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Emeritus Professor of Polymer Science

Email: R.G.Jones@kent.ac.uk

Expertise

• Polymer chemistry
• Polymerisation mechanisms
• Polymer synthesis
• Polysilanes
• Resists for microlithography
• Polymer Terminology & Nomenclature

Biography

• MSc in Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) in 1962; PhD of the University of Leeds in 1966; Lecturer in Applied Chemistry at Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, 1966-70 before coming to the University of Kent in 1970 as Lecturer in Chemistry.
  • Visiting researcher at the University of Southern California,1980.
  • Associate Member of the Polymer Division of IUPAC, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology.

Publications

• 'A Model for Defect-Diffusion Controlled Polymerisation at a Surface as Typified by the Alkali Metal Mediated Synthesis of Polysilanes', T. C. B. McLeish, R. G. Jones and S. J. Holder, Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 548-554.
  • 'The Role of Oligomers in the Synthesis of Polysilanes Formed by the Wurtz Reductive-Coupling Reaction', D. Bratton, S. J. Holder, R. G. Jones and W. K. C. Wong, J. Organomet. Chem., 2003, 685, 60-64.
  • 'High Yield Controlled Syntheses of Polysilanes by the Wurtz-type Reductive Coupling Reaction', R. G. Jones and S. J. Holder, Polymer International 2006, 55, 711-718.
  • ‘Terminology of Polymers Containing Ionizable or Ionic Groups and of Polymers Containing Ions, (IUPAC Recommendations 2006), P. Kubisa, M. Hess, R. G. Jones, J. Kahovec, T. Kitayama, P. Kratochvíl, W. Mormann, R. F. T. Stepto, D. Tabak, J. Vohlídal, and E. S. Wilks, Pure Appl. Chem. 2006, 78, 2067-2074.
  • ‘Definitions of Terms Relating to the Structure and Processing of Sols, Gels, Networks, and Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials, (IUPAC Recommendations 2007), R. G. Jones, J. Alemán, A. V. Chadwick, J. He, M. Hess, K. Horie, P. Kratochvíl, I. Meisel, I. Mita, G. Moad, S. Penczek, and R. F. T. Stepto, Pure Appl. Chem. 2007, 79, 1801-1829.
  • ‘Glossary of Terms Relating to Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Mechanisms of Polymerization’, (IUPAC Recommendations 2008), M. Baron, K. Hatada, A.D. Jenkins, R. G. Jones, J. Kahovec, P. Kratochvil, P. Kubisa, E. Maréchal, G. Moad, S. Penczek, R. F. T. Stepto, J.-P. Vairon, J. Vohlidak and E. S. Wilks, Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, 80, 2163-2193.
  • ‘Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature’, eds. R. G. Jones, J. Kahovec, R. Stepto, E. S. Wilks, M. Hess, T. Kitayama, W. V. Metanomski, RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-85404-491-7).
  • ‘Dispersity in Polymer Science’, (IUPAC Recommendations 2009), R.G. Gilbert, M. Hess, A.D. Jenkins, R.G. Jones, P. Kratochvil and R.F.T. Stepto, Pure Appl. Chem., 2009, 81, 351-353.
  • ‘Glossary of Class Names of Polymers Based on Chemical Structure and Molecular Architecture’, (IUPAC Recommendations 2009), M. Barón, K.-H. Hellwich, M. Hess, K. Horie, A. D. Jenkins, R. G. Jones, J. Kahovec, P. Kratochvíl, W. V. Metanomski, W. Mormann, R. F. T. Stepto, J. Vohlídal and E. S. Wilks, Pure Appl. Chem., 2009, 81,1131–1186.
  • ‘Terminology for reversible-deactivation radical polymerization previously called “controlled” radical or “living” radical polymerization’, (IUPAC Recommendations 2010), Aubrey D. Jenkins, Richard G. Jones, and Graeme Moad, Pure Appl. Chem., 2010, 82, 483-491.