Publications

(trainees in italics; only papers published in last decade shown)

131. Manker, L.; Hedou, M.; Marti, R.; Shaver, M. P.; Luterbacher, J. “Additive-enhanced PAX polyesters for industrial processing and increased longevity.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2025, in press.

130. Holland, J.; Shaver, M. P.* “Polymeric N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry.” Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 2025, in press.

129. Picken, C. A. R.; Buensoz, O.; Fidge, C.; Price, P.; Shaver, M. P.* “Poly(malic acid) copolymers as degradable rheology modifiers in aqueous formulations.” Polymer Chemistry. 2025, 16, 1256.

128. Wang, Y.; Shaver, M. P.; De Hoe, G. X.* “Antioxidant-containing polymeric additives for improved mechanical recycling of PET” Macromolecules. 2024, 57, 9841.

127. Holland, J.; Horton, T.; Shaver, M. P.* “Amine-Derived Polymeric Frustrated Lewis Pair Networks and Catalysts” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024, 6, 12321.

126. Patel, A. D.; Schyns, Z. O. G.; Franklin, T. W.; Shaver, M. P.* “Defining quality by quantifying degradation in the mechanical recycling of polyethylene” Nature Communications. 2024, 15, 8733.

125. Buensoz, O.; Picken, C. A. R.; Price, P.; Fidge, C.; Shaver, M. P.* “Degradable branched and cross-linked polyesters from a bis(1,3-dioxolan-4-one) core” Polymer Chemistry. 2024, 15, 3983.

124. Xu, Z.; Wang, M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Polymeric bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium chloride as a recyclable catalyst” Chemical Science. 2024, 15, 15745.

123. Lavender-Law, K.*; Sobcowicz-Kline, M. J.; Shaver, M. P.; Hahn, M. E. “Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes” Nature Materials Reviews. 2024, 9, 657.

122. Billington, E. K.; Şucu, T.; Shaver, M. P.* “Mechanical Properties and Recyclability of Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2024, 12, 10011.

121. Smith, P.; McLauchlin, A.; Franklin, T.; Yan, P.; Cunliff, E.; Hasell, T.; Kurlin, V.; Kerr, C.; Attwood, J.; Shaver, M. P.; McDonald, T. O.* “A data-driven analysis of HDPE post-consumer recyclate for sustainable bottle packaging” Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 2024, 205, 107538.

120. Manker, L. P.; Hedou, M. A.; Broggi, C.; Jones, M. J.; Kortsen, K.; Puvanenthiran, K.; Kupper, Y.; Frauenrath, H.; Marechal, F.; Michaud, V.; Marti, R.; Shaver, M. P.; Luterbacher, J. S.* “Performance polyamides built on a sustainable carbohydrate core” Nature Sustainability. 2024, 7, 640.

119. Clark, R. A.; Shaver, M. P.* “Depolymerisation within a circular plastics system” Chemical Reviews. 2024, 124, 2617.

118. Schyns, Z. O. G.; Bennett, T. M.; Davison, G. E.; Shaver, M. P.* “Effect of Polymer Host on Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emission of Fluorescent Optical Brighteners” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024, 6, 2031.

117. Ahamed, A.; Huang, P.; Young, J.; Gallego-Schmid, A.; Price, R.; Shaver, M. P.* “Technical and environmental assessment of end-of-life scenarios for plastic packaging with electronic tags” Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 2023, 201, 107341.

116. Picken, C. A. R.; Buensoz, O.; Price, P.; Fidge, C.; Points, L.; Shaver, M. P.* “Sustainable Formulation Polymers for Home, Beauty and Personal care: Challenges and Opportunities” Chemical Science. 2023, 14, 12926. Chemical Science “Most Popular Articles” Collection 2023.

115. Wang, M.; Shanmugam, M.; McInnes, E.; Shaver, M. P.* “Light-induced Polymeric Frustrated Radical Pairs as Building Blocks for Materials and Photocatalysts” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023, 145, 44, 24294.

