Professor Stephen Rimmer,Professor of Chemistry
Information about Professor Stephen Rimmer at the University of Bradford.
- School of Chemistry & Biosciences
(Faculty of Life Sciences) - Email:
- s.rimmer@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 233787
Biography
Stephen Rimmer is Professor of Chemistry. He was awarded a PhD in 1992 (Imperial College) for work on polyurethane graft copolymers. He spent a total of six years in industrial research and development (Macpherson Polymers Ltd. and Biocompatibles Ltd.) and two years as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. J. R. Ebdon. His time in industry included development of many commercialised coating formulations and a new contact lens (The ProClear lens). In 1995 he was appointed to a permanent independent post as lecturer at Lancaster University and in 2000 he moved to the University of Sheffield. In January 2012 he was promoted to a personal chair and the took up the Chair of Chemistry at the University of Bradford in May 2015. His research interests can be divided into two main areas: (1) synthesis and (2) biological applications of functional polymers. The two areas frequently overlap as polymers for medical applications are prepared. The group enjoys significant expertise in synthesis by radical, cationic and ring-opening strategies as well as applications that are focused on the use of stimuli responsive polymers, peptide functional polymers, functional hydrogels and production of functional particles. He has been awarded over £6 million in funding from various research councils (EPSRC, BBSRC and MRC), charities (Wellcome, Nuffield) and a large number of industrial concerns. In 2006/7 he was funded to a MRC discipline hoping fellowship, which allowed him to carry out work on the interactions of macrophages with synthetic hydrogels. He has published 127 peer-reviewed articles and 12 book chapters and reviews and is inventor on 14 filed patents. He was also founding chair of RSC’s special interest group in Biomaterials Chemistry.Research
Our work is focused on the synthesis and properties of functional polymers. We enjoy good collaborative relationships with large sections of the polymers and biomedical devices industry. Functional polymers are produced using a variety of methods including radical, cationic and ring-opening polymerisations as well as step-growth techniques such as polyurethane synthesis. We also make extensive use of polymerisations in disperse media; such as emulsion polymerisations.Recently, one of our focuses has been on producing functional hydrogels to support cells for applications in tissue engineering. Here our aim is to control cells as they develop and grow and to examine how the structure of the materials affects performance and cell compatibility. Another strong theme is to use functional polymers to detect pathogens in infective diseases and here we are developing unique medical devices for use at the point of care. Many of the polymers are complex materials and analysis is difficult. To achieve full characterization we use a great deal of expertise in chromatographic techniques, advanced mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies; often coupling these techniques together.Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Professor Stephen Rimmer as follows:
Teaching interests
I teach Polymer Chemistry to 3rd year and masters students over34 lectures. I also demonstrate some laboratories in 1st year as well as supervising both Chemistry and Medical Bioscience masters projects.Publications
There are 124 publications involving or that are attributed to Professor Stephen Rimmer.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
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| The pH-responsive behaviour of poly(acrylic acid) in aqueous solution is dependent on molar mass | 2016 | RSC Soft Matter | 12 | Swift, Thomas; Swanson, L.; Geoghegan, M.; Rimmer, Stephen | https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SM02693H | ||||||
| Thermo-responsive microcarriers based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) | 2015 | Zhang, J.N.; Cui, Z.F.; Field, R.; Moloney, M.G.; Rimmer, Stephen; Ye, H. | |||||||||
| Nerve guides manufactured from photocurable polymers to aid peripheral nerve repair | 2015 | Pateman, C.J.; Harding, A.J.; Glen, A.; Taylor, C.S.; Christmas, C.R.; Robinson, P.P.; Rimmer, Stephen; Boissonade, F.M.; Claeyssens, F.; Haycock, J.W. | |||||||||
| Measuring poly(acrylamide) flocculants in fresh water using inter-polymer complex formation | 2015 | Environmental Science: Water Research And Technology | 1 | 332 - 340 | Swift, Thomas; Swanson, L.; Bretherick, A.; Rimmer, Stephen | doi.org/10.1039/C4EW00092G | |||||
| Amine functional hydrogels as selective substrates for corneal epithelialization | 2014 | Hassan, E.; Deshpande, P.; Claeyssens, F.; Rimmer, Stephen; MacNeil, S. | |||||||||
