Topham, Paul - Aston University - School of Engineering & Applied Science

个人简介

Dr. Topham joined the Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry subject group as Aston in August 2008 as a Lecturer in Chemistry, became a Senior Lecturer in August 2012 and a Reader in Polymer Chemistry in August 2013. He is the Director of the Aston Materials Centre (AMC), Guest Professor at the South China Univeristy of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, P.R. China, Secretary of the IUPAC Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology (SPT) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Following the completion of a PhD in 2006 with Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, he undertook a post-doctoral research position working for Unilever, under the supervision of Professor Steve Armes.

研究领域

Dr Topham’s research focuses on the synthesis, development and application of well-defined polymer systems, including “smart” polymers, biocompatible and biodegradable materials and tethered polymer brushes, within the Aston Materials Centre (AMC) at Aston University. Controlled polymerisation techniques are combined with synthetic organic chemistry to fabricate novel (co)polymers, which display varying phenomena, depending on the material itself and the environment in which it is placed. Characterisation techniques of their nanoscale behaviour involve x-ray scattering and neutron reflectivity amongst more traditional methods. Current research interests include organic solar cells, rubber technology, electrospinning, microphase separation, click chemistry, tissue engineering, cell therapy, drug delivery, polymer fibres and water purification.

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Toolan, DTW, Isakova, A, Hodgkinson, R, Reeves-McLaren, N, Hammond, OS, Edler, KJ, Briscoe, WH, Arnold, T, Gough, T, Topham, PD & Howse, JR 2016, 'Insights into the influence of solvent polarity on the crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) spin-coated thin films via in situ grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering' Macromolecules, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 4579–4586,10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00312 Topham, PD, Berry, K, Liu, M, Chakraborty, K, Pullan, N, West, A & Sammon, C 2016, 'Mechanismus der CR-Vernetzung mit Ethylenthio-harnstoff und Zinkoxid' Gummi, Fasern, Kunststoffe, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 290-300. Desai, HJ, Acheampong, DO, Hudson, R, Lacey, R, Stanley, C, Turner, H, Whitmore, H, Torry, S, Golding, P, Erothu, H & Topham, P 2016, 'Facile synthesis and proposed mechanism of a,?-oxetanyl-telechelic poly(3-nitratomethyl-3-methyl oxetane) by an SN2(i) nitrato displacement method in basic media' Journal of Energetic Materials, vol. Latest addition,10.1080/07370652.2016.1164262 Efremova, OA, Brylev, KA, Vorotnikov, YA, Vejsadová, L, Shestopalov, MA, Chimonides, GF, Mikes, P, Topham, P, Kim, S-J, Kitamura, N & Sutherland, AJ 2016, 'Photoluminescent materials based on PMMA and a highly-emissive octahedral molybdenum metal cluster complex' Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 497-503,10.1039/C5TC03204K Isakova, A, Efremova, O, Pullan, N, Lüer, L & Topham, PD 2016, 'Design, synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of a quinoline-based monomer for use in metal-binding composite microfibres' RSC advances, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 6598–6606,10.1039/C5RA25551A Isakova, A, Efremova, O, Pullan, N, Lüer, L & Topham, PD 2016, ' Design, synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of a quinoline-based monomer for use in metal-binding composite microfibers ' RSC advances , vol 6, no. 8, pp. 6598-6606., 10.1039/c5ra25551a Ruengde, S, Siripitayananon, J, Molloy, R, Somsunan, R, Topham, PD & Tighe, BJ 2016, 'Preparation of a poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) copolymer using a novel tin(II) alkoxide initiator and its fiber processing for potential use as an absorbable monofilament surgical suture' International Journal of Polymeric