Knight Group Publications

 

Publications from UNC

25. Sanders, M.A.; Chittari, S.S.; Foley, J.R.; Swofford, W.M.; Elder, B.M.; Knight, A.S.; Leveraging Triphenylphosphine-Containing Polymers to Explore Design Principles for Protein-Mimetic Catalysts. 2024. ChemRxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mjxf4

 
 

24. Allen, B.P.; Pinky, S.K.; Beard, E.E.; Gringeri, A.A.; Calzadilla, N.; Sanders, M.A.; Yingling, Y.A.; Knight, A.S.; Monomer Architecture as a Mechanism to Control the Self-Assembly of Oligomeric Diblock Peptide-Polymer Amphiphiles. 2024. ChemRxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0bhgz-v2

 
 

23. Day, E.C.; Chittari, S.S.; Cunha, J.Z.; Dodds, J.N.; Davis, D.C.; Baker E.S.; Berlow, R.B.; Shea, J.E.; Kulkarni, R.U.; Knight, A.S.; A High-Throughput Workflow to Analyze Sequence-Conformation Relationships and Explore Hydrophobic Patterning in Disordered Peptoids. 2023. ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-b84wl

 
 

22. Dykeman-Bermingham, P.A.; Bogen, M.P., Chittari, S.S., Grizzard, S.F.; Knight, A.S.; Tailoring Hierarchical Structure and Rare Earth Affinity of Compositionally Identical Polymers via Sequence Control. 2024. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146. 8607-8617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c00440

(Pre-print available: ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-89dxx)

 
 

21. Day, E.C.‡; Chittari, S.S.‡; Bogen, B.P.; Knight, A.S.; Navigating the Expansive Landscapes of Soft Materials: A User Guide for High-throughput Workflows. 2023. ACS Polym. Au. DOI:10.1021/acspolymersau.3c00025

 
 

20. Day, E.C.; Cunha, K.C.; Zhao, J.; DeStefano, A.J.; Dodds, J.N.; Yu, M.A.; Han, S.; Baker, E.S.; Shea, J.E., Berlow, R.B., Knight, A.S.; Insights into Conformational Ensembles of Compositionally Identical Disordered Peptidomimetics. 2023. ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-6z1xd

 
 

19. Sanders, M. A.; Chittari, S. S.; Sherman, N.; Foley, J.; Knight, A.; Versatile triphenylphosphine-containing polymer catalysts and elucidation of structure-function relationships. 2023. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145. 9686-9692. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01092

(Pre-print available: ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-p28cb)

18. Chittari, S.S.; Obermeyer, A.C.; Knight, A.S. Investigating Fundamental Principles of Nonequilibrium Assembly Using Temperature-Sensitive Copolymers. 2023. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145. 6554-6561. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00883

(Pre-print available: ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-77cdd-v2)

 
 

17. Allen B. P.‡; Wright, Z.M.‡; Taylor H. F.; Oweida, T. J.; Kader-Pinky, S.; Patteson, E. F.; Bucci, K. M.; Cox, C. A.; Sundar Senthivel, A.; Yingling, Y. G.; Knight, A. S. Mapping the Morphological Landscape of Oligomeric Di-Block Peptide Polymer Amphiphiles. 2022. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61. e202115547. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115547

(Pre-print available: ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-jl1z2)

 
 

16. Warren, J. L.; Dykeman-Bermingham, P. A.; Knight, A. S. Controlling Amphiphilic Polymer Folding beyond the Primary Structure with Protein-Mimetic Di(Phenylalanine). 2021. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143. 13228-13234. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05659

(Pre-print available: ChemRxiv. DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-z08gz-v2)

 
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15. Barbee, M. H.; Wright, Z. M.; Allen, B. P.; Taylor, H. F.; Patteson, E. F.; Knight, A. S. Protein-Mimetic Self-Assembly with Synthetic Macromolecules. 2021. Macromolecules. 54. 3585-3612. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02826

 
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14. Knight, A. S. Sci-athon: Promoting Interdisciplinary Science and Peer Learning with Adrenaline and Pizza. Matter 2020. 3. 5–7.DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2020.06.016

 
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Publications Before UNC

13. Ren, J. M.; Knight, A. S.; van Ravensteijn, B.; Kohl, P. Bou Zerdan, R.; Li, Y.; Lunn, D. J.; Abidilla, A.; Qiao, G. G*.; Hawker, C. J. Polymer switches: DNA-inspired strand-exchange to direct polymer self-assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019. 141. 2630-2635. DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b12964 

