Resources

A growing library of resources is available here. Some of these resources are available to the public, while some are restricted to use only within the KCPC due to the nature of the contents.

KCPC

• Scientific equipment
• Notes and handouts from KCPC-endorsed courses
• Polymers and colloids lecture resources
• Guidelines for giving effective presentations and for introducing and thanking speakers
• iGoogle

Databases

• NMR database
• NMR solvent database
• Polymer NMR database (Username: leedspolymers; Password:raft)
• NMR Theory
• Lab techniques

Publications

• ACS publications
• RSC publications
• Wiley InterScience
• Nature
• Science
• Angewandte Chemie international edition
• JACS
• Chemical Communications
• Macromolecules
• Langmuir
• Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
• European Journal of Polymers
• Australian Journal of Chemistry

Publications Search Engines

• ISI search engine
• US Patent Office search
• IBM Patent Server
• European patent search
• FreePatentsOnline.com

Safety

• Safety chemical hazards and data sheets

Societies

• American Chemical Society
  - Polymer Division
  - PMSE Division
  - Cellulose Division
• Royal Society of Chemistry
  - Macro Group UK
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute
  - Polymer Division
• Australian Research Council (ARC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Research groups

• Department of Colour and Polymer Chemistry, University of Leeds
• Polymer Groups Warwick
• Polymer Group, CAMD
• CSIRO