Biography
Brief Overview of Career 1965 B.Sc. (Chemistry), Manchester University, UK 1967 M.Sc., McMaster University, Canada (Supervisor J.J. McCullough) - 1970 Ph.D. University of London, UK (Supervisor George Porter)
1970-1971 Leverhulme Fellow at the University of West Indies 1971/3
Royal Society Fellow, Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung,Abteilung Photochemie, Mülheim. (Ernst Koerner von Gustorf) 1973
Lecturer in the Physical Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin 1987 Associate Professor in Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin 1989 - 1992 Director of Science of Materials, Trinity College Dublin 1993 - 2000 Head of Chemistry Department, Trinity College Dublin 2000 - 2001
Berkeley Fellow 2006
Professor in Chemistry
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Research Interests and Track Record Research interests cover areas of photochemistry, fast chemical reactions, and nucleic acids Current research projects falls into the following main areas (A) The transient spectroscopy of nucleic acids and photosensitisers. (B) The use of photochemical reagents to carry out site-specific reactions on DNA, in particular those involving photo-induced electron transfer.
Previously also worked on nano-/micro-particles, especially (i) Silver nanoparticles of defined shape and size for biosensing, antibacterials and (ii) micro metal oxides and metal sulphides
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Frederico R. Baptista, Stephen J. Devereux, Sarah P. Gurung, James P. Hall, Igor V. Sazanovich, Michael Towrie, Christine J. Cardin, John A. Brazier, John M. Kelly, Susan J. Quinn, The influence of loops on the binding of the [Ru(phen)2dppz]2+ light-switch compound to i-motif DNA structures revealed by time-resolved spectroscopy, Chemical Communications, 2020
S. C. Padmanabhan, T.W. Collins, S.C. Pillai, D.E. McCormack, J. M. Kelly, J. D. Holmes and M. A. Morris, A conceptual change in crystallisation mechanisms of oxide materials from solutions in closed systems, Scientific Reports, 10, 2020, p18414-
Sandra Estalayo-Adrián, Gavin J. McManus, Hannah L. Dalton, Aramballi J. Savyasachi, John M. Kelly, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Functionalisation of gold nanoparticles with ruthenium(ii) polypyridyl complexes for their application in cellular imaging, Dalton Transactions, 2020
P. M. Keane, K. O'Sullivan, F. E. Poynton, B. C. Poulsen, I. V. Sazanovich, M. Towrie, C. J. Cardin, X.-Z.Sun, M. W. George, T. Gunnlaugsson, S. J. Quinn and J. M. Kelly, Understanding the factors controlling the photooxidation of natural DNA by enantiomerically pure intercalating ruthenium polypyridyl complexes through TA/TRIR studies with polydeoxynucleotides and mixed sequence oligodeoxynucleotides, Chemical Science, 11, 2020, p8600 - 8609
Stephen J. Devereux, Fergus E. Poynton, Frederico R. Baptista, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Christine J. Cardin, Igor V. Sazanovich, Michael Towrie, John M. Kelly, Susan J. Quinn, Caught in the Loop: Binding of the [Ru(phen) 2 (dppz)] 2+ Light-Switch Compound to Quadruplex DNA in Solution Informed by Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy, Chemistry - A European Journal, 26, 2020, p17103 - 17109
S. Estalayo-Adrian, S. Blasco, S. A. Bright, G. J. McManus, G. Orellana, D. C. Williams, J. M. Kelly and T. Gunnlaugsson,, Water-soluble amphiphilic ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes as potential light-activated therapeutic agents, Chemical Communications, 56, 2020, p9332 - 9335
Keane, P.M. and Tory, J. and Towrie, M. and Sazanovich, I.V. and Cardin, C.J. and Quinn, S.J. and Hartl, F. and Kelly, J.M. and Long, C., Spectro-electrochemical Studies on [Ru(TAP)
Keane, P.M. and Kelly, J.M., Transient absorption and time-resolved vibrational studies of photophysical and photochemical processes in DNA-intercalating polypyridyl metal complexes or cationic porphyrins, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 364, 2018, p137-154
Poynton, F.E. and Bright, S.A. and Blasco, S. and Williams, D.C. and Kelly, J.M. and Gunnlaugsson, T., The development of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes and conjugates for: In vitro cellular and in vivo applications, Chemical Society Reviews, 46, (24), 2017, p7706-7756
Mac Mahon J., Pillai S., Kelly J., Gill L.W., Solar photocatalytic disinfection of E. coli and bacteriophages MS2, ΦX174 and PR772 using TiO2, ZnO and Ruthenium based complexes in a continuous flow system, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 170, 2017, p79 - 90
Keane P.M, Hall J.P, Poynton F.E, Poulsen B.C, Gurung S.P, Clark I.P, Sazanovich I.V, Towrie M, Gunnlaugsson T, Quinn S.J, Cardin C.J, Kelly J.M, Inosine Can Increase DNA's Susceptibility to Photo-oxidation by a RuII Complex due to Structural Change in the Minor Groove, Chemistry - A European Journal, 23, (43), 2017, p10344-10351
Cardin, C.J. and Kelly, J.M. and Quinn, S.J., Photochemically active DNA-intercalating ruthenium and related complexes-insights by combining crystallography and transient spectroscopy, Chemical Science, 8, (7), 2017, p4705-4723
Poulsen B.C, Estalayo-Adrián S, Blasco S, Bright S.A, Kelly J.M, Williams D.C, Gunnlaugsson T, Luminescent ruthenium polypyridyl complexes with extended 'dppz' like ligands as DNA targeting binders and cellular agents, Dalton Transactions, 45, (45), 2016, p18208 - 18220
Keane, P.M. and Kelly, J.M., Ground and excited state interactions of metalloporphyrin PtTMPyP4 with polynucleotides [poly(dG-dC)]
P. M. Keane, F. R. Baptista, S. P. Gurung, S. J. Devereux, I. V. Sazanovich, M. Towrie, J. A. Brazier, C. J. Cardin, J. M. Kelly and S. J. Quinn, , Long-lived excited state dynamics of i-motif structures probed by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem., , 17, 2016, p1281 - 1287
F. E. Poynton, J. P. Hall, P. M. Keane, C. Schwarz, I. V. Sazanovich, M. Towrie, T. Gunnlaugsson, C.J. Cardin, D.J. Cardin, S. J. Quinn, C. Long and J. M. Kelly, Direct observation by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of the bright and the dark excited states of the [Ru(phen)2(dppz)]2+ light-switch compound in solution and when bound to DNA, Chemical Science, 7, 2016, p3074 - 3085
P. M. Keane, F. E. Poynton, J. P. Hall, I. P. Clark, I. V. Sazanovich, M. Towrie, T. Gunnlaugsson, S. J. Quinn, C. J. Cardin and J. M. Kelly, Monitoring guanine photo-oxidation by enantiomerically resolved Ru(II) dipyrido- phenazine complexes using inosine-substituted oligonucleotides, , Faraday Transactions, 185, 2015, p455 - 469
