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Seamus CurranSeamus Curran

Professor and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Department of Physics

Office: SR1 525
Contact: sacurran@uh.edu

Education: Ph.D., Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin; Post Doctorate, Max-Planck-Institut f眉r Festk枚rperforschung

Prof. Curran鈥檚 focus is in the field of nanotechnology. He has spent decades trying to gain an understanding and consequently developing new materials and systems in the fields of hydrophobicity, nanomaterials and recently exploring virology transmission. Combining science and engineering enables the development of new photonic and electronic systems, while also gaining a deeper knowledge of bio-nanofluidics.

Much of his research from 1995-2009 has been looking at morphological, spectroscopic and electronic characteristics of materials. It is only with that understanding can better applied systems can be built. Most of his IP portfolio is testament to this as the majority have been granted between 2010 to 2021.

Most recently, on the academic side he has worked in Non-linear optics, specifically Optical Limiting. With the developments of self-driving vehicles, the threat lasers pose to CCD cameras used for navigation is considerable. Mechanical shuttering is not a viable option, so using non-linear optical systems is the only real way to combat this threat. This goes beyond terrestrial based transportation; consider also security camera鈥檚, drones and satellites threatened by high powered lasers.

On the virology side, he has successfully developed coatings that allow airflow through regular filters in buildings, but remove the threat of SARS-CoV-2 from spreading from room to room. Currently, these coatings are sprayed on filters used in schools (ISD鈥檚), universities, office blocks and warehouses, courthouses, apartment blocks and across the US and Canada. It is also being introduced into many different countries to combat the threat of the current pandemic and also counter the possibility of future threats of other similar viruses in an easy to use and cheap manner.

