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Functional Graphene: Top-DownChemistry of theπ-SurfaceTimothy SwagerACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 3-5

Hierarchical Structures byWettingPorousTemplateswithElectrospun Polymer FibersJiun-Tai Chen,Wan-Ling Chen,and Ping-Wen FanACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 41-46

ATRPunderBiologically RelevantConditions:Grafting fromaProteinSaadyahAverick,AntoninaSimakova,SangwooPark,DominikKonkolewicz,AndrewJ.D.Magenau,RyanA.Mehl, andKrzysztofMatyjaszewskiACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 6-10

Two-DimensionalMolecularAssembly of BacteriochlorophyllaDerivativesUsing SyntheticPoly(ethyleneglycol)-LinkedLight-HarvestingModelPolypeptides onaGoldElectrodeModi�edwithSupported Lipid BilayersTsuyoshi Ochiai,MorioNagata,Kosuke Shimoyama,TomoyaKato, Takahide Asaoka,MasaharuKondo, TakehisaDewa, KeijiYamashita, Ayumi Kashiwada,Shiroh Futaki,Hideki Hashimoto,andMamoruNangoACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 28-32

Catalyst Chelation EffectsinOrganocatalyzed Ring-OpeningPolymerization of LactideDaniel J. Coady, AmandaC. Engler,HansW.Horn, KrishnaM. Bajjuri,Kazuki Fukushima, GavinO. Jones,AlshakimNelson, Julia E. Rice,and James L. HedrickACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 19-22

Decoupling BulkThermodynamicsandWetting Characteristicsof Block CopolymerThin FilmsSangwonKim, Paul F. Nealey,and Frank S. BatesACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 11-14

Double Stimuli-ResponsiveCopolymer Stabilizers forMultiwalled CarbonNanotubesSebastian Soll,Markus Antonietti,and JiayinYuanACSMacro Letters 2012, 1, pp 84-87

Network Formation in anOrthogonally Self-AssemblingSystemTristanMes,MarcelM. E. Koenigs,Vincent F. Scalfani, Travis S. Bailey, E.W.Meijer, andAnja R. A. PalmansACSMacroLetters2012,1,pp105-109

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