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12. Lunn, D.J.; Seo, S.; Lee, S. H-.; Bou Zerdan, R.; Mattson, K. M.; Treat, J. J.; McGrath, A. J., Gutekunst, W. R.; Lawrence, J.; Abdilla, A.; Anastasaki, A.; Knight, A. S.; Schmidt, B. V. K. J; Clark, P. G.; DeRocher, J. P.; Van Dyk, A. K.; Hawker, C. Scalable synthesis of an architectural library of well-defined poly(acrylic acid) derivatives: Role of structure on dispersant performance. J. Polym. Chem. A 2018. 57. 716-725. DOI:10.1002/pola.29316

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11. Watanabe, A.; Niu, J.; Lunn, D. J.; Lawrence, J.; Knight, A. S.; Zhang, M.; Hawker, C. J. PET-RAFT as a Facile Strategy for Preparing Functional Lipid-Polymer Conjugates. J. Polym. Sci. A 2018. 56. 1259-1268. DOI: 10.1002/pola.29007

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10. Ren, J. M.; Lawrence, J.; Knight, A. S.; Abdilla, A.; Bou Zerdan, R.; Levi, A. E.; Oschmann, B.; Gutekunst, W.; Lee, S. H-.; McGrath, A.; Bates, C. M.; Qiao, G. G.; Hawker, C. J.  Controlled Formation and Binding Selectivity of Discrete Oligo(Methyl Methacrylate) Stereocomplexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018. 140. 1945–1951. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13095

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9. Knight, A. S.; Larsson, J.; Ren, J. M.; Bou Zerdan, R.; Seguin, S.; Vrahas, R.; Liu, J.; Ren, G.; Hawker, C. J.  Control of Amphiphile Self-Assembly via Bioinspired Metal Ion Coordination. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018. 140. 1409–1414. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11005

8. Knight, A. S.‡; Kulkarni, R. U.‡; Zhou, E. Y.; Franke, J. M.; Miller, E. W.; Francis, M. B. A modular platform to develop peptoid-based selective fluorescent metal sensors. Chem. Commun. 2017. 53. 3477-3480. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00931C

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7.  Diaz, Y. J.; Page, Z. A.; Knight, A. S.; Treat, N. J.; Hemmer, J. R.; Hawker, C. J.; Read de Alaniz, J. A versatile and highly selective colorimetric sensor for detection of amines. Chem. - A Eur. J. 2017. 3562-3566. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700368

- International Patent Application No. PCT/US20 17/057400 filed October 19, 2017.

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6. Poelma, S. O.; Oh, S. S.; Helmy, S.; Knight, A. S.; Burnett, G. L.; Soh, H. T.; Hawker, C. J.; Read de Alaniz, J. Controlled drug release to cancer cells from modular one-photon visible light-responsive micellar system. Chem. Commun. 2016. 52. 10525–10528. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04127B

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5. Lawrence, J.; Lee, S.-H.; Abdilla, A.; Nothling, M. D.; Ren, J. M.; Knight, A. S.; Fleischmann, C.; Li, Y.; Abrams, A. S.; Schmidt, B. V. K. J.; Hawker, M. C.; Connal, L. A.; McGrath, A. J.; Clark, P. G.; Gutekunst, W. R.; Hawker, C. J. A Versatile and Scalable Strategy to Discrete Oligomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016. 138. 6306−6310. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03127.

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4. Parker, B. F., Knight, A. S., Vukovic, S., Arnold, J., Francis, M. B. A Peptoid-Based Combinatorial and Computational Approach to Developing Ligands for Uranyl Sequestration from Seawater. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2016. 55. 4187-4194. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03500

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3. Knight, A. S., Zhou, E. Y., Francis, M. B. Peptoid-Based Ligands for the Selective Chelation of Cadmium in Biological Media. Chem. Sci. 2015. 6. 4042-4048. DOI:10.1039/C5SC00676G

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2. Knight, A. S., Zhou, E. Y., Francis, M. B., Zuckermann, R. N. Sequence Programmable Peptoid Polymers for Diverse Materials Applications. Adv. Mater. 2015. 27. 5665-5691. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500275

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1. Knight, A. S., Zhou, E. Y., Pelton, J. G., Francis, M.B. Selective Chromium(VI) Ligands Identified Using Combinatorial Peptoid Libraries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013. 135. 17488–17493. DOI: 10.1021/ja408788t

Highlighted in WIRED magazine (September, 2015)

- U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/893,671 filed on October 21, 2013.