Publications
39. Adsorption studies of a multi-metal system within acetate media, with a view to sustainable phosphate recovery from sewage sludge, J.P. Bezzina, T.J Robshaw, A.J. Canner, R. Dawson M.D. Ogden, J. Environ. Manange., 2022, 324, 116279 link
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38. Heterogenisation of a carbonylation catalyst on dispersible microporous polymer nanoparticles, S.A. Ivko, A.M. James, M.J. Derry, R. Dawson, A. Haynes, Cat. Sci. Tech., 2022, 12, 664-673 link
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37. A Pressure Swing Approach to Selective CO2 Sequestration Using Functionalized Hypercrosslinked Polymers, A.M. James, J. Reynolds, D.G. Reed, P. Styring, R. Dawson, Materials, 2021, 14, 1605 link
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36. Water-Gated Transistor Using Ion Exchange Resin for Potentiometric Fluoride Sensing, Z. Alqahtani, N. Alghamdi, T.J. Robshaw, R. Dawson, M.D. Ogden, A. Buckely, M. Grell, Micromachines, 2020, 11, 923 link
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35. Acid functionalized conjugated microporous polymers as a reusable catalyst for biodiesel production, S. Tantisriyuanurak, H.N. Duguid, L. Peattie, R. Dawson, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2020, 2, 3908-3915 link
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34. Efficient and Tunable White-Light Emission Using a Dispersible Porous Polymer, A.M James, R. Dawson, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2020, 41, 2000176 link
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33. Porous Silica-Pillared MXenes with Controllable Interlayer Distances for Long-life Na-ion Batteries, P.A. Maughan, V.R. Seymour, R. Bernardo-Gavito, D.J. Kelly, S. Shao, S. Tantisriyanurak, R. Dawson, S.J. Haigh, R.J. Young, N. Tapia-Ruiz, N. Bimbo, Langmuir, 2020, 36, 4370-4382 link
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32. Single metal isotherm study of the ion exchange removal of Cu(II), Fe(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) from synthetic acetic acid leachate, J.P. Bezzina, T. Robshaw, R. Dawson, M.D. Ogden, Chem. Eng. J., 2020, 394, 124862 link
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31. Development of a Combined Leaching and Ion-Exchange System for Valorisation of Spent Potlining Waste, T. Robshaw, K. Bonser, G. Coxhill, R. Dawson, M.D. Ogden, Waste Biomass Valor, 2020, link
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30. Calcium-loaded hydrophilic hypercrosslinked polymers for extremely high defluoridation capacity via multiple uptake mechanisms, T.J. Robshaw, A.M. James, J. Reynolds, D. Hammond, R. Dawson and M. Ogden, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 7130-7144 link
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29. Dispersible Microporous Di-block Co-Polymer Nanoparticles via Polymerisation-Induced Self-Assembly, A. James, M. Derry, J. S. Train, R. Dawson, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 3879-3886 link
28. Selective Environmental Remediation of Strontium and Cesium Using Sulfonated Hypercrosslinked Polymers (SHCPs), A.M. James, S. Harding, T. Robshaw, N. Bramall, M.D. Ogden, R. Dawson, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2019, 11, 22464-22473 link
27. Ion exchange removal of Cu(II), Fe(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) from acid extracted sewage sludge – Resin screening in weak acid media, J.P. Bezzina, L.R. Ruder, R. Dawson, M.D. Ogden, Water. Res., 2019, 158, 257-267 link
26. Towards the implementation of an ion-exchange system for recovery of fluoride commodity chemicals. Kinetic and dynamic studies, T. Robshaw, R. Dawson, K. Bonser, M. Ogden, Chem. Eng. J., 2019, 367, 149-159 link
25. Synthesis of porous polymer-based metal–organic frameworks monolithic hybrid composite for hydrogen storage application, L.Y. Molefe, N.M. Musyoka, J. Ren, H.W. Langmi, P.G. Ndungu, R. Dawson, M. Mathe, J. Mater, Sci., 2019, 54, 7078-7086 link
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24. Trends and challenges for microporous polymers, N. Chaoui, M. Trunk, R. Dawson, J. Schmidt and A. Thomas, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 3302-3321 link
23. Highly selective CO2 vs. N2 adsorption in the cavity of a molecular coordination cage, J.S. Wright, A.J. Metherell, W.M. Cullen, J.R. Piper, R. Dawson and M.D. Ward, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 4398-4401 link
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22. Mechanical characterisation of polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1 for hydrogen storage applications, K. Polak-Kraśna, R. Dawson, L.T. Holyfield, C.R. Bowen, A.D. Burrows and T.J. Mays, J. Mater. Sci., 2017, 52, 3862-3875 link
