Rowan Group

The Rowan Group focuses on studying the chemistry of non-covalent interactions (supramolecular chemistry). This is embodied by studying the synthesis of metallosupramolecular and stimuli-resonsive polymers; isolation and utilization of cellulose nanocrystals in biomimetic and porous systems; and finally, reversible covalent chemistry.

 

Current research

 

Interested in joining this lab? 

Undergraduates, graduates, postdocs, and researchers are encouraged to contact Prof. Rowan at his UChicago email listed below.  Please include your name, contact information, and a short description on why you are interested in the lab. We look forward to hearing from you!

A virtual lab tour

https://vimeo.com/truthanddocumentary/review/498488035/b3836bc8d7

 

 

Principal Investigator

Stuart Rowan FRS

Stuart Rowan FRS

stuartrowan@uchicago.edu

LCPOM: Precise Reconstruction of Polarized Optical Microscopy Images of Liquid Crystals

Chuqiao Chen, Viviana Palacio-Betancur, Sepideh Norouzi, Pablo F. Zubieta-Rico, Nina Chang, Monirosadat Sadati, Stuart J. Rowan, and Juan J. de Pablo* Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 7, 3081–3091

Vinylogous Urea—Urethane Vitrimers: Accelerating and Inhibiting Network Dynamics through Hydrogen Bonding

Stéphanie Engelen, Neil D Dolinski, Chuqiao Chen, Elina Ghimire, Charlie A Lindberg, Alex E Crolais, Natsumi Nitta, Johan M Winne, Stuart J Rowan, Filip E Du Prez. Angew. Chem. 2024, 136, e2023184

One-Component Nanocomposite Membranes from Polymer Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals

Harrison R Paul, Matthew V Tirrell, Stuart J Rowan. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 4, 4210–4219

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, 545-551 (2024)

Connecting Molecular Exchange Dynamics to Stress Relaxation in Phase-Separated Dynamic Covalent Networks

Neil D. Dolinski, Ran Tao, Nicholas R. Boynton, Anthony P. Kotula, Charlie A. Lindberg, Kyle J. Petersen, Aaron M. Forster, and Stuart J. Rowan* ACS Macro Lett. 2024, 13, 2, 174–180

Quantitative Determination of Metal Ion Adsorption on Cellulose Nanocrystals Surfaces

Harrison R. Paul, Mrinal K. Bera, Nicholas Macke, Stuart J. Rowan*, and Matthew V. Tirrell* ACS Nano 2024, 18, 3, 1921–1930

Robust and Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomers through Catalytic Control of Dynamic Aza-Michael Reactions

Elina Ghimire, Charlie A. Lindberg, Tyler D. Jorgenson, Chuqiao Chen, Juan J. de Pablo, Neil D. Dolinski*, and Stuart J. Rowan* Macromolecules 2024, 57, 2, 682–690

Therapeutic synthetic and natural materials for immunoengineering

Anna Slezak, Kevin Chang, Samir Hossainy, Aslan Mansurov, Stuart J Rowan, Jeffrey A Hubbell, Mustafa O Guler. Therapeutic synthetic and natural materials for immunoengineering

Highly flexible PEG-LifeAct constructs act as tunable biomimetic actin crosslinkers

Tyler D Jorgenson, Kashmeera D Baboolall, Cristian Suarez, David R Kovar, Margaret L Gardel, Stuart J Rowan. Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 971

Bioinspired mechanical mineralization of organogels

J. Ayarza, J. Wang, H. Kim, P.-R. Huang, B. Cassaidy, G. Yan, C. Liu, H. M. Jaeger, S. J. Rowan & A. P. Esser-Kahn, Nature Communications 14, 8319 (2023)

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