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THE ROWAN GROUP

LABORATORY FOR SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS

 

Blayne McKenzie

  Blayne McKenzie  
Education:

B.S. in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004

Hometown:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Semester Entered:

Fall 2004

Research Interests:

Complex Polymer Architectures, Metallo-Responsive Liquid-Crystalline Polymers

Other Interests:

Hockey!

Publications and Presentations:
  1. McKenzie, Blayne M.; Miller, Adriane K.; Wojtecki, Rudy J.; Johnson, J. Casey; Burke, Kelly A.; Tzeng, Karis A.; Mather, Patrick T.; Rowan, Stuart J. Improved synthesis of functionalized mesogenic 2,6-bisbenzimidazolylpyridine ligands. Submitted.
  2. McKenzie, Blayne M.; Rowan, Stuart J. Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers, Networks, and Gels. In Molecular Recognition and Polymers: Control of Polymer Structure and Self-Assembly; Rotello, V.; Thayumanavan, S., Ed.; Wiley: New York, in press.
  3. McKenzie, Blayne M.; Burke, Kelly A.; Mather, Patrick A.; Rowan, Stuart J. “Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers with Interesting Architectures.” Poster presented at: The Young Giants of Chemistry - A Scientific Meeting in Celebration of the 65th Birthday and Knighthood of Sir J. Fraser Stoddart. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2007.
  4. McKenzie, Blayne M.; Rowan, Stuart J. Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers. In The Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry; Atwood, J. L.; Steed, J. W., Eds.; Taylor and Francis: New York, http://www.dekker.com/sdek/issues~content=t7131729 76~db=enc.
  5. McKenzie, Blayne M.; Burke, Kelly A.; Mather, Patrick A.; Rowan, Stuart J. “Progress Toward Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers with Interesting Architectures and Functionalities.” Poster presented at: ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Biennial Meeting. Key Biscayne, Florida. 2006.
  6. Burke, Kelly A.; Sivakova, Sona; McKenzie, Blayne M.; Mather, Patrick T.; Rowan, Stuart J. Effect of stoichiometry on liquid crystalline supramolecular polymers formed with complementary nucleobase pair interactions. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2006), 44(17), 5049-5059.
  7. Pintauer, Tomislav; McKenzie, Blayne; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof. Toward structural and mechanistic understanding of transition metal-catalyzed atom transfer radical processes. In Advances in Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization, ACS Symposium Series (854), 2003, 130-147.
  8. Sarbu, Traian; Pintauer, Tomislav; McKenzie, Blayne; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof. Atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene in toluene/water mixtures. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2002), 40(18), 3153-3160.