Professor Paula Colavita
Professor in, Chemistry
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Maida Costa de Oliveira, Christian Schröder, Marc Brunet-Cabré, Hugo Nolan, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, Tatiana S. Perova, Kim McKelvey, Paula E. Colavita, Effects of N-functional groups on the electron transfer kinetics of VO2+/VO2+ at carbon: Decoupling morphology from chemical effects using model systems, Electrochimica Acta, 475, (143640), 2024, p11
MP Browne, C Dominguez, C Kaplan, MEG Lyons, E Fonda, PE Colavita, Probing changes in the local structure of active bimetallic Mn/Ru oxides during oxygen evolution, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6, 2023, phttps://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem
Hugo Nolan, MoS2/carbon heterostructured catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: N-doping modulation of substrate effects in acid and alkaline electrolytes, CARBON, 202, (Part 2), 2023, p70 - 80
Brunet Cabre, M. and Spurling, D. and Martinuz, P. and Longhi, M. and Schröder, C. and Nolan, H. and Nicolosi, V. and Colavita, P.E. and McKelvey, K., Isolation of pseudocapacitive surface processes at monolayer MXene flakes reveals delocalized charging mechanism, Nature Communications, 14, (1), 2023
Hinds, D.T. and Belhout, S.A. and Colavita, P.E. and Ward, A.D. and Quinn, S.J., Microsphere-supported gold nanoparticles for SERS detection of malachite green, Materials Advances, 2023, p19220-19225
Smith, S. and Scanlan, E. and Colavita, P., Pro-Tects â" A NOVEL SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGE OF BIOLOGIC INSTABILITY, ONdrugDelivery, 2023, (142), 2023, p84-88
Villapun Puzas, V.M. and Carter, L.N. and Schroder, C. and Colavita, P.E. and Hoey, D.A. and Webber, M.A. and Addison, O. and Shepherd, D.E.T. and Attallah, M.M. and Grover, L.M. and Cox, S.C., Surface Free Energy Dominates the Biological Interactions of Postprocessed Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2022
Cabre, M.B. and Paiva, A.E. and Velicky, M. and Colavita, P.E. and McKelvey, K., Electrochemical Detection of Isolated Nanoscale Defects in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, (28), 2022, p11636-11641
Iannaci, A. and Ingle, S. and Dominguez, C. and Longhi, M. and Merdrignac-Conanec, O. and Ababou-Girard, S. and Barriere, F. and Colavita, P.E., Nanoscaffold effects on the performance of air-cathodes for microbial fuel cells: Sustainable Fe/N-carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction under neutral pH conditions, Bioelectrochemistry, 142, (107937), 2021
Iannaci, A. and Myles, A. and Philippon, T. and BarriÚre, F. and Scanlan, E.M. and Colavita, P.E., Controlling the carbon-bio interface via glycan functional adlayers for applications in microbial fuel cell bioanodes, Molecules, 26, (16), 2021
Brunet Cabre, M. and Paiva, A.E. and Velicky, M. and Colavita, P.E. and McKelvey, K., Electrochemical kinetics as a function of transition metal dichalcogenide thickness, Electrochimica Acta, 393, (139027), 2021
Lundahl, M.L.E. and Fogli, S. and Colavita, P.E. and Scanlan, E.M., Aggregation of protein therapeutics enhances their immunogenicity: Causes and mitigation strategies, RSC Chemical Biology, 2, (4), 2021, p1004-1020
Magno, L. M.; Hinds, D. T.; Duffy, P.; Yadav, R. B.; Ward, A. D.; Botchway, S. W.; Colavita, P. E.; Quinn, S. J., Porous Carbon Microparticles as Vehicles for the Intracellular Delivery of Molecules, Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 2020, p576175-
Behan, J.A.; Myles, A.; Iannaci, A.; Whelan, E.; Scanlan, E.M.; Colavita, P.E., Bioinspired electro-permeable glycans on carbon: Fouling control for sensing in complex matrices , Carbon, 2020, p519 - 526
