Conference presentations
Conference presentations (Invited)
1. Ram P. Gandhiraman. Plasma Jet Based Fabrication of Printed Electronics & Sensors. Flexible / Printed / Fabric Sensors and Systems. IEEE SF Bay Area MEMS and Sensor Chapter and Northeastern University – Silicon Valley. Oct 13, 2016. San Jose, California.
2. Ram P. Gandhiraman. Surface Science of Biosensors & Biointerfaces. SLAC Photon Science Seminar, May 20, 2015. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University. CA, USA.
3. Ram P. Gandhiraman, Stephen Daniels, D.C. Cameron, Elizabeth Tully, R.O'Kennedy, Biocompatible C oatings with Silicon and Titanium Oxides Deposited by PECVD. Mikkeli International Industrial Coatings Seminar (MIICS 2006), March 16-18, 2006, Mikkeli, Finland.
4. R.M. Azam , Ram P. Gandhiraman, David C Cameron. The effect of ion energy bombardment on mechanical properties of chromiumnitride coating deposited at different pulse frequency and pulse-off time by DC reactive magnetron sputter deposition. 6th Asian-European International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, AEPSE, 2007, Nagasaki, Japan. (Keynote Lecture)
Conference presentations (Oral)
5. Ram P. Gandhiraman, D. Nordlund, V. Jayan, J. Koehne, M. Meyyappan. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Based Fabrication of Paper Sensors. MRS Spring Meet. April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, USA.
6. Ram P Gandhiraman. Surface Science for Point- of- Care Biodiagnostic Devices. Research workshop between Dublin City University and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, September 22-23, 2011 Chennai, India. Research workshop between Dublin City University and Indian Institute of Science, September 19-20, 2011 Bengaluru, India.
7. R.P. Gandhiraman , V. Gubala, N.C.H. Le, C. Charlton, C. Doyle, B. James, S. Daniels, D. E Williams. Plasma Surface Functionalisation of Disposable Plastics for Point of Care Diagnostics. Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN 5). 7-11 February 2011. Wellington, New Zealand.
8. N.C.H. Le, R.P. Gandhiraman, V. Gubala, S. Daniels, D.E. Williams. Surface treatment of poly(methylmeth acrylate) (PMMA)microfluidic flow-cells for reducing non-specific adsorption of proteins.Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN 5). 7-11 February 2011. Wellington, New Zealand.
9. V. Gubala, C. Lynam, A. Barnett, R. P. Gandhiraman, C. Charlton, N.C.H. Le, D. E. Williams. Recent advances in the surface chemistry of dye-doped nanoparticles and disposable, plastic substrates for highly sensitive and rapid bioassay devices.Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN 5). 7-11 February 2011. Wellington, New Zealand.
10. R.P. Gandhiraman, V. Gubala, C. Volcke, R. Nooney, L. Basabe-Desmonts C.Doyle, B. James, S. Daniels, D.E. Williams. Amine functionalisation of biosensor surfaces by plasma polymerization. 4th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (Nanosmat2009), 19-22 October 2009, Rome, Italy.
11. R.P. Gandhiraman, V. Gubala, C. Volcke, R. Nooney, L. Basabe-Desmonts C.Doyle, B. James, S. Daniels, D.E. Williams. Amine functionalisation of cyclo olefin polymers by PECVD. 215th Electrochemical Society Meeting (ECS), 24-29 May, 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA.
12. R.P. Gandhiraman, C. Volcke, V. Gubala, R. Nooney, L. Basabe-Desmonts, S. Daniels, D.E. Williams. Plasma Surface Functionalisation of Cyclo Olefin Copolymers for Biosensor Applications. International Conference on Trends in Bioanalytical Sciences ICTBSB 2009, 26-27 January, 2009, Dublin, Ireland.
13. C. Volcke, R.P. Gandhiraman, L. Basabe-Desmonts, M. Iacono, V. Gubala, F. Cecchet, A.A. Cafolla, D.E. Williams. Generic process for protein patterns transfer on to surfaces for biosensor applications. Belgian Physical Society and Belgian Biophysical Society : General Scientific Meeting 2009, 1st April 2009, Hasselt University, Belgium.
14. R.P. Gandhiraman, C. Volcke, V. Gubala, R. Nooney, L. Basabe-Desmonts, S. Daniels, D.E. Williams. Stability Studies of Amine Functional Coatings Deposited by PECVD on COP Surfaces for Biosensor Applications. 13 th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, 3-6 December, 2008, Singapore.
15. T.O. Kaariainen, M-L. Kaariainen, R.P. Gandhiraman, D.C. Cameron. ALD 2007, 7th Int. Conf. At. Layer Deposition, San Diego, California, USA, 24-27 June 2007.
16. R.M. Azam , G. Ram Prasad, D C Cameron. The Effect of DC Pulse Frequency and Pulse- off Time on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Chromium Nitride Deposited by Pulsed DC Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition. 50th Annual Technical Conference Proceedings of the Society of Vacuum Coaters(SVC), 2007, Louisville,Kentucky,USA.
17. Ram Prasad Gandhiraman, Stephen Daniels, David C. Cameron. A Comparative Study of Characteristics of SiOxCyHz, TiO x and SiO-TiO Oxide-Based Biocompatible Coatings. 10th International conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2006), September 10-15, 2006, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
18. G. Ram Prasad, M. Mohan Kumar, S. M. Daniels, D. C. Cameron and Martin Clynes. Wettability and Adhesion Studies of Silicon-Titanium Oxide Based Biocompatible Coatings Deposited by PECVD. 49th SVC Annual Technical Conference, April 22-26, 2006, Washington,DC,USA.
