Publications

  

  1. Investigating the effects of the local environment on bottlebrush conformations using super-resolution microscopy. Chan JM, Kordon AC, Wang M.* Nanoscale. 2024:16:2409-2418.
    +2024 Emerging Investigators Issue
  2. Correlating nanomechanical mapping and single-molecule localization microscopy for local properties in interpenetrating network elastomers. Heyl TR, Beebe JM, Mangold S, Silvaroli AJ, Ahn D, Shull KR, Wang M.* Macromolecules. 2023:56:5905-5916.
  3. Role of nanoscale heterogeneity in the mechanical performance of hybrid elastomers. Silvaroli AJ, Heyl TR, Chyasnavichyus M, Beebe JM, Ahn D, Mangold S, Chen Q, Wang M, Shull KR.* Macromolecules. 2023:56:4075-4086.
  4. Quantitative high-throughput measurement of bulk mechanical properties using commonly available equipment. Griffith J, Chen Y, Liu Q, Wang Q, Richards JJ, Tullman-Ercek D, Shull KR, Wang M.* Materials Horizons. 2023:10:97-106.
  5. Determination of hydrophobic polymer clustering in concentrated solutions through single particle tracking diffusion studies. Landfield H, Wang M.* Macromolecules. 2022:55:7425-7437.
  6. Visualizing the orientation of single polymers induced by spin-coating. Chan JM, Wang M.* Nano Letters. 2022:22:5891-5897.
  7. Photocured simultaneous and sequential PDMS/PMMA interpenetrating polymer networks. Beebe JM,* Ahn D, Eldred DV, Fielitz AJ, Heyl TR, Lee M, Mangold S, Pearce EZ, Reinhardt CW, Roggenbuck C, Scherzer JM, Shull KR, Silvaroli AJ, Tan Y, Wang M. Macromolecules. 2022:55:5826-5839.
  8. Mussel adhesive-inspired proteomimetic polymer. Berger O, Battistella C, Chen Y, Oktawiec J, Siwicka ZE, Tullman-Ercek D, Wang M, Gianneschi NC.* Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022:144:4383-4392.
    +Highlighted in Northwestern News, The Daily Beast, etc.
  9. Activation of mechanophores in a thermoset matrix by instrumented scratch. Davis CS,* Rencheck ML, Woodcock JW, Beams R, Wang M, Stranick S, Forster AM, Gilman JW. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021:13:55498-55506.
  10. Direct visualization of bottlebrush polymer conformations in the solid state. Chan JM, Kordon AC, Zhang R, Wang M.* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2021:118:e2109534118.
    +Highlighted in Northwestern Engineering News
  11. High-throughput screening test for adhesion in soft materials using centrifugation. Chen Y, Wang Q, Mills CE, Kann JG, Shull KR, Tullman-Ercek D, Wang M.* ACS Central Science. 2021:7:1135–1143.
    +Featured in a First Reactions piece by ACS Central Science
    +Highlighted in Northwestern Engineering News
  12. Integration of polymer synthesis and self-assembly for controlled periodicity and photonic properties. Zhang R, Qiang Z, Wang M.* Advanced Functional Materials. 2021:31:2005819.
    +Cover article, see above
  13. Tough, transparent, photocurable hybrid elastomers. Silvaroli AJ, Heyl TR, Qiang Z, Beebe JM, Mangold S, Ahn D, Shull KR,* Wang M.* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2020:12:44125-44136.
  14. A study of the impact of bottlebrush chain architecture on Tg- and fragility-confinement effects enabled by thermo-cleavable bottlebrush polymers synthesized by radical coupling and atom transfer radical polymerization. Li L, Qiang Z, Chen X, Jin K, Wang M, Torkelson JM.* Journal of Polymer Science. 2020:58:2887-2905.
  15. 100th Anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Enabling advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques. Qiang Z, Wang M.* ACS Macro Letters. 2020:9:1342-1356.
  16. Toward artificial tissues that are both soft and firm. Chan JM, Wang M.* ACS Central Science. 2020:6:339-341.
  17. Determining order-to-disorder transitions in block copolymer thin films using a self-referencing fluorescent probe. Qiang Z, Li L, Torkelson JM, Wang M.* Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 2020:5:330-338.
    +2020 Emerging Investigators Issue
  18. Nanoscale deformation in polymers revealed by single-molecule super-resolution localization–orientation microscopy. Wang M,* Marr JM, Davanco M, Gilman JW, Liddle JA.* Materials Horizons. 2019:6:817-825.
    +Highlighted in Northwestern Engineering News
  19. A polymerizable photoswitchable fluorophore for super-resolution imaging of polymer self-assembly and dynamics. Qiang Z, Shebek KM, Irie M, Wang M.* ACS Macro Letters. 2018:7:1432-1437.
    +Cover article, see above
  20. Simultaneous in-film polymer synthesis and self-assembly for hierarchical nanopatterns. Qiang Z, Akolawala SA, Wang M.* ACS Macro Letters. 2018:7:566-571.
  21. The shape of protein-polymer conjugates in dilute solution. Lam CN, Chang D, Wang M, Chen WR, Olsen BD.* Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 2015:54:292-302.
  22. Crossover between activated reptation and arm retraction mechanisms in entangled rod-coil block copolymers. Wang M, Likhtman AE, Olsen BD.* Journal of Chemical Physics. 2015:143:184904.
  23. Self-diffusion and constraint release in isotropic entangled rod-coil block copolymers. Wang M, Timachova K, Olsen BD.* Macromolecules. 2015:48:3121-3129.
  24. Anomalous self-diffusion and sticky Rouse dynamics in associative protein hydrogels. Tang S, Wang M, Olsen BD.* Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015:137:3946-3957.
  25. Tube curvature slows motion of rod-coil block copolymers through activated reptation. Wang M, Likhtman AE, Olsen BD.* ACS Macro Letters. 2015:4:242-246.
  26. Crossover experiments applied to network formation reactions: Improved strategies for counting elastically inactive molecular defects in PEG gels and hyperbranched polymers. Zhou H, Schön EM, Wang M, Glassman MJ, Liu J, Diaz DD, Olsen BD, Johnson JA.* Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014:136:9464-9470.
  27. Diffusion mechanisms of entangled rod-coil diblock copolymers. Wang M, Timachova K, Olsen BD.* Macromolecules. 2013:46:5694-5701.
  28. Experimental measurement of coil-rod-coil block copolymer tracer diffusion through entangled coil homopolymers. Wang M, Timachova K, Olsen BD.* Macromolecules. 2013:46:1651-1658.
  29. Counting primary loops in polymer gels. Zhou H, Woo J, Cok AM, Wang M, Olsen BD, Johnson JA.* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2012:109:19119-19124.
  30. Diffusion of entangled rod-coil block copolymers. Wang M, Alexander-Katz A, Olsen BD.* ACS Macro Letters. 2012:1:676-680.
  31. Measuring shear strength of soft-tissue adhesives. Wang M, Kornfield JA.* Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 2012:100B:618–623.

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