
162. A data-driven platform for automated characterization of polymer electrolytes
Stolberg, M. A.†; Lopez, J.†; Cawthern, S.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Kwon, H.-K.; Schweigert, D.; Anapolosky, A.; Storey, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*; Shao-Horn, Y.*
ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-gpmm7.
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161. Blueprints for the geometric control of NHC-CDI isomers
Day, C. S.†,*; Grabicki, N.†; Chu, D. B.K.; Keys, A.; Singhal, A.; Vennelakanti, V.; Kevlishvili, I.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.; Kulik, H. J.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-8svsk.
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160. Controlled gel toughening with tetrafunctional cyclobutane mechanophores
Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Kevlishvili, I.; Sen, D.; Lian, J.; Chakravarty, J.; Wang, S.; Olsen, B. D.;*; Kulik, H. J.*; Craig, S. L.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-j366f.
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159. Antibody–bottlebrush conjugates unlock diverse payloads for targeted cancer therapy
Liu, B.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, A. X.; Lensch, V.; Sun, Z.; Boyer, Z. H.; Raftopoulos, P. A.; Dai, Y.; MacNicol, P. L.; Wang, Y.; Jyotsana, N.; Wang, W.; Bhagchandani, S.; Hemdev, S.; Shieh, P.; Kristufek, S. L.; Boucher, M.; Downes, M.; Evans, R. M.; MacMillan, D. W. C.; Johnson, J. A.*
ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-8r8j1-v2.
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158. End-to-end learning of classical interatomic potentials for benchmarking anion polarization effects in lithium polymer electrolytes
León, P. A.; Singhal, A.; Ruža, J.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*
ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-8r8j1-v2.
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157. N-Heterocyclic carbene-based copolymers for templated synthesis and stabilization of gold nanoparticles
Nguyen, S. T.; Brown, C. M.; Zhang, W.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2025,
doi:10.1002/chem.202500596.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"N-Heterocyclic carbene-based copolymers for templated synthesis and stabilization of gold nanoparticles." ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-5xwv0.
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156. Hybrid solvating electrolytes for practical sodium metal batteries
Chen, W.; Park, J.-S.; Kwon, C.; Plaza-Rivera, C. O.; Hsu, C.-W.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Wang, D.; Phong, J. K.; Dai, T.; Kim, S. Y.; Zhu, G.; Gao, Y.; Ren, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.; Li, J.*
Joule 2025,
doi:10.1016/j.joule.2024.101811.
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155. ROMP of macromonomers prepared by ROMP: expanding access to complex, functional bottlebrush polymers
Sun, Z.†; Liu, B.†; Ma, M.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Ross, C. A.*; Johnson J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025,
doi:10.1021/jacs.4c17151.
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154. Glycoconjugate vaccines: platforms and adjuvants for directed immunity
Lensch, V.; Johnson, J. A.; Kiessling, L. L.*
Glycobiology 2024,
34, doi:10.1093/glycob/cwae092.
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153. Toughening and imparting deconstructability to 3D-printed glassy thermosets with “transferinker” additives
Qin, K. P.†; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.†; Zou, W.; Chakraborty, S.; Kristufek, S. L.; Husted, K. E. L.; Joly, G. D.; Craig, S. L.; Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*
Adv. Mater. 2024,
36, 2406600.
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152. Carbohydrate-lectin interactions reprogram dendritic cells to promote type 1 anti-tumor immunity
Lensch, V.; Gabba, A.; Hincapie, R.; Bhagchandani, S. H.; Basak, A.; Murshid Alam, M.; Noble, J.; Irvine, D. J.; Shalek, A. K.; Johnson, J. A.; Finn, M. G.; Kiessling, L. L.*
ACS Nano 2024,
18, 26770–26783.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Glycan-costumed virus-like particles promote type 1 anti-tumor immunity." BioRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-wpmm3.
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151. Accurate determination of reactivity ratios for copolymerization reactions with reversible propagation mechanisms
Lundberg, D. J.*; Kilgallon, L. J.; Cooper, J. C.; Starvaggi, F.; Xia, Y.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2024,
57, 6727–6740.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Accurate determination of reactivity ratios for copolymerization reactions with reversible propagation mechanisms." ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-wpmm3.
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150. Reversible nucleic acid storage in deconstructable glassy polymer networks
Prince, E.†; Cheng, H. F.†; Banal, J. L.*; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024,
146, 17066–17074.
Selected Highlights:
"Bioengineers convert their files to .DNA format and store it in synthetic 'amber'." May Contain Science YouTube Channel 2024,
June 25th.
"Storing DNA in an amber-like polymer, Jurassic Park–style." C&E News 2024,
June 21st.
"'Jurassic Park' theme preserved in DNA in 'amber'" Newsweek 2024,
June 17th.
"Scientists preserve DNA in an amber-like polymer." MIT News 2024,
June 13th.
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149. Tricyclononenes and tricyclononadienes as efficient monomers for controlled ROMP: Understanding structure–propagation rate relationships and enabling facile post-polymerization modification
Kilgallon, L. J.; McFadden, T. P.; Sigman, M. S.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2024,
15, 8334–8345.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Tricyclononenes and tricyclononadienes as efficient monomers for ROMP: rstanding structure–propagation rate relationships and enabling facile post-polymerization modification." ChemRxiv 2024,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-09h35.
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148. Valence can control the nonexponential viscoelastic relaxation of multivalent reversible gels
Le Roy, H.; Song, J.; Lundberg, D. J.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. Z.; Johnson, J. A.; McKinley, G. H.; Holten-Andersen, N.; Lenz, M.*
Sci. Adv. 2024,
10, eadl5056.
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147. Nested non-covalent interactions expand the functions of supramolecular polymer networks
Lundberg, D. J.; Brown, C. M.; Bobylev, E. O.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; AlFaraj, Y. S.; Zhao, J.; Kevlishvili, I.; Kulik, H. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Commun. 2024,
15, 3951.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Nested non-covalent interactions expand the functions of supramolecular polymer networks." ChemRxiv 2023,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-3knk5-v2.
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146. Caspase-3-responsive, fluorogenic bivalent bottlebrush polymers
Zafar, H.; Liu, B.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2024,
13, 571–576.
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145. Defining reactivity-deconstructability relationships for copolymerizations involving cleavable comonomer additives
Lundberg, D. J.; Ko, K.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2024,
13, 521–527.
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144. Self-amplified HF release and polymer deconstruction cascades triggered by mechanical force
Hu, Y.; Wang, L.; Kevlishvili, I.; Wang, S.; Chiou, C.-Y.; Shieh, P.; Lin, Y.*; Kulik, H. J.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Craig, S. L.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024,
146, 10115–10123.
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143. An organometallic swap strategy for bottlebrush polymer–protein conjugate synthesis
Liu, B.; Rodriguez, J.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Wang, W.; Wang, Y.; Wang, A.; Dai, Y.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Pentelute, B. L.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Commun. 2024,
60, 4238–4241.
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142. Mechanism-guided discovery of cleavable comonomers for backbone deconstructable polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
Ko, K.; Lundberg, D. J.; Johnson, A. M.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024,
146, 9142–9154.
Selected Highlights:
"Addressing end-of-life management challenges for hard-to-break-down polymers." MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium News 2024,
April 17th.
