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Materials Science
UK
2022

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Materials Science

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93
Citations
30813
World Ranking
1466
National Ranking
63

Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
31166
World Ranking
1789
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Dave J. Adams is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with particular focus on subfields such as Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Dave J. Adams has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Soft Matter
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Chemical Communications
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Faraday Discussions

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Adams are:

  • "Personal Perspective on Understanding Low Molecular Weight Gels," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Stimuli responsive dynamic transformations in supramolecular gels," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Multifunctional Antimicrobial Biometallohydrogels Based on Amino Acid Coordinated Self-Assembly," 2020, Small
  • "De Novo Design of Functional Coassembling Organic-Inorganic Hydrogels for Hierarchical Mineralization and Neovascularization," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Using Small-Angle Scattering and Contrast Matching to Understand Molecular Packing in Low Molecular Weight Gels," 2020, Matter

Collaborations form a significant aspect of Adams' research, with frequent co-authors including Annela M. Seddon, Santanu Panja, Simona Bianco, B. Dietrich, and Emily R. Draper.

In recognition of contributions to the scientific community, Adams was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Porous organic cages

    Tomokazu Tozawa;James T. A. Jones;Shashikala I. Swamy;Shan Jiang

  • Nanoporous organic polymer networks

    Robert Dawson;Andrew I. Cooper;Dave J. Adams

  • Tunable organic photocatalysts for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution.

    Reiner Sebastian Sprick;Jia-Xing Jiang;Jia-Xing Jiang;Baltasar Bonillo;Shijie Ren;Shijie Ren

  • Porous, Fluorescent, Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks Via Room-Temperature and Microwave-Assisted Synthesis

    Shijie Ren;Michael J. Bojdys;Robert Dawson;Andrea Laybourn

  • Microporous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture

    Robert Dawson;Ev Stöckel;James R. Holst;Dave J. Adams

  • Low-Molecular-Weight Gels: The State of the Art

    Emily R. Draper;Dave J. Adams

  • Chemical tuning of CO2 sorption in robust nanoporous organic polymers

    Robert Dawson;Dave J. Adams;Andrew I. Cooper

  • The importance of the self-assembly process to control mechanical properties of low molecular weight hydrogels

    Jaclyn Raeburn;Andre Zamith Cardoso;Dave J. Adams

  • 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

  • Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals

    James T. A. Jones;Tom Hasell;Xiaofeng Wu;John Bacsa

  • Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution Using Planarized Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts

    Reiner Sebastian Sprick;Baltasar Bonillo;Rob Clowes;Pierre Guiglion

  • Janus particles at liquid-liquid interfaces.

    Nicole Glaser;Dave J. Adams;Alexander Böker;Georg Krausch

  • A new method for maintaining homogeneity during liquid–hydrogel transitions using low molecular weight hydrogelators

    Dave J. Adams;Michael F. Butler;William J. Frith;Mark Kirkland

  • Hypercrosslinked organic polymer networks as potential adsorbents for pre-combustion CO2 capture

    Claudia F. Martín;Ev Stöckel;Rob Clowes;Dave J. Adams

  • Functionalized Conjugated Microporous Polymers

    Robert Dawson;Andrea Laybourn;Rob Clowes;Yaroslav Z. Khimyak

  • Methane storage in dry water gas hydrates.

    Weixing Wang;Christopher L. Bray;Dave J. Adams;Andrew I. Cooper

  • Stimuli responsive dynamic transformations in supramolecular gels

    Santanu Panja;Dave J. Adams

  • Metal–Organic Conjugated Microporous Polymers†

    Jia-Xing Jiang;Chao Wang;Andrea Laybourn;Tom Hasell

  • Molecular shape sorting using molecular organic cages

    Tamoghna Mitra;Kim E. Jelfs;Marc Schmidtmann;Adham Ahmed

  • Chemistry In Alternative Reaction Media

    Dave J. Adams;Paul J. Dyson;Stewart J. Tavener

  • Chemical functionalization strategies for carbon dioxide capture in microporous organic polymers

    Robert Dawson;Andrew I Cooper;Dave J Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew I. Cooper
Andrew I. Cooper University of Liverpool
James H. Clark
James H. Clark University of York
Tom Hasell
Tom Hasell University of Liverpool
Louise C. Serpell
Louise C. Serpell University of Sussex
Ralf Schweins
Ralf Schweins Institut Laue-Langevin
Matthew J. Rosseinsky
Matthew J. Rosseinsky University of Liverpool
Rob Clowes
Rob Clowes University of Liverpool
Kim E. Jelfs
Kim E. Jelfs Imperial College London
John Bacsa
John Bacsa Emory University
Yaroslav Z. Khimyak
Yaroslav Z. Khimyak University of East Anglia

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