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Dr Adam Collins

B.Sc. PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer
SCHOOL OF PHYSICS
University of Galway
E: Adam.A.Collins@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Adam obtained his PhD from NUIGalway in 2015. His PhD examined the interaction between femtosecond laser pulses and flexible glass substrates, and developed laser manufacturing processes for display and photovoltaic markets.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'EP197 A SMART WOUND DRESSING TO ENABLE DIGITAL HEALTH IN CHRONIC WOUNDCARE' Collins, Adam and Muller, Hendrik and Glynn, Jo Ann and Cabalan, Harry and Fleming, Mark and O'Connor, Gerard and Gethin, Georgina (2023) 'EP197 A SMART WOUND DRESSING TO ENABLE DIGITAL HEALTH IN CHRONIC WOUNDCARE'. Journal of Wound Management, 24 (2) [Details]
	(2023)	'Extensive reduction of graphene oxide on thin polymer substrates by ultrafast laser for robust flexible sensor applications' Sharif, Ayesha and Farid, Nazar and Collins, Adam and Jilani, Asim and O'Connor, Gerard M (2023) 'Extensive reduction of graphene oxide on thin polymer substrates by ultrafast laser for robust flexible sensor applications'. Applied Surface Science, 613 [Details]
	(2017)	'Mechanically Inspired Laser Scribing of Thin Brittle Materials' Collins, Adam R and Fitzpatrick, Maureen A and Trollat, Jean-Loup and Olenick, Kathy and Olenick, John and O'Connor, Gerard M (2017) 'Mechanically Inspired Laser Scribing of Thin Brittle Materials'. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 100 (11):5318-5326 [Details]
	(2015)	'How to optimize ultrashort pulse laser interaction with glass surfaces in cutting regimes?' Bulgakova, Nadezhda M and Zhukov, Vladimir P and Collins, Adam R and Rostohar, Danijela and Derrien, Thibault J-Y and Mocek, Tom\'a\vs (2015) 'How to optimize ultrashort pulse laser interaction with glass surfaces in cutting regimes?'. Applied Surface Science, 336 :364-374 [Details]
	(2015)	'Mechanically inspired laser scribing of thin flexible glass' Collins, Adam R and Oâ€™Connor, Gerard M (2015) 'Mechanically inspired laser scribing of thin flexible glass'. Optics Letters, 40 (20):4811-4814 [Details]
	(2014)	'Laser scribing of thin dielectrics with polarised ultrashort pulses' Collins, Adam and Rostohar, Danijela and Prieto, Camilo and Chan, YK and O'Connor, Gerard (2014) 'Laser scribing of thin dielectrics with polarised ultrashort pulses'. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 60 :18-24 [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	*Journal of Physics: Conference Series* Cai, B and Su, B and Collins, A (2018) Efficient digital signal process strategy for TDLAS gas detection Journal of Physics: Conference Series [Details]
	(2015)	*Laser-based Micro-and Nanoprocessing IX* Collins, Adam R and Milne, David and Prieto, Camilo and O'Connor, Gerard M (2015) Thin glass processing with various laser sources Laser-based Micro-and Nanoprocessing IX , pp.354-363 [Details]

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Ultrashort pulse laser scribing of thin flexible glass. Collins, Adam R (2016) Ultrashort pulse laser scribing of thin flexible glass. Thesis [Details]

Patent

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	Cutting a substrate or preparing a substrate for cleaving. Gerard O'Connor, Nazar Farid, Adam Collins, Cormac O'Brien (2023) Cutting a substrate or preparing a substrate for cleaving. Patent [Details]
	(2018)	Methods and apparatus for cutting a substrate. O'connor, Gerard and Collins, Adam (2018) Methods and apparatus for cutting a substrate. Patent [Details]
	(2016)	Methods and apparatus for cutting a substrate. O'Connor, Gerard and Collins, Adam (2016) Methods and apparatus for cutting a substrate. Patent [Details]