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Professor Werner Blau
Fellow Emeritus, Physics

Biography

Born in 1954 in Regensburg, Germany.

1979 & 1983 Dipl. Phys. Univ. and Dr. rer.nat. (PhD equiv.) Degrees from Regensburg University, Germany since 1983 in Trinity College Dublin 1986-1991 Lecturer in the Science of Materials/Physics 1991 - 2003 Associate Professor in the Science of Materials/Physics 1998 - 2003 Head of Department of the Physics Department 2002 Awarded ScD Degree by Trinity College Dublin 2003 Personal Chair in Physics of Advanced Materials

§ Fellow of the Institute of Physics § Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology § Fellow of Trinity College Dublin § Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Wang, G. and Bennett, D. and Zhang, C. and Ã" Coileáin, C. and Liang, M. and McEvoy, N. and Wang, J.J. and Wang, J. and Wang, K. and Nicolosi, V. and Blau, W.J., Two-Photon Absorption in Monolayer MXenes, Advanced Optical Materials, 8, (9), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Wang, G. and Wang, K. and McEvoy, N. and Bai, Z. and Cullen, C.P. and Murphy, C.N. and McManus, J.B. and Magan, J.J. and Smith, C.M. and Duesberg, G.S. and Kaminer, I. and Wang, J. and Blau, W.J., Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics and Bandgap Renormalization in Layered PtSe2, Small, (1902728), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Wang, G. and Baker-Murray, A.A. and Blau, W.J., Saturable Absorption in 2D Nanomaterials and Related Photonic Devices, Laser and Photonics Reviews, 13, (7), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Arpaçay, P. and Maity, P. and El-Zohry, A.M. and Meindl, A. and Akca, S. and Plunkett, S. and Senge, M.O. and Blau, W.J. and Mohammed, O.F., Controllable Charge-Transfer Mechanism at Push-Pull Porphyrin/Nanocarbon Interfaces, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, (23), 2019, p14283-14291 Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Wang, K. and Zhang, X. and Kislyakov, I.M. and Dong, N. and Zhang, S. and Wang, G. and Fan, J. and Zou, X. and Du, J. and Leng, Y. and Zhao, Q. and Wu, K. and Chen, J. and Baesman, S.M. and Liao, K.-S. and Maharjan, S. and Zhang, H. and Zhang, L. and Curran, S.A. and Oremland, R.S. and Blau, W.J. and Wang, J., Bacterially synthesized tellurium nanostructures for broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical applications, Nature Communications, 10, (1), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Gaozhong Wang, Aidan A. Baker-Murray, Xiaoyan Zhang, Daniel Bennett, Jing Jing Wang, Jun Wang, Kangpeng Wang, and Werner J. Blau, Broadband saturable absorption and exciton-exciton annihilation in MoSe2 composite thin films, Optical Materials Express, 9, (2), 2019, p483 - 496 Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text URL

Wang G, Liang G, Baker-Murray A.A, Wang K, Wang J.J, Zhang X, Bennett D, Luo J.-T, Wang J, Fan P, Blau W.J, Nonlinear optical performance of few-layer molybdenum diselenide as a slow-saturable absorber, Photonics Research, 6, (7), 2018, p674 - 680 Journal Article, 2018 URL DOI

SzydÅ'owska B.M, Tywoniuk B, Blau W.J, Size-Dependent Nonlinear Optical Response of Black Phosphorus Liquid Phase Exfoliated Nanosheets in Nanosecond Regime, ACS Photonics, 5, (9), 2018, p3608 - 3612 Journal Article, 2018 DOI URL

Wang G, Blau W, Dependence of excited carrier dynamics of PtSe<inf>2</inf> thin films on thickness, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 2018, Part F98-BGPPM 2018, 2018 Conference Paper, 2018 DOI URL

I Mirza, D.McCloskey, W. J. Blau and J. G. Lunney, Mechanism of large optical nonlinearity in gold nanoparticle films, Optics Letters, 43, (7), 2018, p1455 - 1458 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Wang G, Higgins S, Wang K, Bennett D, Milosavljevic N, Magan J.J, Zhang S, Zhang X, Wang J, Blau W.J, Intensity-dependent nonlinear refraction of antimonene dispersions in the visible and near-infrared region, Applied Optics, 57, (22), 2018, pE147 - E153 Journal Article, 2018 URL DOI

Wang G, Wang K, Blau W.J, Ultrafast Experimental Analysis and Comparative Performance of a Graphene Saturable Mirror at 2 ÎŒm Wavelength, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings, 2018, 2018 Conference Paper, 2018 URL

Gough, J.J., Siewerska, K.E., Mehigan, S., (...), McCabe, E., Bradley, A.L. , Influence of graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticle composites on the fluorescence properties of organic dyes, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17, (12), 2017, p8901-8911 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Wang, G. and Wang, K. and SzydÅ'owska, B.M. and Baker-Murray, A.A. and Wang, J.J. and Feng, Y. and Zhang, X. and Wang, J. and Blau, W.J., Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Graphene Saturable Mirror in the 2 ÎŒm Wavelength Region, Laser and Photonics Reviews, 11, (5), 2017 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Bai, Z. and Tao, G. and Li, Y. and He, J. and Wang, K. and Wang, G. and Jiang, X. and Wang, J. and Blau, W. and Zhang, L., Fabrication and near-infrared optical responses of 2D periodical Au/ITO nanocomposite arrays, Photonics Research, 5, (4), 2017, p280-286 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

J. J. Gough, K. Siewerska, S. Mehigan, D. Hanlon, C. Backes, Z. Gholamvand, B. M. Szydloska, W. J. Blau, E. McCabe and A. L. Bradley, Influence of graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticle composites on the fluorescence properties of organic dyes, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials, 17, 2017, p8946 - 8952 Journal Article, 2017 DOI TARA - Full Text

Zhang, X. and Selkirk, A. and Zhang, S. and Huang, J. and Li, Y. and Xie, Y. and Dong, N. and Cui, Y. and Zhang, L. and Blau, W.J. and Wang, J., MoS2/Carbon Nanotube Coreâ€"Shell Nanocomposites for Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Performance, Chemistry - A European Journal, 23, (14), 2017, p3321-3327 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Wang K, SzydÅ'owska B.M, Wang G, Zhang X, Wang J.J, Magan J.J, Zhang L, Coleman J.N, Wang J, Blau W.J, Ultrafast Nonlinear Excitation Dynamics of Black Phosphorus Nanosheets from Visible to Mid-Infrared, ACS Nano, 10, (7), 2016, p6923 - 6932 Journal Article, 2016 URL DOI

Chen Y, Bai T, Dong N, Fan F, Zhang S, Zhuang X, Sun J, Zhang B, Zhang X, Wang J, Blau W.J, Graphene and its derivatives for laser protection, Progress in Materials Science, 84, 2016, p118 - 157 Journal Article, 2016 DOI URL

Backes C, SzydÅ'owska B.M, Harvey A, Yuan S, Vega-Mayoral V, Davies B.R, Zhao P.-L, Hanlon D, Santos E.J.G, Katsnelson M.I, Blau W.J, Gadermaier C, Coleman J.N, Production of highly monolayer enriched dispersions of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets by liquid cascade centrifugation, ACS Nano, 10, (1), 2016, p1589 - 1601 Journal Article, 2016 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

Gough J.J, Siewerska K.E, Mehigan S, Hanlon D, Backes C, Gholamvand Z, Szydloska B.M, Blau W.J, McCabe E, Bradley A.L, Ag nanoparticle decorated graphene oxide: Fluorescence quenching and surface enhanced raman scattering, 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, METAMATERIALS , September, 2016, pp121 - 123 Conference Paper, 2016 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

K. Siewerska, J. J. Gough, S. Mehigan, D. Hanlon, C. Backes, Z. Gholamvand, B. M Szydloska, W. J. Blau, E. McCabe, A. L. Bradley , Influence of graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticle composites on the fluorescence properies of organic dyes, EMRS Fall, Warsaw, Poland, 2016 Invited Talk, 2016

Wang, K., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J. , Ultrafast nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction of 2D layered molybdenum dichalcogenide semiconductors, : QELS - Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2015 pp. 1551p, San Jose; United States, 2015, pp1551- Conference Paper, 2015 DOI

Zhang, X., Zhang, S., Chang, C., (...), Blau, W.J., Wang, J. , Facile fabrication of wafer-scale MoS2 neat films with enhanced third-order nonlinear optical performance, Nanoscale, 7, (7), 2015, p2978-2986 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Feng Y, Dong N, Wang G, Li Y, Zhang S, Wang K, Zhang L, Blau W.J, Wang J, Saturable absorption behavior of free-standing graphene polymer composite films over broad wavelength and time ranges, Optics Express, 23, (1), 2015, p559 - 569 Journal Article, 2015 DOI URL

Wang, K., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J., Ultrafast nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction of 2D layered molybdenum dichalcogenide semiconductors, CLEO: QELS - Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2015, CLEO: QELS - Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2015, San Jose; United States, 10-15 May, 2015, pp1551- Conference Paper, 2015 DOI

Caridad J.M, McCloskey D, Rossella F, Bellani V, Donegan J.F, Krsti- V, Effective Wavelength Scaling of and Damping in Plasmonic Helical Antennae, ACS Photonics, 2, (6), 2015, p675 - 679 Journal Article, 2015 DOI URL

Hanlon D, Backes C, Doherty E, Cucinotta CS, Berner NC, Boland C, Lee K, Harvey A, Lynch P, Gholamvand Z, Zhang S, Wang K, Moynihan G, Pokle A, Ramasse QM, McEvoy N, Blau WJ, Wang J, Abellan G, Hauke F, Hirsch A, Sanvito S, O'Regan DD, Duesberg GS, Nicolosi V, Coleman JN, Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics., Nature communications, 6, 2015, p8563 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text DOI

Bai, T., Li, C.-Q., Sun, J., (...), Zhang, B., Chen, Y. , Covalent Modification of Graphene Oxide with Carbazole Groups for Laser Protection, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2015, p4622-4627 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Zhang,Yong Y., Blau,Werner Josef W.J., Nonlinear optics: Dipoles align inside a nanotube, Nature Nanotechnology, 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Wang G, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang L, Cheng Y, Fox D, Zhang H, Coleman J.N, Blau W.J, Wang J, Tunable nonlinear refractive index of two-dimensional MoS<inf>2</inf>, WS<inf>2</inf>, and MoSe<inf>2</inf> nanosheet dispersions [Invited], Photonics Research, 3, (2), 2015, pA51 - A55 Journal Article, 2015 URL DOI

Y. Zhang, J. J. Wang, K. E. Ballantine, P. R. Eastham and W. J. Blau, Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures with unconventional nonlinear optical properties, Advanced Optical Materials, 2, 2014, p331- Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Zhang, Y., Magan, J.J., Blau, W.J. , A general strategy for hybrid thin film fabrication and transfer onto arbitrary substrates, Scientific Reports, 4, 2014, p4822- Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

Wang, G., Zhang, S., Umran, F.A., (...), Blau, W.J., Wang, J. , Tunable effective nonlinear refractive index of graphene dispersions during the distortion of spatial self-phase modulation, Applied Physics Letters, 104, (14), 2014, p141909- Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

Wang, K., Ju, Y., He, J., (...), Blau, W.J., Wang, J. , Nonlinear optical propagation in a tandem structure comprising nonlinear absorption and scattering materials, Applied Physics Letters, 104, (2), 2014, p021110- Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

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 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Wang,Kangpeng K., Feng,Yanyan Y., Chang,Chunxia C., Zhan,Jingxin J., Wang,Chengwei C., Zhao,Quanzhong Q., Coleman,Jonathan N. J.N., Zhang,Long L., Blau,Werner Josef W.J., Wang,Jun J., Broadband ultrafast nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction of layered molybdenum dichalcogenide semiconductors, Nanoscale, 6, (18), 2014, p10530-10535 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Zawadzka M, Wang J, Blau WJ, Senge MO, Modeling of nonlinear absorption of 5,10-a(2)b(2) porphyrins in the nanosecond regime., The journal of physical chemistry. A, 117, (1), 2013, p15-26 Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

Cheng X, Dong N, Li B, Zhang X, Zhang S, Jiao J, Blau WJ, Zhang L, Wang J, Controllable broadband nonlinear optical response of graphene dispersions by tuning vacuum pressure., Optics express, 21, (14), 2013, p16486-93 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text

Monika Zawadzka, Jun Wang, Werner J Blau, Mathias O Senge, Laser induced protonation of free base porphyrin in chloroform results in the enhancement of positive nonlinear absorption due to conformational distortion, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 17, (11), 2013, p1129 - 1133 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Zawadzka M, Wang J, Blau WJ, Senge MO, Nonlinear absorption properties of 5,10-A2B2 porphyrins - correlation of molecular structure with the nonlinear responses., Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 12, 2013, p996-1007 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Wachauer, A., Wang, J.J., Kelly, J.M., Blau, W.J. , Optical third-order nonlinearity of triangular silver nanoprisms, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Kohala Coast, HI; United States, edited by 21-26 July , 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Murray,Aidan A. ., Blau,Werner Josef , Nonlinear properties of graphene dispersions and thin films at a wavelength of 1.2 Î"m, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 8, (1), 2013, p23-27 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Xin Cheng, Ningning Dong, Bin Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Saifeng Zhang, Jia Jiao, Werner J. Blau, Long Zhang, and Jun Wang , Controllable broadband nonlinear optical response of graphene dispersions by tuning vacuum pressure, Optics Express, 21, (14), 2013, p16486-16493 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Zawadzka, M.; Wang, J.; Blau, W. J.; Senge, M. O., Solvent effect on the nonlinear absorption of 5,10-A2B2 meso substituted porphyrins, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 12, 2013, p1811-1823 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Mooney, Emma; Mackle, Joseph N.; Blond, David J. -P.; et al., The electrical stimulation of carbon nanotubes to provide a cardiomimetic cue to MSCs , Biomaterials, 33, (26), 2012, p6132-6139 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Zhang, L., Fan, J.T., Wang, J.H., Hu, J.M., Lotya, M., Wang, G.Z., Li, R.H., (...), Feng, Y., Graphene incorporated Q-switching of a polarizationmaintaining Yb-doped fiber laser, Laser Physics Letters, 9, (12), 2012, p888-892 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Gu, H., Li, S., Wang, J., Blau, W.J., Chen, Y., Indium(III) and Gallium(III) phthalocyanines-based nanohybrid materials for optical limiting, Materials Chemistry and Physics , 137, (1), 2012, p188-193 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Verma, Navin K.; Moore, Edward; Blau, Werner; et al., Cytotoxicity evaluation of nanoclays inhuman epithelial cell line A549 using high content screening and real-time impedance analysis., Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14, (9), 2012, p1137 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

G. Chakraborty, K. Gupta, A.K. Meikap, R. Babub, W.J. Blau, Synthesis, electrical and magnetotransport properties of polypyrrole-MWCNT nanocomposite, Solid State Communications, 152, (1), 2012, p13-18 Journal Article, 2012 TARA - Full Text

Wang, J., Liao, K.-S., Früchtl, D., Tian, Y., Gilchrist, A., Alley, N.J., Andreoli, E., (...), Curran, S.A., Nonlinear optical properties of carbon nanotube hybrids in polymer dispersions, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 133, (2-3), 2012, p992-997 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Blau Werner; Ji Wei, Feature issue introduction: nanocarbon for photonics and optoelectronics, OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS , 2, (6), 2012, p891 - 892 Journal Article, 2012 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Niall McEvoy, Nikolaos Peltekis, Shishir Kumar, Ehsan Rezvani, Hugo Nolan, Gareth P. Keeley, Werner J. Blau, Georg S. Duesberg, Synthesis and Analysis of Thin Conducting Pyrolytic Carbon Films, Carbon, 50, (3), 2012, p1216-1226 Journal Article, 2012 TARA - Full Text DOI

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 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Wang, J., Chen, Y., Li, R., Dong, H., Ju, Y., He, J., Fan, J., (...), Blau, W.J., Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites for Laser Protection, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 21, (4), 2011, p736-746 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Senge, M. O.; Fazekas, M.; Pintea, M.; Zawadzka, M.; Blau, W. J. , Synthesis of Unsymmetrical meso-Substituted Porphyrins, 1. 5,15-A2B2- and 5,15-A2BC-Type Porphyrins with Donor and Acceptor Groups for Use in Nonlinear Optics and Photodynamic Therapy, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 2011, p5797-5816 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Aoife Ryan, Brian Tuffy, Sabine Horn, Werner J. Blau, Mathias O. Senge, Carbazole-linked porphyrin dimers for organic light emitting diodes: Synthesis and initial photophysical studies, Tetrahedron, 57, (43), 2011, p8248-8254 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Reyes-Reyes, M., Carroll, D.L., Blau, W., López-Sandoval, R., Materials and devices for organic electronics , Journal of Nanotechnology, 2011, 2011, p589241- Journal Article, 2011 DOI TARA - Full Text

Mhuircheartaigh E. M., Giordani S., MacKernan D., King S.M., Rickard D., Val Verde L.M., Senge M.O. and Blau W., Molecular Engineering of Nonplanar Porphyrin and Carbon Nanotube Assemblies- a Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopic and Modeling Study, Journal of Nanotechnology, 2011, (745202), 2011, p12 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Jinhui Zhu, Yongxi Li, Yu Chen, Jun Wang, Bin Zhang, Jinjuan Zhang, Werner J. Blau, Graphene oxide covalently functionalized with zinc phthalocyanine for broadband optical limiting, Carbon, 49, (6), 2011, p1900-1905 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Chakraborty, G, Gupta, K, Meikap, AK, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Anomalous electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites below room temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, (3), 2011, 033707 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text DOI

G. Chakraborty, A.K. Meikap, R. Babu, W.J. Blau, Activation behaviour and dielectric relaxation in polyvinyl alcohol and multiwall carbon nanotube composite films, Solid State Communications, 151, (10), 2011, p754-758 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Niu, LJ, Li, PP, Chen, Y, Wang, J, Zhang, JJ, Zhang, B, Blau, WJ, Conjugated Polymer Covalently Modified Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Limiting, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 49, (1), 2011, p101-109 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Ghatak, S, Chakraborty, G, Meikap, AK, Woods, T, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 119, (2), 2011, p1016-1025 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Li, YX, Zhu, JH, Chen, Y, Zhang, JJ, Wang, J, Zhang, B, He, Y, Blau, WJ, Synthesis and strong optical limiting response of graphite oxide covalently functionalized with gallium phthalocyanine, NANOTECHNOLOGY, 22, (205704 ), 2011 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Senge, M.O., Fazekas, M., Pintea, M., Zawadzka, M., Blau, W.J., 5,15-A 2B 2- and 5,15-A 2BC-type porphyrins with donor and acceptor groups for use in nonlinear optics and photodynamic therapy, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 29, 2011, p5797-5816 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Nonlinear Optical Properties of Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Composites in, editor(s)Siva Yellampalli , Carbon Nanotubes - Synthesis, Characterization, Applications, Rijeka, Croatia, InTech Europe, 2011, pp397 - 424, [Jun Wang, Yu Chen, Rihong Li, Hongxing Dong, Long Zhang, Mustafa Lotya, Jonathan N. Coleman and Werner J. Blau] Book Chapter, 2011 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

