Professor Paula Colavita

• 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 - 17246Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 1617Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p18920-18927Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 1855Journal Article, 2016, URL
• 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 - 6647Journal Article, 2016, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 216Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• 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 - 82932Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• 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 - 7Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p2408-2415Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• 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 - 24840-10Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p5215-5221Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p11397-11407Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• , Structural characterization of self-assembled monolayers within molecular junctions: Effects of metallization and of substrate lateral confinement, 2005Journal Article, 2005
• 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 - 227Journal Article, 1999
• Vlaic, G.; Andreatta, D.; Colavita, P. E., Characterisation of heterogeneous catalysts by EXAFS, Catalysis today, 41, (1-3), 1998, p261 - 275Journal Article, 1998
• 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, p6596-6604Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p4198-4206Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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-Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 788Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p781-787Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 70Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p1141-1151Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p208-215Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 20773Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 4126Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 832Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 425Journal Article, 2018, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 230Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 4071Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 230Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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-Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 1007Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 526Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Eoin M. SCANLAN, Paula E. COLAVITA, Deirdre Murphy, Jean BOURKE, 'Carbohydrate Functionalised Surfaces', EPO, 2012, Trinity College DublinPatent, 2012, URL
• Scanlan, E.M.; Colavita, P.E.; Esteban-Tejeda, L.; Duff, T., 'Beverage Dispensing equipment', Diageo Ireland, WO2019048212A1, 2017Patent, 2017, URL
• Colavita, P.E.; Scanlan, E.M.; Angione, M.D.; Duff, T., 'Beverage dispensing equipment', EPO, WO2016180729A1, 2015Patent, 2015, URL
• Scanlan, E.M.; Colavita, P.E.; Esteban-Tejeda, L.; Duff, T., 'Beverage dispensing equipment', GB, WO2019048212A1, 2015Patent, 2015, URL
• 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, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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-Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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-Journal Article, 2020
• 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p1004-1020Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p11636-11641Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Nolan, H.; Schröder, C.; Brunet-Cabré, M.; Pota, F.; McEvoy, N.; McKelvey, K.; Perova, T. S.; Colavita, P. E., 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 - 80Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Brunet Cabré, M.; Spurling, D.; Martinuz, P.; Longhi, M.; Schröder, C.; Nolan, H.; Nicolosi, V.; Colavita, P. E.; McKelvey, K., Isolation of pseudocapacitive surface processes at monolayer MXene flakes reveals delocalized charging mechanism, Nature Communications, 14, (1), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Hinds, D.T.; Belhout, S.A.; Colavita, P.E.; Ward, A.D.; Quinn, S.J., Microsphere-supported gold nanoparticles for SERS detection of malachite green, Materials Advances, 2023, p19220-19225Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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/acsaemJournal Article, 2023
• 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, p11Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Smith, S.; Scanlan, E.; Colavita, P., Pro-Tects - A novel solution to the challenge of biologic instability, ONdrugDelivery, 2023, (142), 2023, p84-88Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Cabré, M. B.; Schröder, C.; Pota, F.; de Oliveira, M. A. C.; Nolan, H.; Henderson, L.; Brazel, L.; Spurling, D.; Nicolosi, V.; Martinuz, P.; Longhi, M.; Amargianou, F.; Bärmann, P.; Petit, T.; McKelvey, K.; Colavita, P. E., Carbon Thin-Film Electrodes as High-Performing Substrates for Correlative Single Entity Electrochemistry, Small Methods, 9, (1), 2025, p2400639-Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Nolan, H.; Zen, F.; Gençer, A.; Henderson, L.; Kelly, M.; Pota, F.; Schröder, C.; Scanlan, E. M.; Colavita, P. E., Functional organic adlayers for controlling the adhesion strength of electrolessly deposited copper on super-engineering plastics, Applied Surface Science, 682, (161700), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Costa de Oliveira, M. A.; Brunet Cabré, M.; Schröder, C.; Nolan, H.; Pota, F.; Behan, J. A.; Barrière, F.; McKelvey, K.; Colavita, P. E., Single-Entity Electrochemistry of N-Doped Graphene Oxide Nanostructures for Improved Kinetics of Vanadyl Oxidation, Small, 21, (3), 2025, p2405220-Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Pota, F.; Costa de Oliveira, M.; Schröder, C.; Brunet Cabré, M.; Nolan, H.; Rafferty, A.; Jeannin, O.; Camerel, F.; Behan, J.; Barrière, F.; Colavita, P. E., Porous N-Doped Carbon-encapsulated Iron as Novel Catalyst Architecture for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde, ChemSusChem, 18, (1), 2025, pe202400546-Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• de Oliveira, M.A.C. and Brunet Cabré, M. and Schröder, C. and Nolan, H. and Pota, F. and Behan, J.A. and Barriÿre, F. and McKelvey, K. and Colavita, P.E, Dataset for Single-Entity Electrochemistry of N-Doped Graphene Oxide Nanostructures for Improved Kinetics of Vanadyl Oxidation, Trinity College Dublin, 2024Dataset, 2024, TARA - Full Text
• Filippo Pota, Maida A. Costa de Oliveira, Christian Schröder, Marc Brunet Cabré, Hugo Nolan, Aran Rafferty, Olivier Jeannin, Franck Camerel, James A. Behan, Frédéric Barrière, and Paula E. Colavita, Dataset for Porous N-Doped Carbon-encapsulated Iron as Novel Catalyst Architecture for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde, Trinity College Dublin, 2024Dataset, 2024, TARA - Full Text
• Julian Carolan, Martin Jakubec, Neubi F Xavier Jr, Adam Pestana Motala, Ersilia Bifulco, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Anne Lisbeth Schmidt, Marc Brunet Cabré, Vikaramjeet Singh, Paula E Colavita, Espen Werdal Selfors, Marco Sacchi, Shane O'Reilly, Øyvind Halskau, Manish K Tiwari, Richard G Hobbs, Bodil Holst, Anti-icing properties of polar bear fur, Science Advances, 11, (5), 2025, peads7321Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Sarra Knani, Riad Ahmed Boughezal, Baptiste Cibron, Frédéric Barrière, Corinne Lagrost, Muriel Escadeillas, Ludivine Rault, Maida Costa de Oliveira, Paula E. Colavita, James A. Behan, Sustainable nanocarbons via biocatalysis of C-F bond cleavage by electroactive bacteria, Carbon, 247, 2026, p121053Journal Article, 2026, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Christian Schröder, Hugo Nolan, Lua Henderson, Paula E. Colavita, Study of the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde and Furfural at Heterostructured MoS2/N-Carbon Thin-Film Electrodes, ACS Electrochemistry, 2, (1), 2026, p136-145Journal Article, 2026, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Maida A. Costa de Oliveira, Runbo Zhang, Christian Schröder, Filippo Pota, Marc Brunet Cabré, Kim McKelvey, Paula E. Colavita, Synergistic effects of surface chemistry and porosity in vanadium redox reactions: from smooth thin films to high surface area carbon electrodes, Carbon, 245, 2025, p120853Journal Article, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Christian Schröder, Lua Henderson, Filippo Pota, Kiaya Doyle, Paula E. Colavita, Modulating the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde on Cu@C Electrode Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129, (15), 2025, p7217-7224Journal Article, 2025
• Filippo Pota, Maida Aysla Costa de Oliveira, Christian Schröder, Aran Rafferty, Clara De Castro, Ludivine Rault, James A. Behan, Frédéric Barrière, Paula E. Colavita, Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of unsaturated organics using Mo and W porous carbon-encapsulated nanostructures: impact of metal type on properties and performances, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, (17), 2025, p12383-12396Journal Article, 2025, URL
• James A. Behan, Frédéric Barrière, Florence Geneste, Charlotte Bodin, Antoine Vautier, Solène Guihéneuf, Paula E. Colavita, Jo Philips, Johannes Eberhard Reiner, Maxim Tschulkow, Philippe Nimmegeers, Challenges and opportunities for the production of sustainable active species for redox flow batteries in bioelectrochemical systems, Chemical Engineering Journal, 524, 2025, p169515Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL
• Christian Schröder, Lua Henderson, Filippo Pota, Kiaya Doyle, Paula E. Colavita, Dataset for Modulating the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde on Cu@C Electrode Materials, Colavita Group, Trinity College Dublin, 2025Dataset, 2025, TARA - Full Text
• Maida A. Costa de Oliveira, Runbo Zhang, Christian Schröder, Filippo Pota, Marc Brunet Cabré, Kim McKelvey, Paula E. Colavita, Dataset for Synergistic effects of surface chemistry and porosity in vanadium redox reactions: from smooth thin films to high surface area carbon electrodes, Colavita Group, Trinity College Dublin, 2025Dataset, 2025, TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 4422Journal Article, 2006, DOI
• 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 - 218Journal Article, 2000
• 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 - 4487Journal Article, 2001
• 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 - 8509Journal Article, 2002, DOI
• 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, p5102-5112Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• 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, p13554-13565Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• 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 - 931Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• 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, 2382-2388Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• 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, p1276-1278Journal Article, 2008
• 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, 5102-5112Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• 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, 4353-4357Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• 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, 1526-1535Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• 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, p11623-11630Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• 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-Journal Article, 2007, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p9598-9605Journal Article, 2006, DOI
• 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, p8121-8126Journal Article, 2006, DOI
• 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, p4415-4422Journal Article, 2006, DOI
• 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, p12268-12277Journal Article, 2005, DOI
• 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-Journal Article, 2004, DOI
• 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, p907-917Journal Article, 2004, DOI
• 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, p379Journal Article, 2004, DOI
• 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, 2003Journal Article, 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, 2003Journal Article, 2003
• Evans, U, Colavita, PE, Doescher, MS, Schiza, M, Myrick, ML, Construction and characterization of a nanowell electrode array, Nano Letters, 2, 2002, p641-645Journal Article, 2002, DOI
• 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 - 42Journal Article, 1999
• 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-Journal Article, 2006, DOI
• 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, 2002Journal Article, 2002
• 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 - 9812Journal Article, 2001
• 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, p4481-4487Journal Article, 2001, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 166Journal Article, 2002
• 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, p4067-4074Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• 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 - 10204Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p63-77Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• 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 - 13036Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p393-401Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 439Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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 - 1444Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
• 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 - 1040Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 6534Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 77Conference Paper, 2013, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 349Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 22777Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 4128Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 6050Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p1144-1152Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• 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-+Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• 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, 333-338Conference Paper, 2007, DOI
• 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 - 77Journal Article, 2013

