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2022

  1. D. Sahoo, M. Peterca, M. R.Imam, B. E. Partridge, Q. Xiao & V. Percec. Conformationally flexible dendronized cyclotetraveratrylenes (CTTV)s self-organize a large diversity of chiral columnar, Frank-Kasper and quasicrystal phases. Giant 2022, 10, 100096.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2022.100096.
  2. M. R. Imam, M. Peterca, Q. Xiao & V. Percec. Enhancing conformational flexibility of dendronized triphenylene via diethylene glycol linkers lowers transitions of helical columnar, Frank-Kasper, and quasicrystal phases. Giant 2022, 10, 100098.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2022.100098.
  3. D. Zhang, E. N. Atochina-Vasserman, J. Lu, D. S. Maurya, Q. Xiao, M. Liu, J. Adamson, N. Ona, E. K. Reagan, H. Ni, D. Weissman & V. Percec. The Unexpected Importance of the Primary Structure of the Hydrophobic Part of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers in Targeted mRNA Delivery Activity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4746-4753.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00273.
  4. Q. Xiao, N. Rivera-Martinez, C. J. Raab, J. G. Bermudez, M. C. Good, M. L. Klein, & V. Percec. Co-assembly of liposomes, Dendrimersomes, and Polymersomes with amphiphilic Janus dendrimers conjugated to Mono- and Tris-Nitrilotriacetic Acid (NTA, TrisNTA) enhances protein recruitment. Giant 2022, 9, 100089.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2021.100089.
  5. V. Percec, N. Huang, Q. Xiao, B. E. Partridge, D. Sahoo, M. R. Imam, M. Peterca, R. Graf, H.-W. Spiess, X. Zeng & G. Ungar. Self-Organization of Rectangular Bipyramidal Helical Columns by Supramolecular Orientational Memory Epitaxially Nucleated from a Frank-Kasper σ Phase. Giant 2022, 9, 100084.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2021.100084.

    2021
  6. D. Zhang, E. N. Atochina-Vasserman, D. S. Maurya, M. Liu, Q. Xiao, J. Lu, G. Lauri, N. Ona, E. K. Reagan, H. Ni, D. Weissman & V. Percec. Targeted Delivery of mRNA with One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17975−17982.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09585. Spotlight by S. Anderson, “Optimized Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Right on Target” in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 18803–18804. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11846.
  7. V. Percec, S. Wang, N. Huang, B. E. Partridge, X. Wang, D. Sahoo, D. J. Hoffman, J. Malineni, M. Peterca, R. L. Jezorek, N. Zhang, H. Daud, P. D. Sung, E. R. McClure & S. L. Song. An Accelerated Modular-Orthogonal Ni-Catalyzed Methodology to Symmetric and Nonsymmetric Constitutional Isomeric AB2 to AB9 Dendrons Exhibiting Unprecedented Self-Organizing Principles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17724–17743.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08502.
    Spotlight by N. McGuire, “New Branches on the dendron family tree” in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17873–17874. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11292.
  8. V. Percec & Q. Xiao. Helical Chirality of Supramolecular Columns and Spheres Self-Organizes Complex Liquid Crystals, Crystals, and Quasicrystals. Isr. J. Chem. 2021, 61, 530–556.
    DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100057.
  9. D. Zhang, E. N. Atochina-Vasserman, D. S. Maurya, N. Huang, Q. Xiao, N. Ona, M. Liu, H. Shahnawaz, H. Ni, K. Kim, M. M. Billingsley, D. J. Pochan, M. J. Mitchell, D. Weissman & V. Percec. One-Component Multifunctional Sequence-Defined Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Delivery Systems for mRNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc 2021, 143, 12315–12327.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05813.
    Spotlight by S. Anderson, “Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Deliver on mRNA Delivery” in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11889-11890. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08051.
  10. N. Huang, Q. Xiao, M. Peterca. X. Zeng & V. Percec. Self-organisation of rhombitruncated cuboctahedral hexagonal columns from an amphiphilic Janus dendrimer. Mol. Phys. 2021, 119, e1902586. Dedicated to the 80th Birthday of Professor Michael L. Klein.
    DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1902586.
  11. V. Percec & Q. Xiao. The legacy of Rosalind E. Franklin: Landmark contributions to two Nobel Prizes. Chem 2021, 7, 529–536.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.02.020.
  12. N. Y. Kostina, D. Söder, T. Haraszti, Q. Xiao, K. Rahimi, B. E. Partridge, M. L. Klein, V. Percec, & C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger. Enhanced concanavalin A binding to preorganized mannose nanoarrays in glycodendrimersomes revealed multivalent interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 8352-8360.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100400.
  13. V. Percec & Q. Xiao. Helical Self-Organizations and Emerging Functions in Architectures, Biological and Synthetic Macromolecules. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 900–928.
