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About the Matyjaszewski Group
Center for Macromolecular Engineering
CRP Consortium
ATRP Consortium
(1996–2000)
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Wojciech Jakubowski
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Department of Chemistry
4400 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone (office): (412) 268-3208
Fax: (412) 268-6897
wjakubow@andrew.cmu.edu
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Education
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Science
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Title of diploma thesis: “Synthesis and properties of block copolymers p(e-caprolactone)-b-p(dodecyl acrylate) P(CL-DA), application of P(CL-DA) in dispersion polymerization of cyclic esters” |
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Experience
Research Interests
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Controlled radical polymerization |
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Anionic ring opening polymerization |
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Controlling microstructure and composition of polymers using different polymerization techniques |
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Influence of different structure and composition of polymers on their properties |
Other Interests
Sports: tennis (Polish national team player in juniors; tennis instructor license from Polish Tennis Association), soccer (university team champion in indoor soccer), basketball, golf, sailing, windsurfing, skiing (in charge of graduate school of chemistry skiing club; skiing instructor), ice hockey.
Others: traveling, movies, theater and opera.
Publications
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Ke Min, Wei Tang, Jinyu Huang, Wade Braunecker, Nick Tsarevsky, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “New ERA (Excess Reducing Agent) in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” submitted to Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences |
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Hyungil Lee, Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Sherryl Yu, Sergei S. Sheiko; “Cylindrical Core-Shell Brushes Prepared by a Combination of ROP and ATRP”, submitted to Macromolecules |
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Ke Min, Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “AGET ATRP in the Presence of Air in Miniemulsion and in Bulk”, Macromol. Rapid Commun - in press |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “New Segmented Copolymers by Combination of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Ring Opening Polymerization” Macromol. Symp. - in press |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “ARGET ATRP of (Meth)acrylates and Related Block Copolymers with ppm amounts of Cu” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. - in press |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Ke Min, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “Activators Regenerated by Electron Transfer for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Styrene” Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 39-45. |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “Application of AGET ATRP in Synthesis of Block Copolymers” Polym. Prep. 2005, 46, 142-143 |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “Activators Generated by Electron Transfer for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 4139-4146 |
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Slomkowski, Stanislaw; Gadzinowski, Mariusz; Sosnowski, Stanislaw; De Vita, Cinzia; Pucci, Andrea; Ciardelli, Francesco; Jakubowski, Wojciech; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof. “Biodegradable Nano- and Microparticles with Controlled Surface Properties” Macromol. Symp. 2005, 226, 239-252 |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, Jean-François Lutz, Stanislaw Slomkowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “Block and Random Copolymers as Surfactants for Dispersion Polymerization. 1. Synthesis via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Anionic Ring Opening Polymerization” J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2005, 43,1498-1510 |
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Jean- François Lutz, Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; “Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylic Monomers in the Presence of Lewis Acids: Influence on Tacticity” Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2004, 25, 486-492 |
Patents
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Wojciech Jakubowski, James Spanswick and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. "Preparation of block copolymers by ARGET ATRP” patent application submitted. |
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Wojciech Jakubowski, James Spanswick and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. "Polymerization with Continuous Catalyst Reactivation” patent application submitted |
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Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Bombalski, Lindsay; Jakubowski, Wojciech; Min, Ke; Spanswick, James; Tsarevsky, Nicolay. "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization in the Presence of a Reducing Agent” PCT Int. Appl. (2005), 96 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 2005087819 |
Presentations and Posters
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April 2006 CRP Consortium Meeting: “New ERA (Excess of Reducing Agent) in ATRP” |
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January 2006 ASC Pittsburg Section Polymer Group Meeting: “Dramatic reduction in copper catalyst with ARGET ATRP”, poster |
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October 2005 CRP Consortium Meeting: “Reducing catalyst concentration in ATRP” |
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August 2005 ACS Meeting in Washington D.C. “Application of AGET ATRP in synthesis of block copolymers” as poster |
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April 2005 CRP Consortium Meeting: “Exploring efficient initiation systems for ATRP” |
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May 2005 Original Research Proposal as requirement for Ph.D. degree: “Multisegmented block copolymers with different molecular structures and coupling units: synthesis and properties” |
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October 2004 CRP Consortium Meeting: “Controlling macrostructure and composition of polymers using atom transfer radical polymerization and anionic ring opening polymerization” |
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October 2003 Formal Department Seminar as requirement for Ph.D. degree: ”Self-organizing polymers: synthesis, structures, applications” |
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October 2003 CRP Consortium Meeting: ”Tacticity control in controlled/living radical polymerization” and “Simultaneous polymerization of µ-caprolactone and octadecyl methacrylate; influence of tin(II)octanoate on ATRP” |
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April 2003 CRP Consortium Meeting: “Preparation of block copolymers for surfactant applications” |
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