I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of East Anglia (MChem) in 2011, before undertaking a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (focussing on nanomaterials) under the supervision of Professor Ivan Parkin at University College London (UCL), finishing in 2014. Subsequently, I moved to Swansea University for a postdoctoral role in the College of Engineering under Dr Charles Dunnill and Professor Andrew Barron. I then won a Ramsay Memorial Fellowship at UCL from 2015, hosted by Professor Ivan Parkin on the synthesis of vanadium organometallics as precursors for thermochromic vanadium dioxide. On completion of my fellowship, I was appointed as Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Kingston University in 2017.
Senior Lecturer
My current research portfolio encompasses a wide variety of disciplines within the field of Materials Chemistry including: quantum dots, organogels, drug delivery, nanoparticle synthesis and functionalisation, superhydrophobic surfaces, chemical vapour deposition (CVD), precursor and polymer synthesis and catalysis.
Al-Qaysi, Zinah, Beadham, Ian, Schwikkard, Sianne, Bear, Joseph, Al-Kinani, Ali and Alany, Raid (2023) Sustained release ocular drug delivery systems for glaucoma therapy. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, ISSN (print) 1742-5247
Sapegin, Denis Andzheevich, Kuznetsov, Danila Alexandrovich and Bear, Joseph C. (2023) Synthesis of aromatic 1,2-disulfonimides and their prospects as monomers. New Journal of Chemistry, 47(11), pp. 5270-5279. ISSN (print) 1144-0546
Huang, Chengou, Gajewiak, Emil, Wright, Aidan, Rodriguez-Kazeem, William, Heift, Dominikus and Bear, Joseph (2023) A comparative meta-analysis of gains in efficiency in Pb- and Sn- based perovskite solar cells over the last decade. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (ZACC) = Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry, 649(14), ISSN (print) 0044-2313
Perera, Ayomi S., Melia, Patrick M., Bristow, Reece M.D., McGettrick, James D., Singer, Richard J., Bear, Joseph C. and Busquets, Rosa (2022) A non-doped microporous titanosilicate for bimodal adsorption-photocatalysis based removal of organic water pollutants. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 345, p. 112276. ISSN (print) 1387-1811
Ramachandran, Karthikeyan, Chaffey, Brace, Zuccarini, Carmine, Bear, Joseph C. and Jayaseelan, Doni Daniel (2022) Experimental and mathematical modelling of corrosion behaviour of CMAS coated oxide/oxide CMCs. Ceramics International, ISSN (print) 0272-8842 (Epub Ahead of Print)
Ramachandran, Karthikeyan, Boopalan, Vignesh, Bear, Joseph C. and Subramani, Ram (2021) Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)-reinforced ceramic nanocomposites for aerospace applications : a review. Journal of Materials Science, ISSN (print) 0022-2461 (Epub Ahead of Print)
Ajaj, Asmaa, J’Bari, Shayma, Ononogbo, Anthonia, Buonocore, Federico, Bear, Joseph C., Mayes, Andrew G. and Morgan, Huda (2021) An insight into the growing concerns of styrene monomer and poly(Styrene) fragment migration into food and drink simulants from poly(Styrene) packaging. Foods, 10(5), e1136. ISSN (online) 2304-8158
Conboy, Darren, Kielty, Patrick, Bear, Joseph C., Cockcroft, Jeremy K., Farràs, Pau, McArdle, Patrick, Singer, Richard J., Smith, Dennis A. and Aldabbagh, Fawaz (2021) Ring-fused dimethoxybenzimidazole-benzimidazolequinone (DMBBQ) : tunable halogenation and quinone formation using NaX/Oxone. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 12, pp. 2716-2724. ISSN (print) 1477-0520
King, Aaron M., Bray, Caroline, Hall, Stephen C.L., Bear, Joseph C., Bogart, Lara K., Perrier, Sebastien and Davies, Gemma-Louise (2020) Exploring precision polymers to fine-tune magnetic resonance imaging properties of iron oxide nanoparticles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 579, pp. 401-411. ISSN (print) 0021-9797
