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Key publications

"Customized Nanostructured Ceramics via Microphase Separation 3D Printing"

Valentin A. Bobrin, Haira G. Hackbarth, Yin Yao, Nicholas M. Bedford, Jin Zhang, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer

Adv. Sci. 2023,10, 2304734 (doi: 10.1002/advs.202304734)

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"Exploiting NIR Light-Mediated Surface-Initiated PhotoRAFT Polymerization for Orthogonal Control Polymer Brushes and Facile Postmodification of Complex Architecture through Opaque Barriers"

Gervase Ng, Zilong Wu, Tong Zhang, Anh Phong Dang, Yin Yao, Andrew R. J. Nelson, Stuart W. Prescott, Almar Postma, Graeme Moad, Craig J. Hawker, and Cyrille Boyer

Macromolecules 2023, 56, 19, 7898–7908 (doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01469)

Exploiting NIR Light-Mediated.jpg

"Design of an Oxygen-Tolerant Photo-RAFT System for Protein-Polymer Conjugation Achieving High Bioactivity"

Tong Zhang, Zilong Wu, Dr. Gervase Ng, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2023095 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202309582)

Design of an Oxygen-Tolerant Photo-RAFT System for Protein-Polymer Conjugation Achieving H

"Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation for the Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials"

Kenny Lee, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2023073 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202307329)

Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation for the Fabrication of Nanostructured Materia

"Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation of ABC Triblock Copolymers for 3D Printing Nanostructured Materials"

Xiaobing Shi, Yin Yao, Jin Zhang, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer

Small 2023, 2305268 (doi: 10.1002/smll.202305268)

Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation of ABC Triblock Copolymers for 3D Printing Na

"Photo-RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light-Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation"

Zilong Wu, Tong Zhang, Xiaobing Shi, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Dr. Gervase Ng, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2023024 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202302451)

Photo-RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light

"3D Printing Nanostructured Solid Polymer Electrolytes with High Modulus and Conductivity"

Kenny Lee, Yuan Shang, Valentin A. Bobrin, Rhiannon Kuchel, Dipan Kundu, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer

Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2204816 (doi: 10.1002/adma.202204816)

3D Printing Nanostructured Solid Polymer Electrolytes with High Modulus and Conductivity.j

"Designing Nanostructured 3D Printed Materials by Controlling Macromolecular Architecture"

Xiaobing Shi, Dr. Valentin A. Bobrin, Dr. Yin Yao, Dr. Jin Zhang, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Prof. Dr. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022062 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202206272)

Designing Nanostructured 3D Printed Materials by Controlling Macromolecular Architecture.j

"Nano- to macro-scale control of 3D printed materials via polymerization induced microphase separation"

Valentin A. Bobrin, Yin Yao, Xiaobing Shi, Yuan Xiu, Jin Zhang, Nathaniel Corrigan & Cyrille Boyer

Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3577 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31095-9)

Nano- to macro-scale control of 3D printed materials via polymerization induced microphase

"A Photoinduced Dual-Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self-Healing of Thermosetting Materials"

Zhiheng Zhang, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Prof. Dr. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2021141 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202114111)

A Photoinduced Dual-Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self-Healing of Thermosetting

"Selective Photoactivation of Trithiocarbonates Mediated by Metal Naphthalocyanines and Overcoming Activation Barriers Using Thermal Energy"

Zilong Wu, Kenward Jung, Chenyu Wu, Gervase Ng, Lei Wang, Jingquan Liu, and Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2, 995–1005 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c11700)

Selective Photoactivation of Trithiocarbonates Mediated by Metal Naphthalocyanines and Ove

"Rational Design of Photocatalysts for Controlled Polymerization: Effect of Structures on Photocatalytic Activities"

Chenyu Wu, Nathaniel Corrigan, Chern-Hooi Lim, Wenjian Liu, Garret Miyake, and Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 6, 5476–5518 (doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00409)

Rational Design of Photocatalysts for Controlled Polymerization Effect of Structures on Ph

"Photo-Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Polymers Containing an Embedded Photosensitiser"

Peter R. Judzewitsch, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Dr. Edgar H. H. Wong, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 24248–24256 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202110672)

Photo-Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Polymers Containing an Embedded Photosensitiser.j

"Wavelength-selective light-matter interactions in polymer science"

