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Publications at UA

17. Precision Native Polysaccharides from Living Polymerization of Anhydrosugars

Wu, L.; Zhou, Z.; Sathe, D.; Zhou, J.; Reich, S.; Zhao, Z.; Wang, J.; Niu, J.* Nat. Chem. 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01193-2.

16. Mechanochemical Degradation and Recycling of Synthetic Polymers

Zhou, J.;† Hsu, T.-G.;† Wang, J.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e20230076.

15. Macrocyclic Allylic Sulfone as a Universal Comonomer in Organocatalyzed Photocontrolled Radical Copolymerization with Vinyl Monomers

Wang, W.; Rondon, B.; Wang, Z.; Wang, J.; Niu, J.*, Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 2052-2061.

14. Evaluating Trans-Benzocyclobutene-Fused Cyclooctene as a Monomer for Chemically Recyclable Polymer

Su, H.-W.;† Zhou, J.;† Yoon, S.; Wang, J.*, Chem. Asian J. 2023, e202201133.

13. Synthesis and Mechanochemical Inertness of a Zn(II) Bidipyrrin Double Helix

Zhou, J., Sathe, D., Ciccotelli, A.,^ Wang, J.*, J. Polym. Sci. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220579.

12. Mechanochemically Accessing a Challenging-To-Synthesize Depolymerizable Polymer

Hsu, T.-G.;† Liu, S.;† Guan, X.; Yoon, S.; Zhou, J.; Chen, W.-Y.; Gaire, S.; Seylar, J.; Chen, H.; Wang, Z.; Rivera J.;^ Wu, L.; Ziegler C. J.; McKenzie R.; Wang, J.* Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 225.

Highlighted by Chemistry World: “Locked Degradability Breaks Plastic Paradox.”

11. Regulating the Thermodynamics and Thermal properties of Depolymerizable Polycyclooctenes through Substituent Effects

Sathe, D.; Chen H.; Wang, J.* Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44, 2200304.

10. Depolymerizable Olefinic Polymers Based on Fused-Ring Cyclooctene Monomers

Sathe, D.; Zhou, J.; Chen, H.; Wang, J.*, J. Visualized Exp. 2022, e64182.

9. Breaking the Paradox between Grafting-Through and Depolymerization to Access Recyclable Graft Polymers

Wang, Z.;† Yoon, S.;† Wang, J.* 2022, 55, 9249-9254.

8. Depolymerizable Semi-fluorinated Polymers for Sustainable Functional Materials

Sathe, D.;† Zhou, J.;† Chen H.; Schrage, B.R.; Yoon, S.; Wang, Z.; Ziegler, C.J.; Wang, J.* Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 2608-2614.

7. Turnaround in use of enol ether opens the door to degradable plastics

Zhou, J.;† Hsu, T.-G;† Wang, J.* Trends. Chem. 2022, 4, 258-259.

6. Understanding the Structure–Polymerization Thermodynamics Relationships of Fused-Ring Cyclooctenes for Developing Chemically Recyclable Polymers

Zhou, J.; Sathe, D.; Wang, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 928-934.
Highlighted by JACS Spotlight.

5. ​Degradable Vinyl Random Copolymers via Photocontrolled Radical Ring-Opening Cascade Copolymerization

Wang, W.; Zhou, Z.; Sathe, D.; Tang, X.; Moran, S.; Jin, J.; Haeffner, F.; Wang, J.;  Niu, J.* Angew Chem Int Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113302. 

4. Overcoming the Low Driving Force in Forming Depolymerizable Polymers through Monomer Isomerization

Chen, H.; Shi, Z.; Hsu, T.-G.; Wang, J.*  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2021, 60, 25493–25498.
Highlighted by Chemistry Views:  “Sustainable Depolymerizable Plastics.”
Highlighted by All Things Metathesis.

3. Conjugated Molecules Based 2D Perovskites for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Zhu, T.; Shen, L.; Chen, H.; Yang, Y.; Zheng, L.; Chen, R.; Zheng, J.; Wang, J.*; Gong, X.* J. Mat. Chem. A 2021, 9, 21910-21917.