Zhang, Ziwei, Wells, Connor J. R., King, Aaron M., Bear, Joseph C., Davies, Gemma-Louise and Williams, Gareth R. (2020) pH-Responsive nanocomposite fibres allowing MRI monitoring of drug release. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, ISSN (print) 2050-750X
Patrick, P. Stephen, Bear, Joseph C., Fitzke, Heather E., Zaw-Thin, May, Parkin, Ivan P., Lythgoe, Mark F., Kalber, Tammy L. and Stuckey, Daniel J. (2020) Radio-metal cross-linking of alginate hydrogels for non-invasive 'in vivo' imaging. Biomaterials, 243, p. 119930. ISSN (print) 0142-9612
Wang, Yuwei, Zhang, Ziwei, Abo-zeid, Yasmin, Bear, Joseph C., Davies, Gemma-Louise, Lei, Xiaodong and Williams, Gareth R. (2020) SiO[sub]2-coated layered gadolinium hydroxides for simultaneous drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 286, p. 121291. ISSN (print) 0022-4596
Inglezakis, Vassilis J., Satayeva, Aliya, Yagofarova, Almira, Tauanov, Zhandos, Meiramkulova, Kulyash, Farrando-Pérez, Judit and Bear, Joseph C. (2020) Surface interactions and mechanisms study on the removal of iodide from water by use of natural zeolite-based silver nanocomposites. Nanomaterials, 10(6), e1156. ISSN (online) 2079-4991
Kuntubek, Aldiyar, Kinayat, Nurassyl, Meiramkulova, Kulyash, Poulopoulos, Stavros G., Bear, Joseph C. and Inglezakis, Vassilis J. (2020) Catalytic oxidation of methylene blue by use of natural zeolite-based silver and magnetite nanocomposites. Processes, 8(4), p. 471. ISSN (online) 2227-9717
Peron, Jean-Marie R., Packman, Hollie, Peveler, William J. and Bear, Joseph C. (2020) In situ formation of low molecular weight organogelators for slick solidification. RSC Advances, 10(23), pp. 13369-13373. ISSN (online) 2046-2069
Bear, Joseph C., Cockcroft, Jeremy K. and Williams, Jeffrey H. (2020) Influence of solvent in crystal engineering : a significant change to the order–disorder transition in ferrocene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(4), pp. 1731-1734. ISSN (print) 0002-7863
Patrick, P. Stephen, Bogart, Lara K., Macdonald, Thomas J., Southern, Paul, Powell, Michael J., Zaw-Thin, May, Voelcker, Nicolas H., Parkin, Ivan P., Pankhurst, Quentin A., Lythgoe, Mark F., Kalber, Tammy L. and Bear, Joseph C. (2019) Surface radio-mineralisation mediates chelate-free radiolabelling of iron oxide nanoparticles. Chemical Science, 10(9), pp. 2592-2597. ISSN (print) 2041-6520
Peveler, William J., Packman, Hollie, Alexander, Shirin, Chauhan, Raamanand R., Hayes, Lilian M., Macdonald, Thomas J., Cockcroft, Jeremy K., Rogers, Sarah, Aarts, Dirk G. A. L., Carmalt, Claire J., Parkin, Ivan P. and Bear, Joseph C. (2018) A new family of urea-based low molecular-weight organogelators for environmental remediation : the influence of structure. Soft Matter, 14, pp. 8821-8827. ISSN (print) 1744-683X
Jackson, Richard J., Patrick, P. Stephen, Page, Kristopher, Powell, Michael J., Lythgoe, Mark F., Miodownik, Mark A., Parkin, Ivan P., Carmalt, Claire J., Kalber, Tammy L. and Bear, Joseph C. (2018) Chemically treated 3D printed polymer scaffolds for biomineral formation. ACS Omega, 3(4), pp. 4342-4351. ISSN (online) 2470-1343
Ladva, Satyam A., Travis, William, Quesada-Cabrera, Raul, Rosillo-Lopez, Martin, Afandi, Abdulkareem, Li, Yaomin, Jackman, Richard B., Bear, Joseph C., Parkin, Ivan P., Blackman, Christopher, Salzmann, Christoph G. and Palgrave, Robert G. (2017) Nanoscale, conformal films of graphitic carbon nitride deposited at room temperature : a method for construction of heterojunction devices. Nanoscale, 9(43), pp. 16586-16590. ISSN (print) 2040-3364
Wright, Kourtney D., Gowenlock, Cathren E., Bear, Joseph C. and Barron, Andrew R. (2017) Understanding the effect of functional groups on the seeded growth of copper on carbon nanotubes for optimizing electrical transmission. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(32), pp. 27202-27212. ISSN (print) 1944-8244
