Anna Drury PhD

    Contact Information

    School of Physics,
    Trinity College Dublin,
    Dublin 2,
    Ireland.

    Phone : +353-1+896 3470
    Fax : +353-1-6711759
    Email : adrury@tcd.ie

    Biography

    • Experimental Officer (part-time) for the School of Physics (2010 - present)
    • Lab Supervisor for Junior Freshman Health Science students' physics practicals (2005 - present)
    • PhD: 'Organic, Inorganic and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructures' (2009, Trinity College Dublin)
    • Experimental Officer in the group for Molecular and Polymer Optics and Electronics (2000- 2009), part-time PhD student.
    • Diploma: Post-graduate Diploma in Polymer Science and Technology (2001, Trinity College Dublin).
    • Research Technician, (Photonics Group, Trinity College Dublin, 1995-2000)
    • M.Sc. Materials Science (1995, Trinity College Dublin)
    • Research Assistant (Chemistry), Nonlinear Optics Group, Physics Dept, Trinity College Dublin (1988-1995)
    • Proof reader, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1980-1986)
    • Bookseller (Science Dept), Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge (January-September 1979)
    • Chemistry teacher, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge (September-October 1978)
    • Science teacher, Netherhall School, Cambridge (January-June 1978)
    • P.G.C.E. (1977, University of Cambridge, England)
    • B.A. Chemistry (1976, University of Dublin, Ireland)
     

    Current Research Interests

    Synthesis of polymers used in Carbon Nanotube Composites,
    Light Emmitting Diodes and Nonlinear Optical Devices.
    Synthesis and Characterisation of Nanowires in Nanoporous Alumina Templates.

    Publications

    Kevin P Ryan, Stephen M. Lipson; Anna Drury; Martin Cadek; Manuel Ruether; Sean M. O' Flaherty; Valerie Barron; Brendan McCarthy; Hugh J. Byrne; Werner J. Blau; Jonathan N. Coleman, "Carbon Nanotube Nucleated Crystallinity in a Conjugated Polymer Based Composite", Chemical Physics Letters, 391, 4-6, 329-333 (2004)

    S. M. Lipson, J. N. Coleman, A. Drury, D. F. O'Brien, W. J. Blau, A. J. Cadby, P. A. Lane, D. D. C. Bradley, "Alternating and direct current characterization and photoinduced absorption studies of modified conjugated polymer thin films ", Journal of Applied Physics, 2004, 95, 11, 6138-6144

    Margaret E. Brennan, Jonathan N. Coleman, Anna Drury, Bernd Lahr, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Werner J. Blau; Nonlinear photoluminescence from van Hove singularities in multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Optics Letters (2003) 28/4, 266-268

    Anna Drury, Stefanie Maier, Manuel Ruether, Werner J. Blau; Investigation of different synthetic routes to and structure property relationships of poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene) , J. Mater. Chem. (2003) 13, 485 – 490.

    S M O'Flaherty, SV Hold, M Cadek, A Drury, JN Coleman, WJ Blau; Nonlinear optical response of multiwalled carbon-nanotube dispersions; JOSA B 20 (2003) 49-58 also Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology - Carbon Nanotubes, C60, and Related Studies (2003) 7, 4.

    B. McCarthy, J.N. Coleman, R. Czerw, A.B. Dalton, M. in het Panhuis, A. Maiti, A. Drury, H.J. Byrne, D.L. Carroll and W.J. Blau; A Microscopy and Spectroscopy Study of Interactions between Carbon Nanotubes and a Conjugated Polymer; Journ. Phys. Chem. B 106 (2002) 2210 - 2216

    R. Murphy, J.N. Coleman, M.Cadek, B. McCarthy, M. Bent, A. Drury, R.C. Barklie and W.J. Blau; High Yield, Non-destructive Purification and Quantification Method for Carbon Nanotubes; Journ. Phys. Chem. B 106 (2002) 3087 - 3091

    M. Cadek, R. Murphy, B. McCarthy, A. Drury, B. Lahr, R. C. Barklie, M. in het Panhuis, J. N. Coleman and W. J. Blau ; Optimisation of the Arc-Discharge Production of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes; Carbon 40(6) (2002) 923

    Kilbride BE, Coleman JN, Fraysse J, Fournet P, Cadek M, Drury A, Hutzler S, Roth S, Blau WJ; Experimental observation of scaling laws for alternating current and direct current conductivity in polymer-carbon nanotube composite thin films J. Appl. Phys.92 (7) (2002) 4024-4030.

