Professor John Boland
Professor, Chemistry
Principal Investigator, CRANN
Biography
Prof. Boland received his BSc degree from University College Dublin and PhD from the California Institute of Technology. He is a Professor in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN). Prof. Boland was previously a researcher at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre, and the J.J. Hermans Professor of Chemistry and Applied and Materials Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His current research interests involve the electrical and mechanical properties of nanoscale materials, and molecular recognition and assembly and nanoscale contact formation.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Shi, Y. and Li, D. and Hill, C. and Yang, L. and Sheerin, E.D. and Pilliadugula, R. and Wang, J.J. and Boland, J. and Xiao, L., Micro and nano plastics release from a single absorbable suture into simulated body fluid, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466, (133559), 2024
Gabbett, Cian and Kelly, Adam G. and Coleman, Emmet and Doolan, Luke and Carey, Tian and Synnatschke, Kevin and Liu, Shixin and Dawson, Anthony and Oâ Suilleabhain, Domhnall and Munuera, Jose and Caffrey, Eoin and Boland, John B. and Sofer, ZdenÄ k and Ghosh, Goutam and Kinge, Sachin and Siebbeles, Laurens D. A. and Yadav, Neelam and Vij, Jagdish K. and Aslam, Muhammad Awais and Matkovic, Aleksandar and Coleman, Jonathan N., Understanding how junction resistances impact the conduction mechanism in nano-networks, Nature Communications, 15, (1), 2024
Zhang, X. and Boland, J.J., Core shift controls grain boundary energy scaling in Cu and Al, Acta Materialia, 265, (119606), 2024
Esteki, K. and Curic, D. and Manning, H.G. and Sheerin, E. and Ferreira, M.S. and Boland, J.J. and Rocha, C.G., Thermo-electro-optical properties of seamless metallic nanowire networks for transparent conductor applications, Nanoscale, 15, (24), 2023, p10394-10411
Zhang, X. and Wang, M. and Wang, H. and Upmanyu, M. and Boland, J.J., Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces â" An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation, Acta Materialia, 242, (118432), 2023
Luming Yang, Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi, Christopher Hill, Rekha Pilliadugula, Laura Page, Jing Jing Wang, John J. Boland, Liwen Xiao, High levels of microparticles release from biodegradable polylactic acid paper cups compared with polyethylene-lined cups, Chemical Engineering Journal, 468, 2023, p143620
Zhang, X. and Demirel, I. and Boland, J.J., Wedge disclination description of emergent core-shifted grain boundaries at free surfaces, Scripta Materialia, 234, (115562), 2023
Zhang, X. and Boland, J.J., Universal preference for low-energy core-shifted grain boundaries at the surfaces of fcc metals, Physical Review Research, 5, (1), 2023
Yunhong Shi, Dunzhu Li, Liwen Xiao*, Daragh Mullarkey, Daniel K. Kehoe, Emmet D. Sheerin, Sebastian Barwich, Luming Yang, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Igor V. Shvets, Matthias E. Möbius, John J. Boland*, Jing Jing Wang* , Real-world natural passivation phenomena can limit microplastic generation in water, Chemical Engineering Journal, 425, 2022
Yunhong Shi, Dunzhu Li, Liwen Xiao, Daragh Mullarkey, Daniel K. Kehoe, Emmet D. Sheerin, Sebastian Barwich, Luming Yang, Yurii K. Gun'ko, Igor V. Shvets, Matthias E. Möbius, John J. Boland, Jing Jing Wang, "Real-world natural passivation phenomena can limit microplastic generation in water", Chemical Engineering Journal, 428, (132466), 2022
Shi, Y. and Li, D. and Xiao, L. and Sheerin, E.D. and Mullarkey, D. and Yang, L. and Bai, X. and Shvets, I.V. and Boland, J.J. and Wang, J.J., The influence of drinking water constituents on the level of microplastic release from plastic kettles, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425, (127997), 2022
Dunzhu Li, Emmet D. Sheerin, Yunhong Shi, Liwen Xiao, Luming Yang, John Boland, Jing Jing Wang, Alcohol Pretreatment to Eliminate the Interference of Micro Additive Particles in the Identification of Microplastics Using Raman Spectroscopy, Environmental Science & Technology, 56, (17), 2022, p12158--12168
Lynes, A.D. and Lovitt, J.I. and Rotella, C. and Boland, J.J. and Gunnlaugsson, T. and Hawes, C.S., Crystal engineering studies of a series of pyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide ligands possessing alkyl ester arms, and their coordination chemistry, Results in Chemistry, 4, (100679), 2022
Li D; Sheerin ED; Shi Y; Xiao L; Yang L: Boland JJ; Wang JJ, "Alcohol Pre-treatment to Eliminate the Interference of Micro Additive Particles in the Identification of Microplastics Using Raman Spectroscopy"., Environmental science & technology [Environ Sci Technol] , 56, (17), 2022, p12158 - 12168
Dunzhu Li, Luming Yang, Rachel Kavanagh, Liwen Xiao, Yunhong Shi, Daniel K Kehoe, Emmet D Sheerin, Yurii K Gun'ko, John J Boland, Jing Jing Wang, Sampling, Identification and Characterization of Microplastics Release from Polypropylene Baby Feeding Bottle during Daily Use, Journal of Visualized Experiments: Jove, 173, 2021
K. Esteki, H. G. Manning, E. Sheerin, M. S. Ferreira, J. J. Boland, and C. G. Rocha, Tuning the Electro-Optical Properties of Nanowire Networks, Nanoscale, 13, 2021, p15369-
Boland, C.S. and Oâ Driscoll, D.P. and Kelly, A.G. and Boland, J.B. and Coleman, J.N., Highly Sensitive Composite Foam Bodily Sensors Based on the g-Putty Ink Soaking Procedure, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, (50), 2021, p60489-60497
K. Esteki, H. G. Manning, E. Sheerin, M. S. Ferreira, J. J. Boland, and C. G. Rocha. , "Tuning the Electro-Optical Properties of Nanowire Networks", Nanoscale, 13, 2021, p15367 - 15379
Biswas, S. and Doherty, J. and Galluccio, E. and Manning, H.G. and Conroy, M. and Duffy, R. and Bangert, U. and Boland, J.J. and Holmes, J.D., Stretching the Equilibrium Limit of Sn in Ge1- xSnxNanowires: Implications for Field Effect Transistors, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, (2), 2021, p1048-1056
Biswas, S., Doherty, J., Galluccio, E., Manning, H. G., Conroy, M., Duffy, R., Bangert, U., Boland, J. J. and Holmes, J. D., 'Stretching the Equilibrium Limit of Sn in Ge1-xSnx Nanowires: Implications for Field Effect Transistors',, ACS Applied Nano Materials, , 4, (2), 2021, p1048 - 1056
Hugh G. Manning, Patrick F. Flowers, Mutya A. Cruz, Claudia Gomes da Rocha, Colin O' Callaghan, Mauro S. Ferreira, Benjamin J. Wiley, and John J. Boland , The Resistance of Cu Nanowire-Nanowire Junctions & Electro-Optical Modeling of Cu Nanowire Networks , Applied Physical Letters, 116, 2020, p251902
D. Li, Y. Shi, L. Yang, L. Xiao, D. K. Kehoe, Y. K. Gun'ko, J. J. Boland, J. J. Wang, Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation, Nature Food, 1, 2020, p746 - 751
Boland, J.B. and Tian, R. and Harvey, A. and Vega-Mayoral, V. and Griffin, A. and Horvath, D.V. and Gabbett, C. and Breshears, M. and Pepper, J. and Li, Y. and Coleman, J.N., Liquid phase exfoliation of GeS nanosheets in ambient conditions for lithium ion battery applications, 2D Materials, 7, (3), 2020
Shubhadeep Bhattacharjee, Rient Wigchering, Hugh G. Manning, John. J. Boland & Paul K. Hurley, Emulating synaptic response in n- and p-channel MoS2 transistors by utilizing charge trapping dynamics, Scientific Reports, 10, (1), 2020, pArticle number: 12178
Lebre F, Boland JB, Gouveia P, Gorman AL, Lundahl MLE, I Lynch R, O'Brien FJ, Coleman J, Lavelle EC., Pristine graphene induces innate immune training., Nanoscale, 12, (20), 2020, p11192-11200
Sahar Alialy , Koorosh Esteki , Mauro Ferreira , John J. Boland and Claudia Gomes da Rocha , Nonlinear ion drift-diffusion memristance description of TiO2 RRAM devices, Nanoscale Advances, 2020, p1 - 11
Zhang, C.J. and Liang, M. and Park, S.-H. and Lin, Z. and Seral-Ascaso, A. and Wang, L. and Pakdel, A. and CoileaÃn, C.Ã". and Boland, J. and Ronan, O. and McEvoy, N. and Lu, B. and Wang, Y. and Xia, Y. and Coleman, J.N. and Nicolosi, V., Extra lithium-ion storage capacity enabled by liquid-phase exfoliated indium selenide nanosheets conductive network, Energy and Environmental Science, 13, (7), 2020, p2124-2133
Manning, H.G. and Flowers, P.F. and Cruz, M.A. and Rocha, C.G.D. and Callaghan, C.O. and Ferreira, M.S. and Wiley, B.J. and Boland, J.J., The resistance of Cu nanowire-nanowire junctions and electro-optical modeling of Cu nanowire networks, Applied Physics Letters, 116, (25), 2020
Davitt, Fionán; Manning, Hugh G.; Robinson, Fred; Hawken, Samantha L.; Biswas, Subhajit.; Petkov, Nikolay; van Druenen, Mart; Boland, John J.; Reid Gillian; Holmes, Justin D, Crystallographically controlled synthesis of SnSe nanowires: potential in resistive memory devices, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, (16), 2020, p2000474 (10 pp).