Materials, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 277-284,10.1080/00914037.2015.1119683 Suthapakti, K, Molloy, R, Punyodom, W, Nalampang, K, Leejarkpai, T, Topham, PD & Tighe, BJ 2015, 'Preparation and property testing of compatibilized poly(l-lactide)/thermoplastic polyurethane blends' Macromolecular Symposia, vol. 354, no. 1, pp. 299-304,10.1002/masy.201400057 Fraga Domínguez, I, Kolomanska, J, Johnston, P, Rivaton, A & Topham, PD 2015, 'Controlled synthesis of poly(neopentylp-styrene sulfonate) via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation' Polymer International, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 621-630,10.1002/pi.4840 Erothu, H, Kolomanska, J, Johnston, P, Schumann, S, Deribew, D, Toolan, DTW, Gregori, A, Dagron-Lartigau, C, Portale, G, Bras, W, Arnold, T, Distler, A, Hiorns, RC, Mokarian-Tabari, P, Collins, TW, Howse, JR & Topham, PD 2015, 'Synthesis, thermal processing, and thin film morphology of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) block copolymers' Macromolecules, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 2107-2117,10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00213 Berry, K, Liu, M, Chakraborty, K, Pullan, N, West, A, Sammon, C & Topham, PD 2015, 'Mechanism for cross-linking polychloroprene with ethylene thiourea and zinc oxide' Rubber chemistry and technology, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 80-97,10.5254/rct.14.85986 Domínguez, IF, Topham, PD, Bussière, PO, Bégué, D & Rivaton, A 2015, 'Unravelling the photodegradation mechanisms of a low bandgap polymer by combining experimental and modeling approaches' Journal of Physical Chemistry: Part C, vol. 119, no. 4, pp. 2166-2176,10.1021/jp5103065 Kolomanska, J, Johnston, P, Gregori, A, Fraga Dominguez, I, Egelhaaf, H-J, Perrier, S, Rivaton, A, Dagron-Lartigau, C & Topham, P 2015, 'Design, synthesis and thermal behaviour of a series of well-defined clickable and triggerable sulfonate polymers' RSC advances, vol. 5, no. 82, pp. 66554-66562,10.1039/C5RA13867A Wang, L, Topham, PD, Mykhaylyk, OO, Yu, H, Ryan, AJ, Fairclough, JPA & Bras, W 2015, 'Self-assembly-driven electrospinning: the transition from fibers to intact beaded morphologies' Macromolecular rapid communications, vol. Early view,10.1002/marc.201500149 Isakova, A, Topham, PD & Sutherland, AJ 2014, 'Controlled RAFT polymerization and zinc binding performance of catechol-inspired homopolymers' Macromolecules, vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 2561-2568,10.1021/ma500336u Ruengdechawiwat, S, Somsunan, R, Molloy, R, Siripitayananon, J, Franklin, VJ, Topham, PD & Tighe, BJ 2014, 'Controlled synthesis and processing of a poly(L-lactide-co-e-caprolactone) copolymer for biomedical use as an absorbable monofilament surgical suture' . in Z Guo & J Xu (eds),Advanced Materials Research IV.Advanced materials research, vol. 894, Scientific.net, pp. 172-176, 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research, Macau, China, 22-23 January,10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.894.172 Ross, S, Topham, PD & Tighe, BJ 2014, 'Identification of optically clear regions of ternary polymer blends using a novel rapid screening method' Polymer International, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 44-51,10.1002/pi.4512 Toolan, DTW, Pullan, N, Harvey, MJ, Topham, PD & Howse, JR 2013, 'In situ studies of phase separation and crystallization directed by Marangoni instabilities during spin-coating' Advanced Materials, vol. 25, no. 48, pp. 7033-7037,10.1002/adma.201302657 Chimonides, GF, Sohdi, AA, Khaleghi, MR, Hurley, CR, Adams, DJ & Topham, PD 2013, 'Facile synthesis of polymer-peptide conjugates via direct amino acid coupling chemistry' Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 22, pp. 4853-4859,10.1002/pola.26913 Erothu, H, Sohdi, A, Kumar, AC, Sutherland, A, Dagron-Lartigau, C, Allal, A, Hiorns, R & Topham, P 2013, 'Facile synthesis of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) copolymersviaSteglich esterification' Polymer Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 13, pp. 3652-3655,10.1039/c3py00505d