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Name: Dr. David J. Otway
Position: Lecturer in Inorganic/Materials Chemistry
T: 353 (0)21 490 1894
F: 353 (0)21 427 4097
E: dave.otway@ucc.ie

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Biography

Dr. David J. Otway obtained his BSc, PhD, ARCS, and DIC from Imperial College. He has held research posts at Georgia Tech., Atlanta, USA with Prof. W. S. Rees, Jr. , at Imperial College with Prof. Sir G. Wilkinson, FRS and Prof. O’Brien. He was also a fixed-term lecturer in the Electronic Materials Group in the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College.

He then worked for a start-up company - Amedis Pharmaceuticals Ltd, UK (later acquired by Paradigm Therapeutics Ltd, UK) initially running their chemistry function and this role later developed into being the Competitive Intelligence, Cheminformatics and Information Manager for the company (2001-2005). He moved back to academia taking a position at UCC in 2005.

Teaching material for all courses can be found on http://blackboard.ucc.ie (a login/pwd is required for the system ).

Dr. Otway is the co-designer of the new UCC chemistry website, the UCC representative of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the teaching and examinations committee, the staff representative on the Student Chemical Society at UCC, a member of the Staff/Student Committee, a member of the Organization Team for the 60th Irish Universities Chemistry Colloquim (which was held in UCC 11th-13th June 2008), a member of The Promotion of Chemistry Team at UCC, coordinator of three chemistry modules (CM2001, CM4104 and CM4107) and also responsible for the overall coordination of Year 3 of Undergraduate Chemistry Course.

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 SFI funded (4.2 million euro) Strategic Research Cluster (led by Prof. Martyn Pemble @ the Tyndall) - FORME - Functional Oxide and Related Materials for Electronics

Current research is directed towards the following topics:

Links

Flickr - my photographs - and also arguably the best photo sharing website in the world :-)                    

Fuel Depot Explosion - Airborne Capture IV - Sent to & Published by the Daily Telegraph 12-12-05 p4 - also got 2nd place in 2006 Citizen Journalism Awards

This photo won 2nd prize in the 2006 Citizen Journalism Awards.

Publications

1. S. R. Drake, D. J. Otway, J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun., 1991(7), 517-519, The Synthesis of Metal Organic Compounds of Calcium, Strontium, and Barium by the use of Ammonia Gas Saturated Ethereal Solvents.

2. S. R. Drake, D. J. Otway, Polyhedron , 1992, 11 (7), 745-758, A Low Temperature Synthesis of Barium Organometallics via Mixed Ammonia-Ethereal Solvents.

3. S. R. Drake, D. J. Otway, S. P. Perlepes, Main Group Metal Chemistry, 1992, 14, 243, The Synthesis of Homoleptic Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes under Mild Conditions

4. S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway, Polyhedron, 1992, 11 (16), 1995-2007, The Synthesis and Characterization of the Group IIA Homoleptic Aryloxides under Mild Conditions, [M(OAr')2]2, and the [M(OAr')2(L)x] (M = Ca, Sr, and Ba; Ar' = 2,4,6 tri-t-butylphenol; L = THF, x = 4; L = DME, x = 2; and L = HMPA, x = 3: and the X-ray Structure of [Sr(OAr')2(THF)3].0.5THF.

5. S. R. Drake, A. Lyons, D. J. Otway, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993(15), 2379-2386, Lanthanide beta-diketonate Glyme Complexes Exhibiting Unusual Coordination Modes.

6. S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993(19), 2883-2890, Group 2 Metal Homoleptic beta-diketonate Complexes; the Single Crystal X-ray structures of [Sr3(tmhd)6(Htmhd)].C7H8.C5H12 and [Ba4(tmhd)8].

7. S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, S. A. S. Miller, D. J. Otway, Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32 (20), 4464-4471, Oxygen or Nitrogen Chelates Stabilizing Barium and Yttrium beta-diketonates.

