Professor Patrick Fairclough

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Composite Engineering

p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7798

Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Professor Patrick Fairclough
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

Professor Fairclough completed a BSc in Physics at the University of Birmingham in 1990. He then started a PhD in Neutron Scattering at Birmingham. He graduated from Birmingham with his PhD in 1995. A postdoc in polymer science took him to UMIST in Manchester in 1994 (after briefly working as a service engineer).

The postdoc lasted until 1997 when he was recruited to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. In 2013 he took up the chair in Composite Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Research interests

Patrick's research covers a wide variety of polymers, soft materials and composite systems. He is director of the Composites Systems Innovation Centre at Sheffield (CSIC). CSIC has a focus on low energy materials; this includes natural materials and reducing the energy costs of processing conventional materials. Part of this work is developing an understanding of the ageing of composite systems by various types of weathering and exposure to harsh environments.

The work involves both experimental and computer modelling in collaboration with Dr Joel Foreman. We are keen to build bridges between Engineering and the Physical Sciences to help develop new systems and are always looking for keen and motivated PhD students from both Engineering and Physical Sciences backgrounds. Collaboration with Chris Holland in Materials Science and Engineering and Lenny Koh in the Management School is studying minimally processed natural fibres within biodegradable matrices both in terms of mechanical performance and life cycle analysis (LCA).

The polymer projects cover the understanding of stability as applied to polymer crystallisation, colloidal structures and phase separation in mixed polymer systems. Patrick is currently working on structural colour with collaborations both in industry and academia. Together with Dr Parnell in Physics they were awarded the IChemE Innovative Product of the Year award in 2011 for their work on structural colour.

Projects

Antonino Bianco: Structural Colour; Sponsored
Ryan Seabright: Phase Separation in Polymer Systems; Sponsored
Mark Latham: Polymer Welding; CASE sponsored
Stella Manoli: Natural Materials Composites: CSIC
Rhys Williams: Nanomaterial composites: CSIC
Ying Lang Ang: Stress Transfer in Carbon Fibre-Epoxy composites: CSIC
Sam Swinbourne: Polyurethane Networks: Sponsored by Circor
Stephen Knox: Chemistry of Novel Epoxy Networks: CSIC & Polymer CDT
Alec Shackleford: Free Volume in Novel Epoxy Networks: CSIC & Polymer CDT
Najihah Mohd Tamyis: Nanotube Carbon Composites: CSIC
Yas Khalil: Additive Manufacturing of Polymers: ADAM Centre
Tom Sydney: Shine Grantham PhD Project on Algae for Biofuels; Algal Biotechnology Sheffield Network

More details of the current PhD projects on offer are available on the Department's PhD site.