McNaughter, P. D., Bear, J. C., Mayes, A. G., Parkin, I. P. and O'Brien, P. (2017) The in situ synthesis of PbS nanocrystals from lead(II) n -octylxanthate within a 1,3-diisopropenylbenzene–bisphenol A dimethacrylate sulfur copolymer. Royal Society Open Science, 4(8), p. 170383. ISSN (online) 2054-5703
Jones, Daniel R., Gomez, Virginia, Bear, Joseph C., Rome, Bertrand, Mazzali, Francesco, McGettrick, James D., Lewis, Aled R., Margadonna, Serena, Al-Masry, Waheed A. and Dunnill, Charles W. (2017) Active removal of waste dye pollutants using Ta[sub]3N[sub]5/W[sub]18O[sub]49 nanocomposite fibres. Scientific Reports, 7(4090), ISSN (online) 2045-2322
Blackburn, Ben, Powell, Michael J., Knapp, Caroline E., Bear, Joseph C., Carmalt, Claire J. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2016) [{VOCl2(CH2(COOEt)2)}4] as a molecular precursor for thermochromic monoclinic VO2 thin films and nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(44), pp. 10453-10463. ISSN (print) 2050-7526
Blackburn, Ben J., Crane, Jared H., Knapp, Caroline E., Powell, Michael J., Marchand, Peter, Pugh, David, Bear, Joseph C., Parkin, Ivan P. and Carmalt, Claire J. (2016) Reactivity of vanadium oxytrichloride with [beta]-diketones and diesters as precursors for vanadium nitride and carbide. Materials & Design, 108, pp. 780-790. ISSN (print) 0264-1275
Bear, Joseph C., Patrick, P. Stephen, Casson, Alfred, Southern, Paul, Lin, Fang-Yu, Powell, Michael J., Pankhurst, Quentin A., Kalber, Tammy, Lythgoe, Mark, Parkin, Ivan P. and Mayes, Andrew G. (2016) Magnetic hyperthermia controlled drug release in the GI tract : solving the problem of detection. Scientific Reports, 6(34271), ISSN (online) 2045-2322
Bear, Joseph C., McGettrick, James D., Parkin, Ivan P., Dunnill, Charles W. and Hasell, Tom (2016) Porous carbons from inverse vulcanised polymers. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 232, pp. 189-195. ISSN (print) 1387-1811
Sehmi, Sandeep K., Noimark, Sacha, Pike, Sebastian D., Bear, Joseph C., Peveler, William J., Williams, Charlotte K., Shaffer, Milo S. P., Allan, Elaine, Parkin, Ivan P. and MacRobert, Alexander J. (2016) Enhancing the antibacterial activity of light-activated surfaces containing crystal violet and ZnO nanoparticles: investigation of nanoparticle size, capping ligand, and dopants. ACS Omega, 1(3), pp. 334-343. ISSN (online) 2470-1343
Crick, Colin R., Noimark, Sacha, Peveler, William J., Bear, Joseph C., Ivanov, Aleksandar P., Edel, Joshua B. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2016) Advanced compositional analysis of nanoparticle-polymer composites using direct fluorescence imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments(113), e54178. ISSN (online) 1940-087X
Dixon, Sebastian C., Peveler, William J., Noor, Nuruzzaman, Bear, Joseph C. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2016) Superhydrophobic Au/polymer nanocomposite films via AACVD/swell encapsulation tandem synthesis procedure. RSC Advances, 6(37), pp. 31146-31152. ISSN (online) 2046-2069
Che Rose, Laili, Bear, Joseph C., Southern, Paul, McNaughter, Paul D., Piggott, R. Ben, Parkin, Ivan P., Qi, Sheng, Hills, Brian P. and Mayes, Andrew G. (2016) On-demand, magnetic hyperthermia-triggered drug delivery : optimisation for the GI tract. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(9), pp. 1704-1711. ISSN (print) 2050-750X
Che Rose, Laili, Bear, Joseph C., McNaughter, Paul D., Southern, Paul, Piggott, R. Ben, Parkin, Ivan P., Qi, Sheng and Mayes, Andrew G. (2016) A SPION-eicosane protective coating for water soluble capsules : evidence for on-demand drug release triggered by magnetic hyperthermia. Scientific Reports, 6(1), ISSN (online) 2045-2322
