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• Yao, Yuxing and McFadden, Molly E., el al. (2023) Remote control of mechanochemical reactions under physiological conditions using biocompatible focused ultrasound; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Vol. 120; No. 39; e2309822120; PMCID PMC10523651; 10.1073/pnas.2309822120
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• Overholts, Anna C. and Robb, Maxwell J. (2022) Examining the Impact of Relative Mechanophore Activity on the Selectivity of Ultrasound-Induced Mechanochemical Chain Scission; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 11; No. 6; 733-738; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00217
• Barber, Ross W. and Robb, Maxwell J. (2022) A mechanochemical two for one: Mechanical activation of norborn‐2‐en‐7‐one releases carbon monoxide and switches on aggregation‐induced emission; Aggregate; Vol. 3; No. 2; Art. No. e196; 10.1002/agt2.196
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• Versaw, Brooke A. and Zeng, Tian, el al. (2021) Harnessing the Power of Force: Development of Mechanophores for Molecular Release; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 143; No. 51; 21461-21473; 10.1021/jacs.1c11868
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• Osler, Skylar K. and McFadden, Molly E., el al. (2021) Comparison of the reactivity of isomeric 2H- and 3H-naphthopyran mechanophores; Journal of Polymer Science; Vol. 59; No. 21; 2537-2544; 10.1002/pol.20210417
• Barber, Ross W. and Robb, Maxwell J. (2021) A modular approach to mechanically gated photoswitching with color-tunable molecular force probes; Chemical Science; Vol. 12; No. 35; 11703-11709; PMCID PMC8442728; 10.1039/d1sc02890a
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• McFadden, Molly E. and Robb, Maxwell J. (2021) Generation of an Elusive Permanent Merocyanine via a Unique Mechanochemical Reaction Pathway; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 143; No. 21; 7925-7929; 10.1021/jacs.1c03865
• Klein, Isabel M. and Husic, Corey C., el al. (2020) Validation of the CoGEF Method as a Predictive Tool for Polymer Mechanochemistry; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 142; No. 38; 16364-16381; 10.1021/jacs.0c06868
• Versaw, Brooke A. and McFadden, Molly E., el al. (2020) Designing naphthopyran mechanophores with tunable mechanochromic behavior; Chemical Science; Vol. 11; No. 17; 4525-4530; PMCID PMC8159456; 10.1039/d0sc01359e
• Hu, Xiaoran and Zeng, Tian, el al. (2019) Mechanically Triggered Small Molecule Release from a Masked Furfuryl Carbonate; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 141; No. 38; 15018-15023; 10.1021/jacs.9b08663
• Barber, Ross W. and McFadden, Molly E., el al. (2019) Mechanochemically Gated Photoswitching: Expanding the Scope of Polymer Mechanochromism; Synlett; Vol. 30; No. 15; 1725-1732; 10.1055/s-0037-1611858
• McFadden, Molly E. and Robb, Maxwell J. (2019) Force-Dependent Multicolor Mechanochromism from a Single Mechanophore; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 141; No. 29; 11388-11392; 10.1021/jacs.9b05280
• Sulkanen, Audrey R. and Sung, Jaeuk, el al. (2019) Spatially Selective and Density-Controlled Activation of Interfacial Mechanophores; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 141; No. 9; 4080-4085; 10.1021/jacs.8b10257
• Kim, Tae Ann and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2018) Mechanical Reactivity of Two Different Spiropyran Mechanophores in Polydimethylsiloxane; Macromolecules; Vol. 51; No. 22; 9177-9183; 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01919
• Hu, Xiaoran and McFadden, Molly E., el al. (2018) Mechanochemical Regulation of a Photochemical Reaction; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 140; No. 43; 14073-14077; 10.1021/jacs.8b09628
• Sung, Jaeuk and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2018) Interfacial Mechanophore Activation Using Laser-Induced Stress Waves; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 140; No. 15; 5000-5003; 10.1021/jacs.8b01427
• Patrick, Jason F. and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2016) Polymers with autonomous life-cycle control; Nature; Vol. 540; No. 7633; 363-370; 10.1038/nature21002
• Kortan, Adam M. and Cannizzaro, Randall J., el al. (2016) Poly(ether sulfone)s using a rigid dibenzothiophene dioxide heterocycle; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 54; No. 19; 3127-3131; 10.1002/pola.28197
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Li, Wenle, el al. (2016) A Robust Damage-Reporting Strategy for Polymeric Materials Enabled by Aggregation-Induced Emission; ACS Central Science; Vol. 2; No. 9; 598-603; PMCID PMC5043436; 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00198
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Kim, Tae Ann, el al. (2016) Regioisomer-Specific Mechanochromism of Naphthopyran in Polymeric Materials; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 138; No. 38; 12328-12331; 10.1021/jacs.6b07610
• Russ, Boris and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2016) Tethered tertiary amines as solid-state n-type dopants for solution-processable organic semiconductors; Chemical Science; Vol. 7; No. 3; 1914-1919; PMCID PMC5966797; 10.1039/c5sc04217h
• May, Preston A. and Munaretto, Nicholas F., el al. (2016) Is Molecular Weight or Degree of Polymerization a Better Descriptor of Ultrasound-Induced Mechanochemical Transduction?; ACS Macro Letters; Vol. 5; No. 2; 177-180; 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00855
