Peer-Reviewed Publications

Synthesis, Rheology, and Assessment of 3D Printability of Multifunctional Polyesters for Extrusion-Based Direct-Write 3D Printing

Single Chain Hydration and Dynamics of Mussel-Inspired Soybean-Based Adhesive

Jain, Tanmay; Tsen, Yen-Ming; Tantisuwanno, Chinnapatch; Menefee, Joshua; Shahrokhian, Aida; Isayeva, Irada; Joy, Abraham; ACS Appl.Polym. Mater., 2021, 3 (12), 2910-2920. 

Mokarizadeh, Abdol Hadi; Kumar, Nityanshu; Joy, Abraham; Dhinojwala, Ali; Tsige, Mesfin; JOM 2021, 73, 2460-2470.

Light-Activated Adhesion and Debonding of Underwater Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Synergism between Rifampicin and Cationic Polyurethanes Overcomes Intrinsic Resistance of Escherichia coli

Cooperative Multivalent Weak and Strong Interfacial Interactions Enhance the Adhesion of Mussel-Inspired Adhesives

Impact of cell density on the bioprinting of gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) bioinks

Tseng, Yen-Ming; Narayanan, Amal; Mishra, Kaushik; Liu, Xinhao; Joy, Abraham; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13 (24), 29048-29057.

Tantisuwanno, Chinnapatch; Dang, Francis; Bender, Kristin; Spencer, John D.; Jennings, Matthew E.; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2021, 22 (7), 2910-2920. 

Narayanan, Amal; Kaur, Sukhmanjot; Kumar, Nityanshu; Tsige, Mesfin; Joy, Abraham; Dhinojwala, Ali; Macromolecules, 2021, 54 (12), 5417-5428. 

Jain, Tanmay; Baker, Hannah B.; Gipsov, Anna; Fisher, John P.; Joy, Abraham; Kaplan, DavidS.; Isayeva, Irada; Bioprinting 2021, e00131.

Peptidomimetic Polyurethanes Inhibit Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Disrupt Surface Established Biofilms

Design principles for creating synthetic underwater adhesives

Thread Size and Polymer Composition of 3D Printed and Electrospun Wound Dressings Affect Wound Healing Outcomes in an Excisional Wound Rat Model

Elucidating the Molecular Interactions of Encapsulated Doxorubicin Within a Nonionic, Thermoresponsive Polyester Coacervate

Why this is cool: This paper shows that poor antimicrobial polymers don’t have to be useless and can be effective antibiofilm agents. 

Vishwakarma, Apoorva; Dang, Francis; Ferrell, Allison; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143 (25), 9440–9449. 

Narayanan, Amal; Dhinojwala, Ali; Joy, Abraham; Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50, 13321-13345.

Nun, Nicholas; Cruz, Megan A.; Jain, Tanmay; Tseng, Yen-Ming; Menefee, Joshua; Jatana, Samreen; Patil, Pritam S.; Leipzig, Nic D.; McDonald, Christine; Maytin, Edward; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2020, 21 (10), 4030-4042.

Kundu, Mangaldeep; Morris, Daniel L.; Cruz, Megan A.; Miyoshi, Toshikazu; Leeper, Thomas C.; Joy, Abraham; ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. 2020, 3 (7), 4626-4634.

Lower Critical Solution Temperature-Driven Self-Coacervation of Nonionic Polyester Underwater Adhesives

Advances in Photoreactive Tissue Adhesives Derived from Natural Polymers

Introduction of Hydrogen Bonds Improves the Shape Fidelity of Viscoelastic 3D Printed Scaffolds While Maintaining Their Low Temperature Printability

Structural Insight into the Viscoelastic Behaviour of Elastomeric Polyesters: Effect of the Nature of Fatty Acid Side Chains and the Degree of Unsaturation

Narayanan, Amal; Menefee, Joshua R.; Liu, Qianhui; Dhinojwala, Ali; Joy, Abraham; ACS Nano 2020, 14 (7), 8359-8367.

Narayanan, Amal; Xu, Ying; Dhinojwala, Ali; Joy, Abraham; ChemEngineering 2020, 4 (2), 32.

Liu, Qianhui; Jain, Tanmay; Peng, Chao; Peng, Fang; Narayanan, Amal; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules 2020, 53 (10), 3690-3699.

Liu, Xinhao; Jain, Tanmay; Liu, Qianhui; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Chem. 2020, 11 (32), 5216-5224.