Woods, T.W., Blau, W.J., O'Connor, K., Babu, R.P., Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of polylactide/ polyhydroxybutyrate nanoclay blends, Proceedings of GPEC 2011, Society of Plastics Engineers - Global Plastics Environmental Conference 2011, Atlanta, GA; United States, American Chemistry Council, Plastics Div.,Amway,Battelle,Denton Plastics,Eco Research Institute, 2011, pp34 Conference Paper, 2011

Mackle, J.N., Blond, D.J.-P., Mooney, E., Mcdonnell, C., Blau, W.J., Shaw, G., Barry, F.P., (...), Barron, V., In vitro Characterization of an Electroactive Carbon-Nanotube-Based Nanofiber Scaffold for Tissue Engineering, Macromolecular Bioscience, 11, (9), 2011, p1272-1282 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Peipei Li, Lijuan Niu, Yu Chen, Jun Wang, Ying Liu, Jinjuan Zhang and Werner J Blau, In situ synthesis and optical limiting response of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 22, (1, 015204), 2010 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Charles, D.E., Aherne, D., Ledwith, D.M., Gun'ko, Y.K., Kelly, J.M., Blau, W.J., Brennan-Fournet, M.E., Key role of aspect ratio in optimizing local surface plasmon sensitivities of solution phase triangular silver nanoplates, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA; United States, 30 Nov - 4 Dec, 1208, 2010, 7-12 Conference Paper, 2010

Wang, J., Lotya, M., Hernandez, Y., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J., Nonlinear transmission, scattering and optical limiting studies of graphene dispersions, Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, San Jose, CA; United States, 16-21 May, 2010, pp5500046- Conference Paper, 2010

Kumar, S., McEvoy, N., Lutz, T., Keeley, G.P., Nicolosi, V., Murray, C.P., Blau, W.J., Duesberg, G.S., Gas phase controlled deposition of high quality large-area graphene films, Chemical Communications, 46, (9), 2010, p1422-1424 Journal Article, 2010 DOI TARA - Full Text

Kobayashi T (Kobayashi, Takeyuki)1, Djiango M (Djiango, Martin)2, Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.)2 , Near-infrared electroluminescence and stimulated emission from semiconducting nonconjugated polymer thin films, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS , 107, (2), 2010, p023103- Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Titus E (Titus, E.)1, Singh MK (Singh, M. K.)1, Cabral G (Cabral, Gil)1, Paserin V (Paserin, V.)2, Babu PR (Babu, P. Ramesh)3, Blau WJ (Blau, W. J.)3, Gracio J (Gracio, J.)1 , Ferromagnetic Behaviour of Nickel Contacted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY , 10, (4), 2010, p2606 - 2610 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

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 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Caroline McClory, Tony McNally, Mark Baxendale, Petra Pötschke, Werner Blau, Manuel Ruether, Electrical and rheological percolation of PMMA/MWCNT nanocomposites as a function of CNT geometry and functionality, European Polymer Journal, 45, (5), 2010, p854 - 868 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Gao, L., Chen, Y., He, N., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Blau, W.J., Studies on the nonlinear optical and optical limiting properties of perfluorinated titanium (IV) phthalocyanines, Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica, 30, (4), 2010, p1122-1129 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Chakraborty, G, Guatak, S, Meikap, AK, Woods, T, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Characterization and Electrical Transport Properties of Polyaniline and Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 48, (15), 2010, p1767-1775 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Wang J, Fruchtl D, Blau WJ , The importance of solvent properties for optical limiting of carbon nanotube dispersions , OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS , 283, (3), 2010, p464 - 468 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Shishir Kumar, Niall McEvoy, Tarek Lutz, Gareth P. Keeley, Valeria Nicolosi, Chris P. Murray, Werner J. Blau and Georg S. Duesberg, Gas phase controlled deposition of high quality large-area graphene films, Chemical Communications, 46, 2010, p1422 - 1424 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Jun Wang, Daniel Frchtl, Zhenyu Sun, Jonathan N. Coleman and Werner J. Blau, Control of Optical Limiting of Carbon Nanotube Dispersions by Changing Solvent Parameters , Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, (13), 2010, p6148-6156 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Liao KS (Liao, Kang-Shyang)1, Wang J (Wang, Jun)2,3, Dias S (Dias, Sampath)1, Dewald J (Dewald, James)1, Alley NJ (Alley, Nigel J.)1, Baesman SM (Baesman, Shaun M.)4, Oremland RS (Oremland, Ronald S.)4, Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.)2,3,5, Curran SA (Curran, Seamus A.)1 , Strong nonlinear photonic responses from microbiologically synthesized tellurium nanocomposites, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS , 484, (4-6), 2010, p242 - 246 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Kang-Shyang Liao, Jun Wang, Daniel Früchtl, Nigel J. Alley, Enrico Andreoli, Eoghan P. Dillon, Andrew R. Barron, Hansoo Kim, Hugh J. Byrne, Werner J. Blau and Seamus A. Curran, Optical limiting study of double wall carbon nanotube-Fullerene hybrids, Chemical Physics Letters, 489, (4-6), 2010, p207-211 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Bin Zhang, Yu Chen, Jun Wang, Werner J. Blau, Xiaodong Zhuang, Nan He, Multi-walled carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes for optical limiting , Carbon, 48, (6), 2010, p1738 - 1742 Journal Article, 2010 DOI TARA - Full Text

Kumar, S, McEvoy, N, Lutz, T, Keeley, GP, Nicolosi, V, Murray, CP, Blau, WJ, Duesberg, GS, Gas phase controlled deposition of high quality large-area graphene films, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 46, (9), 2010, p1422-1424- Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text DOI

Zhang, B, Wang, J, Chen, Y, Fruchtl, D, Yu, B, Zhuang, XD, He, N, Blau, WJ, Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Covalently Functionalized with Poly(N-vinylcarbazole) via RAFT Polymerization: Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48, (14), 2010, p3161-3168 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

De S , Lyons PE , Sorel S, Doherty EM , King PJ, Blau WJ, Nirmalraj PN, Boland JJ, Scardaci V, Joimel J, Coleman JN , Transparent, Flexible, and Highly Conductive Thin Films Based on Polymer - Nanotube Composites, ACS Nano , 3, (3), 2009, p714 - 720 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Jun Wang and Werner J. Blau, Inorganic and Hybrid Nanostructures for Optical Limiting, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 11, (2), 2009, p024001- Journal Article, 2009 URL DOI

Titus E (Titus, Elby)1, Singh MK (Singh, Manoj K.)1, Cabral G (Cabral, Gil)1, Paserin V (Paserin, Vladimir)5, Babu PR (Babu, P. Ramesh)4, Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.)4, Ventura J (Ventura, J.)2,3, Araujo JP (Araujo, J. P.)2,3, Gracio J (Gracio, Jose)1 , Fabrication of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for spintronic device applications, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY , 19, (39), 2009, p7216 - 7221 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Leona B. Martin, Ramesh Babu, Werner Blau, Kevin E. O'Connor, Characterization of melanin-overproducing transposon mutants of Pseudomonas putida F6, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 298, (2), 2009, p174 - 183 Journal Article, 2009

C. Kufazvinei, M. Ruether, J. Wang, W. Blau, A blue light emitting perylene derivative with improved solubility and aggregation control: Synthesis, characterisation and optical limiting properties, Organic Electronics, 10, (4), 2009, p675 - 680 Journal Article, 2009 DOI URL

Shishir Kumar, Niall McEvoy, Tarek Lutz, Gareth Keeley, Nicholas Whiteside, W. Blau, and Georg S. Duesberg, Low Temperature Graphene Growth, ECS Transactions, 215th ECS Meeting , San Francisco, CA, May 24 - 29, 2009, Y. Obeng, S. De-Gendt, P. Srinivasan, D. Misra, H. Iwai, Z. Karim, D. Hess, H. Grebel , 19, (5), The Electrochemical Society , 2009, pp175- Conference Paper, 2009 DOI

The examination of the Book of Kells using micro-Raman spectroscopy, Susan Bioletti, Rory Leahy, John Fields, Bernard Meehan and Werner Blau , Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 40, (8), 2009, p1043 - 1049 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

E. Titus, M.K. Singh, Gil Cabral, Ramesh P. Babu, W.J. Blau, J. Gracio, Fabrication and field emission property studies of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes grown by double plasma chemical vapour deposition technique, Diamond and Related Materials, 18, (5-8), 2009, p967 - 971 Journal Article, 2009 URL DOI

Brennan Fournet, M.E., Ledwith, D., Voisin, M., Cunningham, S., Fournet, P., Charles, D., Aherne, D., (...), Kelly, J.M., High surface plasmon resonant sensitive silver nanoplates for detection of C-reactive protein, Proceedings of the 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009, Genoa; Italy, 26-30 July, 2009, pp866-869 Conference Paper, 2009

Wang J, Chen Y, Blau WJ , Carbon nanotubes and nanotube composites for nonlinear optical devices , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY , 19, (40), 2009, p7425 - 7443 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text

Yu Chen; Lili Gao, Miao Feng, Lingling Gu, Nan He, Jun Wang, Yasuyuki Araki, Werner J. Blau, Osamu Ito , Photophysical and Optical Limiting Properties of Axially Modified Phthalocyanines, MINI-REVIEWS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 6, (1), 2009, p55 - 65 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Gordon Armstrong, Manuel Ruether, Fiona Blighe, Werner Blau, Functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes for epoxy nanocomposites with improved performance, Polymer International, 58, (9), 2009, p1002 - 1009 Journal Article, 2009 URL DOI

Monika Zawadzka, Jun Wang, Werner J. Blau and Mathias O. Senge, Correlation studies on structurally diverse porphyrin monomers, dimers and trimers and their nonlinear optical responses, Chemical Physics Letters, 447, (4-6), 2009, p330 - 335 Journal Article, 2009 DOI TARA - Full Text

Emer Lahiff, Trevor Woods, Werner Blau, Gordon G. Wallace, Dermot Diamond, Synthesis and characterisation of controllably functionalised polyaniline nanofibres, Synthetic Metals, 159, (7-8), 2009, p741 - 748 Journal Article, 2009 URL DOI

Sukanta De, Thomas M. Higgins, Philip E. Lyons, Evelyn M. Doherty, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland and Jonathan N. Coleman , Silver Nanowire Networks as Flexible, Transparent, Conducting Films: Extremely High DC to Optical Conductivity Ratios, ACS Nano, 3, (7), 2009, p1767 - 1774 Journal Article, 2009 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Evelyn Doherty, Sukanta De, Philip E Lyons, Aleksey Shmeliov, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Vittorio Scardaci, Jerome Joimel, Werner J Blau, John J Boland, Jonathan N Coleman, The spatial uniformity and electromechanical stability of transparent, conductive films of single walled nanotubes, Carbon, 47, (10), 2009, p2466 - 2473 Journal Article, 2009 DOI TARA - Full Text

Nan He, Yu Chen, Jinrui Bai, Jun Wang, Werner J. Blau and Jinhui Zhu , Preparation and Optical Limiting Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with ð-Conjugated Metal-Free Phthalocyanine Moieties, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, (30), 2009, p13029 - 13035 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Wang, J, Hernandez, Y, Lotya, M, Coleman, JN, Blau, WJ, Broadband Nonlinear Optical Response of Graphene Dispersions, Advanced Materials, 21, 2009, p2430-2435 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

D. Rickard, S. Giordani, W.J. Blau and J.N. Coleman, Quantifying the contributions of inner-filter, re-absorption and aggregation effects in the photoluminescence of high-concentration conjugated polymer solutions, Journal of Luminescence, 128, (1), 2008, p31 - 40 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Werner J. Blau & Jun Wang, Optical Materials: Variety pays off for nanotubes, Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 2008, p705 - 706 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Nan He, Yu Chen, James Doyle, Ying Liu and Werner J. Blau, Optical and nonlinear optical properties of an octasubstituted liquid crystalline copper phthalocyanine, Dyes and Pigments, 76, (2), 2008, p569 - 573 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Doyle JJ, Wang J, O'Flaherty SM, Chen Y, Slodek A, Hegarty T, Carpenter LE, Woehrle D, Hanack M, Blau WJ , Nonlinear optical performance of chemically tailored phthalocyanine-polymer films as solid-state optical limiting devices, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 10, (7), 2008, p075101- Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Jun Wang and Werner J. Blau, Optical limiting properties of single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions in amide solvents, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6988, 2008, p69881F- Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Barreca, D., Blau, W. J., Dillon, F. C., Holmes, J. D., Kufazvinei, C. (Morris, M. A., Spalding, T. R., Tondello, E., Mesoporous Silicas Impregnated with Cobalt and Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles and the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes There from, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, (7), 2008, p3333 - 3342 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Martin Djiango, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Werner J. Blau, Bin Cai, Kyoji Komatsu, and Toshikuni Kaino , Near-infrared luminescent polymer waveguide with a 20 dB small-signal gain , Applied Physics Letters, 92, 2008, p083306- Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

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 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Shane D. Bergin, Valeria Nicolosi, Philip V. Streich, Silvia Giordani, Zhenyu Sun, Alan H. Windle, Peter Ryan, N. Peter P. Niraj, Zhi-Tao T. Wang, Leslie Carpenter, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, James P. Hamilton, Jonathan N. Coleman, Towards Solutions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents, Advanced Materials, 20, (10), 2008, p1876 - 1881 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Wang J, Blau WJ , Nonlinear optical and optical limiting properties of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes , APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS , 91, (3-4), 2008, p521 - 524 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

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- Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Jun Wang and Werner J. Blau, Linear and nonlinear spectroscopic studies of phthalocyanine-carbon nanotube blends, Chemical Physics Letters, 465, (4-6), 2008, p265 - 271 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Ying Liu, Yu Chen, Liangzhen Cai, Jun Wang, Ying Lin, J.J. Doyle and W.J. Blau, Optical limiting properties of axially substituted indium phthalocyanines in the solid PMMA composite films, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 107, (2-3), 2008, p189 - 192 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Shane D. Bergin, Valeria Nicolosi, Philip V. Streich, Silvia Giordani, Zhenyu Sun, Alan H. Windle, Peter Ryan, N. Peter P. Niraj, Zhi-Tao T. Wang, Leslie Carpenter, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, James P. Hamilton, Jonathan N. Coleman, Towards Solutions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents, Advanced Materials, 20, (10), 2008, p1876 - 1881 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Yenny R. Hernandez, Alex Gryson, Fiona M. Blighe, Martin Cadek, Valeria Nicolosi, Werner J. Blau, Yurii K. Gun'ko and Jonathan N. Coleman, Comparison of carbon nanotubes and nanodisks as percolative fillers in electrically conductive composites, Scripta Materialia, 58, (1), 2008, p69-72 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

David Blond, William Walshe, Karen Young, Fiona M. Blighe, Umar Khan, Dorothée Almecija, Leslie Carpenter, Joe McCauley, Werner J. Blau, Jonathan N. Coleman, Strong, Tough, Electrospun Polymer-Nanotube Composite Membranes with Extremely Low Density, Advanced Functional Materials, 18, (17), 2008, p2618-2624 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

D. Mac Kernan and W. J. Blau, Exploring the mechanisms of carbon-nanotube dispersion aggregation in a highly polar solvent, Europhysics Letters, 83, 2008, p66009- Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Krishnamurthy, S., Donnelly, T., McEvoy, N., Blau, W., Lunney, J.G., Teh, A.S., Teo, K.B.K.T., Milne, W.I., Growth of carbon nanotubes on Si substrate using Fe catalyst produced by pulsed laser deposition , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 8, (11), 2008, p5748-5752 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Fiona M Blighe, Werner J Blau and Jonathan Coleman, Towards tough, yet stiff, composites by filling an elastomer with single walled nanotubes at very high loading level, Nanotechnology, 19, 2008, p415709 - 415716 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Fiona M Blighe, Philip E Lyons, Sukanta De, Werner J Blau, Jonathan N Coleman, On the factors controlling the mechanical properties of nanotube films, Carbon, 46, (1), 2008, p41 - 47 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Javier Arranz-Andrés and Werner J. Blau, Enhanced device performance using different carbon nanotube types in polymer photovoltaic devices , Carbon, 46, (15), 2008, p2067 - 2075 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Nikodinovic J, Kenny ST, Babu RP, Woods T, Blau WJ, O'Connor KE, The conversion of BTEX compounds by single and defined mixed cultures to medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate , Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 80, (4), 2008, p665 - 673 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Jun Wang and Werner J. Blau , Solvent Effect on Optical Limiting Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dispersions , Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, (7), 2008, p2298 - 2303 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Fiona M Blighe, Werner J Blau and Jonathan N Coleman, Towards tough, yet stiff, composites by filling an elastomer with single-walled nanotubes at very high loading levels, Nanotechnology , 19, (41), 2008, p415709- Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Titus, E., Cabral, Gil, Madaleno, J. C., Coelho, M. C., Babu, P. Ramesh, Blau, W. J., Misra, D. S., Gracio, J., Hydrogen in Chemical Vapour Deposited Carbon Nanotubes: An Active Site for Functionalization , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, (8), 2008, p4017 - 4022 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Kobayashi, Takeyuki, Djiango, Martin, Blau, Werner J, Cai, Bin, Komatsu, Kyoji, Kaino, Toshikuni, Luminescent polymer waveguide amplifiers operating in the near-infrared, 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference Series, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, May -09, 2008 , edited by IEEE , 1, (9), IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA , 2008, pp82 - 83 Conference Paper, 2008

Cathcart, H, Nicolosi, V, Hughes, JM, Blau, WJ, Kelly, JM, Quinn, SJ, Coleman, JN, Ordered DNA wrapping switches on luminescence in single-walled nanotube dispersions, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, (38), 2008, 12734-12744 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Bergin, S. D.; Nicolosi, V.; Cathcart, H.; Lotya, M.; Rickard, D.; Sun, Z.; Blau, W. J.; Coleman, J. N., Large Populations of Individual Nanotubes in Surfactant-Based Dispersions without the Need for Ultracentrifugation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, (4), 2008, p972 - 977 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

King, Sharon M, Chaure, Shweta, Krishnamurthy, Satheesh, Blau, Werner J., Colli, Alan, Ferrari, Andrea C., Optical Characterization of Oxide Encapsulated Silicon Nanowires of Various Morphologies, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, (8), 2008, p4202 - 4206 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Martin Djiango, Takeyuki Kobayashi, and Werner J. Blau , Cavity-enhanced stimulated emission cross section in polymer microlasers , Applied Physics Letters, 93, 2008, p143306- Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