Keane P.M, Poynton F.E, Hall J.P, Sazanovich I.V, Towrie M, Gunnlaugsson T, Quinn S.J, Cardin C.J, Kelly J.M, Reversal of a Single Base-Pair Step Controls Guanine Photo-Oxidation by an Intercalating Ruthenium(II) Dipyridophenazine Complex, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54, (29), 2015, p8364-8368
Keane P.M, Poynton F.E, Hall J.P, Clark I.P, Sazanovich I.V, Towrie M, Gunnlaugsson T, Quinn S.J, Cardin C.J, Kelly J.M, Enantiomeric conformation controls rate and yield of photoinduced electron transfer in dna sensitized by Ru(II) dipyridophenazine complexes, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, (4), 2015, p734 - 738
J. P. Hall, F. E. Poynton, P. M. Keane, S. P. Gurung, J. A. Brazier, D. J. Cardin, G. Winter, T.Gunnlaugsson, I.V. Sazanovich, M.Towrie, C. J. Cardin, J. M. Kelly and S. J. Quinn,, Monitoring one-electron photo-oxidation of guanine in DNA crystals using ultrafast infrared spectroscopy, , Nature Chemistry, 7, 2015, p961 - 967
Hall,James P. J.P., Sánchez-Weatherby,Juan J., Alberti,Cora C., Quimper,Caroline Hurtado C.H., O'Sullivan,Kyra K., Brazier,John A. J.A., Winter,Graeme G., Sorensen,Thomas T., Kelly,John M. J.M., Cardin,David John D.J., Cardin,Christine J J C.J.J., Controlled dehydration of a ruthenium complex-DNA crystal induces reversible DNA kinking, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, (50), 2014, p17505-17512
M. P. Brandon, D.M. Ledwith, J. M. Kelly, Preparation of saline-stable, silica-coated triangular silver nanoplates of use for optical sensing, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 415, 2014, p77-84
Zhang, Yi, Charles, Denise E., Ledwith, Deirdre M., Aherne, Damian, Cunningham, Stephen E., Voisin ,Muriel M., Blau, Werner Josef., Gun'Ko,Yurii K., Kelly, John M., Brennan-Fournet, Margaret E. , Wash-free highly sensitive detection of C-reactive protein using gold derivatised triangular silver nanoplates, RSC Advances, 4, (55), 2014, p29022-29031
Devereux,Stephen J., Keane, Padraic M., Vasudevan,Suni, Sazanovich, Igor V., Towrie, Michael, Cao, Qian , Sun, Xuezhong , George, Michael W., Cardin, Christine J J , Kane-Maguire, Noel A P , Kelly, John M., Quinn Susan J. , Study of picosecond processes of an intercalated dipyridophenazine Cr(iii) complex bound to defined sequence DNAs using transient absorption and time-resolved infrared methods, Dalton Transactions, 43, (47), 2014, p17606-17609
S. Banerjee , S. A Bright , J. A Smith , J. Burgeat , M. Martínez-Calvo , D. C. Williams , J. M. Kelly , and T. Gunnlaugsson, A Supramolecular Approach to Enantioselective DNA Recognition using Enantiomerically Resolved Cationic 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide based Tröger's Base., J Org. Chem., 79, 2014, p9272−9283.
Keane,Padraic M, Wojdya, Micha' Doorley, Gerard W., Kelly, John M., Parker, Anthony William, Clark, Ian P, Greetham, Gregory M., Towrie, Michael, Magno, Luas M., Quinn, Susan J. , Long-lived excited states in i-motif DNA studied by picosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy, Chemical Communications, 50, (23), 2014, p2990-2992
Gallagher SA, Comby S, Wojdyla M, Gunnlaugsson T, Kelly JM, Gun'ko YK, Clark IP, Greetham GM, Towrie M, Quinn SJ, Efficient Quenching of TGA-Capped CdTe Quantum Dot Emission by a Surface-Coordinated Europium(III) Cyclen Complex., Inorganic chemistry, 52, (8), 2013, p4133-4135
J. P. Hall, D. Cook, S. Ruiz Morte, P. McIntyre, K. Buchner, H. Beer, D. J. Cardin, J. A. Brazier, G. Winter, J. M. Kelly, and C. J. Cardin, X-Ray Crystal Structure of rac-[Ru(phen)2dppz]2+ with d(ATGCAT)2 shows Enantiomer Orientations and Water Ordering, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135, 2013, p12652-12659
Banerjee, S., Kitchen, J.A., Gunnlaugsson, T., Kelly, J.M., The effect of the 4-amino functionality on the photophysical and DNA binding properties of alkyl-pyridinium derived 1,8-naphthalimides, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 11, (34), 2013, p5642-5655
G. L. Keegan, D. Aherne, E. Defrancq, Y. K. Gun'ko and J. M. Kelly, Oligonucleotide Functionalization of Hollow Triangular Gold Silver Alloy Nanoboxes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, (1), 2013, p669-676
Banerjee S, Kitchen JA, Bright SA, O'Brien JE, Williams DC, Kelly JM, Gunnlaugsson T, Synthesis, spectroscopic and biological studies of a fluorescent Pt(ii) (terpy) based 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate as a DNA targeting agent., Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49, (76), 2013, p8522-8524
G.W. Doorley, M. Wojdyla, G. W. Watson, M. Towrie, A. W. Parker, J. M. Kelly, and S.J. Quinn, Tracking DNA Excited States by Picosecond-Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy: Signature Band for a Charge-Transfer Excited State in Stacked Adenine−Thymine Systems, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 2013, p2739-274
S. Banerjee, E. B. Veale, C.M. Phelan, S. A. Murphy, G. M. Tocci, L. J. Gillespie, D.O. Frimannsson, J. M. Kelly and T. Gunnlaugsson, Recent advances in the development of 1,8-naphthalimide based DNA targeting binders, anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents. , Chemical Society Review, 42, (4), 2013, p1601- 1618
Suresh C. Pillai , John M. Kelly , Raghavendra Ramesh and Declan E. McCormack, Advances in the synthesis of ZnO nanomaterials for varistor devices, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013, p1-14
Keane, PM, Wojdyla, M, Doorley, GW, Kelly, JM, Clark, IP, Parker, AW, Greetham, GM, Towrie, M, Magno, LM, Quinn, SJ, Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of polymeric cytosine nucleic acids reveal the long-lived species is due to a localised state, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 14, 2012, p6307-6311
Tuite, E.M., Rose, D.B., Ennis, P.M., Kelly, J.M., Influence of polystyrenesulfonate on electron transfer quenching of ruthenium trisbipyridine luminescence by viologens: Non-covalent assembly and covalent tethering of the ruthenium complex, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, (10), 2012, p3681-3692
Farrell, DJ, McArdle, C, Doherty, M, Kelly, JM, Surface promoted redox cationic polymerization of epoxy monomers catalyzed by silver salts, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 50, (14), 2012, p2957-2966
Niyazi, H, Hall, JP, O'Sullivan, K, Winter, G, Sorensen, T, Kelly, JM, Cardin, CJ, Crystal structures of Lambda-[Ru(phen)(2)dppz](2+) with oligonucleotides containing TA/TA and AT/AT steps show two intercalation modes, Nature Chemistry, 4, 2012, 621-628
Wojdyla, M., Gallagher, S.A., Moloney, M.P., Gunko, Y.K., Kelly, J.M., Magno, L.M., Quinn, S.J., (...), Towrie, M., Picosecond to millisecond transient absorption spectroscopy of broad-band emitting chiral CdSe quantum dots, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, (30), 2012, p16226-16232
