2025

H. Guo, L. Lu, F. L. Hatton, L. Xu, E. Yu, T. Peijs, E. Bilotti, H. Zhang, Y. Liu, Wearable Body Temperature Sensing with Autonomous Self‐regulated Joule Heating and Passive Cooling for Healthcare Applications, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35, 2417961.

O. J. Harris, P. Tollington, C. J. Greenhalgh, R. Larder, H. Willcock, F. L. Hatton,* Synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of hydrophobic acrylamide monomers derived from plant oils, Polym. Chem. 2025, 16, 1321-1331. Front cover artwork

S. Soheilian, B. Jordan, F. L. Hatton,* E. Hunsicker, Z. Zhou,* Impact of size and UV-ageing of polystyrene nanoparticles on copper(ii) adsorption: kinetics and isotherms in aquatic environments, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2025, 12, 548-562.

L. Williams, V. J. C. Holzer, J. Nicklesen, F. L. Hatton,* E. Mele,* Generation of photosynthetic biomaterials by loading electrospun fibres with the green microalgae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Next Materials, 2025, 7, 100359.

2024

O. J. Harris, R. Larder, B Jordan, I. Prior, R. El-Khoury, K. O. Sebakhy, F. L. Hatton,* RAFT solution polymerisation of bio-based γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone monomer in DMSO and Cyrene, Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 14399-14402.

L. Williams, F. L. Hatton, M. C. Righetti, E. Mele, Investigating How the Properties of Electrospun Poly(lactic acid) Fibres Loaded with the Essential Oil Limonene Evolve over Time under Different Storage Conditions, Polymers, 2024, 16, 1005.

2023

M. Qaiser, E. Woolley, J. Colwill, F. L. Hatton, D. P. Webb, Intelligent Assessment of Reusable Plastic Food Packaging for a Circular Supply Chain, Engineering Proceedings, 2023, 40, 12. *Conference Proceeding

S. E. Woods, J. D. Tinkler, N. Bensabeh, M. Palà, S. J. Martin, I. Martin-Fabiani, G. Lligadas, F. L. Hatton*, Temperature-Responsive Lactic Acid-Based Nanoparticles by RAFT-Mediated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly in Water, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 9979–9988.

2022

R. R. Larder*, F. L. Hatton*, Enabling the Polymer Circular Economy: Innovations in Photoluminescent Labeling of Plastic Waste for Enhanced Sorting, ACS Polym. Au, 2023, 3, 182–201. Special Issue: 2022 Rising Stars in Polymers

E. Woolley, M. Sian, S. Nahar, N. Clark, F. L. Hatton, R. Larder, R. Trimingham, G. T. Wilson, Towards Making Polymer Food Packaging Suitable for the Circular Economy: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, 2022, 231-239. *Conference paper

G. T. Wilson, N. Clark, F. L. Hatton, R. Trimingham, E. Woolley, Perpetual plastic for food to go: a design-led approach to polymer research, Polym. Int., 2022, 71, 1370-1375.

M. Palà, S. E. Woods, F. L. Hatton, G. Lligadas, RDRP (Meth)acrylic Homo and Block Polymers from Lignocellulosic Sugar Derivatives, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2022, 223, 2200005.

S. Nahar, M. Sian, R. Larder, F. L. Hatton, E. Woolley, Challenges Associated with Cleaning Plastic Food Packaging for Reuse, Waste, 2022, 1, 21-39.

L. Williams, F. L. Hatton, H. Willcock, E. Mele, Electrospinning of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers for Controlled Drug Delivery: pH- and Temperature-Driven Release, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2022, 119, 1177-1188.

2021

L. O. Jones, L. Williams, T. Boam, M. Kalmet, C. Oguike, F. L. Hatton*, Cryogels: recent applications in 3D-bioprinting, injectable cryogels, drug delivery, and wound healing, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2021, 17, 2553-2569. Themed issue: Polymer chemistry: fundamentals and applications.

J. Engström, M. Reid, E. Brotherton, E. Malmström Jonsson, S. P. Armes, F. L. Hatton*, Investigating the Adsorption of Anisotropic Diblock Copolymer Worms onto Planar Silica and Nanocellulose Surfaces using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 6088-6100. Back cover.

R. Arjmandi, I. Yıldırım, F. Hatton, A. Hassan, C. Jefferies, Z. Mohamad, N. Othman, Kenaf fibers reinforced unsaturated polyester composites: A review, J. Eng. Fibers Fabr., 2021, DOI: 10.1177/15589250211040184

M. Yadav, G. Goel, F. L. Hatton, M. Bhagat, S. K. Mehta, R. K. Mishra, N. Bhojak, A review on biomass-derived materials and their applications as corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, food and drug delivery agents, Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.crgsc.2021.100153

2020

F. L. Hatton*, M. J. Derry, S. P. Armes*, Rational synthesis of epoxy-functional spheres, worms and vesicles by RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerisation of glycidyl methacrylate, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 6343-6355.

F. L. Hatton*, Recent Advances in the RAFT Polymerization of Monomers Derived from Renewable Resources, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 220-229. Special Issue: Emerging Investigators 2020.

