Publications
2024
Carbosiloxane Bottlebrush Networks for Enhanced Performance and Recyclability
Taejun Eom, Patrick T. Getty, Michael Czuczola, Christopher M. Bates, Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX, November 2024.
Scalable Synthesis of Degradable Copolymers Containing α-Lipoic Acid via Miniemulsion Polymerization
Parker T. Morris, Kodai Watanabe, Kaitlin R. Albanese, Greggory T. Kent, Rohini Gupta, Matthias Gerst, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146(44), 30662-30667, October 2024.
Sliding on Slide-Ring Gels
Andrew R. Rhode, Iván Montes de Oca, Michael L. Chabinyc, Christopher M. Bates & Angela A. Pitenis
Tribol. Lett. 72(121), September 2024.
Chemical Botany: Bottlebrush Polymers in Materials Science
Intanon Lapkriengkri, Kaitlin R. Albanese, Andrew Rhode, Austin Cunniff, Angela A. Pitenis, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates
Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 54:27-46, Aug. 2024.
Selective electrochemical degradation of bottlebrush elastomers
Kaitlin R. Albanese, Parker T. Morris, Brian Roehrich, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates
J. Polym. Sci. 62(18):4326, July 2024.
Facile Preparation of Tunable Polyborosiloxane Networks via Hydrosilylation
Colton A. D’Ambra, Patrick T. Getty, Taejun Eom, Michael Czuczola, Elizabeth A. Murphy, Souvagya Biswas, Allison Abdilla, Jodi M. Mecca, Thomas D. Bekemeier, Steven Swier, Alyssa Fielitz, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates
Chem. Mater. 36(12):5935-5942, June 2024.
From Health Supplement to Versatile Monomer: Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization and Depolymerization of α-Lipoic Acid
Kaitlin R. Albanese, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates
Polymer 304:127167, May 2024.
Chromatographic Separation: A Versatile Strategy to Prepare Discrete and Well-Defined Polymer Libraries
Elizabeth A. Murphy, Cheng Zhang, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
Acc. Chem. Res. 57(8):6306-6310, March 2024.
Accelerated discovery and mapping of block copolymer phase diagrams
Elizabeth A. Murphy, Stephen J. Skala, Dimagi Kottage, Phillip A. Kohl, Youli Li, Cheng Zhang, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates
Phys. Rev. Materials 8(1):015602, January 2024.
Self-healing and reprocessing of saturated hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-based networks enabled by dynamic covalent chemistry
Jessica Lopez Lara, Manuel S. Zayas, Jacob Blankenship, Christopher M. Bates, Jeffrey L. Self, Javier Read de Alaniz
J. Polym. Sci. 62(9):1800, January 2024.
2023
Acid-Sensitive Molecular Glasses as Removable Thin-Film Protective Layers
Yu-Jin Choi, Samuel J. Warnock, Nima Alizadeh, Phong H. Nguyen, Dimagi Kottage, Oluwadamilola Phillips, Zhengtao Chen, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates
Chem. Mater. 35(23):10078-10085, November 2023.
Heterotelechelic Silicones: Facile Synthesis and Functionalization Using Silane-Based Initiators
Yoichi Okayama, Taejun Eom, Michael Czuczola, Allison Abdilla, Jacob R. Blankenship, Kaitlin R. Albanese, Javier Read de Alaniz, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules 56(21):8806-8812, October 2023.
Controlled-Radical Polymerization of α-Lipoic Acid: A General Route to Degradable Vinyl Copolymers
Kaitlin R. Albanese, Parker T. Morris, Javier Read de Alaniz, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145(41):22728-22734, October 2023.
Versatile Synthesis of Siloxane-Based Graft Copolymers with Tunable Grafting Density
Colton A. D'Ambra, Michael Czuczola, Patrick T. Getty, Elizabeth A. Murphy, Allison Abdilla, Souvagya Biswas, Jodi M. Mecca, Thomas D. Bekemeier, Steven Swier, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates
J. Polym. Sci. 62(1):92, October 2023.
Engineering Soft, Elastic, and Conductive Polymers for Stretchable Electronics Using Ionic Compatibilization
My Linh Le, Intanon Lapkriengkri, Kaitlin R. Albanese, Phong H. Nguyen, Cassidy Tran, Jacob R. Blankenship, Rachel A. Segalman, Christopher M. Bates, and Michael L. Chabinyc
Chem. Mater. 35(17):7301-7310, August 2023.
