Publications

Below is a list of our peer-reviewed journal publications (last updated March 2024).  Authors in bold are those that have worked within the Fielding research group. Please follow the individual DOI links to in order to obtain copies of the manuscripts. If you do not have access to any articles please contact me and I will provide them wherever possible.

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2024

59. Yue, Q.; Wang, S.; Jones, S. T.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). Multifunctional self-assembled block copolymer/iron oxide nanocomposite hydrogels formed from wormlike micelles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Accepted.

58. Du, R.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). pH-responsive nanogels generated by polymerization-induced self-assembly of a succinate-functional monomer. Macromolecules, Accepted.

57. Trinh, E.; Batt, L. J.; Yue, Q.; Du, R.; Jones, S. T.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). Bridging Flocculation of a Sterically Stabilized Cationic Latex as a Biosensor for the Detection of Microbial DNA after Amplification via PCR. Biomacromolecules, 25(3), 1629-1636. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01187

56. Deane, O. J.; Mandrelier, P.; Musa, O. M.; Jamali, M.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2024). Synthesis and Characterization of All-Acrylic Tetrablock Copolymer Nanoparticles: Waterborne Thermoplastic Elastomers via One-Pot RAFT Aqueous Emulsion Polymerization. Chemistry of Materials, 36(4), 2061-2075. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03115

55. Luo, Z.; Yue, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, X.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). Polymer-Assisted 3D Printing of Inductor Cores. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(8), 10764-10773. doi:10.1021/acsami.3c18956

2023

54. Yue, Q.; Luo, Z.; Li, X.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2023). 3D printable, thermo-responsive, self-healing, graphene oxide containing self-assembled hydrogels formed from block copolymer wormlike micelles. Soft Matter, 19, 6513-6524. doi:10.1039/D3SM00737E

53. Trinh, E.; Thompson, K. L.; Wen, S-,P.; Humphreys, G. J.; Price, B. L.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2023). Visible label-free detection of bacterial DNA using flocculation of sterically stabilised cationic latexes. J. Mater. Chem. B, 11, 3787-3796. doi:10.1039/D2TB02714C

52. Du, R.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2023). Preparation of polymer nanoparticle-based complex coacervate hydrogels using polymerisation-induced self-assembly derived nanogels. Soft Matter, 19, 2074-2081. doi:10.1039/D2SM01534J

2022

51. Hunziker, S.*; Moragas-Klostermeyer, G.; Hillier, J. K.; Fielding, L. A.; Hornung, K.; Lovett, J. R.; Armes, S. P.; Fontanese, J.; James, D.; Hsu, H. W.; Herrmann, I.; Fechler, N.; Poch, O.; Pommerol, A.; Srama, R.; Malaspina, D.; Sterken, V. J.; (2022). Impact ionization dust detection with compact, hollow and fluffy dust analogs. Planetary and Space Science, 105536. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2022.105536

50. Wen, S-,P., Trinh, E., Yue, Q., Fielding, L. A.*; (2022). Physical adsorption of graphene oxide onto polymer latexes and characterization of the resulting nanocomposite particles. Langmuir, 38(27), 8187-8199. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00327

49. DeLuca, M.; Sternovsky, Z.*; Armes, S. P.; Fielding, L. A.; Horányi, M.; Janches, D.; Kupihar, Z.; Munsat, T.; Plane, J. M. C.;  (2022). Differential ablation of organic coatings from micrometeoroids simulated in the laboratory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127, e2021JE007168. doi:10.1029/2021JE007168

48. Yue, Q.; Wen, S-,P.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2022). Preparation and characterisation of graphene oxide containing block copolymer worm gels. Soft Matter, 18, 2422-2433. doi:10.1039/D2SM00045H

47. Wen, S-,P.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2022). Pyridine-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles synthesized via RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly: effect of solution pH. Soft Matter, 18. 1385-1394. doi:10.1039/D1SM01793D

2021

46. Boyes, V. L.; Janani, R.; Partridge, S.; Fielding, L. A.; Breen, C.; Foulkes, J.; Le Maitre, C. L.; Sammon, C.*; (2021). One-pot precipitation polymerisation strategy for tuneable injectable Laponite®-pNIPAM hydrogels: Polymerisation, processability and beyond. Polymer, 233, 124201. doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124201