    K G Ryder, S M Lipson, A Drury, S M O'Flaherty, W J Blau; Model study in molecular engineering for nonlinear photonic devices: poly(arylene ethynylene) and poly (arylene vinylene) copolymers; Proceedings of SPIE, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials, 1-2August 2001, San Diego, USA, Volume 4461, pp 246-259

    A. Drury, S. Maier, A. P. Davey, A.B. Dalton, J.N. Coleman, H.J. Byrne, W.J. Blau; Systematic Trends in the Polymerisation of Poly(meta-Phenylene Vinylene) Compounds; Synth. Met. 119 (2001) 151-152

    S. Maier, A. Drury, A. P. Davey, H. J. Byrne, W.J. Blau; Bulky Side group Polymers – Synthesis and Characterisation; Synth. Met. 119 (2001) 85-86

    S.M. Lipson, D. F. O’Brien, A. Drury, H.J. Byrne, W. J. Blau; Increased luminescence efficiency in PmPV thin films by modified thin-film preparation techniques; Synthetic Metals, Volume 119, Issues 1-3, 15 (2001) 569-570

    Lipson SM, Cadby AJ, Lane PA, O'Brien DF, Drury A, Bradley DDC, Blau WJ; The photophysics of thin polymer films of poly-(meta-phenylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-paraphenylenevinylene); MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE; 132 (1) (2001) 151-158

    A. B. Dalton, JN Coleman, M in het Panhuis, B McCarthy, A Drury, WJ Blau, B Paci, J-M Nunzi, HJ Byrne; Controlling the optical properties of a conjugated co-polymer through variation of backbone isomerism and the introduction of carbon nanotubes; J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry 5678 (2001) 1-11

    K. Henderson, A. B. Dalton, G. Chambers, A. Drury, S. Maier, A. G. Ryder, W. Blau and H. J. Byrne; Solvent effects on the luminescent properties of conjugated molecules, Synthetic Metals, 119, Issues 1-3, 15 March 2001, Pages 555-556

    A. B. Dalton, B. Paci, K. Henderson, G. Chambers, B. McCarthy, J. N. Coleman, A. Drury, C. Fiorini, J. -M. Nunzi, W. J. Blau and H. J. Byrne; Isomerism and inter-chain effects in a semi-conjugated co-polymer, poly (m-phenylenevinylene-co-2, 5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene) Synthetic Metals, Volume 119, Issues 1-3, 15 March 2001, Pages 557-558

    P. Fournet, J. N. Coleman, B. Lahr, A. Drury, W. J. Blau, D. F. O'Brien, H. -H. Hörhold; Enhanced brightness in organic light-emitting diodes using a carbon nanotube composite as an electron-transport layer; Journal of Applied Physics, July 15, 2001, Volume 90, Issue 2 pp. 969-975

    K. Henderson, K.P. Kretsch, A. Drury, S. Maier, A.P. Davey, W. Blau, H.J. Byrne, Correlation of Molecular Vibrational Structure with Luminescent Quantum Yields Synthetic Metals 111-112 (2000) 559-561

    J.N. Coleman, DF O'Brien, AB Dalton, B McCarthy, B Lahr, A Drury, RC Barklie and WJ Blau; Measurement of nanotube content in pyrolytically generated carbon soot; Chemical Communications, 20, (2000) 2000-2001

    J.Coleman, A. Dalton, S. Curran, A. Rubio, A. Davey, A. Drury, B. McCarthy, B. Lahr , P. Ajayan, S. Roth, R. Barklie, W. Blau; Phase Separation of Carbon Nanotubes and Turbostratic Graphite using a Functional Organic Polymer; Advanced Materials 12 (2000) 213-216. See also Advanced Materials 12 (2000) 401-401