8. S. R. Drake, A. Lyons, D. J. Otway, D. J. Williams, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33 (6), 1230-1233, An Unexpected Product Derived From the Reaction of TbCl3(H2O)6 and [Na(hfpd)]; the Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Structure of {[Tb2(hfpd)4(O2CCF3)2(H2O)4][Tb(hfpd)3(H2O)2]2.H2O} [Where hfpd is CF3COCHCOCF3].

9. I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, J. McAleese, D. J. Otway, J. C. Plakatouras, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34 (6), 1384-1394, The Effect of Polyether Ligands on the Stabilities and the Mass Transport Properties of a Series of Gadolinium(III) beta-diketonate Complexes.

10. V-C. Arunasalam, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34 (21), 5295-5306, The Synthesis and Characterization of the first Group 2 mixed Alkoxide beta-diketonate Complexes; the single Crystal X-ray structures of [Ca4(OEt)4(tmhd)4(EtOH)4], [Ca4(tmhd)6(OCH2CH2NMe)2], and [Ba4(tmhd)6(OCH2CH2OPri)2(PriOCH2CH2OH)2].

11. V-C. Arunasalam, I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, S. A. S. Miller, D. M. P. Mingos, D. J. Otway, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997(8), 1331-1335, A Facile Synthesis of Alkaline Earth Metal beta-diketonates and the X-ray structure of the Loose dimer [{Ca(hfpd)2}2(heptaglyme)] {where hfpd is CF3COCHCOCF3 and heptaglyme is Me(OCH2CH2)7OMe}.

12.  J. A Darr, S. R. Drake,  D. J. Otway, S. A. S. Miller, D. M. P. Mingos, I. Baxter, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, Polyhedron, 1997, 16 (15), 2581-2588, Group 2 beta-diketonate complexes stabilised by O and N donor ligands; crystal structure of  [Ca(PhCOCHCOPh)2(pmdeta)] = N,N,N',N',N''-pentamethyldiethlenetriamine).

13. P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J. R. Walsh, Chem. Vap. Dep., 1997, 3 (4), 227-229, Novel asymmetric dialkyldiselenocarbamates of indium in the growth of indium selenide thin films.

14. A. C. Jones, T. J. Leedham, P. J. Wright, M. J. Crosbie, P. A. Lane, D. J. Williams, K. A. Fleeting, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, Chem. Vap. Dep., 1998, 4 (3), 46-49, MOCVD of Zirconia Thin Films by Direct Liquid Injection Using a New Class of Zirconium Precursor.

15. I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. M. P. Mingos, J. C. Plakatouras, D. J. Otway, Polyhedron, 1998, 17 (5-6), 625-639, Group 2/Titanium Heterometallic Alkoxides; their Reproducible Syntheses and Characterization. Crystal Structures of the compounds [SrTi4(OEt)18] and [Sr2Ti(OPri)8(PriOH)3.2PriOH], .

16. M. Chunggaze, J. McAleese, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1998(7), 833-834, The Deposition of Thin Films of CdSe or ZnSe by MOCVD Using Simple Air-Stable Precursors.

17.  P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J. R. Walsh, Thin Solid Films, 1998, 315 (1-2), 57-61, The growth of highly oriented a-In2S3 using novel trisdialkyldithiocarbamates of indium.

18.  J. McAleese, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Chem. Vap. Dep., 1998, 4 (3), 94-96, A Novel Simple Process for the Deposition of Thin Films of CuInSe2 by MOCVD.

19. A. C. Jones, T. J. Leedham, P. J. Wright, M. J. Crosbie, K. A. Fleeting, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, M. E. Pemble, J. Mater. Chem., 1998, 8 (8), 1773-1777, The Synthesis and Characterisation of Two Novel Titanium Iso-propoxides Stabilised with a Chelating Alkoxide : Their Use in the Liquid Injection MOCVD of Titanium Dioxide Thin Films.

20.  A. C. Jones, T. J. Leedham, P. J. Wright, M. J. Crosbie, D. J. Williams, K. A. Fleeting, H. O. Davies, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, Chem. Vap. Dep., 1998, 4 (5), 197-201, Liquid Injection MOCVD of Zirconium Dioxide Using a Novel Mixed Ligand Zirconium Precursor.