19. G. Ram Prasad, Stephen Daniels, D. C. Cameron and B. P. McNamara. Effect of Plasma Pretreatment on the Adhesion of Biocompatible Films on 316L Stainless Steel Deposited by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of HMDSO. 57th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC 2004), September 26-29, 2004, Bunratty, Ireland. Abstract published in Bulletin of The American Physical Society September 2004, Volume 49, No. 5.
20. G. Ram Prasad, Stephen Daniels, D. C. Cameron and B. P. McNamara. Influence of Deposition Parameters on the Surface Properties of Plasma Polymerized Hexamethyldisiloxane Films. 15th Annual Conference of the Irish Plasma and Beam Processing Group (IPBPG 2004), 24-25 June 2004,Dublin, Ireland.
21. G. Ram Prasad, D. Girish Deep, P. C. Angelo, R. Subramanian, S.S. Ramakrishnan and J. Anburaj . Synthesis of Magnesia Stabilized Zirconia by Co- Precipitation Technique. Zirconium 2002 (ZIRC-02), September 11-13, 2002, BhabhaAtomic Research Centre, Mumbai , India .
Conference presentations (Poster)
22. Ruairi Monaghan, Ram P. Gandhiraman, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Vladimir Gubala, David Williams, Stephen Daniels. Surface Characterisation of Plasma Functionalised Sensor Chips for Bio-assay Development. International Conference on Smart Surfaces 2012- Solar and Biosensor Applications, March 6-9, Dublin, Ireland
23. R Gandhiraman, V Gubala, DE Williams, C Lynam, C O'Mahony, NCH Le. Designing low sample volume, high-sensitivity, high-precision, single-use immunoassay devices. 20th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors (Biosensors 2010), 26-28 May 2010, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
24. C Volcke, RP Gandhiraman, L Basabe-Desmonts, M Iacono, V Gubala, F Cecchet. Generic process for protein pattern transfer onto surfaces for biosensor applications. 20th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors (Biosensors2010), 26-28 May 2010, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
25. Nam Cao Hoai Le, Vladimir Gubala, Ram P. Gandhiraman and David E. Williams. Total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) for the monitoring of immunoassays on a functionalized cyclo olefin copolymer surface. Xth conference on optical chemical sensors and biosensors EUROT(R)ODE X, 28-31 March 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
26. Vladimir Gubala, Dirk Kurzbuch, Ram P. Gandhiraman, Carol Lynam, Robert Nooney, Xavier Le Guevel, Brian MacCraith, David E. Williams. Inexpensive optical platform based on supercritical angle fluorescence and the use of dye doped silica nanoparticles for sensitive bioassays. Xth conference on optical chemical sensors and biosensors EUROT(R)ODE X, 28-31 March 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
27. Christy Charlton, Vladimir Gubala, Ram Prasad Gandhiraman, Brian D. MacCraith, David E. Williams. TIRF microscopy for real-time study of non-specific particle-surface interactions. Xth conference on optical chemical sensors and biosensors EUROT(R)ODE X, 28-31 March 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
28. Asif Riaz , Ram P. Gandhiraman , Ivan K. Dimov , Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts,Jens Ducrée, Stephen Daniels, Antonio J. Ricco , and Luke P. Lee. Glass like thin film barrier on polymericmicrocavities. In Tae Song Kim and Yoon-Sik Lee, editors, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2009), November 1-5, Jeju, Korea. Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, 2009.
29. Asif Riaz, Ram P. Gandhiraman, Ivan K. Dimov, Lourdes B. Desmonts, Antonio J. Ricco, Jens Ducrée, Stephen Daniels, and Luke P. Lee. Thin film barrier formation in PDMS microcavities. In Khalil Najafi and Martin Schmidt, editors, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems (Transducers'09), June 21-25, Denver, Colorado, USA, pages 1051-1054, 2009.
30. C. Volcke, R.P. Gandhiraman, V. Gubala, Th. Cummins, G. Fonder, R. Nooney, Z. Mekhalif, S. Daniels, A.A. Cafolla and D.E. Williams. An optimization study on cyclo olefin copolymers surface functionalization. International Conference on Trends in Bioanalytical Sciences ICTBSB 2009, 26-27 January, 2009, Dublin, Ireland.
31. C. Volcke, R. P. Gandhiraman, L. Basabe-Desmonts, A. Riaz, T. Cafolla and B. McCraith. Oriented protein transfer for biosensor applications. BIOSURF VII, Functional Interfaces for Directing Biological Response. August 28-31, 2007, ETHZ, Zurich , Switzerland . European Cells and Materials Vol. 14. Suppl. 3, 2007 (page 42) ISSN 1473-2262
32. G. Ram Prasad, E. Tully , S. M. Daniels, D. C. Cameron and R. O.Kennedy. Adhesion Improvement of Plasma Polymerized HMDSO films on 316L Steel by Plasma Pretreatment and Layering. International Workshop on Plasma Polymers and Related Materials, 7-9 October 2004, Antalya , Turkey.
33. G. Ram Prasad, Stephen Daniels, D. C. Cameron, B. P. McNamara, Elizabeth Tully and R. O.Kennedy. PECVD of Biocompatible Coatings on 316L Stainless Steel.9th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2004), September 13-17, 2004, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.