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Research Interests
My primary mission is to understand the fundamental behaviour of polarised 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.
Teaching Interests
I teach on the following modules in the Department of Chemical Sciences:
- CH4051 Introduction to Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry,
- CH4004 Physical Chemistry 3,
- CH4354 Analytical Chemistry for the Environment, and
- CH4025 Photochemistry.
Each academic year, I mentor up to 5 final year undergraduate projects for students from the Pharmaceutical and Industrial Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Science bachelor degree programs at UL.
I regularly mentor visiting Masters student projects from the MSc. Analytical Chemistry program at University College Cork (UCC).
Biography
Prof. Micheál D. Scanlon is an electrochemist and a leader in the field of electrochemistry at polarised immiscible liquid|liquid interfaces.
In 2016, he was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, allowing him to develop a world-class laboratory at UL to study polarised liquid|liquid interfaces for energy conversion and storage applications.
Using polarised liquid|liquid interfaces, Professor Scanlon pioneers new approaches to:
- electrocatalysis of energy related reactions, such as oxygen reduction, hydrogen evolution, and water oxidation,
- electrosynthesis of conducting polymer thin films and their nanocomposites,
- bioelectrochemistry of a model enzyme (Cytochrome c),
- interfacial self-assembly of porphyrin molecules and metallic nanoparticles,
- solar energy conversion at photoactive liquid|liquid interfaces, and
- electroanalytical chemistry of non-redox active molecules.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Electroanalytical Processes of Bioanalytical Importance at Micro- and Nano-Liquid | Liquid Interfaces, University College Cork
1 Sep 2005 → 31 Aug 2009
Award Date: 10 Sep 2009
Bachelor, BSc (1st Class Honours) Chemistry, University College Cork
1 Sep 2001 → 31 Aug 2005
Award Date: 15 Sep 2005
External positions
Professor, University of Limerick
3 May 2022 → …
Associate Professor A, University of Limerick
1 Jan 2021 → 2 May 2022
Associate Professor B (tenured), University of Limerick
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) holder., University College Cork
1 Sep 2014 → 31 Dec 2016
Senior Post-doctoral Researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
1 Sep 2011 → 31 Aug 2014
Post-doctoral researcher, University of Limerick
1 Sep 2009 → 31 Aug 2011
Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Liquid|liquid electrochemistry
- Photoelectrochemistry
- Conducting polymers
- Porphyrin self-assembly
- Bioelectrochemistry
- Energy conversion and storage
- Electroanalytical chemistry
- Interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES)
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Gold Nanoparticles at a Liquid Interface: Towards a Soft Nonlinear Metasurface
Schaming, D., Maurice, A., Gumy, F., Scanlon, M. D., Jonin, C., Girault, H. H. & Brevet, P. F., Sep 2024, In: Photonics. 11, 9, 789.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanistic Insights into the Potentiodynamic Electrosynthesis of PEDOT Thin Films at a Polarizable Liquid|Liquid Interface
Lehane, R. A., Gamero-Quijano, A., Manzanares, J. A. & Scanlon, M. D., 23 Oct 2024, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146, 42, p. 28941-28951 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Potential-Modulated Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Tolmetin at Gold Nanoparticle Film Functionalized Polarizable Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Tarabet, M., Muñoz, N. R., Scanlon, M. D., Herzog, G. & Dossot, M., 16 May 2024, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128, 19, p. 7936–7947 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cobalt Oxide 2D Nanosheets Formed at a Polarized Liquid|Liquid Interface toward High-Performance Li-Ion and Na-Ion Battery Anodes
Konkena, B., Kalapu, C., Kaur, H., Holzinger, A., Geaney, H., Nicolosi, V., Scanlon, M. D. & Coleman, J. N., 20 Dec 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 15, 50, p. 58320-58332 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrocatalysis at the polarised interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions
Gamero-Quijano, A., Herzog, G., Peljo, P. & Scanlon, M. D., Apr 2023, In: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 38, 101212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 2 Membership of council
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International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) (External organisation)
Scanlon, M. D. (Member)
2006Activity: Membership › Membership of council
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Royal Society of Chemistry (External organisation)
Scanlon, M. D. (Member)
2003Activity: Membership › Membership of council
Prizes
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Irish Research Council (IRC) Ireland-France Ulysses Award 2015
Scanlon, M. D. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Honorary award
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Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations Award 2014
Scanlon, M. D. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Honorary award
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Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations Award 2015
Scanlon, M. D. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Honorary award