Dr Steve Rimmer

(Department of Chemistry)

Research interests: Synthesis of telechelic oligomers using techniques including living radical/ cationic polymerizations and by chain cleavage. Synthesis of new functional block and grsft copolymers and highly branched polymers. Smart materials that act as drug delivery agents & protein purification phases, artificial antibodies that recognise analytes in queous solution & synthesis of functional polymers for tissue engineering. Much work is aimed at producing improved drug delivery and tissue engineering systems.Current work involves synthesis of polymers that can support catalysts & reagents. Synthesis and properties of functional and reactive polymers. Development of polymers with both chemical & biological functionality. The retention or addition of functionality within polymers forms the basis for many high value added materials; including those proposed in the fields of nano & biotechnonology Polymer mass spectrometry - MALDI-TOF and electrospray mass spectrometry of polymer and oligomer systems.

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