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Welcome to the Buchard Group website. We are interested in the use of renewable resources in catalysis, in particular for the synthesis of sustainable polymers. Our group is located in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York in the UK, and part of York's Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence.

2025 so far...

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  • 8-10/09: Join us for the Faraday Discussions meeting in Oxford Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century. Poster abstract deadline is 30 June 2025.​

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  • 01/04: Welcome to the team to Tim, who joins us from Heinrich-Heine Universität in Düsseldorf, Germany for a few months.

  • 2/03: Anirrudha joins us as a postdoctoral researcher as part of The Sustainable Chemicals & Materials Manufacturing (SCHEMA) Hub. 

  • 04/02: As part of a successful EPSRC Prosperity Partnership application, our team and that of Prof Sneddon from the GCCE have been awarded £2 million to work with Synthomer and pioneer its next generation of bio-based polymers.

  • 14/01: Our paper, in collaboration with Prof Tanja Junkers from Monash University, showcasing the depolymerisation of poly(lactide) under continuous flow conditions is out in Chemical Science. Congrats Sophie!

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UV degradable sugar-based polymers

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Polymers from xylose​

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Join the team

October 2026: watch this space for PhD positions available as part of the

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training:

Chemical Synthesis
for a Healthy Planet

University of York - University of Oxford
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​We are also keen to support funding applications for researchers to join us. 


Do not hesitate to get in touch by email.

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We have moved!​

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Since April 2024, our team is now part of the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, and located within the Department of Chemistry of the University of York. 


For opportunities to join us there: get in touch by email.

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Clark, E. F.; Morales Feliu, S.; McCabe, J. F.; Burley, J. C.; Taresco, V.; Buchard, A.

D-Xylose oxetane copolymers as bioderived and tuneable polyesters for amorphous solid dispersions

RSC Appl. Polym. 2024, 2, 1104-1112.

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Runge, J. R.; Davies. B.; Buchard, A.

Xylose-derived thionocarbamates as a synthetic handle towards a functional platform of sugar-based polymers

Polym. Chem. 2024, 15, 3149-3156.

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Oshinowo, M.; Piccini, M.; Kociok-Köhn, G.; Marken, F.; Buchard, A.

Xylose- and Nucleoside-Based Polymers via Thiol–ene Polymerization toward Sugar-Derived Solid Polymer Electrolytes

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 1622-1632.

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