Improved Elastic Recovery from ABC Triblock Terpolymers
Kaitlin R. Albanese, Jacob R. Blankenship, Timothy Quah, Amy Zhang, Kris T. Delaney, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
ACS Polym. Au 3(5):376-382, July 2023.
Reversible Modulation of Conductivity in Azobenzene Polyelectrolytes Using Light
Phong H. Nguyen, Angelique M. Scheuermann, Andrei Nikolaev, Michael L. Chabinyc, Christopher M. Bates, and Javier Read de Alaniz
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 5(7):4698–4703, June 2023.
Building Tunable Degradation into High-Performance Poly(acrylate) Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
Kaitlin R. Albanese, Yoichi Okayama, Parker T. Morris, Matthias Gerst, Rohini Gupta, Joshua C. Speros, Craig J. Hawker, Chungryong Choi, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Macro Lett. 12(6):787–793, May 2023.
Flow-concentration coupling determines features of nonhomogeneous flow and shear banding in entangled polymer solutions
Michael C. Burroughs, Yuanyi Zhang, Abhishek Shetty, Christopher M. Bates, Matthew E. Helgeson, and L. Gary Leal
J. Rheol. 67:219–239, January 2023.
2022
Hydrogen-Bonding Bottlebrush Networks: Self-Healing Materials from Super-Soft to Stiff
Renxuan Xie, Intanon Lapkriengkri, Nabendu B. Pramanik, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Jacob R. Blankenship, Kaitlin Albanese, Hengbin Wang, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates
Macromolecules 55(23):10513–10521, November 2022.
Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Enhancing Performance by Increasing the Charge-Generating Layer Compressibility
Junho Jang, Chungryong Choi, Keon-Woo Kim, Yoichi Okayama, Ju Hyun Lee, Javier Read de Alaniz, Christopher M. Bates, and Jin Kon Kim
ACS Macro Lett. 11(11):1291–1297, October 2022.
Neighboring Group Participation in Ionic Covalent Adaptable Networks
Lindsay L. Robinson, Eden S. Taddese, Jeffrey L. Self, Christopher M. Bates, Javier Read de Alaniz, Zhishuai Geng, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules 55(21):9780–9789, October 2022.
Efficient Creation and Morphological Analysis of ABC Triblock Terpolymer Libraries
Elizabeth A. Murphy, Yan-Qiao Chen, Kaitlin Albanese, Jacob R. Blankenship, Allison Abdilla, Morgan W. Bates, Cheng Zhang, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules 55(19):8875–8882, October 2022.
Superlubricity of pH-responsive hydrogels in extreme environments
Allison L. Chau, Patrick T. Getty, Andrew R. Rhode, Christopher M. Bates, Craig J. Hawker, and Angela A. Pitenis
Front. Chem. 10:891519, August 2022.
Miktoarm Star Polymers: Synthesis and Applications
Min Liu, Jacob R. Blankenship, Adam E. Levi, Qiang Fu, Zachary M. Hudson, and Christopher M. Bates
Chem. Mater., 34(14):6188–6209, July 2022.
Asymmetric Miktoarm Star Polymers as Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers
Jacob R. Blankenship, Adam E. Levi, David J. Goldfeld, Jeffrey L. Self, Nima Alizadeh, Duyu Chen, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Christopher M. Bates
Macromolecules, 55(12):4929–4936, June 2022.
Digital Light Processing of Dynamic Bottlebrush Materials
Chungryong Choi, Yoichi Okayama, Parker T. Morris, Lindsay L. Robinson, Matthias Gerst, Joshua C. Speros, Craig J. Hawker, Javier Read de Alaniz, Christopher M. Bates
Adv. Funct. Mater., 32(25):2200883, February 2022.
