Paul O'Brien Group     

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2005-2007

439.   N. Moloto, N. Revaprasadu, M.J. Moloto, P. O'Brien, M. Helliwell,
N,N'- Diisopropyl- and N,N'- dicyclohexylthiourea cadium(II) complexes as precursors for the synthesis of CdS nanoparticles
Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 3947-3955.

438.   A.R. Kumarasinghe, W.R. Flavell, A.G. Thomas, A.K. Mallick, D. Tsoutsou, C. Chatwin, S. Rayner, P. Kirkham, S. Warren, S. Patel, P. Christian, P. O'Brien, M. Graetzel, and R. Hengerer,
Electronic properties of the interface between p-CuI and anatase-phase n-TiO2 single crystal and nanoparticulate surfaces : A photoemission study
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007, 127, 114703.

437.   C.Q. Nguyen, M. Afzaal, M. A. Malik, M. Helliwell, J. Raftery, P. O'Brien,
Novel inorganic rings and materials deposition.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2007, 692, 2669-2677.

436.  F. Aslam, D.M. Graham, D.J. Binks, P. Dawson, N. Pickett, P. O'Brien,
Electric field dependent photoluminescence studies of photorefractive polymer/semiconductor nanoparticle composites.
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2007, 893(Pt. B, Physics of Semiconductors, Part B), 1065-1066.

435.   P. O'Brien, E.W. Hill, M.A. Malik, M.J.Toohey,
Chemical bath deposition of cadmium sulphide on silicon nitride: Influence of surface treatment on film growth.
Materials Letters, 2007, 61, 284-287.

434.   D. Fan, M. Afzaal, M A. Malik, ; C.Q. Nguyen, P. O'Brien, P.J. Thomas,
Using coordination chemistry to develop new routes to semiconductor and other materials.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007, 251, 1878-1888.

433.   Y. Li, J. Feng, S. Daniels, N.L.Pickett, P. O'Brien,
A highly luminescent ZnS/CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals-tetrapeptide biolabeling agent.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 2007, 7, 2301-2308.

432.   M.C. Copsey, A. Panneerselvam, M. Afzaal, T. Chivers, P. O'Brien,
Syntheses, X-ray structures and AACVD studies of group 11 ditelluroimidodiphosphinate complexes
Dalton Trans., 2007, 1528-1538.

431.  F. Aslam, J. S. Hill, D. J. Binks, S. Daniels, N. L. Pickett, P. O'Brien,
Effect of nanoparticle composition on the performance of photorefractive polymers
Chem. Phys., 2007, 334, 45-52.

430.   T. Radhakrishnan, P. Sreekumari Nair, G. A. Kolawole, N. Revaprasadu, G. E. Hawkes, M. Motevalli, E. S. Bento, P. O'Brien
Reaction of o-phenylenediamine with diacetyl monoxime: characterisation of the product by solid-state 13C and 15N MAS NMR
Magn. Reson. Chem., 2007, 45, 59-64.

429.   D. Fan, P. J. Thomas, P. O'Brien,
Deposition of CdS and ZnS thin films at the water-toluene interface
J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17, 1381-1386.

428.  P. J. Thomas, D. Fan, P. O'Brien,
The synthesis of inorganic materials at the water-toluene interface
J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2007, 7, 1689-1694.

427.   L. Zhou, D. Smyth-Boyle, P. O'Brien,
Uniform NH4TiOF3 mesocrystals prepared by an ambient temperature self-assembly process and their topotaxial conversion to anatase
Chem. Commun., 2007, 144-146.


 

426.   S. Daniels, P. Christian, P. O'Brien
A low temperature synthesis of ZnS nanorods
Journal of Experimantal Nanoscience, 2006, 1, 97-102.

425.   M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien
Recent developments in II-VI and III-VI semiconductors and their applications in solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 1597-1602.

424.   S. S. Garje, M. C. Copsey, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien, T. Chivers
Aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition of indium telluride thin films from {In(μ-Te)[N(iPr2PTe)2]}3
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 4542-4547.

423.   P. O'Brien, J. Waters
Deposition of Ni and Pd sulfide thin films via aerosol-assisted CVD
Chemical Vapour Deposition , 2006,12, 620-626.

422.   L. Zhou, D. Smyth-Boyle, K. Govender, P. O'Brien,
High efficiency solution infiltration routes to thin films with photonic properties
Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 2006, 1, 221-233.

421.  P. A. Ajibade, G. A. Kolawole, P. O'Brien, M. Helliwell
Synthesis and characterisation of Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes of 2, 4-diamino-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl) pyrimidine complexes
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2006, 1621-1628.