Alialy, S. and Gabriel, M. and Davitt, F. and Holmes, J.D. and Boland, J.J., Switching at the contacts in Ge9Sb1Te5 phase-change nanowire devices, Nanotechnology, 30, (33), 2019
Boland, J.B. and Harvey, A. and Tian, R. and Hanlon, D. and Vega-Mayoral, V. and Szydlowska, B. and Griffin, A. and Stimpel-Lindner, T. and Jaskaniec, S. and Nicolosi, V. and Duesberg, G. and Coleman, J.N., Liquid phase exfoliation of MoO
Adam G Kelly , VictorVega-Mayoral , John B Boland and Jonathan N Coleman, Whiskey-phase exfoliation: exfoliation and printing of nanosheets using Irish whiskey, 2D Materials, 6, (045036), 2019, p1 - 8
Jadwiszczak, J. and Keane, D. and Maguire, P. and Cullen, C.P. and Zhou, Y. and Song, H. and Downing, C. and Fox, D. and McEvoy, N. and Zhu, R. and Xu, J. and Duesberg, G.S. and Liao, Z.-M. and Boland, J.J. and Zhang, H., MoS2 Memtransistors Fabricated by Localized Helium Ion Beam Irradiation, ACS Nano, 13, (12), 2019, p14262-14273
Borislav Naydenov, Samuel Torsney, Alejandro Santana Bonilla, Andrea Gualandi, Luca Mengozzi, Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Rafael Gutierrez, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, and John J. Boland, Mapping Conformational Changes in a Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Molecular Network by Statistical Analysis of Conductance Images, PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED, 11, (03), 2019, p034070-1 - 034070-7
Alialy, S, Gabriel, M, Davitt, F, Holmes, JD, Boland, JJ, "Switching at the contacts in Ge9Sb1Te5 phase-change nanowire devices" , NANOTECHNOLOGY, 30, (33), 2019, pArticle Number 335706
H. G. Manning, C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, The Electro-Optical Performance of Silver Nanowire Networks, Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, p11550-
Zheng, JY, Manning, HG, Zhang, YH, Wang, JJ, Purcell-Milton, F, Pokle, A, Porter, SB , Zhong, C, Li, J , Meehan, RO, Enright, R, Gun'ko, YK, Nicolosi, V , Boland, JJ, Sanvito, S, Donegan, JF, "Synthesis of centimeter-size free-standing perovskite nanosheets from single-crystal lead bromide for optoelectronic devices", Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, pArticle Number 11738
Manning, HG, da Rocha, CG, O'Callaghan, C, Ferreira, MS, Boland, JJ, "The Electro-Optical Performance of Silver Nanowire Networks", Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, pArticle Number 11550
Naydenov, B, Torsney, S, Bonilla, AS, Gualandi, A, Mengozzi, L, Cozzi, PG, Gutierrez, R; Cuniberti, G; Boland, JJ., "Mapping Conformational Changes in a Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Molecular Network by Statistical Analysis of Conductance Images", Physical Review Applied, 11, (3), 2019, pArticle Number 034070
D. McAteer, IJ Godwin, Z. Ling, A. Harvey, L. He, CS Boland, VV Mayoral, B. Szydlowska, AA Rovetta, C. Backes, MEG Lyons, JN Coleman, Liquid exfoliated Co(OH)2 nanosheets as low cost high performance catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, Advanced energy materials, 1702965, 2018, p11 pages
Harvey, A. and Backes, C. and Boland, J.B. and He, X. and Griffin, A. and Szydlowska, B. and Gabbett, C. and Donegan, J.F. and Coleman, J.N., Non-resonant light scattering in dispersions of 2D nanosheets, Nature communications, 9, (1), 2018, p4553
Sun, H. and Hanlon, D. and Dinh, D.A. and Boland, J.B. and Del Rio Castillo, A.E. and Di Giovanni, C. and Ansaldo, A. and Pellegrini, V. and Coleman, J.N. and Bonaccorso, F., Carbon nanotubes-bridged molybdenum trioxide nanosheets as high performance anode for lithium ion batteries, 2D Materials, 5, (1), 2018
Mills, S., Rotella, C., McCarthy, E.K., Hill, D.J., Wang, J.-J., Donegan, J.F., Cahoon, J.F., Sader, J.E., Boland, J.J., Solvent-Engineered Stress in Nanoscale Materials, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, (50), 2018, p44183-44189
Borislav Naydenov, Samuel Torsney, Alejandro Santana Bonilla, Mohamed El Garah, Artur Ciesielski, Andrea Gualandi, Luca Mengozzi, Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Rafael Gutierrez, Paolo Samorì, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, and John J. Boland, Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Networks Characterized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Air and under Vacuum, Langmuir, 34, 2018, p7698 - 7707
Borislav Naydenov, Samuel Torsney, Alejandro Santana Bonilla, Mohamed El Garah, Artur Ciesielski,, Andrea Gualandi|, Luca Mengozzi, Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Rafael Gutierrez, Paolo Samorì, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, and John J. Boland, "Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Networks Characterized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Air and under Vacuum", Langmuir,, 2018
Manning, H.G. and Biswas, S. and Kumar, S. and Holmes, J.D. and Boland, J.J., Neuromorphic- Inspired Behaviour in Core-Shell Nanowire Networks, 2018-July, (8626353), 2018
Hossain, M; Kumar, GS; Prabhava, SNB; McCloskey, D; Acharya, S; Rao, KDM; Boland, JJ., Transparent, Flexible Silicon Nanostructured Wire Networks with Seamless Junctions for High-Performance Photodetector Applications, ACS NANO, 12, (5), 2018, p4727 - 4735
C'O'Callaghan, C.G.Rocha, F. Niosi, H.G Manning, J,J Boland and M.S Ferreira , Collective capacitive and memristive responses in random nanowire networks: Emergence of critical connectivity pathways, Journal of Applied Physics , 124, 2018, pArticle Number 152118
Mochizuki, S. and Colombeau, B. and Yu, L. and Dube, A. and Choi, S. and Stolfi, M. and Bi, Z. and Chang, F. and Conti, R.A. and Liu, P. and Winstel, K.R. and Jagannathan, H. and Gossmann, H.-J. and Loubet, N. and Canaperi, D.F. and Guo, D. and Sharma, S. and Chu, S. and Boland, J. and Jin, Q. and Li, Z. and Lin, S. and Cogorno, M. and Chudzik, M. and Natarajan, S. and McHerron, D.C. and Haran, B., Advanced Arsenic Doped Epitaxial Growth for Source Drain Extension Formation in Scaled FinFET Devices, 2018-December, (8614543), 2018, pp35.2.1-35.2.4
Filipa Lebre, Damien Hanlon, John B. Boland, Jonathan Coleman, Ed C. Lavelle, Exfoliation in Endotoxin"Free Albumin Generates Pristine Graphene with Reduced Inflammatory Properties, Advanced Biosystems, 2018, p1800102
Jakub Jadwiszczak, Colin O'Callaghan, Yangbo Zhou, Daniel S Fox, Eamonn Weitz, Darragh Keane, Conor P. Cullen, Ian O'Reilly, Clive Downing, Aleksey Shmeliov, Pierce Maguire, John J. Gough , Cormac McGuinness , Mauro S. Ferreira, A. Louise Bradley , John J. Boland, Georg S. Duesberg, Valeria Nicolosi & Hongzhou Zhang, Oxide-mediated recovery of field effect mobility in plasma-treated MoS2, Science Advances, 4, (2), 2018, peaao5031-