| Glucomannan-poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidinone) bicomponent hydrogels for wound healing | 2014 | Shahbuddin, M.; Bullock, A.J.; MacNeil, S.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||||
| Controlled delivery of cytokine growth factors mediated by core-shell particles with poly(acrylamidomethylpropane sulphonate) shells | 2014 | Platt, L.; Kelly, L.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||||
| Förster resonance energy transfer confirms the bacterial-induced conformational transition in highly-branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide with vancomycin end groups on binding to Staphylococcus aureus | 2014 | Sarker, P.; Swindells, K.; Douglas, C.W.I.; MacNeil, S.; Rimmer, Stephen; Swanson, L. | |||||||||
| Core (Polystyrene)−Shell [Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)] Particles | 2017 | ACS APPLIED MATERIALS AND INTERFACES | 9 | 7577 - 7590 | Mckenzie, A.; Hoskins, Richard; Swift, Thomas; Grant, Colin A.; Rimmer, Stephen | doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b15004 | |||||
| Poly(n-butyl Methacrylate) with Primary Amine End Groups for Supporting Cell Adhesion and Proliferation of Renal Epithelial Cells | 2017 | Cox-Nowak, K.; Al-Yamani, Ohood; Grant, Colin A.; Green, N.H.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||||
| Highly-branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)s with core-shell morphology below the lower critical solution temperature | 2014 | RSC Advances | 4 | Plenderleith, R.A.; Swift, Thomas; Rimmer, Stephen | https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA10076J | ||||||
| Poly(acrylic acid) interpolymer complexation: use of a fluorescence time resolved anisotropy as a poly(acrylamide) probe | 2014 | RSC Advances | not known | Swift, Thomas; Swanson, L.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||
| Arginine-glycine-aspartic acid functional branched semi-interpenetrating hydrogels | 2015 | Plenderleith, R.A.; Pateman, C.J.; Rodenburg, C.; Haycock, J.W.; Claeyssens, F.; Sammon, C.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||||
| Separating topographical and chemical analysis of nanostructure of polymer composite in low voltage SEM | 2015 | Wan, Q; Plenderleith, R.A.; Dapor, M.; Rimmer, Stephen; Claeyssens, F.; Rodenburg, C. | |||||||||
| Collagen–Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels with Tunable Properties | 2016 | Barnes, A.L.; Genever, P.G.; Rimmer, Stephen; Coles, M.C. | |||||||||
| Ex vivo rabbit and human corneas as models for bacterial and fungal keratitis | 2017 | Pinnock, A.; Shivshetty, N.; Roy, S.; Rimmer, Stephen; Douglas, I.; MacNeil, S.; Gary, P. | |||||||||
| pH Responsive Highly Branched Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with Trihistidine or Acid Chain Ends | 2016 | RSC Advances | 6 | 71345 - 71350 | Swift, Thomas; Lapworth, J.; Swindells, K.; Swanson, L.; Rimmer, Stephen | https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA13139E | |||||
| Förster Resonance Energy Transfer across interpolymer complexes of poly(acrylic acid) and poly(acrylamide) | 2017 | Swift, Thomas; Paul, N.; Swanson, L.; Katsikogianni, Maria G.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||||
| Binding of bacteria to poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) modified with vancomycin: Comparison of behavior of linear and highly branched polymers | 2017 | Biomacromolecules | 18 | 2887 - 2899 | Teratanatorn, P.; Hoskins, Richard; Swift, Thomas; Douglas, C.W.I.; Shepherd, J.; Rimmer, Stephen | doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00800 | |||||
| Analysis Using Size Exclusion Chromatography of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) using Methanol as an Eluent | 2017 | Journal of Chromatography A | 1508 | 16 - 23 | Swift, Thomas; Hoskins, Richard; Telford, Richard; Plenderleith, R.A.; Pownall, David; Rimmer, Stephen | doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2017.05.050 | |||||
| Poly(acrylic acid) interpolymer complexes | 2017 | RSC Soft Matter | 13 | Swift, Thomas; Seaton, Colin C.; Rimmer, Stephen | |||||||
| A self-healable fluorescence active hydrogel based on ionic block copolymers prepared via ring opening polymerization and xanthate mediated RAFT polymerization | 2018 | Polymer Chemistry | 9 | 1190 - 1205 | Banerjee, S.L.; Hoskins, Richard; Swift, Thomas; Rimmer, Stephen; Singha, N.K. | doi.org/10.1039/C7PY01883E | |||||
| The effect of hyperbranched poly(acrylic acid)s on the morphology and size of precipitated nanoscale (fluor)hydroxyapatite | 2017 | Shallcross, L.; Roche, K.; Wilcock, C.J.; Stanton, K.T.; Swift, Thomas; Rimmer, Stephen; Hatton, P.V.; Spain, S.G. | |||||||||
| Antibiotic functionalised polymers reduce bacterial biofilm and bioburden in a simulated infection of the cornea | 2018 | Biomaterials Science | 6 | 2101 - 2109 | Doroshenko, N.; Rimmer, Stephen; Hoskins, Richard; Garg, P.; Swift, Thomas; Spencer, H.L.M.; Lord, Rianne M.; Katsikogianni, Maria G.; Pownall, D.; MacNeil, S.; Douglas, C.W.I.; Shepherd, J. | doi.org/10.1039/C8BM00201K | |||||