114. Huang, P.; Ahamed, A.; Sun, R.; De Hoe, G. X.; Pitcher, J.; Mushing, A.; Lourenço, F.; Shaver, M. P.* “Circularizing PET-G Multi-materials: Life-cycle Assessment and Techno-economic Analysis” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2023, 11, 15328.

113. Jeswani, H. K.; Perry, M. R.; Shaver, M. P.; Azapagic, A.* “Biodegradable and conventional plastic packaging: Comparison of life cycle environmental impacts of poly(mandelic acid) and polystyrene” Science of the Total Environment. 2023, 903, 166311.

112. Schyns, Z. O. G.; Patel, A. D.; Shaver, M. P.* “Understanding poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation using gas-mediated simulated recycling” Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 2023, 198, 107170.

111. Holmes, H.*; Shaver, M.; Holmes, T.; Kortsen, K. “Tackling Household Plastic Waste: Best Practice for a Circular Plastics Economy” Sustainable Futures White Paper. 2023, 1-22.

110. Șucu, T.; Wang. M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Degradable and reprocessable resins from a dioxolanone cross-linker” Macromolecules. 2023, 56, 4, 1625.

109. Huang, P.; Pitcher, J.; Mushing, A.; Lourenço, F.; Shaver, M. P.* “Chemical recycling of multi-materials from glycol-modified poly(ethylene terephthalate)” Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 2023, 190, 106854.

108. Schyns, Z. O. G.; Bennett, T. M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Recycled Plastic Content Quantified through Aggregation-Induced Emission” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2022, 10, 12659. ACS Editor’s Choice selection, Featured on Cover.

107. Bell, E. L.; Smithson, R.; Kilbride, S.; Foster, J.; Hardy, F. L.; Ramachandran, S.; Tedstone, A. A.; Haigh, S. J.; Garforth, A. A.; Day, P. J. R.; Levy, C.; Shaver, M. P.; Green, A. P. “Directed Evolution of an Efficient and Thermostable PET Depolymerase” Nature Catalysis. 2022, 5, 673.

106. De Hoe, G. X.; Șucu, T.; Shaver, M. P.* “Sustainability and Polyesters: Beyond Metals and Monomers to Function and Fate” Accounts of Chemical Research. 2022, 55, 1514.

105. Horton, T. A. R.; Wang, M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Polymeric Frustrated Lewis Pairs in CO2/Cyclic Ether Coupling Catalysis” Chemical Science. 2022, 13, 3845.

104. Wang, M.; Holland, J.; Horton, T. A. R.; Yolsal, U.; Shaver, M. P.* “A Novel Borinate Ester Copolymer for Poly(frustrated Lewis pair) Gels” Polymer. 2022, 242, 124576.

103. Bennett, T. M.*; Allan, J. F.; Garden, J. A.; Shaver, M. P. “Low Formaldehyde Binders for Mineral Wool Insulation: A Review” Global Challenges. 2022, 6, 2100110.

102. Marzec, B.; Walker, J.; Jhons, Y.; Meldrum, F. C.; Shaver, M. P.; Nudelman, F.* “Micron-Sized Biogenic and Synthetic Hollow Mineral Spheres Occlude Additives within Single Crystals” Faraday Discussions. 2022, 235, 536.

101. Yolsal, U.; Horton, T. A. R.; Wang, M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Cyclic Ether Triggers for Polymeric Frustrated Lewis Pair Gels” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021, 143, 33, 12980.

100. Burgess, M.*; Holmes, H.; Sharmina, M.; Shaver, M. P. “The Future of UK Plastics recycling: One Bin to Rule Them All” Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2021, 164, 105191.

99. Schyns, Z. O. G.; Shaver, M. P.* “Mechanical Recycling of Packaging Plastics: A Review” Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2021, 42, 2000415. Top Cited Article Award – Wiley (2020 and 2021).

98. Gruszka, W.; Lykkeberg, A.; Nichol, G. S.; Shaver, M. P.; Buchard, A.; Garden, J. A.* “Combining Alkali Metals and Zinc to Harness Heterometallic Cooperativity in Cyclic Ester Ring-Opening Polymerisation” Chemical Science. 2020, 11, 11785.