Yue, Y. and Wang, J.J. and Basheer, P.A.M. and Boland, J.J. and Bai, Y., A Raman spectroscopy based optical fibre system for detecting carbonation profile of cementitious materials, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 257, 2018, p635-649
John J. Gough , Niall McEvoy, Maria O'Brien, Alan P. Bell , John McManus, David McCloskey, John B. Boland, Jonathan N. Coleman, Georg S. Duesberg, and A. Louise Bradley, Nonradiative energy transfer and photocurrent enhancements in hybrid quantum dots-MoS2 Devices, ICTON, Bucharest, Romania, 2018, ICTON
Boland, C.S. and Khan, U. and Binions, M. and Barwich, S. and Boland, J.B. and Weaire, D. and Coleman, J.N., Graphene-coated polymer foams as tuneable impact sensors, Nanoscale, 10, (11), 2018, p5366-5375
Shaun Mills, Chiara Rotella, Eoin K. McCarthy, David J. Hill, Jing-Jing Wang,, "Solvent-Engineered Stress in Nanoscale Materials", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 2018, p44183 - 44189
Gough, J.J. and McEvoy, N. and O'Brien, M. and Bell, A.P. and McCloskey, D. and Boland, J.B. and Coleman, J.N. and Duesberg, G.S. and Bradley, A.L., Dependence of Photocurrent Enhancements in Quantum Dot (QD)-Sensitized MoS2 Devices on MoS2 Film Properties, Advanced Functional Materials, 28, (13), 2018, p1706149-
Hugh G. Manning, Fabio Niosi, Claudia Gomes da Rocha, Allen T. Bellew, Colin O'Callaghan, Subhajit Biswas, Patrick F. Flowers, Benjamin J. Wiley, Justin D. Holmes, Mauro S. Ferreira & John J. Boland , Emergence of winner-takes-all connectivity paths in random nanowire networks, Nature Communications, 9, 2018, pArticle No: 3219
Mills, S. and Sader, J.E. and Boland, J.J., Material characterisation of nanowires with intrinsic stress, Nanotechnology, 28, (35), 2017
Manning, Hugh G. and Biswas, Subhajit and Holmes, Justin D. and Boland, John J., Nonpolar Resistive Switching in Ag@TiO2 Core-Shell Nanowires, ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 2017, pnull
Barimar, Prabhava S. N., Naydenov, Borislav., Li, Jing., Boland, John J. , Spreading resistance at the nano-scale studied by scanning tunneling and field emission spectroscopy, Applied Physiscs Letters, 110, 2017, p263111-
Zheng, J.-Y. and Wang, J.J. and Manning, H. and Zhong, C. and Purcell-Milton, F. and Meehan, R.O. and Cunningham, G. and Enright, R. and Gun'ko, Y.K. and Boland, J. and Donegan, J.F., Synthesis of millimeter-size freestanding perovskite nanofilms from single-crystal lead bromide for optoelectronic devices, 2017-January, 2017, pp1-2
Zhang, X. and Han, J. and Plombon, J.J. and Sutton, A.P. and Srolovitz, D.J. and Boland, J.J., Nanocrystalline copper films are never flat, Science, 357, (6349), 2017, p397-400
Mills, S., Sader, J.E., Boland, J.J, "Material characterisation of nanowires with intrinsic stress" , Nanotechnology , 28, (35), 2017
Samuel Torsney, Borislav Naydenov, John J. Boland, Ordering and interactions between Cl adatoms on Cu(111) and their influence on the local electronic properties as measured by STM and STS, Physical Review B, 96, (24), 2017, p245411-1 - 245411-7
Lee S, Park J.-B, Lee M.-J, Boland J.J, Multilevel resistance in ZnO nanowire memristors enabled by hydrogen annealing treatment, AIP Advances, 6, (12), 2016
C. O'Callaghan, C. G. Rocha, H. G. Manning, J. J. Boland and M. S. Ferreira, Effective medium theory for the conductivity of disordered metallic nanowire networks, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, (59), 2016, p27564 - 27571
Lin, K.L. and Cross, G.L.W. and Gleeson, P. and De Silva, J.P. and Levander, A. and Muñoz, J.A. and Pawashe, C. and Potie, A. and Theofanis, P. and Boland, J.J. and Kuhn, K.J., Adhesion limits and design criteria for nanorelays, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 63, (1), 2016, p465-470
Ronan Daly, John E. Sader, and John J. Boland, "Taming Self-Organization Dynamics to Dramatically Control Porous Architectures", ACS NANO, 10, (3), 2016, p3087-3092
O'Kelly C.J, Fairfield J.A, McCloskey D, Manning H.G, Donegan J.F, Boland J.J, Associative Enhancement of Time Correlated Response to Heterogeneous Stimuli in a Neuromorphic Nanowire Device, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, (6), 2016, p1500458 -
J. A. Fairfield, C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, Co-percolation to tune conductive behaviour in dynamical metallic nanowire networks, Nanoscale, 8, (43), 2016, p18516 - 18523
O'Kelly C.J, Jung S.J, Boland J.J, Metal Nanostructure Synthesis via Surface Energy Driven Growth, Crystal Growth and Design, 16, (12), 2016, p7318 - 7324
Prabhava S. N. Barimar, Catherine M. Doyle, Borislav Naydenov, and John J. Boland, Study of the effect of thermal treatment on morphology and chemical composition of silicon-on-insulator, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 34, 2016, p041806-
Oliver S.M, Fairfield J.A, Bellew A.T, Lee S, Champlain J.G, Ruppalt L.B, Boland J.J, Vora P.M, Quantum point contacts and resistive switching in Ni/NiO nanowire junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 109, (20), 2016, p203101-
Galanti A, Kotova O, Blasco S, Johnson C.J, Peacock R.D, Mills S, Boland J.J, Albrecht M, Gunnlaugsson T, Exploring the Effect of Ligand Structural Isomerism in Langmuirâ"Blodgett Films of Chiral Luminescent EuIIISelf-Assemblies, Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, (28), 2016, p9709 - 9723
Harte NP, Klyubin I, McCarthy EK, Min S, Garrahy SA, Xie Y, Davey GP, Boland JJ, Rowan MJ, Mok KH, Amyloid Oligomers and Mature Fibrils Prepared from an Innocuous Protein Cause Diverging Cellular Death Mechanisms., The Journal of biological chemistry, 290, (47), 2015, p28343 - 28352
Bell A.P, Fairfield J.A, McCarthy E.K, Mills S, Boland J.J, Baffou G, McCloskey D, "Quantitative study of the photothermal properties of metallic nanowire networks", ACS Nano, 9, (5), 2015, p5551 - 5558
C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, C. Ritter, H. Manning, A. T. Bellew, J. J. Boland and M. S. Ferreira,, "Ultimate Conductivity Performance in Metallic Nanowire Networks", Nanoscale, 7, (30), 2015, p13011 - 13016
Martinez-Calvo M, Kotova O, Mobius M.E, Bell A.P, McCabe T, Boland J.J, Gunnlaugsson T, Healable luminescent self-assembly supramolecular metallogels possessing lanthanide (Eu/Tb) dependent rheological and morphological properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, (5), 2015, p1983 - 1992
Naydenov, B. Rungger, I. Mantega, M. Sanvito, S. Boland, J.J., "Single-atom based coherent quantum interference device structure", Nano Letters, 15, (5), 2015, p2881 - 2886
