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Michael Malkoch is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Their research spans several interdisciplinary scientific domains, including Materials Science, Medicine, and Chemistry. Within these main fields, they have contributed notably to Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Surgery, Biomaterials, and Molecular Biology.

The primary research topics covered by Michael Malkoch include:

  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Antimicrobial agents and applications
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery

The scientist has published extensively in several notable academic journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Biomacromolecules
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemistry of Materials

Michael Malkoch has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include:

  • Daniel J. Hutchinson
  • Yanmiao Fan
  • Yuning Zhang
  • Natalia Sanz del Olmo
  • Mads Lüchow

Among their recent papers are:

  • Nanogel Encapsulated Hydrogels As Advanced Wound Dressings for the Controlled Delivery of Antibiotics, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Accelerated Chemoselective Reactions to Sequence-Controlled Heterolayered Dendrimers, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • In Situ Encapsulation of Nile Red or Doxorubicin during RAFT-Mediated Emulsion Polymerization via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly for Biomedical Applications, 2020, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • Dendritic Hydrogels Induce Immune Modulation in Human Keratinocytes and Effectively Eradicate Bacterial Pathogens, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Amino-Functional Polyester Dendrimers Based On Bis-MPA with Enhanced Hydrolytic Stability and Inherent Antibacterial Properties, 2023, Biomacromolecules

In addition to articles, Michael Malkoch has contributed to book publications, including the title Dendrimer Chemistry (2020), published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of well-defined hydrogel networks using Click chemistry

    Michael Malkoch;Robert Vestberg;Nalini Gupta;Laetitia Mespouille;Laetitia Mespouille

  • Structurally diverse dendritic libraries : A highly efficient functionalization approach using Click chemistry

    Michael Malkoch;Michael Malkoch;Kristin Schleicher;Eric Drockenmuller;Eric Drockenmuller;Craig J. Hawker;Craig J. Hawker

  • New methodologies in the construction of dendritic materials

    Anna Carlmark;Craig J. Hawker;Anders Hult;Michael Malkoch

  • Orthogonal Approaches to the Simultaneous and Cascade Functionalization of Macromolecules Using Click Chemistry

    Michael Malkoch;Raymond J Thibault;Eric Drockenmuller;Martin Messerschmidt

  • Multivalent, bifunctional dendrimers prepared by click chemistry

    Peng Wu;Michael Malkoch;Jasmine N. Hunt;Robert Vestberg

  • Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol–ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices

    Carl Fredrik Carlborg;Tommy Haraldsson;Kim Öberg;Michael Malkoch

  • Simplifying the synthesis of dendrimers: accelerated approaches

    Marie V. Walter;Michael Malkoch

  • Rapid and Efficient Synthesis of Aliphatic Ester Dendrons and Dendrimers

    Michael Malkoch;Eva Malmström;Anders Hult

  • Pushing the Limits for Thiol-Ene and CuAAC Reactions: Synthesis of a 6th Generation Dendrimer in a Single Day

    Per Antoni;Per Antoni;Maxwell J. Robb;Luis Campos;Maria Montanez

  • Bifunctional dendrimers: from robust synthesis and accelerated one-pot postfunctionalization strategy to potential applications.

    Per Antoni;Yvonne Hed;Axel Nordberg;Daniel Nyström

  • Stability and biocompatibility of a library of polyester dendrimers in comparison to polyamidoamine dendrimers

    Neus Feliu;Marie Valérie Walter;Maria I. Montañez;Andrea Kunzmann

  • Click Assisted One‐Pot Multi‐Step Reactions in Polymer Science: Accelerated Synthetic Protocols

    Pontus Lundberg;Craig J. Hawker;Anders Hult;Michael Malkoch

  • Dendritic architectures based on bis-MPA : functional polymeric scaffolds for application-driven research

    Anna Carlmark;Eva Malmström;Michael Malkoch

  • Role of Architecture and Molecular Weight in the Formation of Tailor-Made Ultrathin Multilayers Using Dendritic Macromolecules and Click Chemistry

    Robert Vestberg;Michael Malkoch;Matthew Kade;Peng Wu

  • A chemoselective approach for the accelerated synthesis of well-defined dendritic architectures.

    Per Antoni;Daniel Nyström;Craig J. Hawker;Anders Hult

  • Poly(ethylene glycol)-based thiol-ene hydrogel coatings-curing chemistry, aqueous stability, and potential marine antifouling applications.

    Pontus Lundberg;Anouk Bruin;Job W. Klijnstra;Andreas M. Nyström

  • Effects of Modulus and Surface Chemistry of Thiol-Ene Photopolymers in Nanoimprinting

    Erik C. Hagberg;Michael Malkoch;Yibo Ling;Craig J. Hawker

  • Accelerated growth of dendrimers via thiol-ene and esterification reactions

    Maria I. Montanez;Luis M. Campos;Per Antoni;Yvonne Hed

  • Facile access to internally functionalized dendrimers through efficient and orthogonal click reactions

    Taegon Kang;Roey J. Amir;Anzar Khan;Kaoru Ohshimizu;Kaoru Ohshimizu

  • Nanogel Encapsulated Hydrogels As Advanced Wound Dressings for the Controlled Delivery of Antibiotics

    Yanmiao Fan;Mads Lüchow;Yuning Zhang;Jinjian Lin

  • Synthesis and thiol–ene photopolymerization of allyl‐ether functionalized dendrimers

    Camilla Nilsson;Neil Simpson;Michael Malkoch;Mats K. G. Johansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Hult
Anders Hult Polymer Factory (Sweden)
Craig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker University of California, Santa Barbara
Eva Malmström
Eva Malmström Royal Institute of Technology
Mats Johansson
Mats Johansson Royal Institute of Technology
Lars Wågberg
Lars Wågberg Royal Institute of Technology
Eric Drockenmuller
Eric Drockenmuller Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Luis M. Campos
Luis M. Campos Columbia University
Hjalmar Brismar
Hjalmar Brismar Royal Institute of Technology
Peng Wu
Peng Wu Scripps Research Institute
Valery V. Fokin
Valery V. Fokin University of Southern California

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