Dr. COLIN PRATT'S
CONDUCTING POLYMER
HOMEPAGE

I have recently completed a Ph. D. investigating metal containing conducting polymers. What are conducting polymers? Quite simply they are novel plastics that conduct electricity. They all have one thing in common, that being a conjugated backbone, which is alternating double and single carbon-carbon bonds. This research is being done at Kingston University with the help of Prof. Peter Foot . When I was a lowly B.Sc. student I wrote a couple essays about the subject. These are a good introduction to conducting polymers for chemically minded people. These are linked to on the left.

My first area of research was the mechanism of how cobalt and nickel effects the polymerisation of 3-alkylthiophenes. I then prepared novel metal containing conducting polymers with finely tuned electrochromic properties. As soon as I have any results I can reveal on the internet I will link them from this page.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me and I will respond as soon as possible.

My other interests include role-playing games, such as AD&D and science fiction programmes such as Star Trek and Babylon 5.
I have a brother, Andrew, who lives with his beautiful wife, Oh-Kyung and his two daughters, Henrietta  and Cherie.