combined Research – Joint Awards’ Postgraduate Research Seminar, Limerick, 15 March. Oral presentation. Pisano, C., P. Priolo and Ł. Figiel. 2011. Multiscale Finite Element Modelling of Gallery Failure in Epoxy-clay Nanocomposites. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM 21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. Plecenik, T., S. Robin, M. Gregor, A. A. Gandhi, M. Zahoran, S. B. Lang, F. Laffir, T. Soulimane, T., Roch, M. Vargova, G. Plesch, P. Kus, A. Plecenik and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Directly Created Electrostatic Micro-domains on Hydroxyapatite: Probing with a Kelvin Force Probe and Proteins. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Prokopowicz, M., J. Żegliński, A. A. Gandhi, W. Sawicki and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Biodegradable and Bioactive Silica-based Drug Delivery Systems Containing Doxorubicin. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Rahman, I. Z., M. A. Raza and M. A. Rahman. 2011. Perovskite Based Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Application: A Review. 14th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, AMPT 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, 13-16 July. Oral presentation.

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Rahman, I. Z. and M. A. Raza. 2011. Effect of Magnetism Doping on the Structure, Particle Size and Electrical Conductivity of La0.75Sr0.25MnO3-δ Perovskite. 14th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, AMPT 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, 13-16 July. Oral presentation. Rathi, N., C. Lyons, P. Maji, K. R. Thampi and E. Magner. 2011. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Challenges in Renewable Energy, ISACS4, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 5-8 July. Poster presentation. Rathi, N., C. Lyons, P. Maji, K. R. Thampi and E. Magner. 2011. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Eirelec ‘11: Electrochemistry - The Future? Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co. Limerick, 16-18 May. Poster presentation. Rathi, N., C. Lyons, P. Maji, K. R. Thampi and E. Magner. 2011. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. 3rd Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Conference, HOPV 2011, Valencia, Spain, 15-18 May. Poster presentation. Reidy, C., S. Hampshire, M. R. Towler and T. J. Fleming. 2011. Phase Decompositions of Bioceramic Composites. NUI Galway-University of Limerick Alliance, Engineering and Informatics Research Day, NUI Galway, 7 April. Poster presentation. Reimann, W., D. Madden and T. Curtin. 2011. Mesoporous Solids for Low Temperature Carbon Dioxide Adsorption. ICCDU XI, 11 International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilizationth , Dijon, France, 27-30 June. Poster presentation. Reimann, W. and T. Curtin. 2011. Mesoporous Solids for Low Temperature Carbon Dioxide Adsorption. 21st Irish Environmental Researchers’ Colloquium, University College Cork, Cork, 6-8 April. Oral presentation. Robin, S., A. A. Gandhi, T. Soulimane and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Nanoscale Protein Placement by Electrical Modification of Hydroxyapatite. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation. Salaj-Kosla, U., M. D. Scanlon and E. Magner. 2011. Bioelectrochemistry of Redox Enzymes Immobilized on Mesoporous Gold Electrodes. Electrochemical Horizons, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 5-6 September. Oral presentation. Salaj-Kosla, U., M. D. Scanlon, R. Ludwig, D. MacAodha, D. Leech and E. Magner. 2011. Bioelectrochemistry of Redox Enzymes Immobilized on Mesoporous Gold Electrodes. Eirelec ‘11: Electrochemistry - The Future? Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co. Limerick, 16-18 May. Poster presentation. Salaj-Kosla, U., M. D. Scanlon and E. Magner. 2011. Bioelectrochemistry of Redox Enzymes Immobilized on Mesoporous Gold Electrodes. XXI International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, Cracow, Poland, 8-12 May. Oral presentation. Scanlon, M. D., U. Salaj-Kosla, D. MacAodha, D. Leech and E. Magner. 2011. 3-D Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Biofuel Cell and Biosensor Development: Focus on Mesoporous Gold. Eirelec ‘11: Electrochemistry - The Future? Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co. Limerick, 16-18 May. Oral presentation. Scano, A., M. Pilloni, D. Peddis, G. Garcia Fuentes, G. Ennas and E. Magner. 2011. Superparamagnetic Mesoporous Silicates for Enzyme Supports. Synthesis and Characterization. NANOSMAT, Cracovia, 17-20 October. Oral presentation. Sharif, A., D. N. Buckley and C. Silien. 2011. The Involvement of Adatoms in Low Density Self-assembled Monolayers of Dithiols on Au(111): STM Approach. Agilent Seminar, CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 6 December. Oral presentation.

