Dr Arthur Wilkinson

Arthur Wilkinson graduated in Polymer Science & Technology (Physics) from UMIST in 1984 and obtained his PhD, also from UMIST, in 1990. He then spent two years conducting Polyurethanes Research and Development for Dow Chemicals (Europe), before joining Manchester Metropolitan University as a Lecturer in Polymer Science & Technology. In 2006 he joined the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in Polymer and Composites Processing. His research interests involve the science and technology underpinning processing-structure-property relationships in multi-phase polymer systems; including nanocomposites, blends, block copolymers and structural fibre-composites. With the launch of the Northwest Composites Centre (NWCC) his studies of structural polymer composites have expanded to include rapid, energy-efficient moulding processes and joining methods for polymer composites structures.

• Structure Development in PS- Layered Silicate Nanocomposites
• Studies of reaction-induced phase separation in epoxy resin nanocomposites (with Professor John Stanford)
• Deformation micromechanics of hybrid carbon nanotube/layered silicate polypropylene nanocomposites (with Professors Bob Young and John Stanford)
• Structure development during the processing of flexible polyurethane foam (with Professor John Stanford)
• Rapid composite processing by fluid-controlled heat transfer (with Dr Richard Day)

• Structure Development in Multiblock Copolymers: Comparison of Experiments with Cell Dynamics Simulations, I.W. Hamley, J.L. Stanford, A.N. Wilkinson, M.J. Elwell, A.J. Ryan, Polymer, 41, 2569-2576, 2000.
• Controlled Transesterification and Its Effects on Structure Development in Polycarbonate-Poly(butylene terephthalate) Melt Blends, S.B. Tattum, D. Cole, A.N. Wilkinson, J. Macromol. Sci. Phys., B39 (4), 459-479, 2000.
• Inhibition of Crystalline Structure In A Reactive Polycarbonate-Poly(butylene terephthalate) Melt Blend, A.N. Wilkinson, S.B. Tattum, D. Cole, A.J. Ryan, Polymer Bulletin, 48, 199-206, 2002.
• The Effects Of Soft-Segment Prepolymer Functionality On Structure-Property Relations In RIM Copolyurethanes, J.L. Stanford, R.H. Still, A.N. Wilkinson, Polymer, 44, 3985-3994, 2003.
• Structural Composites Formed By Reaction Injection Moulding: Interlaminar Fracture Properties Of Glass-Fibre Mat/Copoly(urea-isocyanurate) Resin Composites, J.L. Stanford, J.R. Powell, A.N. Wilkinson, Plastics, Rubber and Composites, 32, 215-223, 2003.
• The Effects of SEBS-g-Maleic Anhydride Reaction on the Morphology and Properties of Polypropylene/PA6/SEBS Ternary Blends, A.N. Wilkinson, M.L. Clemens, V.M. Harding, Polymer, 45, 5239-5249, 2004.
• Structure Development in Reactive Polycarbonate-Poly (ethylene terephthalate) Melt Blends, A.N. Wilkinson, E.M.I. Nita, M.L. Clemens, E. Jobstl, JPA Fairclough, J. Macromol. Sci. Phys., 44, 1087-1102, 2005
• Structure and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Melt Intercalated PA6-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites. A.N. Wilkinson, Z. Mann, J.L. Stanford, P. Matikainen, M.L. Clemens, G.C. Lees, C.M. Liauw. Macromolecular Materials & Engineering (in press).