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• Investigation into the photocatalytic hydrogenation of norbornadiene and dimethylfumarate using polyethylene matrices
  G.I. Childs, A.I. Cooper, T.F. Nolan, M.J. Carrott, M.W. George and M. Poliakoff, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001 123, 6857 (Article)
  (click here to read The Alchemist review of this paper)
  
  
• Synthesis of well-defined macroporous polymer monoliths by sol-gel polymerization in supercritical CO₂
  A.I. Cooper, C.D. Wood and A.B. Holmes, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2000 39, 4741 (Article, Special SCF Edition)
  
  
• Copolymerization of CO₂ and 1,2-cyclohexene oxide using a CO₂-soluble chromium porphyrin catalyst
  S.A. Mang, A.I. Cooper, M.E. Colclough, N. Chauhan and A.B. Holmes, Macromolecules, 2000 33, 303 (Article)

• Photochemical reactions of organometallic complexes impregnated into polymers: Speciation, isomerization and hydrogenation of residual alkene moieties in polyethylene
  M.J. Clarke, A.I. Cooper, S.M. Howdle and M. Poliakoff, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000 122, 2523 (Article)

• Synthesis of molded monolithic porous polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide as the porogenic solvent
  A.I. Cooper and A.B. Holmes, Adv. Mater., 1999 11, 2170 (Communication)

• Dispersion polymerisation of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide - evaluation of well-defined fluorinated AB block copolymes as surfactants
  W.P. Hems, T.-M. Yong, J.L.M. van Nunen, A.I. Cooper, A.B. Holmes and D.A. Griffin, J. Mater. Chem., 1999 9, 1403 (Article)

• Synthesis of highly cross-linked polymers in supercritical carbon dioxide by heterogeneous polymerization
  A.I. Cooper, W.P. Hems and A.B. Holmes, Macromolecules, 1999 32, 2156 (Article)

• Clean polymer synthesis and processing using supercritical CO₂
  A.I. Cooper, Green Chem., 1999 1, G167 (click here to see cover picture) (Review)
  
  

• Synthesis of cross-linked polymer microspheres in supercritical carbon dioxide
  A.I. Cooper, W.P. Hems and A.B. Holmes, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 1998 19, 353 (Communication)

• Extraction of a hydrophilic compound from water into liquid CO₂ using dendritic surfactants
  A.I. Cooper, J.D. Londono, G. Wignall, J.B. McClain, E.T. Samulski, J.S. Lin, A. Dobrynin, M. Rubinstein, A.L.C. Burke, J.M.J. Fréchet and J.M. DeSimone, Nature, 1997 389, 368
  (Communication, click here to read News & Views article on this work)

• "Solvent-free" photochemical activation of CH₄, C₂H₄ and C₂H₆ by (C₅Me₅)Ir(CO)₂ in supercritical fluid solution
  J.A. Banister, A.I. Cooper, S.M. Howdle, M. Jobling and M. Poliakoff, Organometallics, 1996 15, 1804 (Article)
  
  
• Polymer synthesis and characterization in liquid / supercritical carbon dioxide
  A.I. Cooper and J.M. DeSimone, Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci., 1996 1, 761 (Review)
  
  
• Organometallic Chemistry at High Pressures and Low Temperatures.
  A.I. Cooper, PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1994

• Spectroscopic analysis and in situ monitoring of impregnation and extraction of polymer films and powders using supercritical fluids
  S.M. Howdle, J.M. Ramsay and A.I. Cooper, J. Polym. Sci., Part B, Polym. Phys., 1994 32, 541 (Article)

• IR spectroscopy of intermolecular interactions in polymer films
  S.G. Kazarian, A.I. Cooper and M. Poliakoff, Optics & Spectroscopy, 1994 76, 217. (Communication)
  Translated from Optika I Spektroskopiya, 1994 76, 242 (Russian)

• Spectroscopic probes for hydrogen bonding, extraction, impregnation and reaction in supercritical fluids
  A.I. Cooper, S.M. Howdle, C. Hughes, M. Jobling, S.G. Kazarian, M. Poliakoff, L. Shepherd and K.P. Johnston, Analyst, 1993 118, 1111 (Article)

• Supercritical fluid impregnation of polyethylene films, a new approach to studying equilibria in matrices: the hydrogen bonding of fluoroalcohols to (C₅Me₅)Ir(CO)₂ and the effect of C-H activation
  A.I. Cooper, S.G. Kazarian and M. Poliakoff, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1993 206, 175 (Letter)

• High pressure reactions in polyethylene films, a new development in matrix isolation. The photochemical reaction of Fe(CO)₅ with N₂ and the thermal reaction of Fe(CO)₄N₂ with H₂
  A.I. Cooper and M. Poliakoff, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1993 212, 611 (Letter)

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