Professor Jonathan Howse

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor of Polymer Engineering

Undergraduate Level 1 Director

Professor Jonathan Howse smiling in the Engineering Heartspace
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j.r.howse@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7596
Room F56, Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Professor Jonathan Howse
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room F56
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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I obtained my degree in Chemistry at Sheffield University, after which I completed a MSc in Analytical Science at the University of Hull. This was followed by a PhD entitled "Reflectivity studies of non-critical interfaces in binary liquid mixtures" from the University of Sheffield in 1999. I then spent two years working as post-doctoral research assistant at the TU-Berlin whilst also working as a beamline scientist on a neutron reflectometer at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute in the Berlin Neutron Scattering Center.

I then returned to Sheffield to as a post-doctoral research assistant working with Professor Tony Ryan (Chemistry) and Professor Richard Jones (Physics). I joined the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering as a Lecturer in July 2007.

Research interests
  • Nanoswimmers
  • Understanding Spin-Coating
  • Polymer Vesicle Formation
  • Phase separation in polymer blends
Publications

Journal articles

  • Passmore C, Wu KE, Howse JR, Panoutsos G & Ebbens SJ (2025) . Scientific Reports, 15.
  • Atkinson JBP & Howse JR (2025) . Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 184(Part 2).
  • Ledingham J, Howse JR, Campbell AN, Veen BIT, Keyzer L & Sedransk Campbell KL (2025) . Journal of Membrane Science, 716.
  • Ledingham J, Howse J, Campbell A, Tyndale-Biscoe E & Sedransk Campbell K (2023) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(24), 1328-1328.
  • Kamble A, He S, Howse JR, Ward C & Hamerton I (2023) . Computational Materials Science, 229, 112374-112374.
  • Liao G, Chen L, Zhang Y, Mykhaylyk OO, Topham PD, Toolan DTW, Derry MJ, Howse JR, Yu Q, Feng G & Wang L (2023) . Polymer, 283, 126205-126205.
  • Hodgkinson R, Chaffin ST, Zimmerman WBJ, Holland C & Howse JR (2022) . Journal of Rheology, 66(4), 793-809.
  • Robshaw TJ, Atkinson D, Howse JR, Ogden MD & Cumming DJ (2022) . Cleaner Production Letters, 2, 100004-100004.
  • SaezMartinez V, Mann A, Lydon F, Molock F, Layton SA, Toolan DTW, Howse JR, Topham PD & Tighe BJ (2020) . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 109(1), 137-148.
  • Alhazmi N, Pineda E, Rawle J, Howse JR & Dunbar ADF (2020) . ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(7), 6155-6164.
  • Archer RA, Howse JR, Fujii S, Kawashima H, Buxton GA & Ebbens SJ (2020) . Advanced Functional Materials, 30(19).
  • Isakova A, Parker J, Nwosu CJ, Howse JR & Novakovic K (2019) . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 127(1), 161-174.
  • Bernardo G, Washington AL, Zhang Y, King SM, Toolan D, Weir M, Dunbar A, Howse J, Dattani R, Fairclough J & Parnell AJ (2018) . Royal Society Open Science, 5(9).
  • Giraud EC, Mokarian-Tabari P, Toolan DTW, Arnold T, Smith AJ, Howse JR, Topham PD & Morris MA (2018) . ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(7), 3426-3434.