• 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.]Book Chapter
• Maida Costa de Oliveira, Christian Schröder, Marc Brunet-Cabré, Hugo Nolan, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, Tatiana S. Perova, Kim McKelvey, Paula E. Colavita, Dataset associated to Effects of N-functional groups on the electron transfer kinetics of VO2+/VO2+ at carbon: Decoupling morphology from chemical effects using model systems, Colavita Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin, 2023Dataset, TARA - Full Text
• Filippo Pota, Maida Aysla Costa de Oliveira,Christian Schröder,Aran Rafferty, Clara De Castro, Ludivine Rault, James A. Behan, Frédéric Barrière, Paula E. Colavita, Dataset of the manuscript Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of unsaturated organics using Mo and W porous carbon-encapsulated nanostructures: impact of metal type on properties and performances, Trinity College Dublin, 2024Dataset, TARA - Full Text
• Paula E. Colavita; Siyu Yu; Robert Bogdanowicz, Preface: Advances and perspectives in carbon materials and technologies for energy and sustainability applications, Diamond and Related Materials, 155, 2025, p112314Journal Article, DOI , URL
• Christian Schröder, Hugo Nolan, Lua Henderson, Paula E. Colavita, Dataset for Study of the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde and Furfural at Heterostructured MoS2/N-Carbon Thin-Film Electrodes, Colavita Group, Trinity College Dublin, 2025Dataset, TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 49Conference Paper
• 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, 2010Conference Paper
• 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 , 2011Report
• 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]Book Chapter