Publications

Journal articles

Khalil Y, Hopkinson N, Kowalski AJ & Fairclough JPA (2022) Investigating the feasibility of processing activated carbon/UHMWPE polymer composite using laser powder bed fusion. Polymers, 14(16).
Solis-Gonzalez OA, Tse CCW, Smith PJ & Fairclough JPA (2022) Study of Salting Effect of Inorganic Salts on Nano- and Giant Polymersomes. Macromolecular Research, 30(9), 609-614.
Karaş B, Smith PJ, Fairclough JPA & Mumtaz K (2022) Additive manufacturing of high density carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites. Additive Manufacturing, 103044-103044.
Ashworth S, Fairclough JPA, Meredith J, Takikawa Y & Kerrigan K (2022) Effects of tool coating and tool wear on the surface quality and flexural strength of slotted CFRP. Wear, 498-499.
Monoranu M, Mitchell RL, Kerrigan K, Fairclough JPA & Ghadbeigi H (2022) The effect of particle reinforcements on chip formation and machining induced damage of modified epoxy carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs). Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 154. View this article in WRRO
Monoranu M, Ghadbeigi H, Patrick J, Fairclough A & Kerrigan K (2021) Chip formation mechanism during orthogonal cutting of rubber microparticles and silica nanoparticles modified epoxy polymers. Procedia CIRP, 103, 176-181. View this article in WRRO
Seers B, Tomlinson R & Fairclough P (2021) Residual stress in fiber reinforced thermosetting composites : a review of measurement techniques. Polymer Composites.
Burg SL, Washington AL, Villanova J, Dennison AJC, McLoughlin D, Mykhaylyk OO, Vukusic P, Furnass W, Jones RAL, Parnell AJ & Fairclough JPA (2020) X-ray nano-tomography of complete scales from the ultra-white beetles Lepidiota stigma and Cyphochilus. Scientific Data, 7(1). View this article in WRRO
Ashworth S, Fairclough JPA, Monoranu M, Ghadbeigi H, Meredith J, Takikawa Y & Kerrigan K (2020) Epifluorescent microscopy of edge-trimmed carbon fibre-reinforced polymers : an alternative to computed tomography scanning. Advanced Composites Letters, 29. View this article in WRRO
Ashworth S, Fairclough JPA, Sharman ARC, Meredith J, Takikawa Y, Scaife R & Kerrigan K (2019) Varying CFRP workpiece temperature during slotting: Effects on surface metrics, cutting forces and chip geometry. Procedia CIRP, 85, 37-42. View this article in WRRO
Monoranu M, Ashworth S, M’Saoubi R, Fairclough JP, Kerrigan K, Scaife RJ, Barnes S & Ghadbeigi H (2019) A comparative study of the effects of milling and abrasive water jet cutting on flexural performance of CFRP. Procedia CIRP, 85, 277-283. View this article in WRRO
Burg SL, Washington A, Coles DM, Bianco A, McLoughlin D, Mykhaylyk OO, Villanova J, Dennison AJC, Hill CJ, Vukusic P , Doak S et al (2019) Liquid–liquid phase separation morphologies in ultra-white beetle scales and a synthetic equivalent. Communications Chemistry, 2(1). View this article in WRRO
Khalil Y, Hopkinson N, Kowalski A & Fairclough JPA (2019) Characterisation of UHMWPE polymer powder for laser sintering. Materials, 12(21). View this article in WRRO
Knox ST, Wright A, Cameron C & Fairclough JPA (2019) Well-defined networks from DGEBF - the importance of regioisomerism in epoxy resin networks. Macromolecules. View this article in WRRO
Ashworth S, Fairclough JPA, Takikawa Y, Scaife RJ, Ghadbeigi H, Kerrigan KM & Meredith J (2019) Effects of machine stiffness and cutting tool design on the surface quality and flexural strength of edge trimmed carbon fibre reinforced polymers. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. View this article in WRRO
Cedeno-Campos VM, Jaramillo PA, Fernyhough CM & Fairclough JPA (2019) Towards mould free composites manufacturing of thermoset prepregs. Incremental curing with localised pressure-heat (ICULPH). Procedia CIRP, 85, 237-242.
Canning SL, Ferner JMF, Mangham NM, Wear TJ, Reynolds SW, Morgan J, Fairclough JPA, King SM, Swift T, Geoghegan M & Rimmer S (2018) Highly-ordered onion micelles made from amphiphilic highly-branched copolymers. Polymer Chemistry, 9(47), 5617-5629. View this article in WRRO
Sydney T, Marshall-Thompson J-A, Kapoore RV, Vaidyanathan S, Pandhal J & Fairclough JPA (2018) The Effect of High-Intensity Ultraviolet Light to Elicit Microalgal Cell Lysis and Enhance Lipid Extraction.. Metabolites, 8(4). View this article in WRRO
Bernardo G, Washington AL, Zhang Y, King SM, Toolan D, Weir M, Dunbar A, Howse J, Dattani R, Fairclough J & Parnell AJ (2018) Does 1,8-diiodooctane affect the aggregation state of PC71BM in solution?. Royal Society Open Science. View this article in WRRO