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210015.
  14. P. V. Murphy, A. Romero, Q. Xiao, A.-K. Ludwig, S. Jogula, N. V. Shilova, T. Singh, A. Gabba, B. Javed, D. Zhang, F. J. Medrano, H. Kaltner, J. Kopitz, N. V. Bovin, A. M. Wu, M. L. Klein, V. Percec & H.-J. Gabius. Probing Sulfatide-Tissue Lectin Recognition with Functionalized Glycodendrimersomes. iScience 2021, 24, 101919.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101919.
  15. M. L. Klein, A. Romero, H. Kaltner, V. Percec & H.-J. Gabius. From Examining the Relationship between (Corona) Viral Adhesins and Galectins to Glyco-Perspectives. Biophys. J. 2021, 120, 1031–1039.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.020.
  16. N. Y. Kostina, A. M. Wagner, T. Haraszti, K. Rahimi, Q. Xiao, M. L. Klein, V. Percec & C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger. Unraveling Topology-Induced Shape Transformations in Dendrimersomes. Soft Matter 2021, 17, 254-267. (Front Cover)
    DOI: 10.1039/D0SM01097A.

    2020
  17. V. Percec, Q. Xiao, G. Lligadas & M. J. Monterio. Perfecting Self-Organization of Covalent and Supramolecular Mega Macromolecules via Sequence-Defined and Monodisperse Components. Polymer 2020, 211, 123252.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123252.
  18. V. Percec & Q. Xiao. The Legacy of Hermann Staudinger: Covalently Linked Macromolecules. Giant 2020, 4, 100036.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2020.100036.
  19. V. Percec & Q. Xiao. From Organic Chemistry to Chemical Biology via Macromolecules with Hermann Staudinger. Chem 2020, 6, 2855-2861.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.10.007.
  20. A. Moreno, A. Jiménez-Alesanco, J. C. Ronda, V. Cádiz, M. Galià, V. Percec, O. Abian, & G. Lligadas. Dual Biochemically Breakable Drug Carriers from Programmed Telechelic Homopolymers. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21, 4313–4325.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01113.
  21. M. N. Holerca, M. Peterca, B. E. Partridge, Q. Xiao, G. Lligadas, M. J. Monteiro, & V. Percec. Monodisperse Macromolecules by Self-Interrupted Living Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 124, 15265–15270.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07912.
  22. A. Moreno, J. C. Ronda, V. Cádiz, M. Galia, V. Percec & G. Lligadas. Programming Self-Assembly and Stimuli-Triggered Response of Hydrophilic Telechelic Polymers with Sequence-Encoded Hydrophobic Initiators.Macromolecules 2020, 53, 7285–7297.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01400.
  23. M. J. Monterio, S. E. Sherman & V. Percec. Precise and Accelerated Polymer Synthesis via Mixed-Ligand and Mixed-RAFT Agents. Chem 2020, 6, 1203-1204.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.05.022.
  24. Q. Xiao, M. Delbianco, S. E. Sherman, A. M. Reveron Perez, P. Bharate, A. Pardo-Vargas, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, N. Y. Kostina, K. Rahimi, D. Söder, M. Möller, M. L. Klein, P. H. Seeberger & V. Percec. Nanovesicles Displaying Functional Linear and Branched Oligomannose Self-Assembled from Sequence-Defined Janus Glycodendrimers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2020, 117, 11931-11939.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003938117.
  25. S. Li, B. Xia, B. Javed, W. D. Hasley, A. Melendez-Davila, M. Liu, M. Kerzner, S. Agarwal, Q. Xiao, P. Torre, J. G. Bermudez, K. Rahimi, N. Y. Kostina, M. Moeller, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, M. L. Klein, V. Percec & M. C. Good. Direct Visualization of Vesicle Disassembly and Reassembly Using Photocleavable Dendrimers Elucidates Cargo Release Mechanisms. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 7398–7411.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02912.
  26. L. Wang, B. E. Partridge, N. Huang, J. T. Olsen, D. Sahoo, X. Zeng, G. Ungar, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess & V. Percec. Extraordinary Acceleration of Cogwheel Helical Self-Organization of Dendronized Perylene Bisimides by the Dendron Sequence Encoding their Tertiary Structure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 9525–9536.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03353.
  27. N. Huang, M. R. Imam, M. J. Sienkowska, M. Peterca, M. N. Holerca, D. A. Wilson, B. M. Rosen, B. E. Partridge, Q. Xiao & V. Percec. Supramolecular Spheres Assembled from Covalent and Supramolecular Dendritic Crowns Dictate the Supramolecular Orientational Memory Effect Mediated by Frank-Kasper Phases. Giant 2020, 1, 100001.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2020.100001.
  28. V. Percec. Merging Macromolecular and Supramolecular Chemistry Into Bioinspired Synthesis of Complex Systems. Isr. J. Chem. 2020, 60, 48-66.
    DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000004.
  29. D. S. Maurya, A. Malik, X. Feng, N. Bensabeh, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Me6-TREN/TREN Mixed-Ligand Effect During SET-LRP in the Catalytically Active DMSO Revitalizes TREN into an Excellent Ligand. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21, 1902-1919.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01765.
  30. N. Bensabeh, A. Moreno, A. Roig, M. Rahimzadeh, K. Rahimi, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, M. Galia, V. Percec, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger & G. Lligadas. Photoinduced Upgrading of Lactic Acid-Based Solvents to Block Copolymer Surfactants. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 1276-1284.
    DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06599.
  31. X. Feng, D. S. Maurya, N. Bensabeh, A. Moreno, T. Oh, Y. Luo, J. Lejnieks, M. Galià, Y. Miura, M. J. Monteiro, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Replacing Cu(II)Br2 with Me6-TREN in Biphasic Cu(0)/TREN Catalyzed SET-LRP Reveals the Mixed-Ligand Effect. Biomacromolecules 2020, 21,250-261.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01282.
  32. 2019
  33. B. E. Partridge, L. Wang, D. Sahoo, J. T. Olsen, P. Leowanawat, C. Roche, H. Ferreira, K. J. Reilly, X. Zeng, G. Ungar, P. A. Heiney, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess & V. Percec. Sequence-Defined Dendrons Dictate Supramolecular Cogwheel Assembly of Dendronized Perylene Bisimides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15761-15766.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08714.
  34. A. Moreno, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. pH-Responsive Micellar Nanoassemblies from Water-Soluble Telechelic Homopolymers Endcoding Acid-Labile Middle-Chain Groups in Their Hydrophobic Sequence-Defined Initiator Residue. ACS Marco Lett.2019, 19, 5732-5738.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00572.
  35. N. Y. Kostina, K. Rahimi, Q. Xiao, T. Haraszti, S. Dedisch, J. P. Spatz, U. Schwaneberg, M. L. Klein, V. Percec, M. Möller & C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger. Membrane-Mimetic Dendrimersomes Engulf Living Bacteria via Endocytosis. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 5732-5738.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02349.
  36. P. Torre, Q. Xiao, I. Buzzacchera, S. E. Sherman, K. Rahimi, N. Y. Kostina, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, M. Möller, C. J. Wilson, M. L. Klein, M. C. Good & V. Percec. Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Components in Dendrimersomes and Decoration of Their Surface with Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019, 116, 15378-15385.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904868116.
    Highlighted by G. Vitale, “Artificial cells can deliver molecules better than the real thing” in Penn Today.
  37. A. Moreno, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP from Programmed Difunctional Initiators Encoded with Double Single-Cleavage and Double Dual-Cleavage Groups. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 3200-3210. Selected as the Front Cover.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00892.
  38. N. Bensabeh, A. Moreno, A. Roig, O. R. Monaghan, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, M. Galia, S. M. Howdle, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Polyacrylates Derived from Bio-Based Ethyl Lactate Solvent via SET-LRP. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 2135–2147.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00435.
  39. D. A. Wilson, K. A. Andreopoulou, M. Peterca, P. Leowanawat, D. Sahoo, B. E. Partridge, Q. Xiao, N. Huang, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. Supramolecular Spheres Self-Assembled from Conical Dendrons are Chiral. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6162–6166.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02206.
  40. A. Moreno, N. Bensabeh, J. Parve, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, M. Galia, L. Vares, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP of Bio- and Petroleum-Sourced Methacrylates in Aqueous Alcoholic Mixtures. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 1816–1827.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00257.
  41. C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, Q. Xiao, N. Y. Kostina, S. E. Sherman, K. Rahimi, B. E. Partridge, S. Li, D. Sahoo, A. M. Reveron Perez, I. Buzzacchera, H. Han, M. Kerzner, I. Malhotra, M. Möller, C. J. Wilson, M. C. Good, M. Goulian, T. Baumgart, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Encoding Biological Recognition in a Bicomponent Cell-Membrane Mimic. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019, 116, 5376-5382.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821924116.
    Highlighted by E. K. Brockmeier, “Cells use sugars to communicate at the molecular level” in Penn Today.
  42. A.-K. Ludwig, M. Michalak, Q. Xiao, U. Gilles, F. J. Medrano, H. Ma, F. G. FitzGerald, W. D. Hasley, A. Melendez-Davila, M. Liu, K. Rahimi, N. Y. Kostina, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, M. Möller, I. Lindner, H. Kaltner, M. Cudic, D. Reusch, J. Kopitz, A. Romero, S. Oscarson, M. L. Klein, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Design–Functionality Relationships for Adhesion/Growth-Regulatory Galectins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019, 116, 2837-2842.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813515116.
