Staff profile

Research Interests

Our research group interests concern the general areas of crystallization, colloids and semi-crystalline polymers. A broad range of subjects are available that utilize both experimental (typically X-ray diffraction, FTIR, ESEM, TEM and optical microscopy) and computational modelling techniques. Studies span from fundamental blue skies research, through to industrially-sponsored projects.

• Structured Ternary Fluids
• Crystallisation in Nanoconfinement
• Colloids
• Semi-crystalline Polymers

• Functional Molecules and Materials
• Soft Matter and Interfaces

• 2011: Deposition of actives: PhD & PDRA(£72518.23 from Department for Business, Innovations and Skills)
• 2011: Fatty Soil Detergency: PhD & PDRA(£188430.98 from Department for Business, Innovations and Skills)
• 2011: KTA: Pioneering Studies on Protein Crystallisation in Microemulsions(£23756.00 from Epsrc)
• 2011: The controlled nucleation and crystallization of waxes via colloidal, micellar, vesicle methods(£75000.00 from Infineum UK Ltd)
• 2010: KT Fellow in Chemistry (Cen Chen)(£24000.00 from Epsrc)
• 2010: KTP - Centre for Process Innovation(£197036.00 from TSB)
• 2010: Natasha Loines Studentship(£24000.00 from Epsrc)
• 2006: CRYSTALLIZATION: FUTURE IS CONTROLLABLE(£615588.00 from Epsrc)
• 2005: THE EFFECT OF INTERFACIAL CURVATURE(£113263.00 from Epsrc)
• 2002: CRYSTALLISATION IN EMULSIONS(£8225.00 from The Royal Society)
• 2002: RUTHERFORD APPLETON AGREEMENT(£1500.00 from Rutherford Appleton Lab)
• 2002: STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION IN LOW AMYLOPECTIN(£117206.00 from National Starch & Chemical Company)
• 2000: RECENT APPOINTEES POLYMER SCIENCE (RAPS) NETWORK(£61718.00 from Epsrc)
• 1999: INTERFACIAL MEDIATION OF CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES(£52701.00 from Epsrc)
• 1997: VISUAL MEMORY APPARATUTS(£146653.00 from Cenes Ltd)
• 1996: ROLE OF THE FOREBRAIN STRUCTURES(£12890.00 from The Wellcome Trust)