J.M. Kelly, G. Keegan and M.E. Brennan-Fournet, Triangular silver nanoparticles: their preparation, functionalisation and properties, Acta, Physica Polonica A, 122, 2012, p337-345
Banerjee, S, Kitchen, JA, Gunnlaugsson, T, Kelly, JM, Synthesis and photophysical evaluation of a pyridinium 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derivative that upon intercalation displays preference for AT-rich double-stranded DNA, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry , 10, 2012, p3033-3043
Keane, P.M., Gallagher, S.A., Magno, L.M., Leising, M.J., Clark, I.P., Greetham, G.M., Towrie, M., (...), Quinn, S.J, Photophysical studies of CdTe quantum dots in the presence of a zinc cationic porphyrin, Dalton Transactions, 41, (42), 2012, p13159-13166
Keane PM, Kelly JM, Triplet-state dynamics of a metalloporphyrin photosensitiser (PtTMPyP4) in the presence of halides and purine mononucleotides., Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 10, (10), 2011, p1578-1586
Cao Q, Creely CM, Davies ES, Dyer J, Easun TL, Grills DC, McGovern DA, McMaster J, Pitchford J, Smith JA, Sun XZ, Kelly JM, George MW, Excited state dependent electron transfer of a rhenium-dipyridophenazine complex intercalated between the base pairs of DNA: a time-resolved UV-visible and IR absorption investigation into the photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(F2dppz)(py)]+ bound to either [poly(dA-dT)]2 or [poly(dG-dC)]2., Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 10, (8), 2011, p1355-1364
Hall JP, O'Sullivan K, Naseer A, Smith JA, Kelly JM, Cardin CJ, Structure determination of an intercalating ruthenium dipyridophenazine complex which kinks DNA by semiintercalation of a tetraazaphenanthrene ligand., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, (43), 2011, p17610-17614
J.A. Smith, M.W. George, J.M. Kelly, Transient Spectroscopy of Dipyridophenazine Metal Complexes which undergo electron transfer with DNA, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 255, (21-22), 2011, p2666-2675
Keane PM, Wojdyla M, Doorley GW, Watson GW, Clark IP, Greetham GM, Parker AW, Towrie M, Kelly JM, Quinn SJ, A comparative picosecond transient infrared study of 1-methylcytosine and 5'-dCMP that sheds further light on the excited states of cytosine derivatives., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, (12), 2011, p4212-4215
Charles, D.E., Gara, M., Aherne, D., Ledwith, D.M., Kelly, J.M., Blau, W.J., Brennan-Fournet, M.E., Scaling of Surface Plasmon Resonances in Triangular Silver Nanoplate Sols for Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing, Plasmonics, 6, (2), 2011, p351-362
Nagle PS, Quinn SJ, Kelly JM, O'Donovan DH, Khan AR, Rodriguez F, Nguyen B, Wilson WD, Rozas I, Understanding the DNA binding of novel non-symmetrical guanidinium/2-aminoimidazolinium derivatives., Organic & Biomolecular chemistry, 8, (24), 2010, p5558-67
Synthesis of Anisotropic Noble Metal Nanoparticles in, editor(s)C.D. Geddes , The Role of Plasmonic Engineering in Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence, Weinheim, Wiley -VCH, 2010, pp295-362 , [D. Aherne, D.M. Ledwith and J.M. Kelly]
Vasudevan S, Smith JA, Wojdyla M, DiTrapani A, Kruger PE, McCabe T, Fletcher NC, Quinn SJ, Kelly JM, Substituted dipyridophenazine complexes of Cr(III): synthesis, enantiomeric resolution and binding interactions with calf thymus DNA., Dalton Transactions , 39, (16), 2010, p3990-8
Shane A. Gallagher, Mícheál P. Moloney, Michal Wojdyla, Susan J. Quinn, John M. Kelly and Yurii K. Gun'ko, Synthesis and spectroscopic studies of chiral CdSequantum dots, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 2010, p8350-8355
Denise E. Charles, Damian Aherne, Deirdre M. Ledwith, Yurii K. Gun'ko, John M. Kelly, Werner J. Blau, Margaret E. Brennan-Fournet, Versatile solution phase triangular silver nanoplates for highly sensitive plasmon resonance sensing, ACS Nano, 4, (1), 2010, p55 - 64
Wojdyla M, Smith JA, Vasudevan S, Quinn SJ, Kelly JM, Excited state behaviour of substituted dipyridophenazine Cr(III) complexes in the presence of nucleic acids., Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 9, (9), 2010, p1196-202
Damian Aherne, Matthew Gara, John M. Kelly, Yurii K. Gun'ko, From Ag Nanoprisms to Triangular AuAg Nanoboxes, Advanced Functional Materials, 20, (8), 2010, p1329-1338
S. Vasudevan, J. A. Smith, M. Wojdyla, T. McCabe, N. C. Fletcher, S. J. Quinn, and J. M. Kelly, Substituted Dipyridophenazine Complexes of Cr(III): Synthesis, Enantiomeric Resolution and Binding Interactions with Calf Thymus DNA, Dalton Transactions, 39, 2010, p3990-3998
M. Towrie, G. W. Doorley, M. W. George, A.W. Parker, S. J. Quinn and J. M. Kelly, ps-TRIR Covers All the Bases - Recent Advances in the Use of Transient IR for the Detection of Ultrafast Species in DNA, Analyst, 134, 2009, p1265 - 1273
Damian Aherne, Denise E. Charles, Margaret E. Brennan-Fournet, John M. Kelly, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Etching-Resistant Silver Nanoprisms by Epitaxial Deposition of a Protecting Layer of Gold at the Edges, Langmuir, 25, (17), 2009, p10165 - 10173
. C. Padmanabhan, D. Ledwith, S. C. Pillai, D. E. McCormack and J. M. Kelly, Microwave-assisted synthesis of ZnO micro-javelins, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 2009, p9250 - 9259
S. Quinn, G.W. Doorley, D.A. McGovern, A.W. Parker, K.L. Ronayne, M. Towrie and J.M. Kelly, A Time-resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy Study on Adenine/Thymine Nucleic Acid Systems, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Ultrafast Phenomena XV1, edited by P. Corkum, S. De Silvestri, K.A. Nelso, E. Reidle and R.W. Schoenlein , 92, Springer, 2009, pp595-597
G. W. Doorley, D. A. McGovern, M.W. George, M. Towrie, A.W. Parker, J. M. Kelly, and Susan J. Quinn, Picosecond Transient Infrared Study of the Ultrafast Deactivation Processes of Electronically Excited B-DNA and Z-DNA Forms of [poly(dG dC)]2. , Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 48, (1), 2009, p123-127
Approaches to the synthesis and characterisation of spherical and anisotropic silver nanomaterials in, editor(s)C. S. S. Kumar , Metallic Nanomaterials, Wiley -VCH, Weinheim, 2009, pp99-148 , [Deirdre M. Ledwith, Damian Aherne and John M. Kelly]
D. A. McGovern, G.W. Doorley, A. M. Whelan, A. W. Parker, M. Towrie, J. M. Kelly, and S. J. Quinn., A Study of the pH Dependence of Electronically Excited Guanosine Compounds by Picosecond Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopy, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 8, 2009, p542-548.
