Publications

Journal Articles:

  • W.M. Abbott, C.P. Murray, C. Zhong, C. Smith, C. McGuinness, E. Rezvani, C. Downing, D. Daly, A.K. Petford-Long, F. Bello, D. McCloskey, and J.F. Donegan. "Less is More: Improved Thermal Stability and Plasmonic Response in Au Films via the Use of SubNanometer Ti Adhesion Layers". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (7) (2019)
  • W.M. Abbott. "A simple mathematical description of the Reese bass sound in electronic dance music". Writings About Music, 5, 1 (2018)
  • W.M. Abbott, S. Corbett, G. Cunningham, A. Petford-Long, S. Zhang, J.F. Donegan, and D. McCloskey. "Solid state dewetting of thin plasmonic films under focused cw-laser irradiation". Acta Materialia, 145, 210 (2018) (link)

Conference Presentations:

  • W.M. Abbott, C.P. Murray, C. Zhong, C.M. Smith, C. McGuinness, C. Downing, A.K. Petford-Long, J.F. Donegan, and D. McCloskey. "A Comparison of Ti Adhesion Layers for Thermo-plasmonic Applications". Photonics Ireland (Cork, 2018)
  • W.M. Abbott, C.P. Murray, C. Zhong, C.M. Smith, D. McCloskey, and J.F. Donegan. "Improved Performance and Thermal Stability in Plasmonic Films with Thinner Adhesion and Capping Layers" in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) (OSA, San Jose, 2018) (link)

Conference Posters:

  • W.M. Abbott, C.P. Murray, C. Zhong, C.M. Smith, D. McCloskey, and J.F. Donegan. "Optimizing Ti adhesion layer thickness for plasmonic Au films" in Gold (Paris, 2018)
  • W.M. Abbott, S. Corbett, G. Cunningham, A. Petford-Long, S. Zhang, J.F. Donegan, and D. McCloskey. "Thermal degradation of thin plasmonic under focused cw-laser irradiation" in Photonics Ireland (Galway, 2017)
  • W.M. Abbott, J.F. Donegan, and D. McCloskey. "CW-laser induced delamination of thin metallic films" in Photonics Ireland (Cork, 2015)
  • W.M. Abbott, T. Som, R. Wendt, F. Emmerling, K. Rademann, "Plasmonic AuCu Bimetallic Nanoparticles by Microwave-assisted synthesis" in General Assembly of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (Hamburg, 2014)