The Hayes research group is focussed upon the generation of novel polymeric materials using either state-of-the-art synthetic chemistry methods or molecular recognition phenomena - in particular, development of new self-assembled polymer systems, hyperbranched polymers and photochemical polymerisation reactions. The materials generated are targeted towards uses as new surface coatings and drug delivery systems. This research is carried out in collaboration with colleagues from Chemistry (Dr Russell and Professors Colquhoun and Hamley), Pharmacy (Dr Greco and Professors Osborn and Williams) and the Centre for Advanced Microscopy (Dr Harris and Professor Mitchell).

Feula, A., Tang, X., Giannakopoulos, I., Chippindale, A. M. , Hamley, I. W., Greco, F., Buckley, C.P., Siviour, C. R. and Hayes, W. (2016) An adhesive elastomeric supramolecular polyurethane healable at body temperature. Chemical Science, 7 (7). pp. 4291-4300. ISSN 2041-6539 doi: 10.1039/C5SC04864H Baker, B. C., Higgins, C. L., Ravishankar, D., Colquhoun, H. M., Stevens, G. C., Greco, F., Greenland, B. W. and Hayes, W. (2016) Multifunctional, biocompatible, non-peptidic hydrogels: from water purification to drug delivery. Chemistry Select, 1 (8). pp. 1641-1649. ISSN 2365-6549 doi: 10.1002/slct.201600249 Hart, L., Li, S., Sturgess, C., Wildman, R., Jones, J. R. and Hayes, W. (2016) 3D printing of biocompatible supramolecular polymers and their composites. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (5). pp. 3115-3122. ISSN 1944-8252 doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b10471 Feula, A., Pethybridge, A., Giannakopoulos, I., Tang, X., Chippindale, A., Siviour, C.R., Buckley, C.P., Hamley, I. and Hayes, W. (2015) A thermoreversible supramolecular polyurethane with excellent healing ability at 45 °C. Macromolecules, 48 (17). pp. 6132-6141. ISSN 0024-9297 doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01162 Hart, L. R., Nguyen, N. A., Harries, J. L., Mackay, M. E., Colquhoun, H. M. and Hayes, W. (2015) Perylene as an electron-rich moiety in healable, complementary π–π stacked, supramolecular polymer systems. Polymer, 69. pp. 293-300. ISSN 0032-3861 doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.03.028 Blencowe, C. A., Thornthwaite, D. W., Hayes, W. and Russell, A. T. (2015) Self-immolative base-mediated conjugate release from triazolylmethylcarbamates. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13 (32). pp. 8703-8707. ISSN 1477-0520 doi: 10.1039/c5ob00984g Hermida-Merino, D., Newby, G. E., Hamley, I. W., Hayes, W. and Slark, A. (2015) Microphase separation induced in the melt of Pluronic copolymers by blending with a hydrogen bonding urea–urethane end-capped supramolecular polymer. Soft Matter, 11 (29). pp. 5799-5803. ISSN 1744-683X doi: 10.1039/C5SM01461A Hart, L., Harries, J., Greenland, B., Colquhoun, H. and Hayes, W. (2015) Supramolecular materials for inkjet printing: self-assembling polymer networks. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (16). pp. 8906-8914. ISSN 1944-8244 doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b01569