Representative publications:

Ligand-Oriented Catalyst Design

h2-Benzyne and h1-benzylidene complexes of niobium with ancillary imido ligands.
J.K. Cockcroft, V.C. Gibson, J.A.K. Howard, A.D. Poole, U. Siemeling and C. Wilson, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1992,1668-1670.

Ligands as "Compass Needles": How Orientations of Alkene, Alkyne and Alkylidene Ligands Reveal p-bonding Features in Tetrahedral Transition Metal Complexes.
V.C. Gibson, Angewandte Chemie, Int'l Ed., Engl., 1994, 33, 1565-1572.

Structural and Bonding Patterns in Tetrahedral and Pseudo-Tetrahedral Transition Metal Complexes Containing p-donor Ligands.
V.C. Gibson, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1994, 1607-1618.

Half-sandwich Imido Complexes of Niobium Bearing Alkyne, Benzyne and Benzylidene Ligands: Relatives of the Zirconocene Family.
M.C.W. Chan, J.M. Cole, V.C. Gibson, J.A.K. Howard, C. Lehmann, A.D. Poole and U. Siemeling, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1998, 103-111.

Olefin Polymerisation

Iron and Cobalt Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts Bearing 2,6-Bis(Imino)Pyridyl Ligands: Synthesis, Structures and Polymerization Studies.
G.J. P. Britovsek, M. Bruce, V.C. Gibson, B.S. Kimberley, P.J. Maddox, S. Mastroianni, S.J. McTavish, C. Redshaw, G.A. Solan, S. Strömberg, A.J. P. White and D. J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 8728-8740.

The Search for New Generation Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Life Beyond Metallocenes.
G.J.P. Britovsek, V.C. Gibson and D.F. Wass, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1999, 38, 428-447.

Discovery of a New Family of Chromium Ethylene Polymerisation Catalysts Using High Throughput Screening Methodology.
D.J. Jones, V.C. Gibson, S. Green and P.J. Maddox, Chem. Commun., 2002, 1038-1039.

Iron-Catalyzed Polyethylene Chain Growth on Zinc: Linear a-Olefins with a Poisson Distribution.
G.J.P. Britovsek, S.A. Cohen, V.C. Gibson, P.J. Maddox and M. van Meurs, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2002, 41, 489-491.

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (Perspex®)

On the Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) by Group 4 Metallocenes.
P.A. Cameron, V.C. Gibson and A.J. Graham, Macromolecules, 2000, 33, 4329-4335.

Nickel Catalyzed Generation of Schiff Base Aluminum Enolate Initiators for Controlled Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization.
P.A. Cameron, V.C. Gibson and D.J. Irvine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 39, 2141-2144.

A Well-Defined Magnesium-Enolate Initiator for the Living and Highly Syndioselective Polymerisation of Methyl Methacrylate.
A.P. Dove, V.C. Gibson, E.L. Marshall, A.J.P. White and D.J. Williams, Chem Commun, 2002, 1208-1209.

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA)

A Well-Defined Tin(II) Initiator for the Living Polymerisation of Lactide.
A.P. Dove, V.C. Gibson, E.L. Marshall, A.J. P. White, D.J. Williams, Chem. Commun., 2001, 283-284.

A Mononuclear Three-Coordinate Iron(II) Alkoxide Initiator for the Controlled Polymerisation of Cyclic Esters.
V.C. Gibson, E.L. Marshall, D. Navarro-Llobet, A.J.P. White and D.J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 2002, 4321-4322.

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation (ATRP)

Four-Coordinate Iron Complexes Bearing [N,N] Chelate Ligands: Efficient Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation (ATRP).
V.C. Gibson, R.K. O'Reilly, W. Reed and D.F. Wass, Chem. Commun., 2002, 1850-1851.

Polymerization of Methylmethacrylate using Four-coordinate (a-diimine)Iron Catalysts: Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization versus Catalytic Chain Transfer.
V.C. Gibson, R.K. O'Reilly, D.F. Wass, A.J.P. White and D.J. Williams, Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 2591-2593.

Design of Highly Active Iron-based Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Tridentate Salicylaldiminato Ligands Affording Near Ideal Nernstian Behavior.
R.K. O'Reilly, V.C. Gibson, A.J.P. White and D.J. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., asap.

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerisation (ROMP)

A Thymine Functionalised Polymer via Living Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation.
V.C. Gibson, E.L. Marshall, M. North, D.A. Robson and P.J. Williams, Chem. Commun., 1997, 1095-1096.

The Synthesis of Penicillin Derived Polymers Utilising Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation Methodology.
S.C.G. Biagini, V.C. Gibson, M.R. Giles, E.L. Marshall and M. North, Chem. Commun., 1997, 1097-1098.

A New and Highly Efficient Grubbs Initiator for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization.
D.A. Robson, V.C. Gibson, R.G. Davies and M. North, Macromolecules, 1999, 32, 6371-6373.

Synthesis of End-functionalised Polynorbornenes and Polynorbornanes via Metathesis: Novel Macromonomers for Polycondensation Reactions.
V.C. Gibson and T. Okada, Macromolecules, 2000, 33, 655-656.

Ruthenium Initiated Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation of Amino-Acid and -Ester Functionalised Norbornenes and a Highly Selective Chain-End Functionalisation Reaction Using Molecular Oxygen.
S.C.G. Biagini, R.G. Davies, V.C. Gibson, M.R. Giles, E.L. Marshall and M. North, Polymer, 2001, 42, 6669-6671.