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Sharif, A., D. N. Buckley, M. Buck and C. Silien. 2011. Bonding Asymmetry and Adatoms in Low Density Self-assembled Monolayers of Dithiol on Au (111). European Cost Action MP0903 Meeting, Kilmurry Lodge, Limerick, 12-14 October. Oral presentation. Sharif, A. M., D. N. Buckley and C. Silien. 2011. Morphology of Aromatic and Aliphatic α,ω-dithiol Self-assembled Monolayers Grown from Dilute Solution. European Conference on Surface Science, ECOSS-28, Wroclaw, Poland, 28 August- 2 September. Poster presentation. Singh, A., K. M. Ryan and C. Dickinson. 2011. Moiré Pattern Revealed in Semiconductor Nanorods Superlattice. 35th Annual Symposium, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 24-26 August. Oral presentation. Singh, A., K. M. Ryan and C. Dickinson. 2011. Moiré Pattern Revealed in Semiconductor Nanorods Superlattice. Gordon Research Conference on Clusters, Nanocrystals & Nanostructures, Boston Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 24-29 July. Poster presentation. Smolentseva, E., A. Simakov, B. T. Kusema, S. Beloshapkin, M. Estrada, E. Vargas, D. Y. Murzin and S. Fuentes. 2011. Core-shell Palladium-gold Catalysts in Selective Oxidation of Arabinose to Arabinonic Acid. 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, USA, 5-10 June. Poster presentation. Spaggiari, A. and N. P. O’Dowd. 2011. Numerical Analysis of Variance for Finite Element Multiscale Modelling of Porous Polymers with Spherical and Elliptical Voids. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. Svärd, M. and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. Influence of Solvent on the Nucleation of m-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Polymorphs. 18th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, ISIC 18, ETH Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-16 September. Poster presentation. Tanner, D. 2011. TEM Analysis of Kirkendall Void Formation in Sputtered Aluminium-Lithium Films. 35th Annual Symposium, Microscopical Society of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 24-26 August. Oral presentation. Tanner, D. 2011. Oxidation Induced Void Formation in Aluminium Lithium Thin Films at Room Temperature. 8th International Conference on Microscopy of Oxidation, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, 11-13 April. Poster presentation. Tofail, S. A. M. 2011. Piezoelectricity of Bone from a New Perspective. The 14th International Symposium on Electrets, ISE14, Montpellier, France, 28-31 August. Oral presentation. Twohig, E., P. Tiernan, J. Butler and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. An Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Dieless Drawing of Nickel Titanium Alloy. EUROMAT 2011, Montpellier, France, 12-15 September. Oral presentation. Twohig, E., P. Tiernan, J. Butler and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. An Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Dieless Drawing of Nickel Titanium Alloy. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Weidt, D., Ł. Figiel and M. Buggy. 2011. Preparation, Testing and Modelling of Nanocomposite Surface Coatings to Improve the Impact Behaviour of Advanced Composite Laminates. International Conference on Multiphase Polymers and Polymer Composites: From Nanoscale to Macro Composites, Creteil University, Paris, France, 7-10 June. Oral presentation. Wolf-Brandstetter, C., U. Hempel, S. Clyens, O. Korostynska, A. A. Gandhi, N. Theilgaard, S. A. M. Tofail and D. Scharnweber. 2011. Impact of Heat Treatment on Biological Interactions with Contact-Poled Hydroxyapatite based Materials. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Oral presentation.

