chemistry

Peter Budd

Peter Budd is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peter Budd rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Martin Budd is a British chemist and a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester. His research in general is based on polymer chemistry, energy and industrial separations, specifically on the areas of Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs), energy storage, polyelectrolytes and separation membranes.

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Reference excerpt

Peter Martin Budd is a British chemist and a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester. His research in general is based on polymer chemistry, energy and industrial separations, specifically on the areas of Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs), energy storage, polyelectrolytes and separation membranes.

Education Budd was educated at St Mary's Primary School Finchley (1963 - 1968), M.E.G.M. English School, Asmara (1968 - 1972) and St Lawrence College, Ramsgate (1972 - 1975). He then completed both his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree at University of Manchester in 1978 and 1981 respectively. His PhD on The Synthesis and Properties of Polypeptides was supervised by Dr. Colin Price.

Research and career Upon completing his PhD, Budd joined the British Petroleum Research Center in Sunbury-on-Thames where he worked on polymers and structural materials as a research chemist for 8 years. In 1989, he joined the University of Manchester as a lecturer and was later on promoted to the position of professor. His research in general is based on polymer chemistry, energy and industrial separations, specifically on the areas of Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs), energy storage, polyelectrolytes and separation membranes. Budd has committed to a wide variety of sustainability activities in terms of industrial separations and membranes, including conducting lectures, developing new university courses for which he was also nominated for the Better World Award in Outstanding teaching and learning innovation in social responsibility (2020). He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Society of Chemical Industry, European Membrane Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is also a Lay reader (Lay Preacher) at St. Andrew's Church in Cheadle Hulme from 2003.

Notable work In 2004, a research led by Prof. Budd and Prof. Neil McKeown first published a paper on Polymers of intrinsic microporosity, also commonly known as PIMs. One of the major polymers currently in the world, it is used in several applications including adsorption of organic vapours, adsorption of organic molecules from solutions, hydrogen storage and as solid state adsorbents for waste water treatment. Several research have now been published on this unique type of polymer, including by Prof. Budd and several researchers across the globe, and it has been also used in the determination of the Robenson Plot in Membrane gas separation. A wide range of literature has been published by Prof. Budd on the synthesis, structural, property and application analysis of PIMs as well as other polymers and membranes. The published work by Prof. Budd has received more than 17,000 citations as of June 2022.

Awards and nominations Better World Award (Nominated - 2020)

Major Reviews and Publications Major Publications by Prof. Peter Budd:

Budd, Peter M.; McKeown, Neil B. (2010). "Exploitation of Intrinsic Microporosity in Polymer-Based Materials". Macromolecules. 43 (12): 5163–5176. Bibcode:2010MaMol..43.5163M. doi:10.1021/ma1006396. Budd, Peter M.; McKeown, Neil B. (2006). "Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): organic materials for membrane separations, heterogeneous catalysis and hydrogen storage". Chem. Soc. Rev. 35 (8): 675–683. doi:10.1039/B600349D. PMID 16862268. Budd, Peter M.; Ghanem, Bader S.; McKeown, Neil B.; Reynolds, Kevin J.; Msayib, Kadhum J.; Tattershall, Carin E.; Fritsch, Detlev (2005). "Gas separation membranes from polymers of intrinsic microporosity". Journal of Membrane Science. 251 (1–2): 263–269. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2005.01.009. Budd, Peter M.; Ghanem, Bader S.; McKeown, Neil B.; Elabas, Elssalhen S.; Msayib, Kadhum J.; Tattershall, Carin E.; Makhseed, Saad; Wang, Dong (2004). "Solution-processed, organophilic membrane derived from a polymer of intrinsic microporosity". Adv. Mater. 16 (5): 456–459. Bibcode:2004AdM....16..456B. doi:10.1002/adma.200306053. S2CID 95540635. Budd, Peter M.; Ghanem, Bader S.; McKeown, Neil B.; Makhseed, Saad; Msayib, Kadhum J.; Tattershall, Carin E. (2004). "Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): robust, solution-processable, organic nanoporous materials". Chem. Comm. (2): 230–231. doi:10.1039/B311764B. PMID 14737563.

References

External links [1] at University of Manchester

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Budd

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peter Budd ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peter Budd

In research: Peter Budd appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peter Budd in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peter Budd is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1950s births, 21st-century British chemists, Academics of the University of Manchester, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peter Budd outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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