| Synthesis of telechelic oligo(isobutyl vinyl ether)s via alkylation of silyl enol ethers by the propagating chain end in an ab initio cationic polymerisation | 2001 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 22 | 194 - 198 | Lang W.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1336 | 10.1002/1521-3927(200102)22:3<194::AID-MARC194>3.0.CO;2-C | ||||
| Synthesis of chain end functionalized linear and branched polymers by radical polymerisation in the presence of a silyl enol | 2010 | Chemical Communications | 46 | 5767 - 5769 | England R.;Rimmer S. | 1359-7345 | 10.1039/c0cc01705a | ||||
| Studies on the free radical polymerization of N-vinylpyrrolidinone in 3-methylbutan-2-one | 2002 | Macromolecules | 35 | 1200 - 1207 | Liu Z.;Rimmer S. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma011092v | ||||
| Fluorescence investigations of the conformational behaviour of Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) | 2006 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 66 | 1 - 11 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 1381-5148 | 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2005.07.007 | ||||
| Highly branched poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s with imidazole end groups prepared by radical polymerization in the presence of a styryl monomer containing a dithioester group | 2005 | Macromolecules | 38 | 4595 - 4603 | Carter S.;Hunt B.;Rimmer S. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma047742n | ||||
| Emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by alkene ozonates | 2001 | Polymer | 42 | 9329 - 9333 | Cunliffe D.;Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S.;Palasz P.;Emmett S. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00413-X | ||||
| Synthesis and properties of amphiphilic networks 2: A differential scanning calorimetric study of poly(dodecyl methacrylate-stat-2,3 propandiol-1-methacrylate-stat-ethandiol dimethacrylate) networks and adhesion and spreading of dermal fibroblasts on these materials | 2002 | Biomaterials | 23 | 3509 - 3516 | Haigh R.;Fullwood N.;Rimmer S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00081-9 | ||||
| An NMR study of chain transfer to diols containing both primary and secondary hydroxy groups in the polymerization of ε-caprolactone | 1999 | Journal of Materials Chemistry | 9 | 1071 - 1076 | Kavros A.;Huckerby T.;Rimmer S. | 0959-9428 | 10.1039/a810010a | ||||
| Highly branched stimuli responsive poly[(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-co-(1,2- propandiol-3-methacrylate)]s with protein binding functionality | 2005 | Macromolecular Bioscience | 5 | 373 - 378 | Carter S.;Rimmer S.;Sturdy A.;Webb M. | 1616-5187 | 10.1002/mabi.200400218 | ||||
| Development of biodegradable electrospun scaffolds for dermal replacement | 2008 | Biomaterials | 29 | 3091 - 3104 | Blackwood K.;McKean R.;Canton I.;Freeman C.;Franklin K.;Cole D.;Brook I.;Farthing P.;Rimmer S.;Haycock J.;Ryan A.;MacNeil S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.03.037 | ||||
| Emulsion polymerizations in the presence of β-cyclodextrin | 1999 | Polymer | 40 | 6673 - 6677 | Rimmer S.;Tattersall P. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00025-7 | ||||
| Development of a calcium-chelating hydrogel for treatment of superficial burns and scalds | 2010 | Regenerative Medicine | 5 | 55 - 64 | Bullock A.;Pickavance P.;Haddow D.;Rimmer S.;MacNeil S. | 1746-0751 | 10.2217/rme.09.67 | ||||
| Arginine functionalization of hydrogels for heparin binding-a supramolecular approach to developing a pro-angiogenic biomaterial | 2013 | Biotechnology and Bioengineering | 110 | 296 - 317 | Gilmore L.;Rimmer S.;Mcarthur S.;Mittar S.;Sun D.;Macneil S. | 0006-3592 | 10.1002/bit.24598 | ||||
| Manipulating the thermoresponsive behavior of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). 1. On the conformational behavior of a series of N-isopropylacrylamide-styrene statistical copolymers | 2001 | Macromolecules | 34 | 7544 - 7549 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Shaw D.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma010360m | ||||
| Synthesis and properties of amphiphilic networks. 1: The effect of hydration and polymer composition on the adhesion of immunoglobulin-G to poly(laurylmethacrylate-stat-glycerolmonomethacrylate-stat-ethylene-glycol- dimethacrylate) networks | 2000 | Biomaterials | 21 | 735 - 739 | Haigh R.;Rimmer S.;Fullwood N. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00245-8 | ||||
| Branched oligovinylcyclopropane by transfer to allylic carbonate comonomers via radical ring-opening polymerization | 2006 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 27 | 2007 - 2013 | Sarker P.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1336 | 10.1002/marc.200600558 | ||||