97. Yolsal, U.; Horton, T.; Wang, M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Polymer Supported Lewis Acids and Bases” Progress in Polymer Science. 2020, 111, 101313.

96. Șucu, T.; Shaver, M. P.* “Inherently Degradable Cross-linked Polyesters and Polycarbonates: Resins to be Cheerful” Polymer Chemistry. 2020, 11, 6397.

95. Shaver, M. P.; Buchard, A. “Ring Opening Polymerisation” European Polymer Journal. 2020, 109600.

94. Gruszka, W.; Walker, L. C.; Shaver, M. P.; Garden, J. A.* “In Situ versus Isolated Zinc Catalysts in the Selective Synthesis of Homo and Multi-block Polyesters” Macromolecules. 2020, 53, 4294.

93. Xu, Y.; Șucu, T.; Perry M. I.; Shaver, M. P.* “Alicyclic Polyesters from a Bicyclic 1,3-Dioxane-4-one” Polymer Chemistry. 2020, 11, 4928.

92. Marzec, B.; Walker, J. M.; Panagopoulou, M.; Jhons, Y.; Clare, D.; Wheeler, A.; Shaver, M. P.; Nudelman, F.* “Three-Dimensional Architecture and Surface Functionality of Coccolith Base Plates” Journal of Structural Biology. 2019, 208, 127.

91. Vanden-Hehir, S.; Cairns, S.; Lee, M.; Zoupi, L.; Shaver, M. P.; Brunton, V.; Williams, A.; Hulme, A.* “Alkyne-tagged PLGA allows direct visualization of nanoparticles in vitro and ex vivo by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy” Biomacromolecules. 2019, 20, 4008.

90. Yolsal, U.; Wang, M.; Royer, J. R.; Shaver, M. P.* “Rheological Characterization of Polymeric Frustrated Lewis Pair Networks” Macromolecules. 2019, 52, 3417.

89. Coward, D. L.; Lake, B. R.; Poli, R.; Shaver, M. P.* “Radically Initiated Group Transfer Polymerization of Methacrylates by Titanium Amino-Phenolate Complexes” Macromolecules. 2019, 52, 3252. Featured on front cover.

88. Xu, Y.; Perry, M. I.; Cairns, S. A.; Shaver, M. P.* “Understanding the Ring-opening Polymerisation of Dioxolanones” Polymer Chemistry. 2019, 10, 3048.

87. LaBeur, L.; Henry, L.-A.*; Kazanidis, G.; Hennige, S.; McDonald, A.; Shaver, M. P.; Roberts, M. “Baseline Assessment of Marine Litter and Microplastic Ingestion by Cold-Water Coral Reef Benthos at the East Mingulay Marine Protected Area” Frontiers in Marine Science. 2019, 6, 8.

86. Langford, G. J.; Raeburn, J.; Ferrier, D. C.; Hands, P. J. W.; Shaver, M. P.* “Morpholino Oligonucleotide Crosslinked Hydrogels as Portable Optical Oligonucleotide Biosensors” ACS Sensors. 2019, 4, 185.

85. Fazekas, E.; Nichol, G. S.; Garden, J. A.; Shaver, M. P.* “Iron(III) Half Salen Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical and Ring-Opening Polymerizations” ACS Omega. 2018, 3, 16945.

84. Fuentes Pineda, R.; Lake, B. R. M.; Troughton, J.; Sanchez-Molina, I.; Chepelin, O.; Haque, S.; Watson, T.; Shaver, M. P.; Robertson, N.* “Polymeric Hole-transport Materials with Side-chain Redox-active Groups for Perovskite Solar Cells with Good Reproducibility” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2018, 20, 25738.

83. Fazekas, E.; Nichol, G. S.; Shaver, M. P.; Garden, J. A.* “Stable Fe(III) Phenoxyimines as Selective and Robust CO2/epoxide Coupling Catalysts” Dalton Transactions. 2018, 47, 13106.

82. Alkattan, M.; Prunet, J.; Shaver, M. P.* “Functionalizable Stereocontrolled Cyclopolyethers by Ring-Closing Metathesis as Natural Polymer Mimics” Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2018, 57, 13160. VIP paper. Featured on back cover.