Hoque, M.K. and Behan, J.A. and Creel, J. and Lunney, J.G. and Perova, T.S. and Colavita, P.E., Reactive Plasma N-Doping of Amorphous Carbon Electrodes: Decoupling Disorder and Chemical Effects on Capacitive and Electrocatalytic Performance, Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 2020
Vasconcelos JM, Zen F, Angione MD, Cullen RJ, Santos-Martinez MJ, Colavita PE. , Understanding the Carbon-Bio Interface: Influence of Surface Chemistry and Buffer Composition on the Adsorption of Phospholipid Liposomes at Carbon Surfaces., ACS Applied Bio Materials., 3, (2), 2020, p997 - 1007
Iannaci, A.; Myles, A.; Flinois, T.; Behan, J. A.; Barrière, F.; Scanlan, E. M.; Colavita, P. E., Tailored glycosylated anode surfaces: Addressing the exoelectrogen bacterial community via functional layers for microbial fuel cell applications, Bioelectrochemistry, 136, 2020, p107621-
Hoque, M. K.; Behan, J. A.; Stamatin, Serban N.; Zen, F.; Perova, T. S.; Colavita, P. E., Capacitive storage at nitrogen doped amorphous carbon electrodes: structural and chemical effects of nitrogen incorporation, RSC Advances, 9, 2019, p4063 - 4071
Behan, J. A.; Iannaci, A.; Domìnguez, C.; Stamatin, S. N.; Hoque, M. K.; Vasconcelos, J. M.; Perova, T.; Colavita, P. E, Electrocatalysis of N-doped Carbons in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction as a function of pH: N-sites and Scaffold Effects, Carbon, 148, 2019, p224 - 230
Behan, J. A.; Mates-Torres, E.; Stamatin, S. N.; Domínguez, C.; Iannaci, A.; Fleischer, K.; Hoque, Md. K.; Perova, T. S.; García-Melchor, M.; Colavita, P. E., Untangling cooperative effects of pyridinic and graphitic nitrogen sites at metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, Small, 15, 2019, p1902081-
Behan, J. A.; Grajkowski, F.; Jayasundara, D. R.; Vilella-Arribas, L.; García-Melchor, M.; Colavita, P. E., Influence of carbon nanostructure and oxygen moieties on dopamine adsorption and charge transfer kinetics at glassy carbon surfaces, Electrochimica Acta, 304, 2019, p221 - 230
Myles, A., Haberlin, D., Esteban-Tejeda, L., (...), Scanlan, E.M., Colavita, P.E., Bioinspired Aryldiazonium Carbohydrate Coatings: Reduced Adhesion of Foulants at Polymer and Stainless Steel Surfaces in a Marine Environment , ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, (1), 2018, p1141-1151
Michelle P.Browne, Carlota Domínguez, Paula E.Colavita, Emerging trends in metal oxide electrocatalysis: Bifunctional oxygen catalysis, synergies and new insights from in situ studies, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 8, 2018, p208-215
Dinidu Perera, Avishi Abeywickrama, Federico Zen, Paula E. Colavita, Dilushan R. Jayasundara, Evolution of oxygen functionalities in graphene oxide and its impact on structure and exfoliation: An oxidation time based study, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 220, 2018, p417 - 425
Carlota Domínguez, Kevin M. Metz, Md. Khairul Hoque, Michelle P. Browne, Leticia Esteban-Tejeda, Corbin K. Livingston, Suoyuan Lian, Tatiana S. Perova, Paula E. Colavita, Continuos flow synthesis of Pt nanoparticles in porous carbon as durable and methanol-tolerant electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction , ChemElectroChem, 5, (1), 2018, p62 - 70
Behan, J. A.; Hoque, Md. K.; Stamatin, S.; Perova, T.; Vilella, L.; García-Melchor, M.; Colavita, P. E., Experimental and computational study of dopamine as an electrochemical probe of the surface nanostructure of graphitized N-doped carbon, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, (36), 2018, p20763 - 20773
