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Andrew B. Lowe

Andrew B. Lowe

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Materials Science

D-Index
72
Citations
22785
World Ranking
3974
National Ranking
132

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
22785
World Ranking
5176
National Ranking
132

Overview

Andrew B. Lowe is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Organic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. The scientist has contributed to the subfields of Polymers and Plastics as well as Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in Lowe's research include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Epoxy Resin Curing Processes, Synthesis of Tetrazole Derivatives, Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry, Polymer composites and self-healing, and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization.

Recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Self-healing hydrophobic POSS-functionalized fluorinated copolymers via RAFT polymerization and dynamic Diels-Alder reaction (2020) published in Polymer Chemistry
  • POSS and fluorine containing nanostructured block copolymer; Synthesis via RAFT polymerization and its application as hydrophobic coating material (2020) published in European Polymer Journal
  • 4-Tetrafluorobenzobarrelene)-η1-((tri-4-fluorophenyl)phosphine)-η1-(2-phenylphenyl)rhodium(I): A Catalyst for the Living Polymerization of Phenylacetylenes (2021) published in Macromolecules
  • Tetrazole functional copolymers: Facile access to well-defined Rhenium(I)-Polymeric luminescent materials (2020) published in Polymer
  • Mechanisms of gill-clogging by hagfish slime (2023) published in Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Lowe's frequent collaborators include Douglas S. Fudge, Massimiliano Massi, Elena Dallerba, Randy H. Ewoldt, and Siva Ponnupandian.

The researcher frequently publishes in specific venues such as European Polymer Journal, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Polymer Chemistry, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Thiol-click chemistry: a multifaceted toolbox for small molecule and polymer synthesis

    Charles E. Hoyle;Andrew B. Lowe;Christopher N. Bowman

  • Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis

    Andrew B. Lowe

  • Synthesis and solution properties of zwitterionic polymers.

    and Andrew B. Lowe;Charles L. McCormick

  • Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization and the synthesis of water-soluble (co)polymers under homogeneous conditions in organic and aqueous media

    Andrew B. Lowe;Charles L. McCormick

  • Water-Soluble Polymers. 81. Direct Synthesis of Hydrophilic Styrenic-Based Homopolymers and Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solution via RAFT

    Yoshiro Mitsukami;Michael S. Donovan;and Andrew B. Lowe;Charles L. McCormick

  • Thiol–ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis: a first update

    Andrew B. Lowe

  • Aqueous RAFT polymerization: recent developments in synthesis of functional water-soluble (co)polymers with controlled structures.

    Charles L. Mccormick;Andrew B. Lowe

  • Thiol-yne click chemistry: A powerful and versatile methodology for materials synthesis

    Andrew B. Lowe;Charles E. Hoyle;Christopher N. Bowman

  • Mechanism and kinetics of dithiobenzoate-mediated RAFT polymerization. I. The current situation

    Christopher Barner-Kowollik;Michael Buback;Bernadette Charleux;Michelle L. Coote

  • Facile preparation of transition metal nanoparticles stabilized by well-defined (co)polymers synthesized via aqueous reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.

    Andrew B. Lowe;Brent S. Sumerlin;Michael S. Donovan;Charles L. McCormick

  • Nucleophile-Initiated Thiol-Michael Reactions: Effect of Organocatalyst, Thiol, and Ene

    Justin W. Chan;Charles E. Hoyle;Andrew B. Lowe;Mark Bowman

  • Direct Synthesis of Thermally Responsive DMA/NIPAM Diblock and DMA/NIPAM/DMA Triblock Copolymers via Aqueous, Room Temperature RAFT Polymerization†

    Anthony J. Convertine;Brad S. Lokitz;Yuliya Vasileva;Leslie J. Myrick

  • Water-Soluble Polymers

    Charles L. McCormick;Andrew B. Lowe;Neil Ayres

  • Convergent synthesis of 3-arm star polymers from RAFT-prepared poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) via a thiol–ene click reaction

    Justin W. Chan;Bing Yu;Charles E. Hoyle;Andrew B. Lowe

  • Sequential phosphine-catalyzed, nucleophilic thiol-ene/radical-mediated thiol-yne reactions and the facile orthogonal synthesis of polyfunctional materials.

    Justin W. Chan;Charles E. Hoyle;Andrew B. Lowe

  • Thiol-yne ‘click’/coupling chemistry and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis and modification

    Andrew B. Lowe

  • Sequential thiol‐ene/thiol‐ene and thiol‐ene/thiol‐yne reactions as a route to well‐defined mono and bis end‐functionalized poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide)

    Bing Yu;Justin W. Chan;Charles E. Hoyle;Andrew B. Lowe

  • Facile, controlled, room-temperature RAFT polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide.

    Anthony J. Convertine;Neil Ayres;Charles W. Scales;and Andrew B. Lowe

  • Hydrolytic Susceptibility of Dithioester Chain Transfer Agents and Implications in Aqueous RAFT Polymerizations

    David B. Thomas;Anthony J. Convertine;Roger D. Hester;and Andrew B. Lowe

  • Synthesis of Zwitterionic Shell Cross-Linked Micelles

    V. Bütün;A. B. Lowe;and N. C. Billingham;S. P. Armes

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles L. McCormick
Charles L. McCormick University of Southern Mississippi
Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Brent S. Sumerlin
Brent S. Sumerlin University of Florida
Charles E. Hoyle
Charles E. Hoyle University of Southern Mississippi
Cyrille Boyer
Cyrille Boyer University of New South Wales
Steven P. Armes
Steven P. Armes University of Sheffield
Norman C. Billingham
Norman C. Billingham University of Sussex
Christopher N. Bowman
Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado Boulder
Sophie Laurent
Sophie Laurent University of Mons
Robert N. Muller
Robert N. Muller University of Mons

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