UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering - Research Publications 2016/17

Below is the list of research publications for the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering in the academic year 2016/17



Peer Reviewed Journals

Professor Niall Barron
Costello, A., Lao, N., Clynes, M., Barron, N. (2017) 'Conditional Knockdown of Endogenous MicroRNAs in CHO Cells Using TET-ON-SanDI Sponge Vectors'. Methods Mol Biol, 1603 :87-100.  
Suda, S., Field, D., Barron, N. (2017) 'Antimicrobial Peptide Production and Purification'. Methods Mol Biol, 1485 :401-410.  
Monger, C., Motheramgari, K., McSharry, J., Barron, N., Clarke, C. (2017) 'A Bioinformatics Pipeline for the Identification of CHO Cell Differential Gene Expression from RNA-Seq Data'. Methods Mol Biol, 1603 :169-186.  
Kelly, P. S., Clarke, C., Costello, A., Monger, C., Meiller, J., Dhiman, H., Borth, N., Betenbaugh, M. J., Clynes, M., Barron, N. (2017) 'Ultra-deep next generation mitochondrial genome sequencing reveals widespread heteroplasmy in Chinese hamster ovary cells'. Metab Eng, 41 :11-22.  
Levingstone, T. J., Barron, N., Ardhaoui, M., Benyounis, K., Looney, L., Stokes, J. (2017) 'Application of response surface methodology in the design of functionally graded plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings'. Surface & Coatings Technology, 313 :307-318.  
Terzidis, M. A., Prisecaru, A., Molphy, Z., Barron, N., Randazzo, A., Dumont, E., Krokidis, M. G., Kellett, A., Chatgilialoglu, C. (2016) 'Radical-induced purine lesion formation is dependent on DNA helical topology'. Free Radic Res, 50 (sup1).  
Kelly, P. S., McSweeney, S., Coleman, O., Carillo, S., Henry, M., Chandran, D., Kellett, A., Bones, J., Clynes, M., Meleady, P., Barron, N. (2016) 'Process-relevant concentrations of the leachable bDtBPP impact negatively on CHO cell production characteristics'. Biotechnol Prog, 32 (6):1547-1558.  
Professor Eoin Casey
O. Habimana and R. Heffernan and E. Casey (2017) 'Nanofiltration-induced cell death: An integral perspective of early stage biofouling under permeate flux conditions'. Journal of Membrane Science, 541 :93-100.  
Choudhari S, Habimana O, Hannon J, Allen A, Cummins E, Casey E (2017) 'Dynamics of silver elution from functionalised antimicrobial nanofiltration membranes'. Biofouling, 33 (6):520-529.  
Cao H, Habimana O;Safari A;Heffernan R;Dai Y;Casey E (2016) 'Revealing region-specific biofilm viscoelastic properties by means of a micro-rheological approach'. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2 .  
Fatemeh Kavousi, Eoin Syron, Michael Semmens, Eoin Casey (2016) 'Hydrodynamics and gas transfer performance of confined hollow fibre membrane modules with the aid of computational fluid dynamics'. Journal of Membrane Science, 513 :117-128.  
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Choi SY, Habimana O, Flood P, Reynaud EG, Rodriguez BJ, Zhang N, Casey E, Gilchrist MD (2016) 'Material- and feature-dependent effects on cell adhesion to micro injection moulded medical polymers'. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 145 :46-54.  
Professor Denis Dowling
Dickson, A.; Barry, J.N.; McDonnell, K., Dowling, D.P. (2017) 'Fabrication of continuous carbon, glass and Kevlar fibre reinforced polymer composites using additive manufacturing'. Additive Manufacturing, 16 :146-152.  
Abourayana, H.M.; Milosavljevic, V.; Dobbyn, P.; Dowling D.P. (2017) 'Evaluation of the effect of plasma treatment frequency on the activation of polymer particles'. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 37 (4):1223-1235.  
Yin, S.; Ekoi, E.J.; Lupton, T.L.; Dowling, D.P.; Lupoi, R. (2017) 'Cold spraying of WC-Co-Ni coatings using porous WC-17Co powders: Formation mechanism, microstructure characterization and tribological performance'. Materials & Design, 126 :305-313.  
Yin, S.; Zhang, Z.; Ekoi, E.J.; Wang, J.J.; Dowling, D.P.; Nicolosi, V.; Lupoi, R. (2017) 'Novel cold spray for fabricating graphene-reinforced metal matrix composites'. Materials Letters, 196 :172-175.  