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Wysocka-Król, K., J. Pucińska, M. Kopaczyńska, J. Bauer, S. A. M. Tofail and H. Podbielska. 2011. Photoluminescence Examination of TiO2 Nanoparticles Doped by Europium. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Yang, H. and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. Crystallization of Butyl Paraben in Mixtures of Water and Ethanol. 18th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, ISIC 18, ETH Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-16 September. Poster presentation. Yazdani-Nezhad, H., N. P. O’Dowd, C. M. Davies, K. M. Nikbin and R. C. Wimpory. 2011. Creep Relaxation and Crack Growth Predictions. 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, IWCMM 21, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Oral presentation. Yazdani-Nezhad, H., N. P. O’Dowd, C. M. Davies, K. M. Nikbin and R. C. Wimpory. 2011. Study of Creep Relaxation Behaviour of 316h Austenitic Steels under Mechanically Induced Residual Stress. ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP2011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 17-21 July. Oral presentation. Żegliński, J., M. Nolan, D. Thompson and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. A Detailed ab initio Investigation of Water Adsorption on Stoichiometric and Non-Stoichiometric Surfaces of Hydroxyapatite. 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society for Biomaterials 2011, Dublin, 4-8 September. Poster presentation. Żegliński, J., A. Schatte, M. Nolan, M. Bredol and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Strontium Substitution in Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite – Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure Study. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. Żegliński, J., A. Schatte, M. Nolan, M. Bredol and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Strontium Substitution in Hydroxyapatite – Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Crystal Structure. Ireland Nanoscale Simulators Meeting, Cork, 11-12 January. Oral presentation. Zhang, S. and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. Characterization of Theophylline – Glutaric Acid Co-crystal and the Co-crystallization Scale-up Study. 18th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, ISIC 18, ETH Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, 13-16 September. Poster presentation. Zhang, S., S. M. Raupp, M. Kind and Å. C. Rasmuson. 2011. Physical Properties and Crystallization of Theophylline – Salicylic Acid Co-crystal. British Association of Crystal Growth Annual Conference, BACG 41, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July. Poster presentation. Zhang, Y., B. J. Rodriguez, A. A. Gandhi, M. Gregor and S. A. M. Tofail. 2011. Piezoresponse in Bone at the Nanometer Scale. Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, Carlton House, Co. Kildare, 31 January-1 February. Poster presentation. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Arshak, K. I., V. Velusamy, O. Korostynska and C. Adley. 2011. Advances in Real Time Detection of Pathogens for Food and Water Quality Monitoring. Proceedings of 1st International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business, IMiEJS 2011, Athlone, 9-11 June. Buckley, D. N., C. O’Dwyer, R. P. Lynch and N. Quill. 2011. Electrochemical Formation of Nanoporosity in n-InP Anodes in KOH. ECS Transactions, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May, Volume 35, Issue 8, pp. 29-48. Bulushev, D. A., L. Jia, S. Beloshapkin and J. R. H. Ross. 2011. Biomass Derived Formic Acid for Hydrogen Production and Hydrogenation. Proceedings of 1st International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries, CatBior, Torremolinos-Malaga, Spain, 2-5 October, pp. 276-280. ISBN: 978-8493912031.

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Butler, J., P. Tiernan, S. A. M. Tofail and A. A. Gandhi. 2011. Probing Martensitic Transition in Nitinol Wire: A Comparison of X-ray Diffraction and Other Techniques. Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT2010), AIP Conference Proceedings, 17 January, Volume 1315, pp. 104-109. Byrne, E. M., A. Letertre, M. A. McCarthy, W. A. Curtin and Z. Xia. 2011. Optimizing Load Transfer in Multiwall Nanotubes through Interwall Coupling: Theory and Simulation. Proceedings of ICCS16, 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, University of Porto, Portugal, 28-30 June. Conference CD. Callanan, A., E. Guihen, C. Crean, W. T. O’Connor and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Lactate-pyruvate and Growth Proliferation Levels of Endothelial Cells on Extracellular Matrix Materials. Proceedings of 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, Dublin, 4-9 September. Collins, G., P. Fleming, C. O’Dwyer, M. A. Morris and J. D. Holmes. 2011. Functionalization of Germanium Nanowires. ECS Transactions, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May, Volume 35, Issue 8, pp. 89-99. Doyle, B. J., A. Callanan, J. Killion and T. M. McGloughlin. 2011. Use of the Photoelastic Method to Determine the Wall Stress in Realistic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Models. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2011, Farmington, Pennsylvania, USA, 22-25 June. Egan, B., R. M. Frizzell, C. T. McCarthy and M. A. McCarthy. 2011. Numerical and Experimental Damage Prediction in Countersunk Composite Joints Subjected to Variable-Rate Loadings. Proceedings of ECCOMAS 3rd Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, Hannover, Germany, 21-23 September, pp. 595-602. Farragher, T. P., N. P. O’Dowd, S. Scully and S. B. Leen. 2011. Thermo-mechanical Analysis of a Pressurised Pipe under Plant Conditions. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, PVP2011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 17-21 July. (on CD) Figiel, Ł. 2011. A Two-scale FE2 Approach for Simulation of Forming Processes for Polymer Nanocomposites. 14th International Conference on Material Forming, ESAFORM, Belfast, 27-29 April, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 1353, 1226-1231, ISSN: 1551-7616. Gandhi, A. A., I. Z. Rahman, M. V. K. Mousavi and M. A. Rahman. 2011. Sm-doped NiFe Thin Films: Structural and Magnetic Characterization. Advanced Materials Research, Volume 264-265, pp. 518-523. Transtech Publications. Proceedings of AMPT 2009, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-29 October 2009. Glynn, C., O. Lotty, W. McSweeney, J. D. Holmes and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Raman Scattering Spectroscopy of Metal-assisted Chemically Etched Rough Si Nanowires. ECS Transactions, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May, Volume 35, Issue 8, pp. 73-86. McNulty, D., D. N. Buckley and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Synthesis and Characterization of Layered Vanadium Oxide Nanotubes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. ECS Transactions, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May, Volume 35, Issue 34, pp. 237-245. McSweeney, W., O. Lotty, J. D. Holmes and C. O’Dwyer. 2011. Fabrication and Characterization of Single-Crystal Metal-Assisted Chemically Etched Rough Si Nanowires for Lithium-ion Battery Anodes. ECS Transactions, 219th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Montréal, Canada, 1-6 May, Volume 35, Issue 34, pp. 25-34. O’Connell, M., W. T. O’Connor, B. Ramsay, E. Guihen, W. L. Ho and M. J. Leahy. 2011. Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging Architect for Dermal Microdialysis in Psoriasis. Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West, Paper No. 7898-29, San Francisco, USA, 22-27 January.