2021
Carbon Nanotube Composites with Bottlebrush Elastomers for Compliant Electrodes
Jeffrey L. Self, Veronica G. Reynolds, Jacob Blankenship, Erin Mee, Jiaqi Guo, Kaitlin Albanese, Renxuan Xie, Craig J. Hawker, Javier Read de Alaniz, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Polym. Au. 2(1):27–34. November 2021.
Multiwavelength Photodetectors Based on an Azobenzene Polymeric Ionic Liquid
Angelique M. Scheuermann, Hiba Wakidi, Alexander T. Lill, Saejin Oh, Luana C. Llanes, Colton A. D’Ambra, Ségolène Antoine, Ming Wang, Michael L. Chabinyc, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 3(10):5125-5133. September 2021.
Three-Dimensional Photochemical Printing of Thermally Activated Polymer Foams
Soyoung E. Seo, Younghoon Kwon, Neil D. Dolinski, Caitlin S. Sample, Jeffrey L. Self, Christopher M. Bates, Megan T. Valentine, and Craig J. Hawker
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 3(10):4984–4991. September 2021.
Engineering Li/Na selectivity in 12-Crown-4–functionalized polymer membranes
Samuel J. Warnock, Rahul Sujanani, Everett S. Zofchak, Shou Zhao, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Kalin G. Hanson, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Venkat Ganesan, Benny D. Freeman, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, and Christopher M. Bates
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118(37):e2022197118. September 2021.
Origins of Lithium/Sodium Reverse Permeability Selectivity in 12-Crown-4-Functionalized Polymer Membranes
Everett S. Zofchak, Zidan Zhang, Bill K. Wheatle, Rahul Sujanani, Samuel J. Warnock, Theodore J. Dilenschneider, Kalin G. Hanson, Shou Zhao, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Christopher M. Bates, Benny D. Freeman, and Venkat Ganesan
ACS Macro Lett. 10(9):1167–1173. September 2021.
Emergence of Hexagonally Close-Packed Spheres in Linear Block Copolymer Melts
Cheng Zhang, Daniel L. Vigil, Dan Sun, Morgan W. Bates, Tessa Loman, Elizabeth A. Murphy, Stephanie M. Barbon, Jung-Ah Song, Beihang Yu, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Andrew K. Whittaker, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147(35):14106-141014. August 2021.
Chemical and Mechanical Tunability of 3D-Printed Dynamic Covalent Networks Based on Boronate Esters
Lindsay L. Robinson, Jeffrey L. Self, Alexander D. Fusi, Morgan W. Bates, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates, and Caitlin S. Sample
ACS Macro Lett., 10(7):857-863, June 2021.
Yielding Behavior of Bottlebrush and Linear Block Copolymers
Renxuan Xie, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Adam E. Levi, Jeffrey L. Self, Hengbin Wang, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates
Macromolecules, 54(12):5636–5647, June 2021.
Light-Mediated Synthesis and Reprocessing of Dynamic Bottlebrush Elastomers under Ambient Conditions
Chungryong Choi, Jeffrey L. Self, Yoichi Okayama, Adam E. Levi, Matthias Gerst, Joshua C. Speros, Craig J. Hawker, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Christopher M. Bates
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143(26):9866–9871, June 2021.
Flow-Induced Concentration Nonuniformity and Shear Banding in Entangled Polymer Solutions
Michael C. Burroughs, Yuanyi Zhang, Abhishek M. Shetty, Christopher M. Bates, L. Gary Leal, and Matthew E. Helgeson.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 126(20):207801, May 2021.
Light-Switchable and Self-Healable Polymer Electrolytes Based on Dynamic Diarylethene and Metal-Ion Coordination
Hui Nie, Nicole S. Schauser, Jeffrey L. Self, Tarnuma Tabassum, Saejin Oh, Zhishuai Geng, Seamus D. Jones, Manuel S. Zayas, Veronica G. Reynolds, Michael L. Chabinyc, Craig J. Hawker, Songi Han, Christopher M. Bates, Rachel A. Segalman, and Javier Read de Alaniz
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143(3):1562-1569, January 2021.
2020
Room temperature 3D printing of super-soft and solvent-free elastomers
Renxuan Xie, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Adam E Levi, Veronica G Reynolds, Hengbin Wang, Michael L Chabinyc, and Christopher M. Bates.
