Dr Alan Wemyss
My current research uses novel methods in polymer and analytical chemistry for industrial applications.
Publications
- Wemyss, A. M.; Ellingford, C.; Bowen, C.; Wan, C., Dynamic Polymer Networks: A new avenue towards sustainable and advanced soft machines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021.
- Efstathiou, S.; Wemyss, A. M.; Patias, G.; Al-Shok, L.; Grypioti, M.; Coursari, D.; Ma, C.; Atkins, C. J.; Shegiwal, A.; Wan, C.; Haddleton, D. M.; Self-healing and mechanical performance of dynamic glycol chitosan hydrogel nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2021.
- Tejpal, S.; Wemyss, A.M.; Bastie, C.C.; Klein-Seetharaman, J. Lemon Extract Reduces Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Expression and Activity and Increases Insulin Sensitivity and Lipolysis in Mouse Adipocytes. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2348.
- Wemyss, A. M.; Bowen, C.; Plesse, C.; Vancaeyzeele, C.; Nguyen, G. T. M.; Vidal, F.; Wan, C., Dynamic crosslinked rubbers for a green future: A material perspective. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2020, 141, 100561.
- Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Wemyss, A. M.; Wan, C.; Liu, Y.; Song, P.; Wang, S., Effective Thermal-Oxidative Reclamation of Waste Tire Rubbers for Producing High-Performance Rubber Composites. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020.
- Ma, C.; Han, T.; Kang, M.; Liarou, E.; Wemyss, A. M.; Efstathiou, S.; Tang, B. Z.; Haddleton, D., Aggregation-Induced Emission Active Polyacrylates via Cu-Mediated Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization with Bioimaging Applications. ACS Macro Letters 2020, 9 (5), 769-775.
- Ellingford, C.; Pengchaicharoen, A.; Wemyss, A.M.; Wan, C. Structure and Dielectric Properties of Electroactive Tetraaniline Grafted Non-Polar Elastomers. J. Compos. Sci. 2020, 4, 25.
- Ellingford, C.; Zhang, R.; Wemyss, A. M.; Zhang, Y.; Brown, O. B.; Zhou, H.; Keogh, P.; Bowen, C.; Wan, C., Self-Healing Dielectric Elastomers for Damage-Tolerant Actuation and Energy Harvesting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12 (6), 7595-7604.
- Liarou, E.; Staniforth, M.; Town, J. S.; Marathianos, A.; Grypioti, M.; Li, Y.; Chang, Y.; Efstathiou, S.; Hancox, E.; Wemyss, A. M.; Wilson, P.; Jones, B. A.; Aljuaid, M.; Stavros, V. G.; Haddleton, D. M., UV irradiation of Cu-based complexes with aliphatic amine ligands as used in living radical polymerization. European Polymer Journal 2020, 123, 109388.
- Shegiwal, A.; Wemyss, A. M.; Liarou, E.; Town, J.; Patias, G.; Atkins, C. J.; Marathianos, A.; Lester, D. W.; Efstathiou, S.; Haddleton, D. M., Polymerisable surfactants for polymethacrylates using catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) combined with sulfur free-RAFT in emulsion polymerisation. European Polymer Journal 2020, 125, 109491.
- Merritt, S. M. J.; Wemyss, A. M.; Farris, S.; Patole, S.; Patias, G.; Haddleton, D. M.; Shollock, B.; Wan, C., Gas Barrier Polymer Nanocomposite Films Prepared by Graphene Oxide Encapsulated Polystyrene Microparticles. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2 (2), 725-731.
- Ellingford, C.; Wemyss, A. M.; Zhang, R.; Prokes, I.; Pickford, T.; Bowen, C.; Coveney, V. A.; Wan, C., Understanding the enhancement and temperature-dependency of the self-healing and electromechanical properties of dielectric elastomers containing mixed pendant polar groups. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2020, 8 (16), 5426-5436.
- Zhou, Y.; Wemyss, A. M.; Brown, O. B.; Huang, Q.; Wan, C., Structure and electrochemical properties of hierarchically porous carbon nanomaterials derived from hybrid ZIF-8/ZIF-67 bi-MOF coated cyclomatrix poly(organophosphazene) nanospheres. New Journal of Chemistry 2020, 44 (11), 4353-4362.
