Polymer Network Dynamics

Whitaker, D.J.; Park, J.; Ueda, C.; Wu, G.; Harada, A.; Matsuba, G.; Takashima, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Water Content and Guest Size Dictate the Mechanical Properties of Cyclodextrin Mediated Hydrogels," Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 5127-5134. (read here)

Huang, Z.; Chen, X.; O'Neill, S.; Wu, G.; Whitaker, D.J.; Li, J.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Highly Compressible Glass-like Supramolecular Polymer Networks," Nat. Mater., 2022, 21, 103-109. (read here)

Huang, Z.; Chen, X.; Wu, G.; Metrangolo, P.; Whitaker, D.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. “Host- Enhanced Phenyl-Perfluorophenyl Polar-π Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 7356–7361. (read here)

McCune, J.A.; Mommer, S.; Parkins, C.C; Scherman, O.A. "Design Principles for Aqueous Interactive Materials: Lessons from Small Molecules and Stimuli-Responsive Systems", Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1906890. (read here)

Barrio, J.; Liu, J.; Brady, R.A.; Tan, C.S.; Chiodini, S.; Ricci, M.; Fernández-Leiro, R.; Tsai, C.J.; Vasileiadi, P.; Michele, L.D.; Lairez, D.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Emerging Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Cucurbit[8]uril Complexes: From Supramolecular Polymers to Nanofibers", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 14021–14025. (read here)

Hu, C.; Liu, J.; Wu, Y.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril-Regulated Colloidal Dispersions Exhibiting Photocontrolled Rheological Behavior", Small, 2018, 14, 1703352. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Biedermann, F.; Hoogland, D.; del Barrio, J.; Driscoll, M.D.; Hay, S.; Wales, D.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Decoupled Associative and Dissociative Processes in Strong Yet Highly Dynamic Host-Guest Complexes", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12985–12993. (read here)

Tan, C.S.Y.; Agmon, G.; Liu, J.; Hoogland, D.; Janeček, E.R.; Appel, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Distinguishing Relaxation Dynamics in Transiently Crosslinked Polymeric Networks", Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 5336–5343. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Forster, R.A.; Koutsioubas, A.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Activation Energies Control the Macroscopic Properties of Physically Cross-Linked Materials", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 10038–10043. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Loh, X.J.; Jones, S.T.; Dreiss, C.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Sustained Release of Proteins from High-Water-Content Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogels", Biomaterials, 2012, 33, 4646–4652. (read here)