Research Accomplishments

  • Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2019)
  • Published or accepted for publication to date 85 ISI cited papers, 3 SPIE articles, 1 book chapter and 22 conference proceedings, which have been cited according to Google Scholar over 7,140, h index of 37, i10-index of 71
  • Federal (PI or Co-PI), venture and Industrial funding to date $7,890,215 (2003-2021)
    Previous European funding includes Venture Capital Investment ($450,000) EU-CRAFT Program ($405,000)(1998-2001)
  • Finalist of MassChallenge Competition for Curran Biotech fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (Oct 2020)
  • Finalist in NC Tech鈥檚 Industry Driven Healthcare awards for Curran Biotech鈥檚 fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (Nov 2020)
  • Winner of two entrepreneurship competitions at the beginnings of Integricote鈥檚 (formerly known as C-Voltaics) development winning $57,500 in funds (2013)
  • IP generated has been licensed to Curran Biotech (Texas), Integricote (Texas), Unidyme (California)
  • Technologies developed by Curran can now be found in homes and business across 23 US states, all of Canada, UK, Ireland and being introduced into Northern Europe, North Africa and Australia
  1. 鈥淩esolving Nanocomposite Interfaces via Simultaneous Submicrometer Optical-Photothermal Infrared-Raman Microspectroscopy鈥, Alexander J Wang, Eoghan P Dillon, Surendra Maharjan, Kang鈥怱hyang Liao, Brian P McElhenny, Tian Tong, Shuo Chen, Jiming Bao and Seamus A Curran, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8, 6, 2001720 (2021)
  2. 鈥淪elf-cleaning hydrophobic nanocoating on glass: A scalable manufacturing process鈥, S Maharjan, K-S Liao, AJ Wang, K Barton, A Haldar, N.J Alley, HJ Byrne, SA Curran, Materials Chemistry and Physics 239, 122000 (2020)
  3. 鈥淗ighly effective hydrophobic solar reflective coating for building materials: Increasing total solar reflectance via functionalized anatase immobilization in an organosiloxane matrix鈥, S Maharjan, KS Liao, AJ Wang, SA Curran, Construction and Building Materials 243, 118189 (2020)
  4. 鈥淪ol-gel synthesis of stabilized silver nanoparticles in an organosiloxane matrix and its optical nonlinearity鈥, S Maharjan, KS Liao, AJ Wang, Z Zhu, BP McElhenny, J Bao, SA Curran, Chemical Physics 532, 110610 (2020)
  5. 鈥淧oly(octadecyl acrylate)-Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites for Wearable Temperature Sensors鈥, AJ Wang, S Maharjan, K-S Liao, BP McElhenny, KD Wright, EP Dillon, R Neupane, Z Zhu, S Chen, AR Barron, OK Varghese, J Bao, SA Curran, ACS Applied Nano Materials 3 (3), 2288-2301 (2020)
  6. 鈥淏acterially synthesized tellurium nanostructures for broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical applications鈥, K. Wang, X. Zhang, I.M Kislyakov, N. Dong, S. Zhang, G. Wang, J. Fan, X. Zou, J. Du, Y. Leng, Q. Zhao, K. Wu, J. Chen, S.M Baesman, K-S. Liao, S. Maharjan, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, S.A Curran, R.S Oremland, W.J Blau, J. Wang, Nature Commun 10, 3985 (2019)
  7. 鈥淧ercolating conductive networks in multiwall carbon nanotube-filled polymeric nanocomposites: towards scalable high-conductivity applications of disordered systems鈥, A.J Wang, K.S Liao, S. Maharjan, Z. Zhu, B. McElhenny, J. Bao, S.A. Curran, Nanoscale 11 (17), 8565-8578 (2019)
  8. 鈥淔abrication of ink-jet printed organic photovoltaics on flexible Ag electrode with additives鈥 Haldar A.; Liao, K-S.; Curran, S. A. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 125, 283-290 (2014)
  9. 鈥淐arbon black instead of multiwall carbon nanotubes for achieving comparable high electrical conductivities in polyurethane-based coatings using surfactant-free water-based solvent鈥 Andreoli, E.; Liao, K-S.; Cricini, A.; Zhang, X.; Soffiatti, R.; Byrne, H. J.; Curran, S. A. Thin Solid Films 550, 558-563 (2014)
  10. 鈥淧Py:PSS as alternative to PEDOT:PSS in organic photovoltaics鈥 Andreoli, E.; Liao, K-S.; Haldar A.; Alley, N. J.; Curran, S. A. Synthetic Metals 185-186, 71-78 (2013)
  11. 鈥淚nvestigation of recombination dynamics for ITO-free organic photovoltaics by illumination dependence study鈥 Zhang, X.; Liao, K-S.; Haldar A.; Alley N. J.; Curran S. A. Journal of Applied Physics 114, 053103, (2013)
  12. 鈥減-n junction organic photovoltaics fabricated by all solution processing鈥, Zhang, Xin; Liao, Kang-Shyang; Yambem, Soniya, Curran. S, Synthetic Metals, 162, 15-16(2012)
  13. 鈥淓ffect of printing parameters and annealing on organic photovoltaics performance鈥, Haldar, Amrita; Liao, Kang-Shyang; Curran, Seamus A., J. Mats. Research, 27, 16, 2079-2087 (2012)
  14. 鈥淓nhancing current density using vertically oriented organic photovoltaics鈥, Yambem, Soniya D.; Liao, Kang-Shyang; Curran, Seamus A, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 101, 227-231 (2012)
  15. 鈥淣onlinear optical properties of carbon nanotube hybrids in polymer dispersions鈥, Wang, Jun; Liao, Kang-Shyang; Fruechtl, Daniel, Curran. Seamus and Werner Blau,, Mats. Chem and Phys., 133, 2-3,Pages: 992-997(2012)
  16. 鈥淔abrication, characterization, and optical modeling of a new architecture for organic photovoltaics: The vertically orientated stack device鈥, Alley, Nigel J.; Dias, Sampath; Liao, Kang-Shyang, Seamus Curran, J. Appl. Phys., 111, 6,(2012)
