Simple benchtop approach to polymer brush nanostructures using visible-light-mediated metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization

…, B Narupai, EP Toumayan, Y Luo, AJ McGrath… - ACS Macro …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of an operationally simple, metal-free surface-initiated atom transfer radical
polymerization (SI-ATRP) based on visible-light mediation is reported. The facile nature of …

One‐pot synthesis of ABCDE multiblock copolymers with hydrophobic, hydrophilic, and semi‐fluorinated segments

…, MW Schulze, EH Discekici, AJ McGrath… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The scope and accessibility of sequence‐controlled multiblock copolymers is demonstrated
by direct “in situ” polymerization of hydrophobic, hydrophilic and fluorinated monomers. Key …

A versatile and scalable strategy to discrete oligomers

…, MC Hawker, LA Connal, AJ McGrath… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A versatile strategy is reported for the multigram synthesis of discrete oligomers from
commercially available monomer families, eg, acrylates, styrenics, and siloxanes. Central to this …

Alzheimer's disease as an autoimmune disorder of innate immunity endogenously modulated by tryptophan metabolites

…, E Lu, GA Simms, L Fisher, AJ McGrath… - … Research & Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neurotoxic immuno‐inflammation
concomitant with cytotoxic oligomerization of amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau, culminating in …

Effects of tailored dispersity on the self-assembly of dimethylsiloxane–methyl methacrylate block co-oligomers

…, KT Delaney, LA Connal, AJ McGrath… - ACS Macro …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effect of dispersity on block polymer self-assembly was studied in the monodisperse
limit using a combination of synthetic chemistry, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization …

Simultaneous preparation of multiple polymer brushes under ambient conditions using microliter volumes

…, ZA Page, NJ Treat, AJ McGrath… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of well‐defined, multifunctional polymer brushes under ambient conditions
is described. This facile method uses light‐mediated, metal‐free atom‐transfer radical …

Novel strategy for photopatterning emissive polymer brushes for organic light emitting diode applications

…, S Mukhopadhyay, S Sprague, AJ McGrath… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A light-mediated methodology to grow patterned, emissive polymer brushes with micron
feature resolution is reported and applied to organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. Light …

Controlled formation and binding selectivity of discrete oligo (methyl methacrylate) stereocomplexes

…, WR Gutekunst, SH Lee, Y Li, AJ McGrath… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The triple-helix stereocomplex of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a unique example of
a multistranded synthetic helix that has significant utility and promise in materials science …

The redox chemistry of sulfenic acids

AJ McGrath, GE Garrett, L Valgimigli… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A persistent triptycenyl sulfenic acid is used as a model for cysteine-derived and other
biologically relevant sulfenic acids in experiments which define their redox chemistry. EPR …

Dual-pathway chain-end modification of RAFT polymers using visible light and metal-free conditions

…, B Oschmann, IH Lee, J Niu, AJ McGrath… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a metal-free strategy for the chain-end modification of RAFT polymers utilizing
visible light. By turning the light source on or off, the reaction pathway in one pot can be …