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141. Thermally robust yet deconstructable and chemically recyclable high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-like materials based on Si–O bonds
Johnson, A. M.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023,
62, e202315085.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Deconstructable and chemically recyclable high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-like materials based on Si–O bonds." ChemRxiv 2023,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tpdlg.
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140. Safe and scalable syntheses of N,N-dimethyltrifluoromethanesulfonamide (DMTMSA) and other trifluoromethanesulfonamide solvents for high energy density battery applications
Kilgallon, L. J.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Org. Chem. 2023,
88, 16644–16648.
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139. Polymer networks with cubic, mixed Pd(II) and Pt(II) M6L12 metal–organic cage junctions: synthesis and stress relaxation behavior
Zhao, J.; Bobylev, E. O.†; Lundberg, D. J.†; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Wang, H.; Kevlishvili, I.; Craig, S. L.; Kulik, H. J.; Li, X.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,
145, 21879–21885.
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138. A model ensemble approach enables data-driven property prediction for chemically deconstructable thermosets in the low data regime
AlFaraj, Y. S.†; Mohapatra, S.†; Shieh, P.; Husted, K. E. L.; Ivanoff, D. G.; Lloyd, E. M.; Cooper, J. C.; Dai, Y.; Singhal, A. P., Moore, J. S.; Sottos, N. R.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2023,
9, 1810–1819.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"A model ensemble approach enables data-driven property prediction for chemically deconstructable thermosets in the low data regime." ChemRxiv 2023,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-0jdvk.
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137. Hydrogen peroxide-triggered disassembly of boronic ester-crosslinked brush-arm star polymers
Costa, L. C.; Shieh, P.; Zafar, H.; Thiabaud, G.; Bobylev, E. O.; Jasanoff, A.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2023,
12, 1179–1184.
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136. Thiol-triggered deconstruction of bifunctional silyl ether terpolymers via an SNAr-triggered cascade
Brown, C. M.; Husted, K. E. L.; Wang, Y.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Shieh, P.; Zafar, H.; Lundberg, D. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2023,
14, 8869–8877.
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135. Lamellar ionenes with highly dissociative, anionic channels provide lower barriers for cation transport
Stolberg, M. A.; Paren, B. A.; Leon, P. A.; Brown, C. B.; Winter, G.; Gordiz, K.; Concellón, A.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,
145, 16200–16209.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Lamellar ionenes with highly dissociative, anionic channels provide low barriers for cation transport." ChemRxiv 2023,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-fwgql.
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134. Practical considerations for enabling Li|polymer electrolyte batteries
Lennartz, P.; Paren, B. A.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Chen, X. C.; Johnson, J. A.; Winter, M.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Brunklaus, G.*
Joule 2023,
7, P1471–1495.
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133. Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance
Wang, S.; Hu, Y.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Sapir, L.; Chen, D.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Johnson, J. A.*; Rubinstein, M.*; Craig, S. L.*
Science 2023,
380, 1248–1252.
Selected Highlights:
"Surprise! Weaker bonds can make polymers stronger." MIT News 2023,
June 22nd.
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132. Synthesis and ring-opening metathesis polymerization of a strained trans-silacycloheptene and single molecule mechanics of its polymer
Wakefield IV, H.; Kevlishvili, I.; Wentz, K. E.; Yao, Y.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Melvin, S. J.; Ambrosius, E. G.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Siegler, M. A.; Johnson, J. A.; Craig, S. L.; Kulik, H. J.; Klausen, R. S.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,
145, 10187–10196.
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131. Engineering kinetics of TLR7/8 agonist release from bottlebrush prodrugs enables tumor-focused immune stimulation
Bhagchandani, S.; Vohidov, F.†; Milling, L.†; Tong, E. Y.†; Brown, C. M.; Liu, B.; Fessenden, T.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Kiel, G. R.; Won, L.; Langer, R. S.; Spranger, S.; Shalek, A. K.; Irvine, D. J.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Sci. Adv. 2023,
9, doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg2239.
Selected Highlights:
"Nanoparticles provoke immune response against tumors but avoid side effects." MIT News 2023,
April 19th.
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130. Effect of strand molecular length on mechanochemical transduction in elastomers probed with uniform force sensors
Ouchi, T.†; Wang, W.†; Silverstein, B.; Johnson, J. A.*; Craig, S. L.*
Polym. Chem. 2023,
14, 1646–1655.
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129. Conformation of network strands in polymer gels
Beech, H. K.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2023,
12, 325–330.
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128. Molecular bottlebrush prodrugs as mono- and triplex combination therapies for multiple myeloma
Detappe A.†; Nguyen, H. V.-T.†; Jiang, Y.; Agius, M. P.; Wang, W.; Mathieu, C.; Su, N. K.; Kristufek, S. L.; Lundberg, D. J.; Bhagchandani, S.; Ghobrial, I. M.*; Ghoroghchian, P. P.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Nanotechnol. 2023,
18, 184–192.
Selected Highlights:
"Multidrug cancer treatment." NSF: The Discovery Files 2023,
February 22nd.
"Multidrug nanomedicine." Nat. Nanotech. News & Views 2023,
18, 104–106.
"Targeting cancer with a multidrug nanoparticle." MIT News 2023,
January 26th.
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127. Mixing ligands to enhance gas uptake in polyMOFs
Pearson, M. A.; Bhagchandani, S.; Dinča, M.; Johnson, J. A.*
Mol. Sys. Des. Eng. 2023,
8, 591–597.
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126. Chemistry-informed machine learning for polymer electrolyte discovery
Bradford, G.; Lopez, J.; Ruza, J.; Stolberg, M. A.; Osterude, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*; Shao-Horn, Y.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2023,
9, 206–216.
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125. Remolding and deconstruction of industrial thermosets via carboxylic acid-catalyzed bifunctional silyl ether exchange
Husted, K. E. L.; Brown, C. M.; Shieh, P.; Kevlishvili, I.; Kristufek, S. L.; Zafar, H.; Accardo, J. V.; Cooper, J. C.; Klausen, R. S.; Kulik, H. J.; Moore, J. S.; Sottos, N. R.; Kalow, J. A.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023,
3, 1916–1923.
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124. Emergence of layered nanoscale mesh networks through intrinsic molecular confinement self-assembly
Sun, Z.†; Liu, R.†; Su, T.; Huang, H.; Kawamoto, K.; Liu, B.; Zhong, M.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Ross, C. A.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Nanotechnol. 2023,
18, 273–280.
Selected Highlights:
"Spontaneous assembly of hierarchical phases." Nat. Nanotech. News & Views 2023,
18, 223–224.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Emergence of layered nanoscale mesh networks through intrinsic molecular confinement self-assembly." ChemRxiv 2022,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-m6x53.
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123. Pendant group modifications provide graft copolymer silicones with exceptionally broad thermomechanical properties
Husted, K. E. L.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Kleinschmidt, D.; Zhang, W.; Sun, Z.; Fielitz, A. J.; Le, A.; Zhong, M.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2023,
9, 36–47.
Research Square Preprint:
"Diversity-oriented synthesis of graft copolymer silicones enables exceptionally broad thermomechanical property windows through pendant-mediation." Research Square 2022,
doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1115203/v1.
