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Journal articles

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'A logic gate for external regulation of photopolymerization', Polymer Chemistry, 7, pp. 6437 - 6449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6py01361a

Yeow J; Shanmugam S; Corrigan N; Kuchel RP; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'A polymerization-induced self-assembly approach to nanoparticles loaded with singlet oxygen generators', Macromolecules, 49, pp. 7277 - 7285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01581

Corrigan N; Rosli D; Jones JWJ; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'Oxygen Tolerance in Living Radical Polymerization: Investigation of Mechanism and Implementation in Continuous Flow Polymerization', Macromolecules, 49, pp. 6779 - 6789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01306

McKenzie TG; Fu Q; Uchiyama M; Satoh K; Xu J; Boyer C; Kamigaito M; Qiao GG, 2016, 'Beyond Traditional RAFT: Alternative Activation of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds for Controlled Polymerization', Advanced Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201500394

McKenzie TG; Fu Q; Uchiyama M; Satoh K; Xu J; Boyer C; Kamigaito M; Qiao GG, 2016, 'Controlled Polymerization: Beyond Traditional RAFT: Alternative Activation of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds for Controlled Polymerization (Adv. Sci. 9/2016)', Advanced Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201670047

Ren JM; McKenzie TG; Fu Q; Wong EHH; Xu J; An Z; Shanmugam S; Davis TP; Boyer C; Qiao GG, 2016, 'Star Polymers', Chemical Reviews, 116, pp. 6743 - 6836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00008

Yeow J; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'Facile synthesis of worm-like micelles by visible light mediated dispersion polymerization using photoredox catalyst', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/54269

Bagheri A; Yeow J; Arandiyan H; Xu J; Boyer C; Lim M, 2016, 'Polymerization of a Photocleavable Monomer Using Visible Light', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 37, pp. 905 - 910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201600127

Corrigan N; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'A Photoinitiation System for Conventional and Controlled Radical Polymerization at Visible and NIR Wavelengths', Macromolecules, 49, pp. 3274 - 3285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00542

Fu C; Xu J; Kokotovic M; Boyer C, 2016, 'One-Pot Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Orthogonal Ring-Opening Polymerization and PET-RAFT Polymerization at Ambient Temperature', ACS Macro Letters, 5, pp. 444 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00121

Xu J; Shanmugam S; Fu C; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Boyer C, 2016, 'Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138, pp. 3094 - 3106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b12408

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'Light-regulated polymerization under near-infrared/far-red irradiation catalyzed by bacteriochlorophyll a', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55, pp. 1036 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201510037

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'Light‐Regulated Polymerization under Near‐Infrared/Far‐Red Irradiation Catalyzed by Bacteriochlorophyll a', Angewandte Chemie, 128, pp. 1048 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201510037

Fu C; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'Photoacid-mediated ring opening polymerization driven by visible light', Chemical Communications, 52, pp. 7126 - 7129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc03084j

Corrigan N; Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: Photocatalysis in Organic and Polymer Synthesis', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201652464

Bagheri A; Yeow J; Arandiyan H; Xu J; Boyer C; Lim M, 2016, 'Macromol. Rapid Commun. 11/2016.', Macromol Rapid Commun, 37, pp. 940, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201670047

Jung K; Xu J; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C, 2015, 'Visible-Light-Regulated Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in Miniemulsion', ACS Macro Letters, 4, pp. 1139 - 1143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00576

Xu J; Shanmugam S; Boyer C, 2015, 'Organic Electron Donor-Acceptor Photoredox Catalysts: Enhanced Catalytic Efficiency toward Controlled Radical Polymerization', ACS Macro Letters, 4, pp. 926 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00460

Yeow J; Xu J; Boyer C, 2015, 'Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly Using Visible Light Mediated Photoinduced Electron Transfer-Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization', ACS Macro Letters, 4, pp. 984 - 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00523

Xu J; Shanmugam S; Duong HT; Boyer C, 2015, 'Organo-photocatalysts for photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization', Polymer Chemistry, 6, pp. 5615 - 5624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4py01317d

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2015, 'Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for Selective Living Radical Polymerization Tunable over Visible Wavelengths', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, pp. 9174 - 9185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b05274

Xu J; Boyer C, 2015, 'Visible light photocatalytic thiol-ene reaction: An elegant approach for fast polymer postfunctionalization and step-growth polymerization', Macromolecules, 48, pp. 520 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma502460t

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2015, 'Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism of chlorophyll a under light for controlled radical polymerization', Chemical Science, 6, pp. 1341 - 1349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sc03342f

Fu Q; Xu J; Ladewig K; Henderson TMA; Qiao GG, 2015, 'Degradable cross-linked polymer vesicles for the efficient delivery of platinum drugs', Polymer Chemistry, 6, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4py01123f

Shanmugam S; Xu J; Boyer C, 2014, 'Photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization of vinyl acetate and N-vinylpyrrolidinone: Kinetic and oxygen tolerance study', Macromolecules, 47, pp. 4930 - 4942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma500842u

Fu C; Xu J; Tao L; Boyer C, 2014, 'Combining enzymatic monomer transformation with photoinduced electron transfer - Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer for the synthesis of complex multiblock copolymers', ACS Macro Letters, 3, pp. 633 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/mz500245k

Xu J; Jung K; Boyer C, 2014, 'Oxygen tolerance study of photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization mediated by Ru(bpy)3Cl2', Macromolecules, 47, pp. 4217 - 4229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma500883y

Xu J; Atme A; Marques Martins AF; Jung K; Boyer C, 2014, 'Photoredox catalyst-mediated atom transfer radical addition for polymer functionalization under visible light', Polymer Chemistry, 5, pp. 3321 - 3325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4py00193a

