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Polyglycerol and Poly(ethylene glycol) exhibit different effects on pharmacokinetics and antibody generation when grafted to nanoparticle surfaces by Shin, Kwangsoo, Suh, Hee-Won, Grundler, Julian, Lynn, Anna Y., Pothupitiya, Jinal U., Moscato, Zoe M., Reschke, Melanie, Bracaglia, Laura G., Piotrowski-Daspit, Alexandra S., Saltzman, W. Mark

“…Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is widely employed for passivating nanoparticle (NP) surfaces to prolong blood circulation and enhance localization of NPs to…”
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Triclocarban: Commercial Antibacterial and Highly Effective H‑Bond Donating Catalyst for Ring-Opening Polymerization by Dharmaratne, Nayanthara U, Pothupitiya, Jinal U, Bannin, Timothy J, Kazakov, Oleg I, Kiesewetter, Matthew K

“…The antibacterial compound, triclocarban (TCC), is shown to be a highly effective H-bond donating catalyst for ring-opening polymerization (ROP) when applied…”
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Urea and Thiourea H‑Bond Donating Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization: Mechanistic Insights via (Non)linear Free Energy Relationships by Pothupitiya, Jinal U, Hewawasam, Rukshika S, Kiesewetter, Matthew K

“…Hammett-style free energy studies of (thio)­urea/MTBD mediated ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of δ-valerolactone reveal the complicated interplay of…”
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H‑Bonding Organocatalysts for the Living, Solvent-Free Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones: Toward an All-Lactones, All-Conditions Approach by Pothupitiya, Jinal U, Dharmaratne, Nayanthara U, Jouaneh, Terra Marie M, Fastnacht, Kurt V, Coderre, Danielle N, Kiesewetter, Matthew K

“…The developing urea class of H-bond donors facilitates the solvent-free ROP of lactones at ambient and elevated temperatures, displaying enhanced rates and…”
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Bis- and Tris-Urea H‑Bond Donors for Ring-Opening Polymerization: Unprecedented Activity and Control from an Organocatalyst by Fastnacht, Kurt V, Spink, Samuel S, Dharmaratne, Nayanthara U, Pothupitiya, Jinal U, Datta, Partha P, Kiesewetter, Elizabeth T, Kiesewetter, Matthew K

“…A new class of H-bond donating ureas was developed for the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of lactone monomers, and they exhibit dramatic rate acceleration…”
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Coupled equilibria in H-bond donating ring-opening polymerization: The effective catalyst-determined shift of a polymerization equilibrium by Datta, Partha P., Pothupitiya, Jinal U., Kiesewetter, Elizabeth T., Kiesewetter, Matthew K.

“…[Display omitted] •ROP and catalyst/reagent binding equilibria are highly coupled.•Thiourea favors depolymerization to provide a lactone binding partner to…”
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Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Lactones: Development of New Catalysts Guided by Mechanism by Pothupitiya, Jinal U

“…The use of non-biodegradable polymeric materials has been a growing threat to the environment. Attention has been greatly focused by many scientists on…”
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