Robert Young (materials scientist)
Robert Young | |
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| Born | Robert Joseph Young 29 May 1948[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
| Awards | Leslie Holliday Prize (2011) Swinburne Medal (2012) |
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| Institutions | National Graphene Institute University of Manchester University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| Thesis | Deformation mechanism in crystalline polymers (1972) |
| Website | research |
Robert Joseph Young FRS FREng FInstP (born 29 May 1948)[1] is a British materials scientist specialising in polymers and composites.[2][3] He is a Professor of Polymer Science and Technology at the National Graphene Institute of the University of Manchester.[4]
Education[]
Young was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he received his Master of Arts[1] and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.[5][6]
Research and career[]
Young has published over 330 research papers.[6][7][8] He is known for research on the relationships between the structure and mechanical properties of polymers and composites. A particular focus of his work has been the study of how materials such as carbon fibres and spider silk deform at the molecular level. He has also studied carbon-fibre composites, carbon nanotubes and the deformation of graphene — a one-atom thick sheet of carbon.[4]
In his research, Young made a novel use of Raman spectroscopy. In this technique, laser light is shone onto a material and the wavelength and intensity of the resulting scattered light is measured and analysed. The changes in the light relate to changes in bond length between the atoms of the molecules in the material when the material is deformed.[4]
Awards and honours[]
Young received the 2011 Leslie Holliday Prize and the 2012 Swinburne Medal from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and delivered the Swinburne Lecture in 2013.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013.[4] His certificate of election reads:
Robert Young is one of the world's foremost scientists and his innovative research has transformed our understanding of the relationships between structure and mechanical properties in polymers and composites. He has developed a theoretical framework to describe the role of dislocations in the plastic deformation of semi-crystalline polymers and identified new toughening mechanisms. He subsequently pioneered the use of Raman spectroscopy to study deformation micromechanics in fibres at the molecular level. He has demonstrated that this approach can be extended to the deformation of carbon-nanotubes and graphene nano-composites and has proven that continuum mechanics is still applicable at the nano-scale[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Anon (2017). "Young, Prof. Robert Joseph". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.41403. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
- ^ Kinlock, A.J.; Young, R.J. (2014). Fracture Behaviour of Polymers Paperback. Springer. ISBN 978-9401715959.
- ^ Young, Robert (2011). Introduction to polymers. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-3929-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Anon (2013). "Robert Young". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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- ^ Young, Robert Joseph (1972). Deformation mechanism in crystalline polymers. repository.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 183326728. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.478386.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Robert Joseph Young ORCID 0000-0001-6073-9489
- ^ Robert Young publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Robert Young publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Anon (2013). "EC/2013/44: Young, Robert Joseph". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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- 1948 births
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- British materials scientists
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellows of the Institute of Physics
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Academics of the University of Manchester