| Thermally responsive gels formed from highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)s with either carboxylic acid or trihistidine end groups | 2013 | RSC Advances | 3 | 18107 - 18114 | Lapworth J.;Hatton P.;Rimmer S. | 2046-2069 | 10.1039/c3ra43233e | ||||
| Highly branched poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for use in protein purification | 2006 | Biomacromolecules | 7 | 1124 - 1130 | Carter S.;Rimmer S.;Rutkaite R.;Swanson L.;Fairclough J.;Sturdy A.;Webb M. | 1525-7797 | 10.1021/bm050929h | ||||
| Hyperbranched poly(NIPAM) polymers modified with antibiotics for the reduction of bacterial burden in infected human tissue engineered skin | 2011 | Biomaterials | 32 | 258 - 267 | Shepherd J.;Sarker P.;Rimmer S.;Swanson L.;MacNeil S.;Douglas I. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.08.084 | ||||
| Radical polymerisation of vinyl monomers initiated by the thermolysis of alkene ozonates | 2001 | Journal of Chemical Research - Part S | 380 - 383 | Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 0308-2342 | ||||||
| Advantages of block copolymer synthesis by RAFT-controlled dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide | 2013 | Macromolecules | 46 | 6843 - 6851 | Jennings J.;Beija M.;Kennon J.;Willcock H.;O'Reilly R.;Rimmer S.;Howdle S. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma401051e | ||||
| Thermally reversible colloidal gels for three-dimensional chondrocyte culture | 2012 | Journal of the Royal Society Interface | 9 | 362 - 375 | Lapworth J.;Hatton P.;Goodchild R.;Rimmer S. | 1742-5689 | 10.1098/rsif.2011.0308 | ||||
| Binding bacteria to highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) modified with vancomycin induces the coil-to-globule transition | 2010 | Journal of the American Chemical Society | 132 | 1736 - 1737 | Shepherd J.;Sarker P.;Swindells K.;Douglas I.;MacNeil S.;Swanson L.;Rimmer S. | 0002-7863 | 10.1021/ja907466y | ||||
| Development of a three-dimensional organ culture model for corneal wound healing and corneal transplantation | 2006 | Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 47 | 2840 - 2846 | Zhao B.;Cooper L.;Brahma A.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S.;Fullwood N. | 0146-0404 | 10.1167/iovs.05-1367 | ||||
| Functional graft poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)s using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerisation | 2007 | Macromolecular Bioscience | 7 | 975 - 986 | Carter S.;England R.;Hunt B.;Rimmer S. | 1616-5187 | 10.1002/mabi.200700108 | ||||
| Cyclic diperoxides as sources of radicals for the initiation of the radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate | 2000 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 21 | 841 - 845 | Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S.;Tabner B. | 1022-1336 | 10.1002/1521-3927(20000801)21:12<841::AID-MARC841>3.0.CO;2-Y | ||||
| Culture of dermal fibroblasts and protein adsorption on block conetworks of poly(butyl methacrylate-block-(2,3 propandiol-1-methacrylate-stat-ethandiol dimethacrylate)) | 2007 | Biomaterials | 28 | 661 - 670 | Sun Y.;Collett J.;Fullwood N.;Mac Neil S.;Rimmer S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.09.024 | ||||
| Tandem (quadrupole-time-of-flight) electrospray mass spectrometry of oligo(vinyl acetates) with isopropylol or (1-hydroxyethyl)-2-oxyisopropanyl end groups | 2004 | Rapid Communications In Mass Spectrometry | 18 | 3075 - 3078 | Collins S.;Rimmer S. | 0951-4198 | 10.1002/rcm.1715 | ||||
| Phosphate functional core-shell polymer nanoparticles for the release of vascular endothelial growth factor | 2009 | ChemBioChem | 10 | 2165 - 2170 | Gilmore L.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1439-4227 | 10.1002/cbic.200900383 | ||||
| Surface molecularly imprinted polymer core-shell particles | 2004 | Advanced Functional Materials | 14 | 553 - 561 | Carter S.;Rimmer S. | 1616-301X | 10.1002/adfm.200305069 | ||||
| Synthesis and release of 5-fluorouracil from poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone) bearing 5-fluorouracil derivatives | 2002 | Journal of Controlled Release | 81 | 91 - 99 | Liu Z.;Rimmer S. | 0168-3659 | 10.1016/S0168-3659(02)00048-2 | ||||
| Production and performance of biomaterials containing RGD peptides | 2008 | Soft Matter | 4 | 2331 - 2349 | Perlin L.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/b801646a | ||||
| Suspension cross-linking of poly(aryl ether ketone)s containing carboxylic acid functionality | 2001 | Journal of Materials Chemistry | 11 | 736 - 740 | Hunter R.;Turner P.;Rimmer S. | 0959-9428 | 10.1039/b007052l | ||||
| Highly branched polymers with polymyxin end groups responsive to Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2011 | Biomacromolecules | 12 | 1 - 5 | Sarker P.;Shepherd J.;Swindells K.;Douglas I.;MacNeil S.;Swanson L.;Rimmer S. | 1525-7797 | 10.1021/bm100922j | ||||