Kotova O, Daly R, Dos Santos C.M.G, Kruger P.E, Boland J.J, Gunnlaugsson T, Cross-Linking the Fibers of Supramolecular Gels Formed from a Tripodal Terpyridine Derived Ligand with d-Block Metal Ions, Inorganic Chemistry, 54, (16), 2015, p7735 - 7741
Peter Gleeson, Kevin Lin, Alexis Potie, Chytra Pawashe, Johann P de Silva, Graham L W Cross and John J Boland, "The effect of device fabrication on quasi-static elastic behaviour of silicon nanocantilever arrays", J. MICROMECH MICROENG, 25 (125007), 2015, p1 - 8
Jung S.J, O'Kelly C.J, Boland J.J, Position Controlled Growth of Single Crystal Cu
A.T. Bellew, Hugh G. Manning, Claudia Gomes da Rocha, Mauro S. Ferreira and John J. Boland. , "Resistance of Single Ag Nanowire Junctions and Their Role in the Conductivity of Nanowire Networks", ACS NANO, 9, (11), 2015, p11422 - 11429
J. A. Fairfield, C. Ritter, A. T. Bellew, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, "Effective Electrode Length Enhances Electrical Activation of Nanowire Networks: Experiment and Simulation", ACS Nano, 8, (9), 2014, p9542 - 9549
Byrne,Joseph P. J.P., Kitchen,Jonathan A. J.A., Kotova,Oxana V. O.V., Leigh,Vivienne V., Bell,Alan P. A.P., Boland,John J. J.J., Albrecht,Martin M., Gunnlaugsson,Thorfinnur T., "Synthesis, structural, photophysical and electrochemical studies of various d-metal complexes of btp [2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine] ligands that give rise to the formation of metallo-supramolecular gels", Dalton Transactions, 43, (1), 2014, p196 - 209
O'Kelly, C. Fairfield, J.A. Boland, J.J., "A single nanoscale junction with programmable multilevel memory", ACS Nano, 8, (11), 2014, p11724 - 11729
McCarthy, E.K. Bellew, A.T. Sader, J.E. Boland, J.J., "Poisson's ratio of individual metal nanowires", Nature Communications, 5, 2014, p11422 - 11429
Bellew, A.T. Bell, A.P. McCarthy, E.K. Fairfield, J.A. Boland, J.J., "Programmability of nanowire networks", Nanoscale, 6, (16), 2014, p9632 - 9639
Daly R, Kotova O, Boese M, Gunnlaugsson T, Boland JJ, "Chemical nano-gardens: growth of salt nanowires from supramolecular self-assembly gels", ACS nano, 7, (6), 2013, p4838-45
O'Regan, C, Biswas, S, O'Kelly, C, Jung, SJ, Boland, JJ, Petkov, N, Holmes, JD, "Engineering the Growth of Germanium Nanowires by Tuning the Supersaturation of Au/Ge Binary Alloy Catalysts", CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 25, (15), 2013, p3096-3104
Naydenov, B, Boland, JJ, "Engineering the electronic structure of surface dangling bond nanowires of different size and dimensionality", NANOTECHNOLOGY, 24, (27), 2013, p1 - 7
Yue, Y. Bai, Y. Muhammed Basheer, P.A. Boland, J.J. Wang, J.J., "Monitoring the cementitious materials subjected to sulfate attack with optical fiber excitation Raman spectroscopy", Optical Engineering, 52, (10), 2013, p104107-1 - 104107-10
Daly, R, Sader, JE, Boland, JJ, "The dominant role of the solvent-water interface in water droplet templating of polymers", SOFT MATTER, 9, (33), 2013, p7960-7965
Sheridan, JG, Heidelberg, A , Brougham, DF , Nellist, PD , Langford, RM , Boland JJ., "Self-Assembly of LiMo3Se3 Nanowire Networks from Nanoscale Building-Blocks in Solution", LANGMUIR, 28, (43), 2012, p15344 - 15349
Soon Jung Jung, Terek Lutz, Alan P. Bell, Eoin K. McCarthy and John J. Boland, "Free Standing, Single-Crystal Cu3Si Nanowires", J. Crystal Growth & Design, 12, (6), 2012, p3076 - 3081
Oxana Kotova, Ronan Daly, Cidalia M. G. dos Santos, Markus Boese, Paul E. Kruger, John J. Boland, and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, "Europium-Directed Self-Assembly of a Luminescent Supramolecular Gel from a Tripodal Terpyridine-Based Ligand", ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION , 51, (29), 2012, p7208 - 7212
R. Daly, J.E. Sader and J.J. Boland, "Existence of Micrometer-Scale Water Droplets at Solvent/Air Interfaces", Langmuir, 28, (37), 2012, p13218 - 13223
M. Mantega, I. Rungger, B. Naydenov, J. J. Boland and S. Sanvito, "Spectroscopic characterization of a single dangling bond on a bare Si(100)-c(4×2) surface for n- and p-type doping", Physical Review B, 86, (3), 2012, pArticle No 035318
Curtis O'Kelly, Soon Jung Jung, Alan P. Bell and John J. Boland, "Single Crystal Iron Nanocube Synthesis via the Surface Energy Driven Growth Method" , NANOTECHNOLOGY, 23, (43), 2012, p1 - 6
P.N. Nirmalraj, A.P. Bell , A.T. Bellew, J.A. Fairfield, E.K. McCarthy , C. O Kelly, L/F.C Pereira, S. Sorel , J.N. Coleman, M.S. Ferreira and J.J. Boland, "Manipulating Connectivity and Conductivity in Metallic Nanowire " , Nano Lett, 12, (11), 2012, p5966 - 5971
Barth, S., Boland, J.J., Holmes, J.D., "Defect transfer from nanoparticles to nanowires", Nano Letters, 11, (4), 2011, p1550-1555
Soon Jung Jung, Tarek Lutz, Markus Boese, Justin D. Holmes, and John J. Boland, Surface Energy Driven Agglomeration and Growth of Single Crystal Metal Wires, Nano Letters, 11, (3), 2011, p1294-1299
Keith J. Fraser and John J. Boland, Modelling of Atomic Imaging and Evaporation in the Field Ion Microscope, Journal of Sensors, 2012, (2012), 2011
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Terek Lutz, Shishir Kumer, Georg Duesberg and John J. Boland, Nanoscale Mapping of Electrical Resistivity and Connectivity in Graphene Strips and Networks, Nano Letters, 11, (1), 2011, p16 - 22
Keith J. Fraser and John J. Boland, "Modelling of Atomic Imaging and Evaporation in the field Ion Microscope", Journal of Sensors, 2012, (2012), 2011, p1 - 8
Ryan, P.M, Teague, L.C, Meehan, D.E , Boland, J.J., Stereoselective Cycloaddition of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene on Si(100): A Simple Algorithm for Product Identification Based on Secondary Orbital Interactions, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, (36), 2011, p14287 - 14292
Coleman, JN, Lotya, M, O'Neill, A, Bergin, SD, King, PJ, Khan, U, Young, K, Gaucher, A, De, S, Smith, RJ, Shvets, IV, Arora, SK, Stanton, G, Kim, HY, Lee, K, Kim, GT, Duesberg, GS, Hallam, T, Boland, JJ, Wang, JJ, Donegan, JF, Grunlan, JC, Moriarty, G, Shmeliov, A, Nicholls, RJ, Perkins, JM, Grieveson, EM, Theuwissen, K, McComb, DW, Nellist, PD, Nicolosi, V, "Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials", Science, 331, (6017), 2011, p568-571
P. Lyons, Philip; S. De, Sukanta; J. Elias, A. Bellew, JJ Boland and JN Coleman, "High Performance Transparent Conductors from Networks of Gold Nanowires", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2, (24), 2011, p3058 - 3062
