NPCAM Host Laboratories (outside TCD)
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2019-2020
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
        
    	| Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics | Jung | Atomic level study of electric field effect on 2D materials | 
    
    	| University of Sydney | Neto | Development of superhydrophobic surfaces by mimicking natural patterns found in nature | 
    
    	| California Insitute of Technology | Atwater | An investigation into the phase transition mechanisms of MoWTe2 Ditelluride using applied electric fields | 
    
    	| University of Mons | Konstantinidis | The synthesis of nanoparticles by plasma - assisted sputter deposition onto liquid substrates | 
    
    	| ETH Zurich | Ensslin | Quantum dots in bilayer graphene | 
    
    	| Imperial College London | Titirici | Sn/C electrodes for Na ion batteries | 
    
    	| Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin | Cocchi | Investigation into the Electronic Structure of Metal-Organic Compounds | 
    
    	| Universitaet Regensburg | Repp | Characterizing the chemical and electronic structures of organic polymers by means of scanning probe microscopy | 
    
 	  
2018-2019
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
        
    	| Queen Mary Uiversity of London | Ana Sobrido | Sustainable biomass derived electrodes and their application in redox flow | 
    
    	| Grossman Group, MIT | Owen Morris | Natural Carbon Nanoparticles for Electronic Devices | 
    
        | Jeff Grossman | Graphene-based nanofiltration membranes for water treatment and chemical separations | 
    
    	| University of Calgary | Roland Roesler | Asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbenes with vinyl and allyl pendant arms | 
    
    	| Tyndall National Institute | Aidan Quinn | Analysis of temperature dependent current-voltage and capacitance-voltage characteristics of direct laser induced graphene (LIG) passive devices | 
    
    	| Humboldt University Berlin | Nicola Pinna | Formation of noble porous materials from a colloidal approach | 
    
    	| Freie Universität Berlin | Katharina Franke | Experimental Nanophysics - Chiral Molecules On Superconductors | 
    
 	  
2017-2018
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
    
    	| Stanford University | Alberto Salleo | novel materials and processing techniques for large-area and flexible electronic/photonic devices | 
    
       	| Rice University | Hemtej Gullapalli | advanced nanomaterials for alternative energy, multifunctional nanocomposites, and electronics | 
    
        | Tiva Sharifi | sensor technologies | 
    
    	| The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego | Evan Powers | energetics and mechanisms of protein folding and aggregation | 
    
    	| Grossman Group, MIT | Owen Morris | nanomaterials and energy related applications | 
    
    	| TU Wien | Hinrich Grothe | the impact of the atmosphere on various materials and the impact of various materials on the atmosphere | 
    
    	| ETH Zurich | Robert Grass | the interface of nanoparticles, surfaces and biochemistry | 
    
       	| Pietro Gambardella | magnetic phenomena in materials with tailored structural and electronic properties | 
    
    	| Soochow University | Baoquan Sun | ... | 
    
       	| Zhang Lui | functional inorganic nanomaterials | 
    
    	| Humboldt University Berlin | Jörg Polte | Colloidal nanoparticles | 
    
       	| Oliver Benson | light-matter interaction on the nanoscale | 
     
    	| University Technology Sydney | John Canning | interfacial interactions | 
    
    	| University of Bologna | Daniela Cavalcoli | semiconductor materials | 
    
    	| Institute of Applied Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg | Thomas Higgins | Solution-processing of electrolyte-gated field-effect transistors containing 2D nanomaterials | 
    
    
    	| The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hoi-Sing Kwok | Display technologies and nanotechnologies | 
    
 
     
