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• New approaches to the synthesis of macroporous metals
  H. Zhang and A. I. Cooper, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, in press, (Highlight)
  
  
• Synthesis and CO₂ solubility studies of poly(ether carbonate)s and poly(ether ester)s produced by step growth polymerization
  B. Tan, H. M. Woods, P. Licence, S. M. Howdle and A. I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2005 38, 1691 (Article)
  
  

· High-throughput solubility measurements of polymer libraries in supercritical carbon dioxide
C. L. Bray, B. Tan, C. D. Wood and A. I. Cooper, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 456 (Communication)

· Synthesis of hierarchically porous silica and metal oxide beads using emulsion-templated polymer scaffolds
H. Zhang, G. C. Hardy, Y. Z. Khimyak, M. J. Rosseinsky and A. I. Cooper, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 4245 (Article)

· Emulsion-templated gold beads using gold nanoparticles as building blocks
H. Zhang, I. Hussain, M. Brust and A. I. Cooper, Adv. Mater., 2004, 16, 27 (Communication, click here to see cover picture))

· Synthesis of porous emulsion-templated polymers using high internal phase CO₂-in-water emulsions
R. Butler, I. Hopkinson and A.I. Cooper, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 14473 (Article)

· Porous materials and supercritical fluids
A.I. Cooper, Adv. Mater., 2003 15, 1049 (Review)

· Synthesis of polystyrene by dispersion polymerization in 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) using inexpensive hydrocarbon macromonomer stabilizers
C.D. Wood and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2003, 36,7534 (Article)

• Synthesis of structured porous polymeric materials using compressed fluid solvents
  A.I. Cooper, R. Butler, C.M. Davies, A.K. Hebb, K. Senoo and C.D. Wood, ACS Symp. Ser., 2003 860, 387
  
  
• Compressed fluid sedimentation polymerization
  H. Zhang and A. I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2003 36, 5061 (Communication)
  
  
• Structural control in porous cross-linked poly(methacrylate) monoliths using supercritical carbon dioxide as a ‘pressure-adjustable’ porogenic solvent.
  A. K. Hebb, K. Senoo, R. Bhat and A. I. Cooper, Chem. Mater. 2003 15, 2061 (Article)
  
  
• Synthesis of porous cross-linked polymer monoliths using 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) as the porogen
  A. K. Hebb and A. I. Cooper, Comp. Sci. Technol., 2003 63, 2379. (Article, Special Edition on Porous Materials)
  
  
• Preparation of acrylate stabilized gold and silver hydrosols and gold–polymer composite films
  I. Hussain, M. Brust, A. J. Papworth and A. I. Cooper, Langmuir, 2003 19, 4831 (Article)
  
  
• Cross-linked polymer–ionic liquid composite materials
  P. Snedden, A.I. Cooper, K.R. Scott, and N. Winterton, Macromolecules, 2003 36, 4549 (Article)
  
  
• Uniform emulsion-templated silica beads with high pore volume and hierarchical porosity
  H. Zhang, G.C. Hardy, M.J. Rosseinsky and A.I. Cooper, Adv. Mater. 2003 15, 78 (Communication)
  
  
• Synthesis of monodisperse emulsion-templated polymer beads by oil-in-water-in-oil (O/W/O) sedimentation polymerization
  H. Zhang and A.I. Cooper, Chem. Mater., 2002 14, 4017 (Communication)
  
  
• Polymer synthesis using hydrofluorocarbon solvents. 1. Synthesis of cross-linked polymers by dispersion polymerization in 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
  C.D. Wood, K. Senoo, C. Martin, J. Cuellar and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 6453 (Communication)
  
  
• Materials HIPE: creating nanostructures using SCFs
  A.I. Cooper, Materials World, Jan 2002, 24 (Feature)
  
  
• Synthesis and processing of porous polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide
  C. D. Wood, R. Butler, A.K. Hebb, K. Senoo, H. Zhang and A.I. Cooper, Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology, 2002 18, 247 (Review)
  
  
• Emulsion templating using high internal phase supercritical fluid emulsions
  R. Butler, C.M. Davies and A.I. Cooper, Adv. Mater., 2001 13, 1459 (Communication, click here to see cover picture)
  
  
• Synthesis of macroporous polymer beads by suspension polymerization using supercritical CO₂ as a pressure-adjustable porogen
  C.D. Wood and A.I. Cooper, Macromolecules, 2001 34, 5 (Communication)
  
  
• Recent developments in materials synthesis and processing using supercritical CO₂
  A.I. Cooper, Adv. Mater., 2001 13, 1111 (Feature)
  
  
• Synthesis and processing of polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide
  A.I. Cooper, J. Mater. Chem., 2000 10, 207 (click here to see cover picture – it shows a macroporous polymer synthesized using scCO₂) (Review)
  
  
• CO₂ under pressure- a clean solution for polymer processing
  A.I. Cooper and S.M. Howdle, Materials World, May 2000, 10-12 (Feature)
  
  
• Clean polymer synthesis and processing using supercritical CO₂
  A.I. Cooper, Green Chem., 1999 1, G167 (click here to see cover picture) (Feature)
  
  

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