Publications

  1. Tan, X.; Zhao, Y.; Qian, M.; Hamed, G. R.; Jia, L.* “Reinforcement of Rubber Using Reactive Oligo(b-alanine) Supramolecular Fillers”, RUBBER. CHEM. TECHNOL. 2019, 92, 198-217.
  2. Dai, Y.; He, S.; Peng, B.; Crandall, L. A.; Schrage, B. R.; Ziegler, C. J.; Jia, L.* “Zwitterionic Design Principle of Ni(II) Catalysts for Carbonylative Polymerization of Cyclic Ethers”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 130, 14111-14115.
  3. Yan, X.; Hamed, G. R.; Jia, L.* “Modulating silica-​rubber interface by a biorenewable urushiol derivative. Synthesis, surface modification, and mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of vulcanizates therefrom”,J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018, 135, DOI: 10.1002/APP.45937.
  4. Zhao, Y.; Fu, L.; Jia, L.* “Synthesis, characterization, and mechanical and dynamic mechanical studies of β-alanine trimer-grafted SBR”, Polymer 2018, 136, 62-70.
  5. Yan, X.; Hamed, G. R.;* Jia, L.* “Urushiol-​derived non-​silane coupling agent”, Polymer 2017, 125, 172-181.
  6. Tan, X.; Zhao, Y.; Qian, M.; Hamed, G. R.;* Jia, L.* “Reactive Supramolecular Filler for Elastomer Reinforcement”, Polymer 2017, 129, 12-20.
  7. Le Floch, P; Yao, X.; Liu, Q.; Wang, Z.; Nian, G.; Sun, Y.; Jia, L.; Suo, Z.* “Wearable and washable conductors for active textiles”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017,9, 25542-25552.
  8. Tan, X.; Zhao, Y.; Shang, M.; Hamed, G. R.;* Jia, L.* “Supramolecular Reinforcement of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber Composites”, Polymer 2017, 122, 242-248.
  9. Yan,X.; Jin, H.; Fahs,G. B.; Chuang, S.; Moore, R. B.; Jia, L.;* “Supramolecular Elastomers. Particulate b-Sheet Nanocrystal-Reinforced Synthetic Elastic Networks”, Polymer 2017, 121, 97-105.
  10. Jia, X.; Zhang, M.; Li, M.; Pan, F.; Ding, K.; Jia, L.;* Crandall, L. A.; Engle, J. T.; Ziegler, C. J.* “Zwitterionic Nickel(II) Catalysts for CO-Ethylene Alternating Copolymerization”, Organometallics 2017, 36, 1122-1132.
  11. Zhao, X.;* Niu, K.; Xu, Y.; Peng, Z.; Jia, L.; Hui, D.; Zhang, L. “Morphology and performance of NR​/NBR​/ENR ternary rubber composites”,Composites, Part B: Engineering 2016, 107, 106-112.
  12. Gianopoulos, C. G.; Kumar, N.; Zhao, Y.; Jia, L.; Kirschbaum, K.; Mason, M. R.* “Aluminum alkoxide, amide and halide complexes supported by a bulky dipyrromethene ligand: synthesis, characterization, and preliminary ε-​caprolactone polymerization activity”, Dalton Transactions 2016, 45, 13787-13797.  
  13. Scavuzzo, J. J.; Yan, X.; Zhao, Y.; Scherger, J. D.; Chen, J.; Zhang, S.; Liu, H.; Gao, M.; Li, T.; Zhao, X.; Hamed, G. R.; Foster, M. D.; Jia, L.* “Supramolecular elastomers. Particulate β-​sheet nanocrystal-​reinforced synthetic elastic networks”,Macromolecules 2016, 49,2688-2697.
  14. Schmidt, B. M.; Engle, J. T.; Zhang, M.; Babahan, I.; Ziegler, C. J.;* Jia, L.;* “Zwitterionic nickel(II) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, decomposition, and stoichiometric and catalytic reactivities”,J. Organomet. Chem. 2016, 805, 94-99.
  15. Jia, X.; Zhang, M. Pan, F.; Babahan, I.; Ding, K.; Jia, L.;* Crandall, L. A.; ZieglerC. J.  “Zwitterionic Nickel(II) Catalyst for CO-Ethylene Alternating Copolymerization”, Organometallics 2015, 34, 4798-4801.
  16. Scavuzzo, J. J.; Tomita, S.; Cheng, S.; Liu, H.; Gao, M.; Kennedy, J. P.; Sakurai, S.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Jia, L.;*“Supramolecular elastomers: Self-assembling star-blocks of soft polyisobutylene and hard oligo(b-alanine) segments”, Macromolecules 2015, 48, 1077-1086.