Jung, S.J, Lutz, T, Boland J.J. , Anisotropic etching induced by surface energy driven agglomeration, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 29, (5), 2011
Borislav Naydenov, Mauro Mantega, Ivan Rungger, Stefano Sanvito, and John J. Boland, "Scattered surface charge density: A tool for surface characterization", Physical Review B, 84, (19), 2011, pArticle No: 195321
O'Neill, A., Khan, U., Nirmalraj, P.N., Boland, J., Coleman, J.N., Graphene dispersion and exfoliation in low boiling point solvents, Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 115, (13), 2011, p5422-5428
G. Behan, J. F. Feng, H. Z. Zhang, P. N. Nirmalraj, and J. J. Boland, Effect of sample bias on backscattered ion spectroscopy in the helium ion microscope, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 28, (6), 2010, p1377 - 1380
Peter N. Nirmalraj and John J. Boland , "Selective Tuning and Optimisation of the Contacts to Metallic and Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes" , ACS Nano , 4, (7), 2010, p3801 - 3806
J.J. Boland, Flexible Electronics: within touch of artificial skin, Nature Materials, 9, (10), 2010, p790 - 792
Borislav Naydenov, and John J. Boland, Variable-height scanning tunneling spectroscopy for local density of states recovery based on the 1D-WKB approximation, Physical Review B, 82, (245411), 2010
G. Collins, P. Fleming, S. Barth, C. O'Dwyer, J.J. Boland, M.A. Morris, J.D. Holmes, Alkane and Alkanethiol Passivation of Halogenated Ge Nanowires, Chemistry of Materials, 22, (23), 2010, p6370 - 6377
Kinahan NT, Meehan DE, Narushima T, Sachert S, Boland JJ, Miki K, Site-Specific Evolution of Surface Stress during the Room-Temperature Oxidation of the Si(111)-(7x7) Surface., Physical Review Letters, 104, (14), 2010
P.N. Ryan, A. Verhulst, T. Hantschel Thomas; D. Cott, N.A. Romo and J.J. Boland , "Optimization of multi-walled carbon nanotube - metal contacts by electrical stressing", Nanotechnology, , 21, (4), 2010
D. Bazou, G. Behan, C. Reid, J.J. Boland, H.Z. Zhang, Imaging of human colon cancer cells using He-Ion scanning microscopy, Journal of Microscopy, 242, (3), 2010, p290 - 294
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Philip E. Lyons, Sukanta De, Jonathan N. Coleman and John J. Boland, Electrical Connectivity in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks, Nano Letters, 9, (11), 2009, 3890
De S , Lyons PE , Sorel S, Doherty EM , King PJ, Blau WJ, Nirmalraj PN, Boland JJ, Scardaci V, Joimel J, Coleman JN , Transparent, Flexible, and Highly Conductive Thin Films Based on Polymer - Nanotube Composites, ACS Nano , 3, (3), 2009, p714 - 720
Sukanta De, Thomas M. Higgins, Philip E. Lyons, Evelyn M. Doherty, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland and Jonathan N. Coleman , Silver Nanowire Networks as Flexible, Transparent, Conducting Films: Extremely High DC to Optical Conductivity Ratios, ACS Nano, 3, (7), 2009, p1767 - 1774
Andzane J, Petkov N, Livshits AI, Boland JJ, Holmes JD, Erts D, Two-Terminal Nanoelectromechanical Devices Based on Germanium Nanowires, Nano Letters, 9 , (5), 2009, p1824 - 1829
Peter M Ryan, Lucile Teague and John J. Boland. , "Frontier Orbital Description of the Si(100) Surface: A Route to Symmetry-Allowed and Concerted [2+2] Cycloadditions", J. Amer Chem Soc, 131, (19), 2009, p6768 - 6774
Dorothee Almecija, David Blond, John E Sader, Jonathan N. Coleman, John J. Boland, Mechanical properties of individual electrospun polymer-nanotube composite nanofibers, Carbon, 47, (9), 2009, p2253 - 2258
Evelyn Doherty, Sukanta De, Philip E Lyons, Aleksey Shmeliov, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Vittorio Scardaci, Jerome Joimel, Werner J Blau, John J Boland, Jonathan N Coleman, The spatial uniformity and electromechanical stability of transparent, conductive films of single walled nanotubes, Carbon, 47, (10), 2009, p2466 - 2473
P. Ryan, L. Teague, B. Naydenov, D. Borland and J.J. Boland., "Emergence and Visualisation of an Interface State during Contact Formation with a Single Molecule"., Physical Review Letters, 101, (9 ), 2008
Shane D. Bergin, Valeria Nicolosi, Philip V. Streich, Silvia Giordani, Zhenyu Sun, Alan H. Windle, Peter Ryan, N. Peter P. Niraj, Zhi-Tao T. Wang, Leslie Carpenter, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, James P. Hamilton, Jonathan N. Coleman, Towards Solutions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents, Advanced Materials, 20, (10), 2008, p1876 - 1881
Wen, B. M., Huang, Y.Z., Boland J.J., "A simple solvothermal route to controlled diameter geranium nanowires"., Journal of Materials Chemistry, , 18, (17 ), 2008, p2011 - 2015
B. Wen, JE Sader and J.J. Boland, "The Mechanical Properties of ZnO Nanowires" , Phys. Rev. Lett. , 101, (17), 2008
Xueyan Wu, Jaideep S. Kulkarni, Gillian Collins, Nikolay Petkov, Dorothée Almecija, John J. Boland, Donats Erts and Justin D. Holmes, "Synthesis, Electrical and Mechanical Characterisation of Silicon and Germanium Nanowires" , Chemistry of Materials, 20, (19), 2008, p5954 - 5967
Hernandez, Y, Nicolosi, V, Lotya, M, Blighe, FM, Sun, ZY, De, S, McGovern, IT, Holland, B, Byrne, M, Gun'ko, YK, Boland, JJ, Niraj, P, Duesberg, G, Krishnamurthy, S, Goodhue, R, Hutchison, J, Scardaci, V, Ferrari, AC, Coleman, JN, High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite, Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 2008, p563 - 568
Yenny Hernandez, Valeria Nicolos1, Mustafa Lotya, Fiona M Blighe, Zhenyu Sun, Sukanta De, IT McGovern, Brendan Holland, Michele Byrne, Yurii Gun'ko, John Boland, Peter Niraj, Georg Duesberg, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Robbie Goodhue, John Hutchison, Vittorio Scardaci, Andrea C. Ferrari, and Jonathan N Coleman, High yield production of graphene by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite, Nature Nanotechnology , 3, (9), 2008, p563 - 568
Baomei Wen, Yizhong Huang, John J. Boland, "Controllable Growth of ZnO Nanostructures by a simple solvothermal Process",, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, (1), 2008, p106 - 111
J.J. Boland, , "The best of both worlds - a novel approach to macromolecular STM studies". , Surf. Sci. , 602, , (1), 2008, p1 - 2
Birjukovs P, Petkov N, Xu J, Svirksts J, Boland J, Holmes J, Erts D, , "Electrical characterisation of bismuth sulfide nanowire arrays by conductive atomic force microscopy", Journal of Physical Chemistry C,, 112 , (49), 2008, p19680 - 19685
Martin O'Toole and John J. Boland, "A solid-liquid-vapour mechanises for anisotropic silicon etching", Applied Physics Letters , 93, (26), 2008