  17. 鈥淪table organic photovoltaics using Ag thin film anodes鈥, Yambem, Soniya D.; Liao, Kang-Shyang; Alley, Nigel J. and S. Curran, J. of Materials Chemistry, 22, 14, 6894-6898(2012)
  18. 鈥淭he effect of printing parameters and annealing on organic photovoltaic's performance鈥 Haldar A.; Liao, K-S.; Curran, S. A. accepted by Journal of Materials Research (2012)
  19. 鈥淣onlinear optical properties of carbon nanotube hybrids in polymer dispersions鈥 Wang, J.; Liao, K-S.; Fr眉chtl, D.; Tian, Y.; Gilchrist, A.; Alley, N. J.; Andreoli, E.; Aitchison, B.; Nasibulin, A. G.; Byrne, H. J.; Kauppinen, E. I.; Zhang, L.; Blau, W. J.; Curran, S. A. Materials Chemistry and Physics (DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.02.003) (2012)
  20. 鈥淭rapping incident light using a vertical OPV- enhancements in current density鈥 Yambem, S. D.; Liao, K-S.; Curran, S. A. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.004) (2012)
  21. 鈥淪table organic photovoltaics using Ag thin film as electrode鈥 Yambem, S. D.; Liao, K-S.; Alley, N. J.; Curran, S. A. Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 6894-6898 (2012)
  22. 鈥淓ffect of carbon nanotube-Fullerene hybrid additive on P3HT:PCBM bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaics鈥 Alley, N. J.; Liao, K-S.; Andreoli, E.; Dias, S.; Dillon, E. P.; Orbaek, A.; Barron, A. R.; Byrne, H. J.; Curran, S. A. Synthetic Metals 162, 95-101 (2012)
  23. 鈥減-n junction organic photovoltaics fabricated by all solution processing鈥 Zhang, X.; Liao, K-S.; Yambem, S. D.; Alley, N. J.; Curran, S. A. Synthetic Metals 161, 2798-2802 (2012))
  24. Wang, J.; Liao, K-S.; Fr眉chtl, D.; Gilchrist, A.; Tian, Y.; Alley, N. J.; Andreoli, E.; Byrne, H. J.; Kauppinen, E. I.; Blau, W. J.; Curran, S. A, 鈥淥ptical limiting properties of carbon nanotube hybrids in polymer dispersions鈥, accepted by Applied Physics B (2011)
  25. Yambem, S. D.; Liao, K-S.; Curran, S. A, 鈥淔lexible Ag electrode for use in organic photovoltaics鈥, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 95, 3060-3064 (2011)
  26. Wang, J.; Chen, Y.; Li, R.; Dong, H.; He, J.; Fan, J.; Wang, K.; Liao, K-S.; Zhang, L.; Curran, S. A.; Blau, W. J, 鈥淕raphene and carbon nanotube polymer composites for laser protection鈥 accepted by Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials (2011)
  27. Andreoli, E; Rooney, D. A.; Liao, K-S.; Alley, N. J.; Curran, S. A.; Breslina, C.B 鈥淓lectrochemical conversion of copper-based hierarchical micro/nanostructures to copper metal nanoparticles and their application to nitrate sensing鈥 Electroanalysis 23, 2164-2173. (2011)
  28. Tria, M. C. R.; Liao, K-S.; Alley, N. J.; Advincula, R. C.; Curran, S. A , 鈥淧3HT:PCBM based organic photovoltaics using surface grafted PVK brushes as the hole transport layer鈥 Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 10261-10264 (2011) 鈥 Journal Cover
  29. Yambem, S. D.; Haldar, A.; Liao, K-S.; Dillon, E. P.; Barron, A. R.; Curran, S. A. 鈥淥ptimization of organic photovoltaics with thin film Au as anode鈥, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells , 2424-2430.(2011)
  30. Haldar, A.; Yambem, S. D; Liao, K-S.; Alley N. J.; Dillon, E. P.; Barron A. R.; Curran, S. A., 鈥淥rganic photovoltaics using thin gold film as an alternative anode to Indium Tin Oxide鈥, Thin Solid Films 519, 6169-6173. (2011)
  31. Liao, K-S.; Dias, S.; Alley, N. J.; Yambem, S. D.; Haldar, A.; Curran, S. A. 鈥淒esign and fabrication of linear pixel arrays for organic photovoltaic modules to achieve scalable power output鈥, Thin Solid Films, 519, 3264-3267 (2011)
  32. Liao, K-S.; Dias, S.; Alley, N. J.; Yambem, S. D.; Haldar, A.; Curran, S. A., 鈥楧esign and Fabrication of Linear Pixel Arrays for Organic Photovoltaic Modules to Achieve Scalable Power Output鈥, Thin Solid Films, 519, 3264, (2011)
  33. J. Talla, D.H Zhang, M. Kandadai, A. Avadanula and S. Curran, 鈥楢 resonance Raman study of carboxyl induced defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes鈥, Physica B-Cond. Matt., 405, 21, 4570, (2010)
  34. K.S Liao, S.D Yambem, A. Haldar, N.J Alley, S.A Curran, 鈥楧esigns and architectures for the next generation of organic solar cells鈥, Energies, 3, 1212 (2010)
  35. K.S Liao, J. Talla, S. Yambem, L. Ci, G.Chen, F Coldren, D.L Carroll, D. Zhang, P. M Ajayan and D. Birx and S. A Curran,, 鈥楩ormation of highly conductive composite coatings and their applications to broadband antennas and mechanical transducers鈥, J. Mats. Research 25, 9,1741 (2010)
  36. K.S Liao, J. Wang, D. Fr眉chtl, N.J Alley, E. Andreoli, E.P Dillon, A.R Barron, H. Kim, H.J. Byrne, W.J Blau and S.A Curran, 鈥極ptical limiting study of double wall carbon nanotube-fullerene hybrids鈥, Chem. Phys. Lett., 489, 4, 207 (2010)
  37. K.S Liao, J. Wang, S. Dias, J. Dewald, N.J. Alley, S.M. Baesman, R.S Oremland, W.J Blau and S.A Curran, 鈥楽trong nonlinear photonic responses from microbiologically synthesized tellurium nanocomposites鈥, Chem. Phys. Lett, 484, 4, 242 (2010)
  38. K.S Liao, T.E Sutto, E. Andreoli, P. Ajayan, K.A. McGrady and S.A Curran, 鈥楴ano-sponge ionic liquid-polymer composite electrolyte for solid-state lithium power sources鈥, J. Power Sources, 195, 3, 867 (2010)
  39. S. A. Curran, S. Dias,D. Zhang, D.L Carroll, D. Birx and J. Talla, 鈥楢C and DC Electrical Transport Measurements of Highly Conductive Carbon Nanotube / Poly(bisphenol A carbonate) Composite鈥, J. Appl. Physics, 105, 073711 (2009)