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21. Network Formation Mechanisms in Conjugated Microporous Polymers, A. Laybourn, R. Dawson, R. Clowes, T. Hasell, A.I. Cooper, Y.Z. Khimyak and D.J. Adams, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6325-6333. This paper was amongst ’s Top 20 downloaded papers in 2014. link
20. Microporous Thioxanthone Polymers as Heterogeneous Photoinitiators for Visible Light Induced Free Radical and Cationic Polymerizations, S. Dadashi-Silab, H. Bildirir, R. Dawson, A. Thomas, Y. Yagci, Marcomolecules, 2014, 47, 4607-4614 link
19. Swellable, Water- and Acid-Torerant Polymer Sponges for Chemoselective Carbon Dioxide Capture, R.T. Woodward, L.A. Stevens, R Dawson, M. Vijayaraghavan, T Hasell, I.P. Silverwood, A.V. Ewing, T. Ratijitvech, J.D. Exley, S.Y. Chong, F. Blanc, D.J. Adams, S.G. Kazarian, C.E. Snape, T.C. Drage and A.I. Cooper, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 36, 9028-9035 link
18. Cationic Microporous Polymer Networks by Polymerisation of Weakly Coordinating Cation with CO2-storage Ability, S. Fischer, A. Schimanowitz, R. Dawson, I. Senkovska, S. Kaskel and A. Thomas, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 11825-11829 link
17. ‘Dry Bases’: Carbon Dioxide Capture using Alkaline Dry Water, R. Dawson, L.A. Stevens, O.S.A. Williams, W. Wang, B.O. Carter, S. Sutton, T.C. Drage, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 1786-1791 link
16. Post-synthetic modification of conjugated microporous polymers, T. Ratvijitvech, R. Dawson, A. Laybourn, Y.Z. Khimyak, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Polymer, 2014, 55, 321-325 link
15. Low Band-Gap Benzothiadiazole Conjugated Microporous Polymers, S. Ren, R. Dawson, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 5585-5590 link
14. Chemical functionalization strategies for carbon dioxide capture in microporous organic polymers, R. Dawson, A.I. Cooper and D.J. Adams, Polym. Int., 2013, 62, 345-352 link
​13. Impact of water co-adsorption for carbon dioxide capture in microporous polymer sorbents, R. Dawson, L. Stevens, T.C. Drage, C.E. Snape, M.W. Smith, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 10741-10744 link
12. Microporous copolymers for increased gas selectivity, R. Dawson, T. Ratvijitvech, M. Corker, A. Laybourn, Y.Z. Khimyak, A.I. Cooper and D.J. Adams, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2034-2038 link
11. Porous, fluorescent, covalent triazine-based frameworks via room-temperature and microwave-assisted synthesis, S. Ren, M.J. Bojdys, R. Dawson, A. Laybourn, Y.Z. Khimyak, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 2357-2361 link
10. Functional conjugated microporous polymers: from 1,3,5-benzene to 1,3,5-triazine, S. Ren, R. Dawson, A. Laybourn, J-X. Jiang, Y. Khimyak, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 928-934 link
9. Branching out with aminals: Microporous organic polymers from difunctional monomers, A. Laybourn, R. Dawson, R. Clowes, J.A. Iggo, A.I. Cooper and D.J. Adams, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 533-527 link
8. Materials challenges for the development of solid sorbents for post-combustion carbon capture, T.C. Drage, C.E. Snape, L.A. Stevens, J. Wood, J. Wang, A.I. Cooper, R. Dawson, X. Guo, C. Satterley and R. Irons, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 2815-2823 link
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7. Nanoporous organic polymer networks, R. Dawson, A.I. Cooper and D.J. Adams, Prog. Polym. Sci., 2012, 37, 530-563 link
6. Microporous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture, R. Dawson, E. Stöckel, J. Holst, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 4239-4245 link
5. Selective gas sorption in a [2+3] ‘propeller’ cage crystal, S. Jiang, J. Bacsa, X. Wu, J.T.A. Jones, R. Dawson, A. Trewin, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8919-8921 link
4. Chemical tuning of CO2 sorption in robust nanoporous organic polymers, R. Dawson, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1173-1177 link
3. High surface area conjugated microporous polymers: The importance of reaction solvent choice, R. Dawson, A Laybourn, Y.Z. Khimyak, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 8524-8530 link
2. Functionalized conjugated microporous polymers, R. Dawson, A Laybourn, R. Clowes, Y.Z. Khimyak, D.J. Adams and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 8809-8816 link
1. Mesoporous poly(phenylenevinylene) networks, R. Dawson, F. Su, H. Nui, C.D. Wood, J.T.A. Jones, Y.Z. Khimyak and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 1591-1593 link