Macdonald, Thomas J., Tune, Daniel D., Dewi, Melissa R., Bear, Joseph C., McNaughter, Paul D., Mayes, Andrew G., Skinner, William M., Parkin, Ivan P., Shapter, Joseph G. and Nann, Thomas (2016) SWCNT photocathodes sensitised with InP/ZnS core–shell nanocrystals. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(16), pp. 3379-3384. ISSN (print) 2050-7526
Bear, Joseph C., Gomez, Virginia, Kefallinos, Nikolaos S., McGettrick, James D., Barron, Andrew R. and Dunnill, Charles W. (2015) Anatase/rutile bi-phasic titanium dioxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications enhanced by nitrogen doping and platinum nano-islands. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 460, pp. 29-35. ISSN (print) 0021-9797
Powell, M. J., Marchand, P., Denis, C. J., Bear, J. C., Darr, J. A. and Parkin, I. P. (2015) Direct and continuous synthesis of VO[sub]2 nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 7(44), pp. 18686-18693. ISSN (print) 2040-3364
Gomez, Virginia, Bear, Joseph C., McNaughter, Paul D., McGettrick, James D., Watson, Trystan, Charbonneau, Cecile, O'Brien, Paul, Barron, Andrew R. and Dunnill, Charles W. (2015) Bi-phasic titanium dioxide nanoparticles doped with nitrogen and neodymium for enhanced photocatalysis. Nanoscale, 7(42), pp. 17735-17744. ISSN (print) 2040-3364
Sehmi, Sandeep K., Noimark, Sacha, Bear, Joseph C., Peveler, William J., Bovis, Melissa, Allan, Elaine, MacRobert, Alexander J. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2015) Lethal photosensitisation of 'Staphylococcus aureus' and 'Escherichia coli' using crystal violet and zinc oxide-encapsulated polyurethane. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(31), pp. 6490-6500. ISSN (print) 2050-750X
Bear, Joseph C., McNaughter, Paul D., Southern, Paul, O'Brien, Paul and Dunnill, Charles W. (2015) Nickel-doped ceria nanoparticles : the effect of annealing on room temperature ferromagnetism. Crystals, 5(3), pp. 312-326. ISSN (online) 2073-4352
Bear, Joseph C., Peveler, William J., McNaughter, Paul D., Parkin, Ivan P., O'Brien, Paul and Dunnill, Charles W. (2015) Nanoparticle–sulphur "inverse vulcanisation" polymer composites. Chemical Communications, 51(52), pp. 10467-10470. ISSN (print) 1359-7345
Crick, C. R., Noimark, S., Peveler, William J., Bear, J. C., Ivanov, A. P., Edel, J. B. and Parkin, I. P. (2015) Advanced analysis of nanoparticle composites : a means toward increasing the efficiency of functional materials. RSC Advances, 5(66), pp. 53789-53795. ISSN (online) 2046-2069
Bear, Joseph C., Hollingsworth, Nathan, Roffey, Anna, McNaughter, Paul D., Mayes, Andrew G., Macdonald, Thomas J., Nann, Thomas, Ng, Wing H., Kenyon, Anthony J., Hogarth, Graeme and Parkin, Ivan P. (2015) Doping group IIB metal ions into quantum dot shells via the one-pot decomposition of metal-dithiocarbamates. Advanced Optical Materials, 3(5), pp. 704-712. ISSN (online) 2195-1071
Noimark, Sacha, Page, Kristopher, Bear, Joseph C., Sotelo-Vazquez, Carlos, Quesada-Cabrera, Raul, Lu, Yao, Allan, Elaine, Darr, Jawwad A. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) Functionalised gold and titania nanoparticles and surfaces for use as antimicrobial coatings. Faraday Discussions, 175, pp. 273-287. ISSN (print) 1359-6640
Abdollah, Maha R. A., Kalber, Tammy, Tolner, Berend, Southern, Paul, Bear, Joseph C., Robson, Mathew, Pedley, R. Barbara, Parkin, Ivan P., Pankhurst, Quentin A., Mulholland, Paul and Chester, Kerry (2014) Prolonging the circulatory retention of SPIONs using dextran sulfate : in vivo tracking achieved by functionalisation with near-infrared dyes. Faraday Discussions, 175, pp. 41-58. ISSN (print) 1359-6640
Bear, Joseph C., Yu, Bin, Blanco-Andujar, Cristina, McNaughter, Paul D., Southern, Paul, Mafina, Marc-Krystelle, Pankhurst, Quentin A. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) A low cost synthesis method for functionalised iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia from readily available materials. Faraday Discussions, 175, pp. 83-95. ISSN (print) 1359-6640