  17. Reyes, F. T.;* Kelland, M. A.; Kumar, N.; Jia, L., “First investigation of the kinetic hydrate inhibition of a series of poly(β-​peptoid)​s on structure II gas hydrate, including the comparison of block and random copolymers”, Energy & Fuels 2015, 29, 695-701.  
  18. Zhang, Y.; Ji, J.; Zhang, X.; Lin, S.;* Pan, Q.;* Jia, L.;* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclization of Carbon Monoxide, Imine, and Epoxide”, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 2130–2133.
  19. Babahan, I.; Engle, J. T.; Kumar, N.; Ziegler, C. J.;* Jia, L.;* “Coordination chemistry of bidentate phosphine ligands with hydrogen-bonding arms: Picket-fence rhodium complexes”, Polyhedron 2014, 69, 156-159.
  20. Badge, I.; Bhawalkar, S. P.; Jia, L.; Dhinojwala, A.;* “Tuning surface wettability using single layered and hierarchically ordered arrays of spherical colloidal particles”, Soft Matter 2013, 9, 3032-3040.
  21. Shawkey, M. D; * D’Alba, L.; Wozny, J.; Eliason, C; Koop, J. A. H.; Jia, L.; “Structural color change following hydration and dehydration of iridescent mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) feathers”, Zoology 2011, 114, 59-68.
  22. Lin,S.; Zhang,B.; Skoumal,M. J.; Ramunno, B.; Li, X.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Liu, L.;* Jia, L.;*“Antifouling poly(β-peptoid)s”, Biomacromolecules 2011, 12, 2573-2582.
  23. Bhawalkar, S. P.; Qian, J.; Heiber, M. C.; Jia, L.;* “Development of a colloidal lithography method for patterning nonplanar surfaces”, Langmuir 2010, 26, 16662-6666.
  24. Qian, J.; Bhawalkar, S. P.; Xu, Y.-S.; Jia, L.;* “Novel use of polymer brush in colloidal lithography to overcome lateral capillary force”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2010, 2, 3111-3118.
  25. Wang, C.; Kim, F. S.; Ren, G.; Xu, Y.; Pang, Y.; Jenekhe, S. A.;* Jia, L.;* “Regioregular poly(3-alkanoylthiophene): Synthesis and electrochemical, photophysical, charge transport, and photovoltaic properties”, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2010, 48, 4681-4690.
  26. Lin, S.; Yu, X.; Tu, Y.; Xu, H.; Cheng, S. Z. D.;* Jia, L.;* “Poly(b-alanoid-block-b-alanine)s: Synthesis via cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative polymerization and self-assembly”, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4273-4275.
  27. Ray, M. A., Shewmon, N.; Bhawalkar, S.; Jia, L.;*Yang, Y.; Daniels, E. S.; “Submicron surface patterning using interfacial colloidal particle self-assembly”, Langmuir 2009, 25,  7265-7270.
  28. Chai, J.; Wang, C.; Jia, L.;* Pang, Y.; Graham, M.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; “Synthesis and electrochemical properties of a new class of boron-containing n-type conjugated polymers”, Synthetic Metals 2009, 159, 1443-1449.
  29. Moylan, S. L.; Liang, Y.-L.; Daniels, E. S.; Klein A.; Jia, L.;* “Synthesis of oligo-β-alanine-based surfactant via cobalt-catalyzed carbonylation and surface activity study”, J. Macromol. Sci. Part A 2009, 46, 145-151.
  30. Chai, J.; Liu, G.; Chaicharoen, K.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Jia, L.;* “Cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative polymerization of azetidines”, Macromolecules 2008, 41, 8980-8985.
  31. Ray, M. A.; Jia, L.;* “Micropatterning by non-densely packed interfacial colloidal crystals”, Adv. Mat. 2007, 19, 2020-2022.
  32. Liu, G.; Jia, L.;* “Carbonylative copolymerization of azetidines and tetrahydrofuran.  Dual role of azetidine and synthesis of poly(amide-co-ester) with periodic ester distribution”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 129-131.
  33. Ray, M. A.; Kim, H.; Jia, L.;* “Dynamic self-assembling.  Linear periodic structure generated by evaporation of colloidal solution on flat surface”, Langmuir 2005, 21, 4786-4789.
  34. Xu, H.; Le Gall, N.; Jia, L.;* Brennessel,W.; Kucera, B. E.; “The role of phosphine in cobalt-catalyzed carbonylative polymerization of N-alkylaziridines”, J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 5150-5158. Invited contribution to the “Next Generation” special issue.
  35. Liu, G.; Jia, L.;* “Design of carbonylative polymerization of heterocycles. Synthesis of polyesters and poly(amide-block-ester)s”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 14716-14717. 