Narushima T, Kinahan NT , Boland JJ, "Simultaneous scanning tunneling microscopy and stress measurements to elucidate the origins of surface forces", Review of Scientific Instruments, , 78, (5), 2007
A. Heidelberg, L.T. Ngo, B Wu, J. Sader and J.J. Boland., "A generalized description of the elastic properties of nanowires". , Nano Lett. , 6, ((6) Jun 2006), 2006, p1101 - 1106
B. Naydenov, P.Ryan, L.C. Teague and J.J. Boland. , Measuring the force of interaction between a metallic probe and a single molecule", Phys. Rev. Lett. , 97, ((9) 098304 Sept), 2006
B. Naydenov, P. Ryan, L.C. Teague and J.J. Boland., "Contact Formation Dynamics: bond formation between a molecule and metallic probe", Nano Lett , 6, ((8) Aug), 2006, p1752 - 1756
L.T. Ngo, D. Almecija, J. E. Sader, B. Daly, J. D. Holmes, D. Erts, and J. J. Boland. , "Ultimate Strength Ge Nanowires". , Nano Lett 2964-2968, , 6, ((12) Dec ), 2006
J. Boland , Semiconductor physics - Transport news., Nature 439 (7077): , 671, (Feb ), 2006
B.Wu and J.J. Boland., "Synthesis and Dispersion of Isolated High Aspect Ratio Gold Nanowires". , J. Coll. Interface Sci. , 303(2) , (611-616 Nov), 2006
Theis T, Parr D, Binks P, Ying J, Drexler KE, Schepers E , Mullis K , Bai CL, Boland JJ, Langer R, Dobson P , Rao CNR , Ferrari M, nan'o.tech.nol'o.gy n., Nature Nanotechnology (1) 8-10 OCT 2006., (1), (8-10 Oct), 2006
D. Erts, B. Polyakov, B. Daly, M.A. Morris, S. Ellingboe, J. Boland, J.D. Holmes, "High density germanium nanowire assemblies: contact challenges and electrical characterisation", J. Phys. Chem. , B, (110, 820-826.Jan), 2006
Bin Wu, Andreas Heidelberg, John J. Boland, XiaoMing Sun, and YaDong Li., Microstructure-hardened silver nanowires, Nano Letters, 6, ((3) March), 2006, p468 - 472
Harrison BC, Ryan P, Boland JJ., "STM and DFT study of the Gd wetting layer reconstructions on the Si(001)-2 x 1 surface" , Surface Science. , 582, ((1-3) 10 May), 2005, p79 - 89
Wu B, Heidelberg A, Boland JJ., " Mechanical properties of ultrahigh-strength gold nanowires"., Nature Materials , 4, ((7) July), 2005, p525 - 529
Harrison BC, Boland JJ., "Real-time STM study of inter-nanowire reactions: GdSi2 nanowires on Si(100)" , Surface Science , 594, ((1-3) 1 Dec), 2005, p93 - 98
Narushima T, Kinahan NT, Boland JJ., "Simple controlled heating method for a free-standing sample using bimetallic strips" , Review of Scientific Instruments., 76, ((9) 095113 Sep), 2005
Rusakov KI, Gladyshchuk AA, Rakovich YP, Boland JJ, Donegan JE., "Modification of photon states in photonic molecules with semiconductor nanocrystals." , Optics and Spectroscopy , 99, ((3) September), 2005, p493 - 497
Rakovich YP, Boland JJ, Donegan JE., "Tunable photon lifetime in photonic molecules: a concept for delaying an optical signal"., Optics Letters , 30, ((20) 15 October ), 2005, p2775 - 2777
T A. Crowley, B. Daly, M. A. Morris, D. Erts, O. Kazakova, J. J. Boland, B. Wu and J. D. Holmes , "Probing the Magnetic Properties of Cobalt-Germanium Nanocable Arrays", J. of Materials Chem. 15 (24):, 15, (24), 2005, p2408 - 2413
Rakovich, Yu.P.; Gerlach, M.; Bradley, A.L.; Donegan, J.F.; Boland, J.; Connolly, T.; Przyjalgowski, M.; Ryder, A.; Gaponik, N.; Rogach, A.L., Spontaneous emission from semiconductor nanocrystals in coupled spherical microcavities, Physica Status Solidi C, (2), 2005, p858 - 861
Stadermann M, Papadakis SJ, Falvo MR and Boland JJ , "Exponential decay of local conductance in single-wall carbon nanotubes"., Physical Review B, 72, ((24): 245406 Dec.), 2005
Yu.P. Rakovich, M. Gerlach, A.L. Bradley, J.F. Donegan, T.M. Connolly, J.J.Boland, M.A. Przyjalgowski, A. Ryder, N.Gaponik and A.L. Rogach,, "Confined optical modes in small photonic molecules with semiconductor nanocrystals" , Journal of Applied Physics,, 96, (11), 2004
Teague LC, Boland JJ , Kinetically controlled reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene on Si(100), THIN SOLID FILMS, 1-4, (OCT), 2004, p464 - 465
Rakovich, Y. P., Donegan, J. F., Gerlach, M., Bradley, A. L., Connolly, T. M., Boland, J. J., Gaponik, N. and Rogach, A., Observation of coupled cavity modes in photonic molecules, Phys. Rev. Lett, 2004
Boland, J. J., Papadakis, S. J., Falvo, M. R., Snow, E., Fu, Q., Liu, J., Fridman, Y., Superfine, R., Washburn S. , Nanoscale Study of Conduction through Carbon Nanotube Networks, PHYSICAL REVIEW, B 69 (20), (Art. No. 201402 MAY), 2004
Chen, Dongxue and Boland, John J. , Dimer-Anticorrelation-Induced Stabilization of Adsorbate Clustering on Si(100)-2x1 Surface, Physical Review Letters, 92, (9, March 5), 2004, part. no. 096103
Teague, L. C. and Boland, J. J. , DFT Investigation of the Product Distribution following Reaction of 1,3-cyclobutadiene on the Si(100) surface, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, B 108 (23), (JUN 10), 2004, p7827 - 7830
D. Chen and J.J Boland. , "Spontaneous roughening of low-coverage Si(100)-2x1 : Cl surfaces: Patch formation on submonolayer halogenated Surface. , Phys. Rev B, 70, (20), 2004
Teague, L. C. and Boland, J. J., Organic Thin Film: Kinetically Controlled Reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadine on Si(100) substrate, Thin Film Solids, 2004
Heidelberg, A., Bloess, H., Schultze, J. W., Booth, C. J., Samulski, E. T., and Boland, J. J., Electronic properties of LiMo3Se3-Nanowires and Mo3Se3-nanowire-networks for nanoscale electronic devices, Zeitschrift Fur Physikalische Chemie-International Journal Of Research In Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics, 217, (5), 2003, p573 - 585
Teague L. C., Boland J. J, STM study of multiple bonding configurations and mechanism of 1,3-cyclohexadiene attachment on Si(100)-2 x 1, Journal Of Physical Chemistry B , 107, (16), 2003, p3820 - 3823
Chen, D. X., Boland, J. J., Steric interaction model of roughening and vacancy reorganization on halogen-terminated Si(100)-2x1 surfaces, Physical Review B , 67, (19), 2003, p195328
Stadermann, M., Grube H., Boland, John J., Papadakis, S. J., Falvo, M.R., Superfine, R., Washburn, S. , Simultaneous atomic force microscopy measurement of topography and contact resistance of metal films and carbon nanotubes, Review Of Scientific Instruments , 74, (8), 2003, p3653 - 3655
Chen, D. X., Boland, J. J., Chemisorption-induced disruption of surface electronic structure: Hydrogen adsorption on the Si(100)-2x1 surface, PHYS REV B , 65, (16 (April 15)), 2002, art. no. 165336
Herrmann, C. F., Chen, D. X. and Boland, John J., Spontaneous roughening: Fundamental limits in Si(100) halogen etch processing, PHYS REV LETT , 89, (9 Aug 26), 2002, art. no. 096102