Pengtao Lu, Dowon Ahn, Ruhamah Yunis, Laura Delafresnaye, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, and Zachariah A. Page

Matter 2021, 4, 2172–2229 (doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.03.021)

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"Rational Design of an Antifungal Polyacrylamide Library with Reduced Host-Cell Toxicity"

Sebastian Schaefer, Thi Thu Phuong Pham, Sascha Brunke, Bernhard Hube, Kenward Jung, Megan Denise Lenardon, and Cyrille Boyer

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 23, 27430–27444 (doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c05020)

Rational Design of an Antifungal Polyacrylamide Library with Reduced Host-Cell Toxicity.jp

"Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for PET-RAFT Polymerization and Stereolithography"

Liwen Zhang, Xiaobing Shi, Zhiheng Zhang, Dr. Rhiannon P Kuchel, Dr. Rashin Namivandi-Zangeneh, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Dr. Kenward Jung, Dr. Kang Liang, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5489–5496 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202014208)

Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for

"Unravelling an oxygen-mediated reductive quenching pathway for photopolymerisation under long wavelengths"

Chenyu Wu, Kenward Jung, Yongtao Ma, Wenjian Liu & Cyrille Boyer

Nat. Commun.  2021,12, 478 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20640-z)

Unravelling an oxygen-mediated reductive quenching pathway for photopolymerisation under l

"Rapid High-Resolution 3D Printing and Surface Functionalization via Type I Photoinitiated RAFT Polymerization"

Kenny Lee, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Prof. Dr. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 8839–8850 (doi: 10.1002/anie.202016523)

Rapid High-Resolution 3D Printing and SurfaceFunctionalization via Type I Photoinitiated R

"Mediating Reaction Orthogonality in Polymer and Materials Science"

Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Dr. Mustafa Ciftci, Dr. Kenward Jung, Prof. Dr. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 1748–1781 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201912001)

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"Designing with Light: Advanced 2D, 3D, and 4D Materials"

Kenward JungNathaniel CorriganMustafa CiftciJiangtao XuSoyoung E. SeoCraig J. HawkerCyrille Boyer

Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1903850 (doi: 10.1002/adma.201903850A)

Designing with Light Advanced 2D, 3D, and 4D Materials.jpg

"Effective utilization of NIR wavelengths for photo‐controlled polymerization–penetration through thick barriers and parallel solar syntheses"

Zilong Wu,Kenward Jung, and Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2013–2017 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201912484)

Effective Utilization of NIR Wavelengths for Photo-Controlled Polymerization Penetration T

"A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization"

Zhiheng Zhang, Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan, Dr. Ali Bagheri, Dr. Jianyong Jin, Prof. Dr. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17954–17963 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201912608)

A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization.jpg

"An Oxygen Paradox: Catalytic Use of Oxygen in Radical Photopolymerization"

Liwen Zhang, Chenyu Wu, Dr. Kenward Jung, Prof. Yun Hau Ng, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16811–16814 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201909014)

An Oxygen Paradox Catalytic Use of Oxygen in Radical Photopolymerization.jpg

"Computer-Guided Discovery of a pH-Responsive Organic Photocatalyst and Application for pH and Light Dual-Gated Polymerization"

Chenyu Wu, Hengqi Chen, Nathaniel Corrigan, Kenward Jung, Xiaonan Kan, Zhibo Li, Wenjian Liu, Jiangtao Xu, and Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8207−8220 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b01096)

Computer-Guided Discovery of a pH-Responsive Organic Photocatalyst and Application for pH

"Up in the air: oxygen tolerance in controlled/living radical polymerisation"

Jonathan Yeow, Robert Chapman, Adam J. Gormley and Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 4357 (doi: 10.1039/C7CS00587C)

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"Discrete and Stereospecific Oligomers Prepared by Sequential and Alternating Single Unit Monomer Insertion"

Zixuan Huang, Benjamin B. Noble, Nathaniel Corrigan, Yingying Chu, Kotaro Satoh, Donald S. Thomas, Craig J. Hawker, Graeme Moad, Masami Kamigaito, Michelle L. Coote, Cyrille Boyer, and Jiangtao Xu

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13392−13406 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b08386)

Discrete and Stereospecific Oligomers Prepared by Sequential and Alternating Single Unit M

"A Self‐Reporting Photocatalyst for Online Fluorescence Monitoring of High Throughput RAFT Polymerization"