Viviana Maffeis, Ruairí O. McCourt, Rita Petracca, Olivier Laethem, Adalberto Camisasca, Paula E. Colavita, Silvia Giordani, Eoin M. Scanlan, Photocatalytic Initiation of Radical Thiol-ene Reactions Using Carbon-Bi2O3 Nanocomposites, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1, 2018, p4120 - 4126
Adam Myles, James A. Behan, Brendan Twamley, Paula E. Colavita, Eoin M. Scanlan, Spontaneous Aryldiazonium Grafting for the Preparation of Functional Cyclodextrin-Modified Materials, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 1, (3), 2018, p825 - 832
Behan, J.A.; Stamatin, S.N.; Hoque, Md. K.; Ciapetti, G.; Zen, F.; Esteban-Tejeda, L.; Colavita, P.E., Combined Optoelectronic and Electrochemical Study of Nitrogenated Carbon Electrodes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, (12), 2017, p6596-6604
Federico Zen, Vasilios D. Karanikolas, James A. Behan, Jenny Andersson, Guido Ciapetti, A. Louise Bradley, Paula E. Colavita, Nanoplasmonic Sensing at the Carbon-Bio Interface: Study of Protein Adsorption at Graphitic and Hydrogenated Carbon Surfaces, Langmuir, 33, (17), 2017, p4198-4206
Joana M. Vasconcelos, Federico Zen, Serban N. Stamatin, James A. Behan, Paula E. Colavita, Determination of surface " -potential and isoelectric point of carbon surfaces using tracer particle suspensions, Surface and Interface Analysis, 49, (8), 2017, p781-787
Scanlan, E.M.; Colavita, P.E.; Esteban-Tejeda, L.; Duff, T., 'Beverage Dispensing equipment', Diageo Ireland, WO2019048212A1, 2017
L. Suoyan, M.P. Browne, C. Dominguez, S. Stamatin, H. Nolan, G. Duesberg, M.E.G. Lyons, E. Fonda, P.E. Colavita, Template-free and surfactant free solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous manganese oxide with enhanced activity in the oxygen evolution reaction, Sustainable energy and Fuels, 1, 2017, p780 - 788
Suoyuan Lian, Michelle P. Browne, Carlota Domínguez, Serban N. Stamatin, Hugo Nolan, Georg S. Duesberg, Michael E. G. Lyons, Emiliano Fonda, Paula E. Colavita, Template-free synthesis of mesoporous manganese oxides with catalytic activity in the oxygen evolution reaction, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 1, 2017, p780-
M.P. Browne, J.M. Vasconcelos, M. O'Brien, A.A. Rovetta, E.K. McCarthy, G.S. Duesberg, P.E. Colavita, M.E.G. Lyons, Improving the performance of porous nickel foam for water oxidation using hydrothermally prepared metal oxides., Sustainable Energy & Fuels, (1), 2017, p207 - 216
Leticia Esteban-Tejeda, Thomas Duff, Guido Ciapetti, M. Daniela Angione, Adam Myles, Joana M. Vasconcelos, Eoin M. Scanlan, Paula E. Colavita, Stable hydrophilic poly(dimethylsiloxane) via glycan surface functionalization, Polymer, 106, 2016, p1 - 7
Zen, Federico, Angione, M. Daniela, Behan, James A., Cullen, Ronan J., Duff, Thomas, Vasconcelos, Joana M., Scanlan, Eoin M., Colavita, Paula E., Modulation of Protein Fouling and Interfacial Properties at Carbon Surfaces via Immobilization of Glycans Using Aryldiazonium Chemistry, Scientific Reports, 6, 2016, p24840-1 - 24840-10
Stamatin, Serban N., Hussainova, Irina, Ivanov, Roman, Colavita, Paula E., Quantifying Graphitic Edge Exposure in Graphene-Based Materials and Its Role in Oxygen Reduction Reactions, ACS Catalysis, 6, (8), 2016, p5215-5221
Browne, Michelle P., Stafford, Shelley, O'Brien, Maria, Nolan, Hugo, Berner, Nina C., Duesberg, Georg S., Colavita, Paula E., Lyons, Michael E. G., The goldilocks electrolyte: examining the performance of iron/nickel oxide thin films as catalysts for electrochemical water splitting in various aqueous NaOH solutions, Journal of Materials Chemistry a, 4, (29), 2016, p11397-11407