  43. S. S. Yadavalli, Q. Xiao, S. E. Sherman, W. D. Hasley, M. L. Klein, M.Goulian & V. Percec. Bioactive Cell-Like Hybrids from Dendrimersomes with a Human Cell Membrane and its Components. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019, 116, 744-752.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811307116.
  44. I. Buzzacchera, Q. Xiao, Hong Han, Khosrow Rahimi, Shangda Li, N. Y. Kostina, B. J. Toebes, S. E. Wilner, M. Möller, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, T. Baumgart, D. A. Wilson, C. J. Wilson, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Screening Libraries of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Based on Natural Phenolic Acids to Discover Monodisperse Unilamellar Dendrimersomes. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 712–727.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01405.
  45. 2018
  46. M. N. Holerca, D. Sahoo, B. E. Partridge, M. Peterca, X. Zeng, G. Ungar & V. Percec. Dendronized Poly(2-Oxazoline) Displays within only Five Monomer Repeat Units Liquid Quasicrystal, A15 and σ Frank-Kasper Phases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16941–16947.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11103.
  47. A. Moreno, J. Lejnieks, M. Galià, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Acetone: solvent or reagent depending on the order of addition in SET-LRP. Polymer Chemistry 2018, 9, 5411-5417.
    DOI: 10.1039/C8PY01331D.
  48. A. Moreno, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP in Biphasic Mixtures of the Non-Disproportionating Solvent Hexafluoroisopropanol with Water Biomacromolecules 2018, 19, 4480–4491.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01381.
  49. D. Sahoo, M. R. Imam, M. Peterca, B. E. Partridge, D. A. Wilson, X. Zeng, G. Ungar, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. Hierarchical Self-Organization of Chiral Columns from Chiral Supramolecular Spheres J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13478–13487.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09174.
  50. M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Frontiers of Macromolecular and Supramolecular Science symposia Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 2355-2358. Editorial.
    DOI: 10.1039/C8PY90063A.
    More Articles in Themed Collections, Polym. Chem. 2018: Frontiers in Supramolecular and Macromolecular Science symposia.
  51. S. E. Wilner, Q. Xiao, Z. T. Graber, S. E. Sherman, V. Percec & T. Baumgart. Dendrimersomes Exhibit Lamellar-to-Sponge Phase Transitions. Langmuir 2018, 34, 5527-5534 .
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00275.
  52. D. Sahoo, M. Peterca, E. Aqad, B. E. Partridge, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Losing Supramolecular Orientational Memory via Self-Organization of a Misfolded Secondary Structure. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 2370-2381.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8py00187a.
  53. A. Moreno, J. Lejnieks, L. Ding, S. Grama, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Highly Reactive alpha-Bromoacrylate Monomers and Michael Acceptors Obtained by Cu(II)Br2-dibromination of Acrylates and Instantaneous E2 by a Ligand. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 2082-2086.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8py00155c.
  54. A. Moreno, T. Liu, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Acrylate-macromonomers and Telechelics of PBA by Merging Biphasic SET-LRP of BA, Chain Extension with MA and Biphasic Esterification. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 1961-1971.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8py00156a.
  55. A. Moreno, R. L. Jezorek, T. Liu, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. Macromonomers, Telechelics and More Complex Architectures of PMA by a Combination of Biphasic SET-LRP and Biphasic Esterification. Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 1885-1899.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8py00150b.
  56. N. Bensabeh, J. C. Ronda, M. Galia, V. Cadiz, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP of the Hydrophobic Biobased Menthyl Acrylate. Biomacromolecules 2018, 19, 1256-1268.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00090.
  57. A. Moreno, T. Liu, L. Ding, I. Buzzacchera, M. Galia, M. Möller, C. J. Wilson, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP in Biphasic Mixtures of Fluorinated Alcohols with Water. Polym. Chem. 2018, 2018, 9, 2313-2327.
    DOI: 10.1039/c8py00062j.
  58. Q. Xiao, A.-K. Ludwig, C. Romano, I. Buzzacchera, S. E. Sherman, M. Vetro, S. Vertesy, H. Kaltner, E. H. Reed, M. Möller, C. J. Wilson, D. A. Hammer, S. Oscarson, M. L. Klein, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Exploring Functional Pairing Between Surface Glycoconjugates and Human Galectins Using Programmable Glycodendrimersomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, E2509-E2518.

    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720055115.
  59. 2017
  60. A. Moreno, S. Grama, T. Liu, M. Galia, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP Mediated by TREN in Biphasic Water-Organic Solvent Mixtures Provides the Most Economical and Efficient Process. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 7559-7574.
    DOI: 10.1039/c7py01841j.
