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H. J. Kim, K. Jin, J. Shim, W. Dean, M. Hillmyer, C. J. Ellison, Sustainable triblock copolymers as tunable and degradable pressure sensitive adhesives, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2020, Submitted.
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D. Sheppard, K. Jin, L. Hamachi, W. Dean, D. Fortman, C. J. Ellison, W. Dichtel, Reprocessing post-consumer polyurethane foam using carbamate exchange catalysis and twin-screw extrusion, ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, Online. (Highlighted in a C&EN news entitled “Nudging reaction in reverse repurposes polyurethane foam”) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c00083)
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K. Nomura, X. Peng, H. Kim, K. Jin, H. J. Kim, A. Bratton, C. Bond, A. Broman, K. M. Miller, and C.J. Ellison, Multiblock copolymers for recycling polyolefin-polyester mixed waste, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 9726-9735. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20242)
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K. Jin, S. Eyer, W. Dean, D. Kitto, F. S. Bates, and C. J. Ellison, Bimodally distributed nano- and micro-fiber nonwovens by melt blowing immiscible ternary polymer blends, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 5238-5246. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04887)
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A. Banerji, K. Jin, K. Liu, M. Mahanthappa, C. J. Ellison, Crosslinked nonwoven fibers by room temperature cure blowing and in situ photopolymerization, Macromolecules 2019, 52, 6662-6672. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01002)
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T. Wei, K. Jin, J. M. Torkelson, Isolating the effect of polymer-grafted nanoparticle interactions with matrix polymer from dispersion on composite property enhancement: The example of polypropylene/halloysite nanocomposites, Polymer 2019, 176, 38-50. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.05.038)
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K. Jin, A. Banerji, D. Kitto, F. S. Bates, and C. J. Ellison, Mechanically robust and recyclable crosslinked fibers from melt blown anthracene-functionalized commodity polymers, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 12863-12870. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b00209)
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J. Xu, J. Eagan, S. Kim, S. Pan, B. Lee, K. Klimovica, K. Jin, T. Lin, M. Howard, C. J. Ellison, A. LaPointe, G. W. Coates, and F. S. Bates, Compatibilization of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) with iPP-PE multiblock copolymers, Macromolecules 2018, 51, 8586-8596. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01907)
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K. Jin, S. Kim, J. Xu, F. S. Bates, and C. J. Ellison, Melt-blown crosslinked fibers from thermally reversible Diels-Alder polymer networks, ACS Macro Lett. 2018, 7, 1339-1345. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00685)
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L. Li, X. Chen, K. Jin, and J. M. Torkelson, Vitrimers designed both to strongly suppress creep and to recover original cross-link density after reprocessing: quantitative theory and experiments, Macromolecules 2018, 51, 5537-5546. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00922)
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K. Jin, E. Leitsch, X. Chen, W. H. Heath, and J. M. Torkelson, Segmented thermoplastic polymers synthesized by thiol-ene click chemistry: examples of thiol-norbornene and thiol-maleimide click reactions, Macromolecules 2018, 51, 3620-3631. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00573)
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X. Chen, L. Li, K. Jin, and J.M. Torkelson, Reprocessable polyhydroxyurethane networks exhibiting full property recovery and concurrent associative and dissociative dynamic chemistry via transcarbamoylation and reversible cyclic carbonate aminolysis, Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 6349-6355. (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/py/c7py01160a)
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K. Jin and J. M. Torkelson, Tg-confinement effects in strongly miscible blends of poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene oxide) and polystyrene: Roles of bulk fragility and chain segregation, Polymer 2017, 11, 85-96. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.04.069)
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K. Jin, L. Li, and J. M. Torkelson, Bulk physical aging behavior of crosslinked polystyrene compared to its linear precursor: Effects of cross-linking and aging temperature, Polymer 2017, 115, 197-203. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.03.045)
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K. Jin, L. Li, and J. M. Torkelson, Recyclable crosslinked polymer networks via one-step controlled radical polymerization, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 6746-6750. (Highlighted in a news article entitled “Reinventing the Wheel: Northwestern Researchers Develop Recyclable Rubber”) (https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600871)
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K. Jin and J. M. Torkelson, Enhanced Tg-confinement effect in crosslinked polystyrene compared to its linear precursor: role of fragility, Macromolecules 2016, 49, 5092-5103. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01042)
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K. Jin, N. Wilmot, W. H. Heath, and J. M. Torkelson, Phase-separated thiol-epoxy-acrylate hybrid networks synthesized by simultaneous thiol-acrylate and thiol-epoxy click reactions, Macromolecules 2016, 49, 4115-4123. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00141)
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K. Jin, W. H. Heath, and J. M. Torkelson, Kinetics of multifunctional thiol-epoxy click reactions studied by differential scanning calorimetry: Effects of Catalysis and Functionality, Polymer 2015, 81, 70-78. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.10.068)
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K. Jin and J. M. Torkelson, Tg and Tg breadth of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)/polystyrene miscible polymer blends characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, ellipsometry, and fluorescence spectroscopy, Polymer 2015, 65, 233-242. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.04.016)
