Martyn Poliakoff

Sir
Martyn Poliakoff
CBE FRS FREng FRSC FIChemE
Poliakoff during the filming of a Periodic Videos video
Born (1947-12-16) 16 December 1947 (age 76)[3]
London, England[4]
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known forPeriodic Videos
Spouse
Janet Frances Keene
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(m. 1969)​
[3]
Children2
Parents
Relatives
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe matrix isolation of large molecules. The photochemistry of transition metal carbonyls (1973)
Doctoral advisorJ. J. Turner[2]
Doctoral studentsAndrew Ian Cooper
Martyn Poliakoff's voice
from the BBC programme Material World, 28 August 2008[5]
Websitenottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/people/martyn.poliakoff

Sir Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947)[3] is a British chemist, working on fundamental chemistry, and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids,[6][7] infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham.[2] As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham, he is a lecturer, teaching a number of modules including green chemistry.[8][9][10][11]

He is the main presenter for the YouTube channel Periodic Videos.[12]

  1. ^ Anon. (2002). "Sir Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

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  2. ^ a b "Introduction to Supercritical Fluids". Nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Poliakoff, Prof. Martyn". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Perks, Bea (31 July 2014). "The worldwide chemist". Chemistry World. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Tracking Traffic – Periodic Table of Videos". Material World. 28 August 2008. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ^ Parrott, A.J.; Bourne, R.A.; Akien, G.R.; Irvine, D.J.; Poliakoff, M. (2011). "Self-Optimizing Continuous Reactions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50 (16): 3788–92. doi:10.1002/anie.201100412. PMID 21442710.
  7. ^ Bourne, R.A.; Han, X.; Chapman, A.O.; Arrowsmith, N.J.; Kawanami, H.; Poliakoff, M.; George, M.W. (2008). "Homogeneous photochemical oxidation via singlet O2 in supercritical CO2". Chemical Communications (37): 4457–59. doi:10.1039/b806063k. PMID 18802589.
  8. ^ Poliakoff, M.; Licence, P. (2007). "Sustainable technology: Green chemistry". Nature. 450 (7171): 810–12. Bibcode:2007Natur.450..810P. doi:10.1038/450810a. PMID 18064000. S2CID 12340643.
  9. ^ Asfaw, N.; Chebude, Y.; Ejigu, A.; Hurisso, B.B.; Licence, P.; Smith, R.L.; Tang, S.L.Y.; Poliakoff, M. (2011). "The 13 Principles of Green Chemistry and Engineering for a Greener Africa". Green Chemistry. 13 (5): 1059. doi:10.1039/c0gc00936a.
  10. ^ Tuck, C.O.; Pérez, E.; Horváth, I.T.; Sheldon, R.A.; Poliakoff, M. (2012). "Valorization of biomass: Deriving more value from waste". Science. 337 (6095). New York: 695–99. Bibcode:2012Sci...337..695T. doi:10.1126/science.1218930. PMID 22879509. S2CID 715234.
  11. ^ Martyn Poliakoff publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  12. ^ Martyn Poliakoff talks about the Periodic Table of Videos on YouTube