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122. Efficient manufacture, deconstruction, and upcycling of high-performance thermosets and composites
Lloyd, E. M.†; Cooper, J. C.†; Shieh, P.; Ivanoff, D. G.; Parikh, N. A.; Mejia, E. B.; Husted, K. E. L.; Costa, L. C.; Sottos, N. R.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Moore, J. S.*
ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 2023,
1, 477–485.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Efficient manufacture, deconstruction, and upcycling of high-performance thermosets and composites." ChemRxiv 2023,
1, 477–485.
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121. Experimental and computational evaluation of self-assembled morphologies in diblock Janus bottlebrush copolymers
Liu, R.†; Sun, Z.†; Huang, H.; Johnson, J. A.*; Alexander-Katz, A.*; Ross, C. A.*
Nano Lett. 2023,
23, 177–182.
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120. Discrete, chiral polymer-insulin conjugates
Wang, W.; Jiang, Y.; Huang, Z.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Liu, B.; Hartweg, M.; Shirakura, M.; Qin, K. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022,
144, 23332–23339.
Selected Highlights:
"Optimizing biotherapeutic delivery with chiral polymer conjugates." JACS Spotlights 2022,
144, 17721–17722.
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119. Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks
Liang, R.†; Xue, Y.†; Fu, X.†; Le, A. N.; Song, Q.; Qiang, Y.; Xie, Qi.; Dong, R.; Sun, Z.; Osuji, C. O.; Johnson, J. A.*; Li, W.; Zhong, M.*
Nat. Mater. 2022,
21, 1434–1440.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Hierarchically engineered nanostructures from compositionally anisotropic molecular building blocks." ChemRxiv 2022,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-tn528.
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118. Converting commodity polyolefins to electronic materials through borane-catalyzed alkene isomerization
Saito, T.†; Hill, M. R.†; Lennon Luo, S.-X.; Ye, H.-Z.; Van Voorhis, T. Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022,
144, 23010–23018.
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117. Controlling the orientation of hole transport molecules in bottlebrush polymers for enhanced OLED performance
Cheng, H. F.; Johnson, J. A.*
Aggregate 2022,
3, e259. (Research Highlight)
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116. Endohedrally functionalized metal–organic cage-crosslinked polymer gels as modular heterogeneous catalysts
Brown, C. M.†; Lundberg, D. J.†; Lamb, J. R.; Kevlishvili, I.; Kleinschmidt, D.; Alfaraj, Y. S.; Kulik, H. J.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Oldenhuis, N. J.*; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022,
144, 13276–13284.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Plug-and-play heterogeneous catalysis enabled by metal–organic cage-crosslinked polymers." ChemRxiv 2021,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-w5kz4.
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115. Orthogonally deconstructable and depolymerizable polysilylethers via entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Johnson, A. M.; Husted, K. E. L.; Kilgallon, L. J. Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Commun. 2022,
58, 8496–8499.
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114. Cleavable comonomers for chemically recyclable polystyrene: a general approach to vinyl polymer circularity
Kiel, G. R.; Lundberg, D. J.; Prince, E.; Husted, K. E. L.; Johnson, A. M.; Lensch, V.; Li, S.; Shieh, P.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022,
144, 12979–12988.
Selected Highlights:
"Unlocking polystyrene." Science 2022,
377, 382.
"Circular polystyrene by using cleavable co-monomer strategy." Sini Nalkathu Kolanadiyil's Blog 2022,
July 28th.
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113. Accelerating amorphous polymer electrolyte screening by learning to reduce errors in molecular dynamics simulated properties
Xie, T.*; France-Lanord, A.; Wang, Y.; Lopez, J.; Stolberg, M. A.; Hill, M. R.; Leverick, G. M.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Grossman, J. C.*
Nat. Commun. 2022,
13, 3415.
arXiv.org Preprint:
"Accelerating amorphous polymer electrolyte screening by learning to reduce errors in molecular dynamics simulated properties." ChemRxiv 2021,
doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2101.05339.
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112. Polymer networks
Gu, Y.; Zhao, J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecular Engineering: From Precise Synthesis to Macroscopic Materials and Applications 2022, doi:10.1002/9783527815562.mme0018.(Book Chapter)
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111. Introduction to molecularly defined polymers: synthesis and function
Johnson, J. A.; Du Prez, F. E.; Elacqua, E.*
Polym. Chem. 2022,
13, 2400–2401.
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110. Dynamic polypyrrole core–shell chemomechanical actuators
Yuan, W.; Vijayamohanan, H.; Luo, S. L.; Husted, K.; Johnson, J. A.; Swager, T. M.*
Chem. Mater. 2022,
34, 3013–3019.
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109. Bottlebrush polymers with flexible enantiomeric side chains display differential biological properties
Nguyen, H. V.-T.†; Jiang, Y.†; Mohapatra, S.; Wang, W.; Barnes, J. C.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Chen, K. K.; Axelrod, S.; Huang, Z.; Chen, Q.; Golder, M. R.; Young, K.; Suvlu, D.; Shen, Y.; Willard, A. P.; Hore, M. J. A.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Chem. 2022,
14, 85–93.
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108. Radical polyMOFs: a role for ligand dispersity in enabling crystallinity
Pearson, M. A.; Dinca, M.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Mater. 2021,
33, 9508–9514.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Mixed ligand polyMOFs via RAFT polymerization." ChemRxiv 2020,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.12469301.v1.
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107. Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interfaces to realize high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 batteries by a sulfonamide-based electrolyte
Xue, W.*; Gao, R.; Shi, Z.; Xiao, X.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Y. G.; Waluyo, I.; Li, Y.; Hill, M. R.; Zhu, Z.; Li, S.; Kuznetsov, O.; Zhang, Y.; Lee, W.-K.; Hunt, A.; Harutyunyan, A.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Li, J.*
Energy Environ. Sci. 2021,
14, 6030–6040.
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106. Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands
Wang, Z.; Zheng, X.; Ouchi, T.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Beech, H. K.; Av-Ron, S.; Matsuda, T.; Bowser, B. H.; Wang, S.; Johnson, J. A.*; Kalow, J. A.*; Olsen, B. D.*; Gong, J.P.*; Rubinstein, M.*; Craig, S. L.*
Science 2021,
374, 193–196.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands." ChemRxiv 2021,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.13514377.v1.
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105. A low-cost tabletop tensile tester with optical extensometer
Hinge, M.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Henriksen, M. L.*
Mater. Adv. 2021,
2, 6339–6343.
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104. Synthetic glycomacromolecules of defined valency, absolute configuration, and topology distinguish between human lectins
Hartweg, M.†; Jiang, Y.†; Yilmaz, G.; Jarvis, C. M.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Primo, G. A.; Monaco, A.; Beyer, V. P.; Chen, K. K.; Mohapatra, S.; Axelrod, S.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.; Kiessling, L. L.*; Becer, C. R.*; Johnson, J. A.*
JACS Au 2021,
1, 1621–1630.
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103. Lithium–metal batteries: finding the right balance
Minafra, N.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.*
Nat. Energy 2021,
6, 692–693.
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102. Molecularly designed additives for chemically deconstructable thermosets without compromised thermomechanical properties
Husted, K. E. L.†; Shieh, P.†; Lundberg, D. J.; Kristufek, S. L.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2021,
10, 805–810.
