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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the theory of charged polymers

Overview

Andrey V. Dobrynin is a researcher affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their work spans several fields within science and engineering, with a focus on materials science, chemistry, and engineering disciplines. Their academic output includes contributions to organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, molecular medicine, and biomaterials.

The main topics of Dobrynin's research include polymer surface interaction studies, hydrogels synthesis, properties and applications, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, surfactants and colloidal systems, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, electrostatics and colloid interactions, and material dynamics and properties.

Dobrynin has published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals such as Macromolecules, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, UNC Libraries, ACS Central Science, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Dobrynin include:

  • Forensics of polymer networks, 2023, Nature Materials
  • Ultra-Tough Elastomers from Stereochemistry-Directed Hydrogen Bonding in Isosorbide-Based Polymers, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Bottlebrush Bridge between Soft Gels and Firm Tissues, 2020, ACS Central Science
  • Polyelectrolytes: On the doorsteps of the second century, 2020, Polymer

Frequent collaborators include Sergei S. Sheiko, Michael Jacobs, Zilu Wang, Dimitri A. Ivanov, and Yuan Tian.

Dobrynin's research encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects of polymer science, with interests ranging from polymer network structure to the mechanical properties of novel materials.

Recognition of Dobrynin's contributions includes being named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019. Earlier, in 2006, they were awarded Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions to the theory of charged polymers.

Best Publications

  • Theory of polyelectrolytes in solutions and at surfaces

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Michael Rubinstein

  • Scaling theory of polyelectrolyte solutions

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Ralph H. Colby;Michael Rubinstein

  • Cascade of Transitions of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvents

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Michael Rubinstein;Sergei P. Obukhov

  • Solvent-free, supersoft and superelastic bottlebrush melts and networks

    William F. M. Daniel;Joanna Burdyńska;Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Chameleon-like elastomers with molecularly encoded strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration

    Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani;Andrew N. Keith;Yidan Cong;Heyi Liang

  • Mimicking biological stress–strain behaviour with synthetic elastomers

    Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani;William F. M. Daniel;Matthew H. Everhart;Ashish A. Pandya

  • Extraction of a hydrophilic compound from water into liquid CO2 using dendritic surfactants

    A. I. Cooper;J. D. Londono;J. D. Londono;G. Wignall;J. B. McClain

  • Elastic Modulus and Equilibrium Swelling of Polyelectrolyte Gels

    Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby;Andrey V. Dobrynin;Jean Francois Joanny

  • Theory and simulations of charged polymers: From solution properties to polymeric nanomaterials

    Andrey V. Dobrynin

  • Investigation of the Swelling Response and Loading of Ionic Microgels with Drugs and Proteins: The Dependence on Cross-Link Density

    Gary M. Eichenbaum;Patrick F. Kiser;Andrey V. Dobrynin;Sidney A. Simon

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  • Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes at Oppositely Charged Surfaces

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Alexander Deshkovski;Michael Rubinstein

  • Dynamics of semidilute polyelectrolyte solutions.

    Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby;Andrey V. Dobrynin

  • Architectural Code for Rubber Elasticity: From Supersoft to Superfirm Materials

    Sergei S. Sheiko;Andrey V. Dobrynin

  • Universality in Nonlinear Elasticity of Biological and Polymeric Networks and Gels

    Andrey V. Dobrynin;Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo

  • Conductive thin films of pristine graphene by solvent interface trapping.

    Steven J. Woltornist;Andrew J. Oyer;Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo;Andrey V. Dobrynin

  • Shapeshifting: Reversible Shape Memory in Semicrystalline Elastomers

    Jing Zhou;Sara A. Turner;Sarah M. Brosnan;Qiaoxi Li

  • Polyelectrolytes in Salt Solutions: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo;Andrey V. Dobrynin

  • Bottlebrush Elastomers: A New Platform for Freestanding Electroactuation.

    Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnoosfaderani;William F. M. Daniel;Alexandr P. Zhushma;Qiaoxi Li

  • Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers in Medicine.

    Gregory I. Peterson;Andrey V. Dobrynin;Matthew L. Becker

  • Associations leading to formation of reversible networks and gels

    Michael Rubinstein;Audrey V Dobrynin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergei S. Sheiko
Sergei S. Sheiko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Rubinstein
Michael Rubinstein Duke University
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Douglas H. Adamson
Douglas H. Adamson University of Connecticut
Dimitri A. Ivanov
Dimitri A. Ivanov Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
Patrick T. Mather
Patrick T. Mather Pennsylvania State University
Mark J. Stevens
Mark J. Stevens Sandia National Laboratories
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Matthew L. Becker
Matthew L. Becker Duke University
Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby Pennsylvania State University

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