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  1. Mamaeva, Kseniia, Hodjat Haijan, Carolyn Elliott, Hannah Killeen, Teodora Faraone, Larisa Florea, Colm Delaney, and A. Louise Bradley, Integration of quantum dots at the tips of single plasmonic bipyramid nanoantennas for strong coupling at room temperature. arXiv e-prints (2025): arXiv-2511.

  2. Maher, Daniel, Marcin Piekarczyk, Stefan Sützl, Andreu Murillo Vilella, Marc Fiechter, Yekaterina Tskhe, Colm Delaney, Rafael Taboryski, Larisa Florea, and Ada‐Ioana Bunea, Multimaterial Microrobots for pH Sensing Fabricated Using Sequential 3D and 4D Printing with Automated Alignment. Advanced Materials Technologies (2025): e01075.

  3. Faraone, Teodora, Jing Qian, Srikanth Kolagatla, A. Louise Bradley, Larisa Florea, and Colm Delaney, Direct Laser Writing of Polymer Nanocomposites for Tunable Structural Color. Advanced Materials (2025): 2504116.

  4. Tskhe, Yekaterina, Viviane Chiaradia, Brian J. Rodriguez, Larisa Florea, Colm Delaney, and Robert D. Murphy, Direct Laser Writing of Selectively Degradable Polypeptide Hydrogel Microstructures by Proteolytic Enzymes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025).

  5. A. Augustine, J. Qian, T. Faraone, S. Kolagatla, N. Prochukhan, M. A. Morris, A. L. Bradley, L. Florea, C. Delaney*, Direct Laser Writing of Silica Nanoparticle Nanocomposites: Probing Mechanical Reinforcement and Understanding Structural Color from Design Parameters. Small, 2024, 2310058.

  6. S. Donato, S. Nocentini, D. Martella*, S. Kolagatla, D. S. Wiersma, C. Parmeggiani, C. Delaney* and L. Florea* Liquid Crystalline Network microstructures for stimuli responsive labels with multi-level encryption, Small, 2024, 2306802. 

  7. R.D Murphy, C. Delaney, S. Kolagatla, L. Florea, C.J Hawker, A. Heise, Design of Statistical Copolypeptides as Multipurpose Hydrogel Resins in 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2306710.

  8. C. Delaney* et al., Boronic Acid Derivatives for Diol-Sensing Hydrogels, U.S. Patent Application No. 17/043, 041.

  9. A. Ennis, D. Nicdao, S. Kolagatla, L. Dowling, Y. Tskhe, A.J. Thompson, D. Trimble, C. Delaney, L. Florea, Two‐Photon Polymerization of Sugar Responsive 4D Microstructures, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2213947.

  10. J. Qian, S. Kolagatla, A. Pacalovas, X. Zhang, L. Florea, A.L. Bradley, C. Delaney*, Responsive spiral photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, pattern transformation and encryption. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2211735.

  11. N. Geoghegan, M. O'Loughlin, C. Delaney, K.D Rochfort, M. Kennedy, S. Kolagatla, S.M. Kelleher, Controlled degradation of polycaprolactone-based micropillar arrays. Biomaterials Science, 2023, 11(9), 3077-3091.

  12. C. Delaney*, J. Qian ,X. Zhang, R. Potyrailo, A. L. Bradley, L. Florea, Direct laser writing of vapour-responsive photonic arrays, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2021 9(35), 11674-11678.

  13. M. del Pozo Puig, C. Delaney, M. Pilz da Cunha, M. G. Debije, L. Florea, APHJ Schenning, Temperature‐Responsive 4D Liquid Crystal Microactuators Fabricated by Direct Laser Writing by Two‐Photon Polymerization. Small Structures 2021, 2100158 (cover article).

  14. J. McCormack, L. Podhorska, C. Delaney, F. Zhang. BJ Rodriguez, S.M. Kelleher, High Aspect Ratio Polymeric Nanoneedle Arrays. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2021, 4, 306.

  15. M. Del Pozo, C. Delaney, C. Bastiaansen, D. Diamond, A. PHJ Schenning, L. Florea, Direct Laser Writing of Four-Dimensional Structural Color Microactuators Using a Photonic Photoresist, ACS Nano 2020, 14 (8), 9832-9839.

  16. C. Delaney*, N. Geoghegan, H. Ibrahim, M. O’Loughlin, B. J. Rodriguez, L. Florea, S. M. Kelleher, Direct Laser Writing to Generate Molds for Polymer Nanopillar Replication, ACS Appl. Polym. Mat. 2020, 8, 3632.

  17. D. Bruen, C. Delaney, J. Chung, K. Ruberu, G. Wallace, D. Diamond and L. Florea, 3D Printed Fluorescent Scaffolds for Sugar Detection, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2020, 41(9), 1900610 (cover article).

  18. D. Bruen, P. P. Campos, M. Ferreira, D. Diamond, C. Delaney*, L. Florea, Boronic Acid Homopolymers as Effective Polycations for Sugar-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Assemblies, ACS Appl. Polym. Mat. 2019, 1, 990.

  19. V. Stuttgen, H. E. Giffney, A. Anandan, A. Alabdali, C. Twarog, S. A. Belhout, M.  O′ Loughlin, L. Podhorska, C.Delaney, The UCD Nanosafety workshop (03 December 2018): towards developing a consensus on safe handling of nanomaterials within the Irish university labs and beyond – a report, Nanotoxicology 2019, 13 (6), 717–732.