Damian Aherne, Deirdre M. Ledwith, Matthew Gara, John M. Kelly., Optical properties and growth aspects of silver nanoprisms produced by a highly reproducible and rapid synthesis at room temperature, Advanced Functional Materials, 18, (14), 2008, p2005 - 2016
Helen Cathcart, Valeria Nicolosi, J. Marguerite Hughes, Werner J Blau, John M Kelly, Susan J. Quinn, Jonathan N Coleman, Ordered DNA- wrapping switches on luminescence in single-walled nanotube dispersions, The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, (38), 2008, p12734-12744
B. Elias, C. Creely, G. W. Doorley, M. M. Feeney, C. Moucheron, A. Kirsch - De Mesmaeker, J. Dyer, D. C. Grills, M. W. George, P. Matousek, Anthony W. Parker, Michael Towrie, and John M. Kelly, Photo-oxidation of Guanine by a Ruthenium Dipyridophenazine Complex Intercalated in a Double-Stranded Polynucleotide Monitored Directly using Picosecond Visible and Infrared Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, Chemistry - A European Journal , 14, (1), 2008, p369-375
Denise Charles, Patrick Fournet, Stephen Cunningham, Deirdre Ledwith, John M. Kelly, Werner Blau, and Margaret Brennan Fournet , A sensitivity study of the localised surface plasmon resonance of high-definition structured silver nanoparticles in solution , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7032, 2008, p70322G-
Pillai, S. C., Kelly, J. M., McCormack, D. E. and Ramesh, R., High performance ZnO varistors prepared from nanocrystalline precursors for miniaturised electronic devices, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 2008, p3926 - 3932
M. P. Moloney, Y.K. Gun'ko and J. M. Kelly, Chiral highly luminescent CdS quantum dots, Chemical Communications, 14, (38), 2007, p3900 - 3902,
H. Cathcart, S. Quinn, V. Nicolosi, J. M. Kelly, W. J. Blau, J. N. Coleman, Spontaneous Debundling of SWNTs in DNA based Dispersions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, (1), 2007, p66 - 74
J. Dyer, C. M. Creely, J. C. Penedo, D. C. Grills, S. Hudson, P. Matousek, A. W. Parker, M. Towrie, J. M. Kelly and M. W. George, Solvent dependent photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(11,12-X2dppz)(py)]+ (X = H, F or Me), Photochem. Photobiol. Sci, 6, 2007, p741 - 748
McGovern, D.A., Quinn, S., Doorley, G.W.a , Whelan, A.M., Ronayne, K.L., Towrie, M., Parker, A.W., Kelly, J.M., Picosecond infrared probing of the vibrational spectra of transients formed upon UV excitation of stacked G-tetrad structures, Chemical Communications , 48, 2007, p5158-5160
D. M. Ledwith, A. M. Whelan and J. M. Kelly, A rapid, straight-forward method for controlling the morphology of stable silver nanoparticles, J. Mater. Chem., 17, (23), 2007, p2459 - 2464
Sibu C. Padmanabhan, Suresh C. Pillai, John Colreavy, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Declan E. McCormack, Yurii Gun'ko, John M. Kelly, A Simple Sol-Gel Processing for the Development of High-Temperature Stable Photoactive Anatase Titania, Chemistry of Materials, 19, (18), 2007, p4474-4481
S. Quinn, G. W. Doorley, G. W. Watson, A. J. Cowan, M. W. George, A. W. Parker, K. L. Ronayne, M. Towrie and J. M. Kelly, Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of the short-lived transients formed by UV excitation of cytosine derivatives, Chemical Communications, 21, 2007, p2130 - 2132
J.J. Doyle, B. Ballesteros, G. De la Torre, D.A. McGovern, J.M. Kelly, T. Torres, and W.J. Blau, Combination of phthalocyanine and fullerene moieties for optical limiting , Chemical Physics Letters, 428 , (4-6), 2006, p307 - 311
J.G. Vos, J.M. Kelly, Ruthenium Polypyridyl Chemistry: From Basic Research to Applications and Back Again, Dalton Trans, 2006, p4869 - 4883
S.C. Pillai, J.M. Kelly, D.M. McCormack, R. Ramesh, Effect of step sintering on breakdown voltage of varistors prepared from nanomaterials by sol gel route, Adv. Appl. Ceramics, 105, (3), 2006, p158 - 160
Brennan ME, Whelan AM, Kelly JM, Blau WJ , Silver nanoparticle self-organization into dendritic fractals , Synthetic Metals, 154, (1-3), 2005, p205 - 208
M. K Seery, S. M Draper, J. M Kelly, T. McCabe and T. B. H. McMurry, The Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Photochemistry of Some 3- Phenylindenones, Synthesis, 2005, p470 - 474
K. O"Donoghue, J. C. Penedo, J. M. Kelly and P. E. Kruger, Photophysical study of a family of [Ru(phen)2(Mendpq)]2+ complexes in different solvents and DNA: a specific water effect promoted by methyl substitution, Dalton Trans., 2005, p1123 - 1128
D. A. McGovern, A. Selmi, J. E. O'Brien, J. M. Kelly, and C. Long, Reduction of Dipyrido [3,2-a:2',3'-c] phenazine (dppz) by Photolysis in Ethanol Solution, Chemical Commun., 11, 2005, p1402 - 1404
Michael K. Seery, Sylvia M. Draper, John M. Kelly, Thomas McCabe, Brian T.H. McMurry, The synthesis, structural characterization and photochemistry of some 3-phenylindenones, Synthesis, 3, 2005, p470 - 474
M. K. Kuimova, J. Dyer, M. W. George, D. C. Grills, J. M. Kelly, P. Matousek, A. W. Parker, X. Z. Sun, M. Towrie and A. M. Whelan, Monitoring the Effect of Ultrafast Deactivation of the Electronic Excited States DNA bases, Polynucleotides and DNA Following 266 nm Laser Excitation using Picosecond Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopy, Chemical Commun., 9, 2005, p1182
D. Ledwith, S.C. Pillai, G.W. Watson, and J.M. Kelly, Microwave induced preparation of a-axis oriented double-ended needle-shaped ZnO microparticles, Chem. Commun, 10, (20), 2004, p2294 - 2295
I. Ortmans, B. Elias, J. M. Kelly, C. Moucheron, A. Kirsch-DeMesmaeker, [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)]2+: a DNA intercalating complex, which luminesces strongly in water and undergoes photo-induced proton-coupled electron transfer with guanosine-5 -monophosphate, Dalton Trans., 4, 2004, p668 - 676
S.J. Byrne, S.A. Corr, Y. K. Gun'ko, J. M. Kelly, D. F. Brougham, S. Ghosh, Magnetic nanoparticle assemblies on denatured DNA show unusual magnetic relaxivity and potential applications for MRI, Chemical Communications, 10, (22), 2004, p2560 - 2561
C. W. Crean, M.P. Lawler, C. Stevenson, R.J.H. Davies, P.H. Boyle and J.M. Kelly, Synthesis of N3- and 2-NH2-substituted 6,7-diphenylpterins and their use as intermediates for the preparation of oligonucleotide conjugates designed to target photooxidative damage on single-stranded DNA representing the bcr-abl chimeric gene, Org. Biomol.Chem., 2, (24), 2004, p3588 - 3601
S.C. Pillai, J.M. Kelly, D.E. McCormack and R. Ramesh, , Self-assembled arrays of ZnO nanoparticles and their application as varistor materials, J. Mater. Chem., 14, (10), 2004, p1572 - 1578
K. A. O'Donoghue, J. M. Kelly and P. E. Kruger, Unusual photophysical switching in a Ru(II) diimine DNA probe caused by amide functionalisation,, Dalton Trans., 1, 2004, p13 - 14
S.C. Pillai, J.M. Kelly, D.E. McCormack and R. Ramesh, Microstructural Analysis of Varistors made from nano-size ZnO, Mater. Sci. Tech., 20, (8), 2004, p964 - 968
A.M. Whelan, M.E. Brennan, W.J. Blau and J.M. Kelly, Enhanced Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity of Silver Nanoparticles with a tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance, J. Nanosci. Nanotech, 4, (1-2), 2004, p66 - 68
R.A. McBride, J.M. Kelly and D.E. McCormack, Growth of well defined ZnO microparticles by hydroxide ion hydrolysis of zinc salts, J. Mat. Chem., 13, 2003, p1196 - 1201
S.C. Pillai, J.M. Kelly, D.E. McCormack, P. O'Brien and R. Ramesh, The effect of processing conditions on varistors prepared from nanocrystalline ZnO, J. Mater. Chem., 13, (10), 2003, p2586 - 2590
