At UW (undergraduate co-authors are underlined)
- A General Synthesis of Cyclic Bottlebrush Polymers with Enhanced Mechanical Properties via Graft-Through Ring Expansion Metathesis Polymerization
Matthew J. Elardo, Adelaide M. Levenson, Ana Paula Kitos Vasconcelos, Meredith N. Pomfret, and Matthew R. Golder* Chem. Sci. 2024, Advance Article.
Pre-Print on ChemRxiv
- Molecular Ball Joints: Mechanochemical Perturbation of Bullvalene Hardy-Cope Rearrangements in Polymer Networks
Peiguan B. Sun, Meredith N. Pomfret, Matthew J. Elardo, Adhya Suresh, Angel Renteria-Gomez, Remy F. Lalisse, Sheila Keating, Chunqiao Chen, Shayna L. Hilburg, Progyateg Chakma, Yunze Wu, Rowina C. Bell, Stuart J. Rowan, Osvaldo Gutierrez, and Matthew R. Golder* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 19229.
Pre-Print on ChemRxiv
- A Summer Research Program for Community College Students Led by Graduate Students at the University of Washington
Hao A. Nguyen*, Emily Miura-Stempel, Christine M. Morrison, Grant J. Dixon, Micaela K. Homer, Florence Y. Dou, Alyssia Snow, Matthew R. Golder, and Brandi M. Cossairt J. Chem. Ed. 2024, 101, 2693.
- Liquid-Assisted Grinding Enables a Direct Mechanochemical Functionalization of Polystyrene Waste
Morgan E. Skala, Sarah M. Zeitler, and Matthew R. Golder* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 10900.
Highlighted in ChemistryWorld
Pre-Print on ChemRxiv
- Shake, Shear, and Grind! – Recent Developments in Mechanoredox Polymerization Processes
Sarah M. Zeitler and Matthew R. Golder* Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 26.
Part of ChemComm 2023 Emerging Investigators Themed Collection
- Ancillary Ligand Lability Improves Control in Cyclic Ruthenium Benzylidene Initiated Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerizations
Adelaide M. Levenson‡, Christine M. Morrison‡, Pin-Ruei Huang, Teng-Wei Wang, Zak Carter-Schwendler, and Matthew R. Golder* ACS Macro Lett. 2023, 12, 1286. (‡equal contribution)
- Upcycling Polybutadiene Facilitated by Selenium-Mediated Allylic Amination
Mercie N. Hodges, Matthew J. Elardo, Jinyoung Seo, Alexander F. Dohoda, Forrest E. Michael, and Matthew R. Golder* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303115.
Selected as a “Hot Paper” - Stochastic Bullvalene Architecture Modulates Structural Rigidity in π-Rich Macromolecules
Meredith N. Pomfret, Peiguan B. Sun, Zheng Huang, Anna C. Freund, Toshikazu Miyoshi, and Matthew R. Golder* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301695.
Highlighted in Synfacts
- Mechanoredox Catalysis Enables a Sustainable and Versatile Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization Process
Progyateg Chakma, Sarah M. Zeitler, Fábio Baum, Jiatong Yu, Waseem Shindy, Lilo D. Pozzo, and Matthew R. Golder* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215733.
Selected as a “Hot Paper” - Diaryliodonium Salts Facilitate Metal-Free Mechanoredox Free Radical Polymerizations
Sarah M. Zeitler‡, Progyateg Chakma‡, and Matthew R. Golder* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 4131. (‡equal contribution)
- Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization Initiator Design for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers
Christine M. Morrison and Matthew R. Golder* Synlett, 2022, 33, 699.
SYNPACTS Featured Article - Transforming Superabsorbent Polymers to Super Sticky Notes
Sarah M. Zeitler‡, Mercie N. Hodges‡, and Matthew R. Golder* Trends Chem. 2021, 3, 895.
Spotlight Article: McNeil et al. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 4524. (‡equal contribution) - Controlled Polymerization of Norbornene Cycloparaphenylenes Expands Carbon Nanomaterials Design Space
Ruth L. Maust, Penghao Li, Baihao Shao, Sarah M. Zeitler, Peiguan B. Sun, Harrison W. Reid, Lev N. Zakharov, Matthew R. Golder, and Ramesh Jasti* ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 7, 1056.
- A Cyclic Ruthenium Benzylidene Initiator Platform Enhances Reactivity for Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization
Teng-Wei Wang, Pin-Ruei Huang, Jayme L. Chow, Werner Kaminsky, and Matthew R. Golder* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7314.
Highlighted as a JACS Spotlight (May 19, 2021)
- Advancing Macromolecular Hoop Construction: Recent Developments in Synthetic Cyclic Polymer Chemistry
Teng-Wei Wang and Matthew R. Golder* Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 958.
- Organic Chemistry: A Retrosynthetic Approach to a Diverse Field
Laura K. G. Ackerman-Biegasiewicz, Daniela M. Arias-Rotondo, Kyle Biegasiewicz, Elizabeth Elacqua*, Matthew R. Golder, Laure V. Kayser, Jessica R. Lamb, Christine M. Le, Nathan A. Romero, Sidney M. Wilkerson-Hill, and Dwight A. Williams ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 1845.