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O’Connor, W. T. 2011. The Impact of the Internet on the Human Brain. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Madrid, Spain, 14-16 November. O’Connor, W. T. 2011. What Can Neuroscience Teach Us About Problem Based Learning? Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Madrid, Spain. 14-16 November. Pisano, C., P. Priolo and Ł. Figiel. 2011. Multiscale Finite Element Modelling of Gallery Failure in Epoxy-clay Nanocomposites. Abstracts of 21st International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, University of Limerick, 22-24 August. Rahman, I. Z. and T. T. Ahmed. 2011. Microstructural and Magnetic Studies on Calcined Ni-Zn Ferrite Powders Prepared by Chemical Co-precipitation Method. Advanced Materials Research, Volume 264-265, pp. 524-529. Transtech Publications. Proceedings of AMPT 2009, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-29 October 2009. Salaj-Kosla, U., M. D. Scanlon and E. Magner. 2011. Bioelectrochemistry of Redox Enzymes Immobilized on Mesoporous Gold Electrodes. Proceedings of XXI International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, Cracow, Poland, 8-12 May, p. 228. ISBN: 978-83-62139-23-1. Salaj-Kosla, U., M. D. Scanlon and E. Magner. 2011. Bioelectrochemistry of Redox Enzymes Immobilized on Mesoporous Gold Electrodes. Proceedings of Electrochemical Horizons, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 5-6 September. Velusamy, V., K. I. Arshak, O. Korostynska and C. Adley. 2011. Study of IDE as a Sensor Head for Interfacing with Handheld Electrochemical Analyzer System. Proceedings of 35th International Microelectronics and Packaging IMAPS-CPMT Poland Conference, Gdańsk, Poland, 21-24 September, IEEE, pp. 11-16. Weidt, D., Ł. Figiel and M. Buggy. 2011. Preparation, Testing and Modelling of Nanocomposite Surface Coatings to Improve the Impact Behaviour of Advanced Composite Laminates; Abstracts of International Conference on Multiphase Polymers and Polymer Composites: From Nanoscale to Macro Composites, Creteil University, Paris, France, 7-10 June. Yazdani-Nezhad, H., N. P. O’Dowd, C. M. Davies, K. M. Nikbin and R. C. Wimpory. 2011. Study of Creep Relaxation Behaviour of 316h Austenitic Steels under Mechanically Induced Residual Stress. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, PVP2011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 17-21 July. (on CD) PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Carron, K. and M. R. Towler. 2011. Method and Apparatus for Determination of Bone Fracture Risk Using Raman Spectroscopy. US Patent 7,962,199B2. Silien, C. and A. Peremans. 2011. Device for High Resolution Sum Frequency Generation and Infrared Microscopy. Application Number: PCT/EP2011/06177l, 11 July. Tofail, S. A. M. and J. Butler. 2011. Method of Forming a Sintered Nickel-Titanium-Rare Earth (Ni-Ti-RE) Alloy. GB 1118208.6, 21 October. Tofail, S. A. M., S. Robin and T. Soulimane. 2011. A Urological Implant Coating. EPO 11394016.7, 3 October. Tofail, S. A. M., S. Robin and T. Soulimane. 2011. An Implant. US Provisional Application No. 61/531,322 and Ireland 2011/0392, 6 September.

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Tofail, S. A. M., J. Żegliński, P. Cronin, H. Podbielska, E. Dworniczek, P. Tiernan, R. Franiczek, I. Buzalewicz and M. Wawrzyńska. 2011. Embedding Nanoparticles in Thermoplastic Polymers. US Provisional Application 61/454,252, 18 March. Towler, M. R. and D. Boyd. 2011. A Synthetic Graft Having a Glass Network. US Patent 7,981,972. Granted July 2011.