45. Wen, S-,P.; Yue, Q.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2021). RAFT miniemulsion polymerisation of benzyl methacrylate using non-ionic surfactant. Polymer Chemistry, 12, 2122-2131. doi:10.1039/D1PY00048A

2020

44. Wen, S-,P.; Saunders, J. G.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2020). Investigating the influence of solvent quality on RAFT-mediated PISA of sulfonate-functional diblock copolymer nanoparticles. Polymer Chemistry, 11, 3416-3426. doi:10.1039/C9PY01912J

2019

43. Fielding, L. A.*; Hendley IV, C. T.; Asenath-Smith, E.; Estroff, L. A.; Armes, S. P.; (2019). Rationally designed anionic diblock copolymer worm gels are useful model systems for calcite occlusion studies. Polymer Chemistry, 10, 5131-5141. doi:10.1039/C9PY00889F

42.  Wu, S.*; Zhu, M.; Lu, D.; Milani, A. H.; Lian, Q.; Fielding, L. A.; Derry, M. J.; Armes, S. P.; Adlam, D. J.; Hoyland, J. A.; Saunders, B. S.*; (2019). Self-curing super-stretchable polymer/microgel complex coacervate gels without covalent bond formation. Chemical Science, 10, 8832-8839. doi:10.1039/C9SC02555C

41. Ning, Y.*; Fielding, L. A.; Nutter, J.; Kulak, A. N.; Meldrum, F. C.; Armes, S. P.*; (2019). Spatially‐Controlled Occlusion of Polymer‐Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles within ZnO. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(13), 4302-4307. doi:10.1002/anie.201814492 

2018

40. Warren, N. J.*; Derry, M. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Lovett, J. R.; Ratcliffe, L. P. D.; Ladmiral, V.; Blanazs, A.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2018). Critical Dependence of Molecular Weight on Thermoresponsive Behavior of Diblock Copolymer Worm Gels in Aqueous Solution. Macromolecules, 51(21), 8357–8371. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01617

39. Kim, Y.-Y.*; Fielding, L. A.;  Kulak, A. N.; Nahi, N.; Mercer, W.; Jones, E. R.; Armes, S. P.; Meldrum, F. C.*; (2018). Influence of the Structure of Block Copolymer Nanoparticles on the Growth of Calcium Carbonate. Chemistry of Materials, 30(20), 7091–7099. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02912

38. Hendley IV, C. T.; Fielding, L. A.; Jones, E. R.; Ryan, A. J.; Armes, S. P.; Estroff, L. A.*; (2018). Mechanistic Insights into Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticle–Crystal Interactions Revealed via in Situ Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(25), 7936-7945. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b03828

37. Mable, C. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Derry, M. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Chambon, P.; Armes, S. P.*; (2018). Synthesis and pH-responsive dissociation of framboidal ABC triblock copolymer vesicles in aqueous solution. Chemical Science, 9, 1454-1463. doi:10.1039/c7sc04788f

2017

36. Mable, C. J.; Derry, M. J.; Thompson, K. L.; Fielding, L. A.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.*; Armes, S. P.*; (2017). Time-Resolved SAXS Studies of the Kinetics of Thermally Triggered Release of Encapsulated Silica Nanoparticles from Block Copolymer Vesicles. Macromolecules, 50(11), 4465-4473. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00475

35. Obeng, M.; Milani, A. H.; Musa, M. S.; Cui, Z.; Fielding, L. A.*; Farrand, L.; Goulding, M.; Saunders, B. R.*; (2017). Self-assembly of poly(lauryl methacrylate)-b-poly(benzyl methacrylate) nano-objects synthesised by ATRP and their temperature-responsive dispersion properties. Soft Matter, 13, 2228-2238. doi:10.1039/C6SM02656G

