Research
Find out about the research conducted by the Dawson group at The University of Sheffield
Publications
Publications by the Dawson group can be found here.
News
December, 2021
New Paper in Catalysis Science and Technology
Heterogenisation of a carbonylation catalyst on dispersible microporous polymer particles.
November, 2021
Welcome Jiaqi!
Jaiqi Zhou joins the group as a PhD student.
Contact
Dr. Rob Dawson
Lecturer in Polymer Chemisty
Department of Chemistry
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, S3 7HF
Research Areas
Microporous Polmyers
Carbon Capture and Utilisation
Heterogeneous Catalysis
November, 2021
PhD position available
A PhD position starting in October 2022 is available. Deadline 7th January 2022. UK fees only.. More information
May, 2021
Congratulations to Supakorn
Supakorn has sucessfully defended his PhD viva. Well done!
March, 2021
New Paper in Materials.
A Pressure Swing appraoch to carbon dioxide capture using hyper-crosslinked polymers
July, 2020
New Paper in ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.
Supakorn's first 1st author paper is out detailing the use of dye containing CMPs for bio-diesel production
May, 2020
New Paper in Macromol. Rapid Commun.
Our latest paper is out describing White Light Emission using Dispersible Microporous Polymers
Feb, 2020
New Paper in J. Mater Chem. A
Our latest paper is out on calcium loaded hypercrosslinked polymers for fluoride removal
Jan, 2020
Congtatulations to Alex who has passed his viva!
July, 2019
Alex wins prize for best talk
Alex James wins the best talk prize at the 4th UK Porous Materials Conference Cardiff
June, 2019
New Paper in Polym. Chem.
Our latest paper is out in Polymer Chemistry describing the synthesis of dispersible microporous polymers
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00596J
May, 2019
New Paper in ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces.
Our latest paper is out in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces on the uptake of Sr and Cs by microporous polymers
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April, 2019
New Group Member
Shaobo Du joins the group.
Summer, 2018
Group Trip
The group visited the Alpaca Farm and then hiked to Stanage Edge in the Peak District.
Oct, 2017
New Group Members
Xuefeng Qi joins the group as a PhD student. Josh Lawlor, Michael Harris and Lewis Peattie joins as MChem students, and Jake Reynolds and Yu-Ting Chen join as MSc students.
March, 2017
New Paper in Chem. Commun.
Our latest paper is out in Chemical Communications looking at the separation of gases in coordination cages
DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01959A
March, 2017
Nobel Prize winner visits Sheffield
The lastest winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry visited the Department of Chemistry where he grilled PhD student Alex James on his current research.
Feb, 2017
China
Dr Dawson, was out in China again teaching students from Nanjing Tech. He also made visits to speak to potential Master's students and visited a High School to get pupils interested in studying science
Dec, 2016
New Paper
Latest paper available on Mechanical characterisation of PIM-1
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-0647-4
Oct, 2016
New Group Members!
Alex James has joined the group as a PhD student, while James Bezzina and Thomas Robshaw both are based in Chemical and Biological Engineering also join the group on joint projects.
Jasmine Lightfoot and Jacob Smith join the group for their MChem research projects
Oct, 2016
Mandi, India
Dr. Dawson talks the Newton Fund Workshop on Advanced Matierials for Energy, Health and Sustainability
July, 2016
Xi'an, China
Dr. Dawson talks the Newton Fund Workshop on Energy and Environment in Xi'an China
June, 2016
Ichraq Bouamama joins the group as an ERASMUS+ summer student from INSA Rouen, France
March, 2016
Nanjing, China.
Dr. Dawson recently visited Nanjing Universty of Science and Technology to teach 54 students studying on a joint course with the Universty of Sheffield.
February, 2016
Yumei Zhu (May) joins the Dawson group as a MSc project student
November, 2015
Dr. Rob Dawson has started a new position as a Lecturer in Polymer Chemistry at the University of Sheffield