Prior to UW (MRG Undergraduate, Graduate, & Postdoctoral Work)
- Bottlebrush Polymers with Flexible Enantiomeric Side Chains Display Differential Biological Properties
Nguyen, H. V.-T.‡; Jiang, Y.‡; Mohapatra, S.; Wang, W.; Barnes, J. C.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Chen, K. K.; Axelrod, S.; Huang, Z.; Chen, Q.; Golder, M. R.; Young, K.; Suvlu, D.; Shen, Y.; Willard, A. P.; Hore, M. J. A.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.*; Johnson, J. A.* Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 85. (‡ equal contribution) - Desic of BET Inhibitor Prodrugs with Superior Efficacy and Devoid of Systemic Toxicities
Vohidov, F.‡; Andersen, J. N.‡; Economides, K. D.; Shipitsin, M. V.; Burenkova, O.; Ackley, J. C.; Vangamudi, B.; Gallagher, N. M.; Shieh, P.; Golder, M. R.; Liu, J.; Dahlberg, W. K.; Nguyen, H. V-T.; Ehrlich, D. J. C.; Kim, J.; Huh, S. J.; Neenan, A. M.; Baddour, J.; Paramasivan, S.; de Stanchina, E.; Gaaurab, K. C.; Turnquist, D. J.; Saucier-Sawyer, J. K.; Kopesky, P. W.; Brady, S. W.; Jessel, M. J.; Reiter, L. A.; Chickering, D. E.; Johnson, J. A.; Blume-Jensen, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4714. (‡ equal contribution)
ChemRxiv Preprint (11/16/2020) - Brush-First and ROMP-out with Functional (Macro)monomers: Method Development, Structural Investigation, and Applications of an Expanded Brush-Arm Star Polymer Platform
Golder, M. R.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Grundler, J.; Park, E. J.; Johnson, J. A. Macromolecules 2018, 51, 9861. - Brush-Arm Star Polymers with High Nitroxide Density Enable Metal-Free Millimetric Tumor Detection by MRI
Nguyen, H. V.-T.‡; Detappe, A.‡; Gallagher, N.; Zhang, H.; Harvey, P.; Yan, C.; Mathieu, C.; Golder, M. R.; Jiang, Y.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Jasanoff, A.; Rajca, A.; Ghobrial, I. M.; Ghoroghchian, P. P.; Johnson, J. A. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 11343. (‡ equal contribution) - Reduction of Liver Fibrosis by Rationally Designed Macromolecular Prodrugs
Golder, M. R.‡; Liu, J.‡; Andersen, J. N.; Shipitsin, M.; Vohidov, F.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Ehrlich, D. C.; Huh, S. J.; Vangamudi, B.; Economides, K. D.; Neenan, A.; Ackley, J.; Baddour, J.; Saucier-Sawyer, J. K.; Kopesky, P. W.; Chickering, D.; Blume-Jensen, P.; Johnson, J. A. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 2018, 2, 822. (‡ equal contribution) - Stereochemical Sequence Dictates Unimolecular Diblock Copolymer Assembly
Golder, M. R.‡; Jiang, Y.‡; Teichen, P; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Wang, W.; Milos, N.; Freedman, S. A.; Willard, A. P.; Johnson, J. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1596. (‡ equal contribution) - Stereochemical Implications towards the Total Synthesis of Aromatic Belts
Golder, M. R.*; Zakharov, L. N.; Jasti, R. Pure Appl. Chem. 2017, 89, 1603. (* corresponding author) - Iterative Exponential Growth Synthesis and Assembly of Uniform Diblock Copolymers
Jiang, Y.; Golder, M. R.; Nguyen, H. V.-T.; Wang, Y, Zhong, M, Barnes, J. C.; Ehrlich, D. C.; Johnson, J. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9369. - An Iterative Ring-Closing Metathesis/Reductive Aromatization Strategy Towards Strained Aromatic Belts
Golder, M. R.; Colwell, C. E.; Wong, B. M.; Zakharov, L. N.; Zhen, J.; Jasti, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6577. - Synthesis and Characterization of the Smallest Carbon Nanohoops
Golder, M. R.; Jasti, R. Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 557. - Raman-active Modes of Even-numbered Cycloparaphenylenes: Comparisons between Experiments and DFT Calculations with Group Theory Arguments
Chen, H.; Golder, M. R.; Wang, F.; Doorn, S.; Jasti, R.; Tretiak, S.; Swan, A. K. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 2879. - Self-Trapping of Excitons, Violation of Condon Approximation, and Efficient Fluorescence in Conjugated Cycloparaphenylenes
Adamska, L.; Nayyar, I.; Chen, H.; Swan, A. K.; Oldani, N.; Fernandex-Alberti, S.; Golder, M. R.; Jasti, R.; Doorn, S. K.; Tretiak, S. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 6539. - Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanohoops
Chen, H.; Golder, M. R.; Wang, F.; Jasti, R.; Swan, A. K. Carbon 2014, 67, 203. - Photophysical and Theoretical Investigations of the [8]Cycloparaphenylene Radical Cation and its Charge-Resonance Dimer
Golder, M. R.; Wong, B. M.; Jasti, R. “ Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4285. - Mechanism of Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Using Iron(I)-Isocyanide Complexes
Cowley, R. E.; Golder, M. R.; Eckert, N. A.; Al-Afyouni, M. H.; Holland, P. L. Organometallics 2013, 32, 5289. - Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Studies of Cycloparaphenylene Dimers
Xia, J.; Golder, M. R.; Foster, M, E.; Wong, B, M.; Jasti, R. J. Am. Chem Soc. 2012, 134, 19709. - Selective Synthesis of Strained [7]Cycloparaphenylene: An Orange-Emitting Fluorophore
Sisto, T. J.; Golder, M. R.; Hirst, E. S.; Jasti, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15800.