420. A. A. Memon, M. A. Malik, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien
N-alkyldithiocarbamato complexes [Cd(S2CNHR)2] ( R = C2H5, C4H9, C6H13, C12H25); Synthesis, characterisation and deposition of II/VI nanoparticles
in Chemistry of nanomaterial Synthesis and Processing edited by X. Peng, X. Feng, J. Liu Z. Ren and J.A. Voight, Materials Res. Soc.Symp Proc 879E, Z7.3, 6 pages.

419.  Y. Hu, M. Afzaal, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien,
Deposition of copper selenide thin films and nanoparticles
J. Cryst. Growth, 2006, 297, 61-65.

418.   D. Berhanu, K. Govender, D. Smyth-Boyle, M. Archbold, D. P. Halliday, P. O'Brien,
A novel soft hydrothermal (SHY) route to crystalline PbS and CdS nanoparticles exhibiting diverse morphologies
Chem. Commun., 2006, 4709-4711.

417.   Y. S. Wang, P. J. Thomas, P. O'Brien,
Optical Properties of ZnO Nanocrystals Doped with Cd, Mg, Mn, and Fe Ions
Journal of Physical Chemistry B ,2006, 110 , 21412-21415.

416.   A. Adeogun, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien
Studies of Molybdenum disulphide nanostructures prepared by AACVD using single-source precursors
Chemical Vapour Deposition, 2006, 12, 597-599.

415.   J. M. Smith, P. H. Sher, S. M. Daniels, N. L. Pickett, P. O'Brien, P. A. Dalgarno, R. J. Warburton,
Power law decay of the fluorescence of semiconductor nanocrystals at nanosecond time scales
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Preprint Archive, Condensed Matter, 2006, 1-4, arXiv:cond-mat/0604292.

414.  P. J. Thomas, P. Christian, S. Daniels, Y. Li, Y. S. Wang, P. O'Brien
Nanorods of CoP, CdS, and ZnS
Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2006, 78, 1651.

413.   A. A. Memon, M. Afzaal, M. A. Malik, C. Q. Nguyen, P. O'Brien, J. Raftery
The N-alkyldithiocarbamato complexes [M(S2CNHR)2] (M = Cd(II) Zn(II); R = C2H5, C4H9, C6H13, C12H25); their synthesis, thermal decomposition and use to prepare of nanoparticles and nanorods of CdS
Dalton Transcations, 2006, 4499-4505.

412.  L. Zhou, K. Govender, D. S. Boyle, P. J. Dale, L. M. Peter, P. O'Brien
Single step solution deposition of multilayer solar absorber films at ambient temperature
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 3174-3176.

411.   P. A. Ajibade, G. A. Kolawole, P. O'Brien, M. Helliwell, J. Raftery
Cobalt(II) complexes of the antibiotic sulfadiazine, the X-ray single crystal structure of [Co(C10H9N4O2S)2(CH3OH)2]
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2006, 359, 3111-3116.

410.   C. Q. Nguyen, A. Adeogun, M. Afzaal, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien
Facile and reproducible syntheses of bis(dialkylselenophosphenyl)-selenides and -diselenides: X-ray structures of (iPr2PSe)2Se, (iPr2PSe)2Se2 and (Ph2PSe)2Se
Chemical Communications, 2006, 2179-2181.

409.  C. Q. Nguyen, A. Adeogun, M. Afzaal, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien
Metal complexes of selenophosphinates from reactions with (R2PSe)2Se: [M(R2PSe2)n] (M = ZnII, CdII, PbII, InIII,GaIII,CuI, BiIII,NiII; R = iPr, Ph) and [MoV2O2Se2(Se2PiPr2)2]
Chemical Communications, 2006, 2182-2184.

408.   H.O.Davies, A.C.Jones, M.A.Motevalli, E.A.McKinnell , J. Raftery, M. Afzaal and P.O’Brien
Tantalum(V)diethylamide [Ta(NEt2)5]: a potentially important and crystalline precursor for the CVD of oxides containing tantalum
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 2226-2228.

407.   Y. Li, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien
The synthesis of amine-capped magnetic (Fe, Mn, Co, Ni) oxide nanocrystals and their surface modification for aqueous dispersibility
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 2175-2180.

406.  J. Tabernor, P. Christian, P. O'Brien
A general route to nanodimensional powders of indium chalcogenides
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 2082-2087.

405.   A. M. Peiro, P. Ravirajan, K. Govender, D. S. Boyle, P. O'Brien, D. D. C. Bradley, J. Nelson, J. R. Durrant
Hybrid polymer/metal oxide solar cells based on ZnO columnar structures
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 2088-2096.

