The Applied Materials Chemistry Group is one of the Royal Society of Chemistry's many Interest Groups. The Interest Groups are member driven groups which exist to benefit RSC members, and the wider chemical science community, in line with the RSC's strategy and charter.
This group focuses on industrial uses and opportunities for "effect" materials (ie materials which significantly enhance or determine the performance of a product), covering application areas, which include:
- selective adsorption, protection and controlled delivery of actives
- fuel additives
- consumer goods applications (detergents, toiletries, healthcare etc)
- nuclear industry uses
- surface coatings
- water and waste treatment
- polymers and composites
- catalysts and catalyst supports
- fire retardants
- ceramics and glass
Is There Anyone Out There?
This creation of this resource was supported by the group as part of the International Year of Chemistry Challenge in 2012. This resource for teachers was funded by the UK Space Agency and developed by ESERO-UK and CIEC Promoting Science.
The resource is based upon the quest to discover more about our solar system through space projects such as the European Space Agency’s Aurora programme and NASA’s Curiosity mission, which seek to gather evidence of conditions that may have supported life on the planet Mars. The children take on the role of space scientists and engineers to discover more about Mars and to undertake activities organised into three themes: Life, Landscape and Landing. This introduces the children to a range of challenges each requiring the use of scientific enquiry, discussion and problem solving.
How to Join
RSC members can join the Applied Materials Chemistry by updating their details in the “My communities and subscriptions” tab of the online RSC membership area. Please click here to login and add to your list of Interest Groups.
Quick links
Forthcoming events
Forthcoming events organised by the Applied Materials Chemistry Group.
Contact the Secretary
For further information on the Applied Materials Chemistry Group you can contact the Secretary, Professor Craig Williams CChem FRSC.
Support for interest groups
Useful information and resources for all RSC interest groups.
Applied Materials Chemistry Group Website
Find out more about the work of the group including reports on past events.
Is There Anyone Out There?
Link to National STEM Centre Resource.
Downloadable files
Is There Anyone Out There?
Free science investigation pack for teachers.
Committee
Chair
Dr Maurice Webb FRSC
Following a BSc in Chemistry at Manchester, a DPhil in metallocene chemistry at Sussex then a short spell teaching Physics, Maurice Webb's career has involved R&D and new business creation roles in a number of companies (CIBA-Geigy, Laporte, Unilever, ICI, Ineos); with Government Knowledge Transfer schemes and currently as an independent consultant. His primary interest is the industrial applications of materials chemistry, especially inorganics (e.g. silicas, zeolites, silicates, mixed metal hydroxides), in the consumer goods and chemicals-using industries (incl. healthcare, water and waste treatment, polymers, catalysts, toiletries and detergent and household products).
Treasurer
Dr Rob Jackson CChem FRSC
Rob is a Reader in Computational Solid State Chemistry in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Keele University. His research interests are in the modelling of inorganic materials for applications in optical and nuclear devices. He is also currently Chair of the RSC North Staffordshire Local Section.
Secretary
Professor Craig Williams CChem FRSC
School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB
Craig has over 25 years’ experience within the zeolite community, he developed an interest in zeolites during the final year of his BSc studies at Salford University while attending a series of lectures given by Prof Alan Dyer. When Craig graduated from Salford, Prof Dyer offered him a research MSc looking at the use of zeolites to act as slow-release agents for anthelmintic drugs. This work proved to be very successful and led to a PhD in this research area.
After his PhD studies Craig worked as a research fellow at Edinburgh and Liverpool Universities. In 1990 he joined the staff at Wolverhampton and in 1993 established the meso and microporous research group to study the problems involved in zeolite synthesis and isomorphous substitution. This group now has 27 successfully completed PhD studies. He is an internationally leading figure in the synthesis of metal substituted zeolite frameworks. To date, five patents and over 80 publications on various aspects of zeolite science in refereed journals have been produced.
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