We develop adhesives that can adapt and respond to external cues or withstand low and high temperatures, bonding of dissimilar materials, and those that require dual triggers to debond.

Interested structure-property-processing relationships in engineering polymers, network polymers, carbon fibre and their corresponding composites.

We characterise thin bio-based packaging barrier films physics and processing.

We investigate starch-based bio-adhesives for packaging.

We develop new life cycle assessment methodologies for circular plastics products, recycling and re-processability technologies for network polymers and composite materials.

We discover glues with a built in safety interlock that only release once two triggers are applied.

Research expertise also includes chemistry and production of carbon fibre including the precursor, toughening of composites, self-healing materials, fire retardant epoxy resin, high temperature epoxy resins, underwater resin systems and adhesion, synthesis and characterisation of novel epoxy resins.

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