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Overview

Patrick Theato is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within engineering, materials science, and chemistry, with a substantial focus on polymers and energy-related materials.

Theato's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, Theato has specialized in several subfields, such as:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Biomedical Engineering

The primary topics of research undertaken by Theato include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Synthesis and Properties of Polymers
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

They have published extensively, with frequent appearances in diverse journals. The most common publication venues comprise:

  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • European Polymer Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hatice Mutlu, Andreas J. Butzelaar, Manfred Wilhelm, Tao Chen, and Maxi Hoffmann.

Some recent representative papers by Patrick Theato are:

  • Polymer-Based Batteries-Flexible and Thin Energy Storage Systems, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Aggregation-Induced Emissive Carbon Dots Gels for Octopus-Inspired Shape/Color Synergistically Adjustable Actuators, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science, 2020, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • Promotion of Color-Changing Luminescent Hydrogels from Thermo to Electrical Responsiveness toward Biomimetic Skin Applications, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Styrene-Based Poly(ethylene oxide) Side-Chain Block Copolymers as Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • The use of elemental sulfur as an alternative feedstock for polymeric materials

    Woo Jin Chung;Jared J. Griebel;Eui Tae Kim;Hyunsik Yoon

  • Temperature- and light-responsive smart polymer materials

    Florian Daniel Jochum;Patrick Theato;Patrick Theato

  • o-Nitrobenzyl Alcohol Derivatives: Opportunities in Polymer and Materials Science

    Hui Zhao;Elizabeth S. Sterner;E. Bryan Coughlin;Patrick Theato;Patrick Theato

  • Multi-stimuli responsive polymers – the all-in-one talents

    Philipp Schattling;Florian D. Jochum;Patrick Theato

  • Stimuli responsive materials

    Patrick Theato;Brent S. Sumerlin;Rachel K. O'Reilly;Thomas H. Epps

  • Synthesis of pentafluorophenyl(meth)acrylate polymers: New precursor polymers for the synthesis of multifunctional materials

    Marc Eberhardt;Ralf Mruk;Rudolf Zentel;Patrick Théato

  • Activated Ester Containing Polymers: Opportunities and Challenges for the Design of Functional Macromolecules

    Anindita Das;Patrick Theato

  • Standing on the shoulders of Hermann Staudinger: Post-polymerization modification from past to present

    Kemal Arda Günay;Patrick Theato;Harm-Anton Klok

  • Sulfur Chemistry in Polymer and Materials Science

    Hatice Mutlu;Ezgi Berfin Ceper;Xiaohui Li;Jingmei Yang;Jingmei Yang

  • Synthesis of well‐defined polymeric activated esters

    Patrick Theato

  • CO2‐Responsive Polymers

    Shaojian Lin;Patrick Theato

  • Bioinspired Synergistic Fluorescence‐Color‐Switchable Polymeric Hydrogel Actuators

    Shuxin Wei;Wei Lu;Xiaoxia Le;Chunxin Ma

  • Mimosa inspired bilayer hydrogel actuator functioning in multi-environments

    Jing Zheng;Peng Xiao;Xiaoxia Le;Wei Lu

  • RAFT Polymerization of Pentafluorophenyl Methacrylate: Preparation of Reactive Linear Diblock Copolymers

    Marc Eberhardt;Patrick Théato

  • Trends in polymeric shape memory hydrogels and hydrogel actuators

    Jiaojiao Shang;Xiaoxia Le;Jiawei Zhang;Tao Chen

  • Thermo- and Light-Responsive Polymers Containing Photoswitchable Azobenzene End Groups

    Florian D. Jochum;Lisa zur Borg;Peter J. Roth;Patrick Theato

  • CO2-Responsive polymer materials

    Hanbin Liu;Shaojian Lin;Yujun Feng;Yujun Feng;Patrick Theato

  • Inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur with 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne for cathode materials in Li–S batteries

    Philip T. Dirlam;Adam G. Simmonds;Tristan S. Kleine;Tristan S. Kleine;Ngoc A. Nguyen

  • High Performance Humidity Fluctuation Sensor for Wearable Devices via a Bioinspired Atomic-Precise Tunable Graphene-Polymer Heterogeneous Sensing Junction

    Jiang He;Peng Xiao;Jiangwei Shi;Yun Liang

  • Measuring hydrophilicity of RO membranes by contact angles via sessile drop and captive bubble method: A comparative study

    Youngbin Baek;Junil Kang;Patrick Theato;Patrick Theato;Jeyong Yoon

  • Au@MnO Nanoflowers: Hybrid Nanocomposites for Selective Dual Functionalization and Imaging

    Thomas D. Schladt;Mohammed Ibrahim Shukoor;Kerstin Schneider;Muhammad Nawaz Tahir

  • Functional polymers by post-polymerization modification : concepts, guidelines, and applications

    Patrick Theato;Harm-Anton Klok

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rudolf Zentel
Rudolf Zentel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hui Zhao
Hui Zhao Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Werner E. G. Müller
Werner E. G. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jeffrey Pyun
Jeffrey Pyun University of Arizona
Kookheon Char
Kookheon Char Seoul National University
Heinz C. Schröder
Heinz C. Schröder Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ute Kolb
Ute Kolb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jiawei Zhang
Jiawei Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rüdiger Berger
Rüdiger Berger Max Planck Society

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