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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of polyphosphazenes, a new class of biomaterials.
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Harry R. Allcock is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a significant emphasis on polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and biomaterials.

The key topics covered in their work include flame retardant materials and properties, antimicrobial agents and applications, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and the synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds.

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • Polyphosphazenes: Phosphorus in Inorganic-Organic Polymers, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Polyphosphazene polymers: The next generation of biomaterials for regenerative engineering and therapeutic drug delivery, 2020, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena
  • Inhibition of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation by a textured fluorinated alkoxyphosphazene surface, 2020, Bioactive Materials
  • Polyphosphazene Elastomers with Alkoxy and Trifluoroethoxy Side Groups, 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • A Regenerative Polymer Blend Composed of Glycylglycine Ethyl Ester-Substituted Polyphosphazene and Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Harry R. Allcock has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Christopher A. Siedlecki, Li-Chong Xu, Kenneth S. Ogueri, Kennedy S. Ogueri, and Cato T. Laurencin.

Their work has appeared multiple times in prominent venues such as the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials, The Cambridge Structural Database, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena.

Awards earned by Harry R. Allcock include membership in the National Academy of Engineering, awarded in 2014 for the development of polyphosphazenes, a new class of biomaterials, and recognition as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary polymer chemistry

    H. R. Allcock;Frederick Walter Lampe

  • POLYPHOSPHAZENE SOLID ELECTROLYTES

    P. M. Blonsky;D. F. Shriver;P. Austin;H. R. Allcock

  • Synthesis of High Polymeric Alkoxy- and Aryloxyphosphonitriles

    Harry R. Allcock;R. L. Kugel

  • Chemistry and applications of polyphosphazenes

    H. R. Allcock

  • Recent advances in phosphazene (phosphonitrilic) chemistry

    H. R. Allcock

  • Ambient Temperature Synthesis of Poly(dichlorophosphazene) with Molecular Weight Control

    Charles H. Honeyman;Ian Manners;Christopher T. Morrissey;Harry R. Allcock

  • Mikrokapsler af ionisk tværbundne polymere

    Langer Robert S;Cohen Smadar;Bano Carmen;Visscher Karyn B

  • Synthesis of Poly[(amino acid alkyl ester)phosphazenes]

    H. R. Allcock;T. J. Fuller;D. P. Mack;K. Matsumura

  • A highly porous 3‐dimensional polyphosphazene polymer matrix for skeletal tissue regeneration

    Cato T. Laurencin;Cato T. Laurencin;Saadiq F. El-Amin;Sobrasua E. Ibim;Darryl A. Willoughby

  • Poly[bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene] superhydrophobic nanofibers.

    Anurima Singh;Lee Steely;Harry R. Allcock

  • Inorganic and organometallic polymers : macromolecules containing silicon, phosphorus, and other inorganic elements

    Martel Zeldin;Kenneth J. Wynne;Harry R. Allcock

  • Tunable, biodegradable gold nanoparticles as contrast agents for computed tomography and photoacoustic imaging.

    Rabee Cheheltani;Rami M. Ezzibdeh;Peter Chhour;Kumidini Pulaparthi

  • Inorganic—Organic Polymers

    Harry R. Allcock

  • Poly[(amino acid ester)phosphazenes]: Synthesis, Crystallinity, and Hydrolytic Sensitivity in Solution and the Solid State

    Harry R. Allcock;Shawn R. Pucher;Angelo G. Scopelianos

  • Ionically cross-linkable polyphosphazene: poly(bis(carboxylatophenoxy) phosphazene) and its hydrogels and membranes

    Harry R. Allcock;Sukky Kwon

  • “Living” Cationic Polymerization of Phosphoranimines as an Ambient Temperature Route to Polyphosphazenes with Controlled Molecular Weights

    Harry R. Allcock;Chester A. Crane;Christopher T. Morrissey;James M. Nelson

  • Polyphosphazene/Nano-Hydroxyapatite Composite Microsphere Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering

    Syam P. Nukavarapu;Sangamesh G. Kumbar;Justin L. Brown;Nicholas R. Krogman

  • Use of polyphosphazenes for skeletal tissue regeneration

    Cato T. Laurencin;Cato T. Laurencin;Maria E. Norman;Hoda M. Elgendy;Saadiq F. El-Amin

  • Fabrication and optimization of methylphenoxy substituted polyphosphazene nanofibers for biomedical applications.

    Lakshmi S. Nair;Subhabrata Bhattacharyya;Jared D. Bender;Yaser E. Greish

  • Hydrolysis Pathways for Aminophosphazenes

    Harry R. Allcock;T. J. Fuller;K. Matsumura

Frequent Co-Authors

Cato T. Laurencin
Cato T. Laurencin University of Connecticut
Lakshmi S. Nair
Lakshmi S. Nair University of Connecticut Health Center
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Paul W. Brown
Paul W. Brown Pennsylvania State University
Sangamesh G. Kumbar
Sangamesh G. Kumbar University of Nebraska Medical Center
Swaminathan Sethuraman
Swaminathan Sethuraman SASTRA University
Duward F. Shriver
Duward F. Shriver Northwestern University
William H. Steier
William H. Steier University of Southern California
Oskar Nuyken
Oskar Nuyken Technical University of Munich

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