42. Axial Coordinating Ligands: A New Strategy for Late Transition Metal Olefin Polymerization Catalysis, Leung, D. H.; Ziller, J. W.; Guan, Zhibin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008; ASAP article.

41. Efficient Catalytic Synthesis of Dendritic Polymers Having Internal Fluorescence Labels for Bioconjugation, Chen, G.; Felgner, P. L.; Guan, Zhibin. Biomacromolecules 2008; ASAP article.

40. Using Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy to Guide the Rational Design of Biomimetic Modular Polymeric Materials, Guzman, D. L.; Roland, J. T.; Keer, H.; Kong, Y. P.; Ritz, R.; Yee, A.; Guan, Zhibin. In press.

39. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry: Metal Catalysis in Olefin Polymerization, Ed.: Guan, Zhibin; Springer-Verlag, in preparation.

38. Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Design in Polymers for Advanced Mechanical Properties, Guan, Zhibin; Book chapter in Molecular Recognition and Polymers: Control of Polymer Structure and Self-Assembly, Editors: Rotello, V. and Thayumanavan, S.; Wiley & Sons, in press.

37. Hyperbranched and Dendritic Polyolefins Prepared by Transition-Metal Catalyzed Polymerization, Guan, Zhibin; Book chapter in Hyperbranched Polymers, Editors: Frey, H.; Yan, D. and Gao, C.; Wiley & Sons, in press.

36. Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Carbohydrate-Derived Lactone for the Synthesis of Degradable Protein Resistant Biomaterials, Urakami, H.; and Guan, Zhibin. Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9, 592-597. [PDF]

35. Synthesis and Structure-Property Investigation of a Family of Carbohydrate-Derived Polyesters and Polyamides as Biomaterials, Metzke, M. and Guan, Zhibin. Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 208. [PDF]

34. Biomimetic Design of Reversibly Unfolding Cross-Linker to Enhance Mechanical Properties of 3D Network Polymers, Kushner, A. M.; Gabuchian, V.; Johnson, E. G.; Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14110. [PDF]

33. Efficient Incorporation of Polar Comonomers in Copolymerizations with Ethylene Using a Cyclophane-Based Pd(II) a-Diimine Catalyst, Popeney, C. S.; Camacho, D. H.; Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10062. [PDF]

32. Supramolecular Design In Biopolymers And Biomimetic Polymers for Advanced Mechanical Properties, Guan, Zhibin. Polymer International 2007, 56, 467-473. [PDF]

31. A Convergent Synthesis of New β-Turn Mimics by Click Chemistry, Oh, K. and Guan, Zhibin. Chem. Comm. 2006, 29, 3069. [PDF]

30. Tandem Chain Walking Polymerization and ATRP for Efficient Synthesis of Dendritic Nanoparticles for Bioconjugation, Chen, G.; Huynh, D.; Felgner, P. L. and Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4298. [PDF]

29. A General Strategy for Nanoparticle Dispersion, Mackay, M. E.; Tuteja, A.; Duxbury, P. M.; Hawker, C. J.; Van Horn, B.; Guan, Z.; Chen, G.; Krishnan, R.S. Science 2006, 311, 1740. [PDF]

28. Rheology of Polyethylenes with Novel Branching Topology Synthesized by a Chain Walking Catalyst, Patil, R.; Colby, R. H.; Read, D. J.; Chen, G.; Guan, Zhibin. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 10571. [PDF]

27. Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes with an Alkane-Bridged Macrocyclic Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization Tests, Camacho, D. H.; Salo, E. V.; Guan, Z.; Ziller, J. W. Organometallics 2005, 24, 4933. [PDF]

26. Saccharide-Peptide Hybrid Copolymers as Biomaterials, Metzke, M.; Maiti, S.; OConnor, N.; Guan, Z. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6529. [PDF]

25. Living Polymerization of a-Olefins at Elevated Temperatures Catalyzed by a Highly Active and Robust Cyclophane-Based Nickel Catalyst, Camacho, D. H. and Guan, Z. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2544. [PDF]

24. Ligand Electronic Effects on Late Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysts, Popeney, C. Guan, Z. Organometallics 2005, 24, 1145. [PDF]

23. Synthesis and Single-Molecule Studies of a Well-Defined Biomimetic Modular Multi-Domain Polymer Using a Peptidomimetic b-Sheet Module, Roland, J. T. and Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 14328. [PDF]

22. Transition Metal Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Water-Soluble Dendritic Molecular Nanocarriers, Chen, G., and Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2662. [PDF]

