Professor

Tom Davis

FAA

Tom Davis
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Tom Davis uses polymer science, synthetic chemistry, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science, protein biochemistry, and nanomedicine in his research on free radical polymerisation. His early work was at the cutting edge of free radical polymerisation kinetics, using lasers to measure the speed at which synthetic chain molecules grow. He also made major contributions to understanding mechanisms of free radical chain reactions. Davis applied his fundamental understanding to build responsive nanostructures for advanced lens manufacture and drug delivery. Most recently he invented a new polymerisation synthetic approach to make sequence controlled synthetic chains with a complexity approaching peptides, and he has designed polymeric nanostructures to mediate amyloid formation.

Fields of research

10 TECHNOLOGY 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3106 INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 310607 Nanobiotechnology
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3206 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 320604 Nanomedicine
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3403 MACROMOLECULAR AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
    • 340306 Polymerisation Mechanisms
40 ENGINEERING
  • 4018 NANOTECHNOLOGY

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Polymers
  • Polymerization
  • Free Radicals
  • Nanomedicine
  • Chemistry
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Soft Materials

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