Polymer Chemistry

Peter Foot

Emeritus Professor
Kingston University
United Kingdom

Biography

Prof. Peter Foot studied chemistry at the Universities of Southampton and Oxford. Later, working at Brighton and Sussex Universities, he became interested in solid inorganic materials and organic polymers. His current research mainly involves functional polymers and nanocomposites for energy conversion, organic electronics and drug delivery. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and an active member of other professional bodies in chemistry, physics and materials science. He has lectured and collaborated widely in interdisciplinary research. Peter Foot has been leader of the Materials Research Group, Kingston University London (since 1995). He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Materials Research (2008-10). This is now the Nanomaterials and Composites Research Centre. Professor of Materials Science, Kingston University (1998-2013). Current Position: Emeritus Professor of Materials Science (2014-2019) Prof. Foot is currently supervising 5 Ph.D. students at Kingston University. He has previously been the supervisor of 56 successfully-completed research students (8 as co-supervisor), and of 9 postdoctoral researchers. Peter has attracted research funding of almost £2M in the past, including a recent KTP award (2013-15) worth about £130k from InnovateUK.

Research Area

* Organic electronics and photovoltaic materials. * Conducting polymer synthesis, properties and device applications, e.g. Biosensors. * Polymer nanocomposites and polyblends. * Electrochromic display materials and liquid crystal conducting polymers. Evaporable organic semiconductors and OFET devices. * Smart polymers & nanomaterials for drug-delivery. * Lightweight composites and bone-replacement materials.