  61. J. Kopitz, Q. Xiao, A.-K. Ludwig, A. Romero, M. Michalak, S. E. Sherman, X. Zhou, C. Dazen, S. Vertesy, H. Kaltner, M. L. Klein, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Reaction of a Programmable Glycan Presentation of Glycodendrimersomes and Cells with Engineered Human Lectins To Show the Sugar Functionality of the Cell Surface. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14677–14681.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708237.
  62. G. Lligadas, S. Grama & V. Percec. SET-LRP Platform to Practice, Develop and Invent. Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 2981-3008.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01131.
  63. A. Moreno, D. Garcia, M. Galia, J. C. Ronda, V. Cadiz, G. Lligadas & V. Percec. SET-LRP in the Neoteric Ethyl Lactate Alcohol. Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 3447-3456.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01130
  64. S. Grama, J. E. Lejnieks, M. Enayati, R. B. Smail, L. Ding, G. Lligadas, M. J. Monteiro & V. Percec. Searching for Efficient SET-LRP Systems via Biphasic Mixtures of Water with Carbonates, Ethers and Dipolar Aprotic Solvents. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 5865-5874.
    DOI: 10.1039/c7py01349c.
  65. K. A. Andreopoulou, M. Peterca, D. A. Wilson, B. E. Partridge, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. Demonstrating the 81-Helicity and Nanomechanical Function of Self-Organizable Dendronized Polymethacrylates and Polyacrylates. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 5271-5284.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01216.
  66. G. Lligadas, M. Enayati, S. Grama, R. Smail, S. E. Sherman & V. Percec. Ultrafast SET-LRP with Peptoid Cytostatic Drugs as Monofunctional and Bifunctional Initiators. Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 2610-2622.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00722.
  67. Q. Xiao, S. E. Sherman, S. E. Wilner, X. Zhou, C. Dazen, T. Baumgart, E. H. Reed, D. A. Hammer, W. Shinoda, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Janus Dendrimersomes Coassembled from Fluorinated, Hydrogenated and Hybrid Janus Dendrimers as Models for Fusion and Fission of Biological Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2017, 114, E7045-E7053.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708380114.
  68. R. L. Jezorek, M. Enayati, R. B. Smail, J. Lejnieks, S. Grama, M. J. Monteiro & V. Percec. The Stirring Rate Provides A Dramatic Acceleration of the Ultrafast Interfacial SET-LRP in Biphasic Acetonitrile-Water Mixtures. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 3405-3424.
    DOI: 10.1039/c7py00659d.
    Featured on Front Cover of the issue.
  69. R. B. Smail, R. L. Jezorek, J. Lejnieks, M. Enayati, S. Grama, M. J. Monteiro & V. Percec. Acetone-Water Biphasic Mixtures as Solvents for Ultrafast SET-LRP of Hydrophobic Acrylates. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 3102-3123.
    DOI: 10.1039/c7py00557a.
  70. S. E. Sherman, Q. Xiao & V. Percec. Mimicking Complex Biological Membranes and Their Programmable Glycan Ligands with Dendrimersomes and Glycodendrimersomes. Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 6538-6631.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00097.
  71. G. Lligadas, S. Grama & V. Percec. Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Biomacromolecules and Their Conjugates by SET-LRP. Biomacromolecules 2017, 18, 1039-1063.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00197.
    Selected as ACS Editors’ Choice and featured on the Front Cover of the issue.
  72. D. Jishkariani, C. M. MacDermaid, Y. N. Timsina, S. Grama, S. S. Gillani, M. Divar, S. S. Yadavalli, R.-O. Moussodia, P. Leowanawat, A. M. Berrios Camacho, R. Walter, M. Goulian, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Self-Interrupted Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Aliphatic Polyamide Dendrimers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2017, 114, E2275-E2284.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700922114.
    Highlighted by Ali Sundermier on Penn News.
  73. D. Sahoo, M. Peterca, E. Aqad, B. E. Partridge, P. A. Heiney, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng & V. Percec. Tetrahedral Arrangements of Perylene Bisimide Columns via Supramolecular Orientational Memory. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 983-991.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b07599.
  74. M. N. Holerca, D. Sahoo, M. Peterca, B. E. Partridge, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. A Tetragonal Phase Self-Organized from Unimolecular Spheres Assembled from a Substituted Poly(2-oxazoline). Macromolecules 2017, 50, 375-385.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02298.
  75. 2016
  76. M. Enayati, R. B. Smail, S. Grama, R. L. Jezorek, M. L. Monteiro & V. Percec. The Synergistic Effect During Biphasic SET-LRP in Ethanol-Nonpolar Solvent-Water Mixtures. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 7230-7241.
    DOI: 10.1039/c6py01815g.
  77. M. Vorobii, O. Pop-Georgievski, A. de los Santos Pereira, N. Yu. Kostina, R. L. Jezorek, Z. Sedlakova, V. Percec & C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger. Grafting of Functional Methacrylate Polymer Brushes by Photoinduced SET-LRP. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 6934-6945.
