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Surface Modification of Water Purification Membranes by Miller, Daniel J., Dreyer, Daniel R., Bielawski, Christopher W., Paul, Donald R., Freeman, Benny D.

“…Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is…”
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From Conception to Realization: An Historial Account of Graphene and Some Perspectives for Its Future by Dreyer, Daniel R., Ruoff, Rodney S., Bielawski, Christopher W.

“…There has been an intense surge in interest in graphene during recent years. However, graphene‐like materials derived from graphite oxide were reported in…”
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A eutectic mixture of galactitol and mannitol as a phase change material for latent heat storage by Paul, Abhijit, Shi, Li, Bielawski, Christopher W.

“…Cyclic stability of the eutectic mixture of galactitol and D-mannitol. [Display omitted] •A eutectic mixture of galactitol/mannitol was studied as a phase…”
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Photoswitchable Organocatalysis: Using Light To Modulate the Catalytic Activities of N‑Heterocyclic Carbenes by Neilson, Bethany M, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…A 4,5-dithienylimidazolium salt was found to undergo electrocyclic isomerization upon exposure to UV radiation (λ irr = 313 nm) under neutral and basic…”
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Elucidating the Structure of Poly(dopamine) by Dreyer, Daniel R, Miller, Daniel J, Freeman, Benny D, Paul, Donald R, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…Herein we propose a new structure for poly(dopamine), a synthetic eumelanin that has found broad utility as an antifouling agent. Commercially available…”
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Methods for activating and characterizing mechanically responsive polymers by Wiggins, Kelly M, Brantley, Johnathan N, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…Mechanically responsive polymers harness mechanical energy to facilitate unique chemical transformations and bestow materials with force sensing (e.g.,…”
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High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Poly(ionic liquid)-Modified Graphene Electrodes by Kim, Tae Young, Lee, Hyun Wook, Stoller, Meryl, Dreyer, Daniel R, Bielawski, Christopher W, Ruoff, Rodney S, Suh, Kwang S

“…We report a high-performance supercapacitor incorporating a poly(ionic liquid)-modified reduced graphene oxide (PIL:RG-O) electrode and an ionic liquid (IL)…”
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Real-Time, in Situ Monitoring of the Oxidation of Graphite: Lessons Learned by Morimoto, Naoki, Suzuki, Hideyuki, Takeuchi, Yasuo, Kawaguchi, Shogo, Kunisu, Masahiro, Bielawski, Christopher W, Nishina, Yuta

“…Graphite oxide (GO) and its constituent layers (i.e., graphene oxide) display a broad range of functional groups and, as such, have attracted significant…”
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Photoswitchable Metal-Mediated Catalysis: Remotely Tuned Alkene and Alkyne Hydroborations by Neilson, Bethany M, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…A photochromic dithienylethene-annulated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)–Rh(I) complex was synthesized and found to undergo reversible electrocyclic ring closure…”
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Molecular Recognition of Methionine-Terminated Peptides by Cucurbit[8]uril by Hirani, Zoheb, Taylor, Hailey F, Babcock, Emily F, Bockus, Andrew T, Varnado, C. Daniel, Bielawski, Christopher W, Urbach, Adam R

“…This Article describes the molecular recognition of peptides containing an N-terminal methionine (Met) by the synthetic receptor cucurbit[8]­uril (Q8) in…”
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Graphite oxide: a selective and highly efficient oxidant of thiols and sulfides by Dreyer, Daniel R, Jia, Hong-Peng, Todd, Alexander D, Geng, Jianxin, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…The selective oxidation of thiols to disulfides and sulfides to sulfoxides using graphite oxide (GO), a heterogeneous carbocatalyst obtained from low cost,…”
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Controlled Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation and Surface-Initiated Polymerization of a p‑Phenyleneethynylene-Based Monomer by Kang, Songsu, Ono, Robert J, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…Herein, we describe a catalyst transfer polycondensation that enabled access to well-defined poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) (PPE), a prominent conjugated polymer…”
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A Photoswitchable Olefin Metathesis Catalyst by Teator, Aaron J, Shao, Huiling, Lu, Gang, Liu, Peng, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…A dithienylethene-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene-Ru­(II) complex was synthesized and found to undergo a reversible photoisomerization which influenced…”
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Polymer Brushes via Controlled, Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) from Graphene Oxide by Lee, Sun Hwa, Dreyer, Daniel R., An, Jinho, Velamakanni, Aruna, Piner, Richard D., Park, Sungjin, Zhu, Yanwu, Kim, Sang Ouk, Bielawski, Christopher W., Ruoff, Rodney S.

“…A method for growing polymers directly from the surface of graphene oxide is demonstrated. The technique involves the covalent attachment of an initiator…”
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Graphite Oxide as an Auto-Tandem Oxidation-Hydration-Aldol Coupling Catalyst by Jia, Hong-Peng, Dreyer, Daniel R., Bielawski, Christopher W.

“…Graphite oxide (GO) was found to function as an auto‐tandem oxidation–hydration–aldol coupling catalyst for the formation of chalcones in a single reaction…”
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Tuning the Electronic Properties of Carbenes: A Systematic Comparison of Neighboring Amino versus Amido Groups by Blake, Garrett A, Moerdyk, Jonathan P, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…A related series of six-membered carbenes featuring adjoining amino and/or amido groups (i.e, a diaminocarbene, a monoamido-aminocarbene (3), and a a…”
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Computational Investigations of the Effects of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands on the Mechanism, Reactivity, and Regioselectivity of Rh-Catalyzed Hydroborations by Shao, Huiling, Wang, Yuening, Bielawski, Christopher W, Liu, Peng

“…Density functional theory calculations were performed to study the effects of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands on the Rh-catalyzed hydroboration of styrene…”
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Arrested Catalysis: Controlling Kumada Coupling Activity via a Redox-Active N-Heterocyclic Carbene by Tennyson, Andrew G, Lynch, Vincent M, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…Optimized syntheses for 1,3-dimesitylnaphthoquinimidazolium chloride [1H][Cl] and the corresponding silver−NHC complex [AgCl(1)] (2) were developed, enabling…”
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Molecular Catch Bonds and the Anti-Hammond Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry by Konda, Sai Sriharsha M, Brantley, Johnathan N, Varghese, Bibin T, Wiggins, Kelly M, Bielawski, Christopher W, Makarov, Dmitrii E

“…While the field of polymer mechanochemistry has traditionally focused on the use of mechanical forces to accelerate chemical processes, theoretical…”
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Polymer mechanochemistry: the design and study of mechanophores by Brantley, Johnathan N, Wiggins, Kelly M, Bielawski, Christopher W

“…The burgeoning field of polymer mechanochemistry has garnered significant interest in recent years. Mechanochemical transformations are those that are promoted…”
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