Parnell AJ, Bradford JE, Curran EV, Washington AL, Adams G, Brien MN, Burg SL, Morochz C, Fairclough PA, Vukusic P , Martin SJ et al (2018) Wing scale ultrastructure underlying convergent and divergent iridescent colours in mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 15(141). View this article in WRRO
Bianco A, Burg SL, Parnell AJ, Fernyhough CM, Washington AL, Hill CJ, Smith PJ, Whittaker DM, Mykhaylyk OO & Fairclough JPA (2017) Control of the Porous Structure of Polystyrene Particles Obtained by Nonsolvent Induced Phase Separation. Langmuir, 33(46), 13303-13314. View this article in WRRO
Parnell SR, Washington AL, Parnell AJ, Walsh A, Dalgliesh RM, Li F, Hamilton WA, Prevost S, Fairclough JPA & Pynn R (2016) Porosity of silica Stöber particles determined by spin-echo small angle neutron scattering. Soft Matter, 12(21), 4709-4714. View this article in WRRO
Parnell AJ, Washington AL, Mykhaylyk OO, Hill CJ, Bianco A, Burg SL, Dennison AJC, Snape M, Cadby AJ, Smith A , Prevost S et al (2015) Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers. Scientific Reports, 5(1). View this article in WRRO
Wang L, Topham PD, Mykhaylyk OO, Yu H, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA & Bras W (2015) Self-Assembly Driven Electrospinning: The Transition from Fibers to Intact Beaded Morphologies. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 36(15), 1452-1452. View this article in WRRO
Parnell SR, Washington AL, Li K, Yan H, Stonaha P, Li F, Wang T, Walsh A, Chen WC, Parnell AJ , Fairclough JPA et al (2015) Spin echo small angle neutron scattering using a continuously pumped 3He neutron polarisation analyser. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(2), 023902-023902. View this article in WRRO
Dunderdale GJ & Fairclough JPA (2013) Coupling pH-responsive polymer brushes to electricity: switching thickness and creating waves of swelling or collapse.. Langmuir, 29(11), 3628-3635.
Dunderdale G, Howse J & Fairclough P (2012) pH-dependent control of particle motion through surface interactions with patterned polymer brush surfaces.. Langmuir, 28(36), 12955-12961.
Fairclough JPA, Yu H, Kelly O, Ryan AJ, Sammler RL & Radler M (2012) Interplay between gelation and phase separation in aqueous solutions of methylcellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose.. Langmuir, 28(28), 10551-10557. View this article in WRRO
Dunderdale G, Ebbens S, Fairclough P & Howse J (2012) Importance of particle tracking and calculating the mean-squared displacement in distinguishing nanopropulsion from other processes.. Langmuir, 28(30), 10997-11006.
Mykhaylyk OO, Parnell AJ, Pryke A & Fairclough JPA (2012) Direct imaging of the orientational dynamics of block copolymer lamellar phase subjected to shear flow. Macromolecules, 45(12), 5260-5272.
Dunderdale GJ, Howse JR & Fairclough JPA (2011) Controlling the motion and placement of micrometer-sized metal particles using patterned polymer brush surfaces.. Langmuir, 27(19), 11801-11805.
Balmer JA, Mykhaylyk OO, Schmid A, Armes SP, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (2011) Characterization of polymer-silica nanocomposite particles with core-shell morphologies using Monte Carlo simulations and small angle X-ray scattering.. Langmuir, 27(13), 8075-8089.
Okura M, Chambon P, Mykhaylyk OO, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (2011) Using Multimodal Blends to Elucidate the Mechanism of Flow-Induced Crystallization in Polymers. J POLYM SCI POL PHYS, 49(9), 621-628.
Parnell AJ, Tzokova N, Pryke A, Howse JR, Mykhaylyk OO, Ryan AJ, Panine P & Fairclough JPA (2011) Shear ordered diblock copolymers with tuneable optical properties.. Phys Chem Chem Phys, 13(8), 3179-3186.
Parnell AJ, Pryke A, Mykhaylyk OO, Howse JR, Adawi AM, Terrill NJ & Fairclough JPA (2011) Continuously tuneable optical filters from self-assembled block copolymer blends. SOFT MATTER, 7(8), 3721-3725.
Mykhaylyk OO, Fernyhough CM, Okura M, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Graham R (2011) Monodisperse macromolecules - A stepping stone to understanding industrial polymers. European Polymer Journal, 47(4), 447-464.
Balmer JA, Mykhaylyk OO, Armes SP, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Gummel J, Murray MW, Murray KA & Williams NSJ (2011) Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering studies of polymer-silica nanocomposite particles: initial formation and subsequent silica redistribution.. J Am Chem Soc, 133(4), 826-837.
Mykhaylyk OO, Chambon P, Impradice C, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ & Ryan AJ (2010) Control of Structural Morphology in Shear-Induced Crystallization of Polymers. MACROMOLECULES, 43(5), 2389-2405.