Dr. Jonathan Yeow, Dr. Sanket Joshi, Dr. Robert Chapman, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10102–10106 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201802992)

A Self-Reporting Photocatalyst for Online Fluorescence Monitoring of High Throughput RAFT

"Towards Sequence-Controlled Antimicrobial Polymers: Effect of Polymer Block Order on Antimicrobial Activity"

Peter R. Judzewitsch, Dr. Thuy-Khanh Nguyen, Dr. Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Dr. Edgar H. H. Wong, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4559–4564 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201713036)

Towards Sequence-Controlled Antimicrobial Polymers Effect of Polymer Block Order on Antimi

"Synthesis of Discrete Oligomers by Sequential PET-RAFT Single-Unit Monomer Insertion"

Dr. Jiangtao Xu, Dr. Changkui Fu, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Prof. Craig J. Hawker, Dr. Graeme Moad, Prof. Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8376–8383 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201610223)

Synthesis of Discrete Oligomers by Sequential PET-RAFT Single-Unit Monomer Insertion.jpg

"Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures"

Jiangtao Xu, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Changkui Fu, Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, and Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9, 3094–3106 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b12408)

Selective Photoactivation From a Single Unit Monomer InsertionReaction to Controlled Polym

"Organic photocatalysts for cleaner polymer synthesis"

Sivaprakash Shanmugam and Cyrille Boyer

Science 2016, 352, 6289, 1053–1054 (doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7465)

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"Light-Regulated Polymerization under Near-Infrared/Far-Red Irradiation Catalyzed by Bacteriochlorophyll a"

Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Jiangtao Xu, and Cyrille Boyer

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1036–1040 (doi: 10.1002/anie.201510037)

Light-Regulated Polymerization under Near-Infrared-Far-Red Irradiation Catalyzed by Bacter

"Copper-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Copper(0) Mediated Polymerization): From Fundamentals to Bioapplications"

Cyrille Boyer, Nathaniel Corrigan, Kenward Jung, Diep Nguyen, Thuy-Khanh Nguyen, Nik Nik  M. Adnan, Susan Oliver, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, and Jonathan  Yeow

Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 4, 1803–1949 (doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00396)

Copper-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Atom TransferRadical Polymerization and Cop

"Photocatalysis in organic and polymer synthesis"

Nathaniel Corrigan, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Jiangtao Xu and  Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 6165-6212 (doi: 10.1039/C6CS00185H)

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"Co-delivery of nitric oxide and antibiotic using polymeric nanoparticles"

Thuy-Khanh Nguyen, Ramona Selvanayagam, Kitty K. K. Ho, Renxun Chen, Samuel K. Kutty, Scott A. Rice,  Naresh Kumar, Nicolas Barraud, Hien T. T. Duong and  Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 1016-1027 (doi: 10.1039/C5SC02769A)

Co-delivery of nitric oxide and antibiotic using polymeric nanoparticles.jpg

"Stereo-, Temporal and Chemical Control through Photoactivation of Living Radical Polymerization: Synthesis of Block and Gradient Copolymers"

Sivaprakash Shanmugamand Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 31, 9988–9999 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b05903)

Stereo-, Temporal and Chemical Control through Photoactivation of Living Radical Polymeriz

"Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for Selective Living Radical Polymerization Tunable over Visible Wavelengths"

Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Jiangtao Xu, and Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 28, 9174–9185 (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b05274)

Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for Selective Living Radical Polymerization Tunable over Visi

"Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism of chlorophyll a under light for controlled radical polymerization"

Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Jiangtao Xu and Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1341-1349 (doi: 10.1039/C4SC03342F)

Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism of chlorophyll a under light for controlled radi

"A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance"

Jiangtao Xu, Kenward Jung, Amir Atme, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, and Cyrille Boyer

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14, 5508–5519 (doi: 10.1021/ja501745g)

A Robust and Versatile Photoinduced Living Polymerization of Conjugated and Unconjugated M

"Aqueous photoinduced living/controlled polymerization: tailoring for bioconjugation"

Jiangtao Xu, Kenward Jung, Nathaniel Corrigan and Cyrille Boyer

Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3568-3575 (doi: 10.1039/C4SC01309C)

Aqueous photoinduced living-controlled polymerization tailoring for bioconjugation.jpg

A comprehensive list of publications can be found here.

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