• Title

  Sugar grafting to carbon surfaces for the tailoring of the biofilm-electrode interface
  Summary
  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
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  11/04/2016
  Date To

  12/04/2017
• Title

  Synthesis and structural characterization of porous manganese oxides for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications in energy conversion
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  01/10/2014
  Date To

  30/09/2016
• Title

  Development of Biomimetic Antifouling Coating Technology for Sensor and Food Applications
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  15/01/2013
  Date To

  30/05/2014
• Title

  Photochemistry on model carbon surfaces: understanding the role of photoinduced charge transfer in heterogeneous reactions of combustion carbon aerosols
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/07/2009
  Date To

  31/12/2013
• Title

  Market feasibility study on applications of GlycoCoat technology
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  15/02/2012
  Date To

  11/04/2012
• Title

  Up-Scaling of Glycoat Study and Modelling the movement of water and Salmon Aqauculture Pens
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/06/2016
  Date To

  30/11/2016
• Title

  HiBriCarbon - Mixed Biotic and abiotic functionalysed electrodes for Plant Microbial Fuel Cells applications
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  H2020
  Date From

  03/09/2018
  Date To

  02/09/2020
• Title

  Novel porous transition metal carbides as sustainable catalysts in energy-related applications
  Summary

  Postgraduate Studentship for Ms. Lua Henderson
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  01/09/2023
  Date To

  31/08/2026
• Title

  Nano2H2: Nano-electrocatalysts for sustainable hydrogen production from bio-resources
  Summary

  Fundamental research project
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/09/2022
  Date To

  31/08/2027
• Title

  Rational design of amorphous carbon materials for the control of interfacial charge transfer and catalytic properties
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  10/07/2014
  Date To

  09/07/2019
• Title

  Advancing the green transition via novel electrode materials for valorisation processes
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/09/2020
  Date To

  30/06/2025
• Title

  Understanding lipid/carbon interactions for the rational design of biomaterials
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/04/2013
  Date To

  31/10/2017
• Title

  Natural antifouling coatings via photochemical reactions
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/01/2013
  Date To

  30/04/2014
• Title

  New biocompatible carbon coatings for implants and biodevices
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/01/2012
  Date To

  31/03/2013
• Title

  FREMAB - Environmentally friendly carbon cathode electrocatalysts for metal-air batteries
  Summary
  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
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  01/10/2014
  Date To

  30/09/2018
• Title

  New delivery agents for nanosized zero-valent iron: Fe/C nanocomposites for in situ reductive remediation of pollutants
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency Ireland
  Date From

  1/10/2008
  Date To

  4/01/2013
• Title

  Development of Cleanliness Control Protocols for Beer Dispensing Systems
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  01/07/2014
  Date To

  31/12/2015
• Title

  EXAFS studies of Mn/Ru mixed oxide electrodes with exceptional OER catalytic activity
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  SOLEIL Synchrotron
  Date From

  20/09/2016
  Date To

  26/09/2016

Nanotechnology, Electrical engineering, Chemical Sciences, Condensed matter physics,

• Peyton Teague Graduate Fellowship 2000
• Joseph B. Bouknight Teaching Award 2000 and 2001
• Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2021
• Dean's Fellowship 2000
• Guy Lipscomb Award for Excellence in Chemistry & Biochemistry for Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student April 6, 2005
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, awarded by NSF August 2001

• American Chemical Society present
• Royal Society of Chemistry present