Bonomo, M.; Marrani, A. G.; Novelli, V.; Awais, M.; Dowling, D.P.; Vos, J. G.; Dini D. (2017) 'Surface properties of nanostructured NiO undergoing electrochemical oxidation in 3-methoxy-propionitrile'. Applied Surface Science, 403 :441-447.  
Bonomo, M.; Congiu, M.; De Marco, M.; Dowling, D.; Di Carlo, A.; Graeff, C.; Dini D. (2017) 'Limits on the use of cobalt sulfide as anode of p-type dye-sensitized solar cells'. Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics, 50 (21).  
Mukherjee, S.; Martinez-Gonzalez, J.A.; Stallard, C.P.; Dowling, D.P.; Gowen, A.A. (2017) 'Can attenuated total internal reflection-Fourier transform infrared be used to understand the interaction between polymers and water? A hyperspectral imaging study'. Journal of Spectral Imaging, 6 (1):1-13.  
S. Yin; Y. Xie; J. Cizek; E. J. Ekoi; T. Hussain; D. Dowling; R. Lupoi (2017) 'Advanced diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites via cold spray: Properties and deposition mechanism'. Composites Part B: Engineering, 113 :44-54.  
McParland, D.; Baron, S.; O'Rourke, S.; Dowling, D.; Ahearne, E.; Parnell, A. (2017) 'Prediction of tool-wear in turning of medical grade cobalt chromium molybdenum alloy (ASTM F75) using non-parametric Bayesian models'. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, :1-12.  
K. O'Flynn, V. Milosavljević, P. Dobbyn and D. P. Dowling (2017) 'Evaluation of a reel-to-reel atmospheric plasma system for the treatment of polymers'. Surfaces and Interfaces, 6 :162-169.  
V. J. Law and D. P. Dowling (2017) 'Electronic valve instabilities and modes jumps'. Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Journal, 1 :3-35.  
Abourayana, H.M.; Milosavljevic, V.; Dobbyn, P.; Cullen, P.J.; Dowling, D.P. (2016) 'Investigation of a scalable barrel atmospheric plasma reactor for the treatment of polymer particles'. Surface and Coatings Technology, 308 :435-441.  
Awais, M; Danilo D.; Vos, J.G.; Dowling D.P. (2016) 'Nickel Oxide Photocathodes Prepared Using Rapid Discharge Sintering for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells'. Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, 38 (4):615-622.  
C. Stenson, K. A. McDonnell, S. Yin, B. Aldwell, M. Meyer, D.P. Dowling, R. Lupoi (2016) 'Cold Spray deposition to prevent fouling of polymer surfaces'. Surface Engineering, :1-11.  
Professor Niall English
Z. Futera and N.J. English (2017) 'Influence of external static and alternating electric fields on water from long-time non-equilibrium ab-initio molecular dynamics'. Journal of Chemical Physics .  
C.J. Waldron and N.J. English (2017) 'Global-Density Fluctuations in Methane Clathrate Hydrates in Externally-Applied Electromagnetic Fields'. Journal of Chemical Physics .  
X. Yong, J.S. Tse and N.J. English (2017) 'optPBE-vdW Density Functional Theory Study of Liquid Water and Pressure-Induced Structural Evolution in Ice Ih'. Canadian Journal of Chemistry .  
J. Grossi, J.J. Kohanoff, N.J. English, E.M. Bringa and M.G. Del Papolo (2017) 'On the Mechanism of the Iodide-Triiodide Exchange Reaction in a Solid-State Ionic Liquid'. Journal of Physical Chemistry B .  
P.K. Nandi, C.J. Burnham, Z. Futera and N.J. English (2017) 'Ice-Amorphization of Supercooled Water Nanodroplets in No Man's Land'. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry .  
S. Bandaru, N.J. English, A.D. Phillips and J.M.D. MacElroy (2017) 'Exploring Promising Catalysts for Chemical Hydrogen Storage in Ammonia Borane: A Density Functional Theory Study'. Catalysts .  
C. Lyons, N. Rathi, P. Dev, O. Byrne, P.K. Surolia, P. Maji, J.M.D. MacElroy, A. Yella, M. Gratzel, N.J. English, E. Magner and K.R. Thampi (2017) 'Organic Dyes Containing Coplanar Dihexyl-Substituted Dithienosilole Groups for Efficient Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells'. International Journal of Photoenergy .  
Z. Futera and N.J. English (2017) 'Exploring Rutile (110) and Anatase (101) TiO2 Water Interfaces by Reactive Force-Field Simulations'. Journal of Physical Chemistry C .  
N.J. English and J.S. Tse (2017) 'Equilibrium Born-Oppenheimer molecular-dynamics exploration of the lattice thermal conductivity of silicon clathrates'. Computational Materials Science .  
