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Surface modification of electrodes for enzymatic fuel cell application
(2016-01-07)
The immobilisation chemistry of enzymes and redox complexes capable of shuttling electrons between enzymes and electrode surface can have an impact on the magnitude and stability of current response, with implications for ...
Anisotropy resolved multi-dimensional emission spectroscopy (ARMES): a new tool for the quantitative and structural analysis of proteins
(NUI Galway, 2016-03-24)
The quantitative and structural analysis of proteins is of great importance in numerous fields (from industrial to academic research). Requirements like ease of analysis, sample handling, robustness, analysis time, the ...
Design and synthesis of macrocycles, peptides and coiled coils with sugar connections
(2016-06-09)
Migrastatin is a secondary metabolite that is formed from the bacterium Streptomyces platensis. This compound has shown promising anti-metastatic activity by inhibiting tumour cell migration. Published derivatives of this ...
A study of factors influencing anomerisation reactions
(2016-07-18)
This thesis involves an investigation into the anomerisation reaction and strategies by which the reaction can potentially be improved and provide a greater understanding of factors influencing the reaction. There has been ...
Development of glucose-oxidising enzyme electrodes for application in glucose|oxygen powered enzymatic fuel cells
(2016-02)
The objective of this thesis is to investigate different strategies for the optimisation
of biocatalytic anodes with a view to developing a semi- or fully implantable,
miniature, membrane-less enzymatic fuel cell via ...
A source of new diagnostic techniques for asthma in Ireland
(2017-11-13)
The objective of this thesis is to set up new diagnostic methods for the study of asthma and related respiratory conditions in an Irish clinical laboratory, and to deepen our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this illness. ...
Unsaturated hydrocarbon combustion chemistry and gasoline and diesel fuel ignition: Experimental and theoretical studies
(2017-12-04)
The primary objective of the work presented in this Thesis is to investigate the oxidation chemistry of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Butenes (1-, 2-, iso-butene) and 1,3-butadiene are the shortest olefins with structural ...
Amorphous pharmaceuticals and composites
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-27)
An attractive, yet challenging approach to overcome poor water solubility is to convert a crystalline Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) into its more soluble amorphous form.1-3 Nevertheless, the use of amorphous drug ...
The use of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, supercritical carbon dioxide and new hetero-containing monomers in polymer chemistry
(2017-08-28)
Chapter 1 is a general introduction with a description of conventional radical polymerization and reversible deactivation radical polymerizations for controlled/living techniques. In particular, the use of Reversible ...
Studying the fluorescence emission properties of 1,2,3 triazine based fluorophores in polymer thin films
(2017-05-10)
The application of thin polymeric films for medical purposes is growing very fast.
Two of the most important uses of thin polymer films are drug coatings for controlled
release and tissue engineering. Thermoresponsive ...