Sci. Adv., 6(46):eabc6900, November 2020.
Architecture Effects in Complex Spherical Assemblies of (AB)n-Type Block Copolymers
Stephanie M. Barbon, Jung-Ah Song, Duyu Chen, Cheng Zhang, Joshua Lequieu, Kris T. Delaney, Athina Anastasaki, Manon Rolland, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Morgan W. Bates, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates.
ACS Macro Lett., 9:1745-1752, November 2020.
Rapid Generation of Block Copolymer Libraries Using Automated Chromatographic Separation
Cheng Zhang, Morgan W. Bates, Zhishuai Geng, Adam E. Levi, Daniel Vigil, Stephanie M. Barbon, Tessa Loman, Kris T. Delaney, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Christopher M. Bates, Andrew K. Whittaker, and Craig J. Hawker
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142(21):9843-9849, May 2020.
Spatial Control of the Self-assembled Block Copolymer Domain Orientation and Alignment on Photopatterned Surfaces
Ji Yeon Kim, Philip Liu, Michael J. Maher, Devon H. Callan, Christopher M. Bates, Matthew C. Carlson, Yusuke Asano, Gregory Blachut, Charles T. Rettner, Joy Y. Cheng, Daniel F. Sunday, R. Joseph Kline, Daniel P. Sanders, Nathaniel A. Lynd, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson, and Carlos R. Baiz
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12(20):23399–23409, April 2020.
Dynamic Bottlebrush Polymer Networks: Self-Healing in Super-Soft Materials
Jeffrey L Self, Caitlin S Sample, Adam E Levi, Kexin Li, Renxuan Xie, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Christopher M Bates.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142(16):7567-7573, March 2020.
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of ABn Miktoarm Star Polymers
Morgan W Bates, Stephanie M Barbon, Adam E Levi, Ronald M Lewis, Haley K Beech, Kasper M Vonk, Cheng Zhang, Glenn H Fredrickson, Craig J Hawker, and Christopher M Bates.
ACS Macro Lett., 9(3):396-403, February 2020.
Efficient Synthesis of Asymmetric Miktoarm Star Polymers
Adam E Levi, Liangbing Fu, Joshua Lequieu, Jacob D Horne, Jacob Blankenship, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Tianqi Zhang, Glenn H Fredrickson, Will R Gutekunst, and Christopher M Bates.
Macromolecules, 53(2):702-710, January 2020.
Universal Approach to Photo-Crosslink Bottlebrush Polymers
Sanjoy Mukherjee, Renxuan Xie, Veronica G Reynolds, Takumi Uchiyama, Adam E Levi, Eric Valois, Hengbin Wang, Michael L Chabinyc, and Christopher M Bates.
Macromolecules, 53(3):1090-1097, January 2020.
Super-Soft Solvent-Free Bottlebrush Elastomers for Touch Sensing
Veronica G Reynolds, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Renxuan Xie, Adam E Levi, Amalie Atassi, Takumi Uchiyama, Hengbin Wang, Michael L Chabinyc, and Christopher M Bates.
Mater. Horizons, 7:181-187, January 2020.
Surface-initiated PET-RAFT polymerization under metal-free and ambient conditions using enzyme degassing
Soyoung E. Seo, Emre H. Discekici, Yuanyi Zhang, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
J. Polym. Sci. Part A Polym. Chem., 58(1):70-76, January 2020.
Single-Step, Spin-on Process for High Fidelity and Selective Deposition
Yuanyi Zhang, Emre H. Discekici, Ryan L. Burns, Mark H. Somervell, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2(2):481-486, January 2020.
2019
Metal-Free Room-Temperature Vulcanization of Silicones via Borane Hydrosilylation
Caitlin S. Sample, Sang-Ho Lee, Shaoguang Li, Morgan W. Bates, Valerie Lensch, Brooke A. Versaw, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules, 52(19):7244-7250, September 2019.
