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Philip G. Jessop

Philip G. Jessop

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
27397
World Ranking
4173
National Ranking
103

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Philip G. Jessop is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Philip G. Jessop has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Green Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Omega
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Desalination

Recent papers include:

  • Selectivity control in hydrogenation through adaptive catalysis using ruthenium nanoparticles on a CO2-responsive support, 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • CO2-responsive gels, 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Reversible Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds by Switchable-Hydrophilicity Solvents: A Case Study of Toluene with N,N-Dimethylcyclohexylamine, 2020, ACS Omega
  • A forward osmosis hydrogel draw agent that responds to both heat and CO2, 2021, Desalination
  • Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals via RAFT Polymerization of CO2-Responsive Monomer-Tuning Hydrophobicity, 2020, Langmuir

Frequent coauthors with whom Philip G. Jessop has collaborated include:

  • Michael F. Cunningham
  • G. Schatte
  • Pascale Champagne
  • Ramjee Kandel
  • Laura Laverdure

Philip G. Jessop has contributed to book publications, notably the title CO2-switchable Materials published in 2020 by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The scientist has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids.

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Green chemistry: Reversible nonpolar-to-polar solvent

    Philip G. Jessop;David J. Heldebrant;Xiaowang Li;Charles A. Eckert

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao. Ikariya;Ryoji. Noyori

  • Searching for green solvents

    Philip G. Jessop

  • Chemical synthesis using supercritical fluids

    Philip G. Jessop;Walter Leitner

  • Reactions of transition metal dihydrogen complexes

    Philip G. Jessop;Robert H. Morris

  • Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of supercritical carbon dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Recent advances in the homogeneous hydrogenation of carbon dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Ferenc Joó;Chih-Cheng Tai

  • HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS : HYDROGENATION OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE TO FORMIC ACID, ALKYL FORMATES, AND FORMAMIDES

    Philip G. Jessop;Yi Hsiao;and Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Gas-expanded liquids.

    Philip G Jessop;Bala Subramaniam

  • Solvatochromic parameters for solvents of interest in green chemistry

    Philip G. Jessop;David A. Jessop;Dongbao Fu;Lam Phan

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation and catalyst recycling using ionic liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide.

    Richard A. Brown;Pamela Pollet;Erin McKoon;Charles A. Eckert

  • CO2-triggered switchable solvents, surfactants, and other materials

    Philip G. Jessop;Sean M. Mercer;David J. Heldebrant

  • The Reaction of 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) with Carbon Dioxide

    David J Heldebrant;Philip G Jessop;Colin A Thomas;Charles A Eckert

  • Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide catalyzed by ruthenium trimethylphosphine complexes: the accelerating effect of certain alcohols and amines.

    Pradip Munshi;A. Denise Main;John C. Linehan;Chih Cheng Tai

  • Switchable Surfactants

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  • CO2-responsive polymeric materials: synthesis, self-assembly, and functional applications.

    Ali Darabi;Philip G. Jessop;Michael F. Cunningham

  • A solvent having switchable hydrophilicity

    Philip G Jessop;Lam N Phan;Andrew Carrier;Shona J Robinson

  • Chemical Synthesis Using Supercritical Fluids: Jessop/Chemical

    Philip G. Jessop;Walter Leitner

  • Solvent effects in catalysis: rational improvements of catalysts via manipulation of solvent interactions

    Paul J. Dyson;Philip G. Jessop

  • Organic liquid CO2 capture agents with high gravimetric CO2 capacity

    David J. Heldebrant;Clement R. Yonker;Philip G. Jessop;Lam Phan

  • Liquid poly(ethylene glycol) and supercritical carbon dioxide: a benign biphasic solvent system for use and recycling of homogeneous catalysts.

    David J. Heldebrant;Philip G. Jessop

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. Cunningham
Michael F. Cunningham Queen's University
Pascale Champagne
Pascale Champagne Queen's University
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University
Charles A. Eckert
Charles A. Eckert Georgia Institute of Technology
Walter Leitner
Walter Leitner Max Planck Society
Charles L. Liotta
Charles L. Liotta Georgia Institute of Technology
Brian R. James
Brian R. James University of British Columbia
Takao Ikariya
Takao Ikariya Tokyo Institute of Technology
Robert H. Morris
Robert H. Morris University of Toronto
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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