C.M. Creely, J.M. Kelly, M.M. Feeney, S. Hudson, J.C. Penedo, W.J. Blau, B. Elias, A. Kirsch- De Mesmaeker, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. W. Parker, J. S. Dyer, M. W. George, C.G. Coates and J.J. McGarvey, Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies of Ruthenium and Rhenium Dipyridophenazine Complexes Bound to DNA and Polynucleotides, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , 4876, (1), 2003, p92 - 102
J. Dyer, W.J. Blau, C.G. Coates, C.M. Creely, J.D. Gavey, M.W. George, D.C. Grills, S. Hudson, J.M. Kelly, P. Matousek, J.J. McGarvey, J. McMaster, A.W. Parker, M. Towrie and J. A. Weinstein, The photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(dppz)(py)]+ in CH3CN: a comparative picosecond flash photolysis, transient infrared, transient resonance Raman and density functional theoretical study, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2, (5), 2003, p542 - 554
T. Gunnlaugsson, J. M. Kelly, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, and A. M. K. O'Brien, Synthesis and characterisation of novel 3"-O- and 5"-O- modified azobenzene-thymidine phosphoramidites and their oligonucleotide conjugates as colorimeter DNA probes and FRET quenchers, Tetrahedron Letters, 44, (47), 2003, p8571 - 8575
C.M. Creely, J.M. Kelly, A.M. Selmi, D.A. McGovern, W.J. Blau, P. Matousek, M. Towrie and A.W. Parker, Picosecond Transient Absorption Studies of Dipyridophenazine, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , (4991), 2003, pp482 - 489
L. Ujj, C.G. Coates, J.M. Kelly, P.E. Kruger, J.J. McGarvey and G.H. Atkinson, Picosecond Coherent Vibrational Spectroscopy (CARS) of a DNA-Intercalating Ru complex, J.Phys.Chem., 106, (B), 2002, p4854 - 4862
A.M. Whelan, S. Benrezzak, M.E. Brennan, J.M. Kelly and W.J. Blau, Nonlinear optical properties of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles, Proc. SPIE, 4876, (2), 2002, p1257 - 1264
Gavin D. Reid,* Douglas J. Whittaker, Mark A. Day, David A. Turton, Veysel Kayser, John M. Kelly, and Godfrey S. Beddard , Femtosecond Electron-Transfer Reactions in Mono-and Polynucleotides and in DNA,, J. Am. Chem.Soc., 124, (19), 2002, p5518 - 5527
C. W. Crean, Y.T. Kavanagh, C.M. O'Keeffe, M.P. Lawler, C. Stevenson, R.J.H. Davies, P.H. Boyle and J.M. Kelly, Targeting of photooxidative damage on single-stranded DNA representing the bcr-abl chimeric gene using oligonucleotide-conjugates containing [Ru(phen)3]2+-like photosensitiser groups, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 1, 2002, p1024 - 1033
Grainne B. Biddlecombe, Yurii K. Gun'ko, John M. Kelly, Suresh C. Pillai, J. Michael D. Coey, Munuswamy Venkatesan and Alexis P. Douvalis, Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles and their assemblies using a new Fe(II) alkoxide precursor, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11, (12), 2001, p2937 - 2939
Biddlecombe, G.B., Gun'ko, Y.K., Kelly, J.M., Pillai, S.C., Coey, J.M.D., Venkatesan, M., Douvalis, A.P. , Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles and their assemblies using a new Fe(II) alkoxide precursor , Journal of Materials Chemistry , 11, (12), 2001, p2937-2939
G. D. Reid, D. J. Whittaker, M. A. Day, C. M. Creely, E. M. Tuite, J. M. Kelly, G. S. Beddard, Ultrafast Electron Transfer Reactions between Thionine and Guanosine Bases, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 2001, p6953 - 6954
B. Biddlecombe, Y.K. Gun'ko, J.M.Kelly, S.C.Pillai, JMD Coey, M. Venkatesan and A.P. Douvalis, Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles and their assemblies using a new Fe(II) alkoxide precuror, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11, (12), 2001, p2937 - 2939
Colin G. Coates, Phillip Callaghan, John J. McGarvey, John M. Kelly, Luc Jacquet and A. Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Spectroscopic studies of structurally similar DNA-binding Ruthenium (II) complexes containing the dipyridophenazine ligand , Journal of Molecular Structure, 598, (1), 2001, p15 - 25
E. Bourdin, F. Z. Henari, W. J. Blau, J. M. Kelly, Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of CdS nanoparticles in Nafion membranes, J. Telecom. Inform. Tech., 1-2, 2000, p29 - 36
Colin G. Coates, Philip L. Callaghan, John J. McGarvey, John M. Kelly , Paul E. Kruger , Michelle E. Higgins , ransient resonance Raman investigation of excited states of [Rn(phen)(2)dppz](2+) and deuterated analogues in aqueous and non-aqueous environments , Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 31, (4), 2000, p283 - 288
Fiona M. O'Reilly and John M. Kelly, Photophysical Study of DNA-Bound Complexes Containing Two Covalently linked [Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)3]2+-Like Centers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 104, (30), 2000, p7206 - 7213
J.F.D. Kelly, J.M. Kelly and T.B.H. McMurry, Photochemistry of substituted cyclic enones. Part 12. Photocycloaddition of 3-Phenylcyclopentenone and 3-Phenylcyclohexenone to (E)- and (Z)- 1-Phenyl-propene, J.Chem.Soc., Perkin Trans., 2, 1999, p1933 - 1941
Luc Jacquet, John M. Kelly, and Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Formation of a covalently-linked bimetallic compound upon irradiation of tris(1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene)ruthenium(II) in the presence of 5′-guanosine-monophosphate, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2, (4), 1999, p135 - 138
C.G. Coates, J.J. McGarvey, S.E.J. Bell, L. Jacquet, J.M. Kelly, T. Keyes, J.G. Vos, Transient Resonance Raman Studies of Ru(II) Complexes in DNA and in Homogeneous Media, Laser Chem., 19, (1-2), 1999, p237 - 243
C. Moucheron, A. Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, J. M. Kelly, Photophysics and Photochemistry of Metal Polypyridyl and Related Complexes with Nucleic Acids, Structure and Bonding, 92, 1998, p163 - 216
Fiona M. O'Reilly and John M. Kelly, Binding of bimetallic 1,10-phenanthroline ruthenium(II) complexes to DNA, New Journal of Chemistry , 22, 1998, p215 - 217
John J. McGarvey, Philip Callaghan, Colin G. Coates, Jon R. Schoonover, John M. Kelly, Luc Jacquet, and Keith C. Gordon, Comment on "Resonance Raman Investigation of [Ru(phen)2(dppz)2+] and Related Complexes in Water and in the Presence of DNA, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 102, (30), 1998, p5941 - 5942
C.J. Breheny, J.M. Kelly, C. Long, S. O'Keeffe, M.T. Pryce, G. Russell and M.M. Walsh, Photochemistry of ([ETA]6-arene) Mo(CO)3 and the Role of Alkane Solvents in Modifying the Reactions of Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Carbonyl Fragments, Organometallics, 17, 1998, p3690 - 3695
J. F. Daniel Kelly, Máire E. Doyle, Madhumita Guha, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John M. Kelly and T. Brian H. McMurry, Photochemistry of substituted cyclic enones. Part 11.1 Synthesis and photophysics of 5-arylalkyl-3-phenylcyclopentenones, Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 1998, p1635 - 1641
J.F.D. Kelly, J.M. Kelly and T.B.H. McMurry, Photochemistry of phenyl-substituted cyclic enones, The Spectrum, 1997, p13 - 15
Cécile Moucheron, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker and John M. Kelly, Photoreactions of ruthenium (II) and osmium (II) complexes with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) , Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 40, (2), 1997, p91 - 106
Colin G. Coates, Luc Jacquet, John J. McGarvey,* Steven E. J. Bell, Ala H. R. Al-Obaidi, and John M. Kelly, Resonance Raman Probing of the Interaction between Dipyridophenazine Complexes of Ru(II) and DNA, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119, (30), 1997, p7130 - 7136