  • Isakova A, Karuthedath S, Arnold T, Howse JR, Topham PD, Toolan DTW, Laquai F & L羹er L (2018) . Nanoscale, 10(23), 10934-10944.
  • Archer RJ, Parnell AJ, Campbell AI, Howse JR & Ebbens SJ (2018) . Advanced Science, 5(2).
  • Toolan DTW, Adlington K, Isakova A, Kalamiotis A, Mokarian- Tabari P, Dimitrakis G, Dodds C, Arnold T, Terrill NJ, Bras W , Hermida Merino D et al (2017) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 19(31), 20412-20419.
  • Toolan DTW, Barker R, Gough T, Topham PD, Howse JR & Glidle A (2017) . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 487, 465-474.
  • Wesley DJ, Toolan DTW, Brittle SA, Howse JR & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Applied Optics, 55(26), 7392-7392.
  • Wesley DJ, Toolan DTW, Brittle SA, Howse JR & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Applied Optics, 55(22), 6102-6102.
  • Wesley DJ, Smith RM, Zimmerman WB & Howse JR (2016) . Langmuir, 32(5), 1269-1278.
  • Das S, Garg A, Campbell AI, Howse J, Sen A, Velegol D, Golestanian R & Ebbens SJ (2015) . Nature Communications, 6.
  • Erothu H, Kolomanska J, Johnston P, Schumann S, Deribew D, Toolan DTW, Gregori A, Dagron-Lartigau C, Portale G, Bras W , Arnold T et al (2015) . Macromolecules, 48(7), 2107-2117.
  • Kamata Y, Parnell AJ, Gutfreund P, Skoda MWA, Dennison AJC, Barker R, Mai S, Howse JR, Ryan AJ, Torikai N , Kawaguchi M et al (2014) . Macromolecules, 47(24), 8682-8690.
  • Toolan DTW, Fujii S, Ebbens SJ, Nakamura Y & Howse JR (2014) . Soft Matter, 10(44), 8804-8812.
  • Haq EU, Toolan DTW, Emerson JA, Epps TH, Howse JR, Dunbar ADF & Ebbens SJ (2014) . Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, n/a-n/a.
  • Mears M, Kennelly TM, Howse JR, Tarmey DS, Geoghegan M & Pacey AA (2014) . Theriogenology, 81(5), 764-769.
  • Toolan DTW, Hodgkinson R & Howse JR (2014) . Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, 52(1), 17-25.
  • Ebbens S, Gregory DA, Dunderdale G, Howse JR, Ibrahim Y, Liverpool TB & Golestanian R (2013) Electrokinetic Effects in Catalytic Pt-Insulator Janus Swimmers.
  • Toolan DT, Pullan N, Harvey MJ, Topham PD & Howse JR (2013) . Adv Mater, 25(48), 6915.
  • Toolan DTW, Pullan N, Harvey M, Topman PD & Howse JR (2013) . Advanced Materials.
  • Emerson JA, Toolan DTW, Howse JR, Furst EM & Epps TH (2013) . Macromolecules, 46(16), 6533-6540.
  • Topham PD, Glidle A, Toolan DTW, Weir MP, Skoda MWA, Barker R & Howse JR (2013) . LANGMUIR, 29(20), 6068-6076.
  • Toolan DTW, Haq EU, Dunbar A, Ebbens S, Clarke N, Topham PD & Howse JR (2013) . Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, 51(11), 875-881.
  • Toolan DTW, Parnell AJ, Topham PD & Howse JR (2013) . JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 1(11), 3587-3592.
  • Jamari SS, Howse JR & Bakar AA (2013) . International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, 149-152.
  • Toolan DTW & Howse JR (2013) . JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 1(4), 603-616.
  • Jamari SS & Howse JR (2012) . Biomass and Bioenergy.
  • Dunderdale G, Howse J & Fairclough P (2012) . Langmuir, 28(36), 12955-12961.
  • Dunderdale G, Ebbens S, Fairclough P & Howse J (2012) . Langmuir, 28(30), 10997-11006.
  • Howse J (2012) . Nature Chemistry, 4(4), 247-248.
