Publications

Cleavable Additives for Deconstructable, Recyclable Polyurethane Thermosets

Ko, K; Lundberg, D. J.; Lensch, V. L.; Alfaraj, Y. S.; Husted, K. E. L.; Brutman, J. P.; Alsbaiee, A.; Hamilton, P. N.; Nguyen, S. T.*; Johnson, J. A.* 

(Submitted)

Mechanophore Cross-Linking Enhances Ballistic Energy Dissipation of Glassy Polymers

Sang, Z.*; Nguyen, S. T.*; Kai, Y.; Ko, K.; Kooi, S.; Nelson, K. A.; Johnson, J. A. 

*equal contribution

(In Revision)

Multi-Generation Recycling of Thermosets Enabled by Fragment Reactivation

Ko, K.; Mejia, E. B.; Fowler, H. E.; Nguyen, S. T.; AlFaraj, Y.; Wang, Y.; Leguizamon, S. C.; Sottos, N. R.; Johnson, J. A. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12503–12510

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Copolymers for Templated Synthesis and Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles

Nguyen, S. T.; Brown, C. M.; Zhang, W.; Kilgallon, L.; Johnson, J. A. 

Chem. Eur. J. 2025, e202500596

Diamond Surface Functionalization via Visible Light-Driven C–H Activation For Nanoscale Quantum Sensing

Rodgers, L.*; Nguyen, S. T.*; Cox, J. H.; Zervas, K.; Yuan, Z.; Sangtawesin, S.; Stacey, A.; Jaye, C.; Weiland, C.; Pershin, A.; Gali, A.; Thomsen, L.; Meynell, S. A.; Hughes, L. B.; Jayich, A. C. B.; Gui, X.; Cava, R. J.; Knowles, R. R.; De Leon, N. 

*equal contribution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024, 121, e2316032121

Chemical Recycling of Thiol Epoxy Thermosets via Light-Driven C–C Bond Cleavage

Nguyen, S. T.; Fries, L. R.; Cox, J. H.; Ma, Y.; Fors, B. P.; Knowles, R. R.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11151–11160 

Photochemical and Electrochemical Applications of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis

Murray, P. R. D.; Cox, J. H.; Chiappini, N. D.; Roos, C. B.; McLoughlin, E. A.; Hejna, B. G.; Nguyen, S. T.; Ripberger, H. H.; Ganley, J. M.; Tsui, E.; Shin, N. Y.; Koronkiewicz, B.; Qiu, G.; Knowles, R. R.

Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 2017–2291 

Depolymerization of Hydroxylated Polymers via Light-Driven C–C Bond Cleavage

Nguyen, S. T.; McLoughlin, E. A.; James, H. C.; Fors, B. P; Knowles, R. R.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12268–12277 

Light-Driven Depolymerization of Native Lignin Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

Nguyen, S. T.; Murray, P. R. D.; Knowles, R. R.

ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 800–805 

PCET-Enabled Olefin Hydroamidation Reactions with N-Alkyl Amides

Nguyen, S. T.; Zhu, Q.; Knowles, R. R.

ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 4502–4507 

Characterization of Furan- and Thiophene-Containing Bispyridyl Oligomers via Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and TD-DFT Methods

Steen, A.*; Ellington, T. L.*; Nguyen, S. T.*; Balasubramaniam, S.; Chandrasiri, I.; Delcamp, J. H.; Tschumper, G. S.; Hammer, N. I.; Watkins, D. L. 

*equal contribution

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 15176–15185 

A Raman Spectroscopic and Computational Study of New Aromatic Pyrimidine-Based Halogen Bond Acceptors

Steen, A.; Ellington, T. L.; Nguyen, S. T.; Rheingold, A. L.; Tschumper, G. S.; Watkins, D. L.; Hammer, N. I.

Inorganics 2019, 7, 119–136

Systematic Experimental and Computational Studies of Substitution and Hybridization Effects in Solid-State Halogen Bonded Assemblies

Nguyen, S. T.*; Ellington, T. L.*; Allen, K. E.*; Gorden, J. D.; Watkins, D. L.; Hammer, N. I.

*equal contribution

Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 3244–3254

Iodine Binding with Thiophene and Furan-Based Dyes for DSCs

Baumann, A.; Cheema, H.; Sabuj, M. A.; McNamara, L. E.; Zhang, Y.; Peddapuram, A.; Nguyen, S. T.; Watkins, D. L.; Hammer, N. I.; Rai, N.; Delcamp, J. H.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 17859–17870

Near-Infrared Fluorescent Thienothiadiazole Dyes with Large Stokes Shifts and High Photostability

Zhang, Y.; Autry, A. S.; McNamara, L. E.; Nguyen, S. T.; Le, N.; Brogdon, P.; Watkins, D. L.; Hammer, N. I.; Delcamp, J. H.

J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 5597–5606

Elucidating the Effects of Fluoro and Nitro Substituents on Halogen Bond Driven Assemblies of Pyridyl-Capped π-Conjugated Molecules

Nguyen, S. T.; Rheingold, A. L.; Tschumper, G. S.; Watkins, D. L.

Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 6648–6653