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Allan J. Amass
Researcher at Aston University
Publications - 49
Citations - 1671
Allan J. Amass is an academic researcher from Aston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polymerization & Ring-opening polymerization. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 49 publications receiving 1592 citations.
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A review of biodegradable polymers: uses, current developments in the synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polyesters, blends of biodegradable polymers and recent advances in biodegradation studies
TL;DR: A review of the uses of biodegradable polymers in terms of their relevance within current plastic waste management of packaging materials, biomedical applications and other uses is presented in this paper.
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Plasticization of poly(lactide) with blends of tributyl citrate and low molecular weight poly(d,l-lactide)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymers
Yahia Lemmouchi,Marius Murariu,Ana Margarida Do Amaral Cardoso Dos Santos,Allan J. Amass,Etienne Schacht,Philippe Dubois +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the addition of up to 25 wt% plasticizer on the thermo-mechanical properties of PLA was investigated and the results were correlated with particular attention to the relationship between properties and applications.
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A novel and versatile potassium‐based catalyst for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters
TL;DR: In this paper, the chemical structure of poly(lactide) (PLA), poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) homopolymers of high molecular weight were prepared using potassium-based catalyst.
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Synthesis of narrow molecular weight α,ω-hydroxy telechelic poly(glycidyl nitrate) and estimation of theoretical heat of explosion
Hemant Desai,Anthony V. Cunliffe,T. Lewis,R.W. Millar,N. C. Paul,Malcolm J. Stewart,Allan J. Amass +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the synthetic steps and characterization required to make pure poly(glycidyl nitrate), also known as polyGLYN or POWA3, from cheap commercially available starting materials using dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ) technology are described.
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Synthesis and characterization of α,ω-hydroxy and nitrato telechelic oligomers of 3,3-(nitratomethyl) methyl oxetane (NIMMO) and glycidyl nitrate (GLYN)
Hemant Desai,Anthony V. Cunliffe,Javid Hamid,Peter James Honey,Malcolm J. Stewart,Allan J. Amass +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of α,ω-hydroxy telechelic, low-molecular-weight oligomers (degree of polymerization of less than 10) of glycidyl nitrate (GLYN) and 3,3-(nitratomethyl) methyl oxetane (NIMMO) by the activated monomer mechanism is described.