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<p class=MsoTitle style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=navy
face=Times><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:navy;
text-transform:uppercase'>Materials &</span></font></b><font size=3
color=navy face=Times><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;
color:navy;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:normal'> </span></font><font
size=3 color=navy face=Times><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;
color:navy;text-transform:uppercase'>Surface Science Institute<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoTitle><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase'>Research Forum
2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoTitle><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase'>in Conjunction
with Charles Parsons Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h5><b><u><font size=3 color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PRESENTATION BY<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h5>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Mike Lyons<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Trinity</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dublin</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoHeading9 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><u><font size=3
color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TITLE OF
PRESENTATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> </span></font><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Unravelling the Redox and Electrocatalytic Properties of
Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrodes for Energy Conversion and
Nano-Bioelectronic Applications</span></font></b><b><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ABSTRACT<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=textonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;
text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Since the discovery by
Iijima in 1993, carbon nanotubes have attracted enormous international interest
because of their unique structural, mechanical and electronic properties. The
electrochemical properties of single walled (SWCNT) carbon nanotubes have
attracted increasing international attention. This is not to be unexpected
since the latter materials should serve as effective platforms for the
construction of highly dispersed large surface area nanostructures for
electrocatalytic and energy storage applications and as essential components in
amperometric biosensor devices. The lecture will describe how electrochemical
measurements can be used to probe the redox behaviour of electrodes modified
with meshes of single walled carbon nanotubes and will describe and discuss
experimental and mathematical modelling studies of nanotube modified electrodes
in which biocatalysts such as redox enzymes are immobilized. The use of the
latter composite materials as amperometric enzyme bioelectronic devices will be
outlined.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=textonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;
text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>ABOUT THE PRESENTER</span></font></b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mike
Lyons was born in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cork</st1:place></st1:City>
and educated in CBC Cork, UCC and Imperial College London. He read Chemistry and
Mathematical Physics in UCC and obtained a Ph.D in 1983 in the Physical
Electrochemistry of oxygen evolution at oxidized metal and metal oxide surfaces
under the supervision of Prof. Declan Burke (UCC). His postdoctoral studies
continued with Prof. John Albery and Brian Steele (Imperial College London) on
the topic of the catalysis of oxide electrode reactions for fuel cell
applications. He was appointed to a University Lectureship in Physical
Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin in 1984. Elected to Fellowship of Trinity
College in 1992 on the basis of his research publications, he is currently Head
of Physical, Materials and Computational Chemistry in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chemistry</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
TCD. To date Mike Lyons has published 84 refereed papers, 6 review chapters and
two books. He has successfully supervised 16 Ph.D and 9 M.Sc students. His
research interests include both experimental and theoretical topics which
underpin energy conversion storage technology and nanobioelectronics. His
research has been funded by National and International agencies such as IRCSET,
<st1:City w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, EU, PRTLI, SFI and by
companies such as National Power and DuPont. Mike Lyons has served both on the
Board and Academic Council of Trinity College and currently is on the editorial
board of a number of international journals such as Journal of Solid State
Electrochemistry, Sensors and International Journal of Electrochemical Science.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 color=maroon
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon;
font-weight:bold'>DATE: </span></font></b><font color=maroon><span
lang=EN-IE style='color:maroon'>Friday, 11 December 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 color=maroon
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon;
font-weight:bold'>TIME:</span></font></b><font color=maroon><span lang=EN-IE
style='color:maroon'> 12h00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>VENUE:</span></font></b><font
color=maroon><span lang=EN-IE style='color:maroon'> MSB-012 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">MSSI</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h1 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>REFRESHMENTS WILL BE
PROVIDED AT 11h45<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoHeading8 style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:
bold'>For further information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoHeading8><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Dr Teresa Curtin, Tel. </span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>No: (061) 202981 or
Email: <a href="mailto:teresa.curtin@ul.ie">teresa.curtin@ul.ie</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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