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101. Evolution of Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist therapeutics and their delivery approaches: from antiviral formulations to vaccine adjuvants
Bhagchandani, S.; Johnson, J. A.*; Irvine, D. J.*
Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2021,
175, 113803.
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100. Clip chemistry: diverse (bio)(macro)molecular and material function through breaking covalent bonds
Shieh, P.*; Hill, M. R.; Zhang, W.; Kristufek, S. L.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Rev. 2021,
121, 7059–7121.
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99. Molecular characterization of polymer networks
Danielson, S. P. O.*; Beech, H. K.; Wang, S.; El-Zaatari, B. M.; Wang, X.; Sapir, L.; Ouchi, T.; Wang, Z.; Johnson, P. N.; Hu, Y.; Lundberg, D. J.; Stoychev, G.; Craig, S. L.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Kalow, J. A.*; Olsen, B. D.*; Rubinstein, M.*
Chem. Rev. 2021,
121, 5042–5092.
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98. Ultra-high-voltage Ni-rich layered cathodes in practical Li-metal batteries enabled by a sulfonamide-based electrolyte
Xue, W.; Huang, M.; Li, Y.; Zhu, Y. G.; Gao, R.; Xiao, X.; Zhang, W.; Li, S.; Xu, G.; Yu, Y.; Li, P.; Lopez, J.; Yu, D.; Dong, Y.; Fan, W.; Shi, Z.; Xiong, R.; Sun, C.; Hwang, I.; Lee, W.-K.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Li, J.*
Nat. Energy 2021,
6, 495–505.
Selected Highlights:
"Design could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium batteries." MIT News 2021,
March 25th.
"MIT electrolyte enables ultra-high voltage Ni-rich cathodes in Li-metal batteries." Green Car Congress 2021,
March 26th.
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97. Design of BET inhibitor prodrugs with superior efficacy and devoid of systemic toxicities
Vohidov, F.†; Andersen, J. N.†; Economides, K. D.; Shipitsin, M. V.; Burenkova, O.; Ackley, J. C.; Vangamudi, B.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Gallagher, N. M.; Shieh, P.; Golder, M. R.; Liu, J.; Dahlberg, W. K.; Ehrlich, D. J.; Kim, J.; Kristufek, S. L.; Huh, S. J.; Neenan, A. M.; Baddour, J.; Paramasivan, S.; de Stanchina, E.; Gaurab, K.; Turnquist, D. J.; Saucier-Sawyer, J. K.; Kopesky, P. W.; Brady, S. W.; Jessel, M. J.; Reiter, L. A.; Chickering, D. E.; Johnson, J. A.*; Blume-Jensen, P.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021,
143, 4714–4724.
Selected Highlights:
"Improvement of drug efficacy with modular bottlebrush prodrug designs." JACS Spotlights 2021,
143, 4857–4858.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Design of BET inhibitor prodrugs with superior efficacy and devoid of systemic toxicities." ChemRxiv 2020,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.13241966.v1.
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96. PolyDAT: a generic schema for polymer characterization
Lin, T.-S.; Rebello, N. J.; Beech, H. K.; Wang, Z.; El-Zaatari, B.; Lundberg, D. J.; Johnson, J. A.; Kalow, J. A.; Craig, S. L.; Olsen, B. D.*
J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2021,
61, 1150–1163.
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95. N-Heterocyclic carbene-carbodiimide (NHC-CDI) betaine adducts: synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications
Lamb, J. R.*; Brown, C. M.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2021,
12, 2699–2715.
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94. Continuous dimethyldioxirane generation for polymer epoxidation
Ahlqvist, G. P.; Burke, E. G.; Johnson, J. A.*; Jamison, T. F.*
Polym. Chem. 2021,
12, 489–493.
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93. Molecularly tunable polyanions for single-ion conductors and poly(solvate ionic liquids)
Zhang, W.†; Feng, S.†; Huang, M.; Qiao, B.; Shigenobu, K.; Giordano, L.; Lopez, J.; Tatara, R.; Ueno, K.; Dokko, K.; Watanabe, M.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Mater. 2021,
33, 524–534.
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92. Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics
Shieh, P.; Zhang, W.; Husted, K. E. L.; Kristufek, S. L.; Xiong, B.; Lundberg, D. J.; Lem, J.; Veysset, D.; Sun, Y.; Nelson, K. A.; Plata, D. L.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nature 2020,
583, 542–547.
Selected Highlights:
"A new polymer keeps its strength with added degradability." C&E News 2020,
98 (29).
"Chemists make tough plastics recyclabe." MIT News 2020,
July 22nd.
"Planet plastic: LSST’s SU President and Deputy CEO probe MIT researchers on making ‘unrecyclable’ plastics recyclable." London School of Science and Technology News 2020,
August 11th.
"Additive eases thermoset recycling." Chemical Processing Magazine 2020,
August 24th.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"A comonomer strategy for triggered degradation and re/upcycling of high-performance thermoset plastics." ChemRxiv 2019,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.11328242.v1.
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91. Pro-organic radical contrast agents (“pro-ORCAs”) for real-time MRI of pro-drug activation in biological systems
Nguyen, H. V.-T.†; Detappe, A.†; Harvey, P; Gallagher, N. M.; Mathieu, C.; Agius, M. P.; Zavidij, O.; Wang, W.; Jiang, Y.; Rajca, A.; Jasanoff, A.; Ghobrial, I. M.; Ghoroghchian, P. P.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Polym. Chem. 2020,
11, 4768–4779.
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90. Quantitative mapping of molecular substituents to macroscopic properties enables predictive design of oligoethyleneglycol-based lithium electrolytes
Qiao, B.†; Mohapatra, S.†; Lopez, J.; Leverick, G. M.; Tatara, R.; Shibuya, Y.; Jiang, Y.; France-Lanord, A.; Grossman, J. C.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Shao-Horn, Y.
ACS Cent. Sci. 2020,
6, 1115–1128.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Quantitative mapping of molecular substituents to macroscopic properties enables predictive design of oligoethyleneglycol-based lithium electrolytes." ChemRxiv 2020,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.12152820.v1.
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89. ABC triblock bottlebrush copolymer-based injectable hydrogels: design, synthesis, and application to expanding the therapeutic index of cancer immunochemotherapy
Vohidov, F.†; Milling, L. E.†; Chen, Q.; Zhang, W.; Bhagchandani, S.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Irvine, D. J.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2020,
11, 5974–5986.
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88. Toward designing highly conductive polymer electrolyte by machine learning assisted coarse-grained molecular dynamics
Wang, Y.*; Xie, T.; France-Lanord, A.; Berkley, A.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Grossman, J. C.*
Chem. Mater. 2020,
32, 4144–4151.
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87. Polymer networks: from plastics and gels to porous frameworks
Gu, Y.†; Zhao, J.†; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020,
59, 5022–5049.
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86. An N-heterocyclic carbene derived distonic radical cation
Gallagher, N. M.; Ye, H.-Z.; Feng, S.; Lopez, J.; Zhu, Y.; Van Voorhis, T.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Ind. Ed. 2020,
59, 3952–3955.
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85. Photoswitchable sol–gel transitions and catalysis mediated by polymer networks with coumarin-decorated Cu24L24 metal–organic cages as junctions
Oldenhuis, N. J.; Qin, K. P.; Wang, S.; Ye, H.-Z.; Alt, E. A.; Willard, A. P.; Van Voorhis, T.; Craig, S. L.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020,
59, 2784–2792.
