Robert Mathers

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Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Penn State New Kensington

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Recent Publications

Log Poct/SA Predicts the Thermoresponsive Behavior of P(DMA- co-RA) Statistical Copolymers

Akar, I., Foster, J. C., Leng, X., Pearce, A. K., Mathers, R. T. & O'Reilly, R. K., Apr 19 2022, In: ACS Macro Letters. 11, 4, p. 498-503 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Exploring polymer solubility with thermally-responsive Diels-Alder monomers: Revisiting the monkey's fist

Bisbjerg, G., Brown, G. W., Pham, K. S., de Kock, R. A., Ramos, W., Patierno, J. A., Bautista, A., Zawalick, N. M., Vigil, V., Padrnos, J. D., Mathers, R. T., Heying, M. D. & Costanzo, P. J., Jan 15 2022, In: Journal of Polymer Science. 60, 2, p. 175-187 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Sustainable Polymers: Our Evolving Understanding

Getzler, Y. D. Y. L. & Mathers, R. T., Jul 19 2022, In: Accounts of Chemical Research. 55, 14, p. 1869-1878 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Erratum: Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties (J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2021):(144): (3): 1243-1250: DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10278)

Stubbs, C. J., Worch, J. C., Prydderch, H., Wang, Z., Mathers, R. T., Dobrynin, A. V., Becker, M. L. & Dove, A. P., May 4 2022, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144, 17, p. 7949-7950 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties

Stubbs, C. J., Worch, J. C., Prydderch, H., Wang, Z., Mathers, R. T., Dobrynin, A. V., Becker, M. L. & Dove, A. P., Jan 26 2022, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144, 3, p. 1243-1250 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Minimalistic ice recrystallisation inhibitors based on phenylalanine

Warren, M. T., Galpin, I., Hasan, M., Hindmarsh, S. A., Padrnos, J. D., Edwards-Gayle, C., Mathers, R. T., Adams, D. J., Sosso, G. C. & Gibson, M. I., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Chemical Communications.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Chemically Fueled Volume Phase Transition of Polyacid Microgels

Heckel, J., Loescher, S., Mathers, R. T. & Walther, A., Mar 22 2021, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 60, 13, p. 7117-7125 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Spinodal decomposition of chemically fueled polymer solutions

Heckel, J., Batti, F., Mathers, R. T. & Walther, A., Jun 7 2021, In: Soft matter. 17, 21, p. 5401-5409 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Polymers for a Sustainable Future

Scholten, P. B. V., Cai, J. & Mathers, R. T., Feb 2021, In: Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 42, 3, 2000745.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

Erratum: Grafting Density Governs the Thermoresponsive Behavior of P(OEGMA- co-RMA) Statistical Copolymers (ACS Macro Lett. (2020) 9:8 (1149−1154) DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00461)

Akar, I., Keogh, R., Blackman, L. D., Foster, J. C., Mathers, R. T. & O'Reilly, R. K., Nov 17 2020, In: ACS Macro Letters. 9, 11, p. 1708 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Grafting Density Governs the Thermoresponsive Behavior of P(OEGMA-co-RMA) Statistical Copolymers

Akar, I., Keogh, R., Blackman, L. D., Foster, J. C., Mathers, R. T. & O'Reilly, R. K., Aug 18 2020, In: ACS Macro Letters. 9, 8, p. 1149-1154 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Synthesis and Characterization of a Leucine-Based Block Co-Polypeptide: The Effect of the Leucine Zipper on Self-Assembly

Barnes, B. E., Jenkins, T. A., Stein, L. M., Mathers, R. T., Wicaksana, M., Pasquinelli, M. A. & Savin, D. A., Jun 8 2020, In: Biomacromolecules. 21, 6, p. 2463-2472 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: The Role of Hydrophobicity in Polymer Phenomena

Foster, J. C., Akar, I., Grocott, M. C., Pearce, A. K., Mathers, R. T. & O'Reilly, R. K., Nov 17 2020, In: ACS Macro Letters. 9, 11, p. 1700-1707 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Toward Next-Generation Biohybrid Catalyst Design: Influence of Degree of Polymerization on Enzyme Activity

Kovaliov, M., Wright, T. A., Cheng, B., Mathers, R. T., Zhang, X., Meng, D., Szcześniak, K., Jenczyk, J., Jurga, S., Cohen-Karni, D., Page, R. C., Konkolewicz, D. & Averick, S., Mar 18 2020, In: Bioconjugate Chemistry. 31, 3, p. 939-947 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Ranking environmental degradation trends of plastic marine debris based on physical properties and molecular structure

Min, K., Cuiffi, J. D. & Mathers, R. T., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 727.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review