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Matthew G. Davidson

Matthew G. Davidson

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
8104
World Ranking
15631
National Ranking
864

Overview

Matthew G. Davidson is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science. Their research output spans numerous topics and subfields, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Process Chemistry and Technology. Additional areas of study include Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering.

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

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Davidson has authored several influential papers, notably:

  • Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste - A review, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Production of HMF, FDCA and their derived products: a review of life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) studies, 2021, Green Chemistry

Although not primary author, Davidson appears in contexts associated with other significant papers in the field, such as:

  • Organocatalysis for versatile polymer degradation, 2020, Green Chemistry
  • Versatile Chemical Recycling Strategies: Value-Added Chemicals from Polyester and Polycarbonate Waste, 2022, ChemSusChem
  • Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Bio-Based Cyclic Aliphatic Polyesters, 2021, Biomacromolecules

Frequent co-authors in Davidson's publications include:

  • Matthew D. Jones
  • Gabriele Kociok-Köhn
  • Antoine Buchard
  • Strachan N. McCormick
  • Paul McKeown

The primary venues for Davidson's published work feature:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ChemSusChem
  • Green Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

In book publications, Davidson has contributed to titles including The Metaphysics of Existence and Nonexistence (2023) published by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks, and Modern Developments in Catalysis (2021) published by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Exploiting the Reversible Covalent Bonding of Boronic Acids: Recognition, Sensing, and Assembly

    Steven D Bull;Matthew G. Davidson;Jean M. H. van den Elsen;John S. Fossey

  • Group 4 Complexes with Aminebisphenolate Ligands and Their Application for the Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

    Amanda J. Chmura;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones;Matthew D. Lunn

  • Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste – A review

    Matthew G. Davidson;Rebecca A. Furlong;Marcelle C. McManus

  • Highly active and stereoselective zirconium and hafnium alkoxide initiators for solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

    Amanda J. Chmura;Matthew G. Davidson;Catherine J. Frankis;Matthew D. Jones

  • Production of HMF, FDCA and their derived products: a review of life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) studies

    Matthew G. Davidson;Shaun Elgie;Sophie Parsons;Tim J. Young

  • An enantioselective fluorescent sensor for sugar acids.

    Jianzhang Zhao;Matthew G. Davidson;Mary F. Mahon;Gabriele Kociok-Köhn

  • A germanium alkoxide supported by a C3-symmetric ligand for the stereoselective synthesis of highly heterotactic polylactide under solvent-free conditions.

    Amanda J. Chmura;Christopher J. Chuck;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones

  • Contemporary Boron Chemistry

    Matthew G Davidson;Ken Wade;T B Marder;Andrew K Hughes

  • Exo-π-bonding to an ortho-carborane hypercarbon atom : systematic icosahedral cage distortions reflected in the structures of the fluoro-, hydroxy- and amino-carboranes, 1-X-2-Ph-1,2-C2B10H10 (X = F, OH or NH2) and related anions.

    Lynn A. Boyd;William Clegg;Royston C. B. Copley;Matthew G. Davidson

  • Robust chiral zirconium alkoxide initiators for the room-temperature stereoselective ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide

    Amanda J. Chmura;David M. Cousins;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones

  • Synthesis and structural characterisation of the first bis(bora)calixarene: a selective, bidentate, fluorescent fluoride sensor

    Susumu Arimori;Matthew G. Davidson;Thomas M. Fyles;Thomas G. Hibbert

  • Group 4 salalen complexes for the production and degradation of polylactide.

    Emma L. Whitelaw;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones

  • Zinc(II) Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Species and Their Application for the Ring-Opening Polymerisation of rac-Lactide

    Matthew D. Jones;Matthew G. Davidson;Callum G. Keir;Laura M. Hughes

  • Functional and informatics analysis enables glycosyltransferase activity prediction

    Min Yang;Min Yang;Charlie Fehl;Karen V. Lees;Eng Kiat Lim

  • Organocatalysis for versatile polymer degradation

    Paul McKeown;Muhammed Kamran;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones

  • Exploiting σ/π coordination isomerism to prepare homologous organoalkali metal (Li, Na, K) monomers with identical ligand sets

    Matthew G. Davidson;Daniel Garcia-Vivo;Alan R. Kennedy;Robert E. Mulvey

  • On the Interaction between N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes and Organic Acids: Structural Authentication of the First N−H⋅⋅⋅C Hydrogen Bond and Remarkably Short C−H⋅⋅⋅O Interactions

    John A. Cowan;Jason A. C. Clyburne;Matthew G. Davidson;R. Luke W. Harris

  • Air-stable titanium alkoxide based metal-organic framework as an initiator for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters.

    Christopher J Chuck;Matthew G Davidson;Matthew D Jones;Gabriele Kociok-Köhn

  • Definitive crystal structures of ortho-, meta- and para-carboranes: supramolecular structures directed solely by C–H⋯O hydrogen bonding to hmpa (hmpa = hexamethylphosphoramide)

    Matthew G. Davidson;Thomas G. Hibbert;Judith A. K. Howard;Angus Mackinnon

  • Group 4 complexes of amine bis(phenolate)s and their application for the ring opening polymerisation of cyclic esters

    Amanda J. Chmura;Matthew G. Davidson;Matthew D. Jones;Matthew D. Lunn

  • Deboronation of ortho-carborane by an iminophosphorane: crystal structures of the novel carborane adduct nido-C2B10H12·HNP(NMe2)3 and the borenium salt [(Me2N)3PNHBNP(NMe2)3]2O2+(C2B9H12–)2

    Matthew G. Davidson;Mark A. Fox;Thomas G. Hibbert;Judith A. K. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Matthew D. Jones
Matthew D. Jones Neuroscience Research Australia
Mary F. Mahon
Mary F. Mahon University of Bath
Judith A. K. Howard
Judith A. K. Howard Durham University
Dietmar Stalke
Dietmar Stalke University of Göttingen
Steven D. Bull
Steven D. Bull University of Bath
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn University of Bath
Dominic S. Wright
Dominic S. Wright University of Cambridge
Mark A. Fox
Mark A. Fox University of Zurich
Tony D. James
Tony D. James University of Bath

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