Silvia Giordani
| Name | Silvia Giordani |
| Work Groups |
Work Group 1 - Synthesis Work Group 2 - Characterisation |
| Laboratory | CRANN/School of Chemistry |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Website | http://www.tcd.ie/Chemistry/staff/people/giordans.php |
| Areas of Research | chemistry of materials, nanotechnology, organic synthesis, raman spectroscopy |
| Research Keywords | carbon nanotube, molecular switches |
| Areas of Future Interest | tip enhanced raman spectroscopy |
Selected Publications:
- The balance between closed and open forms of spiropyrans in the solid state
- Functionalisation of multilayer fullerenes (carbon nano-onions) using diazonium compounds and ‘Click chemistry
- Organic Functionalisation and Characterisation of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
- Multifunctional Hybrid Materials Composed of [60]Fullerene-based Functionalized-Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
- Debundling of single-wall nanotubes by dilution: observation of large populations of individual nanotubes in amide solvent dispersions
Brief CV
•Design, synthesis and characterization of photoactive molecules for ion sensing and as building blocks of extended supramolecular systems
•Functionalization and characterization of carbon nanotubes and carbon nano-onions
•Raman Spectroscopy