Dr. Larisa Florea

• Daikuzono, Cristiane M., Delaney, Colm, Morrin, Aoife, Diamond, Dermot, Florea, Larisa, Oliveira, Osvaldo N., Paper based electronic tongue: a low-cost solution for the distinction of sugar type and apple juice brand, The Analyst, 144, (8), 2019, p2827-2832Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Danielle Bruen, Paula P. Campos, Marystela Ferreira, Dermot Diamond, Colm Delaney*, Larisa Florea*, Boronic Acid Homopolymers as Effective Polycations for Sugar-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Assemblies, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 1, (5), 2019, p990 - 996Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Sara Zarghami, Yang Xiao, Pawel Wagner, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, David L. Officer, Klaudia Wagner, Dual Droplet Functionality: Phototaxis and Photopolymerization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, (34), 2019, p31484-31489Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Danielle Bruen, Colm Delaney, Johnson Chung, Kalani Ruberu, Gordon G. Wallace, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, 3D Printed Sugar-Sensing Hydrogels, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Danielle Bruen, Colm Delaney, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, Fluorescent Probes for Sugar Detection, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018Journal Article, 2018
• Yang Xiao, Sara Zarghami, Klaudia Wagner, Pawel Wagner, Keith C. Gordon, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, David L. Officer, Moving Droplets in 3D Using Light, Advanced Materials, 30, (35), 2018, p1801821Journal Article, 2018
• Paula P. Campos, Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Cara Moloney, Simon E. Moulton, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Marystela Ferreira, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, Photoswitchable Layer-by-Layer Coatings Based on Photochromic Polynorbornenes Bearing Spiropyran Side Groups, Langmuir, 2018Journal Article, 2018
• Wayne Francis, Klaudia Wagner, Stephen Beirne, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Electrotactic ionic liquid droplets, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017Journal Article, 2017
• C. M. Daikuzono, C. Delaney, H. Tesfay, L. Florea, O. N. Oliveira, A. Morrin, D. Diamond, Impedance spectroscopy for monosaccharides detection using responsive hydrogel modified paper-based electrodes, The Analyst, 142, (7), 2017, p1133--1139Journal Article, 2017
• Alexandru Tudor, Janire Saez, Larisa Florea, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Dermot Diamond, Poly (ionic liquid) thermo-responsive hydrogel microfluidic actuators, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017Journal Article, 2017
• Wayne Francis, Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Spiropyran Based Hydrogels Actuators- Walking in the Light, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017Journal Article, 2017
• Florea, Larisa, Alain Martin-Mayor, M. Mounir Bou-Ali, Kate Meagher, Dermot Diamond, Mustafa Tutar, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Adaptive coatings based on polyaniline for direct 2D observation of diffusion processes in microfluidic systems, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Grogan, Catherine, Larisa Florea, Slavica Koprivica, Silvia Scarmagnani, Luke O'Neill, Fiona Lyng, Fran Pedreschi, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Roberto Raiteri, Microcantilever arrays functionalised with spiropyran photoactive moieties as systems to measure photo-induced surface stress changes, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Opto-Smart Systems in Microfluidics in, 2016, [Florea, Larisa, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez]Book Chapter, 2016
• Tudor, Alexandru, Larisa Florea, Simon Gallagher, John Burns, and Dermot Diamond, Poly (Ionic Liquid) Semi-Interpenetrating Network Multi-Responsive Hydrogels, Sensors, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Ziółkowski, Bartosz, Larisa Florea, Jannick Theobald, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Porous self-protonating spiropyran-based NIPAAm gels with improved reswelling kinetics, Journal of materials science, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Solvato-morphologically controlled, reversible NIPAAm hydrogel photoactuators, RSC Advances, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Deignan, J., M. Jacobs, L. Florea, S. Coyle, D. Diamond, M. Pacelli, R. Paradiso, Textile piezoresistive sensors for on-body measurement of spinal extension, SENSORS, 2016 IEEE, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• Matzeu, Giusy, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Advances in wearable chemical sensor design for monitoring biological fluids, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015Journal Article, 2015
• (ed.), Microcantilever arrays coated with photoactive polymeric brushes as systems to measure photo-induced surface stress changes, 2015Proceedings of a Conference, 2015
• Wayne Francis, Cormac Fay, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Self-propelled chemotactic ionic liquid droplets, Chemical Communications, 2015Journal Article, 2015
