Williams Group

This perspective is centered on synergistic heteronuclear catalysts across three different fields of catalysis - electrocatalysis, polymerization catalysis, and asymmetric catalysis.

Congratulations to Kat, Fran, @freyab98.bsky.social , and Rosie 🧪🎉

General, Quantified Structure-Performance Correlations for Synergistic Heteronuclear Electro-, Polymerization, and Asymmetric Catalysts Intermetallic synergy can be useful to both enhance catalytic performance and access diverse chemistries, but understanding and predicting the most effective metal combinations remains a challenge. Th...

Excited to share our latest work - a perspective on 'General, Quantified Structure-Performance Correlations for Synergistic Heteronuclear Electro-, Polymerization, and Asymmetric Catalysts' published in ACS Catalysis!

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Toughened commercial poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) using degradable and recyclable poly(ester-alt-ether)-b-PLLA A more sustainable future for plastics relies on the development of high performance materials that are renewably sourced, recycled without suffering losses in performance, and which are, ultimately, ...

Our work on 'Toughened commercial poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) using degradable and recyclable poly(ester-alt-ether)-b-PLLA' is out now in Green Chemistry as part of the 25th Anniversary Collection!

Congratulations to Sandy, Ryan, Thom, and Lukas! 🧪💚

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Heterodinuclear Co(III)Na(I) Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Propene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide The ring-opening copolymerization of propene oxide and carbon dioxide is an effective route to make polycarbonates. Catalysts showing high activities, high polymer selectivities, molecular weight cont...

Check out our latest paper on 'Heterodinuclear Co(III)Na(I) Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Propene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide' out now in Macromolecules!

Congratulations to @freyab98.bsky.social, Francesca Fiorentini, and Katharina Eisenhardt 🎉🧪

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The Science of Polymer Chemical Recycling Catalysis: Uncovering Kinetic and Thermodynamic Linear Free Energy Relationships Polymer recycling must accelerate to limit ever-growing wastes and carbon dioxide emissions. Polymer chemical recycling to monomer enables multiple closed recycling loops, tackling the material and pr...

Our work with @williamsgroupox.bsky.social uncovering thermodynamic and kinetic relationships in depolymerization catalysis is out in @jacs.acspublications.org. Congrats to Thom McGuire & David Ning who led the study. Thanks @royalsociety.org @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Congratulations to @kampoon1.bsky.social who has been awarded the 2025 Jon Weaver Prize for the best PhD in polymer chemistry in the UK! 🥳

High‐Performance Recyclable Polyester Elastomers Through Transient Strain‐Stiffening Transient strain-crystallization simultaneously strengthens and toughens block polyester elastomers while conserving recyclability. Using controlled polymerization catalysis and commercial monomers, ...

Our latest paper "High-Performance Recyclable Polyester Elastomers Through Transient Strain-Stiffening" is out now in Advanced Materials!

Congrats to @bonny-gao.bsky.social, @kampoon1.bsky.social, @matildeconcilio.bsky.social, Thomas, and George! 🧪💚♻️
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Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Accelerate Polymerization Catalysis: A Toolkit for Miniaturized and Automated Kinetics Measurements Understanding catalysts, and improving their future performances, requires quantification of their kinetic and thermodynamic parameters, including measurement of rate constants (kobs), transition stat...

Check out our latest work "Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Accelerate Polymerization Catalysis: A Toolkit for Miniaturized and Automated Kinetics Measurements" online now in ACS Catalysis!

Congratulations to Thom and David! 🎉🧪

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Congratulations to @norajannsen.bsky.social, @kampoon1.bsky.social, Sandy, and @bonny-gao.bsky.social 🎉🧪

Our latest work on "Controlled Catalysis Delivering High Molecular Weight Polyesters as Recyclable Alternatives to Polystyrenes" is now online in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! 🧪🪢♻️

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Congratulations to @kampoon1.bsky.social for receiving 1st Prize for his #RSCPoster in the #RSCMat category! 🏆💚

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From Polymers to Rings and Back Again: Chemical Recycling of Polyesters to Macrolactones Cyclic anhydride and epoxide ring-opening copolymerization is a versatile and controlled route to make polyesters, gaining attention in different application sectors but so far the chemical recycling...

