Declan Mccormack
Professor
School Of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
He had Completed his PhD in "The synthesis and characterization of nafion bound material" under the joint supervision of Prof John Kelly and Dr. Mike Lyons ( TCD ) and Dr Michel Pineri, CEN, Grenoble. He was Appointed Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the School in 1990. Currently he is working as a Lecturer and Academic Director at Centre for Research in Enginnering Surface Technology .
Research Interest
Environmental & toxicological impact of nanoparticles. Sol-gel preparation of nanoparticulate materials. Nanoparticulate ZnO and its electronic applications. Photophysical properties of quantum dots.
Publications
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“Microwave-assisted synthesis of ZnO micro-javelinsâ€, S. C. Padmanabhan, D. Ledwith, S. C. Pillai, D. E. McCormack and J. M. Kelly, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 9250 – 9259 “Silver doped perfluoropolyether-urethane coatings: antibacterial activity and surface analysisâ€, N. Stobie, B. Duffy, S. J. Hinder, D. E. McCormack, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2009, 72, 62–67
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Benefits of hydrophobicity and silver ion release for protection of environmental and clinical surfaces, Dual-action hygienic coatings:†N. Stobie, B. Duffy, J. Colreavy, P. McHale, S.J. Hinder, D.E. McCormack, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2010, 345(2), 286-292 doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2010.02.009
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“Rapid Microwave Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2 for Electrochromic Displays†P. Periyat, N. Leyland, D. E. McCormack, J. Colreavy, D. Corr and S. C. Pillai, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 3650 - 3655
