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Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers (2025)
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Starck, M., Fiandra, E. F., Binks, J., Si, G., Chilton, R., Sivik, M., Thompson, R. L., Li, J., Wilson, M. R., & Mahon, C. S. (2025). Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers. JACS Au, 5(2), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00908

Soil-release polymers (SRPs) are important components of fabric care formulations, performing important roles in the cleaning of synthetic fabrics. SRPs modify the surface of textiles and render materials resistant to staining, while offering environ... Read More about Surface Modification of Polyesters Using Biosourced Soil-Release Polymers.

Control Strategies for Solution‐Processed ZTO‐Based Thin‐Film Transistors Tailored Toward Volatile Organic Compound Detection (2025)
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Miller, L. R., Miller, L. R., Galán‐González, A., Galán-González, A., Nicholson, B., Bowen, L., Monier, G., Borthwick, R. J., Borthwick, R. J., White, F., Saeed, M., Thompson, R. L., Thompson, R. L., Robert‐Goumet, C., Robert-Goumet, C., Atkinson, D., Zeze, D. A., Chaudhry, M. U., Souop, M., & Bideux, L. (online). Control Strategies for Solution‐Processed ZTO‐Based Thin‐Film Transistors Tailored Toward Volatile Organic Compound Detection. Advanced Electronic Materials, Article 2400810. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400810

A breakthrough in the fabrication of amorphous Zn‐Sn‐O (ZTO)‐based thin‐film transistors (TFTs) is presented for volatile organic compound (VOC) detection. The incorporation of highly abundant materials offers substantial economic and environmental b... Read More about Control Strategies for Solution‐Processed ZTO‐Based Thin‐Film Transistors Tailored Toward Volatile Organic Compound Detection.

Reinforcement of GO composites using rigid and flexible crosslinkers (2025)
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Kaur, P., Bowen, L., Hutchings, L. R., Chaudhry, M. U., Pugh, T., & Thompson, R. L. (2025). Reinforcement of GO composites using rigid and flexible crosslinkers. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 709, Article 136156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.136156

Crosslinkers are important for graphene oxide (GO) plates in filtration applications because they help to define and maintain the integrity of the nanoscale structure. GO platelets were dispersed in aqueous solution and crosslinked using a simple “on... Read More about Reinforcement of GO composites using rigid and flexible crosslinkers.

Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS (2024)
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Tiihonen, L. V., Weir, M. P., Parnell, A. J., Boothroyd, S. C., Johnson, D. W., Dalgliesh, R. M., Bleuel, M., Duif, C. P., Bouwman, W. G., Thompson, R. L., Coleman, K. S., Clarke, N., Hamilton, W. A., Washington, A. L., & Parnell, S. R. (2024). Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS. Soft Matter, 20(43), 8663-8674. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm00578c

We have used spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering (SESANS) to probe the hierarchy of structures present in polymer–carbon nanocomposites, with length scales spanning over three orders of magnitude, from 10 nm to 16 μm. The data processing and red... Read More about Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS.

Nanostructured Channel for Improving Emission Efficiency of Hybrid Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors (2023)
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Galán-González, A., Pander, P., MacKenzie, R. C. I., Bowen, L., Zeze, D. A., Borthwick, R. J., …Chaudhry, M. U. (2023). Nanostructured Channel for Improving Emission Efficiency of Hybrid Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Photonics, 10(12), 4315-4321. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01080

We report on the mechanism of enhancing the luminance and external quantum efficiency (EQE) by developing nanostructured channels in hybrid (organic/inorganic) light-emitting transistors (HLETs) that combine a solution-processed oxide and a polymer h... Read More about Nanostructured Channel for Improving Emission Efficiency of Hybrid Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors.

The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces (2022)
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Bannister, C., Guy, A., Mihaylova, R., Orgill, J., Burg, S. L., Parnell, A., & Thompson, R. L. (2022). The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces. RSC Advances, 12(44), 28746-28754. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra05067f

The surface properties of epoxy resin coatings influence their function as substrates for subsequent coats. Variation in ambient cure conditions (temperature and relative humidity, RH), stoichiometry (ratio of epoxy: amine) and delay time between epo... Read More about The influence of ambient cure chemistry and stoichiometry on epoxy coating surfaces.

Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface? (2022)
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Szablewski, M., Thompson, R. L., & Pålsson, L.-O. (2022). Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface?. Molecules, 27(12), Article 3893. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123893

Novel fluorescent Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been constructed from three different amphiphilic dicynaoquinodimethanes (DADQs). The DADQs varied in functional group structure, which had an impact on the LB film structure and the fluorescence pr... Read More about Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface?.

Tuning the Bulk and Surface Properties of PDMS Networks through Cross-Linker and Surfactant Concentration (2021)
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Litwinowicz, M., Rogers, S., Caruana, A., Kinane, C., Tellam, J., & Thompson, R. (2021). Tuning the Bulk and Surface Properties of PDMS Networks through Cross-Linker and Surfactant Concentration. Macromolecules, 54(20), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01600

The elastic modulus and hydrophilicity of cross-linked poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) are tunable via cross-linker concentration and the addition of a simple surfactant, C12E4, before curing. However, the surfactant concentration, [C12E4], reduces the... Read More about Tuning the Bulk and Surface Properties of PDMS Networks through Cross-Linker and Surfactant Concentration.

Water-Resistant Surface Modification of Hydrophobic Polymers with Water-Soluble Surfactant Additives (2021)
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Gibson, C. P., Litwinowicz, M. A., Tellam, J. P., Welbourn, R. J., Skoda, M. W., Claussen, J., & Thompson, R. L. (2021). Water-Resistant Surface Modification of Hydrophobic Polymers with Water-Soluble Surfactant Additives. Polymers, 13(19), Article 3407. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193407

Water-soluble nonionic surfactant, pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether, C12E5 , spontaneously blooms to the surface of spin-cast hydrophobic polyisoprenes, generating hydrophilic surfaces. This system provides a simple model for hydrophilic chemic... Read More about Water-Resistant Surface Modification of Hydrophobic Polymers with Water-Soluble Surfactant Additives.

Synthesis and characterisation of a mussel-inspired hydrogel film coating for biosensors (2021)
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Millican, J. M., Bittrich, E., Caspari, A., Pöschel, K., Drechsler, A., Freudenberg, U., Ryan, T. G., Thompson, R. L., Pospiech, D., & Hutchings, L. R. (2021). Synthesis and characterisation of a mussel-inspired hydrogel film coating for biosensors. European Polymer Journal, 153, Article 110503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110503

Mussel-inspired, catechol-containing monomers are being increasingly utilised to design versatile, adhesive, functional copolymers. This work reports the synthesis and detailed characterisation of a novel terpolymer comprising dopamine methacrylamide... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of a mussel-inspired hydrogel film coating for biosensors.