Michelle P. Browne, H. Nolan, Brendan Twamley, Georg S. Duesberg, Paula E. Colavita, Michael E.G. Lyons, Thermally prepared Mn2O3 /RuO2/Ru thin films as highly active catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media, ChemElectroChem, 3, (11), 2016, p1847 - 1855
Michelle P. Browne, Hugo Nolan, Nina C. Berner, Georg S. Duesberg, Michael E.G. Lyons, Electrochromic nickel oxide films for smart window applications, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 11, 2016, p6636 - 6647
Browne, Michelle P., Nolan, Hugo, Duesberg, Georg S., Colavita, Paula E., Lyons, Michael E. G., Low-Overpotential High-Activity Mixed Manganese and Ruthenium Oxide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media, Acs Catalysis, 6, (4), 2016, p2408-2415
Cullen R.J, Jayasundara D.R, Baker R.J, O'Connell G, Donnelly T, Ballantine K.E, Lunney J.G, Colavita P.E, Laser-driven rapid functionalization of carbon surfaces and its application to the fabrication of fluorinated adsorbers, RSC Advances, 6, (86), 2016, p82924 - 82932
Scanlan, E.M.; Colavita, P.E.; Esteban-Tejeda, L.; Duff, T., 'Beverage dispensing equipment', GB, WO2019048212A1, 2015
Colavita, P.E.; Scanlan, E.M.; Angione, M.D.; Duff, T., 'Beverage dispensing equipment', EPO, WO2016180729A1, 2015
Angione M.D, Duff T, Bell A.P, Stamatin S.N, Fay C, Diamond D, Scanlan E.M, Colavita P.E, Enhanced Antifouling Properties of Carbohydrate Coated Poly(ether sulfone) Membranes, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, (31), 2015, p17238 - 17246
Marzorati, S.; Vasconcelos, J.M.; Ding, J.; Longhi, M.; Colavita, P.E., Template-free ultraspray pyrolysis synthesis of N/Fe-doped carbon microspheres for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis , Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, p18920-18927
Metz, K.M.; Sanders, S.E.; Pender, J.P.; Dix, M.R; Hinds, D.T.; Quinn, S.J.; Ward, A.D.; Duffy P.; Cullen, R.J.; Colavita, P.E., Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles via Natural Extracts: The Biogenic Nanoparticle Corona and Its Effects on Reactivity, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 3, (7), 2015, p1610 - 1617
Murphy, DM, Cullen, RJ, Jayasundara, DR, Doyle, RL, Lyons, MEG, Colavita, PE, Heterogeneous Charge Transfer at the Amorphous Carbon/Solution Interface: Effect on the Spontaneous Attachment of Aryldiazonium Salts, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, (44), 2013, p22768 - 22777
Duffy, P.; Reynolds, L. A.; Sanders, S. E.; Metz, K. M.; Colavita, P. E., Natural reducing agents for electroless nanoparticle deposition: Mild synthesis of metal/carbon nanostructured microspheres, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 140, 2013, p343 - 349
Michelle P Browne, Ronan J Cullen, Richard L. Doyle, Paula E. Colavita and Michael E.G. Lyons, The oxygen evolution reaction at Manganese Oxide films in base: Kinetics and Mechanism, ECS Transactions, 223rd ECS Meeting, Toronto ON Canada, May 12-16 2013, 53, (29), Electrochemical Society, 2013, pp59 - 77
Jayasundara, DR, Duff, T, Angione, MD, Bourke, J, Murphy, DM, Scanlan, EM, Colavita, PE, Carbohydrate Coatings via Aryldiazonium Chemistry for Surface Biomimicry, Chemistry of Materials, 25, (20), 2013, p4122 - 4128
Jayasundara, D.R., Cullen, R.J., Colavita, P.E., In situ and real time characterization of spontaneous grafting of aryldiazonium salts at carbon surfaces, Chemistry of Materials, 25, (7), 2013, p1144-1152
Browne, M.; Cullen, R. J.; Doyle, R. L.; Colavita, P. E.; Lyons, M. E. G., The Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Manganese Oxide Films in Base: Kinetics and Mechanism, ECS Transactions, 53, 2013, p59 - 77
Duffy, P, Cullen, RJ, Jayasundara, DR, Murphy, DM, Fonda, E, Colavita, PE, Electroless deposition and characterization of Fe/FeOx nanoparticles on porous carbon microspheres: structure and surface reactivity, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, (19), 2013, p6043 - 6050