  • Ebbens SJ, Buxton GA, Alexeev A, Sadeghi A & Howse JR (2012) . SOFT MATTER, 8(11), 3077-3082.
  • Ebbens S, Tu M-H, Howse JR & Golestanian R (2012) . PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 85(2).
  • Ebbens S, Tu MH, Howse JR & Golestanian R (2012) Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers.. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 85(2-1), 020401.
  • Sadeghi A, Howse J, Ebbens S & De Geest B (2011) . MRS Proceedings, 1357.
  • Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2011) . Langmuir, 27(20), 12293-12296.
  • Dunderdale GJ, Howse JR & Fairclough JPA (2011) . Langmuir, 27(19), 11801-11805.
  • Ebbens S, Sadeghi A, Howse J, Golestanian R & Jones R (2011) . MRS Proceedings, 1346.
  • Ebbens S, Hodgkinson R, Parnell AJ, Dunbar A, Martin SJ, Topham PD, Clarke N & Howse JR (2011) . ACS Nano, 5(6), 5124-5131.
  • Parnell AJ, Pryke A, Mykhaylyk OO, Howse JR, Adawi AM, Terrill NJ & Fairclough JPA (2011) . SOFT MATTER, 7(8), 3721-3725.
  • Parnell AJ, Tzokova N, Pryke A, Howse JR, Mykhaylyk OO, Ryan AJ, Panine P & Fairclough JPA (2011) . Phys Chem Chem Phys, 13(8), 3179-3186.
  • Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2010) Self-assembled phoretic swimmers. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience Self Assembled Architectures and Devices Fnano 2010, 108-109.
  • Thompson KL, Armes SP, Howse JR, Ebbens S, Ahmad I, Zaidi JH, York DW & Burdis JA (2010) . Macromolecules, 43(24), 10466-10474.
  • Mokarian-Tabari P, Geoghegan M, Howse JR, Heriot SY, Thompson RL & Jones RAL (2010) . Eur Phys J E Soft Matter, 33(4), 283-289.
  • Ebbens S, Jones RAL, Ryan AJ, Golestanian R & Howse JR (2010) . PHYS REV E, 82(1).
  • Swann JMG, Bras W, Topham PD, Howse JR & Ryan AJ (2010) . Langmuir, 26(12), 10191-10197.
  • Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2010) . SOFT MATTER, 6(4), 726-738.
  • Swann JMG, Bras W, Howse JR, Topham PD & Ryan AJ (2010) . SOFT MATTER, 6(4), 743-749.
  • Smart TP, Ryan AJ, Howse JR & Battaglia G (2010) . Langmuir, 26(10), 7425-7430.
  • Howse JR, Jones RAL, Battaglia G, Ducker RE, Leggett GJ & Ryan AJ (2009) . Nat Mater, 8(6), 507-511.
  • Howse JR, Jones RAL, Ryan AJ & Golestanian R (2009) Self-motile colloidal particles: From random walks to directed propulsion and chemotaxis. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 237.
  • Parnell AJ, Martin SJ, Dang CC, Geoghegan M, Jones RAL, Crook CJ, Howse JR & Ryan AJ (2009) . POLYMER, 50(4), 1005-1014.
  • Hughes AV, Howse JR, Dabkowska A, Jones RAL, Lawrence MJ & Roser SJ (2008) . LANGMUIR, 24(5), 1989-1999.
  • Dupin D, Howse JR, Armes SP & Randall DP (2008) . J MATER CHEM, 18(5), 545-552.
  • Wang L, Topham PD, Mykhaylyk OO, Howse JR, Bras W, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2007) . ADV MATER, 19(21), 3544-+.
  • Howse JR, Jones RAL, Ryan AJ, Gough T, Vafabakhsh R & Golestanian R (2007) . Phys Rev Lett, 99(4), 048102.
  • Topham PD, Howse JR, Crook CJ, Armes SP, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2007) . MACROMOLECULES, 40(13), 4393-4395.
  • Maunoury JC, Howse JR & Turner ML (2007) . ADV MATER, 19(6), 805-+.
  • Topham PD, Howse JR, Fernyhough CM & Ryan AJ (2007) . SOFT MATTER, 3(12), 1506-1512.
  • Geoghegan M, Ruiz-Perez L, Dang CC, Parnell AJ, Martin SJ, Howse JR, Jones RAL, Golestanian R, Topham PD, Crook CJ , Ryan AJ et al (2006) . SOFT MATTER, 2(12), 1076-1080.