Peveler, William J., Bear, Joseph C., Southern, Paul and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) Organic–inorganic hybrid materials : nanoparticle containing organogels with myriad applications. Chemical Communications, 50(92), pp. 14418-14420. ISSN (print) 1359-7345
Quesada-Cabrera, Raul, Sotelo-Vazquez, Carlos, Bear, Joseph C., Darr, Jawwad A. and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) Photocatalytic evidence of the rutile-to-anatase electron transfer in titania. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 1(6), p. 1400069. ISSN (online) 2196-7350
Colchester, Richard J., Mosse, Charles A., Bhachu, Davinder S., Bear, Joseph C., Carmalt, Claire J., Parkin, Ivan P., Treeby, Bradley E., Papakonstantinou, Ioannis and Desjardins, Adrien E. (2014) Laser-generated ultrasound with optical fibres using functionalised carbon nanotube composite coatings. Applied Physics Letters, 104(17), p. 173502. ISSN (print) 0003-6951
Diesen, Veronica, Dunnill, Charles W., Bear, Joseph C., Firth, Steve, Jonsson, Mats and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity in AACVD-Prepared N-modified TiO2Thin Films. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 20(1-2-3), pp. 91-97. ISSN (print) 0948-1907
Bear, Joseph C., Hollingsworth, Nathan, McNaughter, Paul D., Mayes, Andrew G., Ward, Michael B., Nann, Thomas, Hogarth, Graeme and Parkin, Ivan P. (2014) Copper-doped CdSe/ZnS quantum dots : controllable photoactivated copper(I) cation storage and release vectors for catalysis. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 53(6), pp. 1598-1601. ISSN (print) 1433-7851
Crick, Colin R., Bear, Joseph C., Southern, Paul and Parkin, Ivan P. (2013) A general method for the incorporation of nanoparticles into superhydrophobic films by aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(13), pp. 4336-4344. ISSN (print) 2050-7488
Bear, Joseph C., McNaughter, Paul D., Jurkschat, Kerstin, Crossley, Alison, Aldous, Leigh, Compton, Richard G., Mayes, Andrew G. and Wildgoose, Gregory G. (2012) Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with amphiphilic polymer coated superparamagnetic nanocrystals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 383(1), pp. 110-117. ISSN (print) 0021-9797
Crick, Colin R., Bear, Joseph C., Kafizas, Andreas and Parkin, Ivan P. (2012) Superhydrophobic photocatalytic surfaces through direct incorporation of titania nanoparticles into a polymer matrix by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition. Advanced Materials, 24(26), pp. 3505-3508. ISSN (print) 0935-9648
McNaughter, Paul D., Bear, Joseph C., Steytler, David C., Mayes, Andrew G. and Nann, Thomas (2011) A thin silica-polymer shell for functionalizing colloidal inorganic nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 50(44), pp. 10384-10387. ISSN (print) 1433-7851
Wildgoose, Gregory G., Lawrence, Elliot J., Bear, Joseph C. and McNaughter, Paul D. (2011) Enabling electrochemical studies of chemically-modified carbon nanotubes in non-aqueous electrolytes using superparamagnetic nanoparticle-nanotube composites co-modified by diazirine molecular “tethers”. Electrochemistry Communications, 13(10), pp. 1139-1142. ISSN (print) 1388-2481
Bear, Joseph, Charron, Gaelle, Fernandez-Argüelles, Maria Teresa, Massadeh, Salam, McNaughter, Paul and Nann, Thomas (2011) In vivo applications of inorganic nanoparticles. In: Booss-Bavnbek, Bernhelm , Klosgen, Beate , Larsen, Jesper , Pociot, Flemming and Renstrom, Erik, (eds.) BetaSys: systems biology of regulated exocytosis in pancreatic [beta]-cells. New York, U.S. : Springer. pp. 185-220. (Systems biology, (2)) ISBN 9781441969552
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