Research Interests

  • Density Functional Theory
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Molecular Modelling
  • Pharmaceutical Crystals: Modelling, Engineering, Co-crystallisation, Processing
  • Organic Piezoelectric Crystals: Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, Biominerals
  • Characterisation of Piezoelectric Materials
  • Crystal Growth
  • Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Materials
  • Eco-Friendly Sensing and Energy Harvesting
  • Science Education and Outreach
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Professional Activities

Award

  • 2021 - Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year
  • 2018 - Young Scientist of the Year

Association

  • Associate Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Member, Microscopy Society of Ireland
  • Member, British Association of Crystal Growth
  • Member, Royal Microscopy Society
  • Associate Member, IEEE

Committee

  • SSPC Mental Health Working Group,

Peer Reviewed Journals

2022

NUIG4: A biocompatible pcu metalâ€'organic framework with an exceptional doxorubicin encapsulation capacity

Ahmed Ahmed;Constantinos G. Efthymiou;Rana Sanii;Ewa Patyk-Kazmierczak;Amir M. Alsharabasy;Meghan Winterlich;Naveen Kumar;Debobroto Sensharma;Wenming Tong;Sarah Guerin;Pau Farras;Sarah Hudson;Damien Thompson;Michael J. Zaworotko;Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos;Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou; (2022) NUIG4: A biocompatible pcu metalâ€'organic framework with an exceptional doxorubicin encapsulation capacity. Journal Of Materials Chemistry B

2020

Accelerated charge transfer in water-layered peptide assemblies

Kai Tao;Joseph O’ Donnell;Hui Yuan;Ehtsham. U. Haq;Sarah Guerin;Linda J. W. Shimon;Bin Xue;Christophe Silien;Yi Cao;Damien Thompson;Rusen Yang;Syed A. M. Tofail;Ehud Gazit; (2020) Accelerated charge transfer in water-layered peptide assemblies. Energy & Environmental Science

2020

Diphenylalanine-Derivative Peptide Assemblies with Increased Aromaticity Exhibit Metal-like Rigidity and High Piezoelectricity

Vasantha Basavalingappa;Santu Bera;Bin Xue;Joseph O’Donnell;Sarah Guerin;Pierre-Andre Cazade;Hui Yuan;Ehtsham ul Haq;Christophe Silien;Kai Tao;Linda J. W. Shimon;Syed A. M. Tofail;Damien Thompson;Sofiya Kolusheva;Rusen Yang;Yi Cao;Ehud Gazit; (2020) Diphenylalanine-Derivative Peptide Assemblies with Increased Aromaticity Exhibit Metal-like Rigidity and High Piezoelectricity. Acs Nano

2019

Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer

Guerin, S.;O'Donnell, J.;Haq, E.U.;McKeown, C.;Silien, C.;Rhen, F.M.F.;Soulimane, T.;Tofail, S.A.M.;Thompson, D.; (2019) Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer. Physical Review Letters

2018

Control of piezoelectricity in amino acids by supramolecular packing

Sarah Guerin;Aimee Stapleton;Drahomir Chovan;Rabah Mouras;Matthew Gleeson;Cian McKeown;Mohamed Radzi Noor;Christophe Silien;Fernando M. F. Rhen;Andrei L. Kholkin;Ning Liu;Tewfik Soulimane;Syed A. M. Tofail;Damien Thompson; (2018) Control of piezoelectricity in amino acids by supramolecular packing. Nature materials

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