21. Modular Domain Structure- A Biomimetic Strategy for Advanced Polymer Properties, Guan, Z.; Roland, J. T.; Bai, J.; Ma, S.; McIntire, T.; Nguyen, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2058. [PDF]

20. The First Cyclophane-Based Highly Active Late-Transition-Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization, Camacho, D.; Salo, E. V.; Ziller, J. W.; Guan, Z. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 1821. [PDF]

19. Synthesis and Structure of m-Terphenyl-Based Cyclophanes with Nitrogen Intra-Annular Functional Groups, Camacho, D. H.; Salo, E. V.; Guan, Z. Org. Lett. 2004, 6(6), 865. [PDF]

18. Late-Transition-Metal Complexes with Bisazaferrocene Ligands for Ethylene Oligomerization, Salo, E. V. and Guan, Z. Organometallics 2003, 22, 5033. [PDF]

17. Control of Polymer Topology through Late-Transition-Metal Catalysis, Guan, Z. J. Polym. Soc. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 3680. [PDF]

16. A Novel Carbohydrate-Derived Side Chain Polyether with Excellent Protein Resistance, Metzke, M.; Bai, J.; Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7760. [PDF]

15. Synthesis of Functional Olefin Copolymers with Controllable Topologies by Using a Chain Walking Catalyst, Chen, G.; Ma, S. X.; Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6697. [PDF]

14. Control of Polymer Topology through Transition-Metal Catalysis: Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers by Cobalt-Mediated Free Radical Polymerization, Guan, Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 5616. [PDF]

13. Synthesis of New Phosphine-Imine Ligands and Their Effects on the Thermal Stability of Late-Transition-Metal Olefin Polymerization Catalysts, Guan, Z. and Marshall, W. Organometallics 2002, 21, 3580. [PDF]

12. Control of Polymer Topology by Chain Walking Catalysts, Guan, Z. Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8(14), 3086. [PDF]

11. Novel Branching Topology in Polyethylenes as Revealed by Light Scattering and 13C NMR, Cotts, P. M.; Guan, Zhibin; McCord, E. F. and McLain, S. J. Macromolecules 2000, 33, 6945. [PDF]

10. A Remarkable Visible Light Effect on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization, Guan, Zhibin and Smart, B. E. Macromolecules 2000, 33, 6904. [PDF]

9. Chain Walking – A New Strategy to Control Polymer Topology, Guan, Zhibin; Cotts, P. M.; McCord, E. F. and McLain, S. J. Science 1999, 283, 2059. [PDF]

8. Glucose Sensing Polymers, Chen, G.; Guan, Zhibin; Chen, C. T.; Fu, L.; Sundaresan, V. and Arnold, F. H. Nature Biotechnology 1997, 15, 354.

7. XPS Studies of Fluorinated Acrylate Polymers and Block Copolymers with Polystyrene, Kassis, C. M.; Steehler, J. K.; Betts, D. E.; Guan, Zhibin; Romack, T. J.; DeSimone, J. M. and Linton, R. W. Macromolecules 1996, 29, 3247.

6. Preparation of Polycaprolactone Macromer, Polypropylene Oxide Macromer and Their Copolymerization with Butyl Methacrylate, Cao, W.; Guan, Zhibin; Jiang, B. and Feng, X. Polymer Communication 1995, 5, 628.

5. Synthesis of Caprolactone and Propylene Oxide Block Copolymer, Guan, Zhibin; Jiang, B. and Cao, W. Sci. Technol. Polym. Mater. 1995, 11, 19.

4. Fluorocarbon-based Heterophase Polymeric Materials: 1. Block Copolymers Surfactants for Carbon Dioxide Applications, Guan, Zhibin and DeSimone, J. M. Macromolecules 1994, 27, 5527.

3. Homogeneous Free Radical Polymerizations in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: 3. Telomerization of Fluoroolefins in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Combes, J. R.; Guan, Zhibin and DeSimone, J. M. Macromolecules 1994, 27, 865.

2. Homogeneous Free Radical Polymerizations in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: 2. Thermal Decomposition of 2,2'-Azobis (isobutyronitrile), Guan, Zhibin; Combes, J. R.; Menceloglu, Y. Z. and DeSimone, J. M. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 2663.

1. Synthesis of Fluoropolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, DeSimone, J. M.; Guan, Zhibin and Elsbernd, C. S. Science 1992, 257, 945.

 

Grants: National Institute of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), Army Research Laboratory (ARO).