Garrett Grocke was born in the suburbs of Chicago and grew up in southern Wisconsin. He received his BS/MS in chemical engineering from Northwestern University in 2012. Following graduation, he worked at Argonne National Laboratory, focusing on nanostructured materials with applications in energy, communications, and environmental preservation. He joined the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering as a graduate student in Autumn 2016, and currently works under the supervision of Professor Shrayesh Patel.
Garrett's current research focuses on understanding structure-performance relationships in conductive polymer systems, including semiconductors and energy storage materials.
Thiadiazole Disulfide Cross-Linked Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Nanoparticles: A Dual Redox Approach for Organic Cathode Batteries
Hongyi Zhang, Garrett L. Grocke, George Rose, Stuart J. Rowan, Shrayesh N. Patel. Chemistry of Materials. 2024. Article ASAP.
Organo-disulfide-based particles enable controlled stimulus-triggered cleaning of electrode surfaces
Hongyi Zhang, Garrett L. Grocke, Samuel S. Kopfinger, Yilin Wang, Arnav Brahmasandra, Randy H. Ewoldt, Stuart J. Rowan, Shrayesh N. Patel. RSC Appl. Polym., 2024, Advance Article.
Accessing pluripotent materials through tempering of dynamic covalent polymer networks
Nicholas R Boynton, Joseph M Dennis, Neil D Dolinski, Charlie A Lindberg, Anthony P Kotula, Garrett L Grocke, Stephanie L Vivod, Joseph L Lenhart, Shrayesh N Patel, Stuart J Rowan. Science, 383(6682), pp.545-551.
Intrinsic glassy-metallic transport in an amorphous coordination polymer
Jiaze Xie, Simon Ewing, Jan-Niklas Boyn, Alexander S Filatov, Baorui Cheng, Tengzhou Ma, Garrett L Grocke, Norman Zhao, Ram Itani, Xiaotong Sun, Himchan Cho, Zhihengyu Chen, Karena W Chapman, Shrayesh N Patel, Dmitri V Talapin, Jiwoong Park, David A Mazziotti, John S Anderson. Nature, 2022, 611, 479–484
Structure–Transport Properties Governing the Interplay in Humidity-Dependent Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conduction of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
Garrett L. Grocke, Ban Xuan Dong, Aaron D. Taggart, Alex B. F. Martinson, Jens Niklas, Oleg G. Poluektov, Joseph W. Strzalka, and Shrayesh N. Patel. ACS Polym. Au 2022
Probing the evolution of conductivity and structural changes in vapor-F4TCNQ doped P3HT
Mark F DiTusa, Garrett L Grocke, Tengzhou Ma, Shrayesh N Patel. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 2022
Synthesis and Characterization of Redox-Responsive Disulfide Cross-Linked Polymer Particles for Energy Storage Applications
Garrett L. Grocke, Hongyi Zhang, Samuel S. Kopfinger, Shrayesh N. Patel, and Stuart J. Rowan. ACS Macro Letters 2021 10 (12), 1637-1642
Synthesis and Characterization of Redox-Responsive Disulfide Cross-Linked Polymer Particles for Energy Storage Applications
Garrett L. Grocke, Hongyi Zhang, Samuel S. Kopfinger, Shrayesh N. Patel, and Stuart J. Rowan ACS Macro Letters 2021 10 (12), 1637-1642
Continuously graded doped semiconducting polymers enhance thermoelectric cooling
Ma, Tengzhou, William Kent, Ban Xuan Dong, Garrett L. Grocke, and Shrayesh N. Patel. Continuously graded doped semiconducting polymers enhance thermoelectric cooling. Applied Physics Letters, 2021, 119(1), 013902.
Complex Relationship between Side-Chain Polarity, Conductivity, and Thermal Stability in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers
Ban Xuan Dong, Christian Nowak, Jonathan W Onorato, Tengzhou Ma, Jens Niklas, Oleg G Poluektov, Garrett Grocke, Mark F DiTusa, Fernando A Escobedo, Christine K Luscombe, Paul F Nealey, Shrayesh N Patel. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 2, 741–753