Martin Djiango, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Werner J. Blau , Cavity-enhanced stimulated emission cross section in polymer microlasers , Organic Electronics and Photonics, 1, 2008, p371- Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Martin Djiango, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Werner J. Blau, Bin Cai, Kyoji Komatsu, and Toshikuni Kaino , Near-infrared luminescent polymer waveguides and microlasers, Proceedings of SPIE, 6891, 2008, p68910Y- Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Shane T. Kenny, Jasmina Nikodinovic Runic, Walter Kaminsky, Trevor Woods, Ramesh P. Babu, Chris M. Keely, Werner Blau, and Kevin E. O'Connor , Up-Cycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) to the Biodegradable Plastic PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate), Environmental Science and Technology, 42, (20), 2008, p7696 - 7701 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL

E. M. Ní Mhuircheartaigh, W. J. Blau, M. Prato, S. Giordani, Sonication of porphyrin-nanotube composites: a cautionary tale, physica status solidi (b), 244, (11), 2007, p4227 - 4230 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

V. Nicolosi, D.N. McCarthy, D. Vengust, D. Mihailovic, W.J. Blau and J.N. Coleman, Exfoliation of Mo6SxI9-x nanowires in common solvents, European Physical Journal of Applied Physics, 37, (2), 2007, p149 - 159 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Ying L (Liu Ying), Yu C (Chen Yu), Feng M (Feng Miao), Lin Y (Lin Ying), Doyle JJ (Doyle J. J), Blau WJ (Blau W. J.), Cat LZ (Cat Liang-Zhen) , Passive optical limiting performance of solid-state polymer-indium phthalocyanine composite materials , CHEMICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES, 28, (11), 2007, p2092 - 2095 Journal Article, 2007

E. G. A. Notaras, M. Fazekas, J. J. Doyle, W. J. Blau, M. O. Senge, A2B2-type push-pull porphyrins as reverse saturable and saturable absorbers, Chemical Communications, (21), 2007, p2166 - 2168 Journal Article, 2007 TARA - Full Text

M. O. Senge, M. Fazekas, E. G. A. Notaras, W. J. Blau, M. Zawadzka, O. B. Locos, E. M. Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Porphyrins, Advanced Materials, 19, (19), 2007, p2737 - 2774 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Yu Chen, Nan He, J.J. Doyle, Ying Liu, Xiaodong Zhuang and W.J. Blau, Enhancement of optical limiting response by embedding gallium phthalocyanine into polymer host, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 189, (2-3), 2007, p414 - 417 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Éimhín M. Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Werner J. Blau, Maurizio Prato and Silvia Giordani, Spectroscopic changes induced by sonication of porphyrin-carbon nanotube composites in chlorinated solvents, Carbon, 45, (13), 2007, p2665 - 2671 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

Grace Jordan, Takeyuki Kobayashi, and Werner J. Blau , Characterization of low-threshold polymer microring lasers using optical microscopy and spectral analysis , Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics , 24, (4), 2007, p808 - 812 Journal Article, 2007 URL

R.M. Langford, M.J. Thornton, T.X. Wang, W. Blau, B. Lassagne and B. Raquet, Magnetoresistance and spin diffusion in multi-wall carbon nanotubes, Microelectronic Engineering, 84, (5-8), 2007, p1593 - 1595 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Sharon M. King, Shweta Chaure, James Doyle, Alan Colli, Andrea C. Ferrari and Werner J. Blau, Scattering induced optical limiting in Si/SiO2 nanostructure dispersions, Optics Communications, 276, (2), 2007, p305 - 309 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

Mhuircheartaigh E. N., Blau W. J., Prato M. and Giordani S, Sonication of porphyrin-nanotube composites: a cautionary tale, Physica Status Solidi (b), 244, (11), 2007, p4227-4230 Journal Article, 2007 TARA - Full Text

Mhuircheartaigh E. N., Blau W.J., Prato M. and Giordani S. , Spectroscopic changes induced by sonication of porphyrin-carbon nanotube composites in chlorinated solvents, Carbon, 45, (13), 2007, p2665-2671 Journal Article, 2007 TARA - Full Text DOI

E. Titus, Gil Cabral, J.C. Madaleno, V.F. Neto, T. Shokuhfar, W.J. Blau, P. Ramesh Babu, D.S. Misra and J. Gracio, Synthesis of highly oriented carbon nanotube thin films by nickel functionalisation, Diamond and Related Materials, 16, (4-7), 2007, p1195 - 1199 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

V. Nicolosi, P. D. Nellist, S. Sanvito, E. C. Cosgriff, S. Krishnamurthy, W. J. Blau, M. L. H. Green, D. Vengust, D. Dvorsek, D. Mihailovic, G. Compagnini, J. Sloan, V. Stolojan, J. D. Carey, S. J. Pennycook, J. N. Coleman, Observation of van der Waals driven self-assembly of MoSI nanowires into a low-symmetry structure using aberration-corrected electron microscopy , Advanced Materials , 19 , (4), 2007, p543 - 547 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Chen Y (Chen, Yu), Doyle J (Doyle, James), Liu Y (Liu, Ying), Strevens A (Strevens, Adam), Lin Y (Lin, Ying), El-Khouly ME (El-Khouly, Mohamed E.), Araki Y (Araki, Yasuyuki), Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.), Ito O (Ito, Osamu) , Optoelectronic and nonlinear optical properties of tBu(4)PcTiO/polymer composite materials , JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 185, (2-3), 2007, p263 - 270 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI URL

Fiona M. Blighe, Yenny R. Hernandez, Werner J. Blau, and Jonathan N. Coleman, Observation of Percolation-like Scaling - Far from the Percolation Threshold - in High Volume Fraction, High Conductivity Nanotube Composite Films, Advanced Materials, 19, (24), 2007, p4443 - 4447 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Ying Liu, Sean M. O'Flaherty, Yu Chen, Yasuyuki Araki, Jinrui Bai, James Doyle, Werner J. Blau and Osamu Ito, Photophysical and nonlinear optical properties of ì-oxo-bridged indium and gallium phthalocyanines, Dyes and Pigments, 75, (1), 2007, p88 - 92 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

Kevin P. Ryan, Martin Cadek, Valeria Nicolosi, David Blond, Manuel Ruether, Gordon Armstrong, Harry Swan, Antonio Fonseca, Janos B. Nagy, Wolfgang K. Maser, Werner J. Blau and Jonathan N. Coleman, Carbon nanotubes for reinforcement of plastics? A case study with poly(vinyl alcohol) , Composites Science and Technology , 67, (7-8), 2007, p1640 - 1649 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

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 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Cathcart H (Cathcart, Helen), Quinn S (Quinn, Susan), Nicolosi V (Nicolosi, Valeria), Kelly JM (Kelly, John M.), Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.), Coleman JN (Coleman, Jonathan N.) , Spontaneous debundling of single-walled carbon nanotubes in DNA-based dispersions , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 111, (1), 2007, p66 - 74 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Eleni G. A. Notaras, Marijana Fazekas, James J. Doyle, Werner J. Blau and Mathias O. Senge, A2B2-type push-pull porphyrins as reverse saturable and saturable absorber, Chemical Communications, 2007, (21), 2007, p2166 - 2168 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

D. Barreca, W.J. Blau, G.M. Croke, F.A. Deeney, F.C. Dillon, J.D. Holmes, C. Kufazvinei, M.A. Morris, T.R. Spalding and E. Tondello, Iron oxide nanoparticle impregnated mesoporous silicas as platforms for the growth of carbon nanotubes, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 103, (1-3), 2007, p142 - 149 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

McCarthy, Denis N.; Nicolosi, Valeria; Vengust, Damjan; Mihailovic, Dragan; Compagnini, Giuseppe; Blau, Werner J.; Coleman, Jonathan N., Dispersion and purification of Mo6S3I6 nanowires in organic solvents , Journal of Applied Physics, 101, (1), 2007, p014317 - 014327 Journal Article, 2007 DOI TARA - Full Text

Umar Khan, Kevin Ryan, Werner J. Blau, Jonathan N. Coleman, The effect of solvent choice on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-polymer composites, Composites Science and Technology, 67, (15-16), 2007, p3158 - 3167 Journal Article, 2007 TARA - Full Text

David Blond, Denis N. McCarthy, Werner J. Blau, and Jonathan N. Coleman, Toughening of Artificial Silk by Incorporation of Carbon Nanotubes, Biomacromolecules, 8, (12), 2007, p3973-3976 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

King, SM, Chaure, S, Doyle, J, Colli, A, Ferrari, AC, Blau, WJ, Scattering indued optical limiting in Si/SiO2 nanostructure dispersions, Optics Communications, 276, (2), 2007, p305-309 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

James J. Doyle, Valeria Nicolosi, Seán M. O'Flaherty, Damjan Vengust, Anna Drury, Dragan Mihailovic, Jonathan N. Coleman and Werner J. Blau, Nonlinear optical response of Mo6S4.5I4.5 nanowires , Chemical Physics Letters, 435, (1-3), 2007, p109 - 113 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Chen Y (Chen, Yu), Lin Y (Lin, Ying), Liu Y (Liu, Ying), Doyle J (Doyle, James), He N (He, Nan), Zhuang XD (Zhuang, Xiaodong), Bai JR (Bai, Jinrui), Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.) , Carbon nanotube-based functional materials for optical limiting , JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY , 7, (4-5), 2007, p1268 - 1283 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

Martin Djiango, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Estelle Bouron, Werner J. Blau, Yasuhiro Suzuki, and Toshikuni Kaino , Operating characteristics of near-infrared self-assembled polymer microlasers, Optics Letters, 32, (11), 2007, p1375 - 1377 Journal Article, 2007 URL URL

Drury, A.; Chaure, S.; Kroll, M.; Nicolosi, V.; Chaure, N.; Blau, W. J., Fabrication and Characterization of Silver/Polyaniline Composite Nanowires in Porous Anodic Alumina , Chemistry of Materials, 19, (17), 2007, p4252 - 4258 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL

Bergin S.D., Nicolosi V., Giordani S., de Gromard A., Carpenter L., Blau W. J. and Coleman J. N. , Exfoliation in Ecstasy: Liquid Crystal Formation and Chirality Dependent Debundling for Single Walled Nanotubes in the Liquid Drug ã-butyrrolactone, Nanotechnology, 18, 2007, p455705-455715 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Emer Lahiff, Rory Leahy, Jonathan N. Coleman and Werner J. Blau, Physical properties of novel free-standing polymer-nanotube thin films , Carbon, 44, (8), 2006, p1525 - 1529 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

David Blond, Valerie Barron, Manuel Ruether, Kevin P Ryan, Valeria Nicolosi, Werner J Blau and Jonathan N Coleman, Enhancement of modulus, strength, and toughness in poly(methyl methacrylate)-based composites by the incorporation of poly(methyl methacrylate)-functionalized nanotubes, Advanced Functional Materials, 16, (12), 2006, 1608 -1614 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

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 Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Mhuircheartaigh E. N., Giordani S. and Blau W. J., Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Tetraphenylporphyrin - Carbon Nanotube Composites in Chloroform, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, (46), 2006, p23136-23141 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Murphy R, Nicolosi V, Hernandez Y, McCarthy D, Rickard D, Vrbanic D, Mrzel A, Mihailovic D, Blau WJ, Coleman JN , Observation of extremely low percolation threshold in Mo6S4.5I4.5 nanowire/polymer composites , Scripta Materialia, 54 , (3), 2006, p417 - 420 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Jordan G, Flammich M, Ruther M, Kobayashi T, Blau WJ, Suzuki Y, Kaino T , Light amplification at 501 nm and large nanosecond optical gain in organic dye-doped polymeric waveguides , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , 88, (16), 2006, p161114- Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Chen Y, Hanack M, Blau WJ, Dini D, Liu Y, Lin Y, Bai JR , Soluble axially substituted phthalocyanines: Synthesis and nonlinear optical response , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 41, (8), 2006, p2169- - 2185 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Jonathan N. Coleman, Martin Cadek, Kevin P. Ryan, Antonio Fonseca, Janos B. Nagy, Werner J. Blau, Mauro S. Ferreira, Reinforcement of polymers with carbon nanotubes. The role of an ordered polymer interfacial region. Experiment and modeling , Polymer, 47 , (26), 2006, p8556 - 8561 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Kobayashi T (Kobayashi, Takeyuki), Flammich M (Flammich, Michael), Jordan G (Jordan, Grace), D'Arcy R (D'Arcy, Rebekah), Ruther M (Ruther, Manuel), Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.), Suzuki Y (Suzuki, Yasuhiro), Kaino T (Kaino, Toshikuni) , Blue-green small-signal gain and saturation in a luminescent polymer gain medium , Applied Physics Letters, 89 , (13), 2006, p131119- Journal Article, 2006 DOI TARA - Full Text

Rowan Blake, Jonathan N. Coleman, Michele T. Byrne, Joseph E. McCarthy, Tatiana S. Perova, Werner J. Blau, Antonio Fonseca, Janos B. Nagy and Yurii K. Gun'ko, Reinforcement of poly(vinyl chloride) and polystyrene using chlorinated polypropylene grafted carbon nanotubes , The Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16 , (43), 2006, p4206 - 4213 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Rowan Blake, Jonathan N. Coleman, Michelle T. Byrne, Joseph McCarthy, Werner J. Blau, Antonio Fonseca, T.S. Perova, Janos B. Nagy and Yurii K. Gun'ko, Reinforcement of polyvinylchloride and polystyrene using chlorinated polypropylene grafted carbon nanotubes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16, (43), 2006, p4206 - 4213 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Calaminici P, Koster AM, Jug K, Gray D, Blau W , Geometrical effect on the first hyperpolarizability of thiophene-substituted stilbene derivatives , JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-THEOCHEM , 762, (1-3), 2006, p87 - 91 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Ni Mhuircheartaigh EM (Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Eimhin M.), Giordani S (Giordani, Silvia), Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.) , Linear and nonlinear optical characterization of a tetraphenylporphyrin-carbon nanotube composite system , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B , 110 , (46), 2006, p23136 - 23141 Journal Article, 2006 URL URL DOI

Langford RM (Langford, R. M.), Wang TX (Wang, T-X.), Thornton M (Thornton, M.), Heidelberg A (Heidelberg, A.), Sheridan JG (Sheridan, J. G.), Blau W (Blau, W.), Leahy R (Leahy, R.) , Comparison of different methods to contact to nanowires , JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 24, (5), 2006, p2306 - 2311 Journal Article, 2006 URL URL DOI

Ryan KP, Cadek M, Nicolosi V, Walker S, Ruether M, Fonseca A, Nagy JB, Blau WJ, Coleman JN , Multiwalled carbon nanotube nucleated crystallization and reinforcement in poly (vinyl alcohol) composites , Synthetic Metals, 156 , (2-4), 2006, p332 - 335 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Slodek A, Wohrle D, Doyle JJ, Blau W , Metal complexes of phthalocyanines in polymers as suitable materials for optical limiting , MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA , 235, 2006, p9 - 18 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Nicolosi V, Vengust D, Mihailovic D, Blau WJ, Coleman JN , Debundling by dilution: Observation of significant populations of individual MoSI nanowires in high concentration dispersions , Chemical Physics Letters, 425, (1-3), 2006, p89 - 93 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Giordani S, Bergin S, Nicolosi V, Lebedkin S, Blau WJ, Coleman JN, Fabrication of stable dispersions containing up to 70% individual carbon nanotubes in a common organic solvent, physica status solidi (b) -Basic Solid State Physics, 243, (13), 2006, p3058 - 3062 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Kobayashi T, Djiango M, Jordan G, Ruther M, Blau WJ, Suzuki Y, Kaino T , Laser emission at 0.8 mu m from photopumped luminescent polymer microresonators , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , 88, (18), 2006, p181119 - Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Curran SA, Zhang DH, Dundigal S, Blau W , Doping properties of polydithienylmethine: A study on the correlation between polymer chain length, spectroscopy, and transport , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 110, (9), 2006, p3924 - 3929 Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Ramesh BP, Blau WJ, Tyagi PK, Misra DS, Ali N, Gracio J, Cabral G, Titus E , Thermogravimetric analysis of cobalt-filled carbon nanotubes deposited by chemical vapour deposition, THIN SOLID FILMS, 494 , (1-2), 2006, p128 - 132 Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Curran SA, Zhang DH, Wondmagegn W, Blau W , Spectroscopic studies of CSA-doped poly[C-hydroxyl-(4-N-dimethylamino)phenyl]dithienylmethine and doping effects on ionic conductivity , SYNTHETIC METALS , 156 , (5-6), 2006, p482 - 487 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

Silvia Giordani, Shane D. Bergin, Valeria Nicolosi, Sergei Lebedkin, Manfred M. Kappes, Werner J. Blau, and Jonathan N. Coleman, Debundling of single-walled nanotubes by dilution: Observation of large populations of individual nanotubes in amide solvent dispersions , The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, (32), 2006, p15708 - 15718 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Coleman, J.N. , Khan, U. , Blau, W.J. , Gun'ko, Y.K., Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-polymer composites, Carbon , 44, (9), 2006, p1624 - 1652 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Giordani S., Bergin S.D., Nicolosi V., Lebedkin S., Kappes M., Blau W. J. and Coleman J. N., Debundling of Single-Wall Nanotubes by Dilution: Observation of Large Populations of Individual Nanotubes in Amide Solvent Dispersions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, (32), 2006, p15708 - 15718 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Nicolosi, V., Vengust, D., Mrzeł, A., Mihailovic, D., Blau, W.J., Coleman, J.N., Mo6S4.5i4.5 Nanowires: Dispersion studies and electron microscopy characterization of the bundles, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics, Dublin, 5-6 April, edited by Blau W.J.,Kennedy D.,Colreavy J. , 5824, SPIE, 2005, pp102-113 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

J. McCarthy and E. Ni Mhuircheartaigh, K. Lyutovich and M. Oehme, T. S. Perova, R. A. Moore, and W. Blau, Spectroscopical analyis of strained silicon quantum wells, SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering., Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics , Dublin, Ireland , edited by Werner J. Blau, David Kennedy, John Colreavy , 5824, SPIE, 2005, pp174 Poster, 2005 DOI TARA - Full Text

Kufazvinei, C., Leahy, R.W., Lipson, S.M., Blau, W.J., Dillon, F.C., Spalding, T.R., Morris, M.A., (...), Patterson, J., Growth of carbon nano-structures in ceramic materials, NSTI Nanotech 2005 Technical Proceedings, NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Anaheim, CA; United States, 8-12 May, edited by Laudon M.,Romanowicz B. , 2005, 2005, pp221-224 Conference Paper, 2005

