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Research project

Smart Textiles for Regional Industry and Smart Specialisation Sectors

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor David Harrowven

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Natural products total synthesis
  • Radical and diradical chemistry
Connect with David

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
  • The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
  • The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.
Connect with Richard

Email: [email protected]

Professor Neil White

Professor in Intelligent Sensor Systems

Research interests

  • Medical sensors
  • Intelligent sensor systemS
  • Energy harvesting
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Nicholas Harris

Professor
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Stephen Beeby PhD, FIEEE, FInstP, FIET, CEng, CPhys

Professor of Electronic Systems & Device

Research interests

  • Electronic Textiles
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Smart Materials
Connect with Stephen

Email: [email protected]

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Total synthesis of natural products
  • Asymmetric synthesis
Connect with Richard

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles (C-FLEET)

The Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles (C-FLEET) is a centre of expertise for flexible smart materials, printed electronics and electronic textile technologies. We work with industry, policy makers, and the general public to address both national and global challenges.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Our interests range from nano-scale biological sensors to complete sensor systems.

Research outputs

Organic semiconductor design for light-emitting electrochemical cell technology
Oliver James Ward, 2024
Type: thesis
Aryl-aryl cross-coupling reactions without reagents or catalysts: photocyclization of ortho-Iodoaryl ethers and related compounds via triplet aryl cation intermediates
David C. Harrowven, Wei Sun, Richard C.D. Brown & Luke Wilding-Steele, 2023, ChemComm, 59(72), 10797-10800
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03271J
Type: article
Predictive TDDFT Methodology for Aromatic Molecules UV-Vis properties
Matthieu Hédouin, Eleonora Luppi, Oliver Ward, David Harrowven, Catherine Fressigné & Isabelle Chataigner, 2023, ChemistrySelect, 8(29)
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202301943
Type: article
High pressure promoted dearomatization of nitroarenes by [4+2] cycloadditions with silyloxydienes
Batoul Rkein, Romain Coffinier, Marian Elise Powderly, Maxime Manneveau, Morgane Sanselme, Muriel Durandetti, Muriel Sebban, Ghanem Hamdoun, Hassan Oulyadi, David C. Harrowven, Julien Legros & Isabelle Chataigner, 2022, Chemical Communications, 58(84), 11807-11810
DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04778K
Type: article
Solution-processed organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs) with blue colour emission via silver-nanowires (AgNWs) as Cathode
Katie Court, Sasikumar Arumugam, Yi Li, Martin Charlton, Michael Tudor, David C. Harrowven & Stephen Beeby, 2022
DOI: 10.3390/engproc2022015021
Type: conference