Research project

POLYMAT

Research groups:

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis
Lead researcher:

Emeritus Professor Alun Vaughan
Other researchers:

Professor Richard Brown
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Emeritus Professor Alun Vaughan

Connect with Alun

Email: asv@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

Organic synthesis
Total synthesis of natural products
Asymmetric synthesis

Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Brown@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group is part of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Our expertise ranges from nanoscale insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation: from nanometres to megavolts.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Aryl-aryl cross-coupling reactions without reagents or catalysts: photocyclization of ortho-Iodoaryl ethers and related compounds via triplet aryl cation intermediates

David C. Harrowven, Wei Sun, Richard C.D. Brown & Luke Wilding-Steele, 2023, ChemComm, 59(72), 10797-10800

DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03271J

Type: article

Electrical conductivity of waxes as model systems for polyethylene: role of water

Ian Hosier, Alun Vaughan & Nick Quirke, 2020, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(22)

DOI: 10.1002/app.48765

Type: article

Electrical conductivity and moisture uptake studies of low density polyethylene octylnanosilica composite

Suvi Virtanen, Alun Vaughan, Nick Quirke & Fernan Saiz, 2017

Type: conference