PResident's RePORt 2009/2010 - University College Cork

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· K.W. Ng, M. Pearton, S. Coulman, A. Anstey, C. Gateley, A. Morrissey, C. Allender, J. Birchall (2009) ‘Development of an ex
vivo human skin model for intradermal vaccination: Tissue viability and Langerhans cell behaviour’. VACCINE:27(43).
· K.W. Ng, M. Pearton, S. Coulman, A. Anstey, C. Gateley, A. Morrissey, C. O’Mahony, C. Allender, J. Birchall (2009) ‘Tissue
viability and Langerhans cell behaviour in an ex-vivo human skin model for cutaneous DNA vaccination’. J PHARM
PHARMACOL:61.
· M. Haq, M. Pearton, M. Kalavala, A. Anstey, C. O’Mahony, R. Porter, D. John, J. Birchall (2009) ‘Penetration and
wound-healing responses following application of microneedles and hypodermic needles to human volunteers’. J PHARM
PHARMACOL:61.
· N. Jackson, S. Anand, M. Okdandan, J. Muthuswamy (2009) ‘Nonhermetic Encapsulation Materials for MEMS-Based
Movable Microelectrode for Long-term Implantation in the Brain’. J MICROELECTROMECH S:18.
· P. Lovera, K. Reynolds, G. Redmond. (2009) ‘Nano-lightsticks: Polymer Nanotubes with Embedded Chemiluminescent
Dopants.’. PHYS STATUS SOLIDI A:206.
· R. Charash, P.P. Maaskant, L. Lewis, C. McAleese, M.J. Kappers, C.J. Humphreys, B. Corbett (2009) ‘Carrier distribution in
InGaN/GaN tricolor multiple quantum well light emitting diodes’. APPL PHYS LETT:95.
· R. Meere, T. O’Donnell, N. Wang, N. Achotte, S. Kulkarni, S.C. O’Mathuna (2009) ‘Size and performance trade-offin
Micro-inductorsfor high frequency dc-dc conversion’. IEEE T MAGN:45.
· R.D. Long, E. O’Connor, S.B. Newcomb, S. Monaghan, K. Cherkaoui, P. Casey, G. Hughes, K.K. Thomas, F. Chalvet, I.M.
Povey, M.E. Pemble, P.K. Hurley (2009) ‘Structural analysis, elemental profiling, and electrical characterization of HfO2 thin
films deposited on In0.53Ga0.47As surfaces by atomic layer deposition’. J APPL PHYS:106(8).
· R.F. Donnelly, D.I.J. Morrow, T.R.R. Singh, R. Thakur, K. Migalska, P.A. McCarron, A. Paul, C. O’Mahony, A.D. Woolfson
(2009) ‘Processing difficulties and instability of carbohydrate microneedle arrays’. DRUG DEV IND PHARM:35(10).
· S. Schulz, D. Mourad, G. Czycholl (2009) ‘Multiband description of the optical properties of zincblende nitride quantum
dots’. PHYS REV B:80.
· S.C. Padmanabhan, D. Ledwith, S.C. Pillai, D.E. McCormack, E. Declan, J. Kelly (2009) ‘Microwave-assisted synthesis of
ZnO micro-javelins’. J MATER CHEM:19(48).
· T. Piwonski, J. Pulka, G. Madden, G. Huyet, J. Houlihan, J. Pozo, N. Vogiatzis, P. Ivanov, J.M. Rorison, P.J. Barrios, J.A. Gupta
(2009) ‘Ultrafast gain and refractive index dynamics in GaInNAsSb semiconductor optical amplifiers’. J APPL PHYS:106(8).
· Y. Lai, N.S. Bennett, C. Ahn, N.E.B. Cowern, N. Cordero, J.C. Greer (2009) ‘Transient Activation Model for Antimony in
Relaxed and Strained Silicon’. SOLID STATE ELECTRON:53.
· Z. Olszewski, C. O’Mahony, R. Houlihan, R. Duane (2009) ‘Comment on "Comparison of air breakdown and substrate
injection as mechanisms to induce dielectric charging in microelectromechanical switches" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 043502
(2008)]’. APPL PHYS LETT:95(17).
· A.V. Jeyaseelan, J.F. Rohan (2009) ‘Fabrication of three-dimensional substrates for Li microbatteries on Si’. APPL SURF
SCI:256(3).
· B. Feldman, S.T. Dunham (2009) ‘Calculation of Cu/Ta interface electron transmission and effect on conductivity in
nanoscale interconnect technology’. APPL PHYS LETT:95(22).
· B. Liang, A. Lin, N. Pavarelli, C. Reyner, J. Tatebayashi, K. Nunna, J. He, T.J. Ochalski, G. Huyet, D.L. Huffaker (2009)
‘GaSb/GaAs type-II quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy’. NANOTECHNOLOGY:20.
· F. Alimenti, S. Leone, G. Tasselli, V. Palazzari, L. Roselli, D. Zito (2009) ‘IF Amplifier Section in 90 nm CMOS Technology for
SoC Microwave Radiometers’. IEEE MICROW WIREL CO :19(11).
· J. Rohan (2009) ‘Current trends in nanostructured polymer and sol-gel thin films Preface’. APPL SURF SCI:256(3).
· J.I. Jang, S. Mani, J.B. Ketterson, P. Lovera, G. Redmond (2009) ‘Nonlinear refractive index and three-photon absorption
coefficient of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorence) ‘. APPL PHYS LETT:95(22).
· K. Gradkowski, T.J. Ochalski, D.P. Williams, J. Tatebayashi, A. Khoshakhlagh, G. Balakrishnan, E.P. O’Reilly, G. Huyet, L.R.
Dawson, D.L. Huffaker (2009) ‘Optical transition pathways in type-II Ga(As)Sb quantum dots’. J LUMIN:129.
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