• Aishling Dunne, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Solvato-morphologically controlled, reversible photo-actuated hydrogels, operative in neutral environments, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 2015 Transducers-2015 18th International Conference on, 2015Journal Article, 2015
• Gallagher, Simon, Andrew Kavanagh, Bartosz Zíołkowski, Larisa Florea, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Kevin Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Ionic liquid modulation of swelling and LCST behavior of N-isopropylacrylamide polymer gels, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Larisa Florea, Klaudia Wagner, Pawel Wagner, Gordon G. Wallace, Fernando Benito‐Lopez, David L. Officer, and Dermot Diamond, Photo-Chemopropulsion--Light-Stimulated Movement of Microdroplets, Advanced Materials, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Stumpel, Jelle E., Bartosz Ziółkowski, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Dirk J. Broer, and Albertus PHJ Schenning, Photoswitchable ratchet surface topographies based on self-protonating spiropyran--NIPAAM hydrogels, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Larisa Florea, Silvia Scarmagnani, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Self-assembled solvato-morphologically controlled photochromic crystals, Chemical Communications, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Simon Gallagher, Larisa Florea, Kevin J. Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Swelling and shrinking properties of thermo-responsive polymeric ionic liquid hydrogels with embedded linear pNIPAAM, International journal of molecular sciences, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Wagner, Klaudia, Michele Zanoni, Anastasia BS Elliott, Pawel Wagner, Robert Byrne, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Keith C. Gordon, Gordon G. Wallace, and David L. Officer, A merocyanine-based conductive polymer, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Larisa Florea, Cormac Fay, Emer Lahiff, Thomas Phelan, Noel E. O'Connor, Brian Corcoran, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Dynamic pH mapping in microfluidic devices by integrating adaptive coatings based on polyaniline with colorimetric imaging techniques, Lab on a Chip, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Polyaniline coated micro-capillaries for continuous flow analysis of aqueous solutions, Analytica chimica acta, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Ziółkowski, Bartosz, Larisa Florea, Jannick Theobald, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Self-protonating spiropyran-co-NIPAM-co-acrylic acid hydrogel photoactuators, Soft Matter, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Larisa Florea, Aoife McKeon, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Spiropyran polymeric microcapillary coatings for photodetection of solvent polarity, Langmuir, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Gallagher, Simon, Andrew Kavanagh, Larisa Florea, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Kevin J. Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Temperature and pH triggered release characteristics of water/fluorescein from 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate based ionogels, Chemical Communications, 2013Journal Article, 2013
• Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito‐Lopez, Photo-Responsive Polymeric Structures Based on Spiropyran, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2012Journal Article, 2012
• , Synthesis and characterisation of spiropyran-polymer brushes in micro-capillaries: Towards an integrated optical sensor for continuous flow analysis, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2012Journal Article, 2012
• Larisa Florea, Emer Lahiff, and Dermot Diamond, Modified polyaniline nanofibres for ascorbic acid detection, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Larisa Florea, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Alexandre Hennart, and Dermot Diamond, Photo-detection of solvent polarities using non-invasive coatings in capillaries, Procedia Engineering, 2011Journal Article, 2011
• Adil Palani, Larisa Florea, Evangelos Gerasimou, Sabina Nitu, Carol Csunderlik, and Monika Simon, Study of the N-methylcarbamylsuccinamic Acid Synthesis, Revista de Chimie, 2010Journal Article, 2010
• Tudor A., Delaney C., Zhang H., Thompson A.J., Curto V.F., Yang G.-Z., Higgins M.J., Diamond D., Florea L., Fabrication of soft, stimulus-responsive structures with sub-micron resolution via two-photon polymerization of poly(ionic liquid)s, Materials Today, 21, (8), 2018, p807 - 816, p807-816Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Dunne A., Delaney C., McKeon A., Nesterenko P., Paull B., Benito-Lopez F., Diamond D., Florea L., Micro-capillary coatings based on spiropyran polymeric brushes for metal ion binding, detection, and release in continuous flow, Sensors (Switzerland), 18, (4), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Saez J., Glennon T., Czugala M., Tudor A., Ducree J., Diamond D., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Reusable ionogel-based photo-actuators in a lab-on-a-disc, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 257, 2018, p963 - 970, p963-970Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Akyazi T., Tudor A., Diamond D., Basabe-Desmonts L., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Driving flows in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices with a cholinium based poly(ionic liquid) hydrogel, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 261, 2018, p372 - 378, p372-378Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Maresova E., Tomecek D., Fitl P., Vlcek J., Novotny M., Fiser L., Havlova S., Hozak P., Tudor A., Glennon T., Florea L., Coyle S., Diamond D., Skalican Z., Hoskovcova M., Vrnata M., Textile chemiresistors with sensitive layers based on polymer ionic liquids: Applicability for detection of toxic gases and chemical warfare agents, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 266, 2018, p830 - 840, p830-840Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Bruen D., Delaney C., Florea L., Diamond D., Glucose sensing for diabetes monitoring: Recent developments, Sensors (Switzerland), 17, (8), 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Akyazi T., Saez J., Tudor A., Delaney C., Francis W., Diamond D., Basabe-Desmonts L., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Applications of Ionic Liquid Materials in Microfluidic Devices, RSC Smart Materials, 2018-January, (28), 2018, p234 - 271, p234-271Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Holmes R., Yang X.-B., Dunne A., Florea L., Wood D., Tronci G., Thiol-ene photo-click collagen-PEG hydrogels: Impact of water-soluble photoinitiators on cell viability, gelation kinetics and rheological properties, Polymers, 9, (6), 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Coyle S., Curto V.F., Benito-Lopez F., Florea L., Diamond D., Wearable Bio and Chemical Sensors, Wearable Sensors: Fundamentals, Implementation and Applications, 2014, p65 - 83, p65-83Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Grogan C., Amarandei G., Lawless S., Pedreschi F., Lyng F., Benito-Lopez F., Raiteri R., Florea L., Silicon microcantilever sensors to detect the reversible conformational change of a molecular switch, Spiropyan, Sensors, 20, (3), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Bartosz ZIOLKOWSKI: Larisa FLOREA, Dermot Diamond, 'Photo-responsive spiropyran-based n-isopropylacrylamide (nipam) gels', HANNA MOORE + CURLEY , WO/2015/011211, 2015Patent, 2015, URL
• Marc del Pozo, Colm Delaney, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Dermot Diamond, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Larisa Florea, Direct Laser Writing of Four-Dimensional Structural Color Microactuators Using a Photonic Photoresist, ACS Nano, 2020Journal Article, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• Delaney, Colm, Geoghegan, Niamh, Ibrahim, Hossam, O'Loughlin, Mark Thomas, Rodriguez, Brian J., Florea, Larisa, Kelleher, Susan M, Direct Laser Writing to Generate Molds for Polymer Nanopillar Replication, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Florea, L., Magnetic movement under the spotlight, Science Robotics, 5, (49), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
• Geoghegan, N. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and O'Loughlin, M. and Kelleher, S.M., Two-photon polymerization of masters for polymeric nanopillar replication, 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020; Virtual, Online, 2020, pp368-369Conference Paper, 2020, URL
• del Pozo, M. and Delaney, C. and Bastiaansen, C.W.M. and Diamond, D. and Schenning, A.P.H.J. and Florea, L., Four-dimensional photonic micro-actuators for microfluidics applications, 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020; Virtual, Online, 2020, pp346-347Conference Paper, 2020, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Colm Delaney, Jing Qian, Xia Zhang, Radislav Potyrailo, A. Louise Bradley, Larisa Florea, Direct laser writing of vapour-responsive photonic arrays, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9, 2021, p11674 - 11678Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Marc del Pozo, Colm Delaney, Marina Pilz da Cunha, Michael G. Debije, Larisa Florea, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Temperature-Responsive 4D Liquid Crystal Microactuators Fabricated by Direct Laser Writing by Two-Photon Polymerization, Small Structures, 2021, p10.1002/sstr.2Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
• Dunne, A. and Ardle, S.M. and Hennessy, J. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., PH and photo-responsive hydrogel actuators, 2016, pp1138-1139Conference Paper, 2016, URL
• Akyazi, T. and Tudor, A. and Diamond, D. and Basabe-Desmonts, L. and Florea, L. and Benito-Lopez, F., Cholinium based poly ionic liquid hydrogel as negative flow passive pump in paper-based analytical devices, 2016, pp11-12Conference Paper, 2016, URL
• Tudor, A. and Saez, J. and Florea, L. and Benito-Lopez, F. and Diamond, D., Temperature-controlled poly(ionic liquid) microfluidic valves, 2016, pp1134-1135Conference Paper, 2016, URL
• Francis, W. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., Self-powered micro-droplets for biomimetic microfluidics, 2016, pp758-759Conference Paper, 2016, URL
• Glennon, T. and Saez, J. and Czugala, M. and Florea, L. and McNamara, E. and Fraser, K.J. and Ducree, J. and Diamond, D. and Benito-Lopez, F., Photo-switchable microvalve in a reusable Lab-on-a-disc, (7180873), 2015, pp109-112Conference Paper, 2015, DOI , URL
