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Recent Publications
Rapid Self-Healing of Robust Surface-Tethered Covalent Adaptable Coatings
Capets, J. A., Yost, S. F., Vogt, B. D. & Pester, C. W., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Functional Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
UV-light crosslinked photocatalytic polymer gels for batch and continuous flow reactions
Freeburne, S. & Pester, C. W., Jun 10 2024, In: Polymer Chemistry. 15, 26, p. 2634-2641 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photoactive polymer coatings for antibacterial applications
Hunter, B., Sacco, J. L., Katterle, K., Kirigo, J., Wood, T. K., Gomez, E. W. & Pester, C. W., Jun 10 2024, In: European Polymer Journal. 213, 113090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Acid catalyst screening for hydrolysis of post-consumer PET waste and exploration of acidolysis
Pereira, P., Savage, P. E. & Pester, C. W., Jan 8 2024, In: Green Chemistry. 26, 4, p. 1964-1974 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast hydrolysis for chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Pereira, P., Slear, W., Testa, A., Reasons, K., Guirguis, P., Savage, P. E. & Pester, C. W., Apr 11 2024, In: RSC Sustainability. 2, 5, p. 1508-1514 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Molecular mass engineering for filaments in material extrusion additive manufacture
Yost, S. F., Pester, C. W. & Vogt, B. D., Jun 15 2024, In: Journal of Polymer Science. 62, 12, p. 2616-2629 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydrolysis-resistant heterogeneous photocatalysts for PET-RAFT polymerization in aqueous environments
Bell, K., Hunter, B., Alvarez, M., Seera, S. D. K., Guo, Y., Lin, Y. T., Kim, S. H. & Pester, C. W., Jul 21 2023, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11, 31, p. 16616-16625 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermoresponsive polymer brush photocatalytic substrates for wastewater remediation
Bell, K., Guo, Y., Barker, S., Kim, S. H. & Pester, C. W., May 15 2023, In: Polymer Chemistry. 14, 22, p. 2662-2669 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of Surface-Immobilization on Photobleaching of Xanthene Dye Photocatalysts
Freeburne, S., Sacco, J. L., Gomez, E. W. & Pester, C. W., Dec 2023, In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224, 24, 2300283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for Light-Mediated Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization
Freeburne, S., Hunter, B., Bell, K. & Pester, C. W., Dec 2023, In: ChemPhotoChem. 7, 12, e202300090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Photolabile SI-PET-RAFT Initiators for Wavelength-Selective Grafting and De-grafting of Polymer Brushes
Hunter, B., Bell, K. & Pester, C. W., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enhancing photoluminescence of conjugated nanoparticles through graft polymer architectures
Masucci, A. E., Ghasemi, M., Pester, C. W. & Gomez, E. D., Jun 6 2023, In: Materials Advances. 4, 12, p. 2586-2594 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Neutral Hydrolysis of Post-Consumer Polyethylene Terephthalate Waste in Different Phases
Pereira, P., Savage, P. E. & Pester, C. W., May 8 2023, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 11, 18, p. 7203-7209 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the Importance of Mental Health in STEM
Pester, C. W., Noh, G. & Fu, A., Aug 9 2023, In: ACS Polymers Au. 3, 4, p. 295-306 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Opportunities, Challenges, and Pitfalls in Making, Characterizing, and Understanding Polymer Brushes
Pester, C. W., Klok, H. A. & Benetti, E. M., Dec 26 2023, In: Macromolecules. 56, 24, p. 9915-9938 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review