Power J.D., Kavanagh P., McLaughlin G., Dowling G., Barry M., O'Brien J., et al., Forensic analysis of P2P derived amphetamine synthesis impurities: identification and characterization of indene by-products: Formation of indene derivatives during synthesis of P2P and amphetamine, Drug Testing and Analysis, 9(3) (2017) 446-452.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Dowling G., Power J.D., Twamley B, et al, Test purchase, synthesis and characterization of 3‐fluorophenmetrazine (3‐FPM) and differentiation from its ortho‐ and para‐substituted isomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 9(3) (2017) 369-77.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., Dowling G., Twamley B., et al, Synthesis, characterization and monoamine transporter activity of the new psychoactive substance mexedrone and its N‐methoxy positional isomer, N‐methoxymephedrone, Drug Testing and Analysis, 9(3) (2017) 358-68.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., Dowling G., Twamley B., et al, Analytical characterization and pharmacological evaluation of the new psychoactive substance 4‐fluoromethylphenidate (4F‐MPH) and differentiation between the (±)‐threo and (±)‐erythro diastereomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 9(3) (2017) 347-57.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., O'Brien J., Talbot B., et al, Test purchase, synthesis, and characterization of 2‐methoxydiphenidine (MXP) and differentiation from its meta‐ and para‐substituted isomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 8(1) (2016) 99-110.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., Twamley B., O'Brien J., et al., The synthesis and characterization of the ‘research chemical’N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide (3,5-AB-CHMFUPPYCA) and differentiation from its 5,3-regioisomer: Syntheses and characterization of AB-CHMFUPPYCA isomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 8(9) (2016) 920-9.
Power J.D., Kavanagh P., McLaughlin G., O'Brien J., Talbot B., Barry M., et al., Identification and characterization of an imidazolium by-product formed during the synthesis of 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone): Identification and characterization of a mephedrone synthesis impurity, Drug Testing and Analysis, 7(10) (2015) 894-902.
McLaughlin G., Morris N., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., Twamley B., O'Brien J., et al, Synthesis, characterization, and monoamine transporter activity of the new psychoactive substance 3′,4′-methylenedioxy-4-methylaminorex (MDMAR): Newly emerging psychoactive substances, Drug Testing and Analysis, 7(7) (2015) 555-64.
Power J.D., Kavanagh P., O'Brien J., Barry M., Twamley B., Talbot B., et al., Test purchase, identification and synthesis of 2-amino-1-(4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one (bk-2C-B): bk-2C-B synthesis and characterisation, Drug Testing and Analysis, 7(6) (2015) 512-8.
Wallach J., Kavanagh P.V., McLaughlin G., Morris N., Power J.D., Elliott S.P., Mercier M.S., Lodge D., Morris H., Dempster N.M., and Brandt S.D., Preparation and characterization of the ‘research chemical’ diphenidine, its pyrrolidine analogue, and their 2,2-diphenylethyl isomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 7(5) (2015) 358-367.
Kavanagh P.V. and Power J.D., New psychoactive substances legislation in Ireland - Perspectives from academia, Drug Testing and Analysis, 6(7-8) (2014) 884-91.
Brandt S.D., Baumann M.H., Partilla J.S., Kavanagh P.V., Power J.D., Talbot B., Twamley B., Mahony O., O'Brien J., Elliott S.P., Archer R.P., Patrick J., Singh K., Dempster N.M and Cosbey S.H., Characterization of a novel and potentially lethal designer drug (±)-cis-para-methyl-4- methylaminorex (4,4'-DMAR, or 'Serotoni'), Drug Testing and Analysis, 6(7-8) (2014) 684-95.
Power J.D., Scott K.R., Gardner E.A., Curran McAteer B.M., O'Brien J.E., Brehon M., Talbot B. and Kavanagh P.V., The syntheses, characterization and in vitro metabolism of nitracaine, methoxypiperamide and mephtetramine, Drug Testing and Analysis, 6(7-8) (2014) 668-75.
Power J.D., Barry M.G., Scott K.R. and Kavanagh P.V., An unusual presentation of a customs importation seizure containing amphetamine, possibly synthesized by the APAAN-P2P-Leuckart route, Forensic Sci. Int., 234(C) (2014) e10.