| Corneal epithelialisation on surface-modified hydrogel implants: Artificial cornea | 2011 | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine | 22 | 663 - 670 | Ma A.;Zhao B.;Bentley A.;Brahma A.;MacNeil S.;Martin F.;Rimmer S.;Fullwood N. | 0957-4530 | 10.1007/s10856-011-4244-4 | ||||
| Copper-mediated controlled radical ring-opening polymerization (RROP) of a vinylcycloalkane | 2008 | Chemical Communications | 3049 - 3051 | Singha N.;Kavitha A.;Sarker P.;Rimmer S. | 1359-7345 | 10.1039/b801149d | |||||
| Cell adhesive hydrogels synthesised by copolymerisation of arg-protected Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser methacrylate monomers and enzymatic deprotection | 2008 | Chemical Communications | 5951 - 5953 | Perlin L.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1359-7345 | 10.1039/b813392a | |||||
| Epithelialization of hydrogels achieved by amine functionalization and co-culture with stromal cells | 2007 | Biomaterials | 28 | 5319 - 5331 | Rimmer S.;Johnson C.;Zhao B.;Collier J.;Gilmore L.;Sabnis S.;Wyman P.;Sammon C.;Fullwood N.;MacNeil S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.08.028 | ||||
| Cytocompatibility of poly(1,2 propandiol methacrylate) copolymer hydrogels and conetworks with or without alkyl amine functionality | 2009 | Biomaterials | 30 | 2468 - 2478 | Rimmer S.;Wilshaw S.;Pickavance P.;Ingham E. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.01.041 | ||||
| Synthesis and properties of amphiphilic networks 3: Preparation and characterization of block conetworks of poly(butyl methacrylate-block-(2,3 propandiol-1-methacrylate-stat-ethandiol dimethacrylate)) | 2005 | Biomaterials | 26 | 2219 - 2230 | Rimmer S.;German M.;Maughan J.;Sun Y.;Fullwood N.;Ebdon J.;MacNeil S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.07.013 | ||||
| Proteomic analysis of Escherichia coli biofilms reveals the overexpression of the outer membrane protein OmpA | 2006 | Proteomics | 6 | 4269 - 4277 | Orme R.;Douglas C.;Rimmer S.;Webb M. | 1615-9853 | 10.1002/pmic.200600193 | ||||
| Molecular recognition of caffeine by shell molecular imprinted core-shell polymer particles in aqueous media | 2002 | Advanced Materials | 14 | 667 - 670 | Carter S.;Rimmer S. | 0935-9648 | 10.1002/1521-4095(20020503)14:9<667::AID-ADMA667>3.0.CO;2-3 | ||||
| Temperature-dependent phagocytosis of highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-1,2 propandiol-3-methacrylate)s prepared by RAFT polymerization | 2007 | Journal of Materials Chemistry | 17 | 4022 - 4027 | Hopkins S.;Carter S.;Swanson L.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 0959-9428 | 10.1039/b708415c | ||||
| Development of three-dimensional tissue-engineered models of bacterial infected human skin wounds. | 2009 | Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods | 15 | 475 - 484 | Shepherd J.;Douglas I.;Rimmer S.;Swanson L.;MacNeil S. | 1937-3392 | 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0614 | ||||
| A macromonomer approach to the synthesis of poly(1,1-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-2- vinyl cyclopropane-graft-dimethyl siloxane) | 2013 | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry | 51 | 1822 - 1830 | Sarker P.;Rehman S.;Rimmer S. | 0887-624X | 10.1002/pola.26565 | ||||
| Telechelic oligo(2,3-dihydroxypropylmethacrylate acetonide)s with aldehyde end functionality prepared by ozonolytic cleavage of poly(2,3-dihydroxypropan-1-methacrylate acetonide-stat-butadiene), prepared by monomer starve-fed emulsion polymerization | 2004 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 58 | 213 - 224 | Liu Z.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 1381-5148 | 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2003.12.006 | ||||
| Synthesis of allyloxycarbonyloxymethyl-5-fluorouracil and copolymerizations with N-vinylpyrrolidinone | 2000 | Journal of Materials Chemistry | 10 | 1771 - 1775 | Liu Z.;Fullwood N.;Rimmer S. | 0959-9428 | 10.1039/B002092N | ||||
| Ozonolysis of tetramethylethylene: Characterization of cyclic and open-chain oligoperoxidic products | 2004 | Journal of Organic Chemistry | 69 | 6967 - 6973 | Barton M.;Ebdon J.;Foster A.;Rimmer S. | 0022-3263 | 10.1021/jo035624c | ||||
| Manipulating the thermoresponsive behaviour of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) 3. on the conformational behaviour of N-isopropylacrylamide graft copolymers | 2009 | Soft Matter | 5 | 3701 - 3712 | Chee C.;Hunt B.;Rimmer S.;Rutkaite R.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/b903356d | ||||
| High molecular weight plant heteropolysaccharides stimulate fibroblasts but inhibit keratinocytes | 2013 | Carbohydrate Research | 375 | 90 - 99 | Shahbuddin M.;Shahbuddin D.;Bullock A.;Ibrahim H.;Rimmer S.;MacNeil S. | 0008-6215 | 10.1016/j.carres.2013.04.006 | ||||
