Dr. Rachel K. O'Reilly

MA/MSc (Cambridge), PhD (London Imperial)

Research Summary

Design, synthesis and application of uniquely derived polymeric materials; where control over architecture, functionality and reactivity are central to their application in the field of nanotechnology. Interdisciplinary research bridging the interface between synthetic, polymer and catalysis chemistry, allowing for the development of materials that are of importance in medical, materials and nanoscience applications.

Selected Publications

Self-assembly of Hydrophilic Homopolymers: A Matter of End Groups, J. Du, H. Willcock, J.P. Patterson, R. K. O'Reilly, Small, 2011, 7, 2070-2080.

Organocatalytic Tuneable Amino Acid Polymers Prepared by Controlled Radical Polymerization
A.C. Evans, A. Lu, C. Ondeck, D.A. Longbottom, R.K. O'Reilly, Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 6374-6380.

Thermally induced micelle to vesicle morphology transition for a charged diblock copolymer
A.O. Moughton, R. K. O’Reilly, Chem. Commun, 2010, 46, 1091-1093

Hollow nanostructures from self assembled supramolecular metallo-triblock copolymers
A.O. Moughton, K. Stubenrauch, R. K. O’Reilly, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 2361 - 2370.

Facile one pot synthesis of a range of reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agents
J. Skey, R.K. O’Reilly, Chem. Commun., 2008, 35, 4183-4185.

Non-covalently connected micelles, nanoparticles and metal functionalized nanocages using supramolecular self-assembly
A.O. Moughton, R.K. O’Reilly, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 8714-8725.