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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developing megasupramolecules for antimisting fuel additives and light-adjustable intraocular lenses to improve cataract surgery outcomes.
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding investigations of the order and dynamics of copolymers, liquidcrystalline polymers, blends, and thin films
  • 1996 - John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society For incisive experiments to relate microstructural dynamics to macroscopic behavior of polymer blends, block copolymers and liquid crystals.

Overview

Julia A. Kornfield is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States, where their research spans primarily the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work has a particular focus on biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, biomaterials, molecular biology, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's research covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Bone tissue engineering materials
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • 3D printing in biomedical research
  • Polymer nanocomposites and properties
  • Graphene and nanomaterials applications
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced polymer synthesis and characterization

Recent publications by Julia A. Kornfield include the following papers:

  • Tunable Temperature-Sensitive Transcriptional Activation Based on Lambda Repressor, 2022, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Liquid chromatography at critical conditions (LCCC): Capabilities and limitations for polymer analysis, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Putative Cyclic Polymers Synthesized by Reversible Radical Recombination Polymerization (R3P), 2023, Macromolecules
  • Tungsten disulfide nanotubes enhance flow-induced crystallization and radio-opacity of polylactide without adversely affecting in vitro toxicity, 2021, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Effect of tungsten disulfide nanotubes on crystallization of polylactide under uniaxial deformation and annealing, 2021, Functional Composite Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • T. Di Luccio
  • Dongjie Chen
  • Kristóf Molnár
  • Gábor Kaszás
  • Judit E. Puskás

Julia A. Kornfield's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Macromolecules
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids

Throughout their career, Julia A. Kornfield has received several recognitions, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for contributions to the development of megasupramolecules for antimisting fuel additives and light-adjustable intraocular lenses. They were also elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2019, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999, acknowledged for research on copolymers, liquid crystalline polymers, blends, and thin films. Additionally, they received the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society in 1996 for experimental studies connecting microstructural dynamics to macroscopic polymer behavior.

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

  • Shear-Mediated Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene: The Role of Long Chain−Long Chain Overlap

    Motohiro Seki;Derek W. Thurman;James P. Oberhauser;Julia A. Kornfield

  • Molecular basis of the shish-kebab morphology in polymer crystallization

    Shuichi Kimata;Takashi Sakurai;Takashi Sakurai;Yoshinobu Nozue;Yoshinobu Nozue;Tatsuya Kasahara;Tatsuya Kasahara

  • Pathways to Macroscale Order in Nanostructured Block Copolymers

    Zhong-Ren Chen;Julia A. Kornfield;Julia A. Kornfield;Steven D. Smith;Steven D. Smith;Jeffrey T. Grothaus;Jeffrey T. Grothaus

  • Shear-Enhanced Crystallization in Isotactic Polypropylene. 1. Correspondence between in Situ Rheo-Optics and ex Situ Structure Determination

    Guruswamy Kumaraswamy;and Ani M. Issaian;Julia A. Kornfield

  • Efficient Synthesis of Narrowly Dispersed Brush Polymers via Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Macromonomers

    Yan Xia;Julia A. Kornfield;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Tuning the erosion rate of artificial protein hydrogels through control of network topology

    Wei Shen;Kechun Zhang;Julia A. Kornfield;David A. Tirrell

  • Intraoccular lenses capable of in vivo power adjustment and method for same

    Jagdish Jethmalani;Robert Maloney;Robert Grubbs;Julia Kornfield

  • Component Dynamics Miscible Polymer Blends: A Two-Dimensional Deuteron NMR Investigation

    G.-C. Chung;J. A. Kornfield;S. D. Smith

  • Shear-Enhanced Crystallization in Isotactic Polypropylene. 3. Evidence for a Kinetic Pathway to Nucleation

    Guruswamy Kumaraswamy;Julia A. Kornfield;Fengji Yeh;Benjamin S. Hsiao

  • Linear Rheological Response of a Series of Densely Branched Brush Polymers

    Miao Hu;Yan Xia;Gregory B. McKenna;Julia A. Kornfield

  • Compositional Dependence of Segmental Dynamics in a Miscible Polymer Blend

    G.-C. Chung;J. A. Kornfield;S. D. Smith

  • Yielding Behavior in Injectable Hydrogels from Telechelic Proteins

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

  • Shear-enhanced crystallization in isotactic polypropylenePart 2. Analysis of the formation of the oriented “skin”

    G. Kumaraswamy;R.K. Verma;A.M. Issaian;P. Wang

  • SHEAR-ENHANCED CRYSTALLIZATION IN ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE. IN-SITU SYNCHROTRON SAXS AND WAXD

    Guruswamy Kumaraswamy;Ravi K. Verma;Julia A. Kornfield;Fengji Yeh

  • Rheological properties of the vitreous and the role of hyaluronic acid

    Charles S. Nickerson;John Park;Julia A. Kornfield;Hampar Karageozian

  • Effect of the Distribution of Short-Chain Branches on Crystallization Kinetics and Mechanical Properties of High-Density Polyethylene

    Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy;Qing Yang;Lucia Fernandez-Ballester;Julia A. Kornfield

  • Recent Advances in Understanding Flow Effects on Polymer Crystallization

    Julia A. Kornfield;Guruswamy Kumaraswamy;Ani M. Issaian

  • Cyclic ruthenium-alkylidene catalysts for ring-expansion metathesis polymerization.

    Andrew J. Boydston;Yan Xia;Julia A. Kornfield;Irina A. Gorodetskaya

  • Facile, Efficient Routes to Diverse Protected Thiols and to Their Deprotection and Addition to Create Functional Polymers by Thiol-Ene Coupling

    R. L. Ameri David;Julia A. Kornfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Rangaramanujam M. Kannan
Rangaramanujam M. Kannan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rafael Verduzco
Rafael Verduzco Rice University
Jeffrey A. Hubbell
Jeffrey A. Hubbell New York University
Gregory B. McKenna
Gregory B. McKenna Texas Tech University
Rob G.H. Lammertink
Rob G.H. Lammertink University of Twente
Dale S. Pearson
Dale S. Pearson University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard C. Flagan
Richard C. Flagan California Institute of Technology
Mark G. Kuzyk
Mark G. Kuzyk Washington State University

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