  • Ryan AJ, Topham P, Crook CJ, Howse JR & Jones RAL (2006) PMSE 153-Analysis of the effect of temperature on the weathering of polymeric materials. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 232, 506-506.
  • Topham PD, Howse JR, Mykhaylyk OO, Armes SP, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2006) . MACROMOLECULES, 39(16), 5573-5576.
  • Topham PD, Howse JR, Crook CJ, Parnell AJ, Geoghegan M, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2006) . POLYM INT, 55(7), 808-815.
  • J繹bstl E, Howse JR, Fairclough JPA & Williamson MP (2006) . J Agric Food Chem, 54(12), 4077-4081.
  • Howse JR, Topham P, Crook CJ, Gleeson AJ, Bras W, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2006) . Nano Lett, 6(1), 73-77.
  • Ryan AJ, Crook CJ, Howse JR, Topham P, Geoghegan M, Martin SJ, Parnell AJ, Ruiz-Perez L & Jones RAL (2005) . J MACROMOL SCI PHYS, B44(6), 1103-1121.
  • Ryan AJ, Crook CJ, Howse JR, Topham P, Jones AL, Geoghegan M, Parnell AJ, Ruiz-P矇rez L, Martin SJ, Cadby A , Menelle A et al (2005) . Faraday Discuss, 128, 55-74.
  • Gutberlet T, Steitz R, Howse J, Estrela-Lopis I & Kl嚙編gen B (2002) . Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 74(0), s1262-s1263.
  • Howse JR, Manzanares-Papayanopoulos E, McLure IA, Bowers J, Steitz R & Findenegg GH (2002) . J CHEM PHYS, 116(16), 7177-7188.
  • Howse JR, Steitz R, Pannek M, Simon P, Schubert DW & Findenegg GH (2001) Adsorbed surfactant layers at polymer/liquid interfaces. A neutron reflectivity study. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 3(18), 4044-4051.
  • Neilson MM, Bowers J, Manzanares-Papayanopoulos E, Howse JR, Vergara-Gutierrez MC, Clements PJ, Burgess AN & McLure IA (1999) Neutron reflectivity studies of the free liquid surface of methylcyclohexane-perfluoromethylcyclohexane near the critical endpoint. PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 1(19), 4635-4643.
  • Howse JR, Bowers J, Manzanares-Papayanopoulos E, McLure IA & Steitz R (1999) . Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics, 59(5 Pt B), 5577-5581.
  • Toolan D, Isakova A, Hodgkinson R, Reeves-McLaren N, Hammond OS, Edler KJ, Briscoe WH, Arnold T, Gough T, Topham PD & Howse JR () . Macromolecules, 49(12), 4579-4586.
  • Raeburn J, Alston B, Kroeger J, McDonald TO, Howse JR, Cameron PJ & Adams DJ () . Materials Horizons, 1(2), 241-246.
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Book chapters

  • Ebbens S, Howse J, Archer R, Gregory D, Campbell A & Dunderdale G (2017) , Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures (pp. 315-403). WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE)
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Conference proceedings

  • Topham PD, Howse JR, Crook CJ, Gleeson AJ, Bras W, Armes SP, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ (2007) . MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA, Vol. 256 (pp 95-104)
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Preprints

  • Ebbens S, Gregory DA, Dunderdale G, Howse JR, Ibrahim Y, Liverpool TB & Golestanian R (2013) , arXiv.
  • Howse JR, Jones RAL, Ryan AJ, Gough T, Vafabakhsh R & Golestanian R (2007) , arXiv.
  • Saez-Martinez V, Mann A, Lydon F, Molock F, Layton SA, Toolan DTW, Howse JR, Topham PD & Tighe BJ () .
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