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Stephen L. Craig

Stephen L. Craig

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
15851
World Ranking
4350
National Ranking
1375

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen L. Craig is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. The scientist's research primarily spans Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 64 and 62 publications, respectively. Their work extends into several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Hydrogels synthesis, properties, and applications, as well as Polymer composites and self-healing technologies.

Recent significant papers by Stephen L. Craig include:

  • Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands (2021, Science)
  • Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing (2020, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • Mechanically Gated Degradable Polymers (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance (2023, Science)

Stephen L. Craig frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tatiana B. Kouznetsova
  • Jeremiah A. Johnson
  • Ilia Kevlishvili
  • Heather J. Kulik
  • Yunxin Yao

The scientist has a notable presence in leading journals with multiple publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (25 publications), Faraday Discussions (5 publications), Macromolecules (4 publications), Chemical Science (4 publications), and Advanced Materials (3 publications).

Stephen L. Craig was awarded Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Small-molecule dynamics and mechanisms underlying the macroscopic mechanical properties of coordinatively cross-linked polymer networks.

    Wayne C. Yount;David M. Loveless;Stephen L. Craig

  • Mechanochemical Activation of Covalent Bonds in Polymers with Full and Repeatable Macroscopic Shape Recovery

    Gregory R. Gossweiler;Gihan B. Hewage;Gerardo Soriano;Qiming Wang

  • Large-Area Cross-Aligned Silver Nanowire Electrodes for Flexible, Transparent, and Force-Sensitive Mechanochromic Touch Screens.

    Seungse Cho;Saewon Kang;Ashish Pandya;Ravi Shanker

  • From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

    Ashley L. Black;Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Stephen L. Craig

  • Mechanochemical strengthening of a synthetic polymer in response to typically destructive shear forces

    Ashley L. Black Ramirez;Zachary S. Kean;Joshua A. Orlicki;Mangesh Champhekar

  • Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

    Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Mitchell T. Ong;Robert Choe;Christian R. Evenhuis

  • Gas-Phase Ionic Reactions: Dynamics and Mechanism of Nucleophilic Displacements

    Michael L. Chabinyc;Stephen L. Craig;Colleen K. Regan;John I. Brauman

  • 1,2,3-Triazole CH…Cl-Contacts Guide Anion Binding and Concomitant Folding in 1,4-Diaryl Triazole Oligomers

    Hemraj Juwarker;Jeremy M. Lenhardt;David M. Pham;Stephen L. Craig

  • Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands.

    Zi Wang;Xujun Zheng;Tetsu Ouchi;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova

  • Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks.

    Scott P O Danielsen;Haley K Beech;Shu Wang;Bassil M El-Zaatari

  • Strong Means Slow: Dynamic Contributions to the Bulk Mechanical Properties of Supramolecular Networks†

    Wayne C. Yount;David M. Loveless;Stephen L. Craig

  • Cephalopod-inspired design of electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers for on-demand fluorescent patterning

    Qiming Wang;Gregory R. Gossweiler;Stephen L. Craig;Xuanhe Zhao

  • gem-Dichlorocyclopropanes as abundant and efficient mechanophores in polybutadiene copolymers under mechanical stress.

    Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Ashley L. Black;Stephen L. Craig

  • Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

    Junpeng Wang;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Zhenbin Niu;Mitchell T. Ong

  • The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing

    Maroun Abi Ghanem;Amrita Basu;Reza Behrou;Nicholas Boechler

  • Force-Rate Characterization of Two Spiropyran-Based Molecular Force Probes

    Gregory R. Gossweiler;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Stephen L. Craig

  • Self-healing biomaterials.

    Alice B. W. Brochu;Stephen L. Craig;William M. Reichert

  • A backbone lever-arm effect enhances polymer mechanochemistry

    Hope M. Klukovich;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Zachary S. Kean;Jeremy M. Lenhardt

  • Orthogonal control of dissociation dynamics relative to thermodynamics in a main-chain reversible polymer

    Wayne C. Yount;Hemraj Juwarker;Stephen L. Craig

  • Physical organic chemistry of supramolecular polymers.

    Michael J. Serpe;Stephen L. Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

John I. Brauman
John I. Brauman Stanford University
Julius Rebek
Julius Rebek Scripps Research Institute
Todd J. Martínez
Todd J. Martínez Stanford University
Michael J. Serpe
Michael J. Serpe University of Alberta
Chuanbing Tang
Chuanbing Tang University of South Carolina
Colin Nuckolls
Colin Nuckolls Columbia University
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Ashutosh Chilkoti Duke University

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