21.  I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse,  J. McAleese, K. M. A. Malik, D. M. P. Mingos, D. J. Otway, J. C. Plakatouras, Polyhedron, 1998, 17 (21), 3777-3784, Unusual Coordination Modes of Multidentate Ligands : Crystal X-Ray Structure of [{(tmhd)3Y}2(hmteta)] [tmhd = ButCOCHCOBut and hmteta = Me2N(CH2CH2NMe)2CH2CH2NMe2].

22. M. A. Malik, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 1998, 136-138, 431-446, Novel Approaches to the Deposition of  Selenium containing Materials.

23.  K. A. Fleeting, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, A. J. P. White, D. J. Williams, Inorg. Chem., 1999, 38 (7), 1432-1437, Studies on some Mixed beta-Diketonate/Iso-propoxide Compounds of Zirconium and Hafnium; The X-Ray Single Crystal Structures of [M2(OPri)6(tmhd)2] (M = Zr, Hf): Some Chemistry Important in the MOCVD of Oxides.

24.  D. S. Boyle, D. J. Otway, Paul O’Brien, O. Robbe, J. Mater. Chem., 1999, 9 (3), 725-729, A Novel Approach to the Deposition of CdS by Chemical Bath Deposition: The Deposition of Crystalline Thin Films of CdS from Acidic Baths.

25.  K. A. Fleeting, P. O’Brien, A. C. Jones, D. J. Otway, A. J. P. White, D. J. Williams, Dalton. Trans., 1999, 2853-2859, Zirconium mixed ligand iso-propoxide/amino-alkoxide complexes: The crystal structures of [Zr2(OPri)6(L)2] and [Zr2(OBut)3(bdmap)4(OH)], {where L = dmap, dimethylamino-iso-propoxide and bdmap, bis-dimethylamino-iso-propoxide}.

26. M. R. Lazell, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J.-H. Park, Chem. Mater., 1999, 11 (12), 3430-3432, Deposition of Thin Films of Gallium Sulfide from a Novel Single-Source Precursor, Ga(S2CNMeHex)3, by Low Pressure Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition.

27.  P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway and D. S. Boyle, Thin Solid Films, 2000, 361-362, 17-21, The importance of ternary complexes in defining basic conditions for the deposition of ZnS by aqueous chemical bath deposition.

28.  A. Bayer, D. S. Boyle, M. Heinrich, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Green Chemistry, 2000, 2(2), 79-85, Waste Minimisation and Recycling in Chemical Bath Deposition: An Improved Route for the Solution Fabrication of Chalcogenide Semiconductors.

29.  D. S. Boyle, O. Robbe, D. P. Halliday, M. R. Heinrich, A. Bayer, P. O'Brien, D. J. Otway, M. D. G. Potter,   J. Mater. Chem., 2000, 10 (11), 2439-2441, A novel method for the synthesis of the ternary thin film semiconductor cadmium zinc sulfide from acidic chemical baths.

30.  M. R. Lazell, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J.-H. Park, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000(11), 4479-4486, Single Source Molecular Precursors for the Deposition of III/VI Chalcogenide Semiconductors using MOCVD and Related Techniques.

31.  D. J. Otway, W. S. Rees, Jr., Coord. Chem.Rev,, 2000, 210, 279-328, Group 2 Element beta-diketonate complexes: Synthetic and Structural Investigations.

32.  M. Kemmler, M. R. Lazell, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, J.-H. Park, J. R. Walsh, J. Mat. Sci. Mater. El.., 2002, 13 (9), 531-535, The Growth of Thin Films of copper chalcogenides films by MOCVD and AACVD using novel single-molecule precursors.

33.  P. O’Brien, N. L. Pickett, D. J. Otway, Chem. Vap. Dep., 2002, 8 (6), 237-249, Developments in CVD Delivery Systems: A Chemist’s Perspective on the Chemical and Physical Interactions between Precursors.

34.  J.-H Park, M. Afzaal, M. Kemmler, P. O'Brien, D. J. Otway, J. Raftery, J. Waters, J. Mat Chem., 2003, 13 (8), 1942-1949, The deposition of thin films of CuME 2 by CVD techniques (M = In, Ga and E = S, Se).