  20. C. Delaney, L. Florea, D. Bruen, Dermot Diamond, Boronic Acid Derivatives for Sugar-sensing Hydrogels, Patent Application, GB 1805226.6, 2018. 

  21. C. M. Daikuzono, C. Delaney, A. Morrin, D. Diamond, L. Florea, O. Novais De Oliveira, Paper based electronic tongue – a low-cost solution for the distinction of sugar type and apple juice brand, Analyst, 2019, 144, 2827-2832. 

  22. D. Bruen, C. Delaney*, D. Diamond, L. Florea, Fluorescent Probes for Sugar Detection, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 44, 38431-38437. 

  23. A. Tudor, C. Delaney, H. Zhang, A. Thompson, V. F. Curto, G-Z. Yang, M. J. Higgins, D. Diamond, L. Florea, Direct Laser Writing Fabrication by Multi-photon Polymerisation of Stimuli-Responsive Poly(ionic liquid) Based Soft Structures with Sub-Micron Resolution, Materials Today, 2018, 21, 807. 

  24. J. Ren, E. Larkin, C. Delaney, Y., Xin Jin, S. Amirjalayer, A. Bakker, S. Du, H. Gao, Y. Zhang, S. M. Draper, H. Fuchs, Chemistry of 4-[(4-bromophenyl) ethynyl] pyridine at metal surfaces studied by STM, Chem. Comm., 2018, 54, 9305-9308. 

  25. 22.  Q. Shen, E. Larkin, C. Delaney, Y. Cheng, L. Liu, W. Huang, H. Gao, S. Draper, H. Fuchs, Coordination Reactions of 5-(2-(4-Bromophenyl)ethynyl)pyrimidine in On-Surface Synthesis, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 16, 8954-8959. 

  26. 23.  A. Dunne, C. Delaney, A. McKeon, P. Nesterenko, B. Paull, F. Benito-Lopez, D. Diamond, L. Florea, Micro-Capillary Coatings Based on Spiropyran Polymeric Brushes for Metal Ion Binding, Detection, and Release in Continuous Flow, Sensors, 2018, 18, 1083. 

  27. P. Campos, A. Dunne, C. Delaney, C. Moloney, S. Moulton, F. Benito-Lopez, L. Florea, M. Ferreira, D. Diamond, Photoswitchable layer-by-layer coatings based on photochromic polynorbornenes bearing spiropyran side groups, Langmuir, 2018, 34 (14), 4210. 

  28. D. Bruen, C. Delaney, L. Florea, D. Diamond, Glucose Sensing for Diabetes Monitoring: Recent Developments, Sensors, 2017, 17, 1866. 

  29. C. Delaney, P. McCluskey, S. Coleman, J. Whyte, N. J. Kent, D. Diamond, Precision control of flow rate in microfluidic channels using photoresponsive soft polymer actuators, Lab Chip, 2017, 17, 2013-2021. 

  30. W. Francis, A. Dunne, C. Delaney, L. Florea, D. Diamond, Spiropyran based hydrogels actuators—Walking in the light, Sensors and Actuators B: Chem, 2017, 250, 608. 

  31. T. Akyazi, J. Saez, A. Tudor, C. Delaney, W. Francis, D. Diamond, L. Basabe-Desmonts, L. Florea, F. Benito-Lopez, Application of ionic liquid materials in microfluidic devices, Ionic Liquid Devices. Smart Materials Series. Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2017, ISBN 978-1-78801-181-5.

  32. A. Dunne, W. Francis, C. Delaney, L. Florea, D. Diamond: Stimuli-controlled fluid control and microvehicle movement in microfluidic channels, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Elsevier Reference Module, 04043, Elsevier, Netherlands. 2017, ISBN 978-0-12-803581-8.

  33. C. M. Daikuzono, L. Florea, C. Delaney, H. Tesfay, A. Morrin, O. Novais De Oliveira, D. Diamond, Impedance spectroscopy for the detection of monosaccharides using functionalized carbon screen-printed electrodes on paper, Analyst, 2017, 142, 1133-1139. 

  34. A. Dunne, C. Delaney, L. Florea, D. Diamond, Solvato-morphologically controlled, reversible NIPAAm hydrogel photoactuators, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 83296-83302. 

  35. Y Lu, N. McGoldrick, F. Murphy, B. Twamley, X. Cui, C. Delaney, G. M Ó Máille, J. Wang, J. Zhao, S. M Draper, Highly Efficient Triplet Photosensitizers: A Systematic Approach to the Application of Ir(III) Complexes containing Extended Phenanthrolines, Chemistry: A European Journal, 2016, 22 (32), 11349. 

  36. C. Delaney, S. M. Draper, One-Pot, High-Yielding, Oxidative Cyclodehydrogenation Route for N-Doped Nanographene Synthesis, Organic Letters. 2016 18 (1), 88-91. 

  37. C. Delaney, S. K. Perera, G. M. Ó Máille, S. M. Draper, Intriguing Diels–Alder products: chiral centres with an added twist, Chem. Comm., 2014, 50, 1599-1601. 

  38. 35.  S. P. Anthony, C. Delaney, S. Varughese, L. Wang, S.M. Draper, Supramolecular luminescent system based on 2-cyano-3(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl) acrylic acid, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 6706.  

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