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Mitchell A. Winnik

Mitchell A. Winnik

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Chemistry
Canada
2025
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Materials Science
Canada
2025

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Materials Science

D-Index
109
Citations
44111
World Ranking
728
National Ranking
13

Chemistry

D-Index
110
Citations
45530
World Ranking
804
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2004 - Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Mitchell A. Winnik is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, with significant work on block copolymer self-assembly and polymer surface interaction studies. The scientist has also explored topics in advanced biosensing techniques and applications as well as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Their publication record includes work in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Macromolecules
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Langmuir
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science

Several recent papers showcase areas of active research engagement. Selected papers are:

  • Continuous and Segmented Semiconducting Fiber-like Nanostructures with Spatially Selective Functionalization by Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Investigating the influence of block copolymer micelle length on cellular uptake and penetration in a multicellular tumor spheroid model (2020, Nanoscale)
  • Uniform 1D Micelles and Patchy & Block Comicelles via Scalable, One-Step Crystallization-Driven Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Reagents for Mass Cytometry (2023, Chemical Reviews)
  • Solvent effects leading to a variety of different 2D structures in the self-assembly of a crystalline-coil block copolymer with an amphiphilic corona-forming block (2020, Chemical Science)

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues in related research areas. Common co-authors include:

  • Ian Manners
  • Yang Liu
  • Shaofei Song
  • Edmond C. N. Wong
  • Daniel Majonis

In terms of research subfields, their output covers areas such as:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomaterials
  • Polymers and Plastics

Main topics spanned by their work include:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Polymer composites and self-healing

Recognition for scientific contributions includes awards such as the Chemical Institute of Canada Medal in 2004 and election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996 under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Poly(styrene-ethylene oxide) block copolymer micelle formation in water: a fluorescence probe study

    Manfred Wilhelm;Cheng Le Zhao;Yongcai Wang;Renliang Xu

  • Cylindrical Block Copolymer Micelles and Co-Micelles of Controlled Length and Architecture

    Xiaosong Wang;Gerald Guerin;Hai Wang;Yishan Wang

  • The Py scale of solvent polarities

    Dao Cong Dong;Mitchell A. Winnik

  • Monodisperse cylindrical micelles by crystallization-driven living self-assembly

    Joe B. Gilroy;Torben Gädt;George R. Whittell;Laurent Chabanne

  • THE Py SCALE OF SOLVENT POLARITIES. SOLVENT EFFECTS ON THE VIBRONIC FINE STRUCTURE OF PYRENE FLUORESCENCE and EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS WITH ET and Y VALUES

    Dao Cong Dong;Mitchell A. Winnik

  • Associative polymers in aqueous solution

    Mitchell A Winnik;Ahmad Yekta

  • Multidimensional hierarchical self-assembly of amphiphilic cylindrical block comicelles

    Huibin Qiu;Zachary M. Hudson;Mitchell A. Winnik;Ian Manners

  • Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations.

    Torben Gädt;Nga Sze Ieong;Graeme Cambridge;Mitchell A. Winnik

  • Light-scattering study of the association behavior of styrene-ethylene oxide block copolymers in aqueous solution

    Renliang Xu;Mitchell A. Winnik;F. R. Hallett;Gerard Riess

  • Fluorescence probe techniques used to study micelle formation in water-soluble block copolymers

    Cheng Le Zhao;Mitchell A. Winnik;Gerard Riess;Melvin D. Croucher

  • Highly multiparametric analysis by mass cytometry.

    Olga Ornatsky;Dmitry Bandura;Vladimir Baranov;Mark Nitz

  • Self-Assembly of a Novel Organometallic−Inorganic Block Copolymer in Solution and the Solid State: Nonintrusive Observation of Novel Wormlike Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane)-b-Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Micelles

    Jason Massey;K. Nicole Power;and Ian Manners;Mitchell A. Winnik

  • Non-Centrosymmetric Cylindrical Micelles by Unidirectional Growth

    Paul A. Rupar;Laurent Chabanne;Mitchell A. Winnik;Ian Manners

  • Uniform patchy and hollow rectangular platelet micelles from crystallizable polymer blends.

    Huibin Qiu;Yang Gao;Charlotte E. Boott;Oliver E. C. Gould

  • A structural model of hydrophobically modified urethane-ethoxylate (HEUR) associative polymers in shear flows

    K. C. Tam;R. D. Jenkins;M. A. Winnik;D. R. Bassett

  • Tailored hierarchical micelle architectures using living crystallization-driven self-assembly in two dimensions

    Zachary M. Hudson;Charlotte E. Boott;Matthew E. Robinson;Paul A. Rupar;Paul A. Rupar

  • Latex film formation

    Mitchell A Winnik

  • Fluorescence studies of associating polymers in water : determination of the chain end aggregation number and a model for the association process

    Ahmad Yekta;Bai Xu;Jean Duhamel;Hendra Adiwidjaja

  • Polymer-Based Elemental Tags for Sensitive Bioassays†

    Xudong Lou;Guohua Zhang;Isaac Herrera;Robert Kinach

  • Two-Stage Dispersion Polymerization toward Monodisperse, Controlled Micrometer-Sized Copolymer Particles

    Jing-She Song;Frédéric Tronc;Mitchell A Winnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
George R. Whittell
George R. Whittell University of Bristol
Chun Feng
Chun Feng University of Science and Technology Beijing
Chi Wu
Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eugenia Kumacheva
Eugenia Kumacheva University of Toronto
Peter M. Macdonald
Peter M. Macdonald University of Toronto
Neil Coombs
Neil Coombs University of Toronto
Andrij Pich
Andrij Pich RWTH Aachen University
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto

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