Helen Willcock

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Helen Willcock is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Willcock has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Organic Chemistry, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Helen Willcock's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (17 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (8 papers). Helen Willcock is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (17 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (11 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (8 papers). Helen Willcock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Mexico. Helen Willcock's co-authors include Rachel K. O’Reilly, Jianzhong Du, Wen-Dong Quan, Anaïs Pitto‐Barry, Joseph P. Patterson, Nigel Kirby, Annhelen Lu, Mathew P. Robin, Liguo Zhao and Claire Hansell and has published in prestigious journals such as Macromolecules, Langmuir and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Helen Willcock

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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End group removal and modification of RAFT polymers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Willcock United Kingdom	18	946	459	448	418	299	50	1.6k
Xiaohua He China	24	799 0.8×	285 0.6×	576 1.3×	368 0.9×	276 0.9×	66	1.5k
Jiahua Zhu United States	18	787 0.8×	263 0.6×	429 1.0×	560 1.3×	290 1.0×	31	1.5k
Annabelle Bertin Germany	19	678 0.7×	542 1.2×	353 0.8×	554 1.3×	203 0.7×	29	1.4k
Panayiotis Bilalis Greece	23	750 0.8×	424 0.9×	634 1.4×	640 1.5×	188 0.6×	50	1.7k
Abhijeet P. Bapat United States	11	964 1.0×	899 2.0×	400 0.9×	457 1.1×	170 0.6×	13	1.6k
Renzo M. Paulus Netherlands	23	1.1k 1.1×	505 1.1×	287 0.6×	400 1.0×	193 0.6×	31	1.5k
Jérôme Babin France	20	691 0.7×	208 0.5×	460 1.0×	467 1.1×	189 0.6×	38	1.3k
Tobias Rudolph Germany	24	646 0.7×	498 1.1×	435 1.0×	478 1.1×	208 0.7×	46	1.4k
Guillaume Gody Australia	20	1.5k 1.6×	312 0.7×	553 1.2×	416 1.0×	316 1.1×	23	1.9k
Pittaya Takolpuckdee United Kingdom	9	1.6k 1.7×	415 0.9×	400 0.9×	501 1.2×	458 1.5×	13	1.9k

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Willcock, Helen, et al.. (2025). Cinchona alkaloid copolymers as fluorimetric INHIBIT and colorimetric AND logic gates for detection of iodide. RSC Advances. 15(14). 11121–11127. 2 indexed citations

García-Zaleta, D. S., et al.. (2025). A Strategy Towards the Valorization of Aloe Vera Rinds to Obtain Crystalline Cellulose: Pretreatment Effects and Elemental Analysis. Polymers. 17(4). 553–553. 1 indexed citations

Palma‐Ramírez, D., et al.. (2025). Sustainable route toward processing of polylactic acid/sawdust-based cellulose composites via grafting: Energy consumption during extrusion. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 327(Pt 1). 147316–147316.

Martín-Fabiani, Ignacio, Ye Zhou, Helen Willcock, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances and Applications of Flexible Phase Change Composites. EcoMat. 7(4). 3 indexed citations

Torres–Huerta, A.M., et al.. (2023). Electrospun PVA membranes reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals and thermally reduced graphene oxide: Thermal, mechanical and UV-protection properties. Industrial Crops and Products. 197. 116614–116614. 9 indexed citations

Willcock, Helen, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the impact of a child sponsorship programme on paediatric health and development in Calauan, Philippines: A retrospective audit. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 59(11). 1256–1261.

Butler, Stephen J., et al.. (2023). A dual encapsulation strategy to generate anion-responsive luminescent lanthanide hydrogels. Chemical Communications. 60(3). 284–287. 3 indexed citations

Marsden, Catherine J., Daniel W. Lester, Jonathan Martinelli, et al.. (2022). Crosslinked p(MMA) particles by RAFT emulsion polymerisation: tuning size and stability. Polymer Chemistry. 13(28). 4124–4135. 7 indexed citations

Tomovská, Radmila, et al.. (2022). Effect of Particle Interactions on the Assembly of Drying Colloidal Mixtures. Langmuir. 38(18). 5361–5371. 8 indexed citations

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d’Arcy, Richard, et al.. (2021). Designing responsive dressings for inflammatory skin disorders; encapsulating antioxidant nanoparticles into biocompatible electrospun fibres. Soft Matter. 17(14). 3775–3783. 14 indexed citations

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He, Ran, Liguo Zhao, Vadim V. Silberschmidt, & Helen Willcock. (2021). A computational study of fatigue resistance of nitinol stents subjected to walk‐induced femoropopliteal artery motion. Journal of Biomechanics. 118. 110295–110295. 15 indexed citations

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Palma‐Ramírez, D., M.A. Domínguez–Crespo, A.M. Torres–Huerta, et al.. (2018). Dispersion of upconverting nanostructures of CePO4 using rod and semi-spherical morphologies into transparent PMMA/PU IPNs by the sequential route. Polymer. 142. 356–374. 8 indexed citations

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Palma‐Ramírez, D., M.A. Domínguez–Crespo, A.M. Torres–Huerta, et al.. (2018). Experimental data in support of characterization of the CePO4 dispersion into transparent PMMA/PU IPNs by the sequential route. Data in Brief. 21. 2350–2359. 2 indexed citations

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Willcock, Helen, et al.. (2018). Bioinspired Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Membranes with Directional Release of Therapeutic Essential Oils. Langmuir. 34(29). 8652–8660. 7 indexed citations

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Willcock, Helen & Darren M. Gold. (2016). Supine Colonoscopy: An Advantage over Left Lateral in Synchronous Proctological Surgery. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 26(6). 475–477. 1 indexed citations

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Wan, Decheng, Feng Chen, Hang Lu, et al.. (2014). A multifunctional azobenzene-based polymeric adsorbent for effective water remediation. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7296–7296. 14 indexed citations

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Foster, Andrew B., et al.. (2013). Hybrid inorganic–organic composite nanoparticles from crosslinkable polyfluorenes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(20). 3297–3297. 13 indexed citations

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Clark, Andrew J., David J. Fox, Natalie L. James, et al.. (2012). Atom-Transfer Cyclization with CuSO₄/KBH₄: A Formal “Activators Generated by Electron Transfer” Process Also Applicable to Atom-Transfer Polymerization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(16). 6778–6788. 23 indexed citations

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Du, Jianzhong, et al.. (2011). Self‐Assembly of Hydrophilic Homopolymers: A Matter of RAFT End Groups. Small. 7(14). 2070–2080. 113 indexed citations

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Willcock, Helen, Andrew I. Cooper, Dave J. Adams, & Steve P. Rannard. (2009). Synthesis and characterisation of polyamide dendrimers with systematically varying surface functionality. Chemical Communications. 3095–3095. 9 indexed citations

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