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Ireland

Cork

• Development and optimization of chemical and electrochemical amalgamation processes for noble metal nanostructures• Development of model for amalgamation mechanism of gold nanorods with mercury • Commissioning and iterative optimization of a single particle dark field spectroscopy system for optical characterisation of plasmonic nanostructures and assemblies.• Development of anti-counterfeiting tags using gold nanorod arrays.• Microscopy/ Surface Characterisation: scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, dark field optical spectroscopy, fluorescence-lifetime spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy• Electrochemistry: nanoelectrode voltammetry• Technical writing: regular project reports and publishing of several articles• Presentation of research to both technical and non-technical audiences • Project management of PhD project and student supervision: work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path analysis, Gantt charts

Stuttgart Area, Germany

• Growth and structural, mechanical and compositional characterisation of metal nanowhiskers• Experimental demonstration of near-theoretical shear strength in dislocation free nanowhiskers via compression tests using a flat-punch nanoindenter and in-situ SEM bending tests with a micromanipulator• Metrology: Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy,Focused ion beam, Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy• Fabrication: Molecular beam epitaxy• Mechanical testing of nanostructures: Nanoindentation, nano-bend test

• Development of thermal treatment protocols for martensitic pressure vessel steels for improved performance in hydrogen storage application• Performing steel heat treatments• Analysis of microstructure, mechanical properties and hydrogen embrittlement of pressure vessel steels

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd)

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Materials Science