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Overview

Alex Adronov is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a research portfolio primarily centered within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Adronov has contributed articles to several recurring publication venues. These include:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Small
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Adronov encompass a range of recent studies:

  • "A Survey of Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition in Polymer Chemistry" (2020), published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Postsynthetic Modification of a Covalent Organic Framework Achieved via Strain-Promoted Cycloaddition" (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Excess Polymer in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors: Its Removal Prior to Fabrication Is Unnecessary" (2021), published in ACS Nano
  • "Role and impact of surfactants in carbon nanotube dispersions and sorting" (2023), published in Journal of Surfactants and Detergents
  • "Click-Functionalization of a Poly(Tetrazine-co-Fluorene)-Conjugated Polymer with a Series of trans-Cyclooctene Derivatives" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Throughout their career, Adronov has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers, including:

  • Darryl Fong
  • Benoît H. Lessard
  • Xiao Yu
  • William J. Bodnaryk
  • Kelvin Li

Best Publications

  • Light-harvesting dendrimers

    Alex Adronov;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Polymerization from the Surface of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes − Preparation and Characterization of Nanocomposites

    Zhaoling Yao;Nadi Braidy;Gianluigi A. Botton;Alex Adronov

  • Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with well-defined polystyrene by "click" coupling.

    Huaming Li;Fuyong Cheng;and Andy M. Duft;Alex Adronov

  • Light Harvesting and Energy Transfer in Laser-Dye-Labeled Poly(aryl ether) Dendrimers

    Alex Adronov;Sylvain L. Gilat;Jean M. J. Frechet;Kaoru Ohta

  • LIGHT HARVESTING AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN NOVEL CONVERGENTLY CONSTRUCTED DENDRIMERS

    Sylvain L. Gilat;Alex Adronov;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Well-Defined Polymers by Radical Coupling

    Yuanqin Liu;Zhaoling Yao;Alex Adronov

  • Novel Two-Photon Absorbing Dendritic Structures

    Alex Adronov;Jean M. J. Frechet;Guang S. He;Kyoung-Soo Kim

  • Noncovalent functionalization and solubilization of carbon nanotubes by using a conjugated Zn-porphyrin polymer.

    Fuyong Cheng;Alex Adronov

  • Synthesis and properties of carborane-functionalized aliphatic polyester dendrimers

    Matthew C. Parrott;Erin B. Marchington;John F. Valliant;Alex Adronov

  • Solubilizing single‐walled carbon nanotubes with pyrene‐functionalized block copolymers

    Greg J. Bahun;Clair Wang;Alex Adronov

  • Triply fused ZnII-porphyrin oligomers: Synthesis, properties, and supramolecular interactions with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs)

    Fuyong Cheng;Sheng Zhang;Alex Adronov;Luis Echegoyen

  • Polymer Grafting of Carbon Nanotubes Using Living Free‐Radical Polymerization

    Christa M. Homenick;Gregor Lawson;Alex Adronov

  • Soluble, Discrete Supramolecular Complexes of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Fluorene-Based Conjugated Polymers

    Fuyong Cheng;Patigul Imin;Christian Maunders;Gianluigi Botton

  • Synthesis, radiolabeling, and bio-imaging of high-generation polyester dendrimers

    Matthew C. Parrott;S. Rahima Benhabbour;Chantal Saab;Jennifer A. Lemon

  • Modular Approach to the Accelerated Convergent Growth of Laser Dye-Labeled Poly(aryl ether) Dendrimers Using a Novel Hypermonomer

    Sylvain L. Gilat;and Alex Adronov;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with polyamide 6 by anionic ring-opening polymerization

    Mei Yang;Yong Gao;Huaming Li;Alex Adronov

  • Metal-free reduction of secondary and tertiary N-phenyl amides by tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron-catalyzed hydrosilylation.

    Ryan C. Chadwick;Vladimir Kardelis;Philip Lim;Alex Adronov

  • Selective and Reversible Noncovalent Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by a pH-Responsive Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalene–Fluorene Copolymer

    Shuai Liang;Yuming Zhao;Alex Adronov

  • Preparation and utilization of catalyst-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes for ring-opening metathesis polymerization

    Yuanqin Liu;Alex Adronov

  • Protein Resistance of PEG-Functionalized Dendronized Surfaces : Effect of PEG Molecular Weight and Dendron Generation

    S. Rahima Benhabbour;Heather Sheardown;Alex Adronov

  • Synthesis and Study of the Absorption and Luminescence Properties of Polymers Containing Ru(BpyMe2)32+ Chromophores and Coumarin Laser Dyes

    Jason Serin;Xavier Schultze;and Alex Adronov;Jean M. J. Fréchet

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Igor Zhitomirsky
Igor Zhitomirsky McMaster University
Gianluigi A. Botton
Gianluigi A. Botton McMaster University
Michael A. Brook
Michael A. Brook McMaster University
Todd Hoare
Todd Hoare McMaster University
Rachel K. O'Reilly
Rachel K. O'Reilly University of Birmingham
Richard D. Schaller
Richard D. Schaller Argonne National Laboratory
Guang S. He
Guang S. He University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien University of Manchester
Jonathan N. Coleman
Jonathan N. Coleman Trinity College Dublin

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