81. Makwana, V. A.; Lizundia, E.; Larrañaga, A.; Vilas, J. L.; Shaver, M. P.* “Thermal, Optical and Structural Properties of Blocks and Blends of PLA and Aromatic/Aliphatic Polyester” Green Materials. 2018, 6, 85.

80. McClements, J.; Shaver, M. P.; Sefiane, K.; Koutsos, V.* “The Morphology of Poly(styrene-co-butadiene) Random Copolymer Thin Films and Nanostructures on a Graphite Surface” Langmuir. 2018, 34, 7784.

79. Bauer, K. N.; Liu, L.; Andrienko, D.; Wagner, M.; Macdonald, E. K.; Shaver, M. P.; Wurm, F. R.* “Polymerizing Phostones: A Fast Way to In-Chain Poly(phosphonate)s with Adjustable Hydrophilicity” Macromolecules. 2018, 51, 1272.

78. Sinclair, F.; Shaver, M. P.* “Cross-metathesis functionalized exo-olefin derivatives of lactide” Journal of Polymer Science A. 2018, 56, 741.

77. Ferrier, D. C.; Shaver, M. P.; Hands, P. J. W.* “Conductive composites for oligonucleotide detection” Sensing and Bio-sensing Research. 2017, 17, 1.

76. Wang, M.; Nudelman, F.; Matthes, R.; Shaver, M. P.* “Frustrated Lewis Pair Polymers as Responsive Self-Healing Gels” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2017, 139, 14232.

75. Coward, D.; Lake, B.; Shaver, M. P.* “Understanding Organometallic-Mediated Radical Polymerization with an Iron(II) Amine-Bis(phenolate)” Organometallics. 2017, 36, 3322.

74. McClements, J.; Buffone, C.; Shaver, M. P.; Sefiane, K.; Koutsos, V.* “Poly(styrene-co-butadiene) random copolymer thin films and nanostructures on a mica surface: morphology and contact angles of nanodroplets” Soft Matter. 2017, 13, 6152.

73. Sinclair, F.; Hilna, J. A.; Wells, J. A. L.; Shaver, M. P.*; Arnold, P. L.* “Ring opening polymerisation of lactide with uranium(IV) and cerium(IV) phosphinoaryloxide complexes” Dalton Tranactions. 2017, 46, 10786.

72. Lizundia, E.*; Makwana, V.; Larrañaga, A.; Vilas, J.; Shaver, M. P.* “Thermal, structural and degradation properties of an aromatic–aliphatic polyester built through ring-opening polymerisation” Polymer Chemistry. 2017, 8, 3530.

71. Sinclair, F.; Alkattan, M. A.; Prunet, J.; Shaver, M. P.* “Olefin Cross Metathesis and Ring Closing Metathesis in Polymer Chemistry” Polymer Chemistry. 2017, 8, 3385.

70. Cairns, S. A.; Schultheiss, A.; Shaver, M. P.* “A broad scope of aliphatic polyesters prepared by elimination of small molecules from sustainable 1,3-dioxolan-4-ones” Polymer Chemistry. 2017, 8, 2990.

69. Macdonald, E. K.; Shaver, M. P.* “Understanding the phosphoric acid catalysed ring opening polymerisation of β-butyrolactone and other cyclic esters” European Polymer Journal. 2017, 95, 702.

68. Zhu, K.; Dunne, J.; Shaver, M. P.*; Thomas, S. P.* “Iron-Catalyzed Heck-Type Alkenylation of Functionalized Alkyl Bromides” ACS Catalysis. 2017, 7, 2353.

67. Macdonald, E. K.; Lacey, J. C.; Ogura, I.; Shaver, M. P.* “Aromatic Polyphosphonates as High Refractive Index Polymers” European Polymer Journal. 2017, 87, 14.

66. Raycraft, B. M.; MacDonald, J. P.; McIntosh, J. T.; Shaver, M. P.; Gillies, E. R.* “Post-polymerization functionalization of poly(ethylene oxide)- poly(β-6-heptenolactone) diblock copolymers to tune properties and self-assembly” Polymer Chemistry. 2017, 8, 557.

