Publications

2024

61. Du, R.; Li, X.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). Investigating the Formation of Polymer–Nanoparticle Complex Coacervate Hydrogels Using Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly-Derived Nanogels with a Succinate-Functional Core. Langmuir, Article ASAP. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02626 

60. Li, X.; Jamali, M.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). Pyrene-functionalized poly(methacrylic acid) acts as an efficient stabilizer for graphene nanoplatelets and facilitates their use in waterborne latex formulations. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 676, 396-407. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.116

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, 16(16), 21197-21209. doi:10.1021/acsami.4c03007

58. Du, R.; Fielding, L. A.*; (2024). pH-responsive nanogels generated by polymerization-induced self-assembly of a succinate-functional monomer. Macromolecules, 57(8), 3496-3501. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00427

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