Dr. Andrew P. Dove

MChem (York), PhD (Imperial)

Research Summary

Synthesis and self-assembly of biodegradable, biocompatible polymers into nanoparticles and nanostructured materials. Development of novel organic and inorganic catalytic species for living ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters with particular interest in stereo/topological control. Activation of carbon dioxide to enable its use a synthon.

Selected Publications

Synthesis and Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters Derived from L-Malic Acid Pounder
R. J.; Dove, A. P. Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11, 1930 - 1939.

Development of Amino-Oxazoline and Amino-Thiazoline Organic Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerisation of Lactide
Becker, J. M.; Tempelaar, S.; Stanford, M. J.; Pounder, R. J.; Covington, J. A.; Dove, A. P. Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 6099-6105.

One-Pot Synthesis of alpha,omega-Chain End Functional, Stereoregular, Star-Shaped Poly(lactide)
M.J.Stanford, A.P. Dove Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 141-147.

Metal free thiol-maleimide 'Click' reaction as a mild functionalisation strategy for degradable polymers
R.J. Pounder, M.J. Stanford, P. Brooks, S.P. Richards, A.P. Dove Chem. Commun., 2008, 5158-5160.