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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

Engineering live cell surfaces with functional polymers via cytocompatible controlled radical polymerization

Niu, J., Lunn, D.J., Pusuluri, A., Yoo, J.I., O'Malley, M.A., Mitragotri, S., Soh, H.T. and Hawker, C.J.
Nature Chemistry,
10.1038/NCHEM.2713

pH-tunable thermoresponsive PEO-based functional polymers with pendant amine groups

Lee, J., McGrath, A.J., Hawker, C.J. and Kim, B.S.
ACS Macro Letters,
10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00830

Engineering surfaces through sequential stop-flow photopatterning

Pester, C.W., Narupai, B., Mattson, K.M., Bothman, D.P., Klinger, D., Lee, K.W., Discekici, E.H. and Hawker, C.J.
Advanced Materials,
10.1002/adma.201602900

Controlled drug release to cancer cells from modular one-photon visible light-responsive micellar system

Poelma, S.O., Oh, S.S., Helmy, S., Knight, A.S., Burnett, G.L., Soh, H.T., Hawker, C.J. and de Alaniz, J.R.
Chemical Communications,
10.1039/c6cc04127b

Particles with tunable porosity and morphology by controlling interfacial instability in block copolymer emulsions

Ku, K. H., Shin, J., Klinger, D., Jang, S. G., Hayward, R. C., Hawker, C. J. and Kim, B. J.
ACS Nano,
10.1021/acsnano.6b00985

Vitronectin-based, biomimetic encapsulating hydrogel scaffolds support adipogenesis of adipose stem cells

Clevenger, T.N., Hinman, C.R., Rubin, R.K.A., Smither, K., Burke, D.J., Hawker, C.J., Messina, D., Van Epps, D. and Clegg, D.O.
Tissue Engineering Part A,
10.1089/ten.tea.2015.0550

Mussel-inspired anchoring of polymer loops that provide superior surface lubrication and antifouling properties

Kang, T., Banquy, X., Heo, J., Lim, C., Lynd, N. A., Lundberg, P., Dongyeop, X. O, Lee, H. K, Hong, Y. K., Hwang, D. S., Waite, J. H., Israelachvili. J. N. and Hawker, C. J.
ACS Nano,
10.1021/acsnano.5b06066

Formation, removal, and reformation of surface coatings on various metal oxide surfaces inspired by mussel adhesives

Kang, T., Oh, D. X., Heo, J., Lee, H. K., Choy, S., Hawker, C. J. and Hwang, D. S.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,

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
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