J. M. Kelly, M. M. Feeney, L. Jacquet, A. Kirsch-De Mesmaeker and J.-P. Lecomte , Photoinduced electron transfer between ruthenium complexes and nucleotides or DNA, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 69, (4), 1997, p767 - 772
Luc Jacquet, R. Jeremy H. Davies, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, and John M. Kelly, Photoaddition of Ru(tap)2(bpy)2+ to DNA: A New Mode of Covalent Attachment of Metal Complexes to Duplex DNA , Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119, (49), 1997, p11763 - 11768
Colin G. Coates, Luc Jacquet, John J McGarvey, Steven E. J. Bell, Ala H. R. Al-Obaidi and John M. Kelly, Resonance-Raman probing of the interaction between dipyridophenazine complexes of ruthenium(II) and DNA, Chemical Communications, 1996, p35 - 36
Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Andrée, Lecomte, Jean-Paul and Kelly, John M. , Photoreactions of metal complexes with DNA, especially those involving a primary photo-electron transfer , Topics in Current Chemistry, 177, 1996, p25-76
Jean-Paul Lecomte, Andree Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Martin M. Feeney, John M. Kelly, Ruthenium(II) Complexes with 1,4,5,8,9,12-Hexaazatriphenylene and 1,4,5,8-Tetraazaphenanthrene Ligands: Key Role Played by the Photoelectron Transfer in DNA Cleavage and Adduct Formation , Inorganic Chemistry, 34, (26), 1996, p6481 - 6491
Colmenarejo G, Gutiérrez-Alonso MC, Bárcena M, Kelly JM, Montero F, Orellana G., Interaction with DNA of photoactive viologens based on the 6-(2- pyridinium)phenanthridinium structure., Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 12, (4), 1995, p827 - 846
Eimer Tuite, John M. Kelly, The interaction of methylene blue, azure B, and thionine with DNA: Formation of complexes with polynucleotides and mononucleotides as model systems, Biopolymers, 35, (5), 1995, p419 - 433
Luc Jacquet, John M. Kelly and Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Photoadduct between tris(1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene)ruthenium(II) and guanosine monophosphate-a model for a new mode of covalent binding of metal complexes to DNA, Chemical Communications, 9, 1995, p913 - 914
Feeney, M.M., Kelly, J.M., Tossi, A.B., Kirsch-de Mesmaeker, A., Lecomte, J.-P. , Photoaddition of ruthenium(II)-tris-1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene to DNA and mononucleotides , Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 23, (1), 1994, p69 - 78
Tuite, E., Kelly, J.M., Beddard, G.S., Reid, G.D., Femtosecond deactivation of thionine singlet states by mononucleotides and polynucleotides , Chemical Physics Letters, 226, (5-6), 1994, p517 - 524
Lecomte, J.P., Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, A., Kelly, J.M., Photochemistry of ruthenium(II)-tris-1,4,5,8- tetraazaphenanthrene with mononucleotides. Role of ligand photosubstitution , Bulletin des Societes Chimiques Belges, 103, 1994, p193 - 200
Tuite EM,, Photochemical interactions of methylene blue and analogues with DNA and other biological substrates, Kelly JM. , Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 21, (2-3), 1993
Murphy, GM & Kelly, J.M., Photobiological Research in Ireland, 1993, -
Jean-Paul Lecomte, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, John M. Kelly, Alex B. Tossi, Helmut Görner, Photo-induced electron transfer from nucleotides to ruthenium-tris-1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene: model for photosensitized DNA oxidation, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 55, (5), 1992, p681 - 689
Natalie M. Rowley, Stefan S. Kurek, Michael W. George, Stephan M. Hubig, Paul D. Beer, Christopher J. Jones, John M. Kelly and Jon A. McCleverty, Intramolecular electron transfer in peripherally metallated tetraphenyl porphyrin derivatives containing molybdenum mononitrosyl redox centres, Chemical Communications, 1992, p497 - 499
François de Buyl, Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Alessandro Tossi and John M. Kelly, Medium dependence of the spectroscopic and photophysical properties of Ru(bpy)2(HAT)2+. The effect of solvent, pH and binding to polyelectrolytes, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 60, 1991, p27 - 45
Godfrey S. Beddard, John M. Kelly, Wilhelm J. M. van der Putten, J., Picosecond study of the luminescence and transient absorption of methylene blue-polynucleotide complexes, Chemical Communications, 19, 1990, p1346 - 1347
John M. Kelly, Hubert M. Meunier and Declan E. McCormack & Athanase Michas and Michel Pineri , Uranyl ions in perfluorinated (Nafion and Flemion) membranes: spectroscopic and photophysical properties and reactions with potassium hydroxide, Polymer, 31, 1990, p387 - 394
Kelly, J.M., McMurry, T.B.H., Work, D.N. , Photochemistry of substituted cyclic enones. Part 7. Flash photolysis of 3-phenylcyclopent-2-enones and 3-phenylcyclohex-2-enone, Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 1990, p981 - 983
Kelly, J.M., Feeney, M.M., Tossi, A.B., Lecomte, J.-P., Mesmaeker, A.K.-D. , Interaction of tetra-azaphenanthrene ruthenium complexes with DNA and oligonucleotides. A photophysical and photochemical investigation , Anti-Cancer Drug Design, 5, (1), 1990, p69 - 75
Tossi, A.B., Kelly, J.M. , A study of some polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes as DNA binders and photocleavage reagents. , Photochemistry and Photobiology, 49, (5), 1989, p545 - 556
van der Putten, W.J., Kelly, J.M. , Laser flash spectroscopy of methylene blue with nucleic acids. Effects of ionic strength and pH. , Photochemistry and Photobiology, 49, (2), 1989, p145 - 151
Ennis, P.M., Kelly, J.M. , Photoredox reactions of a positively charged water-soluble polymer containing covalently bound tris(2,2 -bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)-like centers: N-ethylated copolymers of 4-vinylpyridine and bis(2,2 -bipyridyl)(4-methyl-4 -vinyl-2,2 -bipyridyl) ruthenium(II) , Journal of Physical Chemistry , 93, (15), 1989, p5735 - 5740
David T. Choke, Werner Blau, Colm Ohuigin, John M. Kelly, David J. Mcconnell , Photolysis of phosphodiester bonds in plasmid DNA by high intensity UV laser irradiation., Photochemistry and Photobiology, 47, (4), 1988, p527 - 536
Croke, D.T., Blau, W., OhUigin, C., Kelly, J.M., McConnell, D.J. , Photolysis of phosphodiester bonds in plasmid DNA by high intensity UV laser irradiation. , Photochemistry and Photobiology, 47, (4), 1988, p527 - 536
J. M. Kelly, C. Maloney, H. Byrne, W. M. Dennis and W. Blau., Picosecond optical phase conjugation using conjugated organic molecules , Chemical Physics, 121, (1), 1988, p21 - 39
Bernadette S. Creaven, Andrew J. Dixon, John M. Kelly, Conor Long, and Martyn Poliakoff, Structure and reactivity of (.eta.5-C5H5)Mn(CO)2 in room-temperature solution. Evidence for formation of a dinuclear intermediate detected by flash photolysis and time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, Organometallics, 6, (12), 1988, p2600 - 2605
John M. Kelly, David J. McConnell, Colm OhUigin, Alessandro B. Tossi, Andree Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Axel Masschelein and Jacques Nasielski, Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes; their interaction with DNA and their role as sensitisers for its photocleavage, Chemical Communications, 1987, p1821 - 1823
C OhUigin, D J McConnell, J M Kelly, and W J van der Putten, Methylene blue photosensitised strand cleavage of DNA: effects of dye binding and oxygen., Nucleic Acids Research, 15, 1987, p7411 - 7427