65. Sinclair, F.; Chen, L.; Greenland, B. W.; Shaver, M. P.* “Installing Multiple Functional Groups on Biodegradable Polyesters via Post-Polymerization Olefin Cross Metathesis” Macromolecules. 2016, 49, 6826.

64. Macdonald, E. K.; Shaver, M. P.* “An expanded range of catalysts for synthesising biodegradable polyphosphonates“ Green Materials. 2016, 4, 81.

63. Lake, B. R. M.; Shaver, M. P.* “Iron(II) β-ketiminate complexes as mediators of controlled radical polymerisation” Dalton Transactions. 2016, 45, 15840.

62. Zhu, K.; Shaver, M. P.*; Thomas, S. P.* “Chemoselective nitro reduction and hydroamination using a single iron catalyst” Chemical Science. 2016, 7, 3031.

61. Zhu, K.; Shaver, M. P.*; Thomas, S. P.* “Amine-bis(phenolate) iron(III)-catalysed formal hydroamination of olefins” Chemistry an Asian Journal. 2016, 11, 977.

60. Briand, G. G.*; Cairns, S. A.; Decken, A.; Dickie, C. M.; Kostelnik, T.I.; Shaver, M.P. “Strained metal bonding environments in methylindium dithiolates and their reactivity as initiators for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2016, 806, 22.

59. MacDonald, J. P.; Sidera, M.; Fletcher, S. P.; Shaver, M. P.* “Living and immortal polymerization of seven and six membered lactones to high molecular weights with aluminum salen and salan catalysts” European Polymer Journal. 2016, 74, 287.

58. MacDonald, J. P.; Shaver, M. P.* “An aromatic/aliphatic polyester prepared via ring-opening polymerization and its remarkably selective and cyclable depolymerisation to monomer” Polymer Chemistry. 2016, 7, 553.

57. Schroeder, H.; Buback, M.*; Shaver, M. P. “Kinetics of Amine-Bis(phenolate) Iron-Mediated ATRP Up to High Pressure” Macromolecules. 2015, 48, 6114.

56. Sheppard, B. J. H.; Shaver, M. P.; Pearson, J. K.* “Assessment and Application of Density Functional Theory for the Prediction of Structure and Reactivity of Vanadium Complexes” Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2015, 119, 8537.

55. Schroeder, H.; Lake, B. R. M.; Demeshko, S.; Shaver, M. P.*; Buback, M.* “A Synthetic and Multispectroscopic Speciation Analysis of Controlled Radical Polymerization Mediated by Amine-Bis(phenolate) Iron Complexes” Macromolecules. 2015, 48, 4329.

54. Zhu, K.; Shaver, M. P.*; Thomas, S. P.* “Stable and Easily Handled Fe(III) Catalysts for Hydrosilylation of Ketones and Aldehydes” European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2015, 2119.

53. Lake, B. R. M.; Shaver, M. P. The Interplay of ATRP, OMRP and CCT in Iron-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization. In Controlled Radical Polymerization; Matyjaszewski, K.; Sumerlin, B.; Tsarevsky, N., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2015.

52. MacDonald, J. P.; Shaver, M. P. Aluminum Salen and Salan Polymerization Catalysts: From Monomer Scope to Macrostructure Control. In Green Polymer Chemistry: Biobased Materials and Biocatalysis; Cheng, H. N.; Gross, R.; Smith, P., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2015.

51. Ferrier, D. C.; Shaver, M. P.; Hands, P. J. W.* “Micro- and Nano-structure Based Oligonucleotide Sensors” Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2015, 68, 798.

50. MacDonald, J. P.; Parker, M. P.; Greenland, B. W.; Hermida-Merino, D.; Hamley, I. W.; Shaver, M. P.* “Tuning Thermal Properties and Microphase Separation in Aliphatic Polyester ABA Copolymers” Polymer Chemistry. 2015, 6, 1445.

49. Macdonald, E. K.; Shaver, M. P.* “Intrinsic High Refractive Index Polymers” Polym. Int. 2015, 64, 6.