• Hartmeier, Benjamin F. and Brady, Michael A., el al. (2016) Significance of miscibility in multidonor bulk heterojunction solar cells; Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics; Vol. 54; No. 2; 237-246; 10.1002/polb.23907
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Moore, Jeffrey S. (2015) A Retro-Staudinger Cycloaddition: Mechanochemical Cycloelimination of a β-Lactam Mechanophore; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 137; No. 34; 10946-10949; 10.1021/jacs.5b07345
• Handa, Nisha V. and Serrano, Abigail V., el al. (2015) Exploring the synthesis and impact of end‐functional poly(3‐hexylthiophene); Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 53; No. 7; 831-841; 10.1002/pola.27522
• Tsurui, Kazuhiko and Murai, Masahito, el al. (2014) Modulating the Properties of Azulene‐Containing Polymers through Controlled Incorporation of Regioisomers; Advanced Functional Materials; Vol. 24; No. 46; 7338-7347; 10.1002/adfm.201402554
• Oh, Seung Soo and Lee, Bongjae F., el al. (2014) Synthetic Aptamer-Polymer Hybrid Constructs for Programmed Drug Delivery into Specific Target Cells; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 136; No. 42; 15010-15015; PMCID PMC4210129; 10.1021/ja5079464
• Murai, Masuhito and Ku, Sung-Yu, el al. (2014) Modulating structure and properties in organic chromophores: influence of azulene as a building block; Chemical Science; Vol. 5; No. 10; 3753-3760; 10.1039/C4SC01623H
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Newton, Brandon, el al. (2014) One-Step Synthesis of Unsymmetrical N-Alkyl-N′-aryl Perylene Diimides; Journal of Organic Chemistry; Vol. 79; No. 13; 6360-6365; 10.1021/jo500945k
• Russ, Boris and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2014) Power Factor Enhancement in Solution‐Processed Organic n‐Type Thermoelectrics Through Molecular Design; Advanced Materials; Vol. 26; No. 21; 3473-3477; 10.1002/adma.201306116
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Ku, Sung-Yu, el al. (2013) 25th Anniversary Article: No Assembly Required: Recent Advances in Fully Conjugated Block Copolymers; Advanced Materials; Vol. 25; No. 40; 5686-5700; 10.1002/adma.201302677
• Klinger, Daniel and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2013) Supramolecular guests in solvent driven block copolymer assembly: from internally structured nanoparticles to micelles; Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 4; No. 19; 5038-5042; PMCID PMC4267284; 10.1039/C3PY00750B
• Fors, Brett P. and Poelma, Justin E., el al. (2013) Fabrication of Unique Chemical Patterns and Concentration Gradients with Visible Light; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 135; No. 38; 14106-14109; 10.1021/ja408467b
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Montarnal, Damien, el al. (2013) A One-Step Strategy for End-Functionalized Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers; Macromolecules; Vol. 46; No. 16; 6431-6438; 10.1021/ma401255d
• MacKenzie, Roderick C. I. and Shuttle, Chris G., el al. (2013) Interpreting the Density of States Extracted from Organic Solar Cells Using Transient Photocurrent Measurements; Journal of Physical Chemistry C; Vol. 117; No. 24; 12407-12414; 10.1021/jp4010828
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Ku, Sung-Yu, el al. (2013) A renaissance of color: New structures and building blocks for organic electronics; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 51; No. 6; 1263-1271; 10.1002/pola.26531
• Connal, Luke A. and Lynd, Nathaniel A., el al. (2012) Mesostructured Block Copolymer Nanoparticles: Versatile Templates for Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Nanostructures; Chemistry of Materials; Vol. 24; No. 21; 4036-4042; PMCID PMC3546830; 10.1021/cm3011524
• Ku, Sung-Yu and Brady, Michael A., el al. (2012) A Modular Strategy for Fully Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Block Copolymers; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 134; No. 38; 16040-16046; 10.1021/ja307431k
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Connal, Luke A., el al. (2012) Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles; Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 3; No. 6; 1616-1628; PMCID PMC4257844; 10.1039/C2PY20131C
• Lo Conte, Mauro and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2011) Exhaustive glycosylation, pegylation, and glutathionylation of a [G4]‐ene_(48) dendrimer via photoinduced thiol‐ene coupling; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 49; No. 20; 4468-4475; PMCID PMC3181107; 10.1002/pola.24888
• Lin, Brian F. and Marullo, Rachel S., el al. (2011) De Novo Design of Bioactive Protein-Resembling Nanospheres via Dendrimer-Templated Peptide Amphiphile Assembly; Nano Letters; Vol. 11; No. 9; 3946-3950; PMCID PMC3223106; 10.1021/nl202220q
• Antoni, Per and Robb, Maxwell J., el al. (2010) Pushing the Limits for Thiol−Ene and CuAAC Reactions: Synthesis of a 6th Generation Dendrimer in a Single Day; Macromolecules; Vol. 43; No. 16; 6625-6631; 10.1021/ma101242u
• Robb, Maxwell J. and Knauss, Daniel M. (2009) Poly(arylene sulfide)s by nucleophilic aromatic substitution polymerization of 2,7‐difluorothianthrene; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; Vol. 47; No. 9; 2453-2461; 10.1002/pola.23341