Ryan KP, Cadek M, Drury A, Ruether M, Blau WJ, Coleman JN , Carbon nanotube nucleated polymer crystallization , Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 13 , (Suppl. 1), 2005, p431 - 434 Journal Article, 2005 DOI

Jordan, G., Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillman, H., Pfeiffer, S., Hörhold, H.-H., Samoc, M., Luther-Davies, B., Two-photon absorption and up-converted emission in blue-emitting stilbene dye, Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 34 , (1-4 SPEC. ISS), 2005, p199-202 Journal Article, 2005

Hodson, R.P., Strevens, A.E., Drury, A., Hörhold, H.H., Blau, W.J., Nanostructured metal filled porous alumina as an anode in polymer light-emitting diodes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics, Dublin, 5-6 April, edited by Blau W.J.,Kennedy D.,Colreavy J. , 5824, SPIE, 2005, pp114-122 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Jordan, G., Blau, W.J., Suzuki, Y., Kaino, T., Gain spectroscopy and lasing in doped polymer waveguides and microstrucures, Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 34, (1-4 SPEC. ISS), 2005, p209-212 Journal Article, 2005

Chen Y, Araki Y, Doyle J, Strevens A, Ito O, Blau WJ , Synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic properties of a novel polyfluorene/poly(p-phenylenevinylene) copolymer , CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 17, (7), 2005, p1661 - 1666 Journal Article, 2005 URL DOI

Fleming AJ, Coleman JN, Blau WJ , Optical absorption and photo-luminescence spectra of molecular van der Waals systems: Frenkel Exciton Resonance effects , Macromolecular Symposia, 230, 2005, p116 - 125 Journal Article, 2005 DOI

Bergin, S.D., Giordani, S., Mac Kernan, D., Minett, A., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J., Characterisation of single-walled carbon nanotube bundle dissociation in amide solvents, AIP Conference Proceedings, ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF NOVEL NANOSTRUCTURES: XIX International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol; Austria, 12-19 March, 786, AIP, 2005, pp240-243 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Simon E. Moulton, Andrew I. Minett, Robert Murphy, Kevin P. Ryan,Denis McCarthy, Jonathan N. Coleman, Werner J. Blau, Gordon G. Wallace, Biomolecules as selective dispersants for carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 49, (9), 2005, p1879 - 1884 Journal Article, 2005 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Djiango, M., Jordan, G., Rüther, M., Blau, W.J., Suzuki, Y., Kaino, T., Near-infrared laser emission from high-Q polymer cavities, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Integrated Optics: Theory and Application, Warsaw; Poland, 31Aug-2 Sept, edited by Pustelny T.,Lambeck P.V.,Gorecki C. , 5956, SPIE, 2005, pp1-7 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Nicolosi V, Vrbanic D, Mrzel A, McCauley J, O'Flaherty S, McGuinness C, Compagnini G, Mihailovic D, Blau WJ, Coleman JN, Solubility of Mo6S4.5I4.5 nanowires in common solvents: A sedimentation study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, (15), 2005, p7124 - 7133 Journal Article, 2005 DOI

Leahy, R.W., Lahiff, E., Minett, A.I., Blau, W.J., Controlled growth of arrays of straight and branched carbon nanotubes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics, Dublin, 5-6 April, edited by Blau W.J.,Kennedy D.,Colreavy J. , 5824, APIE, 2005, pp62-70 Conference Paper, 2005

Arbez-Gindre C, Steele BR, Heropoulos GA, Screttas CG, Communal JE, Blau WJ, Ledoux-Rak I , A facile organolithium route to ferrocene-based triarylmethyl dyes with substantial near IR and NLO properties , JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 690, (6), 2005, p1620 - 1626 Journal Article, 2005 URL DOI

Valeria Nicolosi, Daniel Vrbanic, Ales Mrzel, Joe McCauley, Seán O'Flaherty, Dragan Mihailovic, Werner J. Blau and Jonathan N. Coleman, Solubility of Mo6S4.5I4.5 Nanowires, Chem. Phys. Lett., 401, (1-3), 2005, p13 - 18 Journal Article, 2005 DOI

Frizzell CJ, in het Panhuis M, Coutinho DH, Balkus KJ, Minett AI, Blau WJ, Coleman JN , Reinforcement of macroscopic carbon nanotube structures by polymer intercalation: The role of polymer molecular weight and chain conformation , Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics , 72, (24), 2005, p245420- Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text

GOUNKO IOURI KUZMICH (IE); HAYDEN HUGH (IE); COLEMAN JONATHAN NESBIT (IE); O'CONNOR IAN EDWARD (IE); BLAU WERNER JOSEF (IE); BLAKE ROWAN (IE) , TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS, 2005, WO2007010517 Patent, 2005 URL

Brennan ME, Whelan AM, Kelly JM, Blau WJ , Silver nanoparticle self-organization into dendritic fractals , Synthetic Metals, 154, (1-3), 2005, p205 - 208 Journal Article, 2005 DOI URL

Audoit G, Ni Mhuircheartaigh T, Lipson SM, Morris MA, Blau WJ, Holmes JD , Strain induced photoluminescence from silicon and germanium nanowire arrays , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY , 15, (45), 2005, p4809 - 4815 Journal Article, 2005 DOI URL

Thielemans W, McAninch IM, Barron V, Blau WJ, Wool RP , Impure carbon nanotubes as reinforcements for acrylated epoxidized soy oil composites , JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE , 98, (3), 2005, p1325 - 1338 Journal Article, 2005 DOI URL

Djiango, M., Kobayashi, T., Jordan, G., Blau, W.J., Suzuki, Y., Kaino, T., Near-infrared optical gain and lasing in luminescent polymeric microrings, Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 34, (1-4 SPEC. ISS), 2005, p251-254 Journal Article, 2005

Kufazvinei, C., Leahy, R.W., Lipson, S.M., Blau, W.J., Dillon, F.C., Spalding, T.R., Morris, M.A., (...), Patterson, J., Growth of carbon nano-structures in ceramic materials, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics, Dublin, 5-6 April, edited by Blau W.J.,Kennedy D.,Colreavy J. , 5824, SPIE, 2005, pp149-156 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Strevens AE, Drury A, Lipson SM, Kroll M, Blau WJ, Horhold HH, Hybrid light-emitting polymer device fabricated on a metallic nanowire array , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , 86, (14), 2005, p143503 Journal Article, 2005 DOI URL

Bertagnolli H, Blau WJ, Chen Y, Dini D, Feth MP, O'Flaherty SM, Hanack M, Krishnan V , Synthesis, characterization and optical limiting properties of a gallium phthalocyanine dimer , JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 15, (6), 2005, 683 - 689 Journal Article, 2005 URL DOI

MINETT ANDREW IAN (AU); MOULTON SIMON EDWARD (AU); BLAU WERNER J (DE); WALLACE GORDON GEORGE (AU), UNIV WOLLONGONG (AU);; TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (IE), Nanostructure material and process for the preparation thereof, 2005, IE20050000054 20050207 Patent, 2005 URL

Giordani, S., Bergin, S.D., Drury, A., Mhuircheartaigh, E.N., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J., Effect of solvents and dispersants on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotube, AIP Conference Proceedings, ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF NOVEL NANOSTRUCTURES: XIX International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Tirol; Austria, 12-19 March, 786 , 2005, pp232-235 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Silvia Giordani, Shane D. Bergin, Anna Drury, Eimhin Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Manuel Ruther, Jonathan N. Coleman, and Werner J. Blau, Effect of solvent and dispersant on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotube, Proceedings of SPIE, 5824, 2005, p42 - 49 Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text DOI

Nitschke, C., O'Flaherty, S.M., Doyle, J.J., Kroell, M., Blau, W.J., Material investigation and nonlinear optical properties of phthalocyanine nanoparticles, Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics, 34 , ((1-4 SPEC. ISS.)), 2005, p261-264 Journal Article, 2005 URL

Djiango, M., Jordan, G., Rüther, M., Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Suzuki, Y., Kaino, T., Near infrared lasing in dye-doped polymeric microrings, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Lasers and Application, Warsaw; Poland, 28 Aug - 2 Sept, edited by Abramski K.M.,Lapucci A.,Plinski E.F. , 5958, 2005, pp1-6 Conference Paper, 2005 DOI

Smith RC, Carey JD, Murphy RJ, Blau WJ, Coleman JN, Silva SRP , Charge transport effects in field emission from carbon nanotube-polymer composites, Applied Physics Letters, 87, (26), 2005, p263105- Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text DOI

Jonathan N Coleman, Alexander Fleming, Stefanie Maier, Sean O'Flaherty, Andrew I Minett, Mauro S Ferreira, Stefan Hutzler and Werner J Blau, Binding Kinetics and SWNT Bundle Dissociation in Low Concentration Polymer-Nanotube Dispersions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, (11), 2004, p3446 - 3450 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

O'Flaherty, SM, Doyle, JJ, Blau, WJ, Numerical approach for optically limited pulse transmission in polymer-phthalocyanine composite systems, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, (45), 2004, p17313-17319 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Kobayashi T, Savatier JB, Jordan G, Blau WJ, Suzuki Y, Kaino T , Near-infrared laser emission from luminescent plastic waveguides , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 85, (2), 2004, p185 - 187 Journal Article, 2004 URL DOI

Manaa, H, Henari, FZ, Al-Saie, A, Maier, S, Blau, WJ, Effective stimulated emission cross-sections of poly(phenylene vinylene) copolymers in toluene solution, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 36, (9), 2004, p819-826 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Blau WJ, Fleming AJ , Designer nanotubes by molecular self-assembly , SCIENCE, 304, (5676), 2004, p1457 - 1458 Journal Article, 2004 DOI URL

Cadek M, Coleman JN, Ryan KP, Nicolosi V, Bister G, Fonseca A, Nagy JB, Szostak K, Beguin F, Blau WJ , Reinforcement of polymers with carbon nanotubes: The role of nanotube surface area, Nano Letters, 4, (2), 2004, p353 - 356 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Kevin P Ryan, Stephen M. Lipson; Anna Drury; Martin Cadek; Manuel Ruether; Sean M. O' Flaherty; Valerie Barron; Brendan McCarthy; Hugh J. Byrne; Werner J. Blau; Jonathan N. Coleman, Carbon Nanotube Nucleated Crystallinity in a Conjugated Polymer Based Composite, Chemical Physics Letters, 391, (4-6), 2004, p329 - 333 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

J. N Coleman, M. Cadek, V. Nicolosi, R. Blake, F. Liégeois, A. Fonseca, J. B. Nagy, Y. K. Gun'ko, W. J. Blau , High performance nanotube reinforced plastics: Understanding the mechanism of strength increase, Advanced Functional Materials, 14, (8), 2004, p791 - 798 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Lipson SM, Coleman JN, Drury A, O'Brien DF, Blau WJ, Cadby AJ, Lane PA, Bradley DDC , Alternating and direct current characterization and photoinduced absorption studies of modified conjugated polymer thin films , Journal of Applied Physics, 95, (11), 2004, p6138 - 6144 Journal Article, 2004 TARA - Full Text

Sandler, JKW, Pegel, S, Cadek, M, Gojny, F, van Es, M, Lohmar, J, Blau, WJ, Schulte, K, Windle, AH, Shaffer, MSP, A comparative study of melt spun polyamide-12 fibres reinforced with carbon nanotubes and nanofibres, Polymer, 45, (6), 2004, p2001-2015 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Stankiewicz, J., Luis, F., Camón, A., Kröll, M., Bartolomé, J., Blau, W., Magnetization switching of Fe nanowires at very low temperatures, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 272-276, (III), 2004, 1637-1639 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Nitschke, C, O'Flaherty, SM, Kroll, M, Blau, WJ, Material investigations and optical properties of phthalocyanine nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, (4), 2004, p1287-1295 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Savatier, J.-B., Jordan, G., Blau, W.J., Suzuki, Y., Kaino, T., Near-infrared optical gain and stimulated emission in organic compound-doped polymer waveguides, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V, San Jose, CA; United States, 27-29 Jan, edited by Grote J.G.,Kaino T. , 5351 , SPIE, 2004, pp210-216 Conference Paper, 2004 DOI

Nitschke, C, O'Flaherty, SM, Kroll, M, Doyle, JJ, Blau, WJ, Optical properties of zinc phthalocyanine nanoparticle dispersions, Chemical Physics Letters, 383, (5-6), 2004, p555-560 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Chen, Y, Araki, Y, Fujitsuka, M, Hanack, M, Ito, O, O'Flaherty, SM, Blau, WJ, Photophysical studies on axially substituted indium and gallium phthalocyanines upon UV-Vis laser irradiation, Solid State Communications, 131, (12), 2004, p773-778 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Shaffer, M.S.P., Sandler, J.K.W., Pegel, S., Windle, A.H., Gojny, F., Schulte, K., Cadek, M., (...), Van Es, M., Carbon nanotube- and nanofibre-reinforced polymer fibres, 2004 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2004, NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2004, Boston, MA; United States, 7-11 March, edited by Laudon M.,Romanowicz B. , 3, 2004, pp280-283 Conference Paper, 2004

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 Journal Article, 2004 URL DOI

Doyle, J.J., O'Flaherty, S.M., Chen, Y., Hegarty, T., Hanack, M., Blau, W.J., Polymer-phthalocyanine composite systems as solid-state passive optical limiters, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics, Strasbourg; France, 28-30 April, Heremans P.L.,Muccini M.,Hofstraat H. , 5464, 2004, pp269-279 Conference Paper, 2004 DOI

Ruther, MG, Frehill, F, O'Brien, JE, Minett, AI, Blau, WJ, Vos, JG, Panhuis, MIH, Characterization of covalent functionalized carbon nanotubes, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 2004, p9665-9668 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Sorop, T.G., Nielsch, K., Göring, P., Kröll, M., Blau, W., Wehrspohn, R.B., Gösele, U., De Jongh, L.J., Study of the magnetic hysteresis in arrays of ferromagnetic Fe nanowires as a function of the template filling fraction, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 272-276, 2004, p1656-1657 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

R. Blake, Y.K. Gun'ko, J. Coleman, M. Cadek, A. Fonseca, J.B. Nagy and W. Blau, A generic organometallic approach toward ultra-strong carbon nanotube-polymer composites, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126, (33), 2004, p10226 - 10227 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Coleman J N, Fleming A, Maier S, O"Flaherty S, Minett A, Ferreira M S, Hutzler S and Blau WJ, Binding Kinetics and Spontaneous SWNT Bundle, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 108, (11), 2004, p3446 - 3450 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

DAVEY ANDREW (IE); CURRAN SEAMUS (IE); BLAU WERNER (IE), UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN (IE) AND ENTERPRISE IRELAND (IE), Composition, 2003, US6576341 Patent, 2003 TARA - Full Text

Mechanical properties of hybrid polymer nanotube systems, Coleman, J.N., Cadek, M., Dalton, A.B., Munoz, E., Razal, J., Baughman, R.H., Blau, W.J., Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Nonatechnology, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Spain, 19-21 MAy, 5118, 2003, pp271-279 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

Sean M; O'Flaherty , Robert Murphy, Stephanie V. Hold, Martin Cadek, Jonathan N. Coleman and Werner J. Blau, Material investigation and optical limiting properties of carbon nanotube and nanoparticle dispersions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, (4), 2003, p958 - 964 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Marc in het Panhuis, Amitesh Maiti, Alan B. Dalton, Albert van den Noort, Jonathan N. Coleman, Brendan McCarthy, and Werner J. Blau, Selective Interaction in a Polymer-Single- Wall Carbon Nanotube Composite, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, (2), 2003, p478 - 482 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

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 Conference Paper, 2003 URL DOI

Manaa, H, Henari, FZ, Al-Saie, A, Maier, S, Blau, WJ, The optical gain and effective stimulated emission cross-section for dimethoxy-PmPV and dimethyl-PmPV-ONV copolymers in toluene solution, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 5, (4), 2003, p341 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Chen, Y, Hanack, M, O'Flaherty, S, Bernd, G, Zeug, A, Roeder, B, Blau, WJ, An axially grafted charm bracelet type indium phthalocyanine copolymer, Macromolecules, 36, (11), 2003, p3786-3788 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Jordan, G., Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Frequency up-conversion of 800 nm femtosecond pulses by two-photon absorption in doped PMMA fibers, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications II, San Diego, CA, 27-28 Jan, edited by Schepler K.L.,Lowenthal D.D.,Pierce J.W. , 4972, SPIE, 2003, pp122-130 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

O'Flaherty, S.M., Hold, S.V., Chen, Y., Hanack, M., Blau, W.J., Reverse saturable absorption based optical limiting properties of Indium and Gallium phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V, San Jose, CA; United States, 27-30 Jan, edited by Grote J.G.,Kaino T. , 4991, 2003, pp183-193 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

Yang, C., Wohlgenannt, M., Vardeny, Z.V., Blau, W.J., Dalton, A.B., Baughman, R., Zakhidov, A.A., Photoinduced charge transfer in poly(p-phenylene vinylene) derivatives and carbon nanotube/C60 composites, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 338, (1-4), 2003, p366-369 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Sterligov, VA, Cheyssac, P, Blau, W, Kroll, M, Scattering and reflective properties of a hexagonal lattice of nanorods, Optics Communications, 226, (1-6), 2003, p125-134 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Chen, Y, Fujitsuka, M, O'Flaherty, SM, Hanack, M, Ito, O, Blau, WJ, Strong optical limiting of soluble axially substituted gallium and indium phthalocyanines, Advanced Materials, 15, 2003, p899-902 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Luminescent polymer optical fibers: Gain spectroscopy and lasing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V, San Jose, CA; United States, 27-30 Jan, edited by Grote J.G.,Kaino T. , 4991, SPIE, 2003, pp293-304 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

Gallani, JL, Bonomme, L, Drury, A, Blau, WJ, Photosensitive magnetism of radicals coupled with carbon nanotubes, Organic Electronics, 4, (1), 2003, p15-20 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Drury, A, Maier, S, Ruther, M, Blau, WJ, Investigation of different synthetic routes to and structure-property relationships of poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene), Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13, 2003, p485-490 Journal Article, 2003 DOI TARA - Full Text

García-Frutos, E.M., O'Flaherty, S.M., Hold, S.V., De la Torre, G., Maier, S., Vázquez, P., Blau, W., Torres, T., Non-linear absorption of alkylsulfonyl metallophthalocyanines, Synthetic Metals, ICSM 2002 , Shanghai; China, 29Jun-5Jul, Wu C.Q.,Cao Y,Sun X,Zhu D.B. , 137, (1-3), 2003, pp1479-1480 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

DAVEY ANDREW (IE); CURRAN SEAMUS (IE); BLAU WERNER (IE), UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN AND ENTERPRISE IRELAND, ZUSAMMENSETZUNG ENTHALTEND NANORÖHREN UND EINE ORGANISCHE VERBINDUNG, 2003, AT240906T Patent, 2003