Z. Futera, M. Celli, L. del Rosso, C. Burnham, L. Ulivi, N.J. English (2017) 'Vibrational Modes of Hydrogen Hydrates: A First-Principles Molecular-Dynamics and Raman-Spectra Study'. Journal of Physical Chemistry C .  
Z. Futera, X. Yong, Y. Pan, J.S. Tse and N.J. English (2017) 'Formation and Properties of Water from Quartz and Hydrogen at High Pressure and Temperature'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters .  
C.J. Burnham, Z. Futera and N.J. English (2017) 'Quantum and classical inter-cage hopping of hydrogen molecules in clathrate hydrate: temperature and cage-occupation effects'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics .  
P.K. Nandi, N.J. English, Z. Futera and A. Benedetto (2017) 'Hydrogen-bond dynamics at the bio-water interface in hydrated proteins: a molecular-dynamics study'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics .  
Z. Futera and N.J. English (2016) 'Oscillating electric-field effects on adsorbed-water at rutile- and anatase-TiO2 surfaces'. Journal of Chemical Physics .  
P.K. Nandi, Z. Futera and N.J. English (2016) 'Perturbation of hydration layer in solvated proteins under external electric and e/m fields: a molecular-dynamics study'. Journal of Chemical Physics .  
P.K. Nandi and N.J. English (2016) 'Role of hydration layer in dynamical crossover in proteins: insights from translational self-diffusivity'. Journal of Physical Chemistry .  
Dr Steven Ferguson
H Shi, Y Xiao, S Ferguson, X Huang, N Wang, H Hao (2017) 'Progress of crystallization in microfluidic devices'. Lab on a Chip .  
Professor Brian Glennon
Pascual, Gladys; Donnellan, Philip; Glennon, Brian; Kamaraju, Vamsi; Jones, Roderick (2017) 'Experimental and Modelling Studies on the Solubility of 2-chloro-N-(4-methylphenyl)propanamide (S1) in Binary Ethyl Acetate + Hexane, Toluene + Hexane, Acetone + Hexane and Butanone + Hexane Solvent Mixtures using Polythermal Method'. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 62 (10):3193-3205.  
Zelalem Ayenew Worku. Dinesh Kumar, Joao Victor Gomes, Yunliang He, Brian Glennon, Kiran A.Ramisetty, Ake C.Rasmuson, Peter O'Connell, Kieran Gallagher, Trevor Woods, Nalini R.Shastri, Anne-Marie Healy (2017) 'Modelling and Understanding Powder Flow Properties and Compactability of Selected Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Excipients and Physical Mixtures from Critical Material Properties'. International Journal of Pharmaceutics .  
Anita Rose Maguire, Rosella M O'Mahony, Denis Lynch, Hannah L D Hayes, Eilis Ni Thuama, Philip Donnellan, Roderick C Jones, Brian Glennon, Stuart G Collins (2017) 'Exploiting the Continuous In Situ Generation of Mesyl Azide for Use in a Telescoped Process'. European Journal of Organic Chemistry .  
D. Acevedo, V.K. Kamaraju, B. Glennon, ZK Nagy (2017) 'Modeling and Characterization of an in Situ Wet Mill Operation'. Organic Process Research and Development .  
Dr Thillai Sivakumar Natarajan
M. Thomas, Thillai Sivakumar Natarajan, M. U.D. Sheikh, M. Bano, F. Khan (2017) 'Self-organized graphene oxide and TiO2 nanoparticles incorporated alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposites with efficient photocatalytic activity under direct sunlight'. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 346 :113-125.  
Synthesis of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes /TiO2 Nanotube Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Decomposition Efficiency (2017) 'Synthesis of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes /TiO2 Nanotube Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Decomposition Efficiency'. Catalysis Today, 282 :13-23.  
W. K. Jo, J. Y. Lee and Thillai Sivakumar N* (2016) 'Fabrication of Hierarchically Structured Novel Redox-Mediator-free ZnIn2S4 Marigold Flower/Bi2WO6 Flower-like Direct Z-Scheme Nanocomposite Photocatalysts with Superior Visible Light Photocatalytic Efficiency'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18 :1000-1016.  
Thillai Sivakumar N,H. C. Bajaj, R. J. Tayade (2016) 'Palmyra tuber peel plant waste derived activated carbon and anatase TiO2 nanotube based nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance in rhodamine 6G dye degradation'. Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B, 104 :346-357.  
