For his outstanding contributions to physical chemistry

For his distinguished and fundamental discoveries in chromatography and its application

For his distinguished contributions to the design of motor cars, particularly the Morris Minor and Austin and Morris Mini

For his many distinguished contributions to nuclear reactor research and development and for outstanding leadership in all branches of his field

For his many distinguished work in development of particle accelerators, and plasma physics

For his distinguished contributions to the application of chemical science to industry

For his outstanding work as consulting engineer both nationally and internationally in many branches of chemical engineering, particularly control of pollution

For his work on superchargers of the Merlin engines, the development of the first Rolls Royce jet engines, then Bristol engines including that for the jump jet and, later, the final development of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine

For his distinguished contributions to chemical engineering, in particular the use of fluidised beds

For his many contributions to the technologically important field of liquid crystals

For introducing new techniques in high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, particularly the development of two-dimensional Fourier transform methods

Distinguished for his contributions to thermodynamics, in particular to an understanding of the physical chemistry of gas-liquid interfaces and surfaces

For his work on the dynamics of multi-phase chemical reactions in industrial processes

in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field of organic chemistry including his work on natural products synthesis and biosynthesis, particularly for his research in the b-lactam antibiotic field, initially contributing to biosynthetic problems which paved the way to the study of the enzymology of the process and eventually culminating in the determination of the crystal structure of isopenicillin N synthase

For his pioneering contributions to the development of the modern methodology of quantum chemistry, which has had an enormous impact on chemistry and molecular biology

For his distinguished contributions to the quantitative scientific understanding of fracture processes in metals and alloys and its engineering applications

For the discovery and characterisation of novel materials exhibiting potential for catalysis and storage

For his outstanding contributions in the fields of Green Chemistry and supercritical fluids by the application of chemistry to advance chemical engineering processes

For revolutionary work on graphene, other two‐dimensional crystals and their heterostructures that has great potential for a number of applications, from electronics to energy

For revealing diverse physical and chemical processes at interacting interfaces, emphasising significant synergy between tribology and corrosion

for driving the application of engineered particles in biology and medicine through nanoscale materials engineering

for her pioneering work developing and understanding high performance carbon dioxide utilization catalysts and implementable processes