ChemRxiv Preprint:
"Polymer metal-organic cage gels based on Cu24L24 cuboctahedra: design, synthesis, and additive manufacturing enabled by three-state photoswitching." ChemRxiv 2019,
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.9162299.v2.
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84. The effect of chemical variations in the structure of poly(ethylene oxide)-based polymers on lithium transport in concentrated electrolytes
France-Lanord, A.; Wang, Y.; Xie, T.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Grossman, J. C.
Chem. Mater. 2020,
1, 121–126.
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83. FSI-inspired solvent and “full fluorosulfonyl” electrolyte for 4V-class lithium-metal batteries
Xue, W.; Shi, Z.; Huang, M.; Feng, S.; Wang, C.; Wang, F.; Lopez, J.; Qiao, B.; Xu, G.; Zhang, W.; Dong, Y.; Gao, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*; Li, J.*
Energy Environ. Sci. 2020,
13, 212–220.
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82. Tailored silyl ether monomers enable backbone-degradable polynorbornene-based linear, bottlebrush, and star copolymers through ROMP
Shieh, P.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Chem. 2019,
11, 1124–1132.
Selected Highlights:
"New synthesis method yields degradable polymers." MIT News 2019,
October 28th.
"New synthesis method yields degradable polymers." Phys.org 2019,
October 28th.
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81. Molecular design of stable sulfamide- and sulfonamide-based electrolytes for aprotic Li-O2 batteries
Feng, S.*†; Huang, M.†; Lamb, J. R.; Zhang, W.; Tatara, R.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Y. G.; Perkinson, C. F.; Johnson, J. A.*; Shao-Horn, Y.
Chem 2019,
5, 2630–2641.
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80. Modular polymer antigens to optimize immunity
Bennett, N. R.; Jarvis, C. M.; Murshid Alam, M.; Zwick, D. B.; Olson, J. M.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Johnson, J. A.; Cook, M. E.; Kiessling, L. L.*
Biomacromolecules 2019,
20, 4370–4379.
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79. Antibody targeting of ultra-small nanoparticles enhances imaging sensitivity and enables longitudinal tracking of multiple myeloma
Detappe, A.; Reidy, M.; Yu, Y.; Mathieu, C.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Coroller, T. P.; Lam, F.; Jarolim, P.; Harvey, P.; Protti, A.; Nguyen, Q.-D.; Johnson, J. A.; Cremilleux, Y.; Tillement, O.; Ghobrial, I. M.*; Ghoroghchian, P. P.*
Nanoscale 2019,
11, 20485–20496.
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78. PolyMOF nanoparticles: dual roles of a multivalent polyMOF ligand in size control and surface functionalization
Gu, Y.†; Huang, M.†; Zhang, W.†; Pearson, M. A.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019,
58, 16676–16681.
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77. BigSMILES: A structurally-based line notation for describing macromolecules
Lin, T.-S.; Coley, C. W.; Mochigase, H.; Beech, H. K.; Wang, W.; Wang, Z.; Woods, E.; Craig, S. L.; Johnson, J. A.; Kalow, J. A.; Jensen, K. F.; Olsen B. D.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2019,
5, 1523–1531.
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76. Design of S-substituted Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonamide Tagged (S-FAST) anions to enable new solvate ionic liquids for battery applications
Huang, M.†; Feng, S.†; Zhang, W.; Lopez, J.; Qiao, B.; Tatara, R.; Giordano, L.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Mater. 2019,
31, 7558–7564.
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75. Extending the phantom network theory to account for cooperative effect of defects
Lin, T.-S.; Wang, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
Macromol. Symp. 2019,
385, 1900010-1–12.
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74. Counting loops in sidechain-crosslinked polymers from elastic solids to single-chain nanoparticles
Wang, J.; Wang, R.; Gu, Y.; Sourakov, A.; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Sci. 2019,
10, 5332–5337.
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73. A (macro)molecular-level understanding of polymer network topology
Gu. Y.†; Zhao, J.†; Johnson, J. A.*
Trends Chem. 2019,
1, 318–334.
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72. Polyoxazoline macromonomers for ROMP: synthesis, functionalization, and application as nitroxide-based organic radical contrast agents
Gil Alvaradejo, G.†; Nguyen, H. V.-T.†; Harvey, P.; Gallagher, N. M.; Le, D.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Jasanoff, A.; Delaittre, G.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2019,
8, 473–478.
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71. Visible-light-mediated, additive-free, and open-to-air controlled radical polymerization of acrylates and acrylamides
Lamb, J. R.; Qin, K. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
Polym. Chem. 2019,
10, 1585–1590.
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70. Revisiting the elasticity theory for real Gaussian phantom networks
Lin, T.-S.; Wang, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
Macromolecules 2019,
52, 1685–1694.
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69. Robust gold nanorods stabilized by bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene-thiolate ligands
MacLeod, M. J.; Goodman, A. J.; Ye, H.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Van Voorhis, T.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Chem. 2019,
11, 57–63.
Selected Highlights:
"Surface anchors target golden bullets." Nature Chemistry New & Views 2019,
11, 20–22.
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68. Brush-first ROMP of poly(ethylene oxide) macromonomers of varied length: impact of polymer architecture on thermal behavior and Li+ conductivity
Shibuya, Y.; Tatara, R.; Jiang, Y.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Polym. Sci. A 2019,
57, 448–455.
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67. Brush-first and ROMP-out with functional (macro)monomers: method development, structural investigations, and applications of an expanded brush-arm star polymer platform
Golder, M. R.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Grundler, J.; Park, E. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2018,
51, 9861–9870.
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66. Triply loaded nitroxide brush-arm star polymers enable metal-free millimetric tumor detection by magnetic resonance imaging
Nguyen, H. V.-T.†; Detappe, A.†; Gallagher, N. M.; Zhang, H.; Harvey, P.; Yan, C.; Mathieu, C.; Golder, M. R.; Jiang, Y.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Jasanoff, A.; Rajca, A.; Ghobrial, I. M.; Ghoroghchian, P. P.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Nano 2018,
12, 11343–11354.
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65. Leaving groups as traceless topological modifiers for the synthesis of topologically isomeric polymer networks
Gu, Y.; Schauenburg, D.; Bode, J. W.*; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,
140, 14033–14037.
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64. Reduction of (meth)acrylate-based block copolymers provides access to self-assembled materials with ultrasmall domains
Zhang, W.; Huang, M.; Al-Abdullatif, S.; Chen, M.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2018,
51, 6757–6763.
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63. Hot lithium-oxygen batteries charge ahead
Feng, S.; Lunger, J. R.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.*
Science 2018,
361, 758.
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62. Reduction of liver fibrosis by rationally designed macromolecular telmisartan prodrugs
Golder, M. R.†; Liu, J.†; Andersen, J. N.; Shipitsin, M. V.; Vohidov, F.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Ehrlich, D. C.; Huh, S. J.; Vangamudi, B.; Economides, K. D.; Neenan, A. M.; Ackley, J. C.; Baddour, J.; Paramasivan, S.; Brady, S. W.; Held, E. J.; Reiter, L. A.; Saucier-Sawyer, J. K.; Kopesky, P. W.; Chickering, D. E.; Blume-Jensen, P.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Biomed. Eng. 2018,
2, 822–830.