Chen, Y, O'Flaherty, SM, Hanack, M, Blau, WJ, New axially aryloxy substituted gallium phthalocyanines for nonlinear optics, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13, 2003, p2405-2408 Journal Article, 2003 DOI TARA - Full Text

de la Torre, G, Blau, W, Torres, T, A survey on the functionalization of single-walled nanotubes. The chemical attachment of phthalocyanine moieties, Nanotechnology, 14, (7), 2003, p746 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Jonathan N Coleman, Werner J Blau, Alan B Dalton, Edgar Munoz, Steve Collins, Bog G Kim, Joselito Razal, Miles Selvidge, Guillermo Vieiro, Ray H Baughman, Improving the Mechanical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Sheets by Intercalation of Polymeric Adhesives, Applied Physics Letters, 82, (11), 2003, p1682 - 1684 Journal Article, 2003 TARA - Full Text

Garcia-Frutos, EM, O'Flaherty, SM, Maya, EM, de la Torre, G, Blau, W, Vazquez, P, Torres, TS, Alkynyl substituted phthalocyanine derivatives as targets for optical limiting, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13, 2003, p749-753 Journal Article, 2003 DOI TARA - Full Text

Shaffer, M.S.P., Sandler, J.K.W., Pegel, S., Windle, A.H., Gojny, F., Schulte, K., Cadek, M., (...), Van Es, M., Carbon nanotube and nanofibre reinforced polyamide-12 fibres, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposite, Boston, MA.; United State, 1-5 Dec, edited by Ovid'ko I.,Pande C.S.,Krishnamoorti R.,Lavernia E.,Skandan G. , 791, 2003, pp347-352 Conference Paper, 2003

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 Journal Article, 2003 DOI URL

Lahiff, E., Minett, A.I., Curran, S., Ryu, C.Y., Blau, W.J., Ajayan, P.M., Controlling the position and morphology of nanotubes within a polymer thin film, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Micro- and Nanosystems, Boston, MA; United State, 1-3 dec, edited by LaFan D.A.,Ayon A.A.,Madou M.J.,McNie M.E. , 782, 2003, pp153-158 Conference Paper, 2003

Margaret E. Brennan, Jonathan N. Coleman, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Anna Drury , Bernd Lahr , Marc in het Panhuis and Werner J. Blau, Nonlinear photoluminescence from van Hove singularities in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Optics Letters, 28, 2003, p266 - 266 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Auger, A, Blau, WJ, Burnham, PM, Chambrier, I, Cook, MJ, Isare, B, Nekelson, F, O'Flaherty, SM, Nonlinear absorption properties of some 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octaalkylphthalocyanines and their metallated derivatives, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13, 2003, p1042-1047 Journal Article, 2003 DOI TARA - Full Text

Mormile, P, Petti, L, Gillo, M, Laurienzo, P, Malinconico, M, Roviello, A, Lipson, S, Blau, WJ, Optical properties of a novel alkoxy-substituted poly (p-phenylene 1,3,4-oxadiazoles) for electro-optical devices, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 77, (3), 2003, p945-951 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Youssef, T.E., O'Flaherty, S., Blau, W., Hanack, M., Phthalocyaninatoindium(III) Acetylacetonates for Nonlinear Optics, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, p101-108 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Nitschke, C., O'Flaherty, S.M., Kroell, M., Strevens, A., Maier, S., Rüther, M.G., Blau, W.J., Preparation and nonlinear optical properties of phthalocyanine nanocrystals, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V, San Jose, 27-30 Jan, edited by Grote J.G.,Kaino T. , 4991, SPIE, 2003, pp124-132 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

Jordan, G, Kobayashi, T, Blau, WJ, Pfeiffer, S, Horhold, HH, Frequency upconversion of 800 nm ultrashort pulses by two-photon absorption in a stilbenoid compound-doped polymer optical fiber, Advanced Functional Materials, 13, (10), 2003, p751-754 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Fleming, A.J., Coleman, J.N., Fechtenkötter, A., Müllen, K., Blau, W.J., Intermolecular Vibronic Coupling in Self-Assembling Molecular Nanowires of Hexabenzocoronene Derivatives, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V, San Jose, CA; United States, 27-30 Jan, edited by Grote J.G.,Kaino T. , 4991, SPIE, 2003, pp460-466 Conference Paper, 2003 DOI

O'Flaherty SM, Hold SV, Cook MJ, Torres T, Chen Y, Hanack M, Blau WJ , Molecular engineering of peripherally and axially modified phthalocyanines for optical limiting and nonlinear optics , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 15, (1), 2003, p19 - 36 Journal Article, 2003 DOI URL

Lahiff E, Ryu CY, Curran S, Minett AI, Blau WJ, Ajayan PM , Selective positioning and density control of nanotubes within a polymer thin film, NANO LETTERS, 3, (10), 2003, p1333 - 1337 Journal Article, 2003 DOI URL

Panhuis, MIH, Salvador-Morales, C, Franklin, E, Chambers, G, Fonseca, A, Nagy, JB, Blau, WJ, Minett, AI, Characterization of an interaction between functionalized carbon nanotubes and an enzyme, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3, (3), 2003, p209 - 213 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

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 Journal Article, 2003 DOI URL

SO Flaherty, SV Hold, M Cadek, A Drury , JN Coleman and WJ Blau, Resonant nonlinear optical response of multiwalled carbon nanotube dispersions, Journal of the Optical Society of America, 20, (1), 2003, p49 - 58 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Petti, L, Mormile, P, Blau, WJ, Fast electro-optical switching and high contrast ratio in epoxy-based polymer dispersed liquid crystals, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 39, (3), 2003, p369-377 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Kobayashi, T, Blau, WJ, Tillmann, H, Horhold, HH, Light amplification and lasing in a stilbenoid compound-doped glass-clad polymer optical fiber, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 39, (5), 2003, p664 - 672 Journal Article, 2003 DOI

Manaa, H, Henari, FZ, Al-Saie, A, Drury, A, Kobayashi, T, Blau, WJ, Light amplification and lasing in a (meta-phenylene vinylene) copolymer, Journal of Applied Physics, 93, (4), 2003, p1971 Journal Article, 2003 DOI TARA - Full Text

Brennan, M.E., Samoc, M.J., Kobayashi, T., Coleman, J.N., Luther-Davies, B., Blau, W.J., Third order nonlinear optical response and nonlinear photoluminescence in multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp649-658 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Marc in het Panhuis, Robert W. Munn, Paul L. A. Popelier, Jonathan N. Coleman, Brian Foley, and Werner J. Blau, Distributed response analysis of conductive behavior in single molecules, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Physical Sciences, 99, (suppl 2), 2002, p6514 - 6517 Journal Article, 2002 URL

Leahy, R., Vijayamohanan, K., Ajayan, P.M., Ramanath, G., Blau, W., Gas desorption in single wall carbon nanotube mats during vacuum annealing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp783-787 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Petti, L., Abbate, G., Blau, W.J., Mancarella, D., Mormile, P., Enhancement of the thermo-optical properties in dye-doped PDLCs, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystal, Proceedings of the IX International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, OLC 2001, Sorrento; Italy, 1-6 Oct, edited by Abbate G.,Marrucci L. , 375, 2002, pp785-799 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Cadek M, Coleman JN, Barron V, Hedicke K, Blau WJ , Morphological and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-reinforced semicrystalline and amorphous polymer composites , Applied Physics Letters, 81, (27), 2002, p5123 - 5125 Journal Article, 2002 TARA - Full Text

Fleming, A.J., Coleman, J.N., Dalton, A.B., Fechtenkötter, A., Watson, M.D., Müllen, K., Byrne, H.J., Blau, W.J., Optical spectroscopy of single molecule and aggregate hexabenzocoronene derivatives, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp685-695 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Kilbride B E, Coleman J N, Fraysse J, Fournet P, Cadek M, Drury A, Hutzler S, Roth S and Blau WJ, Experimental observation of scaling laws for alternating current and direct current conductivity in polymer-carbon nanotube composite thin films, Journal of Applied Physics, 92, (7), 2002, p4024 - 4030 Journal Article, 2002 TARA - Full Text

Lipson, S.M., Cadby, A.J., Coleman, J.N., Lane, P.A., Drury, A., O'Brien, D.F., Bradley, D.D.C., Blau, W.J., Optical and electrical studies of modified conjugated polymer films, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (1), SPIE, 2002, pp350-360 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Kröll, M., O'Flaherty, S.M., Blau, W.J., Optical properties of silver nanowires in nanoporous alumina membranes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp641-648 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Cadek, M., Coleman, J.N., Barron, V., Hedicke, K., Blau, W.J., Mechanical and thermal properties of carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp676-684 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Light amplification and lasing in doped polymer optical fibers, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Application, Galway, 5-6 Sept, Glynn T.J. , 4876, (1), 2002, pp330-337 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

McDonald, A, Claffey, N, Pearson, G, Blau, W, Setchell, D, The effect of Nd : YAG radiation at nanosecond pulse duration on dentine crater depth, Biomaterials, 23, (1), 2002, p51 - 58 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

AB Dalton, G Chambers, HJ Byrne, JN Coleman, B McCarthy, M in het Panhuis, WJ Blau, GS Duesberg, PM Ajayan, A Maiti, Non-destructive methods to process and purify carbon nanotubes, Recent Developments in Physical Chemistry, 6, 2002, p327 - 349 Journal Article, 2002

Strevens, A.E., Lipson, S.M., Drury, A., Kröell, M., Hörhold, H.H., Blau, W.J., Nanowire array electrode structure for organic light emitting diodes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (1), SPIE, 2002, pp168-175 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Chen, Y, O'Flaherty, S, Fujitsuka, M, Hanack, M, Subramanian, LR, Ito, O, Blau, WJ, Synthesis, characterization, and optical-limiting properties of axially substituted gallium(III) naphthalocyanines, Chemistry of Materials, 14, (12), 2002, p5163-5168 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

A. J. Fleming. J. N. Coleman, A. B. Dalton. A. Fechtenkotter , M. D. Watson, K. Muellen, H. J. Byrne, W. J. Blau, Optical Spectroscopy of Isolated and Aggregate Hexabenzocoronene Derivatives: A Study of Self-Assembling Molecular Nanowires, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, (1), 2002, p37 - 43 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

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 Journal Article, 2002 DOI URL

Frehill F, Vos JG, Benrezzak S, Koos AA, Konya Z, Ruther MG, Blau WJ, Fonseca A, Nagy JB, Biro LP, Minett AI, Panhuis MIH, Interconnecting carbon nanotubes with an inorganic metal complex , Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, (46), 2002, p13694 - 13695 Journal Article, 2002 URL DOI

Kiernan, G., Barron, V., Blond, D., Drury, A., Coleman, J., Murphy, R., Cadek, M., Blau, W., Characterisation of nanotube based artificial muscles materials, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp775-782 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Fournet, P., Coleman, J.N., O'Brien, D.F., Lahr, B., Drury, A., Hörhold, H.-H., Blau, W.J., Enhanced brightness in organic light-emitting diodes using a carbon nanotube composite as an electron-transport layer, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Organic Light-Emitting Materials and Devices V, San Diego, 30 Jul - 1 Aug, edited by Kafafi Z.H. , 4464, 2002, pp239-247 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

B. McCarthy, J. N. Coleman, R. Czerw, A. B. Dalton, M. in het Panhuis, A. Maiti, A. Drury, P. Bernier, J. B. Nagy, B. Lahr, H. J. Byrne, D. L. Carroll, and W. J. Blau, A Microscopic and Spectroscopic Study of Interactions between Carbon Nanotubes and a Conjugated Polymer, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, (9), 2002, p2210 - 2216 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

M. Cadek, R. Murphy, B. McCarthy, A. Drury, B. Lahr, R. C. Barklie, M. in het Panhuis, J. N. Coleman and W. J. Blau, Optimisation of the arc-discharge production of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 40, (6), 2002, p923 - 928 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

Fournet, P., Coleman, J.N., O'Brien, D.F., Lahr, B., Drury, A., McNeill, C.R., Dastoor, P.C., (...), Blau, W.J., Carbon nanotube composites as efficient charge transport media in organic optoelectronic devices, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Application, Galway, 5-6 Sept, Glynn T.J. , 4876, (1), 2002, 338-349 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Benrezzak, S., Frehill, F., Rüther, M.G., Fonseca, A., Nagy, J., Minett, A.I., Blau, W.J., (...), In het Panhuis, M.., Covalent attachment of a Ruthenium complex to multi wall carbon nanotubes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp770-774 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Chen, Y, Subramanian, LR, Fujitsuka, M, Ito, O, O'Flaherty, S, Blau, WJ, Schneider, T, Dini, D, Hanack, M, Synthesis and optical limiting properties of axially bridged phthalocyanines: [(tBu(4)PcGa)(2)O] and [(tBu(4)PcIn)(2)O], CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 8, (18), 2002, p4248-4254 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

Drury, A., Maier, S., Rüther, M., Blau, W.J., Property-structure relationships of some derivatives of poly (m-phenylene vinylene), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp740-749 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Ryan, K.P., Lipson, S.M., O'Flaherty, S.M., Barron, V., Cadek, M., Drury, A., Byrne, H.J., (...), Coleman, J.N., Photoluminescence quenching and degradation studies to determine the effect of nanotube inclusions on polymer morphology in conjugated polymer-carbon nanotube composites, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), SPIE, 2002, pp361-368 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Steìphan, C., Nguyen, T.P., Lahr, B., Blau, W., Lefrant, S., Chauvet, O. , http://journals.cambridge.org Downloaded: 14 May 2013 IP address: 134.226.254.162 Raman spectroscopy and conductivity measurements on polymer-multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites, Journal of Materials Research, 17, (2), 2002, p396 - 400 Journal Article, 2002 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

Kobayashi, T., Jordan, G., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Luminescent polymer optical fibers: Linear and nonlinear spectroscopy and lasing, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Glasgow, 10-14 Nov, 1, 2002, pp265-266 Conference Paper, 2002

Kobayashi, T, Blau, WJ, Laser emission from conjugated polymer in fibre waveguide structure, Electronics Letters, 38, (2), 2002, p67 - 68 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

O'Flaherty, S.M., Hold, S.V., Cadek, M., Drury, A., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J., Nanosecond nonlinear optical extinction in dispersed multi walled carbon nanotubes excited at 532 nm, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), 2002, pp750-757 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Belton, C., Toussaere, E., Hörhold, H.-H., Stockmann, R., Blau, W.J.., Design and fabrication of a waveguiding organic double hetero-structure light emitting device - A milestone in the development of an electrically pumped polymer laser, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (1), SPIE, 2002, pp377-386 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Murphy, R., Coleman, J.N., O'Flaherty, S.M., Cadek, M., McCarthy, B., Drury, A., Barklie, R.C., Blau, W.J., Comparative study of two polymer carbon nanotube composites using electron paramagnetic resonance and transmission electron microscopy, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications, Galway, 5-6 Sept, edited by Glynn T.J. , 4876, (2), 2002, pp659-666 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

In Het Panhuis, M., Coleman, J.N., Popelier, P.A., Foley, B., Munn, R.W., Blau, W.J., Design and quantification of a nanoscale field effect transistor: Distributed response analysis for investigating conductive behaviour, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes, Boston, MA.; United States, 26-29 Nov, 706 , 2002, 365-370 Conference Paper, 2002

Munoz, E, Dalton, AB, Collins, S, Zakhidov, AA, Baughman, RH, Zhou, WL, He, J, O'Connor, CJ, McCarthy, B, Blau, WJ, Synthesis of SiC nanorods from sheets of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Chemical Physics Letters, 359, (5-6), 2002, p397-402 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

B. McCarthy. J.N. Coleman, R Czerw, A.B. Dalton, M. in het Panhuis, A. Maiti, A.Drury, P. Bernier. J. Nagy, B. Lahr, H.J. Byrne, D.L. Carroll, W J .Blau, High-Yield, Nondestructive Purification and Quantification Method for Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, (12), 2002, p3087 - 3091 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

Kröll, M., Blau, W.J, Grandjean, D., Benfield, R.E, Luis, F., Paulus, P.M, De Jongh, L.J, Magnetic properties of ferromagnetic nanowires embedded in nanoporous alumina membranes, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, International Workshop on Magnetic Wires 2001, San Sebastian; Spain, 20-22 June, edited by Gonzalez J.,Vasquez M. , 249, (1-2), 2002, pp241-245 Conference Paper, 2002 DOI

Lane, P.A., Palilis, L.C., O'Brien, D.F., Giebeler, C., Cadby, A.J., Lidzey, D.G., Campbell, A.J., Blau, W., Bradley, D.D.C., ORIGIN OF ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENCE FROM A DOPED POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 63, (23), 2001, p2352061-2352068 Journal Article, 2001 DOI URL URL

Puech, K, Blau, WJ, Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of the optical nonlinearity in nanometric gold particles, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 3, (1), 2001, p13-21 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Polymer optical fibers for lasing and light amplification, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe , Baltimore, MD; United States, 6-11 May, 2001, pp294-295 Conference Paper, 2001

B McCarthy, J N Coleman, R Czerw, A B Dalton, H J Byrne, D Tekleab, P Iyer, P M Ajayan, W J Blau and D L Carroll, Complex nano-assemblies of polymers and carbon nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 12, 2001, p187 - 190 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Brennan, M., Kobayashi, T., Coleman, J.N., In het Panhuis, M., Blau, W.J., Byrne, H.J., Multiphoton absorption induced photoluminescence from multiwall carbon nanotubes, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe , Baltimore, MD; United States, 6-11 May, 2001, pp454 Conference Paper, 2001

Brennan, Margaret; Coleman, Jonathan N.; in het Panhuis, Marc; Kobayashi, Takeyuki; Blau, Werner J., Nonlinear photoluminescence in multiwall carbon nanotubes, Synthetic Metals, 119, (1-3), 2001, p641 - 642 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

J. N. Coleman, D. F. O'Brien, M. in het Panhuis, A. B. Dalton, B. McCarthy, R. C. Barklie and W. J. Blau, Solubility and purity of nanotubes in arc discharge carbon powder , Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1229 - 1230 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Lane, P.A., Lipson, S.M., Cadby, A.J., O'Brien, D.F., Mellor, H., Martin, S.J., Blau, W.J., Bradley, D.D.C., Studies of a poly(phenylenevinylene) without C2h symmetry, Synthetic Metals, 119, (1-3), 2001, p661-662 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

A. B. Dalton, W. J. Blau, G. Chambers, J. N. Coleman, K. Henderson, S. Lefrant, B. McCarthy, C. Stephan and H. J. Byrne, A functional conjugated polymer to process, purify and selectively interact with single wall carbon nanotubes , Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1217 - 1218 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

