Dr. Micheal Scanlon

Faculty Of Science & Engineering

Dept. Of Chemical Science

Position: Senior Lecturer

Email: micheal.scanlon@ul.ie

Tel: +353-61-237760

Address(es)

Analog Devices Building

Bernal Institute

University of Limerick (UL)

Limerick, Ireland

Biography

Dr Micheál D. Scanlon is a physical chemist who specializes in electrochemistry. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Sciences and Principal Investigator in the Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland.

He was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant in 2016 and has established his new research group in the Bernal Institute at UL. Previously, through a Science Foundation Ireland Starting Investigator Research Grant (SFI SIRG), he began his independent research career in the Chemistry Department at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland.
Dr Scanlon was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Hubert H. Girault at École Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Prof. Edmond Magner at the University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland. He completed his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Damien W.M. Arrigan (now Curtin University, Perth, Australia) at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork and has a BSc. in Chemistry from UCC.
Dr Scanlon's current research focuses on using electrochemistry at liquid-liquid interfaces for novel approaches to energy conversion and storage, (nano)material self-assembly and electrosynthesis, catalysis of energy related reactions, electroanalysis and bioelectrochemistry.

Details of Dr Scanlon's research outputs are available from all of the following site links:Scanlon Electrochemistry Laboratory Website
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Research Interests

My primary mission is to understand the fundamental behaviour of electrified liquid-liquid interfaces and harness their untapped potential for applications related to energy conversion and storage, advanced functional materials development, sensor technology and the creation of bio-mimetic molecular machines.

For more in-depth information, please visit my research group's website: scanlonelectrochemlab.com

Professional Activities

Employment

2021 University of Limerick (UL), Ireland - Senior Lecturer
2017 University of Limerick (UL), Limerick, Ireland. - Lecturer
2014 University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. - Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) holder.
2011 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. - Senior Post-doctoral Researcher
2009 University of Limerick (UL), Limerick, Ireland. - Post-doctoral researcher

Award

2017 - Champion of EU Research
2015 - Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations Award 2015
2015 - Irish Research Council (IRC) Ireland-France Ulysses Award 2015
2015 - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Undergraduate Research Bursary
2014 - Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations Award 2014
2011 - EMBARK Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
2009 - Ronald Belcher Award
2005 - The Reilly Prize

Education

2009 University College Cork - PhD
2005 University College Cork - BSc (Hons)

Association

2006 Member, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
2003 Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Language

English

Peer Reviewed Journals

2022

Ion-transfer electrochemistry at arrays of nanoscale interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions arranged in hexagonal format

Liu, Yang; Moshrefi, Reza; Rickard, William D.A.; Scanlon, Micheál D.; Stockmann, Talia J. and Arrigan, Damien W.M. (2022) Ion-transfer electrochemistry at arrays of nanoscale interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions arranged in hexagonal format. Journal Of Electroanalytical Chemistry :116113-

Biography

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Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Ion-transfer electrochemistry at arrays of nanoscale interfaces between two immiscible electrolyte solutions arranged in hexagonal format

On the origin of chaotrope-modulated electrocatalytic activity of cytochrome c at electrified aqueous|organic interfaces

Mimicking the microbial oxidation of elemental sulfur with a biphasic electrochemical cell

Electrosynthesis of biocompatible free-standing PEDOT thin films at a polarized liquid|liquid interface

A soft on/off switch based on the electrochemically reversible HJ interconversion of a floating porphyrin membrane

Modulating the pro-apoptotic activity of cytochrome c at a biomimetic electrified interface

Pathway complexity in supramolecular porphyrin self-assembly at an immiscible liquidliquid interface

Electrogeneration of a free-standing cytochrome c-silica matrix at a soft electrified interface

Membraneless energy conversion and storage using immiscible electrolyte solutions

Photo-recycling the sacrificial electron donor: Towards sustainable hydrogen evolution in a biphasic system

Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing molecules at an electrified liquid|liquid micro-interface through facilitated proton transfer

Quantitative analysis of redox-inactive ions by AC voltammetry at a polarized interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions

Evolution of hierarchically layered Cu-rich silicide nanoarchitectures

Electrochemically controlled ion dynamics in porphyrin nanostructures

Self-assembly of porphyrin nanostructures at the interface between two immiscible liquids

Aqueous surface chemistry of gold mesh electrodes in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell

On the non-ideal behaviour of polarised liquid-liquid interfaces

Closed bipolar electrochemistry in a four-electrode configuration

Monitoring transient changes in the structure of water at a polarised liquid-liquid interface using electrocapillary curves