Chen, D. X., Boland, J. J., Spontaneous roughening and vacancy dynamics on Si(100)-2x1 : Cl , SURF SCI , 518, (3 Oct 20), 2002, pL583 - L587
Grube, H., Harrison, B. C., Jia, J. F., and Boland, John J., Stability, resolution, and tip-tip imaging by a dual-probe scanning tunneling microscope, REV SCI INSTRUM , 72, (12 (Dec)), 2001, p4388 - 4392
Herrmann, C. F., Boland, John J. , Vacancy dynamics and reorganization on bromine-etched Si(100)-(2x1) surfaces , PHYS REV LETT , 87, (11 (Sept 10)), 2001, p115503
Buehler, E. J. and Boland, John J. , Dimer Preparation that Mimics the Transition State for the Adsorption of H2 on the Si(100)-2x1 Surface, Science, October, 2000
Herrmann, C. F. and Boland, John J., The Role of Repulsive Interactions in Molecular Bromine Adsorption and Patterning of Si(100)-2x1, Surface Science, 460, 2000, p233
Buehler, E. J. and Boland, John J, Identification of a Novel Hydride Species on the Si(100)-2x1 Surface, Surface Science , 425, 1999, pL363
Herrmann, C. F. and Boland, John J., Probing Repulsive Interactions on the Si(100)-2x1 Surface by Tip-Induced Excitation, J. Phys. Chem, 103, 1999, p4207
Boland, John J. and Weaver, J. H., A Surface View of Etching, Physics Today, August, 1998, p34
Grube, H. and Boland, John J., Origin of Homoepitaxial Faulted Island Growth on the Si(111) Surface, Surface Science , 407, 1998, p152
McEllistrem, M. T., Buehler, J., Itchkawitz, B. S. and Boland, John J., Abstraction of Chemisorbed Bromine Atoms on the Si(111) surface by Incident Atoms, J. Chem. Phys, 108, 1998, p7384
Fouchier, M. and Boland, John J., Energy of Si(111) Dimer-Stacking Fault Structures, Phys. Rev, B57, , 1998, p8997
McEllistrem, M. T., Allgeier, M. and Boland, John J., Dynamics of Dangling Bond Diffusion and Recombination on the Si(100)-2x1 Surface, Science, , 279, 1998, p545
M. Fouchier, M., McEllistrem, M. T. and Boland, John J., Novel Adatom-Terminated Steps on the Ge(111)-1x1:Br Surface, Surf. Sci, 385, 1997, pL905
Itchkawitz, B. S., McEllistrem, M. T., Grube, H. and Boland, John J., Role of Dimer-Stacking Fault Structures in Si(111) Etching and Growth , Surf. Sci, 385, 1997, p281
Itchkawitz, B. S., McEllistrem, M. T. and Boland, John J. , Equivalent Step Structures along Inequivalent Crystallographic Directions on Halogen-Terminated Si(111)-1x1 Surfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett, 78, 1997, p98 - 101
Kubby and Boland, John J., Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Semiconductor Surfaces, Surf. Sci, 26, 1996, p61 - 204
Boland, John J., Manipulating Chlorine Atom Bonding on the Si(100)-2x1 with the STM, Science, 262, 1993, p1703 - 1706
Boland, John J, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of the Interaction of Hydrogen with Silicon Surfaces, Adv. Phys, 42, 1993, p129 - 171
Boland, John J., Hydrogen as a Probe of Semiconductor Surface Structure: The Ge(111)-c(2x8) Surface, Science, 255, 1992, p186 - 188
Boland, John J. and Parsons, Gregory N, Selective Deposition and Bond Strain Relaxation in Silicon PECVD Using Time Modulated Silane Flow, J. Appl.Phys, 31, 1992, p1743 - 1748
Boland, John J., A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Adsorption and Recombinative Desorption of Hydrogen from the Si(100)-2x1 Surface, J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A10, 1992, p2458 - 2464
Boland, John J. and Parsons, Gregory N., Bond Selectivity in Silicon Film Growth, Science, 256, 1992, p1304 - 1306
Boland, John J., Role of Bond Strain in the Chemistry of Hydrogen on the Si(100) Surface, , Surf. Sci, 261, 1992, p17 - 28
Takamori, Takeshi and Boland, John J. , On Pyrochlore-Type Bismuth Platinum Oxide, J. Cryst. Growth, 112, 1991, p660 - 662
Boland, John J., The Importance of Structure and Bonding in Semiconductor Surface Chemistry: Hydrogen on the Si(111)-7x7 Surface, Surf. Sci, 244, 1991, p1 - 14
Boland, John J., Evidence of Pairing and its Role in the Recombinative Desorption of Hydrogen from the Si(100)-2x1 Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett, 67, 1991, p1593 - 1596
Boland, John J., The Driving Force Behind the Chemistry of Hydrogen on the Si(111)-7x7 Surface, J. Vac. Sci. Technol, B9, 1991, p764 - 769
Boland, John J., Nature of the Hydride Species on the Hydrogenated Si(111)-7x7 Surface, J. Phys. Chem, 95, 1991, p1521 - 1524
Boland, John J., Role of Hydrogen Desorption in the Chemical-Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Si(100) Films using Disilane, Phys. Rev, B44, 1991, p1383 - 1386
Takamori, Takeshi and Boland, John J., Platinum Erosion during Growth of Sillenite-Type Crystals, , Mater. Sci. Lett, 10, 1991, p972 - 974
Takamori, Takeshi., Boland, John J. and Dove, Derek B., Controlled Levitation of a Large Magnet above a Superconductor, Rev. Sci. Instrum, 61, 1990, p1984 - 1986
Boland, John J. and Villarrubia, J. S., The Formation of Si(111)1x1-Cl, Phys. Rev, B41, 1990, p9865 - 9870
Boland, John J., Structure of the H-Saturated Si(100) Surface, Phys. Rev. Lett, 65, 1990, p3325 - 3328
Boland, John J. and Villarrubia, J. S., Identification of the Products from the Reaction of Chlorine with the Si(111)-7x7 Surface, Science, 248, 1990, p838 - 840
Boland, John J. and Villarrubia, J. S, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Si(111)-7x7 Rest-Atom Layer Following Adatom Removal by Reaction with Cl, Phys. Rev. Lett, 63, 1989, p306 - 309
Takamori, Takeshi., Boland, John J. and Dove, Derek B., Magnetic Field Controlled Levitation and Suspension of a Magnet above and below Type II Superconductors, Appl. Phys. Lett, 55, 1989, p1454 - 1456
Boland, John J. and Segredo, Eugenio, Characterization of the Photoresist Residue in Integrated Thermionic Devices, J. Appl. Phys, 64, 1988, p2725 - 2728
Takamori, Takeshi., Boland, John J., Thermal Decomposition Mechanism of the Triple Carbonate (Ba,Sr,Ca)CO3, J. Appl. Phys, 64, 1988, p2130 - 2133
Boland, John J., Spatially Resolved X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies for Device-Type Applications, J. Vac. Sci. Technol, 4B, 1987, p1256 - 1258
Boland, John J. and Segredo, Eugenio, Observation of Apparent Compensation Behavior in Thermionic Electronic Emission, IEEE IEDM, 30.5, 1987, p87 - 701
Boland, John J., Voltage Contrast XPS - A Novel Scheme for Spatially Resolved XPS Studies, Surf. Interface Anal, 10, 1987, p149 - 152
Boland, John J., Halaka, Folim G. and Baldeschwieler, John D., A Novel Scheme for Structure Determination in EXAFS, Chem. Phys. Lett, 129, 1986, p1 - 4
Detection of Ionizing Radiation in, Nuclear Medical Physics, Vol. II, CRC Press , 1985, pp1 - 38, [Boland, John J. and Gamble, Ronald C.]