- Shegiwal, A.; Wemyss, A. M.; Schellekens, M. A. J.; de Bont, J.; Town, J.; Liarou, E.; Patias, G.; Atkins, C. J.; Haddleton, D. M., Exploiting catalytic chain transfer polymerization for the synthesis of carboxylated latexes via sulfur-free RAFT. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2019, 57 (3), E1-E9.
- Patias, G.; Wemyss, A. M.; Efstathiou, S.; Town, J. S.; Atkins, C. J.; Shegiwal, A.; Whitfield, R.; Haddleton, D. M., Controlled synthesis of methacrylate and acrylate diblock copolymers via end-capping using CCTP and FRP. Polymer Chemistry 2019, 10 (47), 6447-6455.
- Marathianos, A., Liarou, E.; Anastasaki, A.; Whitfield, R.; Laurel, M.; Wemyss, A.M.; Haddleton, D.M.; Photo-induced copper-RDRP in continuous flow without external deoxygenation. Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10(32): 4402-4406.
- Atkins, C. J.; Patias, G.; Town, J. S.; Wemyss, A. M.; Eissa, A. M.; Shegiwal, A.; Haddleton, D. M., A simple and versatile route to amphiphilic polymethacrylates: catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) coupled with post-polymerisation modifications. Polymer Chemistry 2019, 10 (5), 646-655.
- Ellingford, C.; Zhang, R.; Wemyss, A.M.; Bowen, C. R.; McNally, T.; Figiel, L.; Wan, C., Intrinsic tuning of poly (styrene-butadiene-styrene) (SBS) based self-healing dielectric elastomer actuators with enhanced electromechanical properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018.
- Dorrington, G.; Chmel, N. P.; Norton, S. R.; Wemyss, A. M.; Lloyd, K.; Praveen Amarasinghe, D.; Rodger, A., Light scattering corrections to linear dichroism spectroscopy for liposomes in shear flow using calcein fluorescence and modified Rayleigh-Gans-Debye-Mie scattering. Biophysical Reviews 2018.
- Wemyss, A. M.; Razmkhah, K.; Chmel, N. P.; Rodger, A., Fluorescence detected linear dichroism of small molecules oriented on polyethylene film. Analyst 2018, 143 (23), 5805-5811.
- Wemyss Alan, M.; Chmel Nikola, P.; Lobo Daniela, P.; Sutherland John, A.; Dafforn Timothy, R.; Rodger, A., Fluorescence detected linear dichroism spectroscopy: A selective and sensitive probe for fluorophores in flow-oriented systems. Chirality 2018, 30 (3), 227-237.
- Broughton, C. E.; Van den Berg, H. A.; Wemyss, A. M.; Roper, D. I.; Rodger, A., Beyond the Discovery Void: New targets for antibacterial compounds. Science Progress 2016, 99 (2), 153-182.
- Lobo, D. P.; Wemyss, A. M.; Smith, D. J.; Straube, A.; Betteridge, K. B.; Salmon, A. H. J.; Foster, R. R.; Elhegni, H. E.; Satchell, S. C.; Little, H. A.; Pacheco-Gomez, R.; Simmons, M. J.; Hicks, M. R.; Bates, D. O.; Rodger, A.; Dafforn, T. R.; Arkill, K. P., Direct detection and measurement of wall shear stress using a filamentous bio-nanoparticle. Nano Research 2015, 8 (10), 3307-3315.
Previous Research
PhD Mathematical Biology with Biophysical Chemistry - The University of Warwick
The development of experimental and analytical techniques for the study of aligned fluorophores - supervised by Prof. Alison Rodger
MSc Mathematical Biology with Biophysical Chemistry - The University of Warwick
Project 1 (Chemistry): Fluorescence to detect biomolecules in flow-oriented solutions - supervised by Dr. Nikola Chmel
Project 2 (Mathematics): Effect of Orientation Distributions on Spectroscopic Data - supervised by Prof. Alison Rodger
Project 3 (Biology): Analysis of spindle rocking in C. elegans embryos - supervised by Dr. Masanori Mishima
BSc Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry - The University of Glasgow
Research Project: Raman optical activity of tartaric acid: Comparison of measured and simulated spectra - supervised by Dr. rer. nat. Lutz Hecht and Dr. Christian Johannessen
Dr Alan Wemyss
Department of Chemistry
University of Warwick
Library Road
CV4 7AL
a dot wemyss at warwick dot ac dot uk