Balmer JA, Mykhaylyk OO, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Armes SP, Murray MW, Murray KA & Williams NSJ (2010) Unexpected facile redistribution of adsorbed silica nanoparticles between latexes.. J Am Chem Soc, 132(7), 2166-2168.
Wu H, Reeves-McLaren N, Jones S, Ristic RI, Fairclough JPA & West AR (2010) Phase Transformations of Glutamic Acid and Its Decomposition Products. CRYST GROWTH DES, 10(2), 988-994.
Mykhaylyk OO, Fernyhough CM, Okura M, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Graham R (2010) Monodisperse macromolecules - A stepping stone to understanding industrial polymers. European Polymer Journal.
Fairclough JPA & Conti M (2009) Influence of ultra-high pressure sterilization on the structure of polymer films. Packaging Technology and Science, 22(5), 303-310.
Ruiz-Perez L, Royston GJ, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (2008) Toughening by nanostructure. POLYMER, 49(21), 4475-4488.
Mykhaylyk OO, Chambon P, Graham RS, Fairclough JPA, Olmsted PD & Ryan AJ (2008) The specific work of flow as a criterion for orientation in polymer crystallization. MACROMOLECULES, 41(6), 1901-1904.
Costa G, Eastmond GC, Fairclough JPA, Paprotny J, Ryan AJ & Stagnaro P (2008) Segmented polyimides with poly(ethylene oxide) blocks exhibiting liquid crystallinity. MACROMOLECULES, 41(3), 1034-1040.
Bateman JE, Derbyshire GE, Diakun G, Duxbury DM, Fairclough JPA, Harvey I, Helsby WI, Mai SM, Mykhaylyk OO, Sankar G , Spill EJ et al (2008) First user results from the HOTWAXS detector system. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 55(2), 729-733.
Bateman JE, Derbyshire GE, Diakun G, Duxbury DM, Fairclough JPA, Harvey I, Helsby WI, Mai SM, Mykhaylyk OO, Sankar G , Spill EJ et al (2007) First user results from the HOTWAXS detector system. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 4, 2416-2420.
Bateman JE, Derbyshire GE, Diakun G, Duxbury DM, Fairclough JPA, Harvey I, Helsby WI, Lipp JD, Marsh AS, Salisbury J , Sankar G et al (2007) The HOTWAXS detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 580(3), 1526-1535.
Jöbstl E, Howse JR, Fairclough JPA & Williamson MP (2006) Noncovalent cross-linking of casein by epigallocatechin gallate characterized by single molecule force microscopy.. J Agric Food Chem, 54(12), 4077-4081.
Carter S, Rimmer S, Rutkaite R, Swanson L, Fairclough JPA, Sturdy A & Webb M (2006) Highly branched poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for use in protein purification.. Biomacromolecules, 7(4), 1124-1130.
Fairclough JPA, Norman AI, Shaw B, Nace VM & Heenan RK (2006) Small angle neutron scattering study of the structure and hydration of polyoxyethylene-block-polyoxybutylene in aqueous solution. Polymer International, 55(7), 793-797.
Crook CJ, Fairclough PA, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2006) A toolbox approach to adhesive design. REACT FUNCT POLYM, 66(1), 41-49.
Jöbstl E, Fairclough JPA, Davies AP & Williamson MP (2005) Creaming in black tea.. J Agric Food Chem, 53(20), 7997-8002.
Wilkinson AN, Nita EMI, Clemens ML, Jöbstl E & Fairclough JPA (2005) Structure development in reactive polycarbonate-Poly(ethylene terephthalate) melt blends. Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics, 44 B(6), 1087-1102.
Jöbstl E, O'Connell J, Fairclough JPA & Williamson MP (2004) Molecular model for astringency produced by polyphenol/protein interactions.. Biomacromolecules, 5(3), 942-949.
Moniruzzaman M, Young RN & Fairclough JPA (2004) Synthesis and characterisation of symmetric 4-armed star copolymers of PS capped with butadiene and PI: Importance of the location of the interface. Polymer, 45(12), 4121-4131.
Xu JT, Fairclough JPA, Mai SM, Chaibundit C, Mingvanish M, Booth C & Ryan AJ (2003) Crystallization behavior of oxyethylene/oxybutylene diblock and triblock copolymers. POLYMER, 44(22), 6843-6850.
Heeley EL, Maidens AV, Olmsted PD, Bras W, Dolbnya IP, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ & Ryan AJ (2003) Early stages of crystallization in isotactic polypropylene. MACROMOLECULES, 36(10), 3656-3665.
Li H, Yu GE, Price C, Booth C, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Mortensen K (2003) Mesophase behavior of aqueous micellar solutions of triblock copolymers of ethylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide (type EmBnEm). LANGMUIR, 19(4), 1075-1081.
Fairclough JPA & Norman AI (2003) Structure and rheology of aqueous gels. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section C, 99, 243-276.
Heeley EL, Poh CK, Li W, Maidens A, Bras W, Dolbnya IP, Gleeson AJ, Terrill NJ, Fairclough JPA, Olmsted PD , Ristic RI et al (2003) Are metastable, precrystallisation, density-fluctuations a universal phenomena?. Faraday Discuss, 122, 343-361.