2019

E. E. Brotherton, F. L. Hatton*, A. A. Cockram, M. J. Derry, A. Czajka, E. J. Cornel, P. D. Topham, O. O. Mykhaylyk, S. P. Armes*, In Situ SAXS Studies During RAFT Aqueous Emulsion Polymerization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 34, 13664-13675.

S. Hunter, K. L. Thompson, J. R. Lovett, F. L. Hatton, M. J. Derry, C. Lindsay, P. Taylor, S. P. Armes, Synthesis, Characterization, and Pickering Emulsifier Performance of Anisotropic Cross-Linked Block Copolymer Worms: Effect of Aspect Ratio on Emulsion Stability in the Presence of Surfactant, Langmuir, 2019, 35, 254-265.

​F. L. Hatton*, A. M. Park, Y. Zhang, G. D. Fuchs, C. K. Ober, S. P. Armes,* Aqueous one-pot synthesis of epoxy-functional diblock copolymer worms from a single monomer: new anisotropic scaffolds for potential charge storage applications, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 194-200. Front cover.

​2018

J. R. Lovett, M. J. Derry, P. Yang, F. L. Hatton, N. J. Warren, P. W. Fowler, S. P. Armes, Can percolation theory explain the gelation behavior of diblock copolymer worms?, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 7138-7144.

K. L. Thompson, M. J. Derry, F. L. Hatton, S. P. Armes, Long-Term Stability of n-Alkane-in-Water Pickering Nanoemulsions: Effect of Aqueous Solubility of Droplet Phase on Ostwald Ripening, Langmuir, 2018, 34, 9289-9297.

​2017

F. L. Hatton*, J. R. Lovett, S. P. Armes*, Synthesis of well-defined epoxy-functional spherical nanoparticles by RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 4856-4868. 

​F. L. Hatton, J. Engström, J. Forsling, E. Malmström, A. Carlmark, Biomimetic adsorption of zwitterionic–xyloglucan block copolymers to CNF: towards tailored super-absorbing cellulose materials, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 14947-14958.

J. Engström, F. L. Hatton, L. Wågberg, M. Lansalot, F. D’Agosto, E. Malmström, A. Carlmark, ​Soft and rigid core latex nanoparticles prepared by RAFT-mediated surfactant-free emulsion polymerization for cellulose modification – a comparative study, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 1061-1073.

​F. L. Hatton*, S. A. Kedzior, E. D. Cranston, A. Carlmark*, Grafting-from cellulose nanocrystals via photoinduced Cu-mediated reversible-deactivation radical polymerization, Carbohydr. Polym., 2017, 157, 1033-1040. 

​2016

​M. Giardiello, F. L. Hatton, R. A. Slater, P. Chambon, J. North, A. Peacock, T. He, T. O. McDonald, A. Owen, S. P. Rannard, Stable, polymer-directed and SPION-nucleated magnetic amphiphilic block copolymer nanoprecipitates with readily reversible assembly in magnetic fields, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 7224-7231.

​F. L. Hatton, M. Ruda, M. Lansalot, F. D’Agosto, E. Malmström, A. Carlmark, Xyloglucan-functional latex particles via RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization for the biomimetic modification of cellulose, Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 1414-1424.

​F. L. Hatton, P. Chambon, A. C. Savage, S. P. Rannard, Role of highly branched, high molecular weight polymer structures in directing uniform polymer particle formation during nanoprecipitation, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 3915-3918.

​2015

​A. B. Dwyer, P. Chambon, A. Town, F. L. Hatton, J. Ford, S. P. Rannard, Exploring the homogeneous controlled radical polymerisation of hydrophobic monomers in anti-solvents for their polymers: RAFT and ATRP of various alkyl methacrylates in anhydrous methanol to high conversion and low dispersity, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 7286-7296.

​J. Ford, P. Chambon, J. North, F. L. Hatton, M. Giardiello, A. Owen, S. P. Rannard, Co-nanoprecipitation of A-B amphiphilic block copolymers and branched hydrophobic copolymers to rapidly form sterically-stabilised nanoparticles in aqueous media, Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 1883-1893.

​F. L. Hatton, E. Malmström, A. Carlmark, Tailor-made copolymers for the adsorption to cellulosic surfaces, Eur. Polym. J., 2015, 65, 325-339. Special edition: 50 Years of European Polymer Journal.

​F. L. Hatton, L. M. Tatham, L. R. Tidbury, P. Chambon, T. He, A. Owen, S. P. Rannard, Hyperbranched polydendrons: a new nanomaterials platform with tuneable permeation through model gut epithelium, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 326-334.

​2014

​F. L. Hatton, T. O. McDonald, P. Chambon, A. Owen, S. P. Rannard, Hyperbranched polydendrons: a new controlled macromolecular architecture with self-assembly in water and organic solvents, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1844-1853.

Patents

Rannard, Steven; Owen, Andrew; Rogers, Hannah; Giardiello, Marco; Hatton, Fiona; Chambon, Pierre; Auty, Samuel; Dwyer, Andrew; Tatham, Lee; “Polydendrons”, PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO2014199174 (A1) 20141218. 

​Rannard, Steven; Owen, Andrew; Rogers, Hannah; Hatton, Fiona; Southworth, Faye; “Polydendrons” PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO2014199175 (A1) 20141218.