34. Milani, A. H.*; Fielding, L. A.; Greensmith, P.; Saunders, B. R.*; Adlam, D. J.; Freemont, A. J.; Hoyland, J. A.; Hodson, N. W.; Elsawy, M. A.; Miller, A. F.; Ratcliffe, L. P. D.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Armes, S. P.; (2017). Anisotropic pH-Responsive Hydrogels Containing Soft or Hard Rod-Like Particles Assembled Using Low Shear. Chemistry of Materials, 29(7), 3100–3110. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00110

2016

33. Ning, Y.; Fielding, L. A.; Ratcliffe, L. P. D.; Wang, Y-W.; Meldrum, F. C.; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). Occlusion of Sulfate-Based Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles within Calcite: Effect of Varying the Surface Density of Anionic Stabilizer Chains. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(36), 11734-11742. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b05563

32. Akpinar, B.; Fielding, L. A.*; Cunningham, V. J.; Ning, Y.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Fowler, P. W.; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). Determining the Effective Density and Stabilizer Layer Thickness of Sterically Stabilized Nanoparticles. Macromolecules, 49(14), 5160-5171. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00987

31. Cunningham, V. J.; Derry, M. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; Musa, O. M.; (2016). RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization of N-2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl pyrrolidone: a convenient low-viscosity route to high molecular weight water-soluble copolymers. Macromolecules, 49(12), 4520-4533. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00820

30. Derry, M. J.*; Fielding, L. A.; Warren, N. J.; Mable, C. J.; Smith A. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.*; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). In situ small-angle X-ray scattering studies of sterically-stabilized diblock copolymer nanoparticles formed during polymerization-induced self-assembly in non-polar media. Chemical Science, 7, 5078-5090. doi:10.1039/C6SC01243D

29. Ning, Y.; Fielding, L. A.; Doncom, K. E. B.; Penfold, N. J. W.; Kulak, A. N.; Matsuoka, H.; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). Incorporating Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles into Calcite Crystals: Do Anionic Carboxylate Groups Alone Ensure Efficient Occlusion? ACS Macro Letters, 5(3), 311-315. doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b0002

28. Kim, Y.-Y.*; Semsarilar, M.; Carloni, J. D.; Cho, K. R.; Kulak, A. N.; Polishchuk, I.; Hendley, C. T.; Smeets, P. J. M.; Fielding, L. A.; Pokroy, B.; Tang, C. C.; Estroff, L. A.; Baker, S. P.; Armes, S. P.; Meldrum, F. C.*; (2016). Structure and Properties of Nanocomposites Formed by the Occlusion of Block Copolymer Worms and Vesicles Within Calcite Crystals. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(9), 1382-1392. doi:10.1002/adfm.201504292

27. Hanisch, A.; Yang, P.; Kulak, A. N.; Fielding, L. A.; Meldrum, F. C.; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). Phosphonic Acid-Functionalized Diblock Copolymer Nano-Objects via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly: Synthesis, Characterization, and Occlusion into Calcite Crystals. Macromolecules, 49(1),192-204. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02212

26. Derry, M. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2016). Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT non-aqueous dispersion polymerization. Progress in Polymer Science, 52, 1-18. doi:10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.10.002

2015

25. Fielding, L. A.; Hillier, J. K.; Burchell, M. J.*; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Space science applications for conducting polymer particles: Synthetic mimics for cosmic dust and micrometeorites. Chemical Communications, 51(95), 16886-16899. doi:10.1039/c5cc07405c

24. Growney, D. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Middlemiss, L.; Fielding, L. A.; Derry, M. J.; Aragrag, N.; Lamb, G. D.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Is carbon black a suitable model colloidal substrate for diesel soot? Langmuir, 31(38), 10358-10369. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02017

23. Growney, D. J.; Fowler, P. W.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Fielding, L. A.; Derry, M. J.; Aragrag, N.; Lamb, G. D.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Determination of effective particle density for sterically-stabilized carbon black particles: Effect of diblock copolymer stabilizer composition. Langmuir, 31(32), 8764-8773. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01651

22. Growney, D. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.*; Derouineau, T.; Fielding, L. A.; Smith, A. J.; Aragrag, N.; Lamb, G. D.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Star diblock copolymer concentration dictates the degree of dispersion of carbon black particles in nonpolar media: Bridging flocculation versus steric stabilization. Macromolecules, 48(11), 3691-3704. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00517