• Tudor, A. and Gallagher, S. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., Poly(ionic liquid) based dual responsive smart hydrogels, 2015, pp1542-1544Conference Paper, 2015, URL
• Deignan, J. and Florea, L. and Coyle, S. and Diamond, D., Wearable chemical sensing - Optimizing Platforms and sensitivity for real-time sweat analysis, 2014, pp2184-2186Conference Paper, 2014, URL
• Dunne, A. and Francis, W. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D. and Ramadan, M., Stimuli-Controlled Fluid Control and Microvehicle Movement in Microfluidic Channels, 2021, 128-157ppBook, 2021, DOI , URL
• J. Qian, C. Delaney, L. Florea and A. L. Bradley, Direct laser writing of submicron photonic arrays for vapor responsive sensing, E-MRS 2022, Strasbourg, 1/6/2022, 2022Poster, 2022
• J. Qian, S. Kolagatla, A. Pacalovas, X. Zhang, L. Florea, A. L. Bradley, and C. Delaney, Responsive spiral photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, pattern transformation and encryption, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Alexa Ennis, Deanna Nicdao, Srikanth Kolagatla, Luke Dowling, Yekaterina Tskhe, Alex J. Thompson, Daniel Trimble, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, Two-Photon Polymerization of Sugar Responsive 4D Microstructures, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Murphy, R.D. and Delaney, C. and Kolagatla, S. and Florea, L. and Hawker, C.J. and Heise, A., Design of Statistical Copolypeptides as Multipurpose Hydrogel Resins in 3D Printing, Advanced Functional Materials, 33, (52), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Florea, L. and Blasco, E. and Mattoli, V., New Frontiers in Materials and Technologies for 3D Two Photon Polymerization, Advanced Functional Materials, 33, (39), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Geoghegan, N. and O'Loughlin, M. and Delaney, C. and Rochfort, K.D. and Kennedy, M. and Kolagatla, S. and Podhorska, L. and Rodriguez, B.J. and Florea, L. and Kelleher, S.M., Controlled degradation of polycaprolactone-based micropillar arrays, Biomaterials Science, 11, (9), 2023, p3077-3091Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Donato, S. and Nocentini, S. and Martella, D. and Kolagatla, S. and Wiersma, D.S. and Parmeggiani, C. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L., Liquid Crystalline Network Microstructures for Stimuli Responsive Labels with Multi-Level Encryption, Small, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Qian, J. and Kolagatla, S. and Pacalova, A. and Zhang, X. and Florea, L. and Delaney, C. and Bradley, A.L., TPL-fabricated responsive hydrogel-based micro photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2023, 12663, (1266304), 2023Conference Paper, 2023, DOI , URL
• Augustine, A. and Qian, J. and Faraone, T. and Kolagatla, S. and Prochukhan, N. and Morris, M.A. and Bradley, A.L. and Florea, L. and Delaney, C., Direct Laser Writing of Silica Nanoparticle Nanocomposites: Probing Mechanical Reinforcement and Understanding Structural Color from Design Parameters, Small, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zari, E. and Grillo, D. and Tan, Z. and Swiatek, N. and Linfoot, J.D. and Borvorntanajanya, K. and Nasca, L. and Pierro, E. and Florea, L. and Dini, D. and Rodriguez Y Baena, F., A Reinforced Light-Responsive Hydrogel for Soft Robotics Actuation, 2024, pp270-275Conference Paper, 2024, DOI , URL
• Lázaro, Isabel Abánades and Anastasaki, Athina and Ardoña, Herdeline Ann M. and Arguilla, Maxx Q. and Bati, Abdulaziz S.R. and Batmunkh, Munkhbayar and Besford, Quinn A. and Browne, Michelle P. and Bryant, Saffron J. and Carlotti, Marco and Contini, Claudia and Delaney, Colm and Draper, Emily R. and Elbourne, Aaron and Evans, Jack D. and Florea, Larisa and Forner-Cuenca, Antoni and Forse, Alexander C. and Gonzalez, Miguel I. and Krause, Simon and Lee, Hiang Kwee and Lerch, Michael M. and Liu, Shi and López-Salas, Nieves and Martin-Martinez, Francisco J. and Pezzato, Cristian and Protesescu, Loredana and Schaufelberger, Fredrik and Pascual, Paula Sebastián and Fernández, Aránzazu Sierra and Tarpeh, William A. and Vilé, Gianvito and von Krbek, Larissa K.S. and Wang, Hongzhang and Wu, Tailin and Wells, Connor J.R. and Cranford, Steven W., 35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2024, Matter, 7, (11), 2024, p3699 â€" 3706Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Qian, Jing and Kolagatla, Srikanth and Zhang, Xia and Florea, Larisa and Delaney, Colm and Bradley, A. Louise, Novel applications based on dynamic color of photonic structures printed by two-photon lithography, Novel Optical Materials and Applications 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL
• Florea, Larisa and Diamond, Dermot, Sensors and †The internet of biochemical things†, Frontiers in Sensors, 3, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Rodrigues, Jose F. and Florea, Larisa and de Oliveira, Maria C. F. and Diamond, Dermot and Oliveira, Osvaldo N., Big data and machine learning for materials science, Discover Materials , 1, (1), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Jing Qian, Yekaterina Tskhe, A. Louise Bradley, Larisa Florea, and Colm Delaney, A Robust pH Sensing Module Utilizing Reproducible Structural Colour Fabricated by Two-Photon Polymerisation, EOSAM 2025, 2025Conference Paper, 2025, DOI , TARA - Full Text

