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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

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2025
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Chemistry
USA
2026

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207
National Ranking
135

Materials Science

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21
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2011 - Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation for the deep creative contributions to the chemical sciences in the field of synthesis, properties and an understanding of organic materials.
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For expanding the capabilities of controlled/living polymerizations and developing ATRP, a robust catalytic process for the radical polymerization of monomers.
  • 2005 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2004 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for developing new methods for controlled radical polimerisation and their application in industry

Overview

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably in Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Photopolymerization Techniques and Applications, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Conducting Polymers and Applications, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods.

Matyjaszewski has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in several peer-reviewed journals. These venues include:

  • Macromolecules
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie

Recent notable papers authored by or involving Matyjaszewski are:

  • "Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications," 2020, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Polymer-Derived Heteroatom-Doped Porous Carbon Materials," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Making ATRP More Practical: Oxygen Tolerance," 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: A Mechanistic Perspective," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Complex polymer architectures through free-radical polymerization of multivinyl monomers," 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry

Among frequent co-authors working alongside Matyjaszewski are:

  • Grzegorz Szczepaniak
  • Michael R. Bockstaller
  • Francesca Lorandi
  • Hironobu Murata
  • Rongguan Yin

The career includes recognition by various scientific organizations and awards, such as:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (2020)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2017)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2013)
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation (2011), for contributions to synthesis, properties, and understanding of organic materials
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2010)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2006), for expanding capabilities of controlled/living polymerizations and developing ATRP
  • Polish Academy of Science (2005)
  • Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2004), for developing new methods for controlled radical polymerization and industrial applications

Best Publications

  • Atom transfer radical polymerization.

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Jianhui Xia

  • Controlled/"living" radical polymerization. atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of transition-metal complexes

    Jin-Shan Wang;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Controlled/living radical polymerization: Features, developments, and perspectives

    Wade A. Braunecker;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): Current Status and Future Perspectives

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Controlled Living Radical Polymerization - Halogen Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization Promoted by a Cu(I)Cu(II) Redox Process

    Jin-Shan Wang;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Handbook of radical polymerization

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Thomas P. Davis

  • Design and Preparation of Porous Polymers

    Dingcai Wu;Fei Xu;Bin Sun;Ruowen Fu

  • The development of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications

    Jung Kwon Oh;Ray Drumright;Daniel J. Siegwart;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Functional polymers by atom transfer radical polymerization

    Veerle Coessens;Tomislav Pintauer;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • "Green" atom transfer radical polymerization: from process design to preparation of well-defined environmentally friendly polymeric materials.

    Nicolay V Tsarevsky;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Nanostructured functional materials prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Nicolay V. Tsarevsky

  • ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND THE SYNTHESIS OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS

    Timothy E. Patten;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Cylindrical molecular brushes: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

    Sergei S. Sheiko;Brent S. Sumerlin;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Controlled/“Living” Radical Polymerization. Kinetics of the Homogeneous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Styrene

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Timothy E. Patten;Jianhui Xia

  • Macromolecular Engineering by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Nicolay V. Tsarevsky

  • Polymers with Very Low Polydispersities from Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Timothy E. Patten;Jianhui Xia;Teresa Abernathy;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Marrying click chemistry with polymerization: expanding the scope of polymeric materials

    Patricia L. Golas;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Polymers at interfaces : Using atom transfer radical polymerization in the controlled growth of homopolymers and block copolymers from silicon surfaces in the absence of untethered sacrificial initiator

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Peter J. Miller;Nisha Shukla;Boonchuan Immaraporn

  • Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;James Spanswick

  • Diminishing catalyst concentration in atom transfer radical polymerization with reducing agents

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski;Wojciech Jakubowski;Ke Min;Wei Tang

  • Polymer science : a comprehensive reference

    K. Matyjaszewski;Martin Möller

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergei S. Sheiko
Sergei S. Sheiko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
Nicolay V. Tsarevsky Southern Methodist University
Scott G. Gaynor
Scott G. Gaynor Dow Chemical (United States)
Michael R. Bockstaller
Michael R. Bockstaller Carnegie Mellon University
Haifeng Gao
Haifeng Gao University of Notre Dame
Dominik Konkolewicz
Dominik Konkolewicz Miami University
Anna C. Balazs
Anna C. Balazs University of Pittsburgh
Jeffrey Pyun
Jeffrey Pyun University of Arizona
Tadeusz Pakula
Tadeusz Pakula Max Planck Society
Alan J. Russell
Alan J. Russell Carnegie Mellon University

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