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61. Polymers at the interface with biology
Deming, T. J.*; Klok, H.-A.*; Armes, S. P.; Becker, M. L.; Champion, J. C.; Chen, E. Y.-X.; Heilshorn, S. C.; van Hest, J. C.-M.; Irvine, D. J.; Johnson, J. A.; Kiessling, L. L.; Maynard, H. D.; Olvera de la Cruz, M.; Sullivan, M. O.; Tirrell, M. V.; Anseth, K. S.; Lecommandoux, S.; Percec, S.; Zhong, Z.; Albertsson, A.C.
Biomacromolecules 2018,
19, 3151–3162.
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60. Photoswitching topology in polymer networks with metal-organic cages as crosslinks
Gu, Y.; Alt, E. A.; Wang, H.; Li, X.; Willard, A. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nature 2018,
560, 65–69.
Selected Highlights:
"Light-controlled polymers can switch between sturdy and soft." MIT News 2018,
July 18th.
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59. Supramolecular recognition of anions enhances conductivity and transference number of lithium in liquid electrolytes
Qiao, B.*; Leverick, G. M.; Zhao, W.; Flood, A. H.; Johnson, J. A.*; Shao-Horn, Y.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,
140, 10932–10936.
Selected Highlights:
"Supramolecular complex liberates lithium." C&E News 2018,
96 (30).
"Supramolecular recognition increases battery electrolyte conductivity." JACS Spotlights 2018,
140, 10383-10384.
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58. Templated self-assembly of a PS-branch-PDMS bottlebrush copolymer
Cheng, L.; Gadelrab, K.; Kawamoto, K.; Yager, K.; Johnson, J. A.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Ross, C. A.
Nano Lett. 2018,
18, 4360–4369.
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57. Janus graft block copolymers: design of polymer architecture for independently tuned nanostructures and polymer properties
Guo, Z.; Le, A. N.; Feng, X.; Choo, Y.; Liu, B.; Wang, D.; Wan, Z.; Gu, Y.; Zhao, J.; Li, V.; Osuji, C.; Johnson, J. A.*; Zhong, M.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018,
57, 8493–8497.
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56. Sub-10 nm self-assembly of mesogen-containing grafted macromonomers and their bottlebrush polymers
Rokhlenko, Y.†; Kawamoto, K.†; Johnson, J. A.*; Osuji, C. O.*
Macromolecules 2018,
51, 3680–3690.
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55. Main-chain-zwitterionic supramolecular polymers derived from N–heterocyclic carbene carbodiimide (NHC–CDI) adducts
Gallagher, N. M.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2018,
51, 3006–3016.
Selected Highlights:
"Supramolecular polymers with a zwitterionic backbone." Synfacts 2018,
14, 0699.
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54. Scalable synthesis of multivalent macromonomers for ROMP
Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Gallagher, N. M.; Vohidov, F.; Jiang, Y.; Kawamoto, K.; Zhang, H.; Park, J. V.; Huang, Z.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Rajca, A.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2018,
7, 472–476.
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53. Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tagged (FAST) salts: modular synthesis and structure–property relationships for battery applications
Huang, M.; Feng, S.; Zhang, W.; Giordano, L.; Chen, M.; Amanchukwu, C.; Anandakathir, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Energy Environ. Sci. 2018,
11, 1326–1334.
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52. Counting secondary loops is required for accurate prediction of end-linked network elasticity
Wang, J.; Lin, T.-S.; Gu, Y.; Wang, R.; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2018,
7, 244–249.
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51. Stereochemical sequence dictates unimolecular diblock copolymer assembly
Golder, M. R.†; Jiang, Y.†; Teichen, P. E.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Wang, W.; Milos, N.; Freedman, S. A.; Willard, A. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,
140, 1596–1599.
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50. Topological structure of networks formed from symmetric four-arm precursors
Lin, T.-S.; Wang, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
Macromolecules 2018,
51, 1224–1231.
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49. Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation for quantification of the gel point of polymer networks
Wang, R.; Lin, T.-S.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2017,
6, 1414–1419.
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48. Mapping a stable solvent structure landscape for aprotic Li–air battery organic electrolytes
Feng, S.†; Chen, M.†; Giordano, L.; Huang, M.; Zhang, W.; Amanchukwu, C. V.; Anandakathir, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.*; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Mater. Chem. A 2017,
5, 23987–23998.
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47. Mikto-brush-arm star polymers via cross-linking of dissimilar bottlebrushes: synthesis and solution morphologies
Shibuya, Y.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2017,
6, 963–968.
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46. Block co-polyMOFs: assembly of polymer-polyMOF hybrids via iterative exponential growth and 'click' chemistry
MacLeod, M. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Polym. Chem. 2017,
8, 4488–4493.
Selected Highlights:
"Paper of the month" Polymer Chemistry Blog. 2017,
August 22nd.
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45. Nitroxide-based macromolecular contrast agents with unprecedented transverse relaxivity and stability for magnetic resonance imaging of tumors
Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Chen, Q.; Paletta, J. T.; Harvey, P.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Boska, M. D.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Jasanoff, A.; Rajca, A.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2017,
3, 800–811.
Selected Highlights:
"Metal-free MRI contrast agent could be safer for some patients" MIT News 2017,
July 12th.
"Building a better magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent using macromolecular architecture" ACS Cent. Sci. 2017,
3, 820-822.
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44. Semibatch monomer addition as a general method to tune and enhance the mechanics of polymer networks via loop-defect control
Gu, Y.; Kawamoto, K.; Zhong, M.; Chen, M.; Hore, M. J.A.; Jordan, A. M.; Korley, L. T.J.; Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2017,
114, 4875–4880.
Selected Highlights:
"New strategy produces stronger polymers" MIT News 2017,
April 24th.
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43. Odd–even effect of junction functionality on the topology and elasticity of polymer networks
Wang, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Olsen, B. D.*
Macromolecules 2017,
50, 2556–2564.
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42. Logic-controlled radical polymerization with heat and light: multiple-stimuli switching of polymer chain growth via a recyclable, thermally responsive, gel photoredox catalyst
Chen, M.; Deng, S.; Gu, Y.; Lin, J.; MacLeod, M. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017,
139, 2257–2266.
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41. Photo-regeneration of severed gel with iniferter-mediated photo-growth
Singh, A.; Kuksenok, O.; Johnson, J. A.; Balazs, A. C.*
Soft Matter 2017,
13, 1978–1987.
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40. Living additive manufacturing: transformation of parent gels into diversely functionalized daughter gels made possible by visible light photoredox catalysis
Chen, M.†; Gu, Y.†; Singh, A.; Zhong, M.; Jordan, A. M.; Biswas, S.; Korley, L. T.J.; Balazs, A. C.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Cent. Sci. 2017,
3, 124–134.
Selected Highlights:
"Living additive manufacturing" ACS Cent. Sci. 2017,
3, 95-96.
"Technique enables adaptable 3-D printing" MIT News 2017,
January 13th.
"New 'living additive manufacturing' technique enables fusion, chemical alteration of 3D printed materials" 3Ders.org 2017,
January 13th.
"MIT chemists develop new technique that enables adaptable 3D printing" Azo Materials 2017,
January 16th.