Boland, John J. and Baldeschwieler, John D., The Effect of Thermal Vibrations on Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure I, , J. Chem. Phys, 80, 1984, p3005 - 3017
Boland, John J., Halaka, Folim G. and Baldeschwieler, John D, . Identification of Neighboring Atoms in Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy, J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 106, 1984, p5408 - 5413
Boland, John J. and Baldeschwieler, John D, The Effect of Thermal Vibrations on Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure II, J. Chem. Phys, 81, 1984, p1145 - 1159
Boland, John J., Halaka, Folim G. and Baldeschwieler, John D, . Possibility of Bond Length Determination Without the Use of Model Compounds or Calculated Phase Shifts, EXAFS and Near Edge Structure III, Springer-Verlag, Berlin??, 1984, p80 - 82
Boland, John J., Halaka, Folim G. and Baldeschwieler, John D., Data Analysis in Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure: Determination of the Background Absorption and the Threshold Energy, Phys. Rev, B28, 1983, p2921 - 2926
Boland, John J., Crane, Stephen E. and Baldeschwieler, John D., Theory of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure: Single and Multiple Scattering Formalisms, J. Chem. Phys, 77, 1982, p142 - 153
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
X Zhang, M Wang, H Wang, M Upmanyu, J Boland, , "Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces-an interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation", Research Square, 2022
T A. Crowley, B. Daly, M. A. Morris, D. Erts, O. Kazakova, J. J. Boland, B. Wu and J. D. Holmes , "Probing the Magnetic Properties of Cobalt-Germanium Nanocable Arrays" , J. of Materials Chem. , 15, (24), 2005, p2408 - 2413
Research Expertise
Description
Research Funding ***Science Foundation Ireland Future Innovation Prize (2022/23) - 267 ***Science Foundation Ireland Future Innovator Prize (2021/22) - 220k ***ERC Proof of Concept Award (TALNET) (2020 -2021) - 150k ***SFI AMBER 2 Research Centre Award 42.2m(2019 - 2024): 127,500 to PI Grant no: 12/RC/2278_P2. Website www.sfi.ie *** Intel Research Programme (2020-2021) - 66,694 to PI (Part funded by SFI) ***Science Foundation Ireland PI Award ( 2018 - 2023): 1.8m PI. Grant No: 16/IA/4462 Website: www.sfi.ie ***FP7-2012-Ideas- ERC AdG - COGNET. (2013- 2018): 2.5m. Website: https://cordis.europa.eu/projects/en ***Science Foundation Ireland ERC Support Programme (2013 - 2017): 300K. Grant no. 13/ERC/12834 The SFI-ERC supplement to ERC-sponsored project (COGNET) ***Science Foundation Ireland PI Award (2013 - 2018): 1.3m PI. Grant No: SFI/IA/1482 Website: www.sfi.ie ***SFI AMBER Research Centre Award 58m(2013 - 2019); 1.1m to PI Grant no. 12/RC/2278 Website: www.sfi.ie ***Martin Naughton- Notre Dame Funding (2012 - 2016): US$70k. Website: http://www.thenaughtonfoundation.com ***EU FP7 ICT - 2012 FET 9.6 Molarnet (2012 - 2016) 595k (Collaborator with 5 Partners). Total EU Grant: 4m Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html ***IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012 - 2014) 91k (IRC-P/D EMP12) Website: www.ircset.ie ***SFI TIDA Feasibility Award 50k(2011 - 2012) ***EU NMP FP7 Award MultiDimension SPM (MDSPM) 360k(2008 -2012) ***IRCSET P/G S/Ship (2007- 2010, Closed): 72k Grant No: RS/2007/02. Website: www.ircset.ie ***Science Foundation Ireland PI Award (2007 - 2012)3.5m ***Science Foundation Ireland PI Award (2002 - 2006)6.9m ***Prior funding from US NSF and US ONR totalling $2.4m (1994-2001) *"Mobility Key to Silicon Etching" Chemical & Engineering News, 11, Sept 10, 2001 *"Silicon Surface Key To Energetics Puzzle" Chemical & Engineering News, 78 (47), November 20, 2000 *"Scientists Tone Down Silicon Rockers" Science News 158, 287 (2000) *"STM Tips Scientists on Atomic Details" C&E News, Feb 16, 1998. *Top-ten most cited paper in chemistry (Science Watch, 1994) *"Magical Effects of Hydrogen Atoms on a Surface of Silicon", Science Watch, Jan. 1994. *"Dissecting Surfaces", by B. Schechter. Research, 3, 8 (1992). *"The Practical Blind Side of Basic Research" New York Times, March 1992. *"Hydrogen can peel atoms off layer by layer", by E. Pennisi. Science News, 141, 38 (1992). *"Silicon Surface Secrets revealed by STM", by D. Robbins. Physics World, 4, 24 (1991)Recognition
Representations
Over 140 invited presentations at universities, research centers and international scientific meetings.
Awards and Honours
SFI Researcher of the Year Award (2018)
INTEL Outstanding Researcher Award (2017)
Laureate of the 11th ACSIN Nanoscience Prize (2011), St Petersburg, Russia
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research image of the year (2011)
Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)(2011)
Elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2010)
Elected Fellow American Vacuum Society (AVS) (2009)
Elected Professorial Fellow, Trinity College Dublin (2008)
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principle Investigator Award , Trinity College Dublin
J.J. Hermans Chair Professorship, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Faculty Teaching Award , UNC-Chapel Hill, USA (1996)
UNC Faculty Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, USA (1994)
Outstanding Technical Innovation Award, IBM, USA (1994)
Newby McKoy Graduate Research Award , Caltech, USA (1982)
IBM Graduate Student Fellowship, Caltech, USA (1982)
Ryan Medal Recipient 1st Place Award BSc Hons, UCD (1979)
Memberships
Organising Committee, SOI and SI Nano devices, CRANN, TCD (2014)
Organising Committee, ISCP China-Ireland symposium (2014)
Organising Committee, Flatlands Beyond Graphene (2014)
Member Editorial Board, Institute of Physics, Journal of Physics D (2012-)
Program Committee, 13th International Conference on Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces, Prague (2011)
Advisory Board Committee, 6th International Symposium on Surface Science, Tokyo (2011)
National Academic Lead, INSPIRE Nanotechnology Consortium (2008 - 2011)
Expert consultant on Industry-Academia Engagement, VinNova, Sweden (2010)
Member Organizing Committee, 15th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Beijing (2010)
Program Committee, 26th European Conference on Surface Science, Parma, Italy (2009)
Program Committee, 13th European Conference on Applications of Surf & Interface Antalya (2009).
Program Committee, 12th International Conference on Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces, Weimar (2009)
Chair, 14th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Dublin (ICSFS-14) (2008)
Advisory Committee, 5th International Symposium on Surface Science and Nanotechnology, Waseda (2008)
Advisory Committee, 25th European Conference on Surface Science, Liverpool (2008)
Member Editorial Board, Nano Research (2008)
Co-Chair, 3rd Nanomaterials and NanoManufacturing Conference, Dublin (2007)
Member Royal Irish Academy Physical Sciences Committee (2004 - 2007)
Advisory Committee, 5th International Symposium on Surface Science and Nanotechnology, Omiya (2006)
Advisory Committee, 13th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Bariloche (2006)
Associate Editor, Journal Vacuum Science and Technology (2006 - to date)
Member SFI Physical Sciences Steering Committee (2004 -2006)
International Review Panel for Stacie Molecular Institute, CNR Canada (2004)
AVS Surface Science Division National Program Chair (2003)
Member Advisory Commitee, 7th Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures, Nara (2003)
Member Surface Science Executive Committee, American Vacuum Society (1999 - 2002)
Program Committee, Atomically Controlled Surtfaces and Interfaces, Tokyo (1999)
Program Committee, Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Materials (1999)
Chair Organizing Committee, SESAPS/MRS Regional Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (1999)
Chair ACS Regional Meeting, Raleigh, NY, USA (1998)
Member, Organizing Committee, 4th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces and Interfaces, Waseda University, Japan (1997)
Chair, Surface Science Section, Southeast Regional ACS Meeting (1997)
Chair, Gordon Conference on Electronic Materials, New Hampshire,NY(1997)
Member NSF Nanotechnology Panel Review (1996)
Program Committee, N.C. Flat Panel Display Workshop (1996)
Organizing Committee, 3rd Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Raleigh, NY (1996)
Member NSF Materials Science Panel Review (1995)
President, North Carolina Chapter of the Materials Science Society
Referee for: Science, Nature, Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Surface Science,Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of the American Chemical Society