    DOI: 10.1039/c6py01730d.
  78. D. Sahoo, M. Peterca, E. Aqad, B. E. Partridge, P. A. Heiney, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng & V. Percec. Hierarchical Self-Organization of Perylene Bisimides into Supramolecular Spheres and Periodic Arrays Thereof. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14798-14807.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09986.
  79. M. Peterca, M. R. Imam, S. D. Hudson, B. E. Partridge, D. Sahoo, P. A. Heiney, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Complex Arrangement of Orthogonal Nanoscale Columns via a Supramolecular Orientational Memory Effect. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 10480-10488.
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06419.
  80. M.-S. Ho, B. E. Partridge, H.-J. Sun, D. Sahoo, P. Leowanawat, M. Peterca, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng, G. Ungar, P.A. Heiney, C.-S. Hsu & V. Percec. Screening Libraries of Semifluorinated Arylene Bisimides to Discover and Predict Thermodynamically Controlled Helical Crystallization. ACS Comb. Sci. 2016, 18, 723-739.
    DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.6b00143.
    Front Cover of the Issue.
  81. Q. Xiao, Z. Wang, D. Williams, P. Leowanawat, M. Peterca, S. E. Sherman, S. Zhang, D. A. Hammer, P. A. Heiney, S. R. King, D. M. Markovitz, S. Andre, H.-J. Gabius, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Why Do Membranes of Some Unhealthy Cells Adopt a Cubic Architecture? ACS Cent. Sci. 2016, 2, 943-953.
    DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00284.
    Highlighted by Ali Sundermier on Penn News.
  82. Q. Xiao, J. D. Rubien, Z. Wang, E. H. Reed, D. A. Hammer, D. Sahoo, P. A. Heiney, S. S. Yadavalli, M. Goulian, S. E. Wilner, T. Baumgart, S. A. Vinogradov, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Self-Sorting and Coassembly of Fluorinated, Hydrogenated, and Hybrid Janus Dendrimers into Dendrimersomes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12655-12663.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08069.
  83. M. Enayati, R. L. Jezorek, R. B. Smail, M. J. Monteiro & V. Percec. Ultrafast SET-LRP in Biphasic Mixtures of the Non-Disproportionating Solvent Acetonitrile with Water. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 5930-5942.
    DOI: 10.1039/c6py01307d.
  84. M. Gavrilov, Z. Jia, V. Percec & M. J. Monteiro. Quantitative End-Group Functionalization of PNIPAM from Aqueous SET-LRP via in situ Reduction of Cu(II) with NaBH4. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 4802-4809.
    DOI: 10.1039/c6py00968a.
    Selected by Dr. Athina Anastasaki as Polymer Chemistry‘s Paper of the Month.
  85. M. Enayati, R. L. Jezorek & V. Percec. A Multiple-Stage Activation of the Catalytically Inhomogeneous Cu(0) Wire Used in SET-LRP. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 4549-4558.
    DOI: 10.1039/c6py00888g.
  86. J. Malineni, R. L. Jezorek, N. Zhang & V. Percec. NiIICl(1-Naphthyl)(PCy3)2, an Air-Stable σ-NiII Precatalyst for Quantitative Cross-Coupling of Aryl C-O Electrophiles with Aryl Neopentylglycolboronates. Synthesis 2016, 48, 2808-2815.
    DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562343.
  87. J. Malineni, R. L. Jezorek, N. Zhang & V. Percec. “An Indefinitely Air-Stable σ-NiII Precatalyst for Quantitative Cross-Coupling of Unreactive Aryl Halides and Mesylates with Aryl Neopentylglycolboronates. Synthesis 2016, 48, 2795-2807.
    DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1562342.
  88. M. Enayati, R. L. Jezorek, M. J. Monteiro & V. Percec. Ultrafast SET-LRP of Hydrophobic Acrylates in Multiphase Alcohol-Water Mixtures. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 3608-3621.
    DOI: 10.1039/C6PY00353B.
  89. Q. Xiao, S. S. Yadavalli, S. Zhang, S. E. Sherman, E. Fiorin, L. da Silva, D. A. Wilson, D. A. Hammer, S. André, H.-J. Gabius, M. L. Klein, M. Goulian & V. Percec. Bioactive Cell-Like Hybrids Coassembled from (Glyco)Dendrimersomes with Bacterial Membranes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2016, 113, E1134-E1141.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525589113.
  90. V. Percec. Introduction to Frontiers in Macromolecular and Supramolecular Science: Part 2. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 1671-1672.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00069.
  91. V. Percec. Introduction to Frontiers in Macromolecular and Supramolecular Science: Part 1. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 769-770.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00058.