"3D printing technique lets you change an object's colour using light" Wired Magazine 2017,
January 17th.
"MIT develops 3-D printing 'undo' option" The Christian Science Monitor 2017,
January 18th.
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39. Star polyMOCs with diverse structures, dynamics, and functions by three-component assembly
Wang, Y.; Gu, Y.; Keeler, E. G.; Park, J.; Griffin, R. G.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017,
56, 188–192.
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38. Alkene metathesis-based polymerizations
Liu, J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Science of Synthesis: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalytic Organic Synthesis 2016,
2, 99-126. (Book Chapter)
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37. Using an RNAi signature assay to guide the design of three-drug conjugated nanoparticles with validated mechanisms, in vivo efficacy, and low toxicity
Barnes, J. C.†; Bruno, P. M.†; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Liao, L.; Liu, J.; Hemann, M. T.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,
138, 12494-12501.
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Selected Highlights:
"High-capacity nanoparticle" MIT News 2016,
September 14th.
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36. Quantifying the impact of molecular defects on polymer network elasticity
Zhong, M.†; Wang, R.†; Kawamoto, K.†; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Science 2016,
353, 1264-1268.
Selected Highlights:
"New theory overcomes a longstanding polymer problem" MIT News 2016,
September 15th.
"New theory overcomes a longstanding polymer problem" Chemeurope.com 2016,
September 20th.
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35. Polymer structure dependent hierarchy in polyMOC gels
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Zhao, J.; Zhong, M.; Keeler, E. G.; Alt, E. A.; Teichen, P.; Griffin, R. G.; Hore, M. J. A.; Willard, A. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2016,
49, 6896-6902.
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34. Graft-through synthesis and assembly of Janus bottlebrush polymers from A-branch-B diblock macromonomers
Kawamoto, K.; Zhong, M.; Gadelrab, K. R.; Cheng, L.-C.; Ross, C. A.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,
138, 11501-11504.
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33. Block co-polyMOCs by stepwise self-assembly
Wang, Y.; Zhong, M.; Park, J. V.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,
138, 10708-10715.
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32. Iterative exponential growth synthesis and assembly of uniform diblock copolymers
Jiang, Y.; Golder, M. R.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Wang, Y.; Zhong, M.; Barnes, J. C.; Ehrlich, D. J. C.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,
138, 9369-9372.
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31. Reactions of persistent carbenes with hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Mavros, M. J.; K.T. Queeney; Wu, T.; Van Voorhis, T.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,
138, 8639–8652.
Selected Highlights:
"N-heterocyclic carbenes aminate silicon surfaces" C&E News 2016,
946, 10.
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30. Universal cyclic topology in polymer networks
Wang, R.; Alexander-Katz, A.; Johnson, J. A.*; Olsen, B. D.*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2016,
1166, 188302-1-5.
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29. Tailoring the structure of polymer networks with iniferter-mediated photo-growth
Singh, A.; Kuksenok, O.; Johnson, J. A.*; Balazs, A. C.*
Polym. Chem. 2016,
76, 2955-2964.
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28. Light-controlled living radical polymerization: mechanisms, methods, and applications
Chen, M.†; Zhong, M.†; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Rev. 2016,
116, 10167-10211.
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27. Highly branched and loop-rich gels via formation of metal-organic cages linked by polymers
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Zhong, M.; Keeler, E. G.; Michaelis, V. K.; Sun, J. E.P.; Hore, M. J. A.; Pochan, D. J.; Griffin, R. G.; Willard, A. P.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Chem. 2016,
8, 33–41.
Selected Highlights:
"Hybrid material flexes its muscles" Chemical and Engineering Progress 2015,
111, 7.
"Metal-organic networks go elastic" C&E News 2015,
93, 27.
"Chemists create adaptable metallic-cage gels" MIT News 2015,
November 17th.
"Chemists create adaptable metallic-cage gels" Chemeurope.com 2015,
November 20th.
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26. Loops versus branch functionality in model click hydrogels
Kawamoto, K.; Zhong, M.; Wang, R.; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2015,
48, 8980–8988.
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25. Carbene ligands in surface chemistry: from stabilization of discrete elemental allotropes to modification of nanoscale and bulk substrates
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; MacLeod, M. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Rev. 2015,
115, 11503–11532.
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24. Iterative exponential growth of stereo- and sequence-controlled polymers
Barnes, J. C.; Ehrlich, D. J.-C.; Gao, A. X.; Leibfarth, F. A.; Jiang, Y.; Zhou, E.; Jamison, T. F.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nat. Chem. 2015,
7, 810-815.
Selected Highlights:
"Iterative Exponential Growth of Stereo- and Sequence-Controlled Polymers" Synfacts 2016,
12, 0037.
"Click chemistry creates precision polymers" RSC Chemistry World 2015,
September 8th.
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23. Scalable synthesis of sequence-defined, unimolecular macromolecules by Flow-IEG
Leibfarth, F. A.; Johnson, J. A.*; Jamison, T. F.*
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015,
112, 10617-10622.
Selected Highlights:
"Semiautomated Route to Defined Polymers" C&E News 2015,
93, 5.
"Automated Flow Technique Makes Length- And Sequence-Specific Polymers" C&E@ACS Boston 2015,
August 19th.
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22. PEGylated N-heterocyclic carbene anchors designed to stabilize gold nanoparticles in biologically relevant media
MacLeod, M. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015,
137, 7974-7977.
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21. Visible-light-controlled living radical polymerization from a trithiocarbonate iniferter mediated by an organic photoredox catalyst
Chen, M.; MacLeod, M. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2015,
4, 566-569.
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20. Dual role for 1,2,4,5-tetrazines in polymer networks: combining Diels-Alder reactions and metal coordination to generate functional supramolecular gels
Kawamoto, K.; Grindy, S. C.; Liu, J.; Holten-Andersen, N.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2015,
4, 458-461.
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19. Improving photo-controlled living radical polymerization from trithiocarbonates through the use of continuous-flow techniques
Chen, M.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Commun. 2015,
51, 6742-6745.
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18. Cycloelimination of imidazolidin-2-ylidene N-heterocyclic carbenes: mechanism and insights into the synthesis of stable 'NHC-CDI' amidinates
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Geng, J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2015,
21, 5685-5688.
Selected Highlights:
"Cover Profile" Chem. Eur. J. 2015,
21, 5649.
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17. Redox responsive branched bottlebrush polymers for in vivo MRI and fluorescence imaging
Sowers, M. A.; McCombs, J. R.; Wang, Y.; Paletta, J. T.; Morton, S. W.; Dreaden, E. C.; Boska, M. D.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Hammond, P. T.; Rajca, A.; Johnson, J. A.*
Nature Commun. 2014,
5, 1-9, doi: 10.1038/ncomms6460.
Selected Highlights:
"Two Sensors In One" MIT News 2014,
November 18th.
"Organic, Non-toxic Sensor Allows Dual MRI and Fluorescent Imaging" NIH NIBIB Science Highlight 2015,
March 2nd.
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16. Photo-responsive hydrogels for adaptive membranes
Díaz Díaz, D.*; Johnson, J. A.
Smart Membranes and Sensors 2014,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Book Chapter)
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15. Synthesis of acid-labile PEG and PEG-doxorubicin-conjugate nanoparticles via brush-first ROMP
Gao, A. X.; Liao, L.; Johnson, J. A.*
ACS Macro Lett. 2014,
3, 854-857.
