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Craig Hawker

Distinguished Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Materials
Co-Director, California Nanosystems Institute
Director, Dow Materials Institute
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
+1 805-893-7161
Email:
hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu
Website:
Website

Research Focus Areas

Research Interests

Synthetic polymer chemistry and fabrication of nanostructured materials.

Distinguished Awards

2021 ACS Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success

National Academies

NAI 2016, NAE 2021, NAS 2022

News

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ICB Supported Publications

One-pot "click" fabrication of slide-ring gels

Murakami, T., Schmidt, B. V. K. J., Brown, H. R. and Hawker, C. J.
Macromolecules,
10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01713

A facile synthesis of catechol-functionalized poly(ethylene oxide) block and random copolymers

Mattson, K. M., Latimer, A. A., McGrath, A. J., Lynd, N. A., Lundberg, P., Hudson, Z. M. and Hawker, C. J.
Polymer Chemistry,
10.1002/pola.27749

Catechol-based layer-by-layer assembly of composite coatings: a versatile platform to hierarchical nano-materials

Wang, C. X., Braendle, A., Menyo, M. S., Pester, C. W., Perl, E. E., Arias, I., Hawker, C. J. and Klinger, D.
Soft Matter,
10.1039/C5SM01374G

Metallopolymer-based shape anisotropic nanoparticles

Schmidt, B. V. K. J., Elbert, J., Scheid, D., Hawker, C. J., Klinger, D. and Gallei, M.
ACS Macro Letters,
10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00350

A robust platform for functional microgels via thiol–ene chemistry with reactive polyether-based nanoparticles

C. Fleischmann, J. Gopez, P. Lundberg, H. Ritter, K. L. Killops, C. J. Hawker and D. Klinger
Polymer Chemistry,
10.1039/c4py01766h

A synthetic strategy for the preparation of sub-100 nm functional polymer particles of uniform diameter

K. L. Killops, C. G. Rodriguez, P. Lundberg, C. J. Hawker, and N. A. Lynd
Polymer Chemistry,
10.1039/c4py01703j

Synthetic aptamer-polymer hybrid constructs for programmed drug delivery into specific target cells

S. S. Oh, B. F. Lee, F. A. Leibfarth, M. Eisenstein, M. J. Robb, N. A. Lynd, C. J. Hawker, H. T. Soh
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
10.1021/ja5079464

Molecular interactions and ordering in electrically doped polymers: Blends of PBTTT and F4TCNQ

J. E. Cochran, M. J. N. Junk, A. M. Glaudell, P. L. Miller, J. S. Cowart, M. F. Toney, C. J. Hawker, B. F. Chmelka , and M. L. Chabinyc
Macromolecules,
10.1021/ma501547h

Photoswitching using visible light: A new class of organic photochromic molecules

S. Helmy, F. A. Leibfarth, S. Oh, J. E. Poelma, C. J. Hawker, and J. Read de Alaniz
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
10.1021/ja503016b

A facile synthesis of dynamic, shape-changing polymer particles

D. Klinger, C. X. Wang, L. A. Connal, D. J. Audus, S. G. Jang, S. Kraemer, K. L. Killops, G. H. Fredrickson, E. J. Kramer, and C. J. Hawker
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed.,
10.1002/anie.201400183

Strongly phase-segregating block copolymers with sub-20 nm features

K. Kempe, K. L. Killops, J. E. Poelma, H. Jung, J. Bang, R. Hoogenboom, H. Tran, C. J. Hawker, U. S. Schubert, and L. M. Campos
ACS Macro Lett.,
10.1021/mz400309d

Striped Ellipsoidal Particles by Controlled Assembly of Diblock Copolymers

S. G. Jang, D. J. Audus, D. Klinger, D. V. Krogstad, B. J. Kim, A. Cameron, S.-W. Kim, K. T. Delaney, S.-M. Hur, K. L. Killops, G. H. Fredrickson, E. J. Kramer, and C. J. Hawker
10.1021/ja4019447

Improved Performance of Protected Catecholic Polysiloxanes for Bioinspired Wet Adhesion to Surface Oxides

J. Heo, T. Kang, S. G. Jang, D. S. Hwang, J. M. Spruell, K. L. Killops, J. H. Waite, and C. J. Hawker
 Journal of the American Chemical Society,
10.1021/ja309044z

Enhanced Bioactivity of Internally Functionalized Cationic Dendrimers with PEG Cores

L. Albertazzi, F. M. Mickler, G. M. Pavan, F. Salomone, G. Bardi, M. Panniello, E. Amir, T. Kang, K. L. Killops, C. Bräuchle, R. J. Amir, and C. J. Hawker
 Biomacromolecules,
10.1021/bm301384y
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