2. Olefin Metathesis–Based Chemically Recyclable Polymers Enabled by Fused-Ring Monomers

Sathe, D.; Zhou, J.; Chen, H.; Su, H.-W.; Xie, W.; Hsu, T.-G.; Schrage, B.; Smith, T.; Ziegler, C. J.; Wang, J.* Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 743-750.
Highlighted by Nature Chemistry News & Views: “Low Strain, More Gain.”
Highlighted by C&EN News: “Chemists Make a Recyclable Polymer with the Help of Ring Strain.” and C&EN’s Year in Chemistry 2021: “Plastics recycling research rocketed forward in 2021.”
Highlighted by Chemistry World:  “Ring-strain Engineered Polymers Become Endlessly Recyclable – but Are Such Materials Ready to Compete with Commercial Plastics?“
More highlights. 

1. A Polymer with “Locked” Degradability: Superior Backbone Stability and Accessible Degradability Enabled by Mechanophore Installation

Hsu, T-G.; Zhou, J.; Su, H-W.; Schrage, B. R.; Ziegler, C. J.; Wang, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 2100-2104.
Highlighted by JACS spotlight: “Opening the Door to Controllable Degradation with Lockable Polymers.”

Publications prior to UA

15. Barbee, M. H.; Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T.; Lu, M.; Craig, S. L.*, “Mechanochemical Ring-Opening of Allylic Epoxides,” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 6234-6240.
14. Wang, J.; Wang, R.; Gu, Y.; Sourakov, A.; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*, “Counting Loops in Sidechain-Crosslinked Polymers from Elastic Solids to Single-Chain Nanoparticles,” Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5332-5337.
13. Bogris, A.; Wang, J.; Anyfantakis, M.; Loppinet, B.*; Craig, S. L.; Butt, H.-J.; Fytas, G.*, “Solvent Dependent Light-Induced Structures in gem-Dichlorocyclopropanated Polybutadiene Solutions,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, 122, 6995-7001.
12. Wang, J.; Lin, T-S.; Gu, Y.; Wang, R.; Olsen, B. D.*; Johnson, J. A.*, “Counting Secondary Loops in Polymer Networks is Required for Accurate Prediction of Network Elasticity,” ACS Macro. Lett. 2018, 7, 244-249.
11. Kouznetsova, T. B.; Wang J.; Craig, S. L.*, “Combined Constant Force and Constant Velocity Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy of the Conrotatory Ring Opening Reaction of Benzocyclobutene,” ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 1486-1489.
10. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Boulatov, R.; Craig, S. L.*, “Mechanical Gating of a Mechanochemical Reaction Cascade,” Nat. Commun., 2016, 7, 13433.
9. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Craig, S. L.*, “Single-Molecule Observation of a Mechanically Activated Cis-to-Trans Cyclopropane Isomerization,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10410-10412. (Highlighted by JACS Spotlights, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11409.)
8. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Craig, S. L.*, “Accelerating a Mechanically Driven anti-Woodward-Hoffmann Ring Opening with a Polymer Lever Arm Effect,” J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 11895-11898.
7. Wang, J.; Ong, M. T.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Lenhardt, J. M.; Martinez, T. J.*; Craig, S. L.*, “Catch and Release: Orbital Symmetry Guided Reaction Dynamics from a Freed ‘Tension Trapped Transition State’,” J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 11773-11778.
6. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Craig, S. L.*, “Reactivity and Mechanism of A Mechanically Activated anti-Woodward-Hoffmann-DePuy Reaction,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11554-11557.
5. Lee, B; Niu, Z; Wang, J.; Slebodnick, C.; Craig, S. L.*, “Relative Mechanical Strengths of Weak Bonds in Sonochemical Polymer Mechanochemistry,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 10826-10832.
4. Wang, J.; Piskun, I.; Craig, S. L.*, “Mechanochemically Strengthening of a Multi-mechanophore Benzocyclobutene Polymer,” ACS Macro Lett., 2015, 4, 834-837.
3. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Niu, Z.; Ong, M. T.; Klukovich, H. M.; Rheingold, A. L.; Martinez, T. J.; Craig, S. L.*, “Inducing and Quantifying Forbidden Reactivity with Single Molecule Polymer Mechanochemistry,” Nat. Chem., 2015, 7, 323-327.
2. Wang, J.; Kouznetsova, T. B.; Kean, Z. S.; Fan, L.; Mar, B. D.; Martinez, T. J.*; Craig, S. L.*, “A Remote Stereochemical Lever Arm Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15162-15165.
1. Shi, J.*; Huang, X.; Wang, J.; Li, R., “A Theoretical Study on C−COOH Homolytic Bond Dissociation Enthalpies,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 6263-6272.