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14. Crossover experiments applied to network formation reactions: improved strategies for counting elastically inactive molecular defects in PEG gels and hyperbranched polymers
Zhou, H.; Schön, E.-M.; Wang, M.; Glassman, M. J.; Liu, J.; Zhong, M.; Díaz, D. D.; Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014,
136, 9464-9470.
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13. A convergent synthetic platform for single-nanoparticle combination cancer therapy: ratiometric loading and controlled released of cisplatin, doxorubicin, and camptothecin
Liao, L.; Liu, J.; Dreaden, E. C.; Morton, S. W.; Shopsowitz, K. E.; Hammond, P. T.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014,
136, 5896-5899.
Selected Highlights:
"Nanoparticles Deliver Three Cancer Drugs to Tumors" C&E News 2014,
19, 9.
"Nanoparticles Serve Up Calibrated Cocktails To Treat Cancer" JACS Spotlights 2014,
136, 6511.
"Targeting Cancer with a Triple Threat" MIT News 2014,
April 15th.
"Trois Anticancéreux Dans Une Nanoparticule" Le Monde 2014,
April 21st.
"New Nanoparticles Can Deliver Three Cancer Drugs at Once" Business Standard 2014,
April 16th.
"Super Cancer-fighting Nanoparticle Built Like a Lego Set" Qmed 2014,
April 15th.
"Nanoparticles Deliver Three Cancer Drugs at Once" I. F. L. S. 2014,
April 15th.
"Drug-delivering Nanoparticles Pose a Triple Threat to Cancer" Gizmag 2014,
April 16th.
"MIT researchers create polymer nanoparticle for cancer drug delivery" in-Pharma Technologist.com 2014,
May 15th.
"Revolutionary Nanoparticle Based Drug Delivery - Targeted Cancer Therapeutics Interview" SelectScience 2014,
June 10th.
"Targeting cancer with a triple threat: new nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once" ScienceDaily 2014,
April 15th.
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12. Brush-first synthesis of core-photodegradable miktoarm star polymers via ROMP: towards photoresponsive self-assemblies
Burts, A. O.; Gao. A. X.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromol. Rap. Commun. 2014,
35, 168-173.
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11. Brush-first and click: efficient synthesis of nanoparticles that degrade and release doxorubicin in response to light
Burts, A. O.; Liao, L.; Lu, Y. Y.; Tirrell, D. A.; Johnson, J. A.*
Photochem. Photobiol. 2014,
90, 380-385.
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10. Particles without a box: brush-first synthesis of photodegradable PEG star polymers under ambient conditions
Liu, J.; Gao, A. X.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Vis. Exp. 2013, (80),
e50874, doi:10.3791/50874.
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9. Synthesis of model network hydrogels via tetrazine-olefin inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition
Cok, A. M.; Zhou, H.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromol. Symp. 2013,
329, 108-112.
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8. Addressable carbene anchors for gold surfaces
Zhukhovitskiy, A. V.; Mavros, M. G.; Van Voorhis, T.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013,
135, 7418-7421.
Selected Highlights:
"Carbene For Gold Surfaces" C&E News: News of the Week 2013,
91, 11.
"A New Kind of Chemical Glue" MIT News 2013,
May 29th.
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7. Photo-controlled growth of telechelic polymers and end-linked polymer gels
Zhou, H.; Johnson, J. A.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013,
52, 2235-2238.
Selected Highlights:
"Polymer Chemistry: Rooftop Reactions" Nature Chemistry 2013,
5, 366-368.
"Light Makes Pores in Polymer Gel Bigger" Materials 360 2013,
May 15th.
"Pores for Thought: Just Shine a Light" Spectroscopy NOW 2013,
February 15th.
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6. Reply to Stadler: combining network disassembly spectrometry with rheology/spectroscopy
Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013,
110, E1973.
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5. Application of 1H DOSY for facile measurement of polymer molecular weights
Li, W.; Chung, H.; Daeffler, C.; Johnson, J. A.*; Grubbs, R. H.*
Macromolecules 2012,
45, 9595-9603.
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4. Counting primary loops in polymer gels
Zhou, H.; Woo, J.; Cok, A. M.; Wang, M.; Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.*
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2012,
109, 19119-19124.
Selected Highlights:
"Polymer Chemistry: Wasted Loops Quantified" Nature 2013,
493, 172-173.
"Counting Loops in Gels" Nature 2012,
491, 304-305.
"A Step Toward Stronger Polymers" MIT News 2012,
November 5th.
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3. "Brush-first" method for the parallel synthesis of photocleavable, nitroxide-labeled PEG star polymers
Liu, J.; Burts, A. O.; Li, Y.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. Z.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Turro, N. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,
134, 16337-16344.
Selected Highlights:
"Synthesis of Photocleavable Star Polymers by the 'Brush-First' Method" Synfacts 2012,
8, 1321.
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2. Using EPR To compare PEG-branch-nitroxide 'bivalent-brush polymers' and traditional PEG bottle-brush polymers: branching makes a difference
Burts, A. O.; Li, Y.; Zhukhovitskiy, A. Z.; Patel, P. R.; Grubbs, R. H.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Turro, N. J.; Johnson, J. A.*
Macromolecules 2012,
45, 8310-8318.
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1. EPR study of spin-labeled brush polymers in organic solvents
Xia, Y.; Li, Y.; Burts, A. O.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Tirell, D. A.; Johnson, J. A.*; Turro, N. J.*; Grubbs, R. H.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011,
133, 19953-19959.
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Selected Publications Prior to MIT:
“Core-clickable PEG-branch-azide bivalent-bottle-brush polymers by ROMP: grafting-through and clicking-to.”
Johnson, J. A.; Lu, Y.-Y.; Burts, A. O.; Lim, Y.-H.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.; Tirrell, D. A.; Grubbs, R. H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011,
133, 559-566.
“Drug-loaded, bivalent-bottle-brush polymers by graft-through ROMP.”
Johnson, J. A.; Lu, Y. Y.; Burts, A. O.; Xia, Y.; Durrell, A. C.; Tirrell, D. A.; Grubbs, R. H.
Macromolecules 2010,
43, 10326-10335.
“Residue-specific incorporation of non-canonical amino acids into proteins: recent developments and applications.”
Johnson, J. A.; Lu, Y. Y.; Van Deventer, J. A.; Tirrell, D. A.
Curr. Opion. Chem. Biol. 2010,
14, 774-780.
“Copper-free click chemistry for the in situ crosslinking of photodegradable star polymers.”
Johnson, J. A.; Baskin, J. M.; Bertozzi, C. R.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.
Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.) 2008, 3064-3066.
“Construction of linear polymers, dendrimers, networks, and other polymeric architectures by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition click chemistry.”
Johnson, J. A.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008,
29, 1052-1072.
“Synthesis of photocleavable linear macromonomers by ATRP, and star macromonomers by a tandem ATRP-click reaction: precursors to photodegradable model networks.”
Johnson, J. A.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.
Macromolecules 2007,
40, 3589-3598.
“Synthesis of degradable model networks via ATRP and click chemistry.”
Johnson, J. A.; Lewis, D. R.; Diaz, D. D.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006,
128, 6564-6565.