  40. S. Curran, J. Talla, S. Dias and J. Dewald, 鈥楳icro- Concentrator Photovoltaic Cell (the m-C Cell): Modeling the Optimum Method of Capturing Light in an Organic Fiber Based Photovoltaic Cell鈥, J. Appl. Physics 104, 064305 (2008)
  41. I.Vassiliev and S.A Curran, 鈥楥ross linking of thiolated carbon nanotubes: an abnitio study鈥, J. Appl. Physics, 102, 2, 24317 (2007)
  42. J. Cech, M. Kalbac, S.A. Curran, D. Zhang, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, L. Dunsch, S. Yang and S.Roth, 鈥楬REM and EELS investigation of functonalized carbon nanotubes鈥, Physica E, 37, 1-2, 109 (2007)
  43. S. M. Baesman, T. D. Bullen, J. Dewald, D. Zhang,S. Curran, Farhana S. Islam, T. J. Beveridge, and R. S. Oremland, 鈥楩ormation of Tellurium Nanocrystals with Anaerobic Growth of Bacteria that use Te-Oxyanions as Respiratory Electron Acceptors鈥, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 7, 2135 (2007)
  44. J. 膶ech, S. A. Curran, D. Zhang, J. L. Dewald, A. Avadhanula, M. Kandada, and S. Roth, 鈥楩unctionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Direct proof of sidewall thiolation鈥, Phys. Stat. Sol. (B) 243, 13, 3221鈥3225 (2006)
  45. D.H Zhang, M.A Kandadai, J. Cech, S. Roth, S.A Curran, 鈥楶oly(L-lactide) (PLLA)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite: Characterization and biocompatibility evaluation鈥, Journal of Phys. Chem. B, 110, 26, 12910-12915, (2006)
  46. I. Vasiliev and S. Curran, 鈥楢b initio study of the self-assembly of phenosafranin on carbon nanotubes鈥, Phys Rev B 73, 165420 (2006)
  47. S. A. Curran, D. Zhang, W. T. Wondmagegn, A. V. Ellis, J. Cech, D. L. Carroll and S. Roth, 鈥楧ynamic electrical properties of polymer Carbon Nanotube Composites: Enhancement through covalent bonding鈥, Journal of Materials Research, 21, 4, 1071 (2006)
  48. S. A. Curran, D. Zhang, W. Wondmagegn and W. Blau, 鈥楽pectroscopic studies of CSA-doped, poly [C-hydroxyl-(4-N-dimethylamino) phenyl] dithienylmethine and doping effects on ionic, conductivity鈥, Synthetic Metals, 156 482鈥487 (2006) (Cover feature)
  49. W. T. Wondmagegn and S. A. Curran, 鈥楢 study of C(60)-PmPV poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) nanocomposite鈥, Thin Solid Films, 515, 2393 鈥 2397 (2006)
  50. S. Curran, J. Dewald and D. L. Carroll, 鈥All Optical Nanoscale read/write Bit Formation鈥, Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication, and Microsystems (JM 3) , 011013 (2006) (Cover feature)
  51. S. A. Curran, J. Cech, D. Zhang, J. L. Dewald, A. Avadhanula, M. Kandadai and S. Roth, 鈥楾hioation of Carbon Nanotubes and Sidewall Functionalization鈥, J. Mater. Res., 21, 4, 1012 (2006)
  52. Y.J Jung, S. Kar, S. Talapatra, C. Soldano, G. Viswanathan, X.S Li, Z.L Yao, F.S Ou, A. Avadhanula, R. Vajtai, S. O. P.M 鈥楢ligned carbon nanotube-polymer hybrid architectures for diverse flexible electronic applications鈥 Nano Letters; 6, 3, 413-418 (2006)
  53. S.A.Curran, D.Zhang, S.Dundigal and W.Blau, 鈥楧oping Properties of Polydithienylmethine: a study on the correlation between polymer chain length, spectroscopy and transport鈥, J. Phys Chem. B 110, 9, 3924-3929 (2006)
  54. K. Park, M. R. Pederson, L. L. Boyer, W. N. Mei, R. F. Sabirianov, X. C. Zeng, S. Bulusu, S. Curran, J. Dewald, Ellen Day, 鈥楨lectronic Structure and Vibrational spectra of B 10C 2 Based Clusters and Films,鈥 Phys. Rev. B, 3, 035109, (2006)
  55. T. Pietra脽, J.L. Dewald, C. F. M. Clewett, D. Tierney, A. V. Ellis, S. Dias, A. Alvarado, L. Sandoval, S. Tai, and S. A. Curran, 鈥楨lectron spin resonance (ESR) and Raman scattering spectroscopy analysis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes: A function of acid treatment鈥, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Vol. 6, No. 2, (2006)
  56. M. Reyes-Reyes, K. Kim, J. Dewald, R. L贸pez-Sandoval, A. Avadhanula, S. Curran and D. L. Carroll, 鈥楳eso-Structure Formation for Enhanced Organic Photovoltaic Cells鈥, Organic Letters, 7, 26, 5749-5752, (2005)
  57. K. Shen, S. Curran, H. Xu, S. Rogelj, Y. Jiang , J. Dewald and T. Pietra脽, 鈥楽ingle-walled carbon nanotube purification, Pelleting and Surfactant-Assisted Dispersion: A combined TEM and Resonant Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Study鈥, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109(10); 4455-4463 (2005)
  58. S.A.Curran,J.A.Talla, D. Zhang, and D.L.Carroll, 鈥楧efect Induced Vibration Response of MWCNT using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy鈥, J. Mater. Res., Vol. 20, No. 12, (2005)
  59. K.Shen, S. Curran, H.F Xu, Y.B Jiang, J. Dewald, J. Talla and T. Pietrass, 鈥楬ydrogen absorption of carbon nanotubes under high pressure: A combined magnetic resonance and Raman study鈥, American Chemical Society, 229 (2005)
  60. J. L. Dewald, A. V. Ellis, W. T. Wondmagegn, and S. A. Curran, 鈥楨nhanced rectification through polymer鈥揼old nanoparticle interaction鈥, Synthetic Metals, 155, 1, 39, (2005)
  61. S. Curran, A.V Ellis, A. Vijayaraghavan and P.M Ajayan, 鈥楩unctionalization of carbon nanotubes using phenosafranin鈥, J. Chem. Phys., 120, 4886 (2004)
  62. R. S Oremland, M.J Herbel, J. Switzer Blum, S. Langley, T.J. Beveridge, P. M. Ajayan, T. Sutto, A. V. Ellis, and S. Curran, 鈥楽tructural and Spectral Features of Selenium Nanospheres Produced by Se-Respiring Bacteria鈥, Applied and Environmental Microbiology., 70, Vol. 52, (2004)
