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50
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18192
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10060
National Ranking
24

Overview

John F. Donegan is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has a research focus spanning engineering and physics and astronomy. Their work predominantly covers electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics. Additionally, their research engages with biomedical engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, and oncology.

The scientist's primary research topics include photonic and optical devices, advanced fiber laser technologies, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, mechanical and optical resonators, optical coatings and gratings, and cancer treatment and pharmacology.

They have contributed numerous papers in notable publication venues such as:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Express
  • Optics Continuum
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • OSA Continuum

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Dual-mode microresonators as straightforward access to octave-spanning dissipative Kerr solitons (2022), APL Photonics
  • Wide-waveguide high-power low-RIN single-mode distributed feedback laser diodes for optical communication (2022), Optics Express
  • Photolithography allows high-Q AlN microresonators for near octave-spanning frequency comb and harmonic generation (2020), Optics Express
  • Octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation with stimulated Raman scattering in an AlN microresonator (2021), Optics Letters
  • Constructive and destructive interference of Kerker-type scattering in an ultrathin silicon Huygens metasurface (2020), Physical Review Materials

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Weihua Guo, Qiaoyin Lu, Hai-Zhong Weng, Adnan Ali Afridi, and R. McKenna, reflecting close collaborations across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials

    Jonathan N. Coleman;Mustafa Lotya;Arlene O'Neill;Shane D. Bergin;Shane D. Bergin

  • Aqueous synthesis of thiol-capped CdTe nanocrystals : State-of-the-art

    Andrey L. Rogach;Thomas Franzl;Thomas A. Klar;Jochen Feldmann

  • Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets

    Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith;Niall McEvoy;Nina C. Berner

  • Inkjet deposition of liquid-exfoliated graphene and MoS2 nanosheets for printed device applications

    David J. Finn;Mustafa Lotya;Graeme Cunningham;Ronan J. Smith

  • Effect of ZnS shell thickness on the phonon spectra in CdSe quantum dots

    A. V. Baranov;Yu. P. Rakovich;J. F. Donegan;T. S. Perova

  • Measuring the lateral size of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets with dynamic light scattering

    Mustafa Lotya;Aliaksandra Rakovich;John F Donegan;Jonathan N Coleman

  • Nonfunctionalized nanocrystals can exploit a cell's active transport machinery delivering them to specific nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments.

    Igor Nabiev;Siobhan Mitchell;Anthony Davies;Yvonne Williams

  • Spectroscopic metrics allow in situ measurement of mean size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated few-layer graphene nanosheets

    Claudia Backes;Keith R. Paton;Damien Hanlon;Shengjun Yuan

  • Preparation of Gallium Sulfide Nanosheets by Liquid Exfoliation and Their Application As Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

    Andrew Harvey;Claudia Backes;Zahra Gholamvand;Damien Hanlon

  • Fluorescent quantum dots as artificial antennas for enhanced light harvesting and energy transfer to photosynthetic reaction centers.

    Igor Nabiev;Aliaksandra Rakovich;Alyona Sukhanova;Evgeniy Lukashev

  • Raman characterization of platinum diselenide thin films

    Maria O’Brien;Niall McEvoy;Carlo Motta;Jian-Yao Zheng

  • Nanopatterning and Electrical Tuning of MoS2 Layers with a Subnanometer Helium Ion Beam.

    Daniel S. Fox;Yangbo Zhou;Pierce Maguire;Arlene O’Neill

  • Optimisation of the synthesis and modification of CdTe quantum dots for enhanced live cell imaging

    Stephen J. Byrne;Serena A. Corr;Tatsiana Y. Rakovich;Yurii K. Gun'ko

  • Narrow linewidth, tunable Tm/sup 3+/-doped fluoride fiber laser for optical-based hydrocarbon gas sensing

    F.J. McAleavey;J. O'Gorman;J.F. Donegan;B.D. MacCraith

  • Photoconductivity of solution-processed MoS2 films

    Graeme Cunningham;Umar Khan;Claudia Backes;Damien Hanlon

  • Fine structure of coupled optical modes in photonic molecules

    Y. P. Rakovich;J. F. Donegan;M. Gerlach;A. L. Bradley

  • "Jelly dots": synthesis and cytotoxicity studies of CdTe quantum dot-gelatin nanocomposites.

    Stephen J. Byrne;Yvonne Williams;Anthony Davies;Serena A. Corr

  • Photonic atoms and molecules

    Yury P. Rakovich;John F. Donegan

  • CdTe Quantum Dot/Dye Hybrid System as Photosensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy

    Aliaksandra Rakovich;Diana Savateeva;Tatsiana Rakovich;John F. Donegan

  • CdTe nanoparticles display tropism to core histones and histone-rich cell organelles.

    Jennifer Conroy;Stephen J. Byrne;Yurii K. Gun'ko;Yury P. Rakovich

  • Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials.

    Jonathan N. Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Liam P. Barry
Liam P. Barry Dublin City University
Andrey L. Rogach
Andrey L. Rogach City University of Hong Kong
Yurii K. Gun'ko
Yurii K. Gun'ko Trinity College Dublin
John J. Boland
John J. Boland Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan N. Coleman
Jonathan N. Coleman Trinity College Dublin
Igor Nabiev
Igor Nabiev Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Georg S. Duesberg
Georg S. Duesberg Bundeswehr University Munich
Jiangnan Dai
Jiangnan Dai Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dmitri V. Talapin
Dmitri V. Talapin University of Chicago

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