• A. L. Bradley, Responsive spiral photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, pattern transformation and encryption, Biophotonics Seminar, IPIC Tyndall, 16/09/2022, 2022, IPICInvited Talk

• Title

  Functional & Dynamic 3D Nano- Micro- Devices by Direct Multi-Photon Lithography
  Summary

  5D NanoPrinting project aims to provide an innovative integrated technological approach, based on two-photon 3D direct printing processes, for the development (prototyping) of functional 3D Nano- MicroDevices (NEMS/MEMS).
  Funding Agency

  European Commission
  Date From

  01/09/2020
  Date To

  31/08/2024
• Title

  Artificial micro-vehicles with life-like behaviour (ChemLife)
  Summary

  The ChemLife project seeks to develop new bio-inspired microscopic vehicles fabricated from stimuli-responsive materials using advanced 3D fabrication technologies. These soft, smart vehicles will be designed to swim or crawl through fluids to actively recognise, sense, and respond to the external environment.
  Funding Agency

  European Commission
  Date From

  1/10/2018
  Date To

  30/09/2023
• Title

  The Development of Chemopropulsion-based Fluidic Transport Systems
  Summary

  This project signifies a curious meeting of intriguing chemistry and biomimicry, allowing for the motion of microscopic droplets, which behave like cargo-carrying vesicles found in biology. This work has tremendous implication for the area of molecular diagnostics and biological analysis, as the concept combines the field of droplet microfluidics (possibility for DNA amplification, polymerase chain reaction and sensitive detection of rare mutant DNA) with a precise optical control of the process. Light provides contactless stimulation, biocompatibility and a non-invasive and highly precise control of these vehicles in both time and space.
  Funding Agency

  Australian Research Council
  Date From

  2015
  Date To

  2019
• Title

  Smart coatings for medical devices
  Summary

  The objective of the project is the development of stimuli-responsive coatings of adjustable friction coefficient for improved manipulation of medical devices in-vivo.
  Funding Agency

  Industry co-funded project (SFI/AMBER - Stryker)
  Date From

  1/01/2020
  Date To

  31/12/2020
• Title

  SFI-AMBER PhD Programme
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
  Date From

  1/10/2018
  Date To

  30/09/2022

Chemical Sciences, Condensed matter physics, Materials and resources engineering, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Nanotechnology,

• European Research Council Starting Grant 2018
• SFI UREKA Ireland - Undergraduate Research Experience & Knowledge Award Winner 2008
• Invent Commercialisation Award, conferred by Dublin City University for the collaboration with UES & GE Global Research 2016
• IRC Laureate STG Award Winner 2018
• Irish Research Council PhD scholarship award winner - EMBARK Initiative 2009

• Member of European COST Action MP1205 - 'Advances in Optofluidics' 2017

• Evaluator, several H2020 calls (e.g. H2020-PHC-2014-Stage 1&2, 2020-PHC-2015-Stage 1, H2020-FET OPEN)
• Reviewer for several internationally recognised journals: Science Robotics, Lab on a Chip, Sensors and Actuators B, Advanced Materials, among others.
• Review Editor, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Elsevier