Chemistry

Research Interests

Dr. Otway's principal teaching and research interests are in Organometallic Chemistry, Main Group & Lanthanide Chemistry and Inorganic Materials Chemistry. He is part of a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded (4.2 million euro) Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) which is led by Prof. Martyn Pemble @ the Tyndall - this is called FORME - Functional Oxide and Related Materials for Electronics

Current research is directed towards the following topics:

• Organometallic Chemistry of the Main Group and Lanthanide metals with especially (but not exclusively) pnictide or chalcogenide ligands and MOCVD (Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition) of thin films of materials.
• Metal oxide and mixed metal oxide materials for use in microelectronics
• Deposition and characterization of nanomaterials in mesoporous silicon structures.
• Novel nano-composite, high-frequency, magnetic materials for future microprocessor power delivery.