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Javier Read de Alaniz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their body of work covers a range of topics including:

  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Javier Read de Alaniz has published extensively in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Macromolecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Dynamic Bottlebrush Polymer Networks: Self-Healing in Super-Soft Materials, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Light-Mediated Synthesis and Reprocessing of Dynamic Bottlebrush Elastomers under Ambient Conditions, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photoswitchable gating of non-equilibrium enzymatic feedback in chemically communicating polymersome nanoreactors, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Visible light-responsive materials: the (photo)chemistry and applications of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts in polymer science, 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Controlled-Radical Polymerization of α-Lipoic Acid: A General Route to Degradable Vinyl Copolymers, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Javier Read de Alaniz has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Craig J. Hawker
  • Christopher M. Bates
  • Friedrich Stricker
  • Rachel A. Segalman
  • Sophia J. Bailey

Best Publications

  • Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Nicolas J. Treat;Hazel Sprafke;John W. Kramer;Paul G. Clark

  • A highly enantioselective catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction

    Mark S Kerr;Javier Read de Alaniz;Tomislav Rovis

  • Photoswitching using visible light: a new class of organic photochromic molecules.

    Sameh Helmy;Frank A. Leibfarth;Saemi Oh;Justin E. Poelma

  • Conversion of α-Haloaldehydes into Acylating Agents by an Internal Redox Reaction Catalyzed by Nucleophilic Carbenes

    Nathan T. Reynolds;Javier Read De Alaniz;Tomislav Rovis

  • A highly reducing metal-free photoredox catalyst: design and application in radical dehalogenations

    Emre H. Discekici;Nicolas J. Treat;Saemi O. Poelma;Kaila M. Mattson

  • A Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction

    Javier Read de Alaniz;Tomislav Rovis

  • An efficient synthesis of achiral and chiral 1,2,4-triazolium salts: bench stable precursors for N-heterocyclic carbenes.

    Mark S. Kerr;Javier Read de Alaniz;Tomislav Rovis

  • Design and Synthesis of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts: A Visible Light Photoswitch Derived from Furfural

    Sameh Helmy;Saemi Oh;Frank A. Leibfarth;Craig J. Hawker

  • Tunable Visible and Near Infrared Photoswitches

    James R. Hemmer;Saemi O. Poelma;Nicolas Treat;Zachariah A. Page

  • Controlled radical polymerization of acrylates regulated by visible light

    Nicolas J. Treat;Brett P. Fors;John W. Kramer;Matthew Christianson

  • Evolution and Future Directions of Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Emre H. Discekici;Athina Anastasaki;Javier Read de Alaniz;Craig J. Hawker

  • Simple Benchtop Approach to Polymer Brush Nanostructures Using Visible-Light-Mediated Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Emre H. Discekici;Emre H. Discekici;Christian W. Pester;Christian W. Pester;Nicolas J. Treat;Nicolas J. Treat;Jimmy Lawrence;Jimmy Lawrence

  • Brønsted-Acid-Catalyzed Exchange in Polyester Dynamic Covalent Networks

    Jeffrey L Self;Neil D Dolinski;Manuel S Zayas;Javier Read de Alaniz

  • The Nazarov Cyclization: A Valuable Method to Synthesize Fully Substituted Carbon Stereocenters

    Donald R. Wenz;Javier Read de Alaniz

  • Controlling Dark Equilibria and Enhancing Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct Photoswitching Properties through Carbon Acid Design.

    James R Hemmer;Zachariah A Page;Kyle D Clark;Friedrich Stricker

  • Versatile method for the synthesis of 4-aminocyclopentenones: dysprosium(III) triflate catalyzed aza-piancatelli rearrangement.

    Gesine K. Veits;Donald R. Wenz;Javier Read de Alaniz

  • Wavelength-Selective Light-Responsive DASA-Functionalized Polymersome Nanoreactors.

    Omar Rifaie-Graham;Sebastian Ulrich;Sebastian Ulrich;Nikolas F. B. Galensowske;Sandor Balog

  • Scope of the asymmetric intramolecular stetter reaction catalyzed by chiral nucleophilic triazolinylidene carbenes.

    Javier Read de Alaniz;Mark S. Kerr;Jennifer L. Moore;Tomislav Rovis

  • The Catalytic Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction

    Javier Read de Alaniz;Tomislav Rovis

  • Dynamic Bottlebrush Polymer Networks: Self-Healing in Super-Soft Materials.

    Jeffrey L Self;Caitlin S Sample;Adam E Levi;Kexin Li

  • Chemoselective Radical Dehalogenation and C–C Bond Formation on Aryl Halide Substrates Using Organic Photoredox Catalysts

    Saemi O. Poelma;G. Leslie Burnett;Emre H. Discekici;Kaila M. Mattson

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker University of California, Santa Barbara
Tomislav Rovis
Tomislav Rovis Columbia University
Michael L. Chabinyc
Michael L. Chabinyc University of California, Santa Barbara
Rachel A. Segalman
Rachel A. Segalman University of California, Santa Barbara
Herren Wu
Herren Wu AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Ryan C. Hayward
Ryan C. Hayward University of Colorado Boulder
Christopher J. Bardeen
Christopher J. Bardeen University of California, Riverside
Fred Wudl
Fred Wudl University of California, Santa Barbara

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