Pendant Functionalized Polyester Nanofibers with Dual Cargo Release

Bacterial Membrane Selective Antimicrobial Peptide-Mimetic Polyurethanes: Structure-Property Correlations and Mechanisms of Action

Synthetic Cationic Water
-soluble Antimicrobial Polymers: An Alternative to Conventional Small-molelcule Antibiotics

Modification of Narrow-Spectrum Peptidomimetic Polyurethanes with Fatty Acid Chains Confers Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity

Nun, Nicholas; Xu, Ying; Joy, A.; ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2019, 2 (11), 4856-4863.

Mankoci, Steven G.; Ewig, Jason; Dalai, Punam; Sahai, Nita; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2019, 20 (11), 4096-4106.

Mankoci, Steven; Peng, Chao; Joy, Abraham; Antimicrobial Materials for Biomedical Applications 2019, 5, 137-170.

Peng, Chao; Zhang, Tian; Ortiz-Ortiz, Deliris; Vishwakarma, Apoorva; Barton, Hazel; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Int. 2019, 68 (7). 1255-1262.

Viscosity Attunes the Adhesion of Bioinspired Low Modulus Polyesters to Wet Tissues

Structure-Activity Study of Antibacterial Poly(Ester Urethane)s with Uniform Distribution of Hydrophobic and Cationic Groups

Role of pendant side-chain length in determining 3D printability

Modulating the Crystallinity, Mechanical Properties, and Degradability of Poly (𝛆-caprolactone) Derived Polyesters by Statistical and Alternating Copolymerization

Narayanan, Amal; Kaur, Sukhmanjot; Peng, Chao; Debnath, Dibyendu; Mishra, Kaushik; Liu, Qianhui; Dhinojwala, Ali; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2019, 20 (7), 2577-2586.

Peng, Chao; Vishwakarma, Apoorva; Mankoci, Steven G.; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2019, 20 (4), 1675-1682.

Jain, Tanmay; Clay, William; Tseng, Yen-Ming.; Vishwakarma, Apoorva; Narayanan, Amal; Ortiz-Ortiz, Deliris; Liu, Qianhui; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Chem. 2019, 10 (40), 5543-5554.

Liu, Qianhui; Yuan, Shichen; Guo, Yuanhao; Narayanan, Amal; Peng, Chao; Wang, Shijun; Miyoshi, Toshikazu; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Chem. 2019, 10 (20), 2579-2588.

The effect of dexamethasone on room temperature 3D printing, rheology, and degradation of a low modulus polyester for soft tissue engineering

Opposing Effects of Side-Chain Flexibility and Hydrogen Bonding on the Thermal, Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Supramolecularly Crosslinked Polyesters

Direct Observation of the Interplay of Catechol Binding and Polymer Hydrophobicity in a Mussel-Inspired Elastomer

Colloid silica nanoparticles trapped morphology of polymer blends during solvent evaporation

Jain, Tanmay; Saylor, David M.; Piard, Charlotte M. Liu, Qianhui; Patel, Viraj; Kaushal, Rahul; Choi, Jae-Won; Fisher, John P.; Isayeva, Irada; Joy, Abraham; ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2019, 5 (2), 846-858.

Liu, Qianhui; Wang, Chao; Guo, Yuanhao; Peng, Chao; Narayanan, Amal; Kaur, Sukhmanjot; Xu, Ying; Weiss, R. A.; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules 2018, 51 (22), 9294-9305.

Kaur, Sukhmanjot; Narayanan, Amal; Dalvi, Siddhesh; Liu, Qianhui; Joy, Abraham; Dhinojwala, Ali; ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4 (10), 1420-1429.

Guo, Yuanhao; Liu, Qianhui; Peng, Chao; Wang, Enmin; Joy, Abraham; Cakmak, Mukerrem; Eur. Polym. J. 2018, 107, 164-172.

A hydrophilic coumarin-based polyester for ambient-temperature initiator-free 3D printing: Chemistry, rheology and interface formation

Reorganization of an Amphiphilic Glassy Polymer Surface in Contact with Water Probed by Contact Angle and Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Multi-Purposable Filaments of HPMC for 3D Printing of Medications with Tailored Drug Release and Timed-Absorption

Sequences of cyclic polysester copolymers using ion mobility tandem mass spectrometry

Govindarajan, Sudhanva R.; Jain, Tanmay; Choi, Jae-Won; Joy, Abraham; Isayeva, Irada; Vorvolakos, Katherine A.; Polymer 2018, 152, 9-17.

