研究领域

Materials/Physical/Synthesis

Our research interests include the synthesis of functional nanosystems, controlled polymer architectures and dynamic supramolecular assemblies through molecular recognition processes. The underlying theme of our research lies at the interface between synthetic organic efforts on small molecules and macroscopic properties at the materials level, developing a macro-organic approach to chemistry. Dynamic supramolecular self-assembly of materials will be an area of great importance in the coming years, allowing for innovations in nanotechnology and at the biological and chemical interfaces. We are particularly interested in exploring topics such as water-soluble and stimuli-responsive materials, template and imprinting technologies of functional polymers for use in chiral separations and enantioselective catalysis, and controlling material morphologies and architectures both in solution and in the solid state through rational design and a multi-step, hierarchical self-assembly process.

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A facile method for the stain-free visualization of hierarchical structures with electron microscopy PE Williams, EA Appel, ST Jones, JD Barrio, Y Lan, OA Scherman – Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2015) 53, 842 (DOI: 10.1002/pola.27517) Simple fluorinated moiety insertion on Aβ 16-23 peptide for stain-free TEM imaging. S Sonzini, ST Jones, Z Walsh, OA Scherman – Analyst (2015) (DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02278E) Surface-immobilised micelles via cucurbit[8]uril-rotaxanes for solvent-induced burst release. C Hu, Y Zheng, Z Yu, C Abell, OA Scherman – Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2015) 51, 4858 (DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00121h) Synthesis of conducting polymer-metal nanoparticle hybrids exploiting RAFT polymerization PE Williams, ST Jones, Z Walsh, EA Appel, EK Abo-Hamed, OA Scherman – ACS Macro Letters (2015) 4, 255 (DOI: 10.1021/mz500645c) Gold-oxoborate nanocomposites and their biomedical applications. K Wybrańska, J Paczesny, K Serejko, K Sura, K Włodyga, I Dzięcielewski, ST Jones, A Śliwa, I Wybrańska, R Hołyst, OA Scherman, M Fiałkowski – ACS Appl Mater Interfaces (2015) 7, 3931 (DOI: 10.1021/am508979y) A facile method for the stain-free visualization of hierarchical structures with electron microscopy PE Williams, EA Appel, ST Jones, JD Barrio, Y Lan, OA Scherman – Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2015) n/a (DOI: 10.1002/pola.27517) The control of cargo release from physically crosslinked hydrogels by crosslink dynamics EA Appel, RA Forster, MJ Rowland, OA Scherman – Biomaterials (2014) 35, 9897 (DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.08.001) Multifunctional supramolecular polymer networks as next-generation consolidants for archaeological wood conservation Z Walsh, ER Janeček, JT Hodgkinson, J Sedlmair, A Koutsioubas, DR Spring, M Welch, CJ Hirschmugl, C Toprakcioglu, JR Nitschke, M Jones, OA Scherman – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2014) 111, 17743 (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406037111) Facile method for preparing surface-mounted cucurbit[8]uril-based rotaxanes. C Hu, Y Lan, F Tian, KR West, OA Scherman – Langmuir (2014) 30, 10926 (DOI: 10.1021/la5026125) Gold Nanorods with Sub-Nanometer Separation using Cucurbit[n]uril for SERS Applications ST Jones, RW Taylor, R Esteban, EK Abo-Hamed, PH Bomans, NA Sommerdijk, J Aizpurua, JJ Baumberg, OA Scherman – Small (2014) 10, n/a (DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401063) Activation Energies Control the Macroscopic Properties of Physically Cross-Linked Materials EA Appel, RA Forster, A Koutsioubas, C Toprakcioglu, OA Scherman – Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2014) 53, 10038 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403192) Temperature- and Voltage-Induced Ligand Rearrangement of a Dynamic Electroluminescent Metallopolymer D Asil, JA Foster, A Patra, X de Hatten, J del Barrio, OA Scherman, JR Nitschke, RH Friend – Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2014) 53, 8388 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404186) Efficient Host–Guest Energy Transfer in Polycationic Cyclophane–Perylene Diimide Complexes in Water ST Ryan, J Del Barrio, I Ghosh, F Biedermann, AI Lazar, Y Lan, RJ Coulston, WM Nau, OA Scherman – Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014) 136, 9053 (DOI: 10.1021/ja5032437) Supramolecular colloidosomes: Fabrication, characterisation and triggered release of cargo G Stephenson, RM Parker, Y Lan, Z Yu, OA Scherman, C Abell – Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2014) 50, 7048 (DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01479k) Highly Active Metastable Ruthenium Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Production through the Catalytic Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane EK Abo-Hamed, T Pennycook, Y Vaynzof, C Toprakcioglu, A Koutsioubas, OA Scherman – Small (2014) 10, 3145 (DOI: 10.1002/smll.201303507) Supramolecular Chemistry at Interfaces: Host-Guest Interactions for Fabricating Multifunctional Biointerfaces H Yang, B Yuan, X Zhang, OA Scherman – Accounts of Chemical Research (2014) 47, 2106 (DOI: 10.1021/ar500105t) Functionalization of nanocelluloses by supramolecular units for advanced properties O Ikkala, JR Mckee, E Kontturi, M Karesoja, EA Appel, OA Scherman – ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2014) 247 GLUING GELS A nanoparticle solution EA Appel, OA Scherman – Nature materials (2014) 13, 231 (DOI: 10.1038/nmat3893) Supramolecular polymeric peptide amphiphile vesicles for the encapsulation of basic fibroblast growth factor XJ Loh, J del Barrio, TC Lee, OA Scherman – Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2014) 50, 3033 (DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49074b) Photoresponsive hybrid raspberry-like colloids based on cucurbit[8]uril host-guest interactions. Y Lan, Y Wu, A Karas, OA Scherman – Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2014) 53, 2166 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309204)