| Aerobic epoxidation of alkenes catalysed by cobalt(II) 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetonate or cobalt(II) benzoylacetonate | 2000 | Synthetic Communications | 30 | 4461 - 4466 | Hunter R.;Turner P.;Rimmer S. | 0039-7911 | 10.1080/00397910008087073 | ||||
| Thermally responsive polymeric hydrogel brushes: Synthesis, physical properties and use for the culture of chondrocytes | 2007 | Journal of the Royal Society Interface | 4 | 117 - 126 | Collett J.;Crawford A.;Hatton P.;Geoghegan M.;Rimmer S. | 1742-5689 | 10.1098/rsif.2006.0158 | ||||
| Novel amphiphilic diblock copolymer of low molecular weight poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-block-poly(D,L-lactide): Synthesis, characterization, and micellization | 2004 | Macromolecules | 37 | 4008 - 4013 | Luo L.;Ranger M.;Lessard D.;Garrec D.;Gori S.;Leroux J.;Rimmer S.;Smith D. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma035910q | ||||
| Complete ozonolysis of alkyl substituted ethenes at -60°C: Distributions of ozonide and oligomeric products | 2005 | Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry | 3 | 1323 - 1329 | Barton M.;Ebdon J.;Foster A.;Rimmer S. | 1477-0520 | 10.1039/b419174a | ||||
| Polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by ozonates of tetramethylethene | 2001 | Polymer | 42 | 1797 - 1807 | Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S.;Tabner B. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00456-0 | ||||
| Cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers in the presence of silyl enol ethers | 2004 | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | 205 | 1011 - 1020 | Lang W.;Sarker P.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1352 | 10.1002/macp.200300198 | ||||
| Semicontinuous emulsion polymerization of butyl methacrylate and 1, 3-butadiene in the presence of cyclodextrins and cytocompatibility of dicarboxylic acid telechelic oligo(butyl methacrylate)s derived from ozonolysis of the latexes | 2011 | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | 212 | 2043 - 2051 | Poole J.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1352 | 10.1002/macp.201100212 | ||||
| Fluorescence investigations of the thermally induced conformational transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) | 2001 | Polymer | 42 | 5079 - 5087 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00821-1 | ||||
| The inclusion of β cyclodextrin provides a supramolecular solution to the problem of polymerization of dodecyl and octadecyl methacrylates in aqueous emulsion | 1999 | Polymer | 40 | 5729 - 5731 | Rimmer S.;Tattersall P. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00139-1 | ||||
| Time-resolved fluorescence studies of the interactions between the thermoresponsive polymer host, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and a hydrophobic guest, pyrene | 2001 | Polymer | 42 | 2235 - 2240 | Chee C.;Ghiggino K.;Smith T.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00594-2 | ||||
| Initiation of radical polymerization with radicals produced from thermolyzed alkene ozonates | 2002 | Designed Monomers and Polymers | 5 | 233 - 243 | Cunliffe D.;Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S.;Tabner B. | 1385-772X | 10.1163/156855502760157953 | ||||
| New strategies for the synthesis of amphiphilic networks | 1999 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 41 | 177 - 184 | Rimmer S.;Tattersall P.;Ebdon J.;Fullwood N. | 1381-5148 | 10.1016/S1381-5148(99)00035-8 | ||||
| Effect of dimethylformamide on the ring opening insertion polymerization of ε-caprolactone | 1999 | Journal of Chemical Research - Part S | 452 - 453 | Kavros A.;Robinson Y.;Rimmer S. | 0308-2342 | 10.1039/a807834c | |||||
| Highly branched poly-(N-isopropylacrylamide)s with arginine-glycine- aspartic acid (RGD)- or COOH-chain ends that form sub-micron stimulus-responsive particles above the critical solution temperature | 2007 | Soft Matter | 3 | 971 - 973 | Rimmer S.;Carter S.;Rutkaite R.;Haycock J.;Swanson L. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/b705188c | ||||
| Synthesis of poly(isobutylene-b-styrene) block copolymers by thermolysis of ozonized alkene-ended polyisobutylenes in the presence of styrene | 2001 | Macromolecules | 34 | 3882 - 3888 | Cunliffe D.;Lockley J.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S.;Tabner B. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma001313h | ||||
| Sub-micron poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) particles as temperature responsive vehicles for the detachment and delivery of human cells | 2009 | Soft Matter | 5 | 4928 - 4937 | Hopkins S.;Carter S.;Haycock J.;Fullwood N.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/b909656f | ||||
| Synthesis of oligo(isobutyl vinyl ether) with a silyl enol ether end group and their aldol reactions with benzaldehyde | 2005 | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | 206 | 1280 - 1287 | Sarker P.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1352 | 10.1002/macp.200500128 | ||||