404.   P. J. Thomas, P. O'Brien
A simple numerical calculation correctly predicts the observed size regime for growth of tetrapodal chalcogenide nanocrystals
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 5614-5615.

403.   S. S. Garje, D. J. Eisler, J. S. Ritch, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien, T. Chivers
A new route to antimony telluride nanoplates from a single-source precursor
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 3120-3121.

402.   M. A. Malik, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien, M. Halliwell
Synthesis of novel mixed indium(III) chalcogenolato complexes: Potential precursors for indium chalcogenides
Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 864-868.

401.   Y. S. Wang, P. J. Thomas, P. O'Brien
Nanocrystalline ZnO with ultraviolet luminescence
Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2006, B110, 4099-4104.

400.   S. S. Garje, J. S. Ritch, D. J. Eisler, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien, T. Chivers
Chemical vapour deposition of II-VI semiconductor thin films using M[((TePPr2)-iso-Pr)2)N]2 (M = Cd, Hg) as single-source precursors
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 966-969.

399.   M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien
Silica coated PbS nanowires
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 1113-1115.

398.   M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien, M. Motevalli, I. Abrahams
The adoption of the beryllium acetate structural motif in zinc oxycarbamates, oxythiocarbamates and oxythiophosphinates
Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 241-250.

397.   P.L. Musetha, N. Revaprasadu, M.A. Malik and P.O’ Brien
The use of Xanthates as Precursors for the Deposition of Nickel Sulfide Thin Films by Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition
edited by X. Peng, X. Feng, J. Liu Z. Ren and J.A. Voight, Materials Res. Soc.Symp Proc 879E, Z7.4, 6 pages.

396.   S.N. Mlondo, N. Revaprasadu, P. Christian and P.O' Brien
Cadmium and Lead Thiosemicarbazide Complexes : Precursors for the Synthesis of CdS Nanorods and PbS nanoparticles
in Chemistry of nanomaterial Synthesis and Processing edited by X. Peng, X. Feng, J. Liu Z. Ren and J.A. Voight, Materials Res. Soc.Symp Proc 879E, Z7.6 , 6 pages.

395.   M.A. Malik, P.O’Brien, S.N. Mlondo and N. Revaprasadu
Synthesis of GaS Nanoparticles from a Single-Source Precursor [Ga(S2CNEt2)3]
in Chemistry of nanomaterial Synthesis and Processing edited by X. Peng, X. Feng, J. Liu Z. Ren and J.A. Voight, Materials Res. Soc.Symp Proc 879E, Z7.13, 5 pages.

394.   X. Li, I. S. Nandhakumar, T.Gabriel, G. S. Attard, M. L. Markham, D. C. Smith, J. J. Baumberg, K. Govender, P. O'Brien and D. Smyth-Boyle
Electrodeposition of mesoporous CdTe films with the aid of citric acid from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases
Journal of Materials Chemistry , 2006, 16, 3207-3214.


393.  J. Chapman, G. Kolawole, N. Long, A.J.P. White, D.J. Williams and P. O'Brien
Syntheses and X-ray structural analyses of the mononuclear tungsten hexacarbonyl complexes of 2,2'-bipyridine and 2,2'-bipyrimidine,
South African Journal of Science, 2005, 101, 454-456.

392.   A.M Peiró, P. Ravirajan, K. Govender, D.S. Boyle, P.O’Brien, D.D.C. Bradley, J. Nelson and J.R. Durrant.
The effect of zinc oxide nanostructure on the performance of hybrid polymer/zinc oxide solar cells
Organic Photovoltaics VI, edited by Zakya H. Kafafi, Paul A. Lane, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5938, 2005 , 593819, 8 pages

391.  M. J. Moloto, N. Revaprasadu, G. A. Kolawole, P. O'Brien, M. A. Malik
The synthesis and characterization of CuxSy and PbS nanoparticles from alkylthiourea lead and copper complexes
South African Journal of Science, 2005, 101, 463.

390.   P. S. Nair, M. M. Chili, T. Radhakrishnan, N. Revaprasadu, P. Christian, P. O'Brien
Some effects of the nature of the ligands and temperature of decomposition on the formation of CdS nanoparticles from cadmium complexes of alkyl-substituted thioureas
South African Journal of Science, 2005, 101, 466-470.

389.  Y. Li, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien
Synthesis of single-crystalline CoP nanowires by a one-pot metal-organic route
Journal of American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 16020-16021.

388.   P. Christian, P. O'Brien
The preparation of antimony chalcogenide and oxide nanomaterials
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 4949-4951.