Fluoride-ion solvation in non-aqueous electrolyte solutions
Victoria K. Davis, Stephen Munoz, Jeongmin Kim, Christopher M. Bates, Nebojsa Momcilovic, Keith J. Billings, Thomas F. Miller III, Robert H. Grubbs, and Simon C. Jones
Mater. Chem. Front., 3(12):2721-2727, August 2019.
Stability of the A15 phase in diblock copolymer melts
Morgan W. Bates, Joshua Lequieu, Stephanie M. Barbon, Ronald M. Lewis III, Kris T. Delaney, Athina Anastasaki, Craig J. Hawker, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Christopher M. Bates
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 116(27):13194-13199, June 2019.
Rapid and Selective Deposition of Patterned Thin Films on Heterogeneous Substrates via Spin Coating
Yuanyi Zhang, Colton A. D’Ambra, Reika Katsumata, Ryan L. Burns, Mark H. Somervell, Rachel A. Segalman, Craig J. Hawker, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 11(23):21177-21183, May 2019.
Miktoarm Stars via Grafting-Through Copolymerization: Self-Assembly and the Star-to-Bottlebrush Transition
Adam E. Levi, Joshua Lequieu, Jacob D. Horne, Morgan W. Bates, Jing M. Ren, Kris T. Delaney, Glenn H. Fredrickson, and Christopher M. Bates
Macromolecules, 52(4):1794-1802, February 2019.
Metal-Free Synthesis of Poly(silyl ether)s under Ambient Conditions
Caitlin S. Sample, Sang-Ho Lee, Morgan W. Bates, Jing M. Ren, Jimmy Lawrence, Valerie Lensch, Jeffrey A. Gerbec, Christopher M. Bates, Shaoguang Li, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules, 52(5):1993-1999, February 2019.
Tuning Merocyanine Photoacid Structure to Enhance Solubility and Temporal Control: Application in Ring Opening Polymerization
Manuel S. Zayas, Neil D. Dolinski, Jeffrey L. Self, Allison Abdilla, Prof. Craig J. Hawker, Prof. Christopher M. Bates, Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz
ChemPhotoChem, 3(6):1-7, February 2019.
2018
Room-temperature cycling of metal fluoride electrodes: Liquid electrolytes for high-energy fluoride ion cells
Victoria K. Davis, Christopher M. Bates, Kaoru Omichi, Brett M. Savoie,Nebojsa Momcilovic, Qingmin Xu, William J. Wolf, Michael A. Webb, Keith J. Billings, Nam Hawn Chou, Selim Alayoglu, Ryan K. McKenney, Isabelle M. Darolles, Nanditha G. Nair, Adrian Hightower, Daniel Rosenberg, Musahid Ahmed, Christopher J. Brooks, Thomas F. Miller, Robert H. Grubbs, and Simon C. Jones.
Science, 362(6419):1144-1148, December 2018.
Macrocyclic Side-Chain Monomers for Photoinduced ATRP: Synthesis and Properties versus Long-Chain Linear Isomers
Stephanie M. Barbon, Manon Rolland, Athina Anastasaki, Nghia P. Truong, Morgan W. Schulze, Christopher M. Bates, and Craig J. Hawker
Macromolecules, 51(17):6901-6910, August 2018.
Brønsted-Acid-Catalyzed Exchange in Polyester Dynamic Covalent Networks
Jeffrey L. Self, Neil D. Dolinski, Manuel S. Zayas, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Christopher M. Bates
ACS Macro Lett., 7(7):817-821, June 2018.
Controlled Formation and Binding Selectivity of Discrete Oligo(methyl methacrylate) Stereocomplexes
Jing M Ren, Jimmy Lawrence, Abigail S Knight, Allison Abdilla, Raghida Bou Zerdan, Adam E Levi, Bernd Oschmann, Will R Gutekunst, Sang-Ho Lee, Youli Li, Alaina J McGrath, Christopher M Bates, Greg G Qiao, and Craig J Hawker.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140(5):1945-1951, January 2018.
2017
One-Pot Synthesis of ABCDE Multiblock Copolymers with Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic, and Semi-Fluorinated Segments
Athina Anastasaki, Bernd Oschmann, Johannes Willenbacher, Anna Melker, Martin H C Van Son, Nghia P Truong, Morgan W Schulze, Emre H Discekici, Alaina J McGrath, Thomas P Davis, Christopher M Bates, and Craig J Hawker.