Metz, K.M.; Colavita, P.E.; Tse, K.-Y.; Hamers, R.J., Nanotextured gold coatings on carbon nanofiber scaffolds as ultrahigh surface-area electrodes, Journal of Power Sources, 198, (15), 2012, p393-401
Murphy, D.; Cullen, R. J.; Jayasundara, D.; Scanlan, E. M.; Colavita, P. E., Study of the spontaneous attachment of polycyclic aryldiazonium salts on amorphous carbon substrates, RSC Advances, 2, (16), 2012, p6527 - 6534
Cullen, R. J.; Jayasundara, D.; Soldi, L.; Cheng, J.; DuFaure, G.; Colavita, P. E., Spontaneous grafting of nitrophenyl groups on amorphous carbon thin films: A structure-reactivity investigation, Chemistry of Materials, 24, (6), 2012, p1031 - 1040
P. Duffy, L. M. Magno, R. Yadav, S. Roberts, A. D. Ward, S. W. Botchway, P. E. Colavita and S. J. Quinn, Incandescent Porous Carbon Microspheres to Light up Cells: Solution Phenomena and Cellular Uptake, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, (2), 2012, p432 - 439
R. J. Baker, P.E. Colavita, D. Murphy, J. A. Platts and J. D. Wallace, Fluorine-Fluorine Interactions in the Solid State: An Experimental and Theoretical Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116, 2012, p1435 - 1444
Eoin M. SCANLAN, Paula E. COLAVITA, Deirdre Murphy, Jean BOURKE, 'Carbohydrate Functionalised Surfaces', EPO, 2012, Trinity College Dublin
Soldi, L, Cullen, RJ, Jayasundara, DR, Scanlan, EM, Giordani, S, Colavita, PE, Photochemically Triggered Alkylthiol Reactions on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 2011, p10196 - 10204
Jayasundara, D.; Cullen, R.J.; Soldi, L.; Colavita, P.E., In situ studies of the adsorption kinetics of 4-nitrobenzenediazonium salt on gold, Langmuir, 27, (21), 2011, p13029 - 13036
Wang, XY, Colavita, PE, Streifer, JA, Butler, JE, Hamers, RJ, Photochemical Grafting of Alkenes onto Carbon Surfaces: Identifying the Roles of Electrons and Holes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, (9), 2010, p4067-4074
Colavita, PE, Sun, B, Wang, XY, Hamers, RJ, Influence of Surface Termination and Electronic Structure on the Photochemical Grafting of Alkenes to Carbon Surfaces, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 113, 2009, 1526-1535
Kim, H, Colavita, PE, Paoprasert, P, Gopalan, P, Kuech, TF, Hamers, RJ, Grafting of molecular layers to oxidized gallium nitride surfaces via phosphonic acid linkages, Surface Science, 602, 2008, 2382-2388
Colavita, PE, Streifer, JA, Sun, B, Wang, XY, Warf, P, Hamers, RJ, Enhancement of photochemical grafting of terminal alkenes at surfaces via molecular mediators: The role of surface-bound electron acceptors, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 112, (13), 2008, 5102-5112
Paoprasert, P, Park, B, Kim, H, Colavita, P, Hamers, RJ, Evans, PG, Gopalan, P, Dipolar Chromophore Functional Layers in Organic Field Effect Transistors, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 20, (21), 2008, p4180-+
Colavita, P.E., Sun, B., Tse, K.-Y. and Hamers, R.J. , Photo-induced Surface Functionalization of Carbon Surfaces: The Role of Photoelectron Ejection, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 26, (4), 2008, p925 - 931
Colavita, P.E., Streifer, J.A., Sun, B., Wang, X., Warf, P. and Hamers, R.J., Enhancement of photochemical grafting of terminal alkenes via molecular mediators: the role of surface-bound electron acceptors, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, (13), 2008, p5102-5112
