Rate My Professor Wayne Hayes

Hayes' research focuses on generating novel polymeric materials through state-of-the-art synthetic chemistry and molecular recognition phenomena. His specializations encompass supramolecular polymers assembled via non-covalent interactions, including hydrogen-bonded systems for self-healing coatings and hot-melt adhesives, and π-π stacking blends; photochemically mediated carbene insertion using diazirines for hyperbranched polymers, surface coatings, and gels; dendrimers and hyperbranched architectures for drug delivery, catalysis, and fragrance release; and high-pressure cycloaddition polymerizations yielding polyisoxazolidines. With 135 publications catalogued in the University repository, key contributions include co-editing Healable Polymer Systems: Fundamentals, Synthesis and Applications (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013) and its 2025 volume, and highly cited papers such as "A Healable Supramolecular Polymer Blend Based on Aromatic π-π Stacking and Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions" (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 897 citations), "Synthesis and Applications of Hyperbranched Polymers" (Eur. Polym. J., 2004, 758 citations), and "Dendrimers: A New Class of Nanoscopic Containers and Delivery Devices" (Eur. Polym. J., 2003, 564 citations). His scholarship reflects an h-index of 42 and over 8,200 citations, supported by EPSRC grants and collaborators including DuPont, Unilever, ICI, and Johnson Matthey. Hayes holds EU Patent EP1792925 (2007) for supramolecular structures and serves on the editorial board of Reactive and Functional Polymers.