387.   F. Aslam, D. J. Binks, S. Daniels, N. Pickett, P. O'Brien
Spectroscopic studies of nanoparticle-sensitised photorefractive polymers
Chemical Physics, 2005, 316, 171-177.

386.   P. Christian, P. O'Brien
A general route to nanostructured bismuth chalcogenides
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 3021-3025.

385.   J. O. Davies, A. C. Jones, M. A. Motevalli, E. A. McKinnell, P. O'Brien
Synthesis and structure of a tantalum(V) tetrakis-O,O chelate: [Ta(tmhd)4][TaCl6]
Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2005, 8, 585-587.

384.   M. Afzaal, E. Flynn, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien, M. Motevalli
Mixed ligand chelates of copper(II) with substituted diamines
Polyhedron, 2005, 24, 1101-1107.

383.   J. Waters, D. Smyth-Boyle, K. Govender, A. Green, J. Durrant, P. O'Brien
Simple CVD routes towards infiltration of mesoporous TiO2
Chemical Vapor Deposition, 2005, 11, 254-260.

382.   P. Christian, P. O'Brien
A new route to nanorods of cadmium sulfide
Chemical Communications, 2005, 2817-2819.

381.   F. Aslam, D. J. Binks, M. D. Rahn, D. P. West, P. O'Brien, N. Pickett, S. Daniels
Photorefractive performance of a CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanoparticle-sensitized polymer
Journal of Chemical Physics, 2005, 122, 184713, 6 pages.

380.   P. S. Nair, T. Radhakrishnan, N. Revaprasadu, P. O'Brien
Some effects of single molecule precursors on the synthesis of CdS nanoparticles
Materials Science and Technology, 2005, 21, 237-242.

379.   F. Aslam, D. J. Binks, M. D. Rahn, D. P. West, P. O'Brien, N. Pickett
Photorefractive performance of polymer composite sensitized by CdSe nanoparticles passivated by 1-hexadecylamine
Journal of Modern Optics, 2005, 52, 945-953.

378.   M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien, N. Revaprasadu
Precursor routes to semiconductor quantum dots
Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and Related Elements, 2005, 180, 689.

377.   M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien, M. Helliwell
A new synthesis of InAs quantum dots from [(Bu2AsInEt2)-tert-Bu]2
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 1463-1467.

376.   Y. Li, E.C.Y. Liu, N. Pickett, P. J. Skabara, S.S. Cummins, S. Ryley, A.J. Sutherland, P. O'Brien
Synthesis and characterization of CdS quantum dots in polystyrene microbeads
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005, 15, 1238-1243.

375.   A. L. Dearden, P. J. Smith, D. Y. Shin, N. Reis, B. Derby, P. O'Brien
A low Curing temperature silver ink for use in ink-jet printing and subsequent production of conductive tracks
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2005, 26, 315-318.

374.  F. Srouji, M. Afzaal, J. Waters, P. O'Brien
Single-source routes to cobalt sulfide and manganese sulfide thin films
Chemical Vapor Deposition, 2005, 11, 91-94.

373.  M. Afzaal, D. Crouch, P. O'Brien
Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of indium selenide films using a single-source precursor
Materials Science and Engineering B-Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, 2005, 116, 391-394.

372.  Y. Hasegawa, M. Afzaal, P. O'Brien, Y. Wada, S. Yanagida
A novel method for synthesizing EuS nanocrystals from a single-source precursor under white LED irradiation
Chemical Communications, 2005, 242-243.

371.   P. O’Brien  and D. J. Crouch
A novel low temperature synthesis of crystalline powders of cadmium and zinc selenides via electron transfer reactions in organic solution
International Journal of Nanoscience, 2005, 4, 827-830.

370.   P. Christian, P. O’Brien
New routes to metal chalcogenide nanostructures
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Progress in Compound Semiconductor Materials IV-Electronic and Optoelectronic Application: 2005, 829, B9.2, 5 pages

369.   P. Christian, P. O’Brien
The general synthesis of nanostructured V/VI semiconductors.
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Progress in Compound Semiconductor Materials IV-Electronic and Optoelectronic Application: 2005, 829, B3.8, 6 pages.

368.  M. A. Malik, P. O’Brien
Organometallic and metallo-organic precursors for nanomaterials.
Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 2005, 9, 173-204.

367.   E. Vitoratos, S. Sakkopoulos, Ch. Anestis, J. Spiliotopoulos, K. Govender, D.S. Boyle and P. O’Brien
Conductivity of transparent conductive ZnO:Al films in the temperature range 80 - 360 K.
Ionics, 2005, 11, 259-261.