Myrick, ML, Greer, AE, Nieuwland, AA, Priore, RJ, Scaffidi, J, Andreatta, D, Colavita, P, Birge-Sponer estimation of the C-H bond dissociation energy in chloroform using infrared, near-infrared, and visible absorption spectroscopy - An experiment in physical chemistry, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 85, 2008, p1276-1278
Peng, W., Roberts, M.M., Nordberg, E.P., (...), Lagally, M.G., Eriksso, M.A. , A novel method to fabricate multiple-layer SOI - Single-crystal Si nanomembrane transfer and stacking , 13th International Symposium on Silicon-On-Insulator Technology and Devices - 211th ECS Meeting, Chicago, 6-11 May, 6, (4), 2007, 333-338
Scrivens, WA, Luo, Y, Sutton, MA, Collette, SA, Myrick, ML, Miney, P, Colavita, PE, Reynolds, AP, Li, X, Development of patterns for digital image correlation measurements at reduced length scales, EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, 47, 2007, p63-77
Peng, WN, Roberts, MM, Nordberg, EP, Flack, FS, Colavita, PE, Hamers, RJ, Savage, DE, Lagally, MG, Eriksson, MA, Single-crystal silicon/silicon dioxide multilayer heterostructures based on nanomembrane transfer, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 90, 2007, p183107-
Wang, X, Colavita, PE, Metz, KM, Butler, JE, Hamers, RJ, Direct photopatterning and SEM Imaging of molecular monolayers on diamond surfaces: Mechanistic insights into UV-Initiated molecular grafting, LANGMUIR, 23, 2007, p11623-11630
Park, B, Paoprasert, P, In, I, Zwickey, J, Colavita, PE, Hamers, RJ, Gopalan, P, Evans, PG, Functional self-assembled monolayers for optimized photoinduced charge transfer in organic field effect transistors, Advanced Materials, 19, 2007, 4353-4357
Colavita, P.E., Sun, B., Tse, K.Y. and Hamers, R.J. , Photochemical grafting of n-alkenes onto carbon surfaces: the role of photoelectron ejection, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, (44), 2007, p13554-13565
Baker, S.E., Colavita, P.E., Tse, K.Y. and Hamers, R.J., Functionalized vertically aligned carbon nanofibers as scaffolds for immobilization and electrochemical detection of redox-active proteins, Chemistry of Materials , 18, (18), 2006, p4415 - 4422
Sun, B, Colavita, PE, Kim, H, Lockett, M, Marcus, MS, Smith, LM, Hamers, RJ, Covalent photochemical functionalization of amorphous carbon thin films for integrated real-time biosensing, LANGMUIR, 22, (23), 2006, p9598-9605
Baker, SE, Colavita, PE, Tse, KY, Hamers, RJ, Functionalized vertically aligned carbon nanofibers as scaffolds for immobilization and electrochemical detection of redox-active proteins, Chemistry of Materials, 18, 2006, p4415-4422
Myrick, ML, Greer, AE, Nieuwland, A, Priore, RJ, Scaffidi, J, Andreatta, D, Colavita, P, Fine-structure measurements of oxygen a band absorbance for estimating the thermodynamic average temperature of the earth's atmosphere - An experiment in physical and environmental chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 2006, p263-
Kim, H, Colavita, PE, Metz, KM, Nichols, BM, Sun, B, Uhlrich, J, Wang, XY, Kuech, TF, Hamers, RJ, Photochemical functionalization of gallium nitride thin films with molecular and biomolecular layers, LANGMUIR, 22, 2006, p8121-8126
Colavita, PE, Miney, PG, Taylor, L, Priore, R, Pearson, DL, Ratliff, J, Ma, SG, Ozturk, O, Chen, DA, Myrick, ML, Effects of metal coating on self-assembled monolayers on gold. 2. Copper on an oligo(phenylene-ethynylene) monolayer, LANGMUIR, 21, 2005, p12268-12277
, Structural characterization of self-assembled monolayers within molecular junctions: Effects of metallization and of substrate lateral confinement, 2005
Myrick, ML, Colavita, PE, Greer, AE, Long, B, Andreatta, D, Use of molecular symmetry to describe Pauli principle effects on the vibration-rotation spectroscopy of CO2(g), Journal of Chemical Education, 81, 2004, p379