Xu J; Jung K; Shanmugam S; Boyer C, 2014, 'A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, pp. 5508 - 5519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja501745g

Kashani A; Provis JL; Xu J; Kilcullen AR; Qiao GG; Van Deventer JSJ, 2014, 'Effect of molecular architecture of polycarboxylate ethers on plasticizing performance in alkali-activated slag paste', Journal of Materials Science, 49, pp. 2761 - 2772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7979-0

Xu J; Jung K; Corrigan NA; Boyer C, 2014, 'Aqueous photoinduced living/controlled polymerization: Tailoring for bioconjugation', Chemical Science, 5, pp. 3568 - 3575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sc01309c

Xu J; Fu Q; Ren JM; Bryant G; Qiao GG, 2013, 'Novel drug carriers: From grafted polymers to cross-linked vesicles', Chemical Communications, 49, pp. 33 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2cc37319j

Fu Q; Ren JM; Tan S; Xu J; Qiao GG, 2012, 'Synthesis of novel core cross-linked star-based polyrotaxane end-capped via "cuAAC" click chemistry', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 33, pp. 2109 - 2114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201200489

Xu J; Tao L; Boyer CA; Lowe A; Davis TP, 2011, 'Facile access to polymeric vesicular nanostructures: Remarkable ù-end group effects in cholesterol and pyrene functional (Co)polymers', Macromolecules, 44, pp. 299 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma102386j

Tao L; Chen G; Zhao L; Xu J; Huang EP; Liu A; Marquis C; Davis TP, 2011, 'Protein release from biodegradable PolyHPMA-lysozyme conjugates resulting in bioactivity enhancement', Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 6, pp. 1398 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.201000729

Liu Y; Liu J; Xu J; Feng S; Davis TP, 2010, 'Biodegradable PEG Hydrogels Cross-Linked Using Biotin-Avidin Interactions', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 63, pp. 1413 - 1417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH10168

Xu J; Tao L; Boyer CA; Lowe A; Davis T, 2010, 'Combining Thio-Bromo “Click” Chemistry and RAFT Polymerization: A Powerful Tool for Preparing Functionalized Multiblock and Hyperbranched Polymers', Macromolecules, 43, pp. 20 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma902154h

Tao L; Xu J; Gell D; Davis TP, 2010, 'Synthesis, Characterization and Bioactivity of Mid-Functional PolyHPMA-Lysozyme Bioconjugates', Macromolecules, 43, pp. 3721 - 3727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma100142w

Tao L; Liu J; Xu J; Davis TP, 2009, 'Bio-reversible polyPEGylation', Chemical Communications, pp. 6560 - 6562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b915512k

Liu J; Tao L; Xu J; Jia Z; Boyer CA; Davis TP, 2009, 'RAFT controlled synthesis of six-armed biodegradable star polymeric architectures via a `core-first` methodology', Polymer, 50, pp. 4455 - 4463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2009.07.018

Tao L; Liu J; Xu J; Davis TP, 2009, 'Synthesis and bioactivity of poly(HPMA)-lysozyme conjugates: The use of novel thiazolidine-2-thione coupling chemistry', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 7, pp. 3481 - 3485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b907061c

Xu J; Boyer CA; Bulmus V; Davis TP, 2009, 'Synthesis of dendritic carbohydrate end-functional polymers via RAFT: Versatile multi-functional precursors for bioconjugations', Journal of Polymer Science Part A - Polymer Chemistry, 47, pp. 4302 - 4313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.23482

Xu J; Lei T; Liu J; Bulmus V; Davis TP, 2009, 'Synthesis of Functionalized and Biodegradable Hyperbranched Polymers from Novel AB2 Macromonomers Prepared by RAFT Polymerization', Macromolecules, 42, pp. 6893 - 6901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma901290a

Han X; Fan J; He J; Xu J; Fan D; Yang Y, 2007, 'Direct Observation of the RAFT Polymerization Process by Chromatography', Macromolecules, 40, pp. 5618 - 5624

Ao Y; He J; Han X; Wang X; Fan D; Xu J; Yang Y, 2007, 'Kinetic Analysis of the Cross Reaction between Dithioester and Alkoxyamine by a Monte Carlo Simulation', Journal of Polymer Science Part A - Polymer Chemistry, 45, pp. 374 - 387

Fan D; He J; Tang W; Xu J; Yang Y, 2007, 'Synthesis of Polymer Grafted Carbon Nanotubes by Nitroxide Mediated Polymerization in the Presence of Spin Labeled Carbon Nanotubes', European Polymer Journal, 43, pp. 26 - 34

Wang X; Xia J; He J; Yu F; Li A; Xu J; Lu H; Yang Y, 2006, 'Synthesis and characterization of ABC-type star and linear block copolymers of styrene, isoprene, and 1,3-cyclohexadiene', MACROMOLECULES, 39, pp. 6898 - 6904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma061214p

Fan D; He J; Xu J; Tang W; Liu Y; Yang Y, 2006, 'Synthesis of SAN-containing block copolymers using RAFT polymerization', Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 44, pp. 2260 - 2269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.21335

Xu J; He J; Fan D; Wang X; Yang Y, 2006, 'Aminolysis of Polymers with Thiocarbonylthio termini Prepared by RAFT Polymerization: The Difference between Polystyrene and Polymethacrylates', Macromolecules, 39, pp. 8616 - 8624

Wang X; Xia J; He J; Yu F; Li A; Xu J; Yang Y, 2006, 'Synthesis and Characterization of ABC Type Star and Linear Block Copolymers of Styrene', Macromolecules, 39, pp. 6898 - 6904


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