SOFI CDT
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The Centre for Doctoral Training in Soft Matter for Formulation and Industrial Innovation at the Universities of Durham, Leeds and Edinburgh.
Durham, UK
Joined November 2013
For further updates on SOFI-CDT and SOFI2-CDT activities, please follow us on LinkedIn:
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Soft Matter for Formulation and Industrial Innovation | 382 followers on LinkedIn. The CDT combines expertise from 3 universities & industry to deliver training...
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And another! Designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers - now published in Chemical Society Reviews
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The development and widespread adoption of commodity polymers changed societal landscapes on a global scale. Without the everyday materials used in packaging, textiles, construction and medicine, our...
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New review from SOFI2! Oat protein: Review of structure-function synergies with other plant p...
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Just completed a neutron reflection study of soil-release polymers and lipids on model fabric surfaces at the amazing @isisneutronmuon facilities. Ellie Fiandra (C8), Josie Binks (Antenna project) and James Cresswell (C7). @rlt_group @irishceimiceoir
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We were delighted @durhamchemistry to host Professor Mark Grinstaff (@grinstaff) for the final part of his RSC Centenary prize lecture tour. Many thanks to @roysocchem for making this possible and to Mark for an amazing seminar.
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Congrats to LCM on rolling out the first net zero asphalt road surface! ://www.lowcarbonmaterials.com/news
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Recommended reading! Soft matter roadmap https://t.co/xAhpWuVdzx via @JPhysMaterials
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Looking forward to seeing everyone in Lincoln, 18-20 December!
Join us at the BSR 2023 Mid-Winter Meeting | British Society of Rheology
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Almost time to start again! Looking forward to welcoming Cohort 10 next week, alongside Cohort 9's Statistics/Communications training & reunion.
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Congratulations Daisy Akgonullu (SOFI2, Cohort 8) and the team at Leeds on a new publication in https://t.co/700n7MYqvZ.Sci: Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and diffe...
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Congratulations Adam O'Connell, on a brand new Carbohydrate Polymers paper - find out more about locust bean gum & asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation here:
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Thanks to all our SOFI2 students, colleagues and collaborators for two days of outstanding talks and posters at our Showcase meeting in Durham - looking forward to the next one already!
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Congratulations Sam Meacham (cohort 5) and Dr Russell Taylor @DurhamChemistry on a brand new Chem Comm! Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite - now published in Chemical Communications
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A commercial zeolite is shown to be a highly effective heterogeneous catalyst for the Friedel–Crafts alkyation of mandelic acid with aromatic substrates. The reaction yields mixed diarylacetic acids...
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Congratulations Dr Burhan "Control of Dynamic Supramolecular Systems" Hussein on passing your PhD viva! Very well done, @Burhanhussein
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Congratulations Dr Ian Robinson, on winning the IOM3's 2023 Outstanding Alan Glanvill Award for his paper with Dr Ben Robertson @sofi_cdt Cohort 1, "Shear processing maps: A new design guide for melt processors" https://t.co/ccIZnVm7CT
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Save the dates! Our Showcase Meeting and SoftBall will be in Durham on 13-14 July.
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My book, Not just for the boys, is published next month. My thoughts and reflections on getting to this point https://t.co/YSza0dp537
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Potato proteins stabilise liquid crystal sensors - just published! Ultra-stable liquid crystal droplets coated by sustainable plant-based materials for optical sensing of chemical and biological analytes - now published in J. Mat. Chem. C
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Herein, we demonstrate for the first time the synthesis of ultra-stable, spherical, nematic liquid crystal (LC) droplets of narrow size polydispersity coated by sustainable, biodegradable, plant-ba...
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Congratulations also to Dr Charlotte Pugsley on passing her viva, and another publication too! Linear ABC amphiphilic triblock copolymers for complexation and protection of dsRNA - now published in Polymer Chemistry
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We herein report the synthesis and characterisation of linear ABC triblock copolymers, investigation of their self-assembly in aqueous solution, and complexation and protection with double stranded...
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Congratulations Dr Hannah Jones on a successful PhD viva! Find out more about her work on plastic waste recycling here: https://t.co/u7XiCtmCb2
#mdpienergies via @energies_mdpi
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Plastics are versatile materials used in a variety of sectors that have seen a rapid increase in their global production.
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