Deng Y, Young RN, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA, Norman AI & Tack RD (2002) Bulk morphology and micellization of poly (diene)-poly (ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers in water. POLYMER, 43(25), 7155-7160.
Xu JT, Fairclough JPA, Mai SM, Ryan AJ & Chaibundit C (2002) Isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behavior of poly(oxyethylene)-b-poly(oxybutylene)/poly(oxybutylene) blends. MACROMOLECULES, 35(18), 6937-6945.
Chaibundit C, Mingvanish W, Booth C, Mai SM, Turner SC, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Pissis P (2002) Effect of architecture on the crystal morphology of block copolymers. Small-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry. MACROMOLECULES, 35(12), 4838-4840.
Xu JT, Turner SC, Fairclough JPA, Mai SM, Ryan AJ, Chaibundit C & Booth C (2002) Morphological confinement on crystallization in blends of poly(oxyethylene-block-oxybutylene) and poly(oxybutylene). MACROMOLECULES, 35(9), 3614-3621.
Xu JT, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA & Mai SM (2002) Chain folding in block copolymers crystallized from solution. American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 43(1), 223-224.
Fairclough JPA, Mai SM, Matsen MW, Bras W, Messe L, Turner SC, Gleeson AJ, Booth C, Hamley IW & Ryan AJ (2001) Crystallization in block copolymer melts: Small soft structures that template larger hard structures. J CHEM PHYS, 114(12), 5425-5431.
Frielinghaus H, Hermsdorf N, Almdal K, Mortensen K, Messé L, Corvazier L, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Olmsted PD & Hamley IW (2001) Micro- vs. macro-phase separation in binary blends of poly(styrene)-poly(isoprene) and poly(isoprene)-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers. Europhysics Letters, 53(5), 680-686. View this article in WRRO
Hamley IW, Mai SM, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA & Booth C (2001) Aqueous mesophases of block copolymers of ethylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 3(15), 2972-2980.
Ryan AJ, Mai SM, Fairclough JPA, Hamley IW & Booth C (2001) Ordered melts of block copolymers of ethylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 3(15), 2961-2971.
Chaibundit C, Mingvanish W, Turner SC, Mai SM, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Matsen MW & Booth C (2000) Microphase separation in oxyethylene/oxybutylene copolymers with diblock and triblock architectures. MACROMOL RAPID COMM, 21(14), 964-967.
Mai SM, Mingvanish W, Turner SC, Chaibundit C, Fairclough JPA, Heatley F, Matsen MW, Ryan AJ & Booth C (2000) Microphase-separation behavior of triblock copolymer melts, comparison with diblock copolymer melts. MACROMOLECULES, 33(14), 5124-5130.
Fairclough JPA, Salou CLO, Ryan AJ, Hamley IW, Daniel C, Helsby WI, Hall C, Lewis RA, Gleeson AJ, Diakun GP & Mant GR (2000) Correlation of lattice deformation with macroscopic strain for the hexagonal-packed cylinder phase of a triblock copolymer. POLYMER, 41(7), 2577-2582.
Fairclough JPA, Yu GE, Mai SM, Crothers M, Mortensen K, Ryan AJ & Booth C (2000) First observation of an ordered microphase in melts of poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene) block copolymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2(7), 1503-1507.
Pople JA, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Hill G & Price C (1999) A shear induced transition of lamellar alignment in a concentrated diblock copolymer solution. POLYMER, 40(20), 5709-5714.
Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA & Terrill NJ (1999) Scattering study of nucleation phenomena in homopolymer melts.. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, U677-U677.
Salou C, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (1999) Processing and properties of thin block copolymer films.. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, U567-U567.
Fairclough JPA, Mai SM, Turner S, Hamley IW, Viras K, Terrill NJ, Booth C & Ryan AJ (1999) Equilibrium chain folding in semicrystalline block copolymers in the bulk and in thin films.. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, U579-U580.
Mai SM, Turner S, Mingvanish W, Chaibundit C, Heatley F, Fairclough JPA, Matsen MW, Booth C & Ryan AJ (1999) Microphase separation behavior in di- and triblock copolymers: Confirmation of the universality of chi.. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, U519-U519.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Mai SM & Booth C (1999) Lamellar-to-gyroid transition in a poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymer melt. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 1(9), 2097-2101.