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 56(46):14483-14487, October 2017.
Manipulating the ABCs of self-assembly via low-χ block polymer design
Alice B Chang, Christopher M Bates, Byeongdu Lee, Carol M Garland, Simon C Jones, Russell K W Spencer, Mark W Matsen, and Robert H Grubbs.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 114(25):6462-6467, June 2017.
Effects of Tailored Dispersity on the Self-Assembly of Dimethylsiloxane–Methyl Methacrylate Block Co-Oligomers
Bernd Oschmann, Jimmy Lawrence, Morgan W Schulze, Jing M Ren, Athina Anastasaki, Yingdong Luo, Mitchell D Nothling, Christian W Pester, Kris T Delaney, Luke A Connal, Alaina J McGrath, Paul G Clark, Christopher M Bates, and Craig J Hawker.
ACS Macro Lett., 6(7):668-673, June 2017.
Light-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Semi-Fluorinated (Meth)acrylates: Facile Access to Functional Materials
Emre H Discekici, Athina Anastasaki, Revital Kaminker, Johannes Willenbacher, Nghia P Truong, Carolin Fleischmann, Bernd Oschmann, David J Lunn, Javier Read de Alaniz, Thomas P Davis, Christopher M Bates, and Craig J Hawker.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(16):5939-5945, April 2017.
Control of Grafting Density and Distribution in Graft Polymers by Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization
Tzu-Pin Lin, Alice B Chang, Hsiang-Yun Chen, Allegra L Liberman-Martin, Christopher M Bates, Matthew J Voegtle, Christina A Bauer, and Robert H Grubbs.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(10):3896-3903, February 2017.
50th Anniversary Perspective: Block Polymers—Pure Potential
Christopher M. Bates and Frank S. Bates
Macromolecules, 50(1):3-22, January 2017.
2016
A Hybrid Chemo-/Grapho-Epitaxial Alignment Strategy for Defect Reduction in Sub-10 nm Directed Self-Assembly of Silicon-Containing Block Copolymers
Gregory Blachut, Stephen M Sirard, Michael J Maher, Yusuke Asano, Yasunobu Someya, Austin P Lane, William J Durand, Christopher M Bates, Andrew M Dinhobl, Roel Gronheid, Diane Hymes, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson
Chem. Mater., 28(24):8951-8961, November 2016.
Structure, Stability, and Reorganization of 0.5 L0 Topography in Block Copolymer Thin Films
Michael J Maher, Jeffrey L Self, Pawel Stasiak, Gregory Blachut, Christopher J Ellison, Mark W Matsen, Christopher M Bates, and C Grant Willson
ACS Nano, 10(11):10152-10160, October 2016.
Electrocatalysis of CO2 Reduction in Brush Polymer Ion Gels
Brendon J McNicholas, James D Blakemore, Alice B Chang, Christopher M Bates, Wesley W Kramer, Robert H Grubbs, and Harry B Gray.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138(35):11160-11163, August 2016.
Pattern Transfer of Sub-10 nm Features via Tin-Containing Block Copolymers
Michael J Maher, Kazunori Mori, Stephen M Sirard, Andrew M Dinhobl, Christopher M Bates, Emir Gurer, Gregory Blachut, Austin P Lane, William J Durand, Matthew C Carlson, Jerey R Strahan, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
ACS Macro Lett., 5(3):391-395, March 2016.
Brush polymer ion gels
Christopher M Bates, Alice B Chang, Morgan W Schulze, Nebojsa Momcilovic, Simon C Jones, and Robert H Grubbs.
J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys., 54(2):292-300, January 2016.
2015
ABA Triblock Brush Polymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Conductivity, and Rheological Properties
Christopher M Bates, Alice B Chang, Nebojsa Momcilovic, Simon C Jones, and Robert H Grubbs.
Macromolecules, 48(14):4967-4973, July 2015.