Dhopatkar, Nishad; Anim-Danso, Emmanuel; Peng, Chao; Singla, Saranshu; Liu, Xinhao; Joy, Abraham; Dhinojwala, Ali; Macromolecules 2018, 51 (14), 5114-5120.

Kadry, Hossam; Al-Hilal, Taslim A.; Keshavarz, Ali; Alam, Farzana; Xu, Changxue; Joy, Abraham; Ahsan, Fakhrul; Int. J. Pharm. 2018, 544 (1), 285-296.

Alexander, Nicolas E.; Swanson, John P.; Joy, Abraham; Wesdemiotis, Chris; Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2018, 429, 151-157.

Efficient Protein Encapsulation within Thermoresponsive Coacervate-Forming Biodegradable Polyesters

Modification of a Conventional Polyurethane Composition Provides Significant Anti-biofilm Activity Against Escherichia coli.

Mussel-Inspired Polyesters with Aliphatic Pendant Groups Demonstrate the Importance of Hydrophobicity in Underwater Adhesion

Bactericidal Peptidomimetic Polyurethanes with Remarkable Selectivity against Escherichia coli

Cruz, Megan A.; Morris, Daniel L.; Swanson, John P.; Kundu, Mangaldeep; Mankoci, Steven G.; Leeper, Thomas C.; Joy, Abraham; ACS Macro Lett. 2018, 7 (4), 477-481.

Peng, Chao; Vishwakarma, Apoorva; Li, Z.; Miyoshi, Toshikazu; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham;  Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 3195-3198.

Xu, Ying; Liu, Qianhui; Narayanan, Amal; Jain, Dharamdeep; Dhinojwala, Ali; Joy, Abraham; Adv. Mater. Interfaces. 2017, 4 (1700506), 1-6.

Mankoci, Steven G.; Kaiser, Ricky L.; Sahai, Nita; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2017, 3 (10), 2588-2597.

Engineering Alkoxyphenacyl-Polycarbonate Nanoparticles for Potential Application in Near-Infrared Light-Modulated Drug Delivery via Photon Up-Conversion Process

Effects of Molecular Weight Reduction on Brittle−Ductile Transition and Elastic Yielding Due to Noninvasive γ Irradiation on Polymer Glasses

Non-toxic Cationic Coumarin Polyester Coatings Prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation

Mannose-Based Graft Polyesters with Tunable Binding Affinity to Concanavalin A

Wehrung, Daniel; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Andrews, James H.; Joy, Abraham; Oyewumi, Moses O. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2017, 17 (7), 4867-4881.

Lin, Panpan; Xu, Quan; Cheng, Shiwang; Li, Xiaoxiao; Zhao, Zichen; Sun, Shuangyi; Peng, Chao; Joy, Abraham; Wang, Shi-Qing; Macromolecules 2017, 50 (6), 2447-2455.

Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Mankoci, Stegen G.; Barton, Hazel A.; Joy, Abraham; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9 (8), 6704-6711.

Xie, Yixuan; Peng, Chao; Gao, Yunyi; Liu, Xiaohong; Liu, Tianbo; Joy, Abraham; J. Polym. Sci., 2017, 55 (23), 3908-3917.

The effect of pendant group structure on the thermoresponsive properties of N-substituted polyesters

Alternating and Random-Sequence Polyesters with Distinct Physical Properties.

Assessment of alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates as a potential platform for controlled delivery of a model anti-glaucoma drug

An Osteoconductive Antibiotic Bone Eluting Putty with a Custom Polymer Matrix

Swanson, John P.; Cruz, Megan A.; Monteleone, Leanna R.; Martinez, Michael R.; Costanzo, Philip J.; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 7195-7206.

Peng, Chao; Joy, Abraham; Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 2397-2404.

Manickavasagam, Dharani; Wehrung, Daniel; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Sanders, Matthew; Bouhenni, Rachida; Crish, Samuel D.; Joy, Abraham; Oyewumi, Moses O.; Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2016, 107, 56-66.

Curley, John; Hasan, Mohammad Raquibul; Larson, Jacob; Brooks Benjamin D.; Liu, Qianhui; Jain, Tanmay; Joy, Abraham; Brooks, Amanda E.; Polymers 2016, 8 (7), 247.

