Dr. F. A. (Tony) Deeney

Senior Lecturer (Emeritus)
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland

Phone:+353-21-4902468
Fax : +353-21-4276949
Email:f.a.deeney@ucc.ie

Teaching Interests

• Quantum Mechanics
• Classical Mechanics

Research Interests

• Zero Point Energy and the Anomalous Properties of Liquids
• Foundations of Gauge Theory
• Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Current Research Areas

• Studies of the foundations of Zero Point Energy
• The Density Maximum Anomalies in Liquid He4 and in Water
• Magnetism in Electrodeposited Iron and Iron Alloys
• Applications in Inorganic and Material Chemistry Involving Iron and Europium

Recent Publications (2006 -)

• 'The effects of quantum zero point energy fluctuations on the variation with concentration of the maximum density temperatures in water-alcohol solutions' Chem. Phys. Letts. (2008) (in press) (with J. P. O’Leary, B. Cronin and D. M. O’Leary )
• 'A rapid method for measuring maximum density temperatures in water and aqueous solutions for the study of quantum zero point energy effects in these liquids' Eur. J. Phys. 29 871-877 (2008) (with J. P. O'Leary)
• 'Zero point energy and the origin of the density maximum in water' Phys. Letts. A 372 1551-1554 (2008) (with J. P. O'Leary)
• 'The Density Maximum in Liquid He⁴ and its Relationship to the Lambda Point' Phys. Letts. A 358 (2006) 53 - 56 (with J. P. O'Leary and P. O'Sullivan)

Mössbauer Publications

• 'Characterisation of various Jamaican bauxite ores by quantitative Rietveld X-Ray powder and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy' Submitted to Int.l J. of Mineral Processing (with L.J. Kirwan, G. M. Croke and K. Hodnett) (2008)
• 'Iron oxide nanoparticle impregnated mesoporous silicas as platforms for the growth of carbon nanotubes' Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 103 (2007) 142-149 (with D. Barreca, W.J. Blau, G.M. Croke, F.C. Dillon, J.D. Holmes, C. Kufazvinei, M.A. Morris, T.R. Spalding and E. Tondello)
• 'Photonic band gap thin films from mesoporous silica spheres acting as receptacles for species yielding added functionality' Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications 5 (2007) 91-95 (with F.C. Dillon, A. O'Mahony, I.M. Povey, M. Bardosova and M.E. Pemble)