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The Scherman Group

Professor Oren A. Scherman

Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry / Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis

What we do

Our research interests include the synthesis of functional nanosystems, controlled polymer architectures and dynamic supramolecular assemblies through molecular recognition processes.

The underlying theme of our research lies at the interface between synthetic organic efforts on small molecules and macroscopic properties at the materials level, developing a macro-organic approach to chemistry. Dynamic supramolecular self-assembly of materials will be an area of great importance in the coming years, allowing for innovations in nanotechnology and at the biological and chemical interfaces.

We are particularly interested in exploring topics such as water-soluble and stimuli-responsive materials, template and imprinting technologies of functional polymers for use in chiral separations and enantioselective catalysis, and controlling material morphologies and architectures both in solution and in the solid state through rational design and a multi-step, hierarchical self-assembly process.

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Publications

Nanometer control in plasmonic systems through discrete layer-by-layer macrocycle–cation deposition
SJ Barrow, A Palma, B de Nijs, R Chikkaraddy, RW Bowman, JJ Baumberg, OA Scherman
– Nanoscale
(2020)
12,
8706
(doi: 10.1039/d0nr00902