A Solvent and Initiator Free, Low Modulus, Degradable Polyester Platform with Modular Functionality for Ambient Temperature 3D Printing

Folate receptor targeted polymeric micellar nanocarriers for delivery of orlistat as a repurposed drug against triple negative breast cancer

A Coacervate-forming Biodegradable Polyester with Elevated LCST based on Bis-(2-methoxyethyl)amine

Self-emulsion polymerization of Baylis-Hillman-derived α-hydroxymethyl-substituted acrylates

Govindrajan, Sudhanva R.; Xu, Ying.; Swanson, John P.; Jain, Tanmay.; Lu, Yanfeng; Choi, Jae-Won.; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), 2429-2437.

Paulmurugan, Ramasamy; Bhethanabotla, Rohith; Mishra, Kaushik; Devulapally, Rammohan; Foygel, Kira; Sekar, Thillai V.; Ananta, Jeyarama S.; Massoud, Tarik F.; Joy, Abraham; Mol. Cancer Ther. 2016, 15 (2), 221-231.

Swanson, John P.; Martinez, Michael R.; Cruz, Megan A.; Mankoci, Steven G.; Costanza, Philip J.; Joy, Abraham;  Polym. Chem. 2016, 7 (28), 4693-4702.

Peng, Chao; Joy, Abraham; J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53 (15), 1743-1747.

A library of thermoresponsive, coacervate-forming biodegradable polyesters

Dual functionalized telechelic block copolymers with reproducible block sizes prepared by microwave assisted RAFT polymerization

Thermoresponsive dual emission nanosensor based on quantum dots and dye labeled poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)

Micropatterned coumarin polyester thin films direct neurite orientation

Swanson, John P.; Monteleone, Leanna R.; Haso, Fadi; Costanzo, Philip J., Liu, Tianbo; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules 2015, 48 (12), 3834-3842.

Mishra, Kaushik; Joy, Abraham; Polymer 2015, 66 (1), 110-121.

Zhou, Jinjun; Mishra, Kaushik; Bhagat, Vrushali; Joy, Abraham; Becker, Matthew L.; Polym. Chem. 2015, 6 (15), 2813-2816.

McCormick, Aleesha M.; Maddipatla, Murthy. V. S. N.; Shi, Shuojia; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Yokoyama, Hiroshi; Joy, Abraham; Leipzig, Nic D; ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2014, 6 (22), 19655-19667.

Formulation and photoirradiation parameters that influenced photoresponsive drug delivery using alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates

Kinetics of UV Irradiation Induced Chain Scission and Cross-Linking of Coumarin-Containing Polyester Ultrathin Films

Baylis-Hillman reaction as a versatile platform for the synthesis of diverse functionalized polymers by chain and step polymerization

Photoresonsive polyesters by incorporation of alkoxyphenacyl or coumarin chromophores along the backbone

Wehrung, Daniel; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Joy, Abraham; Oyewumi, Moses O.;  Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 2014, 88 (3), 962-972.

Lee, Jeongwoo; Maddipatla, Murthy V. S. N.; Joy, Abraham; Vogt, Bryan D.; Macromolecules 2014, 47 (9), 2891-2898.

Peng, Chao; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules, 2014, 47 (4), 1258-1268.

Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Sun, Shuangyi;   Maddipatla, Murthy V.S.N.; Joy, Abraham; Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2014, 13 (2), 412-421.

A library of multifunctional polyesters with ‘peptide-like’ pendant functional groups

Photoresponsive coumarin polyesters that exhibit cross-linking and chain scission properties

Biocompatibility and in-vivo tolerability of a new class of photoresponsive alkoxyphenacyl-based polycarbonates

Photoinduced polymer chain scission of alkoxyphenacyl based polycarbonates

Gokhale, Sachin; Xu, Ying; Joy, Abraham; Biomacromolecules 2013, 14 (8), 2489-2493.

Maddipatla, Murthy V. S. N.; Wehrung, Daniel; Tang, Chuan; Fan, Waizheng; Oyewumi, Moses O.; Miyoshi, Toshikazu; Joy, Abraham; Macromolecules 2013, 46 (13), 5133-5140.

Wehrung, Daniel; Sun, Shuangyi; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Joy, Abraham; Oyewumi, Moses O.; J. Pharm. Sci. 2013, 102 (5), 1650-1660.

Sun, Shuangyi; Chamsaz, Elaheh A.; Joy, Abraham; ACS Macro Letters 2012, 1 (10), 1184-1188.