Directed Self-Assembly of Silicon-Containing Block Copolymer Thin Films
Michael J Maher, Charles T Rettner, Christopher M Bates, Gregory Blachut, Matthew C Carlson, William J Durand, Christopher J Ellison, Daniel P Sanders, Joy Y Cheng, and C Grant Willson.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7(5):3323-3328, January 2015.
Design of high-χ block copolymers for lithography
William J. Durand, Gregory Blachut, Michael J. Maher, Stephen Sirard, Summer Tein, Matthew C. Carlson, Yusuke Asano, Sunshine X. Zhou, Austin P. Lane, Christopher M. Bates, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson
J. Polym. Sci. Part A Polym. Chem., 53(2):344-352, January 2015.
2014
Improving Brush Polymer Infrared One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals via Linear Polymer Additives
Robert J Macfarlane, Bongkeun Kim, Byeongdu Lee, Raymond A Weitekamp, Christopher M Bates, Siu Fung Lee, Alice B Chang, Kris T Delaney, Glenn H Fredrickson, Harry A Atwater, and Robert H Grubbs.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136(50):17374-17377, November 2014.
Photopatternable Interfaces for Block Copolymer Lithography
Michael J Maher, Christopher M Bates, Gregory Blachut, Matthew C Carlson, Jeffrey L Self, Dustin W Janes, William J Durand, Austin P Lane, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
ACS Macro Lett., 3:824-828, August 2014.
Interfacial Design for Block Copolymer Thin Films
Michael J Maher, Christopher M Bates, Gregory Blachut, Stephen Sirard, Jeffrey L Self, Matthew C Carlson, Leon M Dean, Julia D Cushen, William J Durand, Colin O Hayes, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
Chem. Mater., 26(3):1471-1479, January 2014.
Block Copolymer Lithography
Christopher M Bates, Michael J Maher, Dustin W Janes, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
Macromolecules, 47(1):2-12, January 2014.
2013
Consequences of Surface Neutralization in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films
Sangwon Kim, Christopher M Bates, Anthony Thio, Julia D Cushen, Christopher J Ellison, C Grant Willson, and Frank S Bates.
ACS Nano, 7(11):9905-9919, October 2013.
Synthesis and thin-film orientation of poly(styrene-block-trimethylsilylisoprene)
Christopher M. Bates, Marco A. Bedolla Pantoja, Jeffrey R. Strahan, Leon M. Dean, Brennen K. Mueller, Christopher J. Ellison, Paul F. Nealey, C. Grant Willson
J. Polym. Sci. Part A Polym. Chem., 51(2):290-297, January 2013.
2012
Polarity-Switching Top Coats Enable Orientation of Sub–10-nm Block Copolymer Domains
Christopher M Bates, Takehiro Seshimo, Michael J Maher, William J Durand, Julia D Cushen, Leon M Dean, Gregory Blachut, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
Science, 338(6108):775-779, November 2012.
Thin Film Self-Assembly of Poly(trimethylsilylstyrene-b-D,L-lactide) with Sub-10 nm Domains
Julia D Cushen, Christopher M Bates, Erica L Rausch, Leon M Dean, Sunshine X Zhou, C Grant Willson, and Christopher J Ellison.
Macromolecules, 45(21):8722-8728, April 2012.
Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Frank S Bates, Marc A Hillmyer, Timothy P Lodge, Christopher M Bates, Kris T Delaney, and Glenn H Fredrickson
Science, 336(6080):434-440, April 2012.
Oligosaccharide/Silicon-Containing Block Copolymers with 5 nm Features for Lithographic Applications
Julia D Cushen, Issei Otsuka, Christopher M Bates, Sami Halila, Sebastien Fort, Cyrille Rochas, Jeffrey A Easley, Erica L Rausch, Anthony Thio, Redouane Borsali, C Grant Willson, and Christopher J Ellison.
ACS Nano, 6(4):3424-3433, March 2012.
2011
Polymeric Cross-Linked Surface Treatments for Controlling Block Copolymer Orientation in Thin Films
Christopher M Bates, Jeffrey R Strahan, Logan J Santos, Brennen K Mueller, Benjamin O Bamgbade, Jonathan A Lee, Joshua M Katzenstein, Christopher J Ellison, and C Grant Willson.
Langmuir, 27(5):2000-2006, January 2011.