Bioelectrochemistry of Cytochrome c in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell

Electrochemical detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing molecules at a liquid|liquid interface

Mechanistic study of the photo-generation of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene

Simulations employing finite element method at liquid|liquid interfaces

Gold nanofilms at liquidliquid interfaces: An emerging platform for redox electrocatalysis, nanoplasmonic sensors, and electrovariable optics

Redox electrocatalysis of floating nanoparticles: determining electrocatalytic properties without the influence of solid supports

Photoproduction of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene combined with electrochemical recycling

Mediated water electrolysis in biphasic systems

Boosting water oxidation layer-by-layer

Self-healing gold mirrors and filters at liquid-liquid interfaces

Gold nanofilm redox catalysis for oxygen reduction at soft interfaces

Enhanced reactivity of water clusters towards oxidation in water/acetonitrile mixtures

Charging and discharging at the nanoscale: Fermi level equilibration of metallic nanoparticles

Catalysis of water oxidation in acetonitrile by iridium oxide nanoparticles

Decamethylruthenocene hydride and hydrogen formation at liquid | liquid interfaces

Interfacial redox catalysis on gold nanofilms at soft interfaces

Fingerprinting the tertiary structure of electroadsorbed lysozyme at soft interfaces by electrostatic spray ionization mass spectrometry

Nanoporous molybdenum carbide wires as an active electrocatalyst towards the oxygen reduction reaction

A nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowire as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Oxygen reduction at soft interfaces catalyzed by in situ-generated reduced graphene oxide

Photo-ionic cells: Two solutions to store solar energy and generate electricity on demand

Gold metal liquid-like droplets

Floating conductive catalytic nano-rafts at soft interfaces for hydrogen evolution

Low-cost industrially available molybdenum boride and carbide as platinum-like catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in biphasic liquid systems

Mediated electron transfer of cellobiose dehydrogenase and glucose oxidase at osmium polymer-modified nanoporous gold electrodes

Subtle changes, dramatic effects: Homogeneous catalysis of the oxygen-reduction reaction

MoS2 formed on mesoporous graphene as a highly active catalyst for hydrogen evolution

Conductive gold nanoparticle mirrors at liquid/liquid interfaces

Photoinduced biphasic hydrogen evolution: Decamethylosmocene as a light-driven electron donor

Direct electron transfer of bilirubin oxidase (Myrothecium verrucaria) at an unmodified nanoporous gold biocathode

Characterization of nanoporous gold electrodes for bioelectrochemical applications

Nanocomposite of MoS2 on ordered mesoporous carbon nanospheres: A highly active catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS2 catalysts in biphasic liquid systems

Enhanced electroanalytical sensitivity via interface miniaturisation: Ion transfer voltammetry at an array of nanometre liquid-liquid interfaces

Ion-transfer electrochemistry at arrays of nanointerfaces between immiscible electrolyte solutions confined within silicon nitride nanopore membranes

Voltammetric behaviour of biological macromolecules at arrays of aqueous| organogel micro-interfaces

Flow-injection amperometry at microfabricated silicon-based u-liquid-liquid interface arrays

The performance of differential pulse stripping voltammetry at micro-liquid--liquid interface arrays

Electrochemical behaviour of hen-egg-white lysozyme at the polarised water/1, 2-dichloroethane interface

Electrochemical ion transfer across liquid/liquid interfaces confined within solid-state micropore arrays--simulations and experiments

Electrochemical detection of oligopeptides at silicon-fabricated micro-liquid | liquid interfaces

Electrochemistry of non-redox-active poly (propylenimine) and poly (amidoamine) dendrimers at liquid-liquid interfaces

Voltammetry of chromium (VI) at the liquid| liquid interface

Books

Book Chapters

Bioanalytical Applications of Electrochemistry at Liquid-Liquid Microinterfaces

Edited Books

Other Journals

Conference Publications

Conference Contributions

Electrochem 2017

A soft on/off switch based on the electrochemically reversible HJ interconversion of a floating porphyrin membrane

Pathway complexity in supramolecular porphyrin self-assembly at an immiscible liquidliquid interface

Gold nanofilms at liquidliquid interfaces: An emerging platform for redox electrocatalysis, nanoplasmonic sensors, and electrovariable optics

Low-cost industrially available molybdenum boride and carbide as platinum-like catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in biphasic liquid systems

36th ChemEd Ireland Conference