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Overview

Wayne Hayes is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on materials science. Their work encompasses several subfields including polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and biomaterials.

Their research topics are diverse and include polymer composites and self-healing, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, and additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Hayes has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Reactive and Functional Polymers

Their notable recent papers cover advancements in polymer chemistry and related materials science fields. Selected recent publications are:

  • Thermally and mechanically robust self-healing supramolecular polyurethanes featuring aliphatic amide end caps, 2024, Polymer
  • Recent advances in self-immolative linkers and their applications in polymeric reporting systems, 2022, Polymer Chemistry
  • Applications of supramolecular polymer networks, 2022, Reactive and Functional Polymers
  • A 3D printed drug delivery implant formed from a dynamic supramolecular polyurethane formulation, 2020, Polymer Chemistry
  • A fluoride degradable crosslinker for debond-on-demand polyurethane based crosslinked adhesives, 2020, Materials Today Communications

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, frequently co-authoring with Ann M. Chippindale, Alexander G. Gavriel, Mark R. Sambrook, Andrew T. Russell, and Matthew Hyder, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research projects.

Best Publications

  • A healable supramolecular polymer blend based on aromatic π-π stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions

    Stefano Burattini;Barnaby W. Greenland;Daniel Hermida Merino;Wengui Weng

  • Synthesis and applications of hyperbranched polymers

    C.R. Yates;W. Hayes

  • Dendrimers: a new class of nanoscopic containers and delivery devices

    F. Aulenta;W. Hayes;S. Rannard

  • A self-repairing, supramolecular polymer system: healability as a consequence of donor–acceptor π–π stacking interactions

    Stefano Burattini;Howard M. Colquhoun;Justin D. Fox;Donia Friedmann

  • Healable polymeric materials: a tutorial review

    Stefano Burattini;Barnaby William Greenland;David Chappell;Howard Matthew Colquhoun

  • High-Strength, Healable, Supramolecular Polymer Nanocomposites

    Justin Fox;Jeong J. Wie;Barnaby W. Greenland;Stefano Burattini

  • Imprinted polymers: artificial molecular recognition materials with applications in synthesis and catalysis

    Cameron Alexander;Louise Davidson;Wayne Hayes

  • A Supramolecular Polymer Based on Tweezer-Type π−π Stacking Interactions: Molecular Design for Healability and Enhanced Toughness

    Stefano Burattini;Barnaby W. Greenland;Wayne Hayes;Michael E. Mackay

  • A novel self-healing supramolecular polymer system

    Stefano Burattini;Howard M. Colquhoun;Barnaby W. Greenland;Wayne Hayes

  • Self-immolative linkers in polymeric delivery systems

    Christopher A. Blencowe;Andrew T. Russell;Francesca Greco;Wayne Hayes

  • Advances in cycloaddition polymerizations

    Glenn W. Goodall;Wayne Hayes

  • Development and application of diazirines in biological and synthetic macromolecular systems

    Anton Blencowe;Wayne Hayes

  • Molecular Meccano. 3. Constitutional and Translational Isomerism in [2]Catenanes and [n]Pseudorotaxanes

    J. Fraser Stoddart;David J. Williams;David B. Amabilino;Pier-Lucio Anelli

  • Molecular-imprinted, polymer-coated quartz crystal microbalances for the detection of terpenes

    C. J. Percival;Simon Stanley;M. Galle;Alan Braithwaite

  • Healable supramolecular polymers

    Lewis R. Hart;Josephine L. Harries;Barnaby W. Greenland;Howard M. Colquhoun

  • One-pot synthesis of multivalent arrays of mannose mono- and disaccharides

    Wayne Hayes;Helen M.I. Osborn;Sadie D. Osborne;Robert A. Rastall

  • 3- and 3,4-Substituted Pyrroles and Thiophenes and Their Corresponding Polymers - A Review

    N.J.L. Guernion;W. Hayes

  • 3D Printing of Biocompatible Supramolecular Polymers and their Composites.

    Lewis R. Hart;Siwei Li;Craig Sturgess;Ricky D. Wildman

  • Chiral dendrimers—from architecturally interesting hyperbranched macromolecules to functional materials

    Barbara Romagnoli;Wayne Hayes

  • Hydrogen Bonded Supramolecular Elastomers: Correlating Hydrogen Bonding Strength with Morphology and Rheology

    Philip J. Woodward;Daniel Hermida Merino;Barnaby W. Greenland;Ian W. Hamley

  • A Thermoreversible Supramolecular Polyurethane with Excellent Healing Ability at 45 °C

    Antonio Feula;Alexander Pethybridge;Ioannis Giannakopoulos;Xuegang Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard M. Colquhoun
Howard M. Colquhoun University of Reading
Ian W. Hamley
Ian W. Hamley University of Reading
Peter R. Ashton
Peter R. Ashton University of Birmingham
Michael E. Mackay
Michael E. Mackay University of Delaware
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Douglas Philp
Douglas Philp University of St Andrews
Rainer Cramer
Rainer Cramer University of Reading
Irene Mueller-Harvey
Irene Mueller-Harvey University of Reading
Ricky D. Wildman
Ricky D. Wildman University of Nottingham

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