21. Thompson, K. L.; Fielding, L. A.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.*; Lane, J. A.; Derry, M. J.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Vermicious thermo-responsive Pickering emulsifiers. Chemical Science, 6(7), 4207-4214. doi:10.1039/c5sc00598a

20. Derry, M. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Industrially-relevant polymerization-induced self-assembly formulations in non-polar solvents: RAFT dispersion polymerization of benzyl methacrylate. Polymer Chemistry, 6(16), 3054-3062. doi:10.1039/c5py00157a

19. Thompson, K. L.*; Mable, C. J.; Lane, J. A.; Derry, M. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Preparation of Pickering double emulsions using block copolymer worms. Langmuir, 31(14), 4137-4144. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00741

18. Ning, Y.; Fielding, L. A.; Andrews, T. S.; Growney, D. J.; Armes, S. P.*; (2015). Sulfate-based anionic diblock copolymer nanoparticles for efficient occlusion within zinc oxide. Nanoscale, 7(15), 6691-6702. doi:10.1039/c5nr00535c

2014

17. Postberg, F.*; Hillier, J. K.; Armes, S. P.; Bugiel, S.; Butterworth, A.; Dupin, D.; Fielding, L. A.; Fujii, S.; Gainsforth, Z.; Gruen, E.; Li, Y. W.; Srama, R.; Sterken, V.; Stodolna, J.; Trieloff, M.; Westphal, A.; Achilles, C.; Allen, C.; Ansari, A.; Bajt, S.; Bassim, N.; Bastien, R. K.; Bechtel, H. A.; Borg, J.; Brenker, F.; Bridges, J.; Brownlee, D. E.; Burchell, M.; Burghammer, M.; Changela, H.; Cloetens, P.; Davis, A.; Doll, R.; Floss, C.; Flynn, G.; Frank, D.; Heck, P. R.; Hoppe, P.; Huss, G.; Huth, J.; Kearsley, A.; King, A. J.; Lai, B.; Leitner, J.; Lemelle, L.; Leonard, A.; Leroux, H.; Lettieri, R.; Marchant, W.; Nittler, L. R.; Ogliore, R.; Ong, W. J.; Price, M. C.; Sandford, S. A.; Tressaras, J. A. S.; Schmitz, S.; Schoonjans, T.; Schreiber, K.; Silversmit, G.; Simionovici, A.; Sole, V. A.; Stadermann, F.; Stephan, T.; Stroud, R. M.; Sutton, S.; Tsou, P.; Tsuchiyama, A.; Tyliczszak, T.; Vekemans, B.; Vincze, L.; Zevin, D.; Zolensky, M. E.; (2014). Stardust interstellar preliminary examination IX: High-speed interstellar dust analog capture in Stardust flight-spare aerogel. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(9), 1666-1679. doi:10.1111/maps.12173

16. Williams, M.; Warren, N. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; Verstraete, P.; Smets, J.; (2014). Preparation of double emulsions using hybrid polymer/silica particles: new Pickering emulsifiers with adjustable surface wettability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6(23), 20919-20927. doi:10.1021/am505581r

15. Li, Y. W.*; Bugiel, S.; Trieloff, M.; Hillier, J. K.; Postberg, F.; Price, M. C.; Shu, A.; Fiege, K.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.; Wu, Y. Y.; Grün, E.; Srama, R.; (2014). Morphology of craters generated by hypervelocity impacts of micron-sized polypyrrole-coated olivine particles. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(8), 1375-1387. doi:10.1111/maps.12338

14. Wozniakiewicz, P. J.*; Price, M. C.; Armes, S. P.; Burchell, M. J.; Cole, M. J.; Fielding, L. A.; Hillier, J. K.; Lovett, J. R.; (2014). Micron-scale hypervelocity impact craters: Dependence of crater ellipticity and rim morphology on impact trajectory, projectile size, velocity, and shape. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49(10), 1929-1947. doi:10.1111/maps.12364

