PUBLICATIONS | Mingkang Sun

Cu-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: The Effect of Cocatalysts.
- Sun, M.; Szczepaniak, G.; Dadashi-Silab, S.; Lin, T.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2022, 202200347.
Alternating Methyl Methacrylate/n-Butyl Acrylate Copolymer Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
- Yin, R.; Zhao, Y.; Gorczyński, A.; Szczepaniak, G.; Sun, M.; Fu, L.; Kim, K.; Wu, H.; Bockstaller, M. R.; Matyjaszewski, K., ACS Macro Lett., 2022, 11, 1217-1223.
PET-RAFT Increases Uniformity in Polymer Networks.
- Wanasinghe, S. V.; Sun, M.; Yehl, K.; Cuthbert, J.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Konkolewicz, D., ACS Macro Lett., 2022, 11, 1156-1161.
Miniemulsion SI-ATRP by Interfacial and Ion-Pair Catalysis for Synthesis of Nanoparticle Brushes.
- Yin, R.#; Chmielarz, P.#; Zaborniak, I.; Zhao, Y.; Szczepaniak, G.; Wang, Z.; Liu, T.; Wang, Y.; Sun, M.; Wu, H.; Tarnsangpradit, J.; Bockstaller, M. R.; Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 6332-6340.
Polymer-Stabilized Liquid Metal Nanoparticles as a Scalable Current Collector Engineering Approach Enabling Lithium Metal Anodes.
- Liu, T.; Wu, X.; Zhu, S.; Lorandi, F.; Ni, L.; Li, S.; Sun, M.; Bloom, B. P.; Waldeck, D. H.; Viswanathan, V.; Whitacre, J. F.; Matyjaszewski, K., ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 3615-3625.
Thermally Degradable Poly(n-butyl acrylate) Model Networks Prepared by PhotoATRP and Radical Trap-Assisted Atom Transfer Radical Coupling.
- Martinez, M. R.; Zhuang, Z.; Treichel M.; Cuthbert, J.; Sun, M.; Pietrasik J.; Matyjaszewski, K., Polymers 2022, 14, 713.
Fe-Doped Copolymer-Templated Nitrogen-Rich Carbon as a PGM-Free Fuel Cell Catalyst.
- Torres, R. M.; Sun, M.; Yuan, R.; Abdelrahman, M.; Guo, Z.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K.; LeDuc, P. R.; Litster, S., ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 9653-9663.
Assemblies of Polyacrylonitrile-Derived Photoactive Polymers as Blue and Green Light Photo-Cocatalysts for Cu-Catalyzed ATRP in Water and Organic Solvents.
- Sun, M.; Lorandi, F.; Yuan, R.; Dadashi-Silab, S.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., Front. Chem., 2021, 9, 734076.
Star Polymer Size, Charge Content, and Hydrophobicity Affect their Leaf Uptake and Translocation in Plants.
- Zhang, Y.; Fu, L.; Li, S.; Yan, J.; Sun, M.; Giraldo, J. P.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Tilton, R. D.; Lowry, G. V., Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 10758-10768.
Conjugated Crosslinked Phenothiazines as Green or Red Light Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for Copper-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
- Dadashi-Silab, S.; Lorandi, F; DiTucci, M.; Sun, M.; Szczepaniak, G.; Liu, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9630-9638.
Grafting polymer brushes by ATRP from functionalizedpoly(ether ether ketone) microparticles.
- Fu, L.#; Jafari, H.#; Gießl, M.; Yerneni, S. S.; Sun, M.; Wang, Z.; Liu, T.; Kapil, K.; Cheng, B. C.; Yu, A.; Averick, S. E.; Matyjaszewski, K., Polym. Adv. Technol. 2021, 32, 3948-3954.
Cu-Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Liquid Metal Micro/Nanodroplets.
- Wei, Q.#; Sun, M.#; Lorandi, F.; Yin, R.; Yan, J.; Liu, T.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., Macromolecules 2021, 54, 1631-1638.
Boosting CO2 Electrochemical Reduction with Atomically Precise Surface Modification on Gold Nanoclusters.
- Li, S.; Nagarajan, A. K.; Alfonso, D. R.; Sun, M.; Kauffman, D. R.; Mpourmpakis, G.; Jin, R., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6351-6356.
Grafting polymer from oxygen-vacancy-rich nanoparticles to enable protective layers for stable lithium metal anode.
- Li, S.#; Liu, T. #; Yan, J. #; Flum, J.; Wang, H.; Lorandi, F.; Wang, Z.; Fu, L.; Hu, L.; Zhao, Y.; Yuan, R.; Sun, M.; Whitacre, J. F.; Matyjaszewski, K., Nano Energy 2020, 76. 105046.
Polyene-Free Photoluminescent Polymers via Hydrothermal Hydrolysis of Polyacrylonitrile in Neutral Water.
- Sun, M.#; Gottlieb, E.#; Yuan, R.; Ghosh, S.; Wang, H.; Selhorst, R.; Huggett, A.; Du, X.; Yin, R.; Waldeck, D. H.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Kowalewski, T.; ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 1403-1408.
Surface Engineering of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets by Attachable Diblock Copolymers.
- Wei, Q.; Sun, M.; Wang, Z.; Yan, J.; Yuan, R.; Liu, T.; Majidi, C.; Matyjaszewski, K., ACS Nano 2020, 14, 9884-9893.
Copolymer-Derived N/B Co-Doped Nanocarbons with Controlled Porosity and Highly Active Surface.
- Yuan, R.#; Wang, H.#; Sun, M.; Whitacre, J.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Kowalewski, T., J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 225-232.
Covalent Attachment of P15 Peptide to Ti Alloy Surface Modified with Polymer to Enhance Osseointegration of Implants.
- Fu, L.; Omi, M.; Sun, M.; Cheng, B. L.; Mao, G.; Liu, T.; Mendonca, G.; Averick, S. E.; Mishina, Y.; Matyjaszewski, K., ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2019, 11, 38531-38536.
Degradable Polymer Stars Based on Tannic Acid Cores by ATRP.
- Cuthbert, J.; Yerneni, S. S.; Sun, M.; Fu, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., Polymers 2019, 11. 752.
Non-Tacky Fluorinated and Elastomeric STEM Networks.
- Cuthbert, J.; Martinez, M. R.; Sun, M.; Flum, J.; Li, L.; Olszewski, M.; Wang, Z.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2019, 40, 1800876.
Well-Defined N/S Co-Doped Nanocarbons from Sulfurized PAN-b-PBA Block Copolymers: Structure and Supercapacitor Performance.
- Yuan, R.#; Wang, H.#; Sun, M.; Damodaran, K.; Gottlieb, E.; Kopeć, M.; Eckhart, K.; Li, S.; Whitacre, J.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Kowalewski, T., ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 2019, 2, 2467-2474.

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