MC Mc Carthy B.; Coleman J.N.; Czerw R.; Dalton A.B.; Carroll D.L.; Blau W.J., Microscopy studies of nanotube-conjugated polymer interactions , Synthetic Metals, 121, (1), 2001, p1225 - 1226 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Boyle, A.J., Blau, W.J., Polymeric waveguides for ultra-high speed optical signal processing devices, Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest 2, Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO, Chiba; Japan, 15-19 July, 2001, II650-II651 Conference Paper, 2001

Brennan, M.E., Coleman, J.N., Panhuis, M.I.H., Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Nonlinear photoluminescence from multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials, San Diego, CA, 1-2 Aug, edited by Eich M.,Kuzyk M.G. , 4461, 2001, pp56-64 Conference Paper, 2001 DOI

A.B. Dalton, J.N. Coleman, M.I.H. Panhuis, B. McCarthy, A. Drury and W.J. Blau et al., Controlling the optical properties of a conjugated co-polymer through variation of backbone isomerism and the introduction of carbon nanotubes, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 144, (1), 2001, p31 - 41 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

In Het Panhuis, M., Munn, R.W., Blau, W.J., Optimal polymer characteristics for nanotube solubility, Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1187-1188 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Czerw, R, Terrones, M, Charlier, JC, Blase, X, Foley, B, Kamalakaran, R, Grobert, N, Terrones, H, Tekleab, D, Ajayan, PM, Blau, W, Ruhle, M, Carroll, DL, Identification of electron donor states in N-doped carbon nanotubes, Nano Letters, 1, (9), 2001, p457-460 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Belton, C, O'Brien, DF, Blau, WJ, Cadby, AJ, Lane, PA, Bradley, DDC, Byrne, HJ, Stockmann, R, Horhold, HH, Excited-state quenching of a highly luminescent conjugated polymer, Applied Physics Letters, 78, (8), 2001, p1059 - 1061 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

O'Brien, D.F., Lipson, S.M., Cadby, A.J., Lane, P.A., Bradley, D.D.C., Blau, W.J., Investigation of photoluminescence efficiency in thin polymer films of poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene), Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1405-1406 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

MCDONALD A, CLAFFEY N, PEARSON G, BLAU W, SETCHELL D, THE EFFECT OF ND : YAG PULSE DURATION ON DENTINE CRATER DEPTH , JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY, 29, (1), 2001, p43 - 53 Journal Article, 2001 URL DOI

A. Drury, S. Maier, A. P. Davey, A. B. Dalton, J. N. Coleman, H. J. Byrne and W. J. Blau, Systematic trends in the synthesis of (meta-phenylene vinylene) copolymers , Synthetic Metals, 119, (1-3), 2001, p151 - 152 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Benoit, J.-M., Corraze, B., Lefrant, S., Blau, W.J., Bernier, P., Chauvet, O., Transport properties of PMMA-carbon nanotubes composites, Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1215-1216 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

O'Brien, D.F. , Giebeler, C. , Fletcher, R.B. , Cadby, A.J. , Palilis, L.C., Lidzey, D.G., Lane, P.A. , Bradley, D.D.C. , Blau, W. , ELECTROPHOSPHORESENCE FROM A DOPED POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, SYNTHETIC METALS, 116, (1-3), 2001, p379 - 383 Journal Article, 2001 URL DOI

Kobayashi, T, Blau, WJ, Tillmann, H, Horhold, HH, Blue amplified spontaneous emission from a stilbenoid-compound-doped polymer optical fiber, Optics Letters, 26, (24), 2001, p1952-1955 Journal Article, 2001 TARA - Full Text DOI

B. McCarthy, J. N. Coleman, S. A. Curran, A. B. Dalton, A. P. Davey, Z. Konya, A. Fonseca, J. B. Nagy and W. J. Blau, Observation of site selective binding in a polymer nanotube composite , Journal of Materials Science Letters, 19, (24), 2001, p2239 - 2241 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Fournet, P., Kobayashi, T., Coleman, J.N., O'Brien, D.F., Lahr, B., Drury, A., Blau, W.J., Hörhold, H.-H., A carbon nanotube composite as an electron-transport layer in organic light-emitting diodes, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe , Baltimore, MD; United States, 6-11 May, 2001, pp34-35 Conference Paper, 2001

De La Torre, G. , Gray, D. , Blau, W. , Torres, T., THIRD ORDER OPTICAL NON-LINEARITY OF SUBSTITUTED TRIAZOLEHEMIPORPHYRAZINES, SYNTHETIC METALS, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1481 - 1482 Journal Article, 2001 DOI URL

Petti, L, Mormile, P, Ren, Y, Abbate, M, Musto, P, Ragosta, G, Blau, WJ, Optical switching property from a laser beam propagating in a polymer dispersed liquid crystal film, Liquid Crystals, 28, (12), 2001, p1831-1837 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Coleman, J.N., Dalton, A.B., McCarthy, B., Barklie, R.C., Blau, W.J...., Purity and solubility of nanotubes in arc discharge carbon powder, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Nanotubes and Related Materials, Boston, MA, 27-30 Nov 2000, edited by Rao A , 633, 2001, ppA1361-A1365 Conference Paper, 2001

J.N. Coleman, D.F. O'Brien, M. in het Panhuis, A.B. Dalton, B. McCarthy and R.C. Barklie and W. J. Blau, High electron injection currents from a nanotube composite in an organic heterojunction, Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1227 - 1228 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Fournet, P., McCarthy, B., Dalton, A.B., Coleman, J.N., Murphy, R., Stephan, C., Lefrant, S., (...), Blau, W.J.., Purification and processing of carbon nanotubes using self-assembly and selective interaction with a semi-conjugated polymer, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Engineering Thin Films with Ion Beams, Nanoscale Diagnostics, and Molecular Manufacturing, San Diego, CA, 30-31 July, Knystautas E.J.,Kirk W.P.,Browning V. , 4468, 2001, pp112-123 Conference Paper, 2001 DOI

Lipson, SM, Cadby, AJ, Lane, PA, O'Brien, DF, Drury, A, Bradley, DDC, Blau, WJ, The photophysics of thin polymer films of poly-(meta-phenylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-para-phenylenevinylene), Monatshefte für Chemie / Chemical Monthly, 132, (1), 2001, p151-158 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

In het Panhuis, M., Coleman, J.N., Blau, W.J..., Solubility of carbon nanotubes, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Nanotubes and Related Materials, Boston, MA, 27-30 Nov 2000, Knystautas E.J.,Kirk W.P.,Browning V. , 633, 2001, ppA531-A535 Conference Paper, 2001

P. Fournet, J. N. Coleman, B. Lahr, A. Drury, and W. J. Blau, D. F. O'Brien, H.-H. Hörhold, Enhanced brightness in organic light-emitting diodes using a carbon nanotube composite as an electron-transport layer, Journal of Applied Physics, 90, (2), 2001, p969 - 975 Journal Article, 2001 TARA - Full Text

Maier, S. , Drury, A. , Davey, A.P. , Byrne, H.J. , Blau, W., BULKY SIDEGROUP POLYMERS - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERISATION, SYNTHETIC METALS, 119, (1-3), 2001, p85 - 86 Journal Article, 2001 DOI URL

Belton, C., O'Brien, D., Cadby, A., Lane, P., Byrne, H.J., Stockmann, R., Hörhold, H.-H., (...), Blau, W.J., Excited state inhibition of luminescence in DPOP-PPV, Synthetic Metals, 119, (1-3), 2001, p567-568 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

P. Fournet, D. F. O'Brien, J. N. Coleman, H. -H. Hörhold and W. J. Blau, A carbon nanotube composite as an electron transport layer for M3EH-PPV based light-emitting diodes , Synthetic Metals, 121, (1-3), 2001, p1683 - 1684 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

A. B. Dalton, B. Paci, K. Henderson, G. Chambers, B. McCarthy, J. N. Coleman, A. Drury, C. Fiorini, J. -M. Nunzi, W. J. Blau and H. J. Byrne, Isomerism and inter-chain effects in a semi-conjugated co-polymer, poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene, Synthetic Metals, 119, (1-3), 2001, p557 - 558 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Dalton, A.B., McCarthy, B., Coleman, J.N., Panhuis, M., Carroll, D.L., Czerw, R., Blau, W.J., Byrne, H.J., Physical interactions of carbon nanotubes and conjugated polymers, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Nanotubes, Fullerenes, Nanostructured and Disordered Carbon, San Francisco, CA, 17-21 Apr, edited by Robertson J,Friedmann T,Geohegan D,Luzzi D,Ruoff R , 675, 2001, ppW4.5.1-W4.5.6 Conference Paper, 2001

Jonathan N. Coleman, Diarmuid F. O'Brien, Brendan McCarthy, Robert C. Barklie and Werner J. Blau, Nanotube Content in Arc Generated Carbon Powder , Monatshefte für Chemie / Chemical Monthly, 132, (1), 2001, p53 - 61 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Lane, PA, Palilis, LC, O'Brien, DF, Giebeler, C, Cadby, AJ, Lidzey, DG, Campbell, AJ, Blau, W, Bradley, DDC, Origin of electrophosphorescence from a doped polymer light emitting diode, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 63, (23), 2001, p235206 - Journal Article, 2001 TARA - Full Text DOI

Kobayashi, T., Blau, W.J., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Luminescent polymer fibers for light amplification and lasing, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Electronic, Optical and Optoelectronic Polymers and Oligomers , San Francisco, CA; United States;, 17-21 Apr, 665, 2001, pp307-312 Conference Paper, 2001

Petti, L., Mormile, P., Blau, W.J., Experimental results on optical effects induced in epoxy resin based PDLC, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, VIII International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals (OLC'99), Humacao; Puerto Ric, 27 Sep - 1 Oct 99, Aliev F.M. , 359 , 2001, pp53-65 Conference Paper, 2001

Henderson, K. , Dalton, A.B. , Chambers, G. , Drury, A. , Maier, S. , Ryder, A.G. , Blau, W. , Byrne, H.J., SOLVENT EFFECTS ON THE LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF CONJUGATED MOLECULES, SYNTHETIC METALS, 119, (1-3), 2001, p555 - 556 Journal Article, 2001 DOI URL

Ren, YT, Petti, L, Mormile, P, Blau, WJ, Optically induced light modulation in epoxy-based polymer dispersed liquid crystals, Journal of Modern Optics, 48, (6), 2001, p1099-1112 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Mc Carthy, B, Dalton, AB, Coleman, JN, Byrne, HJ, Bernier, P, Blau, WJ, Spectroscopic investigation of conjugated polymer/single-walled carbon nanotube interactions, Chemical Physics Letters, 350, (1-2), 2001, 27-32 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Jonathan N. Coleman, Alan B. Dalton, Seamus Curran, Angel Rubio, Andrew P. Davey, Anna Drury, Brendan McCarthy, Bernd Lahr, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Siegmar Roth, Robert C. Barklie, and Werner J. Blau, Phase Separation of Carbon Nanotubes and Turbostratic Graphite Using a Functional Organic Polymer , Advanced Materials, 12, (3), 2000, p213 - 217 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

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 Journal Article, 2000 URL

Coleman, J.N., O'Brien, D.F., Dalton, A.B., McCarthy, B., Lahr, B., Drury, A., Barklie, R.C., Blau, W.J., Measurement of nanotube content in pyrolytically generated carbon soot, Chemical Communications, 20, 2000, p2001 - 2002 Journal Article, 2000 TARA - Full Text

Lane, PA, Cadby, AJ, Mellor, H, Martin, SJ, Lidzey, DG, Bradley, DDC, Lipson, SM, O'Brien, DF, Blau, WJ, Photophysics of a poly(phenylenevinylene) with alternating meta-phenylene and para-phenylene rings, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 62, 2000, p15718-15723 Journal Article, 2000 DOI TARA - Full Text

AB Dalton, C. Stephan, JN Coleman, B. McCarthy, PM Ajayan, S Lefrant, P Bernier, WJ Blau, HJ Byrne, Selective Interaction of a Semi-conjugated Polymer with Single Wall Nanotubes, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 104, (43), 2000, p10012 - 10016 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Woo, H.S., Czerw, R., Webster, S., Carroll, D.L., Ballato, J., Strevens, A.E., O'Brien, D., Blau, W.J., Hole blocking in carbon nanotube-polymer composite organic light-emitting diodes based on poly (m-phenylene vinylene-co-2, 5-dioctoxy-p-phenylene vinylene), Applied Physics Letters, 77, (9), 2000, p1393-1395 Journal Article, 2000 TARA - Full Text DOI

Lipson, S.M., O'Brien, D.F., Byrne, H.J., Davey, A.P., Blau, W.J., Investigation of efficiency and photostability in polymer films, Synthetic Metals, 2nd International Conference on Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and Related Phenomena (ICEL-2), Sheffield, UK, 15-18 May 1999, 111, 2000, pp553-557 Conference Paper, 2000 DOI

Ailbhe V. McDonald Noel M. Claffey Gavin J. Pearson Werner Blau Derrick J. Setchell, Effect of Nd:YAG radiation at millisecond pulse duration on dentine crater depth, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 27, (3), 2000, p213 - 223 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Lipson, S.M. , O'Brien, D.F., Byrne, H.J., Davey, A.P., Blau, W.J. , Improvement of luminescence efficiency and photostability in polymer thin films, Thin Solid Films, 370, (1), 2000, p262-267 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Dumarcher, Vincent, Rocha, Licinio, Denis, Christine, Fiorini, Celine, Nunzi, Jean-Michel, Sobel, Frank, Sahraoui, Bouchta, (...), Le Moigne, Jacque, Spectral characteristics of DFB polymer lasers, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices II, San Jose, CA, USA, 24-26 Jan, 3939, 2000, pp2-11 Conference Paper, 2000

Petti, L., Mormile, P., Abbate, M., Musto, P., Ragosta, G., Blau, W.J., Experimental observation of self-transparency in an epoxy-based polymer dispersed liquid crystal, Journal of Modern Optics, 47, (4), 2000, p581-585 Journal Article, 2000

McCarthy, B., Czerw, R., Strevens, A., Davey, A.P., Carroll, D.L., Blau, W.J., Substrate mediated ordering in PmPV thin films, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid-State Materials V, Boston, MA, USA, 29 Nov - 1 Dec, 598, Materials Research Society,Warrendale, PA, United States, 2000, ppBB11.34.1-BB11.34.6 Conference Paper, 2000

Coleman, J. N.; O'Brien, D. F.; Dalton, A. B.; McCarthy, B.; Lahr, B.; Barklie, R. C.; Blau, W. J., Electron paramagnetic resonance as a quantitative tool for the study of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Journal of Chemical Physics, 113, 2000, p9788 - 9793 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Henderson, K. , Kretsch, K.P. , Drury, A. , Maier, S. , Davey, A.P. , Blau, W. , Byrne, H.J., Correlation of molecular vibrational structure with luminescent quantum yields, Synthetic Metals, 111-112, 2000, p559 - 561 Journal Article, 2000 URL DOI

Kretsch, K.P., Belton, C., Lipson, S., Blau, W.J., Henari, F.Z., Pfeiffer, S., Tillmann, H., Hörhold, H.-H., Optical gain spectra from doped polymeric waveguides, Synthetic Metals, 2nd International Conference on Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and Related Phenomena (ICEL-2), Sheffield, UK, 15-18 May 1999, 111, 2000, 567-570 Conference Paper, 2000 DOI

Kretsch, K.P., Blau, W.J., Dumarcher, V., Rocha, L., Fiorini, C., Nunzi, J.-M., Pfeiffer, S., (...), Hörhold, H.-H. , Distributed feedback laser action from polymeric waveguides doped with oligo phenylene vinylene model compounds, Applied Physics Letters, 76, (16), 2000, p2149-2151 Journal Article, 2000 DOI TARA - Full Text

Manaa, H., Henari, F.Z., Kretsch, K.P., Blau, W.J., Rost, H., Pfeiffer, S., Teuschel, A., (...), Hörhold, H.H., Laser gain and excited-state absorption measurements in phenylene-vinylene oligomer (1,4-bis-(alpha-cyanostyryl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene), Journal of Luminescence, 87, 2000, p754-756 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Callaghan, J.; Blau, W. J.; Henari, F. Z., Picosecond Reverse Saturable Absorption and Optical Limiting in Fullerenes and Their Metal Derivatives, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 9, (4), 2000, p505-521 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Davey, A.P., Bourdin, E., Delysse, S., Blau, W., Nunzi, J.-M., Nonlinear optical response of poly(aryleneethynylenes) and studies of excited state properties, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, The 8th IKETANI Conference , Chitose, Jpn, 12-15 Oct, 22, (1-4), 1999, pp485-490 Conference Paper, 1999

Davey, A.P., Howard, R.G., Blau, W.J., Byrne, H.J., Polarized photoluminescence and measurement of degree of order in mixed oriented polymer liquid crystal films, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 44, (3-4), 1999, 241-258 Journal Article, 1999

Kretsch, KP, Belton, C, Lipson, S, Blau, WJ, Henari, FZ, Rost, H, Pfeiffer, S, Teuschel, A, Tillmann, H, Horhold, HH, Amplified spontaneous emission and optical gain spectra from stilbenoid and phenylene vinylene derivative model compounds, Journal of Applied Physics, 86, (11), 1999, p6155-6160 Journal Article, 1999 DOI TARA - Full Text

Coleman, J.N., Curran, S., Dalton, A.B., Davey, A.P., Mc Carthy, B., Blau, W., Barklie, R.C. , Physical Doping of a Conjugated Polymer with Carbon Nanotubes , Synthetic Metals, 102, (1-3), 1999, p1174 - 1175 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Dalton, A.B., Byrne, H.J., Coleman, J.N., Curran, S., Davey, A.P., McCarthy, B., Blau, W. , Optical Absorption and Fluorescence of a Multi-walled Nanotube-Polymer Composite, Synthetic Metals, 102, (1-3), 1999, p1176 - 1177 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Henari, FZ, Manaa, H, Kretsch, KP, Blau, WJ, Rost, H, Pfeiffer, S, Teuschel, A, Tillmann, H, Horhold, HH, Effective stimulated emission and excited state absorption measurements in the phenylene-vinylene oligomer (1,4-bis-(alpha-cyanostyryl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene)), Chemical Physics Letters, 307, (3-4), 1999, 163-166 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Curran, S. , Davey, A.P. , Coleman, J. , Dalton, A. , McCarthy, B. , Maier, S. , Drury, A. , Gray, D. , Brennan, M. , Ryder, K. , Lamy De La Chapelle, M. , Journet, C. , Bernier, P. , Byrne, H.J. , Carroll, D. , Ajayan, P.M. , Lefrant, S. , Blau, W., Evolution and Evaluation of the Polymer Nanotube Composite, Synthetic Metals, 103, (1-3), 1999, p2559 - 2562 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Henari, F. , Davey, A. , Blau, W. , Haisch, P. , Hanack, M. , The electronic and non-linear optical properties of oxo-titanium phthalocyanines, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 3, (5), 1999, p331 - 338 Journal Article, 1999 URL DOI

