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  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bruce M. Novak is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry with significant contributions spanning several specialized subfields.

The main areas of study for Bruce M. Novak include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these broad fields, their work focuses on the following subfields:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Process Chemistry and Technology

Bruce M. Novak's research topics cover various aspects of polymer science and synthetic organic chemistry, including:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Their publication record includes numerous papers in distinct academic venues. Frequent publication forums include:

  • American Journal of Polymer Science and Technology
  • Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Macromolecules

Some recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Bruce M. Novak are:

  • The pH-Triggered Amphiphilic Polycarbodiimides as Nanovesicles, 2021, American Journal of Polymer Science and Technology
  • Temperature induced helical contraction and expansion in branched polycarbodiimides and their solvent vapor sensing properties, 2021, Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A
  • Synthesis of helical branched carbodiimide polymers with liquid crystalline properties, 2021, Liquid Crystals
  • Cyclopolymerization of 1,2-Dicarbodiimides, 2021, Macromolecules
  • Water-soluble polycarbodiimides and their cytotoxic and antifungal properties, 2021, Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Enosha Harshani De Silva
  • Oleg V. Kulikov
  • Dumindika A. Siriwardane
  • Vasanthy Karmegam
  • Chamni U. Jayarathna

Bruce M. Novak was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1991, indicating a formal acknowledgment of their contributions at that time.

Best Publications

  • Hybrid nanocomposite materials―between inorganic glasses and organic polymers

    Bruce M. Novak

  • Copolymerization of Polar Monomers with Olefins Using Transition-Metal Complexes

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  • Mechanistic Studies on the Aryl−Aryl Interchange Reaction of ArPdL2I (L = Triarylphosphine) Complexes

    Felix E. Goodson;Thomas I. Wallow;Bruce M. Novak

  • Highly Efficient and Accelerated Suzuki Aryl Couplings Mediated by Phosphine-Free Palladium Sources

    Thomas I. Wallow;Bruce M. Novak

  • Catalytic organometallic chemistry in water: the aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives

    Bruce M. Novak;Robert H. Grubbs

  • In aqua synthesis of water-soluble poly(p-phenylene) derivatives

    Thomas I. Wallow;Bruce M. Novak

  • The ring opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene derivatives: a new acyclic polymeric ionophore

    Bruce M. Novak;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Mutually Interpenetrating Inorganic-Organic Networks New Routes into Nonshrinking Sol-Gel Composite Materials

    Mark W. Ellsworth;Bruce M. Novak

  • "Inverse" organic-inorganic composite materials. 2. Free-radical routes into nonshrinking sol-gel composites

    Bruce M. Novak;Caroline Davies

  • Trapped Kinetic States, Chiral Amplification and Molecular Chaperoning in Synthetic Polymers: Chiral Induction in Polyguanidines through Ion Pair Interactions

    David S. Schlitzer;Bruce M. Novak

  • "Living" titanium(IV) catalyzed coordination polymerizations of isocyanates

    Timothy E. Patten;Bruce M. Novak

  • The development of well-defined catalysts for ring-opening olefin metathesis polymerizations (ROMP)

    B. M. Novak;W. Risse;R. H. Grubbs

  • Living organotitanium(IV)-catalyzed polymerizations of isocyanates

    Timothy E. Patten;Bruce M. Novak

  • Aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of carboximide-functionalized 7-oxanorbornenes

    Marc A. Hillmyer;Christine Lepetit;Dominic V. McGrath;Bruce M. Novak

  • Low-density, mutually interpenetrating organic-inorganic composite materials via supercritical drying techniques

    Bruce M. Novak;David Auerbach;Celine Verrier

  • Enantioselective polymerizations of achiral isocyanides. Preparation of optically active helical polymers using chiral nickel catalysts

    Timothy J. Deming;Bruce M. Novak

  • Bimetallic Samarium(III) Initiators for the Living Polymerization of Methacrylates and Lactones. A New Route into Telechelic, Triblock, and "Link-Functionalized" Polymers

    Lisa S. Boffa;Bruce M. Novak

  • Mechanistic studies on the nickel-catalyzed polymerization of isocyanides

    Timothy J. Deming;Bruce M. Novak

  • Synthesis of new rigid rod helical polymers through the living polymerization of carbodiimides using titanium(IV) complexes

    Andrew Goodwin;Bruce M. Novak

  • Stable-Isotope Labeled Hydrophobic Hydrazide Reagents for the Relative Quantification of N-linked Glycans by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

    S. Hunter Walker;Januka Budhathoki-Uprety;Bruce M. Novak;David C. Muddiman

  • Organotitanium(IV) compounds as catalysts for the polymerization of isocyanates: the polymerization of isocyanates with functionalized side chains

    Timothy E. Patten;Bruce M. Novak

  • "Inverse" organic-inorganic composite materials. 3. High glass content "nonshrinking" sol-gel composites via poly(silicic acid esters)

    Mark W. Ellsworth;Bruce M. Novak

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Deming
Timothy J. Deming University of California, Los Angeles
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Samuel P. Gido
Samuel P. Gido University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Richard J. Farris
Richard J. Farris University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thomas J. McCarthy
Thomas J. McCarthy University of Massachusetts Amherst
Katja Loos
Katja Loos University of Groningen
Rudolf Zentel
Rudolf Zentel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine

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