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Overview

Norman S. Allen is affiliated with Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their primary research field is Materials Science, with a focus on polymers and plastics. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including polymers and plastics, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, biomaterials, and organic chemistry.

Norman S. Allen has contributed extensively to the study of polymer properties, degradation, and stabilization. Their notable recent papers include:

  • Perspectives on additives for polymers. 1. Aspects of stabilization (2020, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology)
  • Perspectives on yellowing in the degradation of polymer materials: inter-relationship of structure, mechanisms and modes of stabilisation (2022, Polymer Degradation and Stability)
  • Perspectives on additives for polymers. Part 2. Aspects of photostabilization and role of fillers and pigments (2020, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology)
  • Research perspectives on the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide: Catalytic assessment methods in solution and solid-state in relation to particle surface activity (2021, Polymer Degradation and Stability)
  • High-temperature stabilization of polypropylene using hindered phenol-thioester stabilizer combinations, Part 2: Optimization and efficacy via encapsulation with silicate fillers (2021, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology)

The main topics explored in their research cover polymer crystallization and properties, polymer science and PVC, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, polymer nanocomposites and properties, fullerene chemistry and applications, titanium dioxide photocatalysis and solar cells, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Michèle Edge, Sajid Hussain, Klaus Keck-Antoine, Eldar Zeynalov, and Christopher M. Liauw.

Norman S. Allen's publications have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, with at least ten papers. Other common venues for publication include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Polymer Degradation and Stability, Tetrahedron, and the Azerbaijan Chemical Journal.

Best Publications

  • Degradation and stabilisation of polymers and coatings: nano versus pigmentary titania particles

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Amaya Ortega;Gonzalo Sandoval

  • Free radical macrophotoinitiators: an overview on recent advances

    T. Corrales;F. Catalina;C. Peinado;N.S. Allen

  • Photoinitiators for UV and visible curing of coatings: Mechanisms and properties

    Norman S. Allen

  • Photochemistry of man-made polymers

    John F. McKellar;Norman S. Allen

  • The effect of crystalline phase (anatase, brookite and rutile) and size on the photocatalytic activity of calcined polymorphic titanium dioxide (TiO2)

    Norman S. Allen;Noredine Mahdjoub;Vladimir Vishnyakov;Peter J. Kelly

  • Inactivation of Escherichia coli on immobilized TiO2 using fluorescent light

    L. Caballero;K.A. Whitehead;N.S. Allen;J. Verran

  • Behaviour of nanoparticle (ultrafine) titanium dioxide pigments and stabilisers on the photooxidative stability of water based acrylic and isocyanate based acrylic coatings

    Norman S Allen;Michele Edge;Amaya Ortega;Christopher M Liauw

  • PHOTOCATALYTIC TITANIA BASED SURFACES: ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Joanna Verran;John Stratton

  • Design of eutectic photoinitiator blends for UV/visible curable acrylated printing inks and coatings

    Juan Segurola;Norman S Allen;Michele Edge;Adam Mc Mahon

  • Aspects of the thermal oxidation of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Miguel Rodriguez;Cristopher M. Liauw

  • Photooxidative and thermal degradation of polyethylenes: interrelationship by chemiluminescence, thermal gravimetric analysis and FTIR data

    T. Corrales;F. Catalina;C. Peinado;N.S. Allen

  • Aspects of the thermal oxidation, yellowing and stabilisation of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Miguel Rodriguez;Cristopher M. Liauw

  • Fundamentals of polymer degradation and stabilisation

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge

  • Photocatalytic Coatings for Environmental Applications

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Gonzalo Sandoval;Joanna Verran

  • Aspects of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation for archival life and environmental degradation

    M. Edge;M. Hayes;M. Mohammadian;N.S. Allen

  • Physicochemical aspects of the environmental degradation of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Mehrdad Mohammadian;Ken Jones

  • Ageing and stabilisation of filled polymers: an overview

    Norman S. Allen;Michele Edge;Teresa Corrales;Aileen Childs

  • Photochemistry of dyed and pigmented polymers

    Norman S. Allen;John F. McKellar

  • Characterisation of the species responsible for yellowing in melt degraded aromatic polyesters—I: Yellowing of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    M. Edge;R. Wiles;N.S. Allen;W.A. McDonald

  • Degradation and stabilisation of styrene–ethylene–butadiene–styrene (SEBS) block copolymer

    Norman S Allen;Michele Edge;Arthur Wilkinson;Cristopher M Liauw

  • Photocatalysis: Science and Technology

    Norman S. Allen

  • Polymer photophysics and photochemistry: By Professor J. E. Guillet. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985. 391 pp. ISBN 0-521-23506-5. Price: £45.00 or $79.50

    Norman S. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Glyn O. Phillips
Glyn O. Phillips Hubei University of Technology
Roberto Sastre
Roberto Sastre Spanish National Research Council
Jean-Luc Gardette
Jean-Luc Gardette University of Clermont Auvergne
Peter Kelly
Peter Kelly Manchester Metropolitan University
John M. Warman
John M. Warman Delft University of Technology
Raymond E. March
Raymond E. March Trent University
Fabrice Morlet-Savary
Fabrice Morlet-Savary University of Upper Alsace

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