Collette, SA, Sutton, MA, Miney, P, Reynolds, AP, Li, XD, Colavita, PE, Scrivens, WA, Luo, Y, Sudarshan, T, Muzykov, P, Myrick, ML, Development of patterns for nanoscale strain measurements: I. Fabrication of imprinted Au webs for polymeric materials, NANOTECHNOLOGY, 15, 2004, p1812-
Seminario, JM, Ma, YF, Agapito, LA, Yan, LM, Araujo, RA, Bingi, S, Vadlamani, NS, Chagarlamudi, K, Sudarshan, TS, Myrick, ML, Colavita, PE, Franzon, PD, Nackashi, DP, Cheng, L, Yao, YX, Tour, JM, Clustering effects on discontinuous gold film NanoCells, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 4, 2004, p907-917
Miney, PG, Colavita, PE, Schiza, MV, Priore, RJ, Haibach, FG, Myrick, ML, Growth and characterization of a porous aluminum oxide film formed on an electrically insulating support, ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS, 6, 2003
Doescher, MS, Evans, U, Colavita, PE, Miney, PG, Myrick, ML, Construction of a nanowell electrode array by electrochemical gold stripping and ion bombardment, ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS, 6, 2003
Stener, M, Fronzoni, G, Toffoli, D, Colavita, P, Furlan, S, Decleva, P, Valence and core photoemission in M@C-60 (M = Be, Mg, Ca), JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS, 35, 2002
Colavita, P.E., Doescher, M.S., Molliet, A., Evans, U., Reddic, J., Zhou, J., Chen, D., Miney, P.G. and Myrick, M.L. , Effects of metal coating on self-assembled monolayers on gold. 1. copper on dodecanethiol and octadecanethiol, Langmuir, 18, (22), 2002, p8503 - 8509
Evans, U, Colavita, PE, Doescher, MS, Schiza, M, Myrick, ML, Construction and characterization of a nanowell electrode array, Nano Letters, 2, 2002, p641-645
Dal Santo, V.; Dossi, C.; Recchia, S.; Colavita, P. E.; Vlaic, G.; Psaro, R., Carbon tetrachloride hydrodechlorination with organometallics-based platinum and palladium catalysts on MgO, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 182, (1), 2002, p157 - 166
Colavita, P, De Alti, G, Fronzoni, G, Stener, M, Decleva, P, Theoretical study of the valence and core photoemission spectra of C-60, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 3, 2001, p4481-4487
Colavita, P., De Alti, G., Fronzoni, G., Stener, M. and Decleva, P., Theoretical study of the valence and core photoemission spectra of C-60, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 3, (20), 2001, p4481 - 4487
Fronzoni, G, Colavita, P, Stener, M, De Alti, G, Decleva, P, Theoretical study of photoionization processes in Fe(C5H5)(2), Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105, (42), 2001, p9800 - 9812
Brubach, J.B., Mermet, A., Filabozzi, A., Colavita, P., Gerschel, A. and Roy, P., Infrared investigation of water encapsulated in non ionic reverse micelles, Journal De Physique IV, 10, (P7), 2000, p215 - 218
Fonda, E, Andreatta, D, Colavita, PE, Vlaic, G, EXAFS analysis of the L-3 edge of Ce in CeO2: effects of multielectron excitations and final-state mixed valence, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 6, 1999, p34 - 42
Vlaic, G.; Andreatta, D.; Cepparo, A.; Colavita, P. E.; Fonda, E.; Michalowicz, A., Estimation of the experimental standard deviations in EXAFS measurements, Journal of synchrotron radiation, 6, 1999, p225 - 227
Vlaic, G.; Andreatta, D.; Colavita, P. E., Characterisation of heterogeneous catalysts by EXAFS, Catalysis today, 41, (1-3), 1998, p261 - 275
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Electrocatalysis at Nanocarbons: Model Systems and Applications in Energy Conversion in, editor(s)N. Yang, G. Zhao and J. Foord , Nanocarbon Electrochemistry, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2020, pp201 - 249, [Domínguez, C., Behan, J.A. and Colavita, P.E.]
