My main field of interest is using synthetic chemistry to prepare novel macromolecular materials, with a particular focus on the unique properties from incorporating inorganic moieties (P, Si, B, and transition metals) in macromolecules. While even nature makes use of inorganic polymers, for example, DNA phosphorus backbone, the possibilities of inorganic polymers remain to be fully exploited in the world of synthetic polymeric materials. While our focus is on fundamentally novel synthetic materials, with applications ranging from degradable drug carriers and nanomotors through to photolithography, we are also conducting a number of industrially funded research projects into high performance materials. Parallel to this I am cofounder and CSO of a multi prize winning spin-out company NP Life Science Technologies, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster for the commercialization of degradable polyphosphazenes, which licenses patented materials developed in our research laboratory.

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Bottle-brush polymers Chem Eur J 2020, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster and Macro Rapid Comm 2016, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

Photocleavable polymers Chem Eur J 2019, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster and Angew. Chem. In. Ed. 2017, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

Biodegradable polymers ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster and ACS Macro Lett. 2017, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

Polyphosphazenes Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 5200, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster and Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2014, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

Stimuli responsive polymers Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2019, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster.and Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

Polymer therapeutics Chem Eur J 2017, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster and Dalton. Trans. 2017, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster