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THE ROWAN GROUP

LABORATORY FOR SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS

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  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. Kumar, A.M.S.; Fox, J.D.; Marchant, R.E.; Rowan, S.J. Controlling the Growth of a Surface-Aided Supramolecular Assembly: H-Bonding vs. Alkyl Interactions submitted.
  4. Weng, W.; Jamieson, A.M.; Rowan, S.J. Control of Gel Morphology of a Class of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers by Adjusting Solvent Quality in preparation.
  5. Burnworth, M.; Mendez, J.D.; Schroeter, M.; Rowan, S.J.; Weder, C. Decoupling Optical Properties in Metallo-Supramolecular Poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s Macromolecules 2008 in press.
  6. Capadona, J.R.; Shanmuganathan, K.; Tyler D.J.; Rowan S.J.; Weder, C. Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites Inspired by the Sea Cucumber Dermis Science 2008, 319, 1370-1374.
  7. Kumar, A.M.S.; Sivakova, S.; Fox, J.D.; Marchant, R.E.; Rowan, S.J. Molecular Engineering of New Supramolecular Scaffold Coatings that Can Reduce Static Platelet Adhesion J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 1477-1487.
  8. L. Bava, L.; D.L. Feke, D.L. Manas-Zloczower, I.; Rowan, S.J. Control of Particle Cluster Dispersion using Responsive Polymeric Additives J. Coll. Interface Sci. 2008 319, 160-168.
  9. Rowan, S.J.; Mather, P.T. Struc. Bond. Supramolecular Interactions in the Formation of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers in press.
  10. Capadona, J.R.; van den Berg, O.; Capadona, L.A.; Schroeter, M.; Rowan S.J., Tyler D.J.; Weder, C. Self-Assembled Nanofiber Templates: A Versatile Approach for the Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites Nature Nanotech. 2007, 2, 765-769.
  11. Burnworth M., Rowan S.J., Weder C. Fluorescent Sensors for the Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 7828-7836
  12. Weng, W.; Jamieson, A.M.; Rowan, S.J. Structural Origin of the Thixotropic Behavior of a Class of Metallosupramolecular Gels Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 7419-7431.
  13. Kumar, A.M.S.; Sivakova, S.; Marchant, R.E.; Rowan, S.J. Surface-Aided Supramolecular Polymerization: A Route to Controlled Nanoscale (<5 nm) Assemblies Small 2007, 3, 783-787.
  14. McKenzie, B.M.; Rowan, S.J. Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers, Encylcopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, in press.
  15. Burnworth, M.; Knapton, D.; Rowan, S.J.; Weder C. Metallo-Supramolecular Polymerization: A Route to Easy-To-Process Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2007, 17, 91-103.
  16. Weng, W.; Beck, J.B.; Jamieson, A.M.; Rowan, S.J. Understanding the Mechanism of Gelation and Stimuli-Responsive Nature of a Class of Metallo-supramolecular Gels J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 11663-11672.
  17. Knapton, D.; Burnworth, M.; Rowan, S.J.; Weder C. Fluorescent Organometallic Sensors for the Detection of Chemical Warfare Agent Mimics Angew. Chem. Int Ed. 2006, 45, 5825-5829.
  18. Burke, K.A.; Sivakova, S.; McKenzie, B.M.; Mather, P.T.; Rowan, S.J. Effect of Stoichiometry on Liquid Crystalline Supramolecular Polymers Formed with Complementary Nucleobase Pair Interactions J. Polym. Sci.: Part A: Polym. Chem. 2006, 44, 5049-5059.
  19. Knapton, D.; Iyer, P.; Rowan, S.J.; Weder C. Synthesis and Properties of Metallo-Supramolecular Poly(p-xylylene)s Macromolecules 2006, 39, 4069-4075.
  20. Beck, J. B.; Rowan, S.J. The Preparation of Metallo-supramolecular Polymers and Gels By Utilizing 2,6-Bis(1’-methyl-benzimidazolyl)pyridine/Metal Ion Interactions in Metal-Conatining and Metallosupramolecular Polymers and Materials Eds. Schubert, U.S.; Newkome, G.R.; Manners, I. ACS Symposium Series 928, Chapter 8, 97-112; American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2006.
  21. Knapton, D.; Weder C.; Rowan, S.J. Synthesis and Properties of Metallo-Supramolecular Poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s Macromolecules 2006, 39, 651-657.
  22. Sivakova, S.; Wu, J.; Campo, C.J.; Mather, P.T.; Rowan, S.J. Liquid Crystalline Supramolecular Polymers Formed Via Complementary Nucleobase Pair Interactions Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 446-456.
  23. Sivakova, S.; Bohnsack, D.A.; Suwanmala, P.; Mackay, M.E.; Rowan, S.J. Utilization of a Combination of Weak Hydrogen Bonding Interactions and Phase Segregation to Yield Highly Thermo-Sensitive Supramolecular Polymers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 18202-18211.
  24. Rowan, S.J. Metallomesogens Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4830-4832.
  25. Zhao, Y.; Dong, S.; Jamieson, A.M.; Hu, X.; Lal, J.; Nazarenko, S.; Rowan, S.J. Rheological Properties and Conformation of a Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polysiloxane Dissolved in a Nematic Solvent Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 5205-5213.
  26. Beck, J. B.; Ineman, J.M.; Rowan, S.J. Metal/Ligand-Induced Formation of Metallo-Supramolecular PolymersMacromolecules, 2005, 38, 5060-5068.
  27. Iyer, P.; Beck, J. B.; Rowan, S.J., Weder C. Synthesis and Optical Properties of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers, Chem. Comm. 2005, 319-321.
  28. Sivakova, S.; Rowan, S.J. Nucleobases as Supramolecular Motifs, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2005, 9-21.
  29. Beck, J. B.; Rowan, S.J. Metal-Ligand Induced Supramolecular Polymerization: A Route to Responsive Materials, Faraday Dis. 2005, 128, 43-53.
  30. Rowan, S.J.; Beck, J.B. Polymers with Intertwined Suprastructures and Interlocked Structures in Supramolecular Polymers Volume II, Ed. Ciferri, A. Marcel Dekker, New York, 2005.
  31. Zhao, Y.; Beck, J. B.; Rowan, S.J.; Jamieson, A.M. Rheological Behavior of Shear-Responsive Metallo-Supramolecular Gels, Macromolecules 2004, 37, 3529-3531.
  32. Beck, J.B.; Rowan, S.J. Multi-Stimuli, Multi-Responsive Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13922-13923.
  33. Sivakova, S., Rowan, S.J. Fluorescent supramolecular liquid crystalline polymers from nucleobase-terminated monomers Chem. Commun. 2003, 2428-2429.
  34. Rowan, S.J.; Suwanmala, P.; Sivakova, S. Nucleobase-Induced Supramolecular Polymerization in the Solid-State J. Polym. Sci.: Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 3589 – 3596.
  35. Stephens, C.H.; Yang, Y.; Islam, M. Chum, S.P.; Rowan, S.J.; Hiltner, A.; Baer, E. Characterization of Polyethylene with Partially Random Chlorine Substitution J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys 2003, 41, 2062-2070.
  36. Yang, H.; Islam, M.; Budde, C.; Rowan, S.J. ROMP as a Route to Controlled Copolymers of Ethylene and Polar Monomers: The Synthesis of Ethylene-Vinyl Chloride-Like Copolymers J. Polym. Sci.: Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 2107-2116.
  37. Rowan, S.J.; Stoddart J.F. Phosphonium Stoppered Rotaxanes: A New Route to the Daisy Chain Polyrotaxanes Polym. Advan. Technol. 2002, 13, 777-787.
  38. Rowan, S.J.; Cantrill, S.J.; Cousins, G.R.L.; Sanders, J.K.M.; Stoddart, J.F. Dynamic Covalent Chemistry Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 899-952.
  39. Beck, J.B.; Kokil, A.; Ray, D.; Rowan, S.J.; Weder, C. Facile Reduction of Poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-phenylene ethynylene)s ― An Efficient Route for the Synthesis of Poly(2,5-dialkoxyl-p-xylenes)s Macromolecules 2002, 35,590-593.