John M. Kelly, T. Brian H. McMurry and D. Neil Work, Laser flash photolysis of 3-phenylcyclopent-2-enone: absorption spectrum and reactivity of its triplet excited state, Chemical Communications, 1987, p280 - 281
Werner Blau, David T. Croke, John M. Kelly, David J. McConnell, Colm OhUigin and Wilehlm J. M. Van der Putten, Base-specific photocleavage of DNA induced by nanosecond U.V. pulsed laser radiation or methylene blue sensitisation, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications , 10, 1987, p751 - 752
Kelly JM, van der Putten WJ, McConnell DJ., Laser flash spectroscopy of methylene blue with nucleic acids, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 45, (2), 1987, p167 - 175
Magan, J.D., Blau, W., Croke, D.T., McConnell, D.J., Kelly, J.M. , One-dimensional photoconductivity in DNA, Chemical Physics Letters, 141, (6), 1987, p489 - 492
Kelly JM O'Connell CM Vos JG, Preparation, spectroscopic characterisation. Electrochemical and photochemical properties of cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)carbonylruthenium(II) complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 1986, p253 - 258
Michas, A, Kelly, JM, Perfluorosulfonated ion exchange membranes containing surface concentrated ruthenium and uranium hydrated oxide particles - Their characterization and possible catalytic applications, Annales de Physique, 11, 1986, p121 - 124
Kelly, JM and Vox, J, Synthesis, characterisation, electrochemical properties, photochemical properties, and reactivity of bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)hydridoruthenium complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 5, 1986, p1045 - 1048
A. Michas, J. M. Kelly, R. Durand, M. Pineri, J. M. D. Coey, Preparation, characterization and catalytic properties of perfluorosulfonated ion-exchange membranes containing surface-concentrated, hydrated ruthenium oxide particles, Journal of Membrane Science, 29, (3), 1986, p239 - 257
Ennis, P. M.; Kelly, J. M.; O'Connell, C. M., Preparation and photochemical properties of water-soluble polymers with pendant tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) groups. N-ethylated copolymers of vinylpyridine and cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)(4-methyl-4'-vinyl-2,2'-bipyridyl)-ruthenium(II), Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 11, 1986, p2485 - 2491
J M Kelly, A B Tossi, D J McConnell, and C OhUigin, A study of the interactions of some polypyridylruthenium (II) complexes with DNA using fluorescence spectroscopy, topoisomerisation and thermal denaturation., Nucleic Acids Research, 13, (17), 1985, p6017 - 6034
Stephen P. Church, Friedrich-Wilhelm Grevels, Horst Hermann, John M. Kelly, Werner E. Klotzbücher and Kurt Schaffner, I.r.-monitored flash photolysis of Fe(CO)5 in benzene solution, Chemical Communications, 1985, p594 - 596
Blau, W.; Byrne, H.; Dennis, W. M.; Kelly, J. M., Reverse saturable absorption in tetraphenylporphyrins, Optics Communications, 56, (1), 1985, p25 - 29
Kelly JM, Murphy MJ, McConnell DJ, OhUigin C., A comparative study of the interaction of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin and its zinc complex with DNA using fluorescence spectroscopy and topoisomerisation., Nucleic Acids Research, 13, (1), 1985, p167 - 184
Kelly, JM, Trautman, RJ, Photochemical properties of Cis-1,2-Diphenylethenyltrimethyltin(IV) and trans1-2-diphenylethylethenyltrimethyltin (iv) and Cis-1,2-diphenylpropenyltrimethyltin(IV) - organometallic derivatives of stilbene, Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 1984, p909 - 914
J. M. D. Coey, A. Meagher, J. M. Kelly, J. G. Vos , A Mössbauer study of polymers prepared from polyvinylpyridine and ferric chloride or ferric nitrate, Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Chemistry Edition, 22, (2), 1984, p303 - 318
Conor Long, Johannes G. Vos, R. Alan Howie, John M. Kelly, The crystal and molecular structure of tetracarbonyl(6-p-styryl-2,2′-bipyridyl)tungsten(0). An examination of the affect of a bulky group α to one coordinating nitrogen atom in a bidentate ligand, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 272, (3), 1984, p385 - 390
J.M. Kelly and C. Long, The photochemistry of compounds of the main group elements, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 13, 1983, p211 - 219
Kelly, J.M., Long, C., Bonneau, R., Laser flash photolysis of M(CO)6 (M = Cr, Mo, or W) in perfluoromethylcyclohexane. The generation of highly reactive coordinatively unsaturated species , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 87, (17), 1983, p3344 - 3349
James M. Clear, John M. Kelly , Johannes G. Vos, Polyvinylpyridine complexes of ruthenium(III) chloride, Die Makromolekulare Chemie- Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 184, (3), 1983, p613 - 625
Cardin, C.J., Cardin, D.J., Kelly, J.M., Norton, R.J., Roy, A., Hathaway, B.J., King, T.J. , Synthesis, properties, and X-ray crystal and molecular structures of homoleptic alkenyls of tin and chromium , Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkins Transactions 2, 4, 1983, p671 - 677
J.M. Kelly and C. Long, The photochemistry of transition metal organometallic compounds, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 13, 1983, p196 - 210
Kelly, J.M. , Long, C. , O'Connell, C.M. , Vos, J.G. , Tinnemans, A.H.A., Preparation, spectroscopic characterization, and photochemical and electrochemical properties of some bis(2,2 -bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) and tetracarbonyltungsten(0) complexes of 6-p-Tolyl-2,2 -bipyridyl and of 6-p-styryl-2,2 -bipyridyl and its copolymers, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 22, (20), 1983, p2818 - 2824
J.M. Kelly and C. Long, Photochemistry of compounds of the main group elements, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 12, 1982, p175 - 187
Kelly, JM & Vos, Johannes G., cis-[Ru(bpy)2(CO)H]+ - A Possible Intermediate in the Photochemical Production of H2 from Water Catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)3]2+?, 1982, - 628 - 629
Polymer-bound porphyrins and polymer-bound coordination compounds as converters of solar energy into chemical fuels in, editor(s)D.O. Hall and W. Palz , Solar Energy R & D in the European Community Series D. Volume 1, Dordrecht, D. Reidel, 1982, pp50 - 55,58, [D.H. Grayson, J.M. Kelly, E. Moran, C.M. O'Connell, M.M. O'Kane, D.C. Pepper, J.G. Vos, and A.Yague-Ferrer]
John M. Kelly, Catherine M. O'Connell and Johannes G. Vos, Synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of [Ru(bpy)2(CO)2](PF)6)2, Inorganica Chimica Acta Letters, 64, 1982, pL75 - L76
David J. Cardin, John M. Kelly, Gerard A. Lawless and Raymond J. Trautman, C.I.D.N.P. enhancement of both organometallic and organic compounds in the thermal reaction of [Ti(CH2Ph)Cl(ç-C5H 5)2] with CCl4 , Chemical Communications, 4, 1982, p228 - 229
Kelly, JM and Long, C, Group via metal pentacarbonyl complexes of 2- and 4-vinylpyridine and their copolymers. preparation, spectroscopic characterisation and photochemical properties, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 235, (3), 1982, p315 - 326
John M. Kelly and Conor Long, Dicarbonyl(methylcyclopentadienyl)manganese complexes of 4-vinylpyridine, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 231, (1), 1982, pC9 - C11
J.M. Kelly and J.G. Vos, Cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)carbonylhydridoruthenium(II) cation - a possible intermediate in the photochemical production of hydrogen from water by visible light? , Angew. Chem. Internat. Ed, 21, 1982, p628 - 629.