  36. Darensbourg, D. J.;* Phelps, A. L.; Le Gall, N.; Jia, L.;* “Mechanistic studies of the copolymerization reaction of aziridines and carbon monoxide to produce poly-b-peptoids”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13808-13815.
  37. Xu, H.; Gladding, J. A.; Jia, L.;* “Stereochemistry of cobalt-catalyzed carbonylation of 2-oxazolines”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2004, 357, 4024-4028.  Special issue dedicated to Prof. Tobin Marks on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
  38. Xu, H.; Jia, L.;* “Toward transition metal-catalyzed carbonylation of methanol without HI as copromoter: catalytic exocyclic carbonylation of cycloimino esters”, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 3955-3957.
  39. Xu, H.; Jia, L.;* “Novel carbonylation of 2-aryl-2-oxazolines. An efficient method for synthesis of 4,5-dihydro-3-oxazin-6-ones and implications of involvement of organometallic radicals”, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1575-1577.
  40. Zhao, J.; Ding, E.; Jia,L.;* “Cobalt-catalyzed alternating and non-alternating copolymerization of carbon monoxide with aziridine”, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 376-385.
  41. Jia, L.;* Sun, H.; Shay,J. T.; Allgeier, A. M.; Hanton, S. D.; “Living alternating copolymerization of N-alkylaziridines and carbon conoxide as a route for synthesis of poly-b-peptoids”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 7282-7283.
  42. Jia, L.;* Zhao, J.; Ding, E.; and Brennessel, W. W.; “Synthesis, structures, and alkene hydrosilation activities of neutral tripodal amidozirconium alkyls”, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 2608-2615.
  43. Jia, L.;* Ding, E.; and Anderson, W. R.; “Copolymerization of carbon monoxide and aziridine”,Chem. Commun. 2001, 1436-1437.
  44. Jia, L.;* Ding, E.; B. Rhatigon, B.; and Rheingold, A.; “Neutral tripodal amidozirconium alkyls and hydride. Synthesis, structures, and catalytic olefin insertions”,Organometallics 2000, 19, 963-965.
  45. Zi, G.; Blosch, L. L.; Jia, L.; Andersen, R. A.;*“Preparation and reactions of base-free bis(1,2,4-tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)uranium methylimide, Cp’2U:NMe, and related compounds”, Organometallics 2005,  24,  4602-4612.
  46. Zi, G.; Jia, L.; Werkema, E. L.; Walter, M. D.; Gottfriedsen, J. P.; Andersen, R. A;*   “Preparation and reactions of base-free bis(1,2,4-tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-uranium oxide, Cp’2UO”, Organometallics  2005, 24, 4251-4264.
  47. Duval, P. B.; Burns, C. J.;* Clark, D. L.; Morris, D. E.; Scott, B. L.; Thompson, J. D.;  Werkema, E. L.; Jia, L.; Andersen, R. A.;* “Synthesis and Structure Characterization of the First Uranium Cluster Containing an Isopolyoxometalate Core”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 3357-3361.
  48. Jia, L.; Yang, X.; Stern, C.; and Marks, T. J.;* “Cationic metallocene polymerization catalysts based on tetrakis(pentafluoro)borate and its derivatives. Probing the limits of anion “noncoordination” via a synthetic, solution dynamic, structural, and catalytic olefin polymerization study”, Organometallics 1997, 16, 842-857.
  49. Jia, L.; Yang, X.; Seyam, A. M.; Albert, I. D. L.; Fu, P.-F.; Yang, S.; and Marks, T. J.;* “Ring-opening Ziegler polymerization of methylenecycloalkanes catalyzed by highly electrophilic d0/fn metallocenes.  Reactivity, scope, reaction mechanism, and routes to functionalized polyolefins”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 7900-7913.
  50. Jia, L.; Yang, X.; Yang, S.; and Marks, T. J.;* “Poly(1,4:2,2-butanetetrayl).  A novel polyspirane via metallocenium-catalyzed ring-opening-zipping-up polymerization of methylenecyclopropane”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 1547-1548.
  51. Jia, L.; Yang, X.; Ishihara, A.; and Marks, T. J.;* “Protected (fluoroaryl)borates as effective counteranions for cationic metallocene polymerization catalysts”, Organometallics 1995, 14, 3135-3137.
  52. Jia, L.; Yang, X.; Stern, C.; and Marks, T. J.;* “Cationic d0/f0 metallocene catalysts.  Properties of binuclear organoborane Lewis acid catalysts and weakly coordinating counteranions derived therefrom”, Organometallics 1994, 13, 3755-3747.
  53. Yang, X.; Jia, L.; and Marks, T. J.;* “C-C Activation at electrophilic d0/f0 metal centers.  Facile, regioselective b-alkyl shift-based ring-Opening polymerization reactions of methylenecyclobutane”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 33923393.