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Wade Braunecker

B.S. Chemistry
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN

Research Interests

Transition metal catalyzed polymerization
Interplay of polymerization mechanisms
Copolymerization of polar, functional monomers with simple alpha-olefins

National and International Presentations

234th ACS National Meeting, August 19-23, 2007, Boston, MA
Gordon Research Conference on Polymers (East), June 17-22, 2007, Mount Holyoke College, MA
38th ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, June 4-7, 2006, Hershey, PA
230th ACS National Meeting, August 28 - September 1, 2005, Washington, D.C.
5th International School on Molecular Catalysis, August 12-16, 2005, Rosnówko, Poland
16th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis, August 7-12, 2005, Poznañ, Poland
228th ACS National Meeting, August 22-26, 2004, Philadelphia, PA

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Braunecker, W. A., Brown, W. C., Morelli, B. C., Tang, W., Poli, P., Matyjaszewski, K. "On the Origin of Activity in Cu, Ru, and Os Mediated Radical Polymerization" Macromolecules, accepted.
Matyjaszewski, K., Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., et. al. "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Cu(0) 'Activators Regenerated by Electron Transfer or Single Electron Transfer Living Radical Polymerization'", Macromolecules, accepted.
Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., Matyjaszewski, K. "Electron Transfer Reactions Relevant to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization", J. Organomet. Chem., 2007, 692, 3212-3222.
Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., Vacca, A., Gans, P., Matyjaszewski, K. "Competitive Equilibria in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization", Macromol. Symp., 2007, 248, 60-70.
Braunecker, W. A., Matyjaszewski, K. “Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: Features, Developments, and Perspectives”, Prog. Polym. Sci., 2007, 32, 93-146
Tang, H., Arulsamy, N., Radosz, M., Shen, Y., Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., Tang, W., Matyjaszewski, K. “Highly Active Copper-based Catalyst for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 16277-16285.
Matyjaszewski, K., Jakubowski, W., Min, K., Tang, W., Huang, J., Braunecker, W. A., and Tsarevsky, N. V., “Diminishing Catalyst Concentration in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Reducing Agents”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (U.S.A.), 2006, 103, 15309-15314.
Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., Brooks, S. J., and Matyjaszewski, K. “Rational Selection of Catalysts for the Copper-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Basic Monomers in Protic Media: ATRP of 4-Vinylpyridine”, Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 6817-6824.
Tsarevsky, N. V., Braunecker, W. A., Tang, W., Brooks, S. J., Matyjaszewski, K., Weisman, G. R., and Wong, E. H., “Copper-Based ATRP Catalysts of Very High Activity Derived from Dimethyl Cross-Bridged Cyclam”, J. Molecular Catalysis A: Chem., 2006, 257, 132-140.
Braunecker, W. A., Matyjaszewski, K., “Recent Mechanistic Developments in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, J. Molecular Catalysis A: Chem., 2006, 254, 155-164.
Braunecker, W. A., Itami, Y., Matyjaszewski, K., “Osmium-Mediated Radical Polymerization”, Macromolecules 2005, 38, 9402-9404.
Braunecker, W. A., Tsarevsky, N. V., Pintauer, T., Gil, R. R., Matyjaszewski, K., “Quantifying Vinyl Monomer Coordination to Cu(I) in Solution and the Effect of Coordination on Monomer Reactivity in Radical Copolymerization”, Macromolecules 2005, 38, 4081-4088.
Braunecker, W. A., Pintauer, T., Tsarevsky, N. V., Kickelbick, G., Matyjaszewski, K., “Towards Understanding Monomer Coordination in ATRP: Synthesis of [CuI(PMDETA)(pi-M)][BPh4] (M = Methyl Acrylate, Styrene, 1-Octene, and Methyl Methacrylate) and Structural Studies by FT-IR and 1H NMR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Crystallography”, J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 916-924.
Pintauer, T., Braunecker, W., Collange, E., Poli, R., Matyjaszewski, K., “Determination of Rate Constants for the Activation Step in Atrom Transfer Radical Polymerization Using the Stopped-Flow Technique”, Macromolecules 2004, 37, 2679-2682.

Book Chapters

Matyjaszewski, K., Braunecker, W. A. "(Controlled/Living) Radical Polymerization", in Macromolecular Engineering. Precise Synthesis, Materials Properties, Applications, Vol. 1, p 161-215, Matyjaszewski, K. Gnanou, Y., Leibler, L., Eds., (2007). ISBN: 978-3-527-31446-1
Braunecker, W. A., Matyjaszewski, K. “Fine Tuning Radical Polymerization Processes to Improve the Macroscopic Properties of Materials”, in Education in Advanced Chemistry: Organic and Polymer Synthesis and Catalysis , Vol. 10, p 63-75, Marciniec, B., Ed., (2006). ISBN: 83-7177-440-0.

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