Journal Article

• Maunder, J. J., Aguilar, J. A., Hodgkinson, P. & Cooper, S. J. (2022). Structured ternary fluids as nanocrystal incubators for enhanced crystallization control. Chemical Science 13(44): 13132-13140.
• Buckley, Phil, Hargreaves, Natasha & Cooper, Sharon (2018). Nucleation of quartz under ambient conditions. Communications Chemistry 1: 49.
• Kennedy, Stuart R., Jones, Christopher D., Yufit, Dimitrii S., Nicholson, Catherine Emma, Cooper, Sharon J. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Tailored Supramolecular Gel and Microemulsion Crystallization Strategies – is Isoniazid Really Monomorphic? CrystEngComm 20(10): 1390-1398.
• Cucinotta, Fabio, Jarman, Benjamin P., Caplan, Calvin, Cooper, Sharon J., Riggs, Helen J., Martinelli, Jonathan, Djanashvili, Kristina, La Mazza, Emanuele & Puntoriero, Fausto (2018). Light-Harvesting Antennae using the Host-Guest Chemistry of Mesoporous Organosilica. ChemPhotoChem 2(3): 196-206.
• Hargreaves, Natasha & Cooper, Sharon Jane (2016). Nanographite Synthesized from Acidified Sucrose Microemulsions under Ambient Conditions. Crystal Growth & Design 16(6): 3133-3142.
• Odiase, I, Nicholson, C E, Ahmad, R, Cooper, J, Yufit, D S & Cooper, S J (2015). Three cocrystals and a cocrystal salt of pyrimidin-2-amine and glutaric acid. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry 71(4): 276-283.
• Chen, C., Nicholson, C. E., Ramsey, H. E. & Cooper, S. J. (2015). Nonclassical Crystallization of Dipicolinic Acid in Microemulsions. Crystal Growth & Design 15(3): 1060-1066.
• Nicholson, CE, Chen, C, Mendis, B & Cooper, SJ (2011). Stable Polymorphs Crystallized Directly under Thermodynamic Control in Three-Dimensional Nanoconfinement: A Generic Methodology. Crystal Growth & Design 11(2): 363-366.
• Chen, C, Cook, O, Nicholson, CE & Cooper, SJ (2011). Leapfrogging Ostwald’s Rule of Stages: Crystallization of Stable γ-Glycine Directly from Microemulsions. Crystal Growth & Design 11(6): 2228-2237.
• Nicholson, CE & Cooper, SJ (2011). Crystallization of Mefenamic Acid from Dimethylformamide Microemulsions: Obtaining Thermodynamic Control through 3D Nanoconfinement. Crystals 1(3): 195-205.
• Cooper, SJ, Nicholson, CE & Liu, J (2008). A simple classical model for predicting onset crystallization temperatures on curved substrates and its implications for phase transitions in confined volumes. The Journal of Chemical Physics 129(12): 124715
• J. Liu, C.E. Nicholson & S.J. Cooper (2007). Direct measurement of critical nucleus size in confined volumes. Langmuir 23(13): 7286-7292.
• Smith, M.R., Cooper, S.J., Winter, D.J. & Everall, N. (2006). Detailed mapping of biaxial orientation in polyethylene terephthalate bottles using polarised attenuated total reflection FTIR spectroscopy. Polymer 47(15): 5691-5700.
• Nicholson, C.E., Cooper, S.J. & Jamieson, M.J. (2006). Unique crystal morphologies of glycine grown from octanoic acid-in-water emulsions. Journal of the American chemical society 128(24): 7718-7719.
• C. E. Nicholson, S. J. Cooper, C. Marcellin & M. J. Jamieson (2005). The use of phase-inverting emulsions to show the phenomenon of interfacial crystallization on both heating and cooling. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127(34): 11894-11895.
• M. J. Jamieson, C. E. Nicholson & S. J. Cooper (2005). First study on the effects of interfacial curvature and additive interfacial density on heterogeneous nucleation. Ice crystallization in oil-in-water emulsions and nanoemulsions with added 1-heptacosanol. Crystal Growth & Design 5(2): 451-459.
• M. J. Jamieson, S. J. Cooper, A. F. Miller & S. A. Holt (2004). Neutron reflectivity and external reflection FTIR studies of DL-aspartic acid crystallization beneath nylon 6 spread films. Langmuir 20(9): 3593-3600.
• A. F. Miller & S. J. Cooper (2002). In situ Imaging of langmuir films of nylon-6,6 polymer using environmental scanning electron microscopy. Langmuir 18(4): 1310-1317.
• S. J. Cooper (2002). External reflection FTIR studies on crystallization of L-asparagine monohydrate beneath stearic acid and an analogous polymeric film at the air-water interface. Langmuir 18(9): 3749-3753.
• Cooper, S. J., Coogan, M., Everall, N. & Priestnall, I. (2001). A polarised μ-FTIR study on a model system for nylon 6 6: implications for the nylon Brill structure. Polymer 42(26): 10119-10132.
• S.J. Cooper (2001). The effect of additive aggregation state on controlling crystallization. Crystallization of L-asparagine monohydrate in the presence of carboxylic acid functionality additives. Crystengcomm (56): art. no.-56.
• Cooper, S., Atkins, E.D.T. & Hill, M.J. (1998). Structures for Monodisperse Oligoamides. A Novel Structure for Unfolded Three-Amide Nylon 6 and Relationship with a Three-Amide Nylon 6 6. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 36: 2849-2863.
• Cooper, S., Sessions, R.B. & Lubetkin, S.D. (1998). A New Mechanism for Nucleation beneath Monolayer Films? Journal of the American Chemical Society 120: 2090-2098.
• Cooper, S., Atkins, E.D.T. & Hill, M.J. (1998). Temperature-Induced Changes in Lamellar Crystals of Monodisperse Nylon 6 and Nylon 6 6 Oligoamides. Macromolecules 31: 8947-8956.
• Cooper, S., Sessions, R.B. & Lubetkin, S.D. (1997). Role of Interfacial Tension in Nucleation beneath Monolayer Films. Langmuir 13: 7165-7172.