  92. M. Gavrilov, T. J. Zerk, P. V. Bernhardt, V. Percec & M. J. Monteiro. SET-LRP of NIPAM in Water via in situ Reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(0) with NaBH4. Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 406-417.
    DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01855B.
  93. Q. Xiao, S. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. E. Sherman, R.-O. Moussodia, M. Peterca, A. Muncan, D. R. Williams, D. A. Hammer, S. Vértesy, S. André, H.-J. Gabius, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Onion-Like Glycodendrimersomes from Sequence-Defined Janus Glycodendrimers and Influence of Architecture on Reactivity to a Lectin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2016, 113, 1162-1167.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524976113.
  94. C. Roche, H.-J. Sun, P. Leowanawat, F. Araoka, B. E. Partridge, M. Peterca, D. A. Wilson, M. E. Prendergast, P. A. Heiney, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng, G. Ungar & V. Percec. A Supramolecular Helix that Disregards Chirality. Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 80-89.
    DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.2397.
    Highlighted by S. Borman, “How Researchers Formed A Pure, Chiral Crystal From Mixed Ingredients” in Chem. Eng. News 2015, 93 (48), 9.
  95. 2015
  96. S. Zhang, Q. Xiao, S. E. Sherman, A. Muncan, A. D. M. Ramos Vicente, Z. Wang, D. A. Hammer, D. Williams, Y. Chen, D. J. Pochan, S. Vértesy, S. André, M. L. Klein, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Glycodendrimersomes from Sequence-Defined Janus Glycodendrimers Reveal High Activity and Sensor Capacity for the Agglutination by Natural Variants of Human Lectins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13334-13344.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08844.
    Spotlight by R. Mukhopadhyay, “Clarifying Sugar-Receptor Binding” in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13211. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10594.
  97. O. V. Kulikov, D. A. Siriwardane, J. F. Reuther, G. T. McCandless, H.-J. Sun, Y. Li, S. F. Mahmood, S. S. Sheiko, V. Percec & B. M. Novak. Characterization of Fibrous Aggregated Morphologies and Other Complex Architectures Self-Assembled from Helical Alkyne and Triazole Polycarbodiimides (R)- and (S)-Families in the Bulk and Thin Film. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 4088-4103.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00407.
  98. M. Vorobii, A. de Los Santos Pereira, O. Pop-Georgievski, N. Yu. Kostina, C. Rodriguez-Emmenegger & V. Percec. Synthesis of Non-Fouling Poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] Brushes by Photoinduced SET-LRP. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 4210-4220.
    DOI: 10.1039/c5py00506j.
  99. S. Zhang, R.-O. Moussodia, S. Vértesy, S. André, M. L. Klein, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Unraveling Functional Significance of Natural Variations of a Human Galectin by Glycodendrimersomes with Programmable Glycan Surface. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015, 112, 5585-5590.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506220112.
  100. B. E. Partridge, P. Leowanawat, E. Aqad, M. R. Imam, H.-J. Sun, M. Peterca, P. A. Heiney, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng, G. Ungar & V. Percec. Increasing 3D Supramolecular Order by Decreasing Molecular Order. A Comparative Study of Helical Assemblies of Dendronized Nonchlorinated and Tetrachlorinated Perylene Bisimides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5210-5224.
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02147.
    Spotlight by C. Herman, “An Unexpected Finding About Highly Ordered Supramolecular Assemblies” in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4875. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03817.
  101. S. Guerra, J. Iehl, M. Holler, M. Peterca, D. A. Wilson, B. E. Partridge, S. Zhang, R. Deschenaux, J.-F. Nierengarten & V. Percec. Self-Organisation of Dodeca-Dendronized Fullerene into Supramolecular Discs and Helical Columns Containing a Nanowire-Like Core. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 3393-3401.
    DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00449g.
  102. S. R. Samanta, R. Cai & V. Percec. A Rational Approach to Activated Polyacrylates and Polymethacrylates by Using a Combination of Model Reactions and SET-LRP of Hexafluoroisopropyl Acrylate and Methacrylate. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 3259-3270.
    DOI: 10.1039/C5py00082C.
  103. S. R. Samanta, V. Nikolaou, S. Keller, M. J. Monteiro, D. A. Wilson, D. M. Haddleton & V. Percec. Aqueous SET-LRP Catalyzed with “in situ” Generated Cu(0) Demonstrates Surface Mediated Activation and Bimolecular Termination. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 2084-2097.
    DOI: 10.1039/c4py01748j.
  104. R. Zhang, X. Zeng, B. Kim, R. J. Bushby, K. Shin, P. J. Baker, V. Percec, P. Leowanawat & G. Ungar. Columnar Liquid Crystals with Cylindrical Nanoconfinement. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 1759-1766.
    DOI: 10.1021/nn506605p.