Berrill SA, Heatley F, Collett JH, Attwood D, Booth C, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Viras K, Dutton AJ & Blundell RS (1999) Chain folding in poly(epsilon-caprolactone) studied by small-angle X-ray scattering and Raman spectroscopy. A strategy for blending in the crystalline state. J MATER CHEM, 9(5), 1059-1063.
Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Turner S, Hamley IW, Mai SM, Booth C & Denny RC (1999) Chain length dependence of the mean field temperature in poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymers. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 1(9), 2093-2095.
Patrick J, Fairclough A, Ryan AJ, Hamley IW, Li H, Yu GE & Booth C (1999) Diblock copoly(oxyethylene/oxybutylene) E41B8 in water: Liquid-crystal mesophases studied by small-angle X-ray scattering. MACROMOLECULES, 32(6), 2058-2060.
Salou C, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (1999) Processing and properties of thin block copolymer films. American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 40(2).
Fairclough JPA, Hamley IW & Terrill NJ (1999) X-ray scattering in polymers and micelles. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 56(1-2), 159-173.
Patrick A Fairclough J, Mai SM, Turner S, Hamley IW, Viras K, Tirrell NJ, Booth C & Ryan AJ (1999) Equilibrium chain folding in semi-crystalline block copolymers in the bulk and in thin films. American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 40(2), 1022-1023.
Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ, Olmstead PD & Poon WCK (1999) A scattering study of nucleation phenomena in polymer crystallisation. FARADAY DISCUSS, 112(112), 13-29.
Mai SM, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ, Turner SC, Hamley IW, Matsen MW, Ryan AJ & Booth C (1998) Microphase separation in poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymers. MACROMOLECULES, 31(23), 8110-8116.
Yu GE, Li H, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, McKeown N, Ali-Adib Z, Price C & Booth C (1998) A study of lyotropic mesophases of concentrated solutions of a triblock copolymer of ethylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide, E16B10E16, using rheometry, polarized light microscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering. LANGMUIR, 14(20), 5782-5789.
Pople JA, Hamley IW, Terrill NJ, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Yu GE & Booth C (1998) Shear-induced orientational order in the hexagonal phase of oxyethylene/oxybutylene diblock copolymer gels. POLYMER, 39(20), 4891-4896.
Vigild ME, Almdal K, Mortensen K, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (1998) Transformations to and from the gyroid phase in a diblock copolymer. Macromolecules, 31(17), 5702-5716.
Ryan AJ, Terrill NJ, Patrick J & Fairclough A (1998) A scattering study of nucleation phenomena in homopolymer melts. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 216, U895-U895.
Hamley IW, Wallwork ML, Smith DA, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Mai SM, Yang YW & Booth C (1998) Crystal thicknesses in semicrystalline oxyethylene/oxybutylene block copolymers by atomic force microscopy and SAXS. POLYMER, 39(15), 3321-3326.
Hamley IW, Pople JA, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Booth C & Yang YW (1998) Shear-induced orientational transitions in the body-centered cubic phase of a diblock copolymer gel. MACROMOLECULES, 31(12), 3906-3911.
Pople JA, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Booth C (1998) Orientational ordering of a poly( oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymer gel under steady shear flow. MACROMOLECULES, 31(9), 2952-2956.
Bryant GK, Gleeson HF, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA, Bogg D, Goossens JGP & Bras W (1998) Raman spectroscopy combined with small angle x-ray scattering and wide angle x-ray scattering as a tool for the study of phase transitions in polymers. Review of Scientific Instruments, 69(5), 2114-2117.
Terrill NJ, Fairclough PA, Towns-Andrews E, Komanschek BU, Young RJ & Ryan AJ (1998) Density fluctuations: The nucleation event in isotactic polypropylene crystallization. Polymer, 39(11), 2381-2385.
Hamley IW, Pople JA, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ, Ryan AJ, Booth C, Yu GE, Diat O, Almdal K, Mortensen K & Vigild M (1998) Effect of shear on cubic phases in gels of a diblock copolymer. J CHEM PHYS, 108(16), 6929-6936.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Bates FS & Ryan AJ (1998) Crystallization thermodynamics and kinetics in semicrystalline diblock copolymers. Polymer, 39(6-7), 1429-1437.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Ryu CY, Lodge TP, Gleeson AJ & Pedersen JS (1998) Micellar ordering in concentrated solutions of Di- and triblock copolymers in a slightly selective solvent. Macromolecules, 31(4), 1188-1196.
