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Bradley D. Olsen

Bradley D. Olsen

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Materials Science

D-Index
54
Citations
10490
World Ranking
8908
National Ranking
2178

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2018 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society for significantly expanding our understanding of the physics of polymers, including the self-assembly of block copolymers incorporating a fully folded protein, the influence of polymer shape on diffusion; for engineering novel gels; and for updating the theory of the modulus of a network.

Overview

Bradley D. Olsen is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science, with a primary focus on polymers and related areas. Their research spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent published works cover diverse topics in polymer science and materials engineering. Notable papers include:

  • "Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands," 2021, published in Science
  • "Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks," 2021, published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Cold plasma and carnauba wax as strategies to produce improved bi-layer films for sustainable food packaging," 2020, published in Food Hydrocolloids
  • "Going Above and Beyond: A Tenfold Gain in the Performance of Luminescence Thermometers Joining Multiparametric Sensing and Multiple Regression," 2021, published in Laser & Photonics Review
  • "Mechanism Dictates Mechanics: A Molecular Substituent Effect in the Macroscopic Fracture of a Covalent Polymer Network," 2021, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their work has appeared frequently in publication venues such as:

  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biomacromolecules

Bradley D. Olsen frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Coauthors with substantial joint publications include:

  • Haley K. Beech
  • Nathan Rebello
  • Tzyy-Shyang Lin
  • Stephen L. Craig
  • Carolyn E. Mills

The scientist's research topics often relate to advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, machine learning in materials science, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, hydrogels synthesis and applications, polymer composites and self-healing materials, computational drug discovery methods, and polymer crystallization and properties.

Over the course of their career, Bradley D. Olsen has been recognized with awards including the Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2019 and the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society in 2018. The latter award cites contributions to understanding polymer physics, including block copolymer self-assembly, polymer shape influence on diffusion, novel gel engineering, and revised theoretical models on network moduli.

Best Publications

  • Efficient Synthesis of Narrowly Dispersed Brush Copolymers and Study of Their Assemblies: The Importance of Side Chain Arrangement

    Yan Xia;Bradley D. Olsen;Julia A. Kornfield;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Quantifying the impact of molecular defects on polymer network elasticity

    Mingjiang Zhong;Rui Wang;Ken Kawamoto;Bradley D. Olsen

  • The mechanical properties and cytotoxicity of cell-laden double-network hydrogels based on photocrosslinkable gelatin and gellan gum biomacromolecules

    Hyeongho Shin;Bradley D. Olsen;Ali Khademhosseini;Ali Khademhosseini;Ali Khademhosseini

  • Shear-Thinning Nanocomposite Hydrogels for the Treatment of Hemorrhage

    Akhilesh K. Gaharwar;Reginald K. Avery;Reginald K. Avery;Alexander Assmann;Arghya Paul;Arghya Paul;Arghya Paul

  • Self-assembly of rod–coil block copolymers

    Bradley D. Olsen;Bradley D. Olsen;Rachel A. Segalman;Rachel A. Segalman

  • Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands.

    Zi Wang;Xujun Zheng;Tetsu Ouchi;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova

  • Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks.

    Scott P O Danielsen;Haley K Beech;Shu Wang;Bassil M El-Zaatari

  • A Highly Elastic and Rapidly Crosslinkable Elastin-Like Polypeptide-Based Hydrogel for Biomedical Applications

    Yi-Nan Zhang;Reginald K. Avery;Queralt Vallmajo-Martin;Alexander Assmann

  • Counting primary loops in polymer gels

    Huaxing Zhou;Jiyeon Woo;Alexandra M. Cok;Muzhou Wang

  • Yielding Behavior in Injectable Hydrogels from Telechelic Proteins

    Bradley D. Olsen;Julia A. Kornfield;David A. Tirrell

  • An injectable shear-thinning biomaterial for endovascular embolization

    Reginald K. Avery;Reginald K. Avery;Reginald K. Avery;Hassan Albadawi;Mohsen Akbari;Mohsen Akbari;Mohsen Akbari;Yu Shrike Zhang;Yu Shrike Zhang;Yu Shrike Zhang

  • Structure And Thermodynamics of Weakly Segregated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers

    Bradley D. Olsen;Rachel A. Segalman

  • Complex coacervation of supercharged proteins with polyelectrolytes

    Allie C. Obermeyer;Carolyn E. Mills;Xue-Hui Dong;Romeo J. Flores

  • Anomalous Self-Diffusion and Sticky Rouse Dynamics in Associative Protein Hydrogels

    Shengchang Tang;Muzhou Wang;Bradley D. Olsen

  • Reinforcement of Shear Thinning Protein Hydrogels by Responsive Block Copolymer Self-Assembly.

    Matthew J. Glassman;Jacqueline Chan;Bradley D. Olsen

  • Universal Cyclic Topology in Polymer Networks.

    Rui Wang;Alfredo Alexander-Katz;Jeremiah A. Johnson;Bradley D. Olsen

  • Universalization of the Phase Diagram for a Model Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymer

    Bradley D. Olsen;Manas Shah;Venkat Ganesan;Rachel A. Segalman

  • Nonlamellar Phases in Asymmetric Rod−Coil Block Copolymers at Increased Segregation Strengths

    Bradley D. Olsen;Rachel A. Segalman

  • Solid-State Nanostructured Materials from Self-Assembly of a Globular Protein–Polymer Diblock Copolymer

    Carla S. Thomas;Matthew J. Glassman;Bradley D. Olsen

  • Hierarchical nanostructure control in rod-coil block copolymers with magnetic fields.

    Yuefei Tao;Hagar Zohar;Bradley D. Olsen;Rachel A. Segalman

  • Shear-Thinning Nanocomposite Hydrogels for the Treatment of Hemorrhage

    Akhilesh K. Gaharwar;Alexander Assmann;Arghya Paul;Gareth H. McKinley

  • Toughening Hydrogels Through Force-triggered Chemical Reactions that Lengthen Polymer Strands

    Zi Wang;Xu Jun Zheng;Tetsu Ouchi;Tatiana Kouznetsova

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel A. Segalman
Rachel A. Segalman University of California, Santa Barbara
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation
Stephen L. Craig
Stephen L. Craig Duke University
Michael Rubinstein
Michael Rubinstein Duke University
Zhen-Gang Wang
Zhen-Gang Wang California Institute of Technology
Julia A. Kornfield
Julia A. Kornfield California Institute of Technology

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