Maier, S. , Davey, A.P. , Drury, A. , Byrne, H.J. , Blau, W., Mono- and polycyclic aromatic polymers - synthesis and properties, Synthetic Metals, 101, (1), 1999, p31 - 32 Journal Article, 1999 URL DOI

Davey, A.P., Drury, A., Maier, S., Byrne, H.J., Blau, W.J., Synthesis and optical properties of phenylene-vinylene copolymers, Synthetic Metals, 103, (1-3), 1999, 2478-2479 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Duesberg, G.S. , Blau, W. , Byrne, H.J. , Muster, J. , Burghard, M. , Roth, S., Chromatography of carbon nanotubes, Synthetic Metals, 103, (1-3), 1999, p2484 - 2485 Journal Article, 1999 DOI URL

Holzer, W, Pichlmaier, M, Drotleff, E, Penzkofer, A, Bradley, DDC, Blau, WJ, Optical constants measurement of luminescent polymer films, Optics Communications, 163, (1-3), 1999, p24-28 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Resel, R. , Tertinek, B. Tasch, S. , Davey, A. , Blau, W. , Hörhold, H.-H. , Rost, H. , Leising, G., Conformation studies on layers of soluble poly(para-)phenylenevinylenes, Synthetic Metals, 101, (1), 1999, p96 - 97 Journal Article, 1999 DOI URL

Dhote, J. , Kretsch, K.P. , Davey, A.P. , Blau, W. , Byrne, H.J., Luminescent quantum yields and vibrational spectroscopy, Synthetic Metals, 102, (1-3), 1999, p1529 - 1530 Journal Article, 1999 URL DOI

Holzer, W, Penzkofer, A, Pichlmaier, M, Bradley, DDC, Blau, WJ, Photodegradation of some luminescent polymers, Chemical Physics, 248, (2-3), 1999, p273-284 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

König, S., Blau, W., Giorgetti, E., Nonlinear optical behaviour of polydiacetylene coated glass waveguides, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 44, (3-4), 1999, 197-223 Journal Article, 1999

Mormile, P., Petti, L., Abbate, M., Musto, P., Ragosta, G., Blau, W.J., Electro-optical properties of an epoxy-based polymer dispersed liquid crystals, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1999 Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Photonic Devices, Singapore, 30 Nov - 3 Dec, 3896, SPIE, 1999, pp705-711 Conference Paper, 1999

Holzer, W, Pichlmaier, M, Penzkofer, A, Bradley, DDC, Blau, WJ, Fluorescence spectroscopic behaviour of neat and blended conjugated polymer thin films, Chemical Physics, 246, (1-3), 1999, p445-462 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

Duesberg, GS, Blau, WJ, Byrne, HJ, Muster, J, Burghard, M, Roth, S, Experimental observation of individual single-wall nanotube species by Raman microscopy, Chemical Physics Letters, 310, (1-2), 1999, p8-14 Journal Article, 1999 DOI

J. N. Coleman, S. Curran, A. B. Dalton, A. P. Davey, B. McCarthy, W. Blau, and R. C. Barklie, Percolation-dominated conductivity in a conjugated-polymer-carbon-nanotube composite, Physical Review B, 58, (12), 1998, pR7492 - R7495 Journal Article, 1998 TARA - Full Text DOI

Holzer, W, Penzkofer, A, Gong, SH, Bradley, DDC, Long, X, Blau, WJ, Davey, AP, Excitation intensity-dependent fluorescence behaviour of some luminescent polymers, Polymer, 39, (16), 1998, 3651-3656 Journal Article, 1998 DOI

Penzkofer, A., Holzer, W., Gong, S.-H., Bradley, D.D.C., Long, X., Bleyer, A., Blau, W.J., Davey, A.P., Effective stimulated emission and excited-state absorption cross-section spectra of luminescent polymers, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, ICAPT, Ottawa, Canada, 29-31 July, 3491, 1998, pp762-766 Conference Paper, 1998

Davey, AP, Howard, RG, Lahr, B, Blau, WJ, Byrne, HJ, Measurement of Degree of Order in Mixed Polarised Fluorescent Polymer Liquid Crystal Films, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 325, (1), 1998, p79-90 Journal Article, 1998 TARA - Full Text DOI

Qureshi, FM, Martin, SJ, Long, X, Bradley, DDC, Henari, FZ, Blau, WJ, Smith, EC, Wang, CH, Kar, AK, Anderson, HL, Optical limiting properties of a zinc porphyrin polymer and its dimer and monomer model compounds, Chemical Physics, 231, (1), 1998, p87-94 Journal Article, 1998 DOI

Seamus A. Curran , Pulickel M. Ajayan, Werner J. Blau, David L. Carroll, Johnathan N. Coleman, Alan B. Dalton, Andrew P. Davey, Anna Drury, Brendan McCarthy, Stephanie Maier, Adam Strevens, A Composite from Poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) and Carbon Nanotubes: A Novel Material for Molecular Optoelectronics, Advanced Materials, 10, (14), 1998, p1091 - 1093 Journal Article, 1998 DOI

Seamus Curran, David L. Carroll, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Philipp Redlich, Siegmar Roth, Manfred Rühle , Werner Blau , Picking Needles from Nano-Haystacks, Advanced Materials, 10, (4), 1998, p311 - 313 Journal Article, 1998 DOI URL

Drury, A, Burbridge, S, Davey, AP, Blau, WJ, Poly(5-tert-butyl)benzothiophene: a soluble form of polyisothianaphthene with a large nonlinear optical response, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 8, 1998, p2353-2355 Journal Article, 1998 TARA - Full Text DOI

Holzer, W, Penzkofer, A, Gong, SH, Blau, WJ, Davey, AP, Effective stimulated emission and excited-state absorption cross-section spectra of para-phenylene-ethynylene polymers, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 30, (1), 1998, p1-14 Journal Article, 1998 DOI

Knechtel, WH, Dusberg, GS, Blau, WJ, Hernandez, E, Rubio, A, Reversible bending of carbon nanotubes using a transmission electron microscope, Applied Physics Letters, 73, (14), 1998, p1961-1964 Journal Article, 1998 DOI

Bourdin, E., Davey, A., Blau, W., Determination of the second hyperpolarizability γ of poly(arylene ethynylenes) using the Z-scan technique, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, 19, (2), 1998, p93-104 Journal Article, 1998

Hockemeyer, J, Castel, A, Riviere, P, Satge, J, Ryder, KG, Drury, A, Davey, AP, Blau, WJ, Synthesis and optical properties of group 14 element thienyl polymers, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 11, (6), 1997, p513-521 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

Curran, S., Roth, S., Davey, A.P., Drury, A., Blau, W. , Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects from a conjugated polymer poly-tert-butyl-isothionaphthalene, Synthetic Metals, 83, (3), 1997, p239 - 243 Journal Article, 1997 DOI URL

Bourdin, E. , Davey, A. , Blau, W. , Delysse, S. , Nunzi, J.M., Picosecond excited states in poly(aryleneethynylene)s, Chemical Physics Letters, 275, (1-2), 1997, p103 - 107 Journal Article, 1997 DOI URL

MCDONALD, A, A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT ON DENTINE OF 3 DIFFERING PULSE DURATION ND:YAG LASERS., unknown, 1997, 76, ISI Web of Science, 1997, pp1083 - 1083 Meeting Abstract, 1997

Davey, AP, Howard, RG, Blau, WJ, Polarised photoluminescence from oriented polymer liquid crystal films, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 7, 1997, p417-420 Journal Article, 1997 DOI TARA - Full Text

Henari, FZ, Blau, WJ, Milgrom, LR, Yahioglu, G, Phillips, D, Lacey, JA, Third-order optical non-linearity in Zn(II) complexes of 5,10,15,20-tetraarylethynyl-substituted porphyrins, Chemical Physics Letters, 267, (3-4), 1997, 229-233 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

Milgrom, LR, Yahioglu, G, Bruce, DW, Morrone, S, Henari, FZ, Blau, WJ, Mesogenic zinc(II) complexes of 5,10,15,20-tetraarylethynyl-substituted porphyrins, Advanced Materials, 9, (4), 1997, p313 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

Henari, FZ, Callaghan, J, Blau, WJ, Haisch, P, Hanack, M, One-photon resonant optical nonlinearity of soluble substituted group IV metallophthalocyanines, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 6, 1997, p741 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

Holzer, W, Penzkofer, A, Gong, SH, Davey, AP, Blau, WJ, Laser performance studies of para-(phenylene-ethynylene) polymers in organic solvents, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 29, (7), 1997, p713-724 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

MCBRIERTY VINCENT; BLAU WERNER, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, An Apparatus and method for manufacturing lenses, 1996, IE950827 Patent, 1996

Large, Maryanne C., Blau, Werner J., Croke, David T., McWilliam, Peter, Kajzar, Francois, Molecular length dependent polarizability, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials IX , Denver, CO, USA, 7-9 Aug, edited by Moehlmann Gustaaf R. , 2852, 1996, pp32-39 Conference Paper, 1996

Henari, FZ, Cazzini, KH, Weldon, DN, Blau, WJ, All optical switching based on intensity induced absorption in C-60, Applied Physics Letters, 68, (5), 1996, p619-621 Journal Article, 1996 DOI

MCDONALD, A, A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT ON DENTINE OF A PICOSECOND ND:YAG LASER, unknown, 1996, 75, ISI Web of Science, 1996, pp1159 - 1159 Meeting Abstract, 1996

Sommer, T., Barklie, R.C., Davey, A., Blau, W. , Spin-dependent conductivity and EPR study of undoped and doped poly (tertiarybutylisothianaphthene), Synthetic Metals, 76, (1-3), 1996, p259 - 262 Journal Article, 1996 URL DOI

DAVEY ANDREW P; BLAU WERNER J; CARDIN DAVID J; BYRNE HUGH J; SPARPAGLIONE MASSIMO, ENICHEM SPA (IT);; DONEGANI GUIDO IST (IT);; TRINITY COLLEGE (IE), Class of organometallic polymers having non-linear third order optical properties and process for obtaining them, 1996, IT1265683 Patent, 1996

Large, Maryanne C.J., Blau, Werner J., Croke, David T., McWilliam, Peter, Kajzar, Francois, Applications of nonlinear optical techniques to the study of biological molecules, Proceedings of the 1995 2nd International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics, ICONO'2; , Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, Kusatsu, Jpn, 23-26 July, 151-4, (1-4), 1996, pp463-466 Conference Paper, 1996

E. Giorgetti, P. Lambkin, Qu Li, L. Palchetti, S. Sottini, D. Grando, and W. Blau , Phase-matched gratings for enhanced forward degenerate four-wave mixing, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 12, (1), 1995, p58 - 66 Journal Article, 1995 TARA - Full Text DOI

Fryad Henari and Werner Blau , Excimer-laser surface treatment of metals for improved adhesion, Applied Optics, Applied Optics, 34, (3), 1995, pp581-584 Conference Paper, 1995 URL

Puech, K; Blau, W; Grund, A; Bubeck, C; Cardenas, G , icosecond degenerate four-wave mixing in colloidal solutions of gold nanoparticles at high repetition rates., Optics Letters, 20, (15), 1995, p1613 - 1615 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

Burbridge, S.J., Page, H., Drury, A., Davey, A.P., Callaghan, J., Blau, W., Third order nonlinear optical response of a soluble form of polyisothionaphthene, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics, ICONO'1, Val Thorens, Fr, 9-13 Jan, 1995, pp139-146 Conference Paper, 1995

F.R. Akkari, K.H. Cazzini, W. Blau, Thermo-optic mode extinction modulation in polymeric waveguide structures, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 187, (1), 1995, p494 - 497 Journal Article, 1995 URL DOI

Davey, A.P., Elliott, S., O'Connor, O., Blau, W. , New rigid backbone conjugated organic polymers with large fluorescence quantum yields, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995, p1433 - 1434 Journal Article, 1995 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

Large, M.C.J., Croke, D.T., Blau, W.J., McWilliam, P., Kajzar, F., EFISH in electrolyte and polyelectrolyte systems, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, 12, (3), 1995, p225-238 Journal Article, 1995

Drury, A., Davey, A.P., Burbridge, S., Page, H., Blau, W., Synthesis of the narrow-gap, nonlinear, organic polymer poly(tertbutylisothianaphthene), Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics, 10, (1-4), 1995, p167-172 Journal Article, 1995

Howard, R.G., Davey, A.P., Blau, W., Calculation of static hyperpolarisabilities of donor-acceptor systems using a desktop molecular modelling package, Molecular Engineering, 5, (4), 1995, p363-370 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

Callaghan, J., White, N.T., Weldon, D.N., Beddard, G.S., Blau, Werner, Excited-state dynamics of C60 and n2-C60Pd(PPh3)2, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Fullerenes and Photonics II, San Diego, CA, USA, 10-11 July, Kafafi Zakya H. , 2530, 1995, pp154-156 Conference Paper, 1995

A. P. Davey, E. Bourdin, F. Henari, and W. Blau, Three photon induced fluorescence from a conjugated organic polymer for infrared frequency upconversion, Applied Physics Letters, 67, (884), 1995, p884 - 885 Journal Article, 1995 URL DOI

Weldon, D.N., Blau, W.J., Zandbergen, H.W., A high resolution electron microscopy investigation of curvature in carbon nanotubes, Chemical Physics Letters, 241, (4), 1995, p365-372 Journal Article, 1995

Henari, F.Z., Morgenstern, K., Blau, W.J., Karavanskii, V.A., Dneprovskii, V.S., Third-order optical nonlinearity and all-optical switching in porous silicon, Applied Physics Letters67, 1995, p323 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

Pender, W.A., Boyle, A.J., Lambkin, P., Blau, W.J., Mazaheri, K., Westland, D.J., Skarda, V., Sparpaglione, M., Nonlinear absorption in polydiacetylene waveguides, Applied Physics Letters, 66, (7), 1995, p786 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

Henari, Fryad.Z., Cazzini, K., El Akkari, F., Blau, W.J., Beam waist changes in lithium niobate during Z-scan measurement, Journal of Applied Physics, 78, (2), 1995, p1373-1375 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

K. Puech, F. Henari, W. Blau, D. Duff and G. Schmid, Intensity-Dependent Optical Absorption of Colloidal Solutions of Gold Nanoparticles, Europhysics Letters, 32, (2), 1995, p119 - 124 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

K. Puech, F.Z. Henari, W.J. Blau, D. Duff, G. Schmid, Investigation of the ultrafast dephasing time of gold nanoparticles using incoherent light, Chemical Physics Letters, 247, (1-2), 1995, p13-17 Journal Article, 1995 DOI

MCDONALD, A, A QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF ND-YAG PULSE DURATION ON DENTIN INTERACTION, unknown, 1995, 74, ISI Web of Science, 1995, pp829 - 829 Meeting Abstract, 1995

S. J. Burbridge; H. Page; A. Drury; A. P. Davey; J. Callaghan; W. Blau , Nonlinear Optical Properties of a Soluble Form of Polyisothionaphthene, Journal of Modern Optics, 41, (6), 1994, p1217 - 1225 Journal Article, 1994 URL DOI

T. Steinborn, G. Miehe, J. Wiesner, E. Brecht, H. Fuess, G. Wirth, B. Schult, M. Speckmann, H. Adrian, M. Maul,, K. Petersen, W. Blau and M. McConnel, twinning of yb2cu3o7 thin-films on different substrates and modification by irradiation. , Physica C, 220, (3-4), 1994, p219 - 226 Journal Article, 1994 URL DOI

Giorgetti, E., Lambkin, P., Li, Qu, Sottini, S., Grando, D., Blau, W., Phase matched gratings for enhanced forward degenerate four wave mixing, Proceedings of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, 28 Aug - 2 Sept, IEEE,Piscataway, NJ, United States, 1994, pp407 Conference Paper, 1994

S. J. Burbridge, K. H. Cazzini, W. J. Blau, J. G. Lunney and I. T. McGovern, A comparative study of the physical and chemical effects of near and mid-infrared laser irradiation of dentine, Lasers in the Life Sciences, 6, 1994, p197-215 Journal Article, 1994

J. Kastner, T. Pichler, H. Kuzmany, S. Curran, W. Blau, D. N. Weldon, M. Delamesiere, S. Draper and H. Zandbergen , Resonance Raman and infrared spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes , CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 221, (1-2), 1994, p53 - 58 Journal Article, 1994 DOI URL

Schneider, Gi., Huggard, P.G., O'Brien, T.P., Blau, W., Prettl, W. , Magnetic field dependence of Josephson photoresponse in high-Tc superconductor thin films, Solid State Communications, 89, (8), 1994, p705 - 708 Journal Article, 1994 DOI URL

Lemoine, P., Cazzini, K., McGovern, I.T., Blau, W.J., Bätz, P., Ziegler, C., Göpel, W., X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of KrF laser-irradiated polycarbonate films , Chemical Physics Letters , 220, (3-5), 1994, p177-180 Journal Article, 1994 DOI

H. Page, W. Blau and A. P. Davey, X. Lou and D. J. Cardin , Nonlinear optical properties of some mono- and bimetallic organometallic systems , SYNTHETIC METALS, 63, (3), 1994, p179 - 182 Journal Article, 1994 DOI URL

Davey, A.P., Page, H., Blau, W, Byrne, H.J., Cardin, D.J. , Linear and third order nonlinear optical properties of one-dimensional organometallic systems, SYNTHETIC METALS, 57, (1), 1993, p3980 - 3985 Journal Article, 1993 URL DOI

O'Brien, T.P., McConnell, M.L., Huggard, P.G., Schneider, Gi., Blau, W.J., Measurements of the far infra red laser transmission of Y1Ba2Cu3O7-δ thin films, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 18th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves; Colchester, Eng, Colchester, England, 2104, 1993, pp570 Conference Paper, 1993

Schneider, Gi., Blau, W., Stangl, E., Bäuerle, D., Huggard, P.G., Prettl, W., Enhancement of Josephson photoresponse of granular high‐Tc superconductor thin films by deoxygenation , Applied Physics Letters, 63, (20), 1993, p2827 - 2829 Journal Article, 1993 URL DOI

Bourdin, E., Blau, W., Curran, S., Bloechl, G., Becker, R. , Electrical conductivity of acid doped and iodine doped polydiheteroarylenemethines, Synthetic Metals, 57, (2-3), 1993, p5052 - 5056 Journal Article, 1993 URL DOI