  63. E. Lahiff, A. I. Minett, S. Curran, C. Y. Ryu, W. J. Blau and P. M. Ajayan, 鈥楥ontrolling the position and morphology of nanotubes within a polymer thin film鈥, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 782, (2004)
  64. E.Lahiff, C.Y. Ryu, S. Curran, A.I. Minett, W. Blau, P.M Ajayan, 鈥楽elective positioning and density control of nanotubes within a polymer thin film鈥, Nano Lett.; (Communication) 3, 10; 1333, (2003)
  65. N. Chakrapani, S. Curran, B. Wie, P.M Ajayan, A. Carrillo and R.S Kane, 鈥楽pectral fingerprinting of structural defects in plasma treated carbon nanotubes, J. Mater. Res. 18, 2515 (2003)
  66. J. Coleman, A. Dalton, S. Curran, A. Rubio, A. Davey, A. Drury, B. McCarthy, B. Lahr, P. Ajayan, S. Roth, R. Barklie, and W. Blau, 鈥楶hase Separation of Carbon Nanotubes and Turbostratic Graphite using a Functional Organic Polymer鈥, Adv. Mat. 12, 213, (2000)
  67. B. McCarthy, J.N. Coleman, S.A. Curran, A.B. Dalton, A.P. Davey, Z. Konya, A. Fonseca, J.B. Nagy, and W.J. Blau, 鈥極bservation of site selective binding in a polymer nanotube composite鈥, J. Mat. Sci. Lett. 19, 2239, (2000)
  68. J.N. Coleman, S. Curran, A.B. Dalton, A.P. Davey, B. McCarthy, W. Blau, and R.C. Barklie., 鈥楶hysical Doping of a Conjugated Polymer with Carbon Nanotubes鈥, Synthetic Met 102, 1174, (1999)
  69. S. Curran, A.P. Davey, J. Coleman, A. Dalton, B. McCarthy, S. Maier, D. Gray, M.Brennan, K. Ryder, M.L. de la Chapelle, C. Journet, P. Bernier, H.J. Byrne, D. Carroll, P.M. Ajayan, S. Lefrant, and W.J. Blau, 鈥楨volution and Evaluation of the Polymer Nanotube Composite鈥 Synthetic Met. 103, 2559 (1999)
  70. A.B Dalton, H.J Byrne, J.N Coleman, S.Curran, A.P Davey, B. McCarthy and W. Blau, 鈥極ptical absorption and fluorescence of a multi-walled nanotube-polymer composite鈥, Synthetic Met.; 102, 1176 (1999)
  71. S. Curran, P. Ajayan, W. Blau, D. Carroll, J. Coleman, A. Dalton, A.P. Davey, B. McCarthy, and A. Strevens., 鈥楥omposite from Poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctozy-p-phenylenevinylene) and Carbon Nanotubes: a Novel Material for Molecular Optoelectronics鈥, Advanced Materials, 10 1091, (1998) (Cover feature)
  72. S. Roth, S. Blumentritt, M. Burghard, E. Cammi, D. Carrol, S. Curran, G. D眉sberg, K.Liu, J. Muster, G. Philipp, and T. Rabenau鈥, Molecular Rectifiers and Transistors Based on p-conjugated Materials鈥, Synthetic Metals 94, 105, (1998)
  73. H. Jantoljak, U. Kuhlmann, C. Thomsen, S. Curran, S. Roth, W. Maser, C. Journet, and P. Bernier, 鈥楳icro-Raman Spectra of Single- and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes鈥, Mol. Mat. 10, 145, (1998)
  74. J.N. Coleman, S. Curran, A.B. Dalton, A.P. Davey, B. McCarthy, W. Blau, and R.C. Barklie, 鈥楶ercolation-dominated Conductivity in a Conjugated-polymer-carbon-nanotube Composite鈥, Physical Rev. B, 58, 7492, (1998)
  75. S. Curran, D.L. Carroll, P.M. Ajayan, Ph. Redlich, S. Roth, M. R眉hle, and W. Blau, 鈥 Picking Needles from Nano-Haystacks鈥, Advanced Materials 10, 311, (1998)
  76. S. Roth, S. Blumentritt, M. Burghard, O. Jaschinski, K. Liu, J. Muster, G. Philipp, F. Zha, P. Redlich, D.L. Carrol, P.M. Ajayan, S. Curran, and G. D眉sberg, 鈥楧ensity of States and Tunneling Spectroscopy on Molecular Nanostructures鈥, Thin Solid Films 331, 45, (1998)
  77. D.L. Carroll, Ph. Redlich, X. Blase, J.C. Charlier, S. Curran, P.M. Ajayan, S. Roth, and M. Ruehle, 鈥 Effects of Nanodomain Formation on the Electronic Structure of Doped Carbon Nanotubes鈥, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2332, (1998)
  78. D.L. Carroll, P. Redlich, P.M. Ajayan, S. Curran, S. Roth, and M. Ruehle, 鈥 Spatial Variations in the Electronic Structure of Pure and B-Doped Nanotubes鈥 Carbon 36 753, (1998)
  79. D.L. Carroll, S. Curran, and P.M. Ajayan, 鈥楲ocal Electronic Structure in Ordered Aggregates of Carbon Nanotubes: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Study鈥, Journal of Materials Research, 13, 2389, (1998)
  80. S. Curran, S. Roth, A.P. Davey, A. Drury, and W. Blau. Photoconduction and Photovoltaic Effects from a Conjugated Polymer Poly-Tert-Butyl-Isothionaphthalene鈥, Synthetic Metals, 83, 239, (1996)
  81. T. Kamata, S. Curran, S. Roth, T. Fukaya, H. Matsuda, and F. Mizukami, 鈥楾hird-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Evaporated Thin Films of Platinum-Alkyldionedioxime Complexes: Effects of Metal-Metal Distance鈥 Synthetic Metals. 83, 267 (1996)
  82. J. Kastner, T. Pichler, H. Kuzmany, S. Curran, W. Blau, D.N. Weldon, M. Delamesiere, S. Draper and H. Zandbergen, 鈥楻esonance Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes鈥, Chem. Phys. Lett. 221, 53, (1994)
  83. E. Bourdin, S. Curran, A. Davey, W. Blau, G. Bl枚chl, R. Becker and H. Br盲unling, 鈥楨lectronic Properties of Polydiheteroarlyenemethines: Electrical Conductivity鈥, Adv. Mater. for Optics and Electronics, 4, 43, (1994) [cit: 2]
  84. J. Kastner, H. Kuzmany, S. Curran, A.P. Davey, W.J. Blau and H. Br盲unling, 鈥楽pectroscopic Investigation of Acid Polymerised Poly(Tetrathiophenemethylidene), a Heteroaromatic Polymer with a Degenerate Ground State鈥, Cond. Matt. & Mater. Commun. 1, 263, (1994)
  85. E. Bourdin, S. Curran, W. Blau, G. Bl枚chl and R. Becker, 鈥楨lectrical Conductivity of Acid Doped and Iodine Doped Polydiheteroary-lene-methines鈥, Synthetic Metals 55-57, 5052, (1993)

