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[5] Jiang, M.; Bird, E.; Ham, W. Worch, J.C. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Dynamic Hybrid Polymer Networks using Whole Biomass, Preprint on ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-5gz7f

[4] Koelbl, C.B.; Obunadike, C.; Ham, W.; Mahmud, N.; Garcia, M.; Lizundia, E.; Worch, J.C. A greener and more scalable synthesis of biogenic polydisulfides from lipoic acid, Preprint on ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qbccw

[3] Bowman, Z.; Baker, J.G.; Hughes, M.J.; Nguyen, J.D.; Garcia, M.; Tamrat, N.; Worch, J.C.; Figg, A.C. Customizing STEM organogels using PET-RAFT polymerization, Polym. Chem., 2024,15, 3907-3915. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4PY00874J

[2] Jiang, M.; Mahmud, N.; Koelbl, C.B.; Herr, D.; Worch, J.C.* Positioning dynamic polymeric materials within the modern polymer economy: From application to recycling and circularity. J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62 (15), 3562. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230982

[1] Machado, T.O.; Stubbs, C.J.; Chiaradia, V.; Alraddadi, M.A.; Brandolese, A.; Worch, J.C.*; Dove, A.P.*   A renewably sourced, circular photopolymer resin for additive manufacturing. Nature 2024, 629, 1069-1074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07399-9

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[29] Castrejón-Comas, V.; Mataró, N.; Resina, L.; Zanuy, D.; Nuñez-Aulina, Q.; Sánchez-Morán, J.; Enshaei, H.; Arnau, M.; Muñoz-Galán, H; Worch, J.C.; Dove. A.P.; Alemán, C.; Pérez-Madrigal, M.M. Electro-responsive hyaluronic acid-based click-hydrogels for wound healing. Carbohydr. Polym., 2025, 348, 122941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122941

[28] Muñoz-Galán, H.; Enshaei, H.; Silva, J.C.; Esteves, T.; Ferreira, F.C.; Casanovas, J.; Worch, J.C.; Dove, A.P., Alemán, C., Pérez-Madrigal, M.M. Electroresponsive Thiol–Yne Click-Hydrogels for Insulin Smart Delivery: Tackling Sustained Release and Leakage Control. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 8093−8104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c00911

[27] Xie, Y.; Tong, Z.; Xia, T.; Worch, J. C.; Rho, J. Y.; Dove, A.P.; O’Reilly, R. K. 2D Hierarchical Microbarcodes with Expanded Storage Capacity for Optical Multiplex and Information Encryption. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2308154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308154

[26] Patel, L.; Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P.; Gehmlich, K. The Utilisation of Hydrogels for iPSC-Cardiomyocyte Research. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24 (12), 9995. DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129995

[25] Kaiho, S.; Hmayed, A. A. R.; Delle Chiaie, K. R.; Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P. Designing Thermally Stable Organocatalysts for Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Synthesis: Toward a One-Pot, Closed-Loop Chemical Recycling System for PET. Macromolecules 2022, 55 (23), 10628-10639. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01410

[24] Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P. Click Step-Growth Polymerization and E/Z Stereochemistry Using Nucleophilic Thiol–yne/–ene Reactions: Applying Old Concepts for Practical Sustainable (Bio)Materials. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55 (17), 2355-2369. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00293

[23] Bechar, J.; Bastie, C.; Dallmann, R.; Worch, J.; Gharanei, S.; Shabir, S.; Dove, A.; Hardwicke, J. O054 A novel hyaluronic acid hydrogel as an extracellular matrix to improve adipose tissue graft survival in autologous transfer for breast cancer reconstruction. Br. J. Surg. 2022, 109 (Supplement_4). DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac242.054

[22] Titirici, M.; Baird, S. G.; Sparks, T. D.; Yang, S. M.; Brandt-Talbot, A.; Hosseinaei, O.; Harper, D. P.; Parker, R. M.; Vignolini, S.; Berglund, L. A.; et al. The Sustainable Materials Roadmap. J. Phys. Mater. 2022, 5 (3), 032001. DOI: 10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ee5

[21] Stubbs, C. J.; Khalfa, A. L.; Chiaradia, V.; Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P. Intrinsically Re-curable Photopolymers Containing Dynamic Thiol-Michael Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (26), 11729-11735. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03525

[20] Petersen, S. R.; Prydderch, H.; Worch, J. C.; Stubbs, C. J.; Wang, Z.; Yu, J.; Arno, M. C.; Dobrynin, A. V.; Becker, M. L.; Dove, A. P. Ultra-Tough Elastomers from Stereochemistry-Directed Hydrogen Bonding in Isosorbide-Based Polymers. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61 (17), e202115904. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115904

[19] Stubbs, C. J.; Worch, J. C.; Prydderch, H.; Wang, Z.; Mathers, R. T.; Dobrynin, A. V.; Becker, M. L.; Dove, A. P. Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (3), 1243-1250. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10278

[18] Macdougall, L. J.; Pérez-Madrigal, M. M.; Shaw, J. E.; Worch, J. C.; Sammon, C.; Richardson, S. M.; Dove, A. P. Using Stereochemistry to Control Mechanical Properties in Thiol–Yne Click-Hydrogels. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (49), 25856-25864. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107161