F.-C. Yen, T.-C. Chang, C. C. Hu, S. Laohaprapanon, Thillai Sivakumar N, S. J. You (2016) 'Feasibility of combined upflow anaerobic sludge blanket-aerobic membrane bioreactor system in treating purified terephthalic acid wastewater and polyimide membrane for biogas purification'. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 4 (4):4113-4119.  
Professor Ravindranathan Thampi
Ciaran Lyons, Neelima Rathi, Pratibha Dev, Owen Byrne, Praveen K. Surolia, Pathik Maji, J. M. D. MacElroy, Aswani Yella, Michael Gratzel, Edmond Magner, Niall J. English, and K. Ravindranathan Thampi (2017) 'Organic Dyes Containing Coplanar Dihexyl-Substituted Dithienosilole Groups for Efficient Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells'. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2017 :1-13.  
Anthony Newell, K. Ravindranathan Thampi (2017) 'Novel amorphous aluminum hydroxide catalysts for aluminumewater reactions to produce H2 on demand'. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 :23446-23454.  

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Conference Publications

Professor Niall English
C.J. Burnham, Z. Futera and N.J. English (2017) Hydrogen-hydrate fee-energy and cage-hopping calculations: insights from quantal and classical molecular-dynamics explorations International Conference on Gas Hydrates (25-30 Jun 2017, Denver; poster),  
M. Lauricella, S. Meloni, S. Succi and N.J. English (2017) Methane-hydrate nucleation in marine environments: insights from molecular-dynamics strategies exploring free-energy landscapes International Conference on Gas Hydrates (25-30 Jun 2017, Denver),  
N.J. English, C.J. Burnham, Z. Futera, M. Lauricella (2017) Hydrogen-hopping in gas hydrates and methane-hydrate nucleation in marine environments: insights from biased molecular dynamics Telluride workshop on gas-hydrate fundamentals (20-25 Jun 2017, Telluride, Colorado; invited talk),  
M Lauricella, S Meloni, NJ English, B Peters and G Ciccotti (2017) Probing methane-hydrate nucleation by metadynamics simulations Water in Biophysics Conference, Erice, Sicily (23-28 May 2017),  
J. Tse, N.J. English, X. Yong, S.-W. Yang (2017) Thermal Conductivity of Thermoelectric Materials International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (18-23 June 2017, Singapore; invited talk),  
N. Todorova, A. Bentvelzen, N.J. English and I. Yarovsky (2017) The Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Structure and Dynamics of Amyloidogenic Peptides PIERS 2017 Conference, St. Petersburg (21-26 May, 2017),  
Z. Futera, X. Yong, Y. Pan, J.S. Tse, N.J. English (2017) Formation and properties of water from quartz and hydrogen at high pressure and temperature Irish Geological Research Meeting,  
Z. Futera, Y. Tateyama, N.J. English (2017) Molecular Simulations of Solid-Liquid Interfaces Computational Molecular Science (19-22 Mar 2017, Warwick Univ.),  
M. Lauricella, S. Meloni, S. Succi and N.J. English (2016) Methane-hydrate nucleation in marine environments: insights from molecular-dynamics strategies exploring free-energy landscapes MIGHTY conference (UCD, 5-6 Dec 2016), UCD,  
J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, S. Mukherrjee, N.J. English and A.A. Gowen (2016) The Molecular Structure of the Interface between Water and Silicon Surfaces: a Molecular-Dynamics Study XIII Symposium of Young Researcher RSEQ-Sigma-Aldrich (Nov 8-11, 2016, Logrono, Spain),  
J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, N.J. English and A.A. Gowen (2016) Water infrared spectrum at the interface with silicon and hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces using molecular dynamics approach Aquaphotomics Conference (Nov 26-29th, 2016, Kibe, Japan),  
M. Lauricella, S. Meloni, S. Succi and N.J. English (2016) Methane-hydrate nucleation in marine environments: insights from molecular-dynamics strategies exploring free-energy landscapes American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting (13-18 Nov 2016, San Francisco),  
N.J. English (2016) 'Leveraging Simulation and Experiment in Process-Control Education and Training: Case Study of Development of Educational Software Suites for either Stand-Alone Study or in Conjunction with Laboratory Measurements' American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 13-18th Nov 2016,  
Professor Ravindranathan Thampi
Anthony Newell and K. Ravindranathan Thampi (2017) Simple catalytic methods for on-demand hydrogen production from the aluminium-water reactions 7th World Hydrogen Technology Convention 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-12 July,  
Anthony Newell and K. Ravindranathan Thampi (2016) Novel Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide Catalysts for Aluminum-Water Reactions to Produce H2 on Demand AEM 2016, Surrey, U.K.  

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