J.M. Kelly, The photochemistry of transition-metal organometallic compounds, carbonyls and low oxidation state complexes, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 11, 1981, p259 - 279
J. M. Kelly, C. Long and J. G. Vos, J. G. Haasnoot and G. Vos , Group VI Metal Pentacarbonyl Complexes of 1,2,4-Triazoles, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 221, (2), 1981, p165 - 176
Clear, JM, Kelly, JM, Preparation, characterization, and photochemical properties of some bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complexes of 4-vinylpyridine, poly-4-vinylpyridine, and co-polymers, Journal of Chemical Research, 1981, p260 - 261
Clear, J.M., Kelly, J.M., O'Connell, C.M., Vos, J.G., Cardin, C.J., Costa, S.R., Edwards, A.J. , Isolation, Structure, Chemistry and Photochemistry of cis¬bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)carbonylchlororuthenium(II) perchlorate, Chemical Communications, 16, 1980, p750 - 751
R. Bonneau and J.M. Kelly, Flash photolysis of chromium hexacarbonyl in perfluorocarbon solvents. Observation of a highly reactive chromium penta¬carbonyl, J.Amer.Chem.Soc., 102, (2), 1980, p1220 - 1221
J.M. Kelly, D.H. Grayson, D.C. Pepper, J.G. Vos, A. Yague-Ferrer, J.M. Clear, A. McCague, E.M. Moran, C.M. O'Connell, and M.M. O'Kane, Polymer-bound porphyrins and polymer-bound coordination compounds as converters of solar energy into chemical fuels, Munchen, EEC Solar Energy Project D, Contractors' meeting EUR 7199 EN, 1980
J.M. Clear, J.M. Kelly, D.C. Pepper and J.G. Vos, Preparation, reactions and photoreactions of bis(bipyridyl) poly-4-vinylpyridineruthenium(II) complexes, Inorg.Chim.Acta, 33, 1979, pL139 - L140
J.M. Kelly , Photochemistry of compounds of the main group elements, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 10, 1979, p270 - 278
J.M. Kelly , The photochemistry of transition-metal organometallic compounds, carbonyls, and low-oxidation-state complexes, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 10, 1979, p246 - 269
J.M. Kelly, The photochemistry of inorganic and organometallic compounds, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 9, 1978
J.M. Kelly, The photochemistry of inorganic and organometallic compounds, Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 8, 1977, p167 - 233
C.J. Cardin, D.J. Cardin, J.M. Kelly, R.J.Norton and A. Roy, Homoleptic alkenyls of the early transition metals and related compounds, J.Organometal.Chem., 132, (3), 1977, pC23 - C25
C.J. Cardin, D.J. Cardin, J.M. Kelly, D.J.H.L. Kirwan, R.J. Norton, and A. Roy, Preparation and properties of some novel alkenyl-tin compounds, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 77, 1977, p365 - 369
J.M. Kelly, The photochemistry of inorganic and organometallic compounds, in Specialist Periodical Reports, Photochemistry, 7, 1976, p153 - 210
A. Gilbert, J.M. Kelly and E. Koerner von Gustorf, The photochemistry of benzene-chromium complexes, Z. NaturforschungB, 31b, 1976, p1091
J.M. Kelly, Inorganic and organometallic photochemistry, Specialist Periodical Reports, photochemistry, 6, 1975, p259 - 301
A. Gilbert, J.M. Kelly and E. Koerner von Gustorf, Quenching of triplet fluorenone by organometallic compounds, Mol. Photochem., 6, 1974, p225 - 230
J.M. Kelly, D.V. Bent, H. Hermann, D. Schulte-Frohlinde and E. Koerner von Gustorf, Pentacarbonylchromium-solvent complexes - flash spectroscopic determination of rate constants of formation and of stability constants and their application as solvent parameters to catalytic butadiene oligomerisation, J. Organometal. Chem., 69, (2), 1974, p259 - 269
J.M. Kelly, H. Hermann and E. Koerner von Gustorf, Observation of pentacarbonylchromium on flash photolysis of exacarbonylchromium in cyclohexane solution, J.C.S. Chem. Comm., 1973, p105-106
I. Fischler, J.M. Kelly, P. Kirsch and E. Koerner von Gustorf, Inorganic and organometallic photochemistry 1972, Mol. Photochem, 5, 1973, p497 - 515
J.M. Kelly and A. Morris, A flash photolysis study of chromium hexacarbonyl in solution, Rev. Latinoamericana Quim, 2, 1972, p163 - 166
J.M. Kelly and G. Porter, The interaction of photo-excited chlorophyll-a with duroquinone, a-tocopherylquinone and vitamin Kl, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 319, 1970, p319 - 329
J.M. Kelly, L.K. Patterson, G. Porter, and P. Suppan, Primary photo-processes in organic materials, U.S. Govt. Res. Develop. Rep., 70, 1970, p79
J.J. McCullough, J.M. Kelly and P.W.W. Rasmussen, A study of the photoaddition reactions of norbornadiene with 2-cyclohexenones, J. Org. Chem, 34, (10), 1969, p2933 - 2943
J.J. McCullough and J.M. Kelly, The photo-addition of 2-cyclohexenone and norbornadiene, J. Amer.Chem.Soc, 88, (24), 1966, p5935 - 5937
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
P.M. Keane, M. Wojdyla, G.W. Doorley, J. M. Kelly, S. J. Quinn, I.P. Clark, G.M. Greetham, M. Towrie and A.W. Parker, Unravelling the Photodynamics of Cytosine-Rich Systems using Ultrafast Transient Infrared Spectroscopy - Central Laser Facility, Annual Report 2008-2009, Science and Technology Facilities Council,, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2009, 183-186
M. Wojdyla, S. Gallagher, Y.K. Gun'ko, J. M. Kelly, S. J. Quinn, I.P. Clark, G.M. Greetham, M. Towrie and A.W. Parker, Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies on CdTe and Chiral CdSe Quantum Dots - Central Laser Facility, Annual Report 2008-2009, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2009, 193-196
G.W. Doorley, J.M. Kelly, D.A. McGovern, S. Quinn, A.M. Whelan, K.L. Ronayne, Picosecond Processes in DNA monitored by transient infra-red absorption spectroscopy, Central Laser Facility, Annual Report 2005-2006, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2006, 129, 132
J.M. Kelly, C.M. Creely, M.M. Feeney, S. Hudson, W.J. Blau, B. Elias, A. Kirsch- De Mesmaeker, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. W. Parker, Picosecond Studies of Ruthenium and Rhenium dipyridophenazine complexes in solution and when bound to polynucleotides, Central Laser Facility, Annual Report 2001-2002, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2002, 111 , 114
J.M. Kelly, D.H. Grayson, D.C. Pepper, J.G. Vos, A. Yague-Ferrer, J.M. Clear, A. McCague, E.M. Moran, C.M. O'Connell, and M.M. O'Kane, Polymer-bound porphyrins and polymer-bound coordination compounds as converters of solar energy into chemical fuels , Munchen, EEC Solar Energy Project D, Contractors' meeting, EUR 7199 EN, 1980
Research Expertise
Description
Research interests cover areas of photochemistry, fast chemical reactions, and nucleic acids Current research projects falls intothe following main areas (A) The transient spectroscopy of nucleic acids and photosensitisers. (B) The use of photochemical reagents to carry out site-specific reactions on DNA, in particular those involving photo-induced electron transfer. Previously also worked on nano-/micro-particles, especially (i) Silver nanoparticles of defined shape and size for biosensing, antibacterials and (ii) micro metal oxides and metal sulphidesRecognition
Representations
Chairman of Royal Irish Academy Chemical and Physical Sciences Committee (2007-10) President of the Chemistry Division of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 2005. Founding vice-chairman of the Irish Research Scientists Association
Awards and Honours
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Berkeley Fellow
Leverhulme Fellow at the University of West Indies
Rita and John Cornforth Award (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Boyle-Higgins Medal of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
Memberships
Member of the Royal Irish Academy
Member of Royal Society of Chemistry