Scott K.R., Power J.D., McDermott S.D., O'Brien J.E., Talbot B.N., Barry M.G., et al, Identification of (2-aminopropyl)indole positional isomers in forensic samples: API isomers, Drug Testing and Analysis, 6(7-8) (2014) 598-606.
Power J.D., O'Brien J., Talbot B., Barry M. and Kavanagh P., The identification of an impurity product, 4,6-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyridin-2-one in an amphetamine importation seizure, a potential route specific by-product for amphetamine synthesized by the APAAN to P2P, Leuckart route, Forensic Sci. Int., 241 (2014) e13.
Boyle M., Carroll L., Clarke K., Clarke P., Coyle H.J., English H., Goff M., Kane E., Killoran S. and O’Connor K., What's the deal? Trends in Irish street‐level heroin and cocaine 2010‐2012, Drug Testing and Analysis, 6(9) (2014) 953-8.
Kavanagh P., O'Brien J., Power J.D., Talbot B. and McDermott S.D., ‘Smoking’ mephedrone: The identification of the pyrolysis products of 4‐methylmethcathinone hydrochloride, Drug Testing and Analysis, 5(5) (2013) 291-305.
Kavanagh P., Angelov D., O'Brien J., Power J.D., McDermott S.D., Talbot B., et al, The synthesis and characterization N‐methyl‐3‐phenyl‐norbornan‐2‐amine (Camfetamine™), Drug Testing and Analysis, 5(4) (2013) 247-53.
Power J.D., Clarke K., McDermott S.D., McGlynn P., Barry M., White C., et al, The identification of 4-methylamphetamine and its synthesis by-products in forensic samples, Forensic Sci. Int., 228(1-3) (2013) 115.
Power J.D., McDermott S.D., Talbot B., O'Brien J.E., Kavanagh P., The analysis of amphetamine-like cathinone derivatives using positive electrospray ionization with in-source collision-induced dissociation: Analysis of amphetamine-like cathinone derivatives, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(22) (2012) 2601-11.
Kavanagh P., Angelov D., O'Brien J., Fox J., O'Donnell C., Christie R., Power J.D., et al, The syntheses and characterization 3β‐(4‐fluorobenzoyloxy)tropane (fluorotropacocaine) and its 3α isomer, Drug Testing and Analysis, 4(1) (2012) 33-8.
Kavanagh P., O’Brien J., Fox J., O’Donnell C., Christie R., Power J.D., et al, The analysis of substituted cathinones. Part 3. Synthesis and characterisation of 2,3-methylenedioxy substituted cathinones, Forensic Sci. Int., 216(1-3) (2012) 19-28.
McDermott S.D., Power J.D., Kavanagh P., O'Brien J., The analysis of substituted cathinones. Part 2: An investigation into the phenylacetone based isomers of 4-methylmethcathinone and N-ethylcathinone, Forensic Sci. Int., 212(1-3) (2011)13.
Power J.D., McGlynn P., Clarke K., McDermott S.D., Kavanagh P. and O’Brien J., The analysis of substituted cathinones, Part 1: chemical analysis of 2-, 3- and 4- methylmethcathinone, Forensic Sci. Int., 212(1) (2011) 6-12.
Breslin D., Campbell S., Carroll L., Clarke K., Clarke P., English H., Giblin M., Goff M., Killoran S., O'Connor K. and Power J., The Rise and Fall of Designer Drugs. The Forensic Science Society Summer Conference, 2-3 July 2010, Belfast. (Poster)
McDermott S.D. and Power J.D., Drug smuggling using clothing impregnated with cocaine, J. Forensic Sci., 50(6) (2005) 1423-1425.
Hennessey S.A., Moane S.M. and McDermott S.D., The reactivity of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) in alcohol solutions, J. Forensic Sci., 49(6) (2004) 1220-1229.
Buchanan B.E. and O'Connell D., Survey on cannabis resin and cannabis in unsmoked handrolled cigarettes seized in the Republic of Ireland, Science and Justice, 38(4) (1998) 221-224.