    S. Maier, A.P. Davey, A. Drury, H.J. Byrne, W. Blau; Mono- and Polycyclic Aromatic Polymers – Synthesis and Properties; Synthetic Met 101 (1999) 31-32

    A.P Davey, A. Drury, S. Maier, H.J. Byrne, W.J. Blau; Synthesis and Optical Properties of Phenylene-vinylene Copolymers; Synt. Met. 103 (1999) 2479-2579

    J.N. Coleman, A.B.Dalton, S. Curran, A.P. Davey, B. McCarthy, A. Drury, H.J. Byrne, S. Roth; Optical and Electrical Properties of a Polymer-Nanotube Composite; Electrochemical Society Proceedings Volume 98-25

    Curran S, Davey AP, Coleman J, Dalton A, McCarthy B, Maier S, Drury A, Gray D, Brennan M, Ryder K, de la Chapelle ML, Journet C, Bernier P, Byrne HJ, Carroll D, Ajayan PM, Lefrant S, Blau W; Evolution and evaluation of the polymer nanotube composite; Synthetic Metals 103 (1-3): 2559-2562 JUN 1999

    Drury A, Burbridge S, Davey AP, Blau WJ; Poly(5-tert-butyl)benzothiophene: a soluble form of polyisothianaphthene with a large nonlinear optical response; JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 8 (11): 2353-2355 NOV 1998

    Curran SA, Ajayan PM, Blau WJ, Carroll DL, Coleman JN, Dalton AB, Davey AP, Drury A, McCarthy B, Maier S, Strevens A; A composite from poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) and carbon nanotubes: A novel material for molecular optoelectronics; ADVANCED MATERIALS 10 (14): 1091-+ OCT 1 1998

    Hockemeyer J, Castel A, Riviere P, Satge J, Ryder KG, Drury A, Davey AP, Blau WJ Synthesis and optical properties of group 14 element thienyl polymers; APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 11 (6): 513-521 JUN 1997

    Z. Henari, A. Drury, A.P. Davey, W.J. Blau, A. Akkari, J. Barrau, A. Castel, T. Elamraoui, J.Hockemeyer, G. Rima and J. Satge; Synthesis and Non-linear Optical Studies on some new Germanium and Tin Polymers; Appl. Organomet. Chem. 11 (1997) 513 - 521.

    S. Curran, A.P. Davey, A. Drury and W. Blau; Photodetection and Photovoltaic Effects from the Semiconducting Polymer PTBITN; Synthetic Metals, 1996, 83, 239

    S. Burbridge, A.P. Davey, A. Drury and W.J. Blau; Non-linear Optical Properties of a Soluble Small Bandgap Polymer near to Resonance; Non-linear Optics 10 (1995) 139 – 146

    A. Drury, A.P. Davey and W.J. Blau; Synthesis of a Soluble Form of the Low Bandgap Polymer Poly (3-butyl) isothianaphthene; Non-linear Optics 10 (1995) 167 – 172

    S.J. Burbridge, H. Page, A. Drury, A.P.Davey, J. Callaghan, W. Blau; The third Order Non-linear Optical Response of a Soluble Form of Polyisothionaphthene. In: Nonlinear Optics, Principles, Materials, Phenomena & Devices, UK, 10, no.1-4, (1995) pp.139-46

    A. Drury, A.P.Davey, S. Burbridge, H. Page, and W.Blau; The Synthesis of the narrow-Gap, Nonlinear, Organic Polymer Poly (terbutylisothianaphthene); Nonlinear Optics, 1994 1-6

    Burbridge, H. Page, A. Drury, A.P. Davey, J. Callaghan and W. Blau; Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Soluble Form of Polyisothionaphthene; J. Mod. Opt. 41 (1994) 1217 – 1225

    P. Lemoine, W. Blau, A. Drury and C. Keely; Molecular Weight Effects on the 248nm Photoablation of Polystyrene Spun Films; Polymer 34 (1993) 5020 – 5028

 

 

 

 

 
 

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