P. Duffy, L. M. Magno, R. Yadav, S. Roberts, A. D. Ward, S. W. Botchway, P. E. Colavita and S. J. Quinn, Incandescent Porous Carbon Microspheres to Light up Cells: Solution Phenomena and Cellular Uptake, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Reports, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , 2011
Duffy, P., Murphy, D., Soldi, L., Cullen, R.J., Colavita, P.E., Iron based nanomaterials for reductive remediation of pollutants, Meteau 2010; 4th International Conference - Metals and Related Substances in Water, Kristianstad, Sweden, October 13-15, 2010, 2010
Duffy, P., Cullen, R.J., Murphy, D., Soldi, L., and Colavita, P. E., New composite materials for reductive remediation of pollutants, Meteau 2009; 3rd International Conference - Metals and Related Substances in Water, Ioannina, Greece, October 21-23, 2009, 2009, pp41 - 49
Copper coated self-assembled monolayers: alkanethiols and prospective molecular wires in, editor(s)Lakowicz, J.R. Geddes, C.D. , Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Radiative Decay Engineering, New York, Springer, 2005, pp275 - 300, [P. E. Colavita, P. Miney, L. Taylor, M. Doescher, A. Molliet, J. Reddic, J. Zhou, D. Pearson, D. Chen and M. L. Myrick]
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- Advancing the green transition via novel electrode materials for valorisation processes
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/09/2020
- Date To
- 31/08/2024
- Title
- Rational design of amorphous carbon materials for the control of interfacial charge transfer and catalytic properties
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 10/07/2014
- Date To
- 09/07/2019
- Title
- HiBriCarbon - Mixed Biotic and abiotic functionalysed electrodes for Plant Microbial Fuel Cells applications
- Funding Agency
- H2020
- Date From
- 03/09/2018
- Date To
- 02/09/2020
- Title
- FREMAB - Environmentally friendly carbon cathode electrocatalysts for metal-air batteries
- Funding Agency
- H2020
- Date From
- 01/07/2017
- Date To
- 10/05/2018
- Title
- Structure-activity studies of amorphous carbon materials for electroanalytical and fuel cell applications
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 01/10/2014
- Date To
- 30/09/2018
- Title
- Understanding lipid/carbon interactions for the rational design of biomaterials
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/04/2013
- Date To
- 31/10/2017
- Title
- Sugar grafting to carbon surfaces for the tailoring of the biofilm-electrode interface
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council and French Embassy
- Date From
- 01/06/2016
- Date To
- 31/05/2017
- Title
- Development of Coating Technology for Delaying Biofouling in Beer Dispensing Systems
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 11/04/2016
- Date To
- 12/04/2017
- Title
- EXAFS studies of Mn/Ru mixed oxide electrodes with exceptional OER catalytic activity
- Funding Agency
- SOLEIL Synchrotron
- Date From
- 20/09/2016
- Date To
- 26/09/2016
- Title
- Synthesis and structural characterization of porous manganese oxides for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications in energy conversion
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 01/10/2014
- Date To
- 30/09/2016
- Title
- Up-Scaling of Glycoat Study and Modelling the movement of water and Salmon Aqauculture Pens
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/06/2016
- Date To
- 30/11/2016
- Title
- Development of Cleanliness Control Protocols for Beer Dispensing Systems
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- 01/07/2014
- Date To
- 31/12/2015
- Title
- Natural antifouling coatings via photochemical reactions
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/01/2013
- Date To
- 30/04/2014
- Title
- Development of Biomimetic Antifouling Coating Technology for Sensor and Food Applications
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- 15/01/2013
- Date To
- 30/05/2014
- Title
- New biocompatible carbon coatings for implants and biodevices
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/01/2012
- Date To
- 31/03/2013
- Title
- Market feasibility study on applications of GlycoCoat technology
- Funding Agency
- Enterprise Ireland
- Date From
- 15/02/2012
- Date To
- 11/04/2012
- Title
- Photochemistry on model carbon surfaces: understanding the role of photoinduced charge transfer in heterogeneous reactions of combustion carbon aerosols
- Funding Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 01/07/2009
- Date To
- 31/12/2013
- Title
- New delivery agents for nanosized zero-valent iron: Fe/C nanocomposites for in situ reductive remediation of pollutants
- Funding Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency Ireland
- Date From
- 1/10/2008
- Date To
- 4/01/2013
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Guy Lipscomb Award for Excellence in Chemistry & Biochemistry for Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, awarded by NSF
Joseph B. Bouknight Teaching Award
Peyton Teague Graduate Fellowship
Dean's Fellowship
Memberships
American Chemical Society
Royal Society of Chemistry