| Angle selective backscattered electron contrast in the low-voltage scanning electron microscope: Simulation and experiment for polymers | 2016 | Ultramicroscopy | 171 | 126 - 138 | Wan Q.;Masters R.;Lidzey D.;Abrams K.;Dapor M.;Plenderleith R.;Rimmer S.;Claeyssens F.;Rodenburg C. | 0304-3991 | 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.09.006 | ||||
| Thiol-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)-b-polyesters: Synthesis and characterization | 2007 | Macromolecules | 40 | 1874 - 1880 | Kalarickal N.;Rimmer S.;Sarker P.;Leroux J. | 0024-9297 | 10.1021/ma062377g | ||||
| Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements in the study of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-based systems | 2006 | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry | 180 | 1 - 8 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Rutkaite R.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 1010-6030 | 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.01.018 | ||||
| Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy studies of the cononsolvency of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) in mixtures of methanol and water | 2011 | Soft Matter | 7 | 1176 - 1184 | Chee C.;Hunt B.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/c0sm00836b | ||||
| Preparation of highly branched poly(vinyl acetate) by transfer to allylic carbonate comonomers | 2005 | Chemical Communications | 6029 - 6031 | Rimmer S.;Collins S.;Sarker P. | 1359-7345 | 10.1039/b511870k | |||||
| Examination of the effects of poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone) hydrogels in direct and indirect contact with cells | 2006 | Biomaterials | 27 | 2806 - 2812 | Smith L.;Rimmer S.;MacNeil S. | 0142-9612 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.12.018 | ||||
| Polymer synthesis: Facilitating functionality | 2010 | Nature Chemistry | 2 | 164 - 165 | Rimmer S. | 1755-4330 | 10.1038/nchem.563 | ||||
| Supported catalytic epoxidation of polyisobutylene with alkene chain ends | 2005 | Journal of Chemical Research - Part S | 673 - 676 | Cross P.;Hunter R.;Miller C.;Fullwood N.;Rimmer S. | 0308-2342 | ||||||
| Synthesis and conformational behaviour of luminescently labelled poly[styrene-graft-(N-isopropyl acrylamide)] copolymers | 2006 | Polymer International | 55 | 740 - 748 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 0959-8103 | 10.1002/pi.1912 | ||||
| Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy studies of the interaction of N-isopropyl acrylamide based polymers with sodium dodecyl sulphate | 2011 | Soft Matter | 7 | 4705 - 4714 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 1744-683X | 10.1039/c1sm05436h | ||||
| Highly-ordered onion micelles made from amphiphilic highly-branched copolymers | 2018 | Polymer Chemistry | 9 | 5617 - 5629 | Canning, S.L.; Ferner, J.M.F.; Mangham, N.M.; Wear, T.J.; Reynolds, S.W.; Morgan, J.; Fairclough, J.P.A.; King, S.M.; Swift, Thomas; Geoghegan, M.; Rimmer, Stephen | https://doi.org/10.1039/C8PY00800K | |||||
| Synthesis of telechelic oligostyrenes by the ozonoloysis of poly(styrene-stat-butadiene): Protection of styrene units against ozone attack by the use of di-N-alkyl amides as sacrificial ozone scavengers | 1996 | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry | 34 | 3573 - 3583 | Rimmer S.;Ebdon J. | 0887-624X | 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(199612)34:17<3573::AID-POLA12>3.0.CO;2-B | ||||
| A Clean and High Yield Synthesis of Oligo(butyl methacrylate) with Sulfonate End Groups using Polymer Supported Reagents | 1997 | Journal of Chemical Research - Part S | 408 - 409 | Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 0308-2342 | ||||||
| On the effect of the use of dimethylacetamide as solvent on the work-up of polymer ozonides with polymer-supported reagents | 1996 | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry | 34 | 3591 - 3593 | Rimmer S.;Ebdon J. | 0887-624X | 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(199612)34:17<3591::AID-POLA14>3.0.CO;2-9 | ||||
| A one-pot method for the preparation of latices of telechelic oligomers, by ozonolysis of latices of polymers containing main-chain unsaturation | 1997 | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry | 35 | 3255 - 3262 | Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 0887-624X | 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0518(19971115)35:15<3255::AID-POLA19>3.0.CO;2-A | ||||
| Functionalized polymeric and oligomeric colloids | 1998 | Designed Monomers and Polymers | 1 | 89 - 96 | Rimmer S. | 1385-772X | 10.1163/156855598X00134 | ||||
| Preparation of amphiphilic networks by Diels-Alder reactions between oligo(butyl methacrylate) with furan end-groups and a poly(ethylene oxide-co-acetylenedicarboxylate) | 1997 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 18 | 723 - 728 | Delerba M.;Ebdon J.;Rimmer S. | 1022-1336 | 10.1002/marc.1997.030180814 | ||||
