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Barney Grubbs

Barney Grubbs

Electronic Materials: Materials Synthesis

Barney Grubbs is a polymer chemist with a joint appointment in the Chemistry Department at SUNY Stony Brook, where he is an Associate Professor of Chemistry. His research interests include block copolymer synthesis and self-assembly.

Mailing Address:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg 735
Upton, NY 11973-5000



All Publications:

  • Greene, A.; Grubbs, R. B. Synthesis and Evaluation of an Ester-Functional Alkoxyamine and Corresponding Nitroxide-Fidelity Studies. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2009, 47, 6342-6352. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.23675)
  • Greene, A.; Grubbs, R. B. Synthesis and Evaluation of N-Phenylalkoxyamines for Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 4388-4390. (DOI: 10.1021/ma900682u)
  • Greene, A.; Grubbs, R. B. Current Methods for N-Alkoxyamine Synthesis. ACS Symposia 2009, 1024 (Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: Progress in RAFT, DT, NMP & OMRP), 81-93. (DOI: 10.1021/bk-2009-1024.ch006)
  • Sundararaman, A.; Stephan, T.; Grubbs, R. B. Reversible Restructuring of Aqueous Block Copolymer Assemblies through Stimulus-Induced Changes in Amphiphilicity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12264–12265. (DOI: 10.1021/ja8052688)
  • Grubbs, R. B. News & Views:Nanoparticle Assembly: Solvent-tuned Structures. Nature Mater. 2007, 6, 553-555. (DOI: 10.1038/nmat1964)
  • Grubbs, R. B. Roles of Polymer Ligands in Nanoparticle Stabilization. Polym. Rev. 2007, 47, 197-215. (DOI: 10.1080/15583720701271245)
  • Sessions, L. B.; Cohen, B. R.; Grubbs, R. B. Alkyne-Functional Polymers through Sonogashira Coupling to Poly(4-Bromostyrene). Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1926-1933. (DOI: 10.1021/ma0625915)
  • Xia, Q.; Grubbs, R. B. In Situ Generation of Nitroxide from Alkoxyamines for Controlled Acrylate Polymerization. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2006, 44, 5128-5136. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.21605)
  • Aubrecht, K. B.; Grubbs, R. B. Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Incorporating a Poly(Ethylene oxide-stat-Propylene oxide) Block. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005,43, 5156-5167. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.21007)
  • Grubbs, R. B. Hybrid Metal-Polymer Composites from Functional Block Copolymers. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 4323-4336. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.20946)
  • Wegrzyn, J. K.; Stephan, T.; Lau, R. N.; Grubbs, R. B. Preparation of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polyisoprene by nitroxide-mediated free radical polymerization from PEO macroinitiators. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 2977-2984. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.20756)
  • Grubbs, R. B. Highlight: Multiblock Copolymers: PEO Stuck in the Middle. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2005, 206, 625-627. (DOI: 10.1002/macp.200500053)
  • Sessions, L. B.; Miinea, L. A.; Ericson, K. D.; Glueck, D. S.; Grubbs, R. B. Alkyne-functional Homopolymers and Block Copolymers through Nitroxide-Mediated Free Radical Polymerization of 4-(Phenylethynyl)styrene. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2116-2121. (DOI: 10.1021/ma048793n)
  • Grubbs, R. B.; Wegrzyn, J. K.; Xia, Q. One-step synthesis of alkoxyamines for nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization. Chem. Commun. 2005, 80-82. (DOI: 10.1039/b413358g)
  • Miinea, L. A.; Sessions, L. B.; Ericson, K. D.; Glueck, D. S.; Grubbs, R. B. Phenylethynylstyrene-Cobalt Carbonyl Block Copolymer Composites. Macromolecules 2004, 37, 8967-8972 (DOI: 10.1021/ma0490092).
  • Tully, D. C.; Roberts, M. J.; Geierstanger, B.; Grubbs, R. B. Synthesis of Reactive Poly(Vinyl Oxazolones) via Nitroxide-Mediated Living Free Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 4302-4308 (DOI: 10.1021/ma025817m).

 

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