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Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms by Jung, Melissa R., Horgen, F. David, Orski, Sara V., Rodriguez C., Viviana, Beers, Kathryn L., Balazs, George H., Jones, T. Todd, Work, Thierry M., Brignac, Kayla C., Royer, Sarah-Jeanne, Hyrenbach, K. David, Jensen, Brenda A., Lynch, Jennifer M.

“…Polymer identification of plastic marine debris can help identify its sources, degradation, and fate. We optimized and validated a fast, simple, and accessible…”
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Compressing and Swelling To Study the Structure of Extremely Soft Bottlebrush Networks Prepared by ROMP by Sarapas, Joel M, Chan, Edwin P, Rettner, Emma M, Beers, Kathryn L

“…To fully explore bottlebrush polymer networks as potential model materials, a robust and versatile synthetic platform is required. Ring-opening metathesis…”
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Stiffness, Strength, and Ductility of Nanoscale Thin Films and Membranes: A Combined Wrinkling–Cracking Methodology by Chung, Jun Young, Lee, Jung-Hyun, Beers, Kathryn L, Stafford, Christopher M

“…We establish and validate a measurement method based on wrinkling–cracking phenomena that allows unambiguous measurements of three fundamental mechanical…”
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Continuous Flow Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization in a Microreactor by Kundu, Santanu, Bhangale, Atul S, Wallace, William E, Flynn, Kathleen M, Guttman, Charles M, Gross, Richard A, Beers, Kathryn L

“…Enzymes immobilized on solid supports are increasingly used for greener, more sustainable chemical transformation processes. Here, we used microreactors to…”
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Sustainability of Synthetic Plastics: Considerations in Materials Life-Cycle Management by Epps, Thomas H, Korley, LaShanda T. J, Yan, Tianwei, Beers, Kathryn L, Burt, Tiffani M

“…The sustainability of current and future plastic materials is a major focus of basic research, industry, government, and society at large. There is a general…”
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Highly Versatile Strategy for the Production of Telechelic Polyolefins by Burkey, Aaron A, Fischbach, Danyon M, Wentz, Charlotte M, Beers, Kathryn L, Sita, Lawrence R

“…A general and versatile synthetic strategy for producing practical quantities of a wide range of phenyl-group-terminated hetero- and homotelechelic…”
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Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization of End-Functionalized Polymers in a Microreactor by Bhangale, Atul S, Beers, Kathryn L, Gross, Richard A

“…An enzyme packed microreactor was compared with a batch reactor system to determine effects of reaction water content on immobilized Candida antarctica Lipase…”
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A buckling-based metrology for measuring the elastic moduli of polymeric thin films by Stafford, Christopher M, Harrison, Christopher, Beers, Kathryn L, Karim, Alamgir, Amis, Eric J, VanLandingham, Mark R, Kim, Ho-Cheol, Volksen, Willi, Miller, Robert D, Simonyi, Eva E

“…As technology continues towards smaller, thinner and lighter devices, more stringent demands are placed on thin polymer films as diffusion barriers, dielectric…”
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Utilizing vapor swelling of surface-initiated polymer brushes to develop quantitative measurements of brush thermodynamics and grafting density by Orski, Sara V., Sheridan, Richard J., Chan, Edwin P., Beers, Kathryn L.

“…The stimuli-responsive behavior of densely grafted polymer brushes makes them attractive for designing tunable coatings and thin film sensors, provided…”
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Microfluidic Platform for the Generation of Organic-Phase Microreactors by Cygan, Zuzanna T, Cabral, João T, Beers, Kathryn L, Amis, Eric J

“…Rapid prototyping photolithography of a thiolene-based resin was used to fabricate microfluidic devices stable to aliphatic and aromatic organic solvents. The…”
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Bottle-brush macromolecules in solution: Comparison between results obtained from scattering experiments and computer simulations by Rathgeber, Silke, Pakula, Tadeusz, Wilk, Agnieszka, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof, Lee, Hyung-il, Beers, Kathryn L.

“…We addressed the structure of bottle-brush macromolecules under good solvent conditions by means of scattering techniques and computer simulations…”
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The First Dive into the Mechanism and Kinetics of ATRP by Beers, Kathryn L

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A New Synthetic Method for Controlled Polymerization Using a Microfluidic System by Wu, Tao, Mei, Ying, Cabral, João T, Xu, Chang, Beers, Kathryn L

“…While many parallel synthesis methods developed by the pharmaceutical and life science communities are being applied to polymer synthesis, there remains a need…”
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The Synthesis of Densely Grafted Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization by Beers, Kathryn L, Gaynor, Scott G, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof, Sheiko, Sergei S, Möller, Martin

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Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate by Beers, Kathryn L, Boo, Sohyun, Gaynor, Scott G, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof

“…Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been used to directly prepare linear pHEMA of controlled molecular weight and low polydispersity. Reaction…”
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Bottlebrush polymers in the melt and polyelectrolytes in solution share common structural features by Sarapas, Joel M., Martin, Tyler B., Chremos, Alexandros, Douglas, Jack F., Beers, Kathryn L.

“…Uncharged bottlebrush polymer melts and highly charged polyelectrolytes in solution exhibit correlation peaks in scattering measurements and simulations. Given…”
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A microfluidic platform for integrated synthesis and dynamic light scattering measurement of block copolymer micelles by Chastek, Thomas Q, Iida, Kazunori, Amis, Eric J, Fasolka, Michael J, Beers, Kathryn L

“…Microfluidic devices were developed that integrate the synthesis of well defined block copolymers and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurement of their…”
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Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Depolymerization of Polyethylene Using Graphene-Oxide-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles by Zhang, Wengang, Starr, Francis W., Beers, Kathryn L., Douglas, Jack F.

“…While plastic materials offer many benefits to society, the slow degradation and difficulty in recycling plastics raise important environmental and…”
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Maximizing Contact of Supersoft Bottlebrush Networks with Rough Surfaces To Promote Particulate Removal by Duncan, Teresa T, Chan, Edwin P, Beers, Kathryn L

“…Efficient removal of particulates from a rough surface with a soft material through a “press and peel” method (i.e., an adhesion and release approach) depends…”
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Tandem Heterogeneous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process by Ellis, Lucas D., Orski, Sara V., Kenlaw, Grace A., Norman, Andrew G., Beers, Kathryn L., Román-Leshkov, Yuriy, Beckham, Gregg T.

“…The accumulation of plastic waste in the environment has prompted the development of new chemical recycling technologies. A recently reported approach employed…”
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