2016-2017
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
    
    	| Stanford University | Michael McGehee | Developing new perovskite materials for tandem solar cells | 
    
       	| University of Wollongong Australia | Gordon Wallace | New systems to electrocoagulate collagen | 
    
    	| The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego | Evan Powers | energetics and mechanisms of protein folding and aggregation | 
    
    	| Infineon Technologies AG | Mahmoud Ismail | nanomaterials and energy related applications | 
    
    	| Heidelberg University | Thomas Higgins/Claudia Backes | Preparation of tungsten trioxide thin films and characterisation of their optoelectronic properties | 
    
    	| ETH Zurich | Klaus Ensslin | Nanofabrication of Van der Waals heterostructures for quantum transport studies | 
    
    	| Soochow University | Prof. Jianxin Tang | Flexible organic optoelectronic devices for wearable electronics | 
    
       	| Zhang Lui | Synthesis of CaCO3 nanoparticles for use as a drug delivery system for various anti-cancer therapeutics | 
    
    	| California Institute of Technology | Harry Atwater | Artificial Photosynthesis: Electrochemical Characterisation of  Plasmonic Nanostructures as Effective Electrodes for CO2 Reduction | 
    
    	| Intelligent Polymers Research Institute, University of Wollongong | Geoff Spinks | Fabricating 3D Structured Gel Actuators | 
 
     
2015-2016
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
    
    	| University of Regensburg, Germany | Wolfram Ratzke/Sebastian Bange/John Lupton | The Fabrication of Metal Free Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Thermal Evaporation | 
    
       	| ETH, Zurich | Klaus Ensslin/Hiske Overweg/Marius Eich | Fabrication and Low Temperature Measurement of a Dual-gated Bilayer Graphene Device | 
    
    	| Université de Montréal | Stéphane Kéna-Cohen | Analysis of Wetting Behaviour of Ag Thin Films Grown on (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) Treated Glass | 
    
    	| Université de Lille | Marc Visseaux/Andre Mortreux/Thomas Chenal | Synthesis of long chain alcohols by oxidation from dialkylmagnesium oligomerised by ethylene | 
    
    	| University of Wollongong, Australia | David Officer | The Characterisation of Photoactive Materials and their Application in the Chemopropulsion - Based Fluidic Transport Sytems | 
    
    	| Universitat zu Berlin | Klaus Rademann/Jorg Polte | Growth Mechanism of Bimetallic Nanoparticles | 
    
    	| Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics | Jun Wang/Xiaoyan Zhang | Investigation of the Nonlinear Optical Properties of MoS2-Wrapped Carbon Nanotube Composites | 
    
    	| Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Soochow University China | Yanguang Li | Nanostructured Nickel Sulphide Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries | 
    
       	| Wanli Ma | Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells | 
 
	 
2014-2015
	
    
	
		| Institute | Supervisor | Research | 
    
    	| ETH Zurich; Paul Scherrer Institute | Petr Novak | Finding the perfect carbon for Li-S batteries | 
    
        | Investigation of the early stages of the surface layer formation on cycled HE-NCM vs. LTO electrodes using XPS and SEM | 
    
    	| Humboldt University, Berlin | Nicola Pinna | Synthesis and Analysis of a Range of Luminescing Boehmite Hybrid Nanoplatelets for Applications in white-LEDs | 
    
       	| Klaus Rademann | Synthesis of long chain alcohols by oxidation from dialkylmagnesium oligomerised by ethylene | 
    
       	| Ingo Salzmann | How does doping of thiophene-based organic semiconductors with modern molecular donors/acceptors work? | 
    
    	| INP Toulouse | Corinne Lacaze-Dufaure/Thomas Duguet | Surface science applied to model polymer composite surfaces | 
    
    	| University of North Carolina | James Cahoon | A Kinetic Study of Si Nanowires Grown by the Vapour-Solid-Solid Mechanism | 
    
    	| Universite de Montreal | Julian Zhu | The Synthesis, Characterisation and Rheological Properties of a Low- Molecular-Weight Hydrogelator based on Cholic Acid | 
    
    	| University of Calgary | Paul Barclay | Efficient broadband optical coupling between tapered optical fibre and diamond nanobeam waveguide | 
    
      	| Simon Trudel | magnetic nano-particle synthesis and characterisation | 
    
    	| Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse | Christophe MINGOTAUD | The Study of Copper-Polymer Complexes for the Catalysis of Water Depollution via the Photo-Fenton-like Reaction |