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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

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ICB Supported Publications

Enhancing photothermal depolymerization with metalloporphyrin catalyst

Ng, G., Prescott, S.W., Postma, A., Moad, G., Hawker, C.J., Anastasaki, A. and Boyer, C.
Journal of Polymer Science,
10.1002/pol.20240255

Synthesis and Reactivity of Diazirine-Containing Polymers via Controlled Radical Polymerization

Huang, B.; Xu, M.; Hawker, C.J.
Macromolecules,
10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00443

High-Throughput Synthesis, Purification, and Application of Alkyne-Functionalized Discrete Oligomers

Chen, J.; Bhat, V.; Hawker, C.J.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
10.1021/jacs.4c00751

Fluorination in advanced battery design

Wang, Y.; Wu, Z.; Azad, F.M.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, L.; Hawker, C.J.; Whittaker, A.K.; Forsyth, M.; Zhang, C.
Nature Reviews Materials,
10.1038/s41578-023-00623-4

Design of Statistical Copolypeptides as Multipurpose Hydrogel Resins in 3D Printing

Murphy, R.D., Delaney, C., Kolagatla, S., Florea, L., Hawker, C.J. and Heise, A.
Advanced Functional Materials,
10.1002/adfm.202306710

Exploiting NIR Light-Mediated Surface-Initiated PhotoRAFT Polymerization for Orthogonal Control Polymer Brushes and Facile Postmodification of Complex Architecture through Opaque Barriers

Ng, G.; Wu, Z.; Zhang, T.; Dang, A.P.; Yao, Y.; Nelson, A.R.J.; Prescott, S.W.; Postma, A.; Moad, G.; Hawker, C.J.; Boyer, C.
Macromolecules,
10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01469

Tailoring Writability and Performance of Star Block Copolypeptides Hydrogels through Side-Chain Design

Garcia, R. V., Murphy, E. A., Sinha, N. J., Okayama, Y., Uruefia, J. M., Helgeson, M. E., Bates, C. M., Hawker, C. J., Murphy, R. D., Read de Alaniz, J.
Small,
10.1002/smll.202302794

3D-printed polymer foams maintain stiffness and energy dissipation under repeated loading

Younghoon Kwon, Soyoung E. Seo, Jaejun Lee, Szabolcs Berezvai, Javier Read de Alaniz, Claus D. Eisenbach, Robert M. McMeeking, Craig J. Hawker, Megan T. Valentine
Composites Communications,
10.1016/j.coco.2022.101453

Tailored Polypeptide Star Copolymers for 3D Printing of Bacterial Composites Via Direct Ink Writing

Robert D. Murphy, Ronnie V. Garcia, Seung J. Oh, Tanner J. Wood, Kyoo D. Jo, Javier Read de Alaniz, Ed Perkins, Craig J. Hawker
Advanced Materials,
10.1002/adma.202207542

Superlubricity of pH-responsive hydrogels in extreme environments

Allison L. Chau, Patrick T. Getty, Andrew R. Rhode, Christopher M. Bates, Craig J. Hawker and Angela A. Pitenis
Frontiers in Chemistry,
10.3389/fchem.2022.891519

A multi-stage single photochrome system for controlled photoswitching responses

Friedrich Stricker, David M. Sanchez, Umberto Raucci, Neil D. Dolinski, Manuel S. Zayas, Jan Meisner, Craig. J. Hawker, Todd. J. Martínez & Javier Read de Alaniz
Nature Chemistry,
10.1038/s41557-022-00947-8

Digital Light Processing of Dynamic Bottlebrush Materials

Chungryong Choi, Yoichi Okayama, Parker T. Morris, Lindsay L. Robinson, Matthias Gerst, Joshua C. Speros, Craig J. Hawker, Javier Read de Alaniz, Christopher M. Bates
Advanced Functional Materials,
10.1002/adfm.202200883

Peptides as 3D printable feedstocks: Design strategies and emerging applications

Robert D. Murphy, Ronnie V. Garcia, Andreas Heise, Craig J. Hawker
Progress in Polymer Science,
10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2021.101487

Biological Utility of Fluorinated Compounds: from Materials Design to Molecular Imaging, Therapeutics and Environmental Remediation

Cheng Zhang, Kai Yan, Changkui Fu, Hui Peng, Craig J. Hawker, and Andrew K. Whittaker
Chemical Reviews,
10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00632

Three-Dimensional Photochemical Printing of Thermally Activated Polymer Foams

Soyoung E. SeoSoyoung E. Seo, Younghoon Kwon, Neil D. Dolinski, Caitlin S. Sample, Jeffrey L. Self, Christopher M. Bates, Megan T. Valentine and Craig J. Hawker
ACS Appied Polymer Materials,
10.1021/acsapm.1c00726

Chemical and Mechanical Tunability of 3D-Printed Dynamic Covalent Networks Based on Boronate Esters

Lindsay L. Robinson, Jeffrey L. Self, Alexander D. Fusi, Morgan W. Bates, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker, Christopher M. Bates, Christopher M. Bates and Caitlin S. Sample
ACS Macro Letters,
10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00257

Tough Multimaterial Interfaces through Wavelength-Selective 3DPrinting

Neil D. Dolinski, E. Benjamin Callaway, Caitlin S. Sample, Luke F. Gockowski, Roberto Chavez, Zachariah A. Page, Fabian Eisenreich, Stefan Hecht, Megan T. Valentine, Frank W. Zok and Craig J. Hawker
Applied Materials & Interfaces,
10.1021/acsami.1c06062

Divergent Synthesis of Graft and Branched Copolymers through Spatially Controlled Photopolymerization in Flow Reactors

Nathaniel Corrigan, Francisco J. Trujillo, Jiangtao Xu, Graeme Moad, Craig J. Hawker, and Cyrille Boyer
Macromolecules,
10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02715

Properties and applications of precision oligomer materials; where organic and polymer chemistry join forces

Bas van Genabeek, Brigitte A. G. Lamers, Craig J. Hawker, E. W. Meijer, Will R. Gutekunst, Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt
Journal of Polymer Science ,
10.1002/pol.20200862

The role of anions in light-driven conductivity in diarylethene-containing polymeric ionic liquids

Hui Nie, Nicole S. Schauser, Neil D. Dolinski, Zhishuai Geng, Saejin Oh, Michael L. Chabinyc, Craig J. Hawker, Rachel A. Segalman and Javier Read de Alaniz
Polymer Chemistry,
10.1039/D0PY01603A
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