A. P. Davey, H. J. Byrne, H. Page, W. Blau and D. J. Cardin, Nonlinear optical studies of group 10 transition-metal thienyl systems, Synthetic Metals, 58, (2), 1993, p161 - 172 Journal Article, 1993 URL DOI

Dr. Fryad Z. Henari, Shane MacNamara, Orla Stevenson, Joseph Callaghan, Declan Weldon, Prof. Werner J. Blau, Low power nonlinear optical response of C60 and C70 fullerene solutions, Advanced Materials, 5, (12), 1993, p930-934 Journal Article, 1993 DOI

Lemoine, P., Blau, W., Drury, A., Keely, C. , Molecular weight effects on the 248-nm photoablation of polystyrene spun films, Polymer, 34, (24), 1993, p5020 - 5028 Journal Article, 1993 URL DOI

Mulloy, M.P., Blau, W.J., Lunney, J.G., Pulsed laser deposition of magnetic semiconductor EuS, EuSe, and EuTe thin films , Journal of Applied Physics, 73, (8), 1993, p4104-4106 Journal Article, 1993 DOI

Prettl, W., Lengfellner, H. , Kaminski, J.P. , Schneider, Gi. , Huggard, P.G. , O'Brien, T. , Blau, W., Far infrared response of thin film Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 using a free electron laser , nternational Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 13, (10), 1992, p1659 - 1666 Journal Article, 1992 DOI URL

TP O'Brien, JF Lawlor, JG Lunney and WJ Blau, The effect of laser fluence on the ablation and deposition of YBA2CU3O7, Materials Science and Engineering B , 13, (1), 1992, p9 - 13 Journal Article, 1992 DOI

Maloney, C and Blau, W J, Transient nonlinear optical behavior of fluorescein-doped boric acid glass, Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 9, (12), 1992, p2225 - 2229 Journal Article, 1992 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

Schneider, Gi., Huggard, P.G., O'Brien, T., Lemoine, P., Blau, W., Prettl, W., Spectral dependence of nonbolometric far-infrared detection with thin-film Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 60, (5), 1992, p648 - 650 Journal Article, 1992 DOI URL

Prettl, W., Huggard, P.G., Lengfellner, H., Kaminski, J.P., Schneider, Gi., O'Brien, T.P., Blau, W., Far infrared response of thin film Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 using the UCSB free electron laser, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 17th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Pasadena, CA, USA, 17 Dec, 1929, 1992, pp18-19 Conference Paper, 1992

Henari, F.; Callaghan, J.; Stiel, H.; Blau, W.; Cardin, D. J., Intensity-dependent absorption and resonant optical nonlinearity of C60 and C70 solutions, Chemical Physics Letters, 199, (1-2), 1992, p144 - 148 Journal Article, 1992 DOI

Lemoine, P., Blau, W. , Photoablation of polymers, Applied Surface Science, 54, (1), 1992, p240 - 243 Journal Article, 1992 DOI URL

T. Puig, P. G. Huggard, Gi. Schneider, T. P. O'Brien, and W. Blau M. Pont and J. S. MunÞoz, W. Prettl, Fast photoresponse from infrared-laser-induced flux motion in YBa2Cu3Ox films , 1992, - Miscellaneous, 1992 URL

F. Henari and W. Blau, Nonlinear optical response of amorphous Si:H, Journal of Applied Physics, 72, (5), 1992, p1676 - 1680 Journal Article, 1992 DOI URL

B. Rossi, H. J. Byrne, and W Blau, G. Pratesi and S. Sottini, Linear and nonlinear waveguiding in Rhodamine-doped, Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics, 8, (12), 1991, p2449 - 2452 Journal Article, 1991 TARA - Full Text DOI

Blau WJ, Byrne HJ, Cardin DJ, Dennis TJ, Hare JP, Kroto HW, Taylor R, Walton DR., Large infrared nonlinear optical response of C60., Physical Review Letters, 67, (11), 1991, p1423-1425. Journal Article, 1991 TARA - Full Text DOI

H.J. Byrne, R. MacRuairí and W. Blau, Resonant Enhancement of the Near Infrared Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility of Organic Polymers, Synthetic Metals, 43, 1991, p3217 - 3221 Journal Article, 1991

Westland, D.J.; Skarda, V.; Blau, W.; Costa, L., Degenerate four wave mixing in polydiacetylene waveguides, Electronics Letters, 27, (15), 1991, p1327 - 1329 Journal Article, 1991 URL DOI

Huggard, P.G., Schneider, Gi., O'Brien, T., Lemoine, P., Blau, W., Prettl, W. , Fast nonlinear photoresponse of current biased thin-film Bi 2Sr2CaCu2O8 to pulsed far-infrared radiation , Applied Physics Letters, 58, (22), 1991, p2549 - 2551 Journal Article, 1991 DOI URL

O'Brien, T; Blau, W , Spray Pyrolysis of Bi sub 2 CaCu sub 2 O sub 8+ delta , INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE SERIES, 1991, p501 - 505 Journal Article, 1991

MCBRIERTY VINCENT; MAGAN JOHN; BLAU WERNER, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (IE), Laser curing of contact lens, 1991, IE900903 Patent, 1991

B. Rossi, H. J. Byrne, and W. Blau, Degenerate four-wave mixing in rhodamine doped epoxy waveguides, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 58, 1991, p1712 - 1714 Journal Article, 1991 URL DOI

Huggard, P.G., Schneider, G., Prettl, W., Blau, W. , A simple method of producing far-infrared high-pass filters , Measurement Science and Technology, 2, (3), 1991, p203 - 206 Journal Article, 1991 DOI URL

P.G. Huggard, W. Blau, Optically pumped pulsed FIR laser using a Q-switched CO2 laser pump, Infrared Physics, 31, (3), 1991, p265 - 269 Journal Article, 1991 DOI

Lemoine, P., Magan, J.D., Blau, W. , Photoablative etching of polymers for integrated optoelectronic devices, Microelectronic Engineering, 13, (1-4), 1991, p447 - 450 Journal Article, 1991 DOI

Werner J. Blau, Hugh J. Byrne, David J. Cardin and Andrew P. Davey , Non-linear optical properties of Group 10 metal alkynyls and their polymers, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1, (2), 1991, p245-249 Journal Article, 1991 DOI TARA - Full Text

J. Magan, D. Lupo, W. Praß, U. Scheunemann, P. Lemoine, W. Blau, M. Hogan, Excimer laser ablation of Langmuir-Blodgett films , Makromolekulare Chemie. Macromolecular Symposia, 46, (1), 1991, p253 - 257 Journal Article, 1991 DOI

Horan, P., Blau, W. , Optical nonlinearity of a proposed quantum‐confined semiconductor colloid , Journal of Chemical Physics, 92, (7), 1990, p4139 - 4144 Journal Article, 1990 DOI

P Horan, W Blau, HJ Byrne, P Berglund , Simple setup for rapid testing of third-order nonlinear optical materials, Applied Optics, 29, (1), 1990, p31 - 36 Journal Article, 1990 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

MCCAULAY, J, BYRNE, H, DENNIS, WM, SHEN, GG, BLAU, W, THYRATRON-BASED POCKELS CELL DRIVER FOR SINGLE PULSE SWITCH-OUT IN MODE-LOCKED LASERS, OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY, 21, 1990, 401 - 405 Miscellaneous, 1990

Byrne, H.J., Blau, W., Giesa, R., Schulz, R.C., Nonlinear optical studies of graded enyne oligomers, Chemical Physics Letters, 167, (5), 1990, p484 - 489 Journal Article, 1990 URL DOI

H. J. Byrne and W. Blau , Multiphoton nonlinear interactions in conjugated organic polymers, Synthetic Metals, 37, (1-3), 1990, p231 - 247 Journal Article, 1990 DOI

Magan, J.D., Lemoine, P., Blau, W., Hogan, M. , Photoablative etching of Langmuir-Blodgett films, Thin Solid Films, 191, (2), 1990, p349 - 359 Journal Article, 1990 DOI URL

Horan, P., Blau, W., Photodarkening effect and the optical nonlinearity in a quantum-confined, semiconductor-doped glass, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 7, (3), 1990, p304 - 308 Journal Article, 1990 URL TARA - Full Text URL

P. Horan and W. Blau, Linear and nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor particles, Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal, 24-6, (2), 1990, p605 - 639 Journal Article, 1990 DOI

Rossi, B. Blau, W. O'Gorman, J. Konig, S. Westland, D. Skarda, V. , Diode laser waveguiding in polydiacetylene films, Electronics Letters, 26, (5), 1990, p312 - 313 Journal Article, 1990 URL URL

Cullen P.J., Blau W. ; Vij J. K, Operation of an all-optical exclusive-OR gate and set-reset flip-flop using nonlinear interference filters, Optical Engineering, 28, (12), 1989, p1276 - 1280 Journal Article, 1989

P. Horan and W. Blau, Nonlinear optics in quantum confined semiconductor particles, Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters, 12, (1-4), 1989, p501 - 504 Journal Article, 1989 DOI

Magan, J.D., Lemoine, P., Byrne, H., Blau, W. , experimental-study of photoablation of polydiacetylene films, Journal of Molecular Electronics , 5, 1989, p247 - 253 Journal Article, 1989

McHale, A.P., McHale, M.L., Blau, W. , The effect of hematoporphyrin derivative and human erythrocyte ghost encapsulated hematoporphyrin derivative on a mouse myeloma cell line., Cancer biochemistry biophysics, 10, (2), 1989, p157 - 164 Journal Article, 1989

M. Hogan, JD Magan, W Blau, JG Lunney and J. Woods, Laser photoablation of spin-on-glass and poly(ehtyl cyanoacrylate) photoresist, Applied Surface Science, 36, (1-4), 1989, p343 - 349 Journal Article, 1989 DOI

Byrne, H.J., Blau, W., Jen, Kwan-Yue , Three-photon enhanced optical nonlinearity of poly(3-butylthiophene), SYNTHETIC METALS, 32, (2), 1989, p229 - 235 Journal Article, 1989 DOI URL

J D Magan, M P Hogan, W Blau, J G Lunney and J G Woods, Photoablative etching of poly(ethyl-cyanoacrylate) photoresist, Chemtronics, 4, (2), 1989, p74 - 77 Journal Article, 1989 DOI

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 Journal Article, 1988 URL DOI

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 Journal Article, 1988 URL DOI

Maloney, C and Blau, W J, Third-order optical nonlinearity of chlorophenols, Physica B & C, 147, (2-3), 1988, p332 - 335 Journal Article, 1988 DOI

Shen, GG AND Blau, W J, a versatile optical multichannel analyzer system for use with picosecond streak cameras, Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments, 21, 1988, p701 - 704 Journal Article, 1988 DOI

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 Journal Article, 1988 URL DOI

Blau, W, Low-power optical bistability and phase conjugation in polydiacetylene, Journal de Physique et Le Radium, 49, 1988, p85 - 86 Journal Article, 1988 DOI

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 Journal Article, 1987 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Paul Horan & Werner Blau, Optical nonlinearity near the bandgap in semiconductors, by Blau, W , Contemporary Physics, 28, (1), 1987 Review, 1987 DOI

P Horan and W Blau , DISPERSION OF THE 3RD-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY IN SEMICONDUCTOR-DOPED GLASSES, 1987, - 382-384 Miscellaneous, 1987 URL

Maloney, C and Blau, W J, Resonant third-order hyperpolarizabilities of large organic molecules, Journal of the Optical Society of America B , 4, (6), 1987, p1035 - 1039 Journal Article, 1987 DOI TARA - Full Text

Blau, W, Low-power optical bistability and phase conjugation in polydiacetylene , Optics Communications, 64, (1), 1987, p85 - 88 Journal Article, 1987 DOI URL

Huggard, P.G. , Blau, W. , Schweitzer, D., Large third‐order optical nonlinearity of the organic metal α‐[bis(ethylenedithio) tetrathiofulvalene] triiodide , Applied Physics Letters, 51, (26), 1987, p2183 - 2185 Journal Article, 1987 DOI URL

Blau, W, Organic materials for nonlinear optical devices, Physics in Technology, 18, (6), 1987, p250 - 257 +268 Journal Article, 1987 DOI URL

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 Journal Article, 1987 URL DOI

W. M. Dennis and W. Blau , Thermal effects in picosecond optical phase conjugation in soluble polydiacetylene, Optics Communications, 57, (1), 1986, p371 - 374 Journal Article, 1986 DOI URL

Dennis, W.M., Blau, W. , Soluble polydiacetylenes for picosecond nonlinear optical phase conjugation , Journal of Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings , 133, (1), 1986, p91 - 97 Journal Article, 1986 DOI

C. Maloney, W. Blau, and K. H. Drexhage , Near-infrared dye having a large ultrafast third-order susceptibility, Optics Letters, 11, (1), 1986, p434 - 436 Journal Article, 1986 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

Dennis, W.M., Blau, W., Bradley, D.J. , OPTICAL-PHASE Optical Phase Conjugation In A Soluble Polymer, Optical Engineering, 25, (4), 1986, p538 - 540 Journal Article, 1986 TARA - Full Text DOI

Blau, W., Maloney, C., Dennis, W.M., Bradley, D.J., Optical phase conjugation with picosecond pulses in , IEE Colloquium (Digest), 06, 1985, p1-6 Journal Article, 1985

Blau, W.; Byrne, H.; Dennis, W. M.; Kelly, J. M., Reverse saturable absorption in tetraphenylporphyrins, Optics Communications, 56, (1), 1985, p25 - 29 Journal Article, 1985 URL DOI

W. M. Dennis, W. Blau, and D. J. Bradley, Picosecond degenerate four‐wave mixing in soluble polydiacetylenes , Applied Physics Letters, 47, (3), 1985, p200 - 202 Journal Article, 1985 DOI

W. Blau, W. Dankesreiter, A. Penzkofer, Saturable absorption of dyes excited to the long-wavelength region of the S0S1 absorption band, Chemical Physics, 85, (3), 1984, 473-479 Journal Article, 1984 DOI

Penzkofer, A, Blau, W, Theoretical analysis of S1-state lifetime measurements of dyes with picosecond laser pulses, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 15, (4), 1983, p325-347 Journal Article, 1983 DOI

Nibler, G, Penzkofer, A, Blau, W, Detectio n o f picosecon d lase r pulse s wit h nanosecon d tim e resolutio n b y us e o f analogue-to-digita l converter s , Optical and Quantum Electronics, 14, 1982, p67-71 Journal Article, 1982 URL

Blau, W.; Reber, R.; Penzkofer, A., S1-S0 relaxation time of saturable absorber DDI, Optics Communications, 43, (3), 1982, p210-214 Journal Article, 1982 DOI

W. Blau, A. Penzkofer, Intensity detection of picosecond ruby laser pulses by two photon absorption, Optics Communications, 36, (5), 1981, p419-422 Journal Article, 1981 DOI

Research Expertise

Description

Prof. Werner Blau is Director of the interdisciplinary Materials Ireland Polymer Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin, which encompasses researchers from the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, and computer simulation with a substantial track record in technology transfer and collaboration with Irish industry. He is also Research Director of TCD's HEA PRTLI project in Advanced Materials, based in the new Sami Nasr Institute for Advanced Materials. His research interests concentrate on molecular engineering of advanced materials, properties and applications of responsive molecular and polymeric materials for electronics, optoelectronics, and bio/medical applications and basic materials, processes and devices for molecular nanoelectronics and bio-nanotechnology. Published over 340 peer-reviewed papers to-date, edited three books and is coauthor of 13 patents/ patent applications. Supervised over 80 postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows and numerous undergraduate and summer student projects.

Keywords

2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; 3-PHOTON; 4-WAVE MIXING; ABLATION; ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS THIN FILMS; Applied physics; Atomic and molecular physics; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; Biochemistry, Nucleic Acid; Biochemistry, Proteins; Biopolymeric Materials; C-60; CARBON; Carbon Composites; Carbon nanostructures; CARBON NANOTUBES; Chemical Sciences; CO2-LASER; Composite materials; Condensed Matter; Condensed matter, electronic, magnetic and superconductive properties; Condensed matter, optical and dielectric properties; Condensed matter, soft matter and polymer physics; Conducting polymer films; CONDUCTIVITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; CRATER DEPTH; DEVICES; DOPING; DYES; DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC-ARC TECHNIQUE; Electro-optical Technology; Electro-optics; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROLUMINESCENT; ELECTROPHOSPHORESENCE; EMISSION; ENERGY; Energy Materials Sciences; EXCIMER-LASER; Experimental Physics; FIELD-EMISSION; FILMS; FLUORESCENCE; FREE VOLUME; Fullerenes; FULLERENES AND DERIVATIVES; Functional Materials; GRANULAR FILMS; GRAPHITE; GROWTH; GUIDES; HARD TISSUE; HARD TISSUES; HEMIPORPHYRAZINES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; IN-SITU; INCUBATION; INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ION IRRADIATION; LASER; LASER IN VITRO STUDY; LASER PARAMETERS; Laser technology; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASER-PULSES; Lasers and Masers; LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES; LOSSES; LUMINESCENCE AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; Materials Chemistry; Materials Sciences; Materials, Physical Properties; Materials, Preparation/Fabrication; Materials, Structure and Phase; Mechanical Properties, Materials; MEDIA; METALLOPHTHALOCYANINES; MIXERS; MIXTURES; MODEL; Molecular electronics; Molecular Physics; MONOLAYERS; Nano Biotechnology; Nanochemistry; NANOFIBERS; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; NITRIDE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL METHODS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEARITIES; NONLINEARITY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; Optical materials; OPTICAL-LIMITING DEVICES; Optics; Optronics; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOABLATION; Photochemistry; Photochemistry and photophysics; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; Photonics; PHOTORESPONSE; Photovoltaic Materials; Photovoltaic systems, cells and modules manufacturing; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Plastics; POLARIZABILITY; POLY(ISOTHIANAPHTHENE); POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENE) AND DERIVATIVES; POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES; POLY(TERTIARYBUTYLISOTHIANAPHTHENE); POLYIMIDE; Polymer Chemistry; Polymer Science; Polymer technology, biopolymers; Polymeric Materials; Polymers; POWER; PROBE-BEAM AMPLIFICATION; PURIFICATION; RADIATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINATION; RESONANCE; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; RHODAMINE 6G; SCATTERING; Science/Engineering Studies--Developing Count; SILICON; SINGLE-BEAM; SIZE; Solar; Solar, Photovoltaic Conversion; Solid State Physics; Spectroscopy; SYSTEMS; TARGETS; Technology; Technology Transfer; TEMPERATURE; TUBULES; Ultrafast Chemistry; ULTRAVIOLET-LASER ABLATION; VOLUME; WAVE-GUIDES; WAVELENGTHS

Recognition

Awards and Honours

Fellow of Trinity College Dublin

Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Memberships

Fellow of Institute of Physics

Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology

Member of the Materials Research Society

Member of the Optical Society of America