  105. S. Zhang, R.-O. Moussodia, C. Murzeau, H.-J. Sun, M. L. Klein, S. Vértesy, S. André, R. Roy, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Dissecting Molecular Aspects of Cell Interactions Using Glycodendrimersomes with Programmable Glycan Presentation and Engineered Human Lectins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4036-4040.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410882.
  106. Y.-C. Wu, P. Leowanawat, H.-J. Sun, B. E. Partridge, M. Peterca, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng, G. Ungar, C.S. Hsu, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. Complex Columnar Hexagonal Polymorphism in Supramolecular Assemblies of a Semifluorinated Electron-Accepting Naphthalene Bisimide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 807-819.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja510643b.
  107. H.-J. Sun, S. Zhang & V. Percec. From Structure to Function via Complex Supramolecular Dendrimer Systems. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015, 44, 3900-3923.
    DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00249k.
  108. S. R. Samanta, R. Cai & V. Percec. Synthesis of Amphiphilic Homopolymers with High Chain End Functionality by SET-LRP. J. Polym. Sci.: Part A, Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 294-303.
    DOI: 10.1002/pola.27331.
  109. 2014
  110. R. L. Jezorek, N. Zhang, P. Leowanawat, M. H. Bunner, N. Gutsche, A. K. R. Pesti, J. T. Olsen & V. Percec. Air- Stable Precatalysts for Fast and Quantitative Cross-Coupling of Aryl Sulfamates with Arylneopentylglycolboronates at Room Temperature. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 6326-6329.
    DOI: 10.1021/ol503061c.
  111. S. R. Samanta, R. Cai & V. Percec. SET-LRP of Semifluorinated Acrylates and Methacrylates. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 5479-5491.
    DOI: 10.1039/c4py00635f.
  112. C. Roche, H.-J. Sun, M. E. Prendergast, P. Leowanawat, B. E. Partridge, P. A. Heiney, F. Araoka, R. Graf, H. W. Spiess, X. Zeng, G. Ungar & V. Percec. Homochiral Columns Constructed by Chiral Self-Sorting During Supramolecular Helical Organization of Hat-Shaped Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 7169-7185.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja5035107.
  113. S. Zhang, R.-O. Moussodia, H.-J. Sun, P. Leowanawat, A. Muncan, C. D. Nusbaum, K. M. Chelling, P. A. Heiney, M. L. Klein, S. André, R. Roy, H.-J. Gabius & V. Percec. Mimicking Biological Membranes with Programmable Glycan Ligands Self-Assembled from Amphiphilic Janus Glycodendrimers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10899-10903.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403186.
  114. S. Zhang, H.-J. Sun, A. D. Hughes, R.-O. Moussodia, A. Bertin, Y. Chen, D. J. Pochan, P. A. Heiney, M. L. Klein & V. Percec. Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers into Uniform Onion-Like Dendrimersomes with Predictable Size and Number of Bilayers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2014, 111, 9058-9063.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402858111.
    Highlighted by S. Borman, “Two Faced Dendrimers form Onionlike Vesicles” in Chem. Eng. News. 2014, 92 (25), 29.
  115. N. Zhang, S. R. Samanta, B. M. Rosen & V. Percec. Single Electron Transfer in Radical Ion and Radical-Mediated Organic, Materials and Polymer Synthesis. Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 5848-5958.
    DOI: 10.1021/cr400689s.
  116. A. Anastasaki, V. Nikolaou, Q. Zhang, J. Burns, S. R. Samanta, C. Wandron, A. J. Haddleton, R. McHale, D. Fox, V. Percec, P. Wilson & D. M. Haddleton. Copper(II)/Tertiary Amine Synergy in Photoinduced Living Radical Polymerization: Accelerated Synthesis of ω-Functional and α,ω-Heterofunctional Poly(acrylates). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1141-1149.
    DOI: 10.1021/ja411780m.
  117. S. Zhang, H.-J. Sun, A. D. Hughes, B. Draghici, J. Lejnieks, P. Leowanawat, A. Bertin, L. O. De Leon, O. V. Kulikov, Y. Chen, D. J. Pochan, P. A. Heiney & V. Percec. “Single-Single” Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Self-Assemble into Uniform Dendrimersomes with Predictable Size. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 1554-1565.
    DO: 10.1021/nn405790x.
  118. S. R. Samanta & V. Percec. Synthesis of High Molar Mass Poly(N-Butyl Acrylate) and Poly(2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate) by SET-LRP in Mixtures of Fluorinated Alcohols with DMSO. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 169-174.
    DOI: 10.1039/c3py01008b.
  119. S. R. Samanta, H.-J. Sun, A. Anastasaki, D. M. Haddleton & V. Percec. Self-Activation and Activation of Cu(0) Wire for SET-LRP Mediated by Fluorinated Alcohols. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 89-95.
    DOI: 10.1039/c3py01007d.

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