| Polyurethane/polymethylmethacrylate graft copolymers: synthesis and properties | 1994 | Macromolecular reports | 31 | 857 - 864 | Rimmer S.;George M. | 1060-278X | |||||
| Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis of some well defined poly(e{open}-caprolactone)-g-poly(methyl methacrylate)-co-polyurethanes | 1994 | Polymer | 35 | 5782 - 5784 | Rimmer S.;George M. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(05)80057-6 | ||||
| Polymer-supported reagents as aids in controlled degradation of polymers containing ozonides in the main chain to give telechelic oligomers | 1995 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 26 | 145 - 155 | Rimmer S.;Ebdon J.;Shepherd M. | 1381-5148 | 10.1016/1381-5148(95)00014-7 | ||||
| Preparation of polystyrene-poly(styrene-g-N-isopropylacrylamide) core-shell particles: Copolymerization of oligo(N-isopropylacrylamide) macromonomers and styrene onto polystyrene seed particles and stability of the resultant particles | 1996 | Polymer | 37 | 4135 - 4139 | Rimmer S.;Ramli A.;Lefèvre S. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/0032-3861(96)00253-4 | ||||
| Differential scanning calorimetry of some well defined poly(ε-caprolactone-g-PMMA)-co-polyurethanes | 1994 | Polymer | 35 | 2123 - 2127 | Rimmer S.;George M. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/0032-3861(94)90237-2 | ||||
| Radical polymerizations of methyl methacrylate initiated by methyl 2-[(4-diphenylmethylene)-2,5-cyclohexadienyl]-2-methyl-propanoate: A model system for so-called 'quasi-living' polymerizations of methyl methacrylate initiated by phenylazotriphenylmethane | 1998 | Polymer | 39 | 4943 - 4948 | Ebdon J.;Huckerby T.;Hunt B.;Rimmer S.;Shepherd M.;Teodorescu M. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00082-2 | ||||
| Synthesis of graft copolymers of poly(caprolactone) and poly(methyl methacrylate) and the use of these materials to synthesize soft-segment grafted polyurethanes | 1993 | European Polymer Journal | 29 | 205 - 210 | Rimmer S.;George M. | 0014-3057 | 10.1016/0014-3057(93)90084-S | ||||
| Degradative routes to telechelic oligomers and macromonomers | 1995 | Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry | 32 | 603 - 611 | Ebdon J.;Flint N.;Rimmer S. | 1060-1325 | 10.1080/10601329508018949 | ||||
| 7 Synthesis of man-made polymers | 1998 | Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section B | 94 | 207 - 233 | Rimmer S. | 0069-3030 | |||||
| Time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy studies of the temperature-induced intramolecular conformational transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in dilute aqueous solution | 1997 | Polymer | 38 | 483 - 486 | Chee C.;Rimmer S.;Soutar I.;Swanson L. | 0032-3861 | 10.1016/S0032-3861(96)00636-2 | ||||
| A muscle mimetic polyelectrolyte–nanoclay organic–inorganic hybrid hydrogel: its self-healing, shape-memory and actuation properties | 2019 | Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 7 | 1475 - 1493 | Banerjee, S.L.; Swift, Thomas; Hoskins, Richard; Rimmer, Stephen; Singha, N.K. | https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TB02852D | |||||
| Highly-branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) functionalised with pendant Nile red and chain end vancomycin for the detection of Gram-positive bacteria | 2019 | Acta Biomaterialia | 87 | 197 - 206 | Swift, Thomas; Katsikogianni, Maria G.; Hoskins, Richard; Teratarantorn, P.; Douglas, I.; MacNeil, S.; Rimmer, Stephen | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.01.066 | |||||
| Highly-branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) functionalised with pendant Nile red and chain end vancomycin for the detection of Gram-positive bacteria | 2019 | Acta Biomaterialia | 87 | 197 - 206 | Swift T.;Katsikogianni M.;Hoskins R.;Teratarantorn P.;Douglas I.;MacNeil S.;Rimmer S. | 1742-7061 | 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.01.066 | ||||
| A muscle mimetic polyelectrolyte-nanoclay organic-inorganic hybrid hydrogel: Its self-healing, shape-memory and actuation properties | 2019 | Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 7 | 1475 - 1493 | Banerjee S.;Swift T.;Hoskins R.;Rimmer S.;Singha N. | 2050-7518 | 10.1039/c8tb02852d | ||||
| Temperature-dependent structure and dynamics of highly-branched poly(N -isopropylacrylamide) in aqueous solution | 2018 | Al-Baradi, A.M.; Rimmer, Stephen; Carter, S.R.; de Silva, J.P.; King, S.M.; Maccarini, M.; Farago, B.; Noirez, L.; Geoghegan, M. | |||||||||
| Highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) functionalized with an inducer molecule suppresses quorum sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum | 2019 | Chemical Communications | 55 | 9765 - 9768 | Shepherd, J.; Swift, Thomas; Chang, Chien-Yi; Boyne, J.R.; Rimmer, Stephen; Martin, William H.C. | https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC02524C |