Book Chapter

  1. B.C.30. Chavez, V., Walsh, S. T., Tierney, R., Curran, S., Saile, Mani, H.S., Margmatain, V., Sani, S., Elders, J., and Haak, R., (2014), chapter 4: Technology Roadmapping and Landscaping: Developing new road mapping process and components, KIT, MANCEF Naples Fl., pp. 28-41
  2. B.C.29. Walsh, S. T., Tierney, R., Allarakhia, M., Curran, S., Saile, V., Luizink., M., Chavez, V., Marinakis, Y., and Margmatain, V., (2014), Chapter 3: Today鈥檚, Bio/Micro/Nano Technologies are more heavily constrained, KIT, MANCEF Naples Fl., pp. 24-27
  3. S. Curran, A. Stark-Hauser, and S. Roth. 鈥橮olyacetylene鈥 In Handbook of Organic Molecules and Polymers: Vol 2. Conductive Polymers: Synthesis and Electrical Properties, H.S. Nalwa, ed., John Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York, 1-59 (1997)

SPIE Publications

  1. S.Curran, D.L. Carroll and J. Dewald, 鈥楥ascade solar cell increases efficiency鈥, SPIE, DOI: 10.1117/2.1200608.0324 (2006)
  2. D. Carroll and S. Curran, 鈥楴anocomposites and High Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics鈥, SPIE, [10.1117/2.1200604.0151] (2006)
  3. S. Curran, D. Weldon, W. Blau, H. Zandbergen, J. Kastner and H. Kuzmany, Spectroscopic Study of Carbon Nanotubes, SPIE 2284 33-47 (1994)