13. Hillier, J. K.*; Sternovsky, Z.; Armes, S. P.; Fielding, L. A.; Postberg, F.; Bugiel, S.; Drake, K.; Srama, R.; Kearsley, A. T.; Trieloff, M.; (2014). Impact ionisation mass spectrometry of polypyrrole-coated pyrrhotite microparticles. Planetary and Space Science, 97, 9-22. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.04.008

12. Fielding, L. A.*; Armes, S. P.; Staniland, P.; Sayer, R.; Tooley, I.; (2014). Physical adsorption of anisotropic titania nanoparticles onto poly(2-vinylpyridine) latex and characterisation of the resulting nanocomposite particles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 426, 170-180. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2014.04.002

11. Lovett, J. R.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; Buxton, R.; (2014). One-pot preparation of conducting polymer-coated silica particles: Model highly absorbing aerosols. Advanced Functional Materials, 24(9), 1290-1299. doi:10.1002/adfm.201302261

10. Fielding, L. A.; Lane, J. A.; Derry, M. J.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Armes, S. P.*; (2014). Thermo-responsive diblock copolymer worm gels in non-polar solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(15), 5790-5798. doi:10.1021/ja501756h

9. Fielding, L. A.*; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Schmid, A.; Pontoni, D.; Armes, S. P.*; Fowler, P. W.; (2014). Visible Mie scattering from hollow silica particles with particulate shells. Chemistry of Materials, 26(2), 1270-1277. doi:10.1021/cm4039347

8. Kulak, A. N.; Semsarilar, M.; Kim, Y. -Y.; Ihli, J.; Fielding, L. A.; Cespedes, O.; Armes, S. P.; Meldrum, F. C.*; (2014). One-pot synthesis of an inorganic heterostructure: Uniform occlusion of magnetite nanoparticles within calcite single crystals. Chemical Science, 5(2), 738-743. doi:10.1039/c3sc52615a

2013

7. Morse, A. J.; Armes, S. P.*; Thompson, K. L.; Dupin, D.; Fielding, L. A.; Mills, P.; Swart, R.; (2013). Novel Pickering emulsifiers based on pH-responsive poly(2-(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) latexes. Langmuir, 29(18), 5466-5475. doi:10.1021/la400786a

6. Fielding, L. A.*; Derry, M. J.; Ladmiral, V.; Rosselgong, J.; Rodrigues, A. M.; Ratcliffe, L. P. D.; Sugihara, S.; Armes, S. P.*; (2013). RAFT dispersion polymerization in non-polar solvents: Facile production of block copolymer spheres, worms and vesicles in n-alkanes. Chemical Science, 4(5), 2081-2087. doi:10.1039/c3sc50305d

5. Morgan, M.; Fielding, L. A.; Armes, S. P.*; (2013). Synthesis and characterisation of sterically stabilised polypyrrole particles using a chemically reactive poly(vinyl amine)-based stabiliser. Colloid and Polymer Science, 291(1), 77-86. doi:10.1007/s00396-012-2678-y

2012

4. Fielding, L. A.*; Armes, S. P.; (2012). Preparation of Pickering emulsions and colloidosomes using either a glycerol-functionalised silica sol or core-shell polymer/silica nanocomposite particles. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(22), 11235-11244. doi:10.1039/c2jm31433a

3. Fielding, L. A.; Mykhaylyk, O. O.; Armes, S. P.*; Fowler, P. W.*; Mittal, V.; Fitzpatrick, S.; (2012). Correcting for a density distribution: Particle size analysis of core-shell nanocomposite particles using disk centrifuge photosedimentometry. Langmuir, 28(5), 2536-2544. doi:10.1021/la204841n

2011

2. Fielding, L. A.; Edmondson, S.*; Armes, S. P.; (2011). Synthesis of pH-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate polymer brushes and their response to acidic vapour. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(32), 11773-11780. doi:10.1039/c1jm11412c

1. Fielding, L. A.; Tonnar, J.; Armes, S. P.*; (2011). All-acrylic film-forming colloidal polymer/silica nanocomposite particles prepared by aqueous emulsion polymerization. Langmuir, 27(17), 11129-11144. doi:10.1021/la202066n

Patent list

1. Armes, S. P.; Fielding, L.; Derry, M.; (2014). Block copolymer synthesis. WO2014/049363-A1