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Overview

Bruce P. Lee is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of materials science issues, with a focus on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, and Hydrogels including their synthesis, properties, and applications.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Catechol-functionalized hydrogels: biomimetic design, adhesion mechanism, and biomedical applications (2020) in Chemical Society Reviews
  • Surface modification using heptafluorobutyric acid to produce highly stable Li metal anodes (2023) in Nature Communications
  • In Situ Deactivation of Catechol-Containing Adhesive Using Electrochemistry (2020) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • pH responsive antibacterial hydrogel utilizing catechol-boronate complexation chemistry (2022) in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Oxidation Chemistry of Catechol Utilized in Designing Stimuli-Responsive Adhesives and Antipathogenic Biomaterials (2021) in ACS Omega

Lee frequently publishes in venues such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Molecules, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, and Network and Communication Technologies.

Collaborations are a notable aspect of Lee's research, with frequent co-authors including Zhongtian Zhang, Bo Liu, Rupak M. Rajachar, Fatemeh Razaviamri, and Pegah Kord Forooshani.

Best Publications

  • A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos

    Haeshin Lee;Bruce P. Lee;Phillip B. Messersmith

  • Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

    Bruce P. Lee;P.B. Messersmith;J.N. Israelachvili;J.H. Waite

  • pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

    N. Holten-Andersen;M. J. Harrington;H. Birkedal;B. P. Lee

  • Catechol-functionalized hydrogels: biomimetic design, adhesion mechanism, and biomedical applications.

    Wei Zhang;Ruixing Wang;ZhengMing Sun;Xiangwei Zhu

  • Synthesis and gelation of DOPA-modified poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels.

    Bruce P. Lee;Jeffrey L. Dalsin;Phillip B. Messersmith

  • Mussel adhesive protein mimetic polymers for the preparation of nonfouling surfaces.

    Jeffrey L Dalsin;Bi-Huang Hu;Bruce P Lee;Phillip B Messersmith

  • Recent approaches in designing bioadhesive materials inspired by mussel adhesive protein

    Pegah Kord Forooshani;Bruce P. Lee

  • Injectable Dopamine-Modified Poly(ethylene glycol) Nanocomposite Hydrogel with Enhanced Adhesive Property and Bioactivity

    Yuan Liu;Hao Meng;Shari Konst;Ryan Sarmiento

  • Fibrin Gel as an Injectable Biodegradable Scaffold and Cell Carrier for Tissue Engineering

    Yuting Li;Hao Meng;Yuan Liu;Bruce P. Lee

  • Novel hydrogel actuator inspired by reversible mussel adhesive protein chemistry.

    Bruce P. Lee;Shari Konst

  • Synthesis and characterization of self-assembling block copolymers containing bioadhesive end groups.

    Kui Huang;Bruce P. Lee;Dale R. Ingram;Phillip B. Messersmith

  • Rapid Gel Formation and Adhesion in Photocurable and Biodegradable Block Copolymers with High DOPA Content

    Bruce P. Lee;Chi Yang Chao;F. Nelson Nunalee;Emre Motan

  • Thermal gelation and tissue adhesion of biomimetic hydrogels

    Sean A Burke;Marsha Ritter-Jones;Bruce P Lee;Phillip B Messersmith

  • Multifunctional Biomedical Adhesives.

    Rattapol Pinnaratip;Mohammad Saleh Akram Bhuiyan;Kaylee Meyers;Rupak M. Rajachar

  • Effect of pH on the rate of curing and bioadhesive properties of dopamine functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels.

    Morgan Cencer;Yuan Liu;Audra Winter;Meridith Murley

  • pH Responsive and Oxidation Resistant Wet Adhesive based on Reversible Catechol-Boronate Complexation.

    Ameya R. Narkar;Brett Barker;Matthew Clisch;Jingfeng Jiang

  • Synthesis of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) containing monomers and their co-polymerization with PEG-diacrylate to form hydrogels.

    Bruce P. Lee;Kui Huang;F. Nelson Nunalee;Kenneth R. Shull

  • Adhesive Performance of Biomimetic Adhesive-Coated Biologic Scaffolds

    John L. Murphy;Laura Vollenweider;Fangmin Xu;Bruce P. Lee

  • A Moldable Nanocomposite Hydrogel Composed of a Mussel‐Inspired Polymer and a Nanosilicate as a Fit‐to‐Shape Tissue Sealant

    Yuan Liu;Hao Meng;Zichen Qian;Ni Fan

  • Surface modification using heptafluorobutyric acid to produce highly stable Li metal anodes

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  • Biomimetic adhesive containing nanocomposite hydrogel with enhanced materials properties

    Sarah Skelton;Michael Bostwick;Kyle O'Connor;Shari Konst

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip B. Messersmith
Phillip B. Messersmith University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth R. Shull
Kenneth R. Shull Northwestern University
Haeshin Lee
Haeshin Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Keat Ghee Ong
Keat Ghee Ong University of Oregon
Ka Yee C. Lee
Ka Yee C. Lee University of Chicago
ZhengMing Sun
ZhengMing Sun Southeast University
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar University of Illinois at Chicago
Eben Alsberg
Eben Alsberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara

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