35.  L. Barry, M. Copley, J. D. Holmes, D. J. Otway, O. Kazakova and M. A. Morris, J. Solid State Chem., 2007, 180 (12), 3443-3449, Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticulate MnS within the pores of mesoporous silica.

36. L. Barry, J. Tobin, M. Copley, J. D. Holmes, D. J. Otway, M. A. Morris, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2008, 341 (1-2), 8-11, MnS doped mesoporous silica catalysts for the generation of novel carbon nanocages.

Patents

WO05044825A1, 2005 “Silicon Compounds and their use”, J. G. Montana, G. A. Showell, D. J. Otway.

Proceedings

1. D. J. Otway, M. B. Hursthouse, H. A. Luten, K. M. A. Malik, W. S. Rees, Jr., Barium bis(beta-diketonate).tetraglyme complexes as potential CVD precursors for electronic materials, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic Ceramics II, 1996, 415, 99-104.

2. D. J. Otway, M. B. Hursthouse, H. A. Luten, K. M. A. Malik, W. S. Rees, An investigation into the role of incorporated solvent (EtOH/H2O) molecules on the structure of Group 2 metal bis(beta-diketonate) complexes : ramifications for CVD precursors of electronic materials, Jr., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. – Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic Ceramics II, 1996, 415, 105-110.

3. D. J. Otway, B. Obi, W. S. Rees, Jr., Precursors for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide, J. Alloys and Compounds - Symposium on High Temperature Superconductor Thin Films - Growth Mechanisms, Interfaces, Multilayers, 1997, 251 (1-2), 254-263.

4. J. McAleese, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Metalorganic Chemical Vapour Deposition  of CuInSe2 from Copper and Indium Diselenocarbamates for Solar Cell Devices, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Thin-Film Structures for Photovoltaics, 1998, 485, 157-162.

5. K. A. Fleeting, A. C. Jones, T. Leedham, M. A. Malik, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Spectroscopic and Structural Studies of some Precursors for the Deposition of PZT and Related Materials by MOCVD, Symposium on Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing at the Materials-Research-Society Fall Meeting, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NOV 30-DEC 04, 1997, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1998, 495, 57-62.

6. W. S. Rees, Jr., O. Just, H. A. Luten, D. J. Otway, Precursors for Vapour Deposition of Phosphors for Electroluminescent Flat Panel Displays, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.- Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing, 1998, 495, 83-93.

7.  H. O. Davies, K. A. Fleeting, A. C. Jones, T. Leedham, P. O’Brien, D. J. Otway, Novel Precursors for MOCVD of Thin Films of Metal Oxides containing Early Transition Metals, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Ferroelectric Thin Films VII,  1999, 541, 333-338.

8.  J.-H. Park, M. R. Lazell, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, Group III Metal Sulfide Thin Films from Single-Source Precursors by Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Techniques, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. - Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics, 2000, 606, 127-132.

9.  J.-H. Park, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, Iron Sulfide (FeS2) Thin Films from Single-Source Precursors by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (AACVD), Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.- Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics,, 2000, 606, 133-138.

10.  M. Kemmler, M. R. Lazell, D. J. Otway, P. O’Brien, MOCVD of CuInE2 (where E = S or Se) and related materials for solar cell devices, Symposium on Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electronic Ceramics, Date: NOV 30-DEC 01, 1999 BOSTON MA, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. - Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics, 2000, 606, 147-152.

11.  P. O’Brien, M. R. Heinrich, D. J. Otway, O. Robbe, A. Bayer, D. S. Boyle, New Approaches to Chemical Bath Deposition of Chalcogenides, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. - Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics, 2000, 606, 199-204

Chapters in Books

"Low Temperature Synthesis of Barium Amides and Phenoxides", S. R. Drake, P. Hall, D. J. Otway, in Inorganic Experiments - a Systematic Approach, Ed. J. D. Woollins, 1994, VCH Publishers.

Three sections in Inorganic Experiments, 2nd edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged, Ed. J. D. Woollins, 2003, Wiley Publishers.

A further 5 research papers and one review article are either submitted or in preparation.