Adeogun MJ, Fairclough JPA, Hay JN & Ryan AJ (1998) Structure Control in Sol-Gel Silica Synthesis Using Ionene Polymers—Evidence from X-ray Scattering. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 13(1-3), 27-30.
Mai SM, Fairclough JPA, Viras K, Gorry PA, Hamley IW, Ryan AJ & Booth C (1997) Chain folding in semicrystalline oxyethylene/oxybutylene diblock copolymers. MACROMOLECULES, 30(26), 8392-8400.
Voronov VP, Buleiko VM, Podneks VE, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Mai SM, Liao BX & Booth C (1997) High-resolution calorimetry study of the order-disorder transition in a diblock copolymer melt. Macromolecules, 30(21), 6674-6676.
Pople JA, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Komanschek BU, Gleeson AJ, Yu GE & Booth C (1997) Ordered phases in aqueous solutions of diblock oxyethylene/oxybutylene copolymers investigated by simultaneous small-angle X-ray scattering and rheology. Macromolecules, 30(19), 5721-5728.
Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA, Hamley IW, Mai SM & Booth C (1997) Chain folding in crystallizable block copolymers. Macromolecules, 30(6), 1723-1727.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, King SM, Skovpedersen J, Richardson RM, Imrie CT & Craig AA (1997) A small angle neutron scattering study of the conformation of a side chain liquid crystal poly(Methacrylate) in the smectic c phase. Liquid Crystals, 22(6), 679-684.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Terrill NJ, Ryan AJ, Lipic PM, Bates FS & Towns-Andrews E (1996) Crystallization in Oriented Semicrystalline Diblock Copolymers. Macromolecules, 29(27), 8835-8843.
Mai SM, Fairclough JPA, Hamley IW, Matsen MW, Denny RC, Liao BX, Booth C & Ryan AJ (1996) Order-disorder transition in poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene) diblock copolymers. Macromolecules, 29(19), 6212-6221.
Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ, Bates FS & Towns-Andrews E (1996) Crystallization of nanoscale-confined diblock copolymer chains. Polymer, 37(19), 4425-4429.
Lodge TP, Xu X, Ryu CY, Hamley IW, Fairclough JPA, Ryan AJ & Pedersen JS (1996) Structure and dynamics of concentrated solutions of asymmetric block copolymers in slightly selective solvents. Macromolecules, 29(18), 5955-5964.
Pochan DJ, Gido SP, Pispas S, Mays JW, Ryan AJ, Fairclough JPA, Hamley IW & Terrill NJ (1996) Morphologies of microphase-separated A2B simple graft copolymers. Macromolecules, 29(15), 5091-5098.
Hillmyer MA, Bates FS, Almdal K, Mortensen K, Ryan AJ & Fairclough JPA (1996) Complex phase behavior in solvent-free nonionic surfactants. Science, 271(5251), 976-978.
Li JC, Ross DK, Howe LD, Stefanopoulos KL, Fairclough JP, Heenan R & Ibel K (1994) Small-angle neutron-scattering studies of the fractal-like network formed during desorption and adsorption of water in porous materials.. Phys Rev B Condens Matter, 49(9), 5911-5917.
Fairclough JPA, Ross DK & Bennington SM (1992) Diffuse Neutron Scattering from Yttrium Hydride*. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 1(1), 297-303.
Jones DGR, Fairclough JP, Abell JS & Harris IR (1991) Powder metallurgical processing of Tb0.27Dy 0.73Fe2-x (0<x≤0.5) by hydrogen decrepitation. Journal of Applied Physics, 69(8), 5774-5776.
Bennington SM, Benham MJ, Stonadge PR, Fairclough JPA & Ross DK (1990) In-situ measurements of deuterium uptake into a palladium electrode using time-of-flight neutron diffractometry. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 281(1-2), 323-330.
Game OS, Thornber T, Cepero‐Mejías F, Infante‐Ortega LC, Togay M, Cassella EJ, Kilbride RC, Gordon RH, Mullin N, Greenhalgh RC , Isherwood PJM et al () Direct Integration of Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon Fibre Substrates. Advanced Materials.
Seward O, Cepero-Mejías F, Fairclough JPA & Kerrigan K () Development of a Novel Friction Model for Machining Simulations in Unidirectional Composite Materials. Polymers, 14(5), 847-847.
Knox ST, Wright A, Cameron C & Fairclough JPA () Structural Variation and Chemical Performance—A Study of the Effects of Chemical Structure upon Epoxy Network Chemical Performance. ACS Applied Polymer Materials.
Solis‐Gonzalez OA, Tse CCW, Smith PJ & Fairclough JPA () Preparation of Giant Polymersomes via Inkjet Printing and Confined Geometry Hydration Applied to Micropipette Aspiration Experiments. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2000094-2000094.