Conference Proceedings 

  1. Chavez, V., Curran, S., Liao, K.S., Tierney, R., and Walsh, S. (2013), Nanocoatings Technology for Mass Market: How Small Firms are Embracing this Marketplace, October 7th , Commercial Micro Manufacturing International,
  2. P.J. 51. Alley, N., Curran, S., Liao, K.S., Marinakis, Y., and Walsh, S. (2013), Nanotechnology and Solar Cells: The Industry Goes Organic, Commercial Micro Manufacturing International, April 2013,
  3. 鈥淭he disruptive nature of organic photovoltaic technology鈥, Steven T Walsh, Yorgos D Marinakis, Seamus Curran, Regan Stinnette, Proceedings of PICMET'12: Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, 393-399 (2012)
  4. K-S Liao, S. Dias, N.J Alley, S. D Yambem, A. Haldar, S.A Curran, 鈥淒esign and fabrication of linear pixel arrays for organic photovoltaic modules to achieve scalable power output鈥, Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Jun 20-25, Hawaii, USA (2010)
  5. A. Haldar, S.D Yambem, K.S Liao, S.P Dillon, A.R Barron, S.A Curran, 鈥淥rganic photovoltaics using thin gold film as an alternative anode to Indium Tin Oxide鈥 Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Jun 20-25, Hawaii, USA (2010)
  6. S.A Curran, J. Glennie, J. Dewald, S. Dias, S. Yambem, N.J; Alley, A. Haldar, K-S Liao, 鈥淣ew microscale vertically oriented organic photovoltaics cells鈥, Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Jun 20-25, Hawaii, USA (2010)
  7. J. Cech, M. Kalb, S. A. Curran, D. Zhang, U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, L. Dunsch, S. Yang, S. Roth, 鈥 HRTEM and EELS investigation of the functionalized carbon nanotubes鈥, Elsevier Science, EMRS (2006)
  8. A. Avadhanula, W. Wondmagegn, M. Kandadai, D. Zhang and S. A. Curran, 鈥 New Polymer Nanotube Design from Graft Polymerization鈥, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., Kirchberg Proceedings (2005)
  9. K. Shen, S. Curran, J. Dewald and T. Pietra脽, 鈥 NMR Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes鈥, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., Kirchberg Proceedings (2005)
  10. J. L. Dewald, J. Talla, T. Pietrass and S. A. Curran, 鈥 Defect Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes鈥 H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., Kirchberg Proceedings (2005)
  11. M. A. Kandadai1, D. Zhang, J. Dewald, A. Avadhanula and S. A. Curran, 鈥 Tethering Carbon Nanotubes鈥, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., Kirchberg Proceedings (2005)
  12. V. Ellis and S. A. Curran, 鈥 Selective Thiolation of Carbon Nanotubes鈥, Proceedings of the ICSM, Wollongong Australia (2004)
  13. S.A. Curran, A.V. Ellis, S. Langley, T.J. Beveridge, M.J. Herbel, J. Switzer Blum, Ajayan, T. Sutto and R.S. Oremland, 鈥 Morphological and Spectral Studies of Selenium Nanospheres Produced by Se-Respiring Bacteria鈥, Proceedings of the ICSM, Wollongong Australia (2004)
  14. J. L. Dewald, A. V. Ellis, W. Wondmagegn and S. A. Curran, 鈥 Composite formation and Electronic Properties of gold-polymeric nanocomposite based on poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2, 5-dioctoxy-p-phenlenevinylene)鈥, Proceedings of the ICSM, Wollongong Australia (2004)
  15. 鈥 鈥, E Lahiff, AI Minett, S Curran, CY Ryu, WJ Blau, PM Ajayan, MRS Proceedings 782, A5. 11 (2003)
  16. C. St茅phan , T. P. Nguyen , S. Curran , B. Lahr , and S. Lefrant, 鈥 Characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-PMMA composites鈥, AIP Conf. Proc. 486, 466 (1999)
  17. J.N. Coleman, A.B. Dalton, S. Curran, A.P. Davey, B. McCarthy, A. Drury, H.J. Byrne, and S. Roth. 鈥 Optical and Electrical Properties of a Polymer-Nanotube Composite鈥, Electrochemical Society Proceedings Vol. 98-25. (1998)
  18. 100. 鈥, JN Coleman, S Curran, AB Dalton, AP Davey, B McCarthy, W Blau, RC Barklie, Physical Review-Section B-Condensed Matter 58 (12), R7492 (1998)
  19. 101.S. Curran, S. Roth, P. Kinlen, S. Raman, D.L. Carroll, Ph. Redlich, M. R眉hle, and P.M. Ajayan. In Molecular Nanostructures , H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 423-426 (1997)
  20. 102.D.L. Carroll, P. Kinlen, S. Raman, Ph. Redlich, M. R眉hle, X. Blase, J.-C. Charlier, S. Curran, S. Roth, and P.M. Ajayan, In Molecular Nanostructures , H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 477-481 (1997)
  21. 103.H. Jantoljak, C. Thomsen, S. Curran, S. Roth, W. Maser, C. Journet, and P. Bernier, 鈥 Raman Spectroscopy on Carbon Nanotubes鈥, In Molecular Nanostructures, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 459-462 (1997)
  22. 104.S. Roth, S. Blumentritt, M. Burghard, S. Curran, C.M. Fischer, G. D眉sberg, C. M眉ller-Schwanneke, and J. Muster. 鈥 蟺 -Conjugated Materials for Molecular Electronics鈥 In Polymers and Organic Solids, L. Shi, ed., Science Press, Beijing, 263 (1997)
  23. 105.S. Curran and S. Roth, 鈥 The Complex Nature of Fullerenes鈥 In Fullerenes and Fullerene Nanostructures, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, 3-13 (1996)
  24. 106.S. Curran, D.N. Weldon, A.P. Davey, T. Eickelkamp, W. Blau, and S. Roth, 鈥 Doping and Photoconductive Behavior Induced by C 60 in an Insulating Polymer Matrix鈥, In Fullerenes and Fullerene Nanostructures, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, 468-474 (1996)
  25. 107.T. Eickelkamp, S. Curran, and S. Roth. Electron Spin Resonance Dependent 鈥 Photoconductivity of Undoped Polycrystalline C 60 and C 70 贵颈濒尘蝉鈥, In Fullerenes and Fullerene, Nanostructures, H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, and S. Roth, eds. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, 564-568 (1996)
  26. 108.S. Curran, J. Callaghan, D. Weldon, E. Bourdin, K. Cazzini, W.J. Blau, E. Waldron, D. McGoveran, M. Delamesiere, Y. Sarazin, and C. Hogrel., Characterisation of Fullerene Schottky Diodes Electronic Properties of Fullerenes Eds. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring and S. Roth, Springer Ser. Solid State Sci. 117 427-433 (1993)

Companies Founded

  • Founder and President of (2020)
  • Founder and CEO of (2009-Current)

