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2022

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Materials Science

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84
Citations
21248
World Ranking
2299
National Ranking
100

Chemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
21595
World Ranking
2731
National Ranking
145

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her research into the mechanisms of high temperature crazing, as well as morphology and phase behavior in liquid crystalline polymer systems

Overview

Athene M. Donald is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span several areas within science, though specific data on recent papers, frequent co-authors, and publication venues are not listed.

Throughout their career, Donald has been recognized by notable professional societies and academies. They were elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994 with a citation acknowledging research into the mechanisms of high temperature crazing, as well as morphology and phase behavior in liquid crystalline polymer systems.

Further recognition came in 1999 with election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, one of the oldest scientific academies. In 2009, Donald became a member of the Academia Europaea.

While detailed information on Donald's specific fields of study, subfields, topics of work, or book publications is not available, their affiliations and awards indicate involvement in physics and materials science, with a focus on polymer systems and related phenomena.

Best Publications

  • The binding of thioflavin-T to amyloid fibrils: localisation and implications.

    M.R.H. Krebs;E.H.C. Bromley;A.M. Donald

  • The Influence of Amylose on Starch Granule Structure

    P.J. Jenkins;A.M. Donald

  • Rational design and application of responsive α-helical peptide hydrogels

    Eleanor F. Banwell;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Dave J. Adams;Martin A. Birchall

  • A Universal Feature in the Structure of Starch Granules from Different Botanical Sources

    Paul J. Jenkins;Ruth E. Cameron;Athene M. Donald

  • Gelatinisation of starch: a combined SAXS/WAXS/DSC and SANS study

    Paul J Jenkins;Athene M Donald

  • The use of environmental scanning electron microscopy for imaging wet and insulating materials

    Athene M. Donald

  • The phase transformations in starch during gelatinisation: a liquid crystalline approach.

    Thomas A. Waigh;Michael J. Gidley;Bernard U. Komanshek;Athene M. Donald

  • Microrheology: a review of the method and applications

    Pietro Cicuta;Athene M. Donald

  • The formation of spherulites by amyloid fibrils of bovine insulin.

    Mark R. H. Krebs;Cait E. MacPhee;Aline F. Miller;Iain E. Dunlop

  • Effect of molecular entanglements on craze microstructure in glassy polymers

    Athene M. Donald;Edward J. Kramer

  • Time resolved simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering during polyethylene deformation—II. Cold drawing of linear polyethylene

    Michael F. Butler;Athene M. Donald;Anthony J. Ryan;Anthony J. Ryan

  • A small-angle X-ray scattering study of the annealing and gelatinization of starch

    R.E Cameron;A.M Donald

  • Craze initiation and growth in high‐impact polystyrene

    Athene M. Donald;Edward J. Kramer

  • Starch synthesis in Arabidopsis. Granule synthesis, composition, and structure.

    Samuel C. Zeeman;Axel Tiessen;Emma Pilling;K. Lisa Kato

  • Infrared study of gelatin conformations in the gel and sol states

    D.A. Prystupa;A.M. Donald

  • Molecular correlation in thermotropic copolyesters

    Alan H. Windle;Christopher Viney;Ruth Golombok;Athene M. Donald

  • A real-time simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering study of in-situ deformation of isotropic polyethylene

    Michael F. Butler;Athene M. Donald;Wim Bras;Geoffrey R. Mant

  • Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Model for Starch

    Thomas A. Waigh;K. Lisa Kato;Athene M. Donald;Michael J. Gidley

  • KINETICS OF FILM FORMATION IN ACRYLIC LATICES STUDIED WITH MULTIPLE-ANGLE-OF-INCIDENCE ELLIPSOMETRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SEM

    J. L. Keddie;P. Meredith;R. A. L. Jones;A. M. Donald

  • Plastic deformation mechanisms in poly(acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene) [ABS]

    Athene M. Donald;Edward J. Kramer

  • Starch, structure and functionality

    P. J. Frazier;P. Richmond;A. M. Donald

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Meredith
Paul Meredith Swansea University
Alan H. Windle
Alan H. Windle University of Cambridge
Richard A. L. Jones
Richard A. L. Jones University of Manchester
Anthony J. Ryan
Anthony J. Ryan University of Sheffield
David G. Lidzey
David G. Lidzey University of Sheffield
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Wuhan University of Technology
Ruth E. Cameron
Ruth E. Cameron University of Cambridge
Michael J. Gidley
Michael J. Gidley University of Queensland
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Eugene M. Terentjev
Eugene M. Terentjev University of Cambridge

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