Chapters

Parnell AJ & Fairclough JPA (2015) Self-Assembling Polymer Photonics, Organic and Hybrid Photonic Crystals (pp. 127-143). Springer International Publishing
Ryan AJ, Mai S-M, Fairclough JPA & Hamley IW (2000) Structures of amphiphilic block copolymers in their liquid and solid states, Amphiphilic Block Copolymers (pp. 151-167). Elsevier

Conference proceedings papers

Cedeno-Campos VM, Jaramillo PA, Fernyhough CM & Fairclough JPA (2019) Online non-intrusive curing identification of CFRP assisted by pattern recognition with a novel in-situ curing apparatus. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 6 October 2019 - 9 October 2019.
Cedeno-Campos VM, Jaramillo PA, Fernyhough CM & Fairclough JPA (2019) Towards mold-free composites. A novel control method to cure carbon fiber through punctual force. 2019 24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 10 September 2019 - 13 September 2019.
Mroz A, Spain S & Fairclough P (2019) Synthesis and analysis of photodegradable polyurethanes with poly (propylene glycol) and nitro-benzene derivatives. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 258
Khalil Y, Hopkinson N, Kowalski A & Fairclough JPA (2016) Influence of laser power on morphology and properties of laser-sintered UHMWPE. Solid Freeform Fabrication 2016: Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2016 (pp 814-833)
Mykhaylyk OO, Chambon P, Graham RS, Fairclough JPA, Olmsted PD & Ryan AJ (2008) The specific work of flow as a universal parameter to control the formation of shish-kebab morphology in polymers. XVTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON RHEOLOGY - THE SOCIETY OF RHEOLOGY 80TH ANNUAL MEETING, PTS 1 AND 2, Vol. 1027 (pp 496-498)
Fairclough JPA, Tzokova N & Fernyhough CM (2005) Opalescent coatings from block copolymers: Enhanced refractive index and curing. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 230 (pp U3610-U3610)
Norman AI, Fairclough JPA, Mai S & Ryan AJ (2004) Poly(oxyalkylene) block copolymers in aqueous solution - Phase behavior and transition kinetics. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE-PHYSICS, Vol. B43(1) (pp 71-93)
Xu JT, Fairclough JPA, Mai SM & Ryan AJ (2003) The effect of architecture on the morphology and crystallization of oxyethylene/oxybutylene block copolymers from micelles in n-hexane. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol. 13(11) (pp 2740-2748)
Pokric B, Allinson NM, Ryan AJ, Fairclough P, Dobson BR, Derbyshire GE, Helsby W, Long G & Moon K (2002) A double area detector system for simultaneous small and wide-angle X-ray scattering. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Vol. 477(1-3) (pp 329-334)
Corvazier L, Messe L, Salou CLO, Young RN, Fairclough JPA & Ryan AJ (2001) Lamellar phases and microemulsions in model ternary blends containing amphiphilic block copolymers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol. 11(11) (pp 2864-2874)
Ryan AJ, Terrill NJ & Fairclough JPA (2000) A scattering study of nucleation phenomena in homopolymer melts. SCATTERING FROM POLYMERS, Vol. 739 (pp 201-217)
Fairclough JPA, Ross DK & Bennington SM (1993) Diffuse Neutron Scattering from Yttrium Hydride*. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Vol. 179(Part_1_2) (pp 281-287)
Fairclough P, Manoli S & Holland C () Natural Material Short Fibre Composites via Additive Manufacturing. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering, 16 August 2018 - 18 August 2018.

Patents

Fairclough JP () Copolymer Blends, Light Reflective Films Comprising the Same and Methods for their preparation and use. GB1013274.4 Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
Fairclough JP () SELF-ASSEMBLING BLOCK COPOLYMER FILM. GB 0506362.3 Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
Fairclough JP () Film composites. 2000-GB1156; 2000058760 Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
Fairclough JP () Kit of block copolymers exhibiting temperature-dependent adhesion and release properties. GB3870, 2002020688 Appl. 01 Jan 1970.

Grants

Soft Nanotechnology November 2007 to October 2012; £796,000 with Prof. Richard A. L. Jones (Pl), Prof. Anthony J. Ryan, Prof. Mark Geoghegan, Prof. David Lidzey
EPSRC KTA KickStart Funding Biologics October 2011 to June 2012, £1116,000 with Prof. Richard Ross, Prof. Nigel Clark, and Prof. Peter Artumuik
The Effects of Poilydispersity on Self Assembly in Block Copolymers: February 2007 to October 2010 £254,000 with Prof. Sebastien Perrier (Sydney), Prof Mark Matsen (Reading)
The Microscale Polymer Procesing Consortium for Macromolecular Engineering (MuPP ii): Toolbox Development and Application March 2005 - March 2009 £815,000 Prof. Anthony J. Ryan, Dr Ellen Heeley collaboration as part of the larger MuPP ii grant with Prof. Tom C. B. McLeish (Pl), Dr R. Alan Duckett, Dr Oliver G. Harlen, Prof. Peter Hine, Prof. Pete Jimack, Prof. Alexei Likhtman, Dr Helen J Wilson, Prof. Phil D. Coates, Prof. Malcolm Mackley, Dr Lian R. Hutchings, Dr Nigel Clarke, Prof. C Paul Buckley
Accelerated Discovery for New Organic Semiconductors November 2004 to October 2007, £234,000 Prof. Mick Turner and Dr Martin Grell

Teaching interests

MEC132: Matter Flow and Energy (Thermofluids)
MEC406:: Engineering Composite Materials (Solids)