Selected Honors, Awards & Activities

  • (2020)
  • Silicon Valley Global Awards 2020 top fifty Irish and Irish-American executives (2020)
  • Top 10 Technologies for UCIA Advanced Manufacturing Technology Roadshow in China (2016)
  • Winner of the International Entrepreneurship Competition hosted by MANCEF at COMS 鈥榊oung Technology Award鈥 in Enschede, Netherlands (2013)
  • Winner of the Entrepreneurship Competition 鈥楪oradia Innovation Award' in Houston, (2013)
  • Member of the Global Irish Network, a 400 diaspora group made up of political, business and academic leaders around the world, selected by the Irish government to help in the economic recovery of Ireland and build links to the US (2009 鈥 2015)
  • Included in NSF鈥檚 鈥榖est of the best鈥 research nuggets for work done on organic photovoltaics (2005 鈥 2006)
  • COMS 2006 鈥 Best paper award鈥 (2006)
  • 鈥楴ew Mexico All Star in Micro and Nanotechnology鈥 (2005)
  • Represented the State of New Mexico as the scientific adviser for Governor Richardson鈥檚 international trade mission to Japan for the 13 Nation Asia-Pacific Forum (2004)
  • NAMITECH EU Scholarship for research at the CNRS, Nantes and Trinity College Dublin (1997-1999)
  • Monsanto Scholarship while at the Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart (1996)
  1. : 鈥楩ixed and portable coating apparatuses and methods鈥, Curran; Seamus, Alley; Nigel, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Haldar; Amrita (2022)
  2. : 鈥榃eather-resistant, fungal-resistant, and stain-resistant coatings and methods of applying on wood, masonry, or other porous materials鈥, Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita, Wang; Alexander (2022)
  3. : 鈥楽oil-resistant, stain-resistant fluorine-free coatings and methods of applying on materials鈥, Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita, Wang; Alexander (2021)
  4. : 鈥榁ertically stacked photovoltaic and thermal solar cell鈥, Curran; Seamus, Dias; Sampath, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Yambem; Soniya Devi, Haldar; Amrita, Alley; Nigel (2020)
  5. : 鈥楽oil-resistant, stain-resistant coatings and methods of applying on textile or other flexible materials鈥, Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita, Wang; Alexander (2020)
  6. : 鈥榃aterproof coating with nanoscopic/microscopic features and methods of making same鈥, Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita (Houston, TX), Wang; Alexander, Tatarin; Renat (2020)
  7. : Fixed and portable coating apparatuses and methods, Seamus Curran, Alley; Nigel Alley, Kang-Shyang, Liao and Amrita Haldar (2019)
  8. : Self-cleaning coatings and methods for making same; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Barton; Killian (2019)
  9. : Graphitic nanocomposites in solid state matrices and methods for making same; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Wang; Alexander (2019)
  10. : Graft polymerization initiated on graphitic nanomaterials and their nanocomposite formation; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Wang; Alexander (2019)
  11. : Vertically stacked photovoltaic and thermal solar cell; Curran; Seamus (Houston, TX), Dias; Sampath (Houston, TX), Liao; Kang-Shyang (Houston, TX), Yambem; Soniya Devi (Houston, TX), Haldar; Amrita (Houston, TX), Alley; Nigel (Houston, TX) (2019)
  12. : Multifunctional compositions and material laminates with graphitic or other nanomaterials; Curran; Seamus, Alley; Nigel, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Haldar; Amrita, McAlpin; Jennifer, McElhenny; Brian (2018)
  13. : Graphitic nanocomposites in solid state matrices and methods for making same; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Wang; Alexander (2017)
  14. : Wrapped optoelectronic devices and methods for making same; Curran; Seamus, Dias; Sampath, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita, Yambem; Soniya Devi, Kang-Shyang; Liao, Chaudhari; Prajakta (2017)
  15. : Waterproof coating with nanoscopic/microscopic features and methods of making same; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Alley; Nigel, Haldar; Amrita, Wang; Alexander, Tatarin; Renat (2017)
  16. : Graft polymerization initiated on graphitic nanomaterials and their nanocomposite formation; Curran; Seamus, Liao; Kang-Shyang, Wang; Alexander (2017)
  17. : Portable, self-sustained solar deployment; Curran; Seamus (2015)
  18. : Fiber photovoltaic devices and applications thereof; Curran; Seamus A., Carroll; David L., Dewald.; James Lee(2014)
  19. : Composites comprising biologically-synthesized nanomaterials; Curran; Seamus, Dias; Sampath, Blau; Werner, Wang; Jun, Oremland; Ronald S., Baesman; Shaun (2013)
  20. : Antennas based on a conductive polymer composite and methods for production thereof; Curran; Seamus, Talla; Jamal, Dias; Sampath (2012)
  21. : Fiber photovoltaic devices and methods for production thereof; Curran; Seamus (2012)
  22. : Thiation of carbon nanotubes and composite formation; Curran; Seamus A. (Las Cruces, NM), Ellis; Amanda V. (Kohimarama, NZ) (2010)
  23. : Embedded nanotube array sensor and method of making a nanotube polymer composite; Ajayan; Pulickel, Lahiff; Emer, Stryjek; Paul, Ryu; Chang Y, Curran; Seamus (2010)
  24. : Nanocomposite for enhanced rectification; Curran; Seamus A, Ellis; Amanda V, Wondmaqegn; Wudyalew T, Dewald; James L. (2008)
  25. : Composition; Davey; Andrew, Curran; Seamus, Blau; Werner (2003)

We are a group of scientists and engineers that have backgrounds in physics, chemistry, biology, chemical and electrical engineering. In total, as of the end of March 2025, there are 12 science and engineering students and two successful entrepreneurs in the fields of banking, energy, and material science, led by Prof. Curran. That number is expected to climb by another five researchers this summer, making it one of the largest research teams on campus.

Curran Research Group Photo

The projects the team is involved in ranges in materials science that has been developed at the nanoscale, including graphene, carbon nanotube, fullerenes, conjugated polymers (conjugated and non-conjugated), and our latest host material solgel science. The research group over the last few decades has developed over 25 patents (another three are in-process), over 100 publications, citations of close to 8,000 and an h value of 40. Included in the intellectual property are eight patents that have been licensed by industry.

Funding for the group has been from federal agencies including NSF, DOD, and DOE, while industrial/state customers include Integricote, Camden Properties, Comcast, Dallas Correctional system, over 30 Home Owner associations in the greater Houston area, New York City, 兔子先生, University of New Hampshire, and DOW. The total generated over 25 years where Prof. Curran has been PI or Co-PI has been $6 Million.

Graduate students including undergraduate, masters and Ph.D. students have found employment in the financial, energy, and semiconductor industries, as well as faculty positions in the U.S., Europe, and North Africa.

Contact Us

Contact us sacurran@uh.edu, and a team member will reach out.