Our latest paper "From Polymers to Rings and Back Again: Chemical Recycling of Polyesters to Macrolactones" is out now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Maddie, Thom, and
@ryanwfkerr.bsky.social 💚🧪♻️

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UK Catalysis Hub III launches with £12.5m EPSRC investment

The @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social III launches today! With EPSRC & partner support, researchers from 46 universities will advance catalysis for net zero & sustainable chemistry. Over the next 7 years, the hub will tackle key challenges in cleaner manufacturing & carbon capture.

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Congratulations @matildeconcilio.bsky.social, Greg, Fer, and Steven! 🥳

Check out our latest paper on “Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers” now out in JACS! ♻️👇

Kanyapat with her poster at the Samaggi Research & Networking Symposium.

Congratulations to Kanyapat for winning a poster prize for her work on recyclable polymers in solid-state batteries at the Samaggi Research & Networking Symposium in London !

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Sign for Diamond Light Source.

Experimental hitch for I22 beam line.

Kam, Bonny, and Mati with I22.

Recovering from a brilliant and tiring week at Diamond Light Source’s I22 beam line!

We can’t wait to share our exciting results soon… 😁

A research team’s dream to achieve a net-zero plastics future With the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics coming to an end, we explore how this research programme has helped develop a holistic solution…

This is a great article about our Honorary Fellow Charlotte Williams @williamsgroupox.bsky.social and her work on sustainable plastics at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social - can we achieve a net zero plastics future?
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/blog/a-dream...

Kam Poon delivering his research talk on the additive manufacturing of sustainable polymers on the GYSS stage.

Four speakers sat down on stage during the Advanced Materials panel discussion.

The four speakers for the Advanced Materials panel discussion before the session begins.

The Oxford delegation with the GYSS sign at NUS.

What an incredible week at #GYSS in Singapore!

I had a wonderful time presenting my recent work and moderating the discussion on Advanced Materials.

I got to know so many incredible young scientists and am leaving Singapore inspired by all the outstanding talks!

Structure‐Activity Relationships for s‐Block Metal/Co(III) Heterodinuclear Catalysts in Cyclohexene Oxide Ring‐Opening Copolymerizations In homogeneous catalysis, uncovering structure-activity relationships remains very rare but invaluable to understand and rationally improve performances. Here, generalizable structure-activity relati...

Super excited to share my first co-first author paper on structure-activity relationships in heterodinuclear catalysts! Online now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

@kateisenhardt.bsky.social @williamsgroupox.bsky.social

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Congratulations to @freyab98.bsky.social, Fran, and @kateisenhardt.bsky.social! 🥳💚

@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social

Graphical abstract for “Structure-Activity Relationships for s-Block Metal/Co(III) Heterodinuclear Catalysts in Cyclohexene Oxide Ring-Opening Copolymerizations”.

Our first paper of 2025 is now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!

Check out “Structure-Activity Relationships for s-Block Metal/Co(III) Heterodinuclear Catalysts in Cyclohexene Oxide Ring-Opening Copolymerizations” below👇

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Thank you @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social for highlighting @kateisenhardt.bsky.social’s JACS paper in their 2024 Publication Highlights! 🤩🧪

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Thank you!! We will do 🫡

The Williams group say around two tables on a stone walled pub.

A very merry Christmas from the Williams Group! 🎄💚

Property Prediction of Bio‐Derived Block Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers Using Graph Kernel Methods Increasing the diversity of bio-based polymers is needed to address the combined problems of plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The magnitude of the problems necessitates rapid discovery...

Our work on “Property Prediction of Bio-Derived Block Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers Using Graph Kernel Methods” is out now in Angewandte Chemie!

A huge congratulations to Shannon, David, George, Yichen, David and Clive!! 🧪💻🔧💚

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Understanding the Effect of M(III) Choice in Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalysts The ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides with CO2 or anhydrides is a promising strategy to produce sustainable polycarbonates and polyesters. Currently, most catalysts are reliant on scar...

Our latest work on “Understanding the Effect of M(III) Choice in Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalysts” is out now in Inorganic Chemistry!

Congratulations to Kat and Fran! 🥳🧪

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