[17] Worch, J. C.*; Stubbs, C. J.; Price, M. J.; Dove, A. P.* Click Nucleophilic Conjugate Additions to Activated Alkynes: Exploring Thiol-yne, Amino-yne, and Hydroxyl-yne Reactions from (Bio)Organic to Polymer Chemistry. Chem. Rev. 2021, 121 (12), 6744–6776. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01076

[16] Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P. Harnessing Polymers near Equilibrium for Better Recycling. Chem 2021, 7 (3), 547-549. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.02.021

[15] Wandel, M. B.; Bell, C. A.; Yu, J.; Arno, M. C.; Dreger, N. Z.; Hsu, Y.-H.; Pitto-Barry, A.; Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P.; Becker, M. L. Concomitant Control of Mechanical Properties and Degradation in Resorbable Elastomer-like Materials using Stereochemistry and Stoichiometry for Soft Tissue Engineering. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 446. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20610-5

[14] Alraddadi, M. A.; Chiaradia, V.; Stubbs, C. J.; Worch, J. C.*; Dove, A. P.* Renewable and Recyclable Covalent Adaptable Networks Based on Bio-derived Lipoic Acid. Polym. Chem. 2021, 12 (40), 5796-5802. DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00754H

[13] Worch, J. C.*; Dove, A. P.* 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Toward Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Waste (and Future) Plastics. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9 (11), 1494-1506. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00582

[12] Worch, J. C.; Weems, A. C.; Yu, J.; Arno, M. C.; Wilks, T. R.; Huckstepp, R. T. R.; O’Reilly, R. K.; Becker, M. L.; Dove, A. P. Elastomeric Polyamide Biomaterials with Stereochemically Tuneable Mechanical Properties and Shape Memory. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11 (1), 3250. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16945-8

[11] Huang, J.; Jehanno, C.; Worch, J. C.; Ruipérez, F.; Sardon, H.; Dove, A. P.; Coulembier, O. Selective Organocatalytic Preparation of Trimethylene Carbonate from Oxetane and Carbon Dioxide. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (10), 5399-5404. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00689

[10] Huang, J.; Worch, J. C.; Dove, A. P.; Coulembier, O. Update and Challenges in Carbon Dioxide-Based Polycarbonate Synthesis. ChemSusChem 2020, 13 (3), 469-487. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201902719

[9] Stubbs, C. J.; Worch, J. C.; Prydderch, H.; Becker, M. L.; Dove, A. P. Unsaturated Poly(ester-urethanes) with Stereochemically Dependent Thermomechanical Properties. Macromolecules 2020, 53 (1), 174-181. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01700

[8] Worch, J. C.; Prydderch, H.; Jimaja, S.; Bexis, P.; Becker, M. L.; Dove, A. P. Stereochemical Enhancement of Polymer Properties. Nature Rev. Chem. 2019, 3 (9), 514-535. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0117-z

[7] Varni, A. J.; Fortney, A.; Baker, M. A.; Worch, J. C.; Qiu, Y.; Yaron, D.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Kowalewski, T. Photostable Helical Polyfurans. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (22), 8858-8867. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01567

[6] Weems, A. C.; Delle Chiaie, K. R.; Worch, J. C.; Stubbs, C. J.; Dove, A. P. Terpene- and Terpenoid-based Polymeric Resins for Stereolithography 3D Printing. Polym. Chem. 2019, 10 (44), 5959-5966. DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00950G

[5] Qiu, Y.; Worch, J. C.; Fortney, A.; Gayathri, C.; Gil, R. R.; Noonan, K. J. T. Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki Polycondensation for Controlled Synthesis of Ester-Functionalized Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecules 2016, 49 (13), 4757-4762. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01006

[4] Worch, J. C.; Hellemann, E.; Pros, G.; Gayathri, C.; Pintauer, T.; Gil, R. R.; Noonan, K. J. T. Stability and Reactivity of 1,3-Benzothiaphosphole: Metalation and Diels–Alder Chemistry. Organometallics 2015, 34 (22), 5366-5373. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00583

[3] Qiu, Y.; Worch, J. C.; Chirdon, D. N.; Kaur, A.; Maurer, A. B.; Amsterdam, S.; Collins, C. R.; Pintauer, T.; Yaron, D.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Tuning Thiophene with Phosphorus: Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Benzobisthiaphospholes. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (25), 7746-7751. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402561

[2] Worch, J. C.; Chirdon, D. N.; Maurer, A. B.; Qiu, Y.; Geib, S. J.; Bernhard, S.; Noonan, K. J. T. Synthetic Tuning of Electronic and Photophysical Properties of 2-Aryl-1,3-Benzothiaphospholes. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78 (15), 7462-7469. DOI: 10.1021/jo400947u

[1] Takeh, A.; Worch, J.; Shanbhag, S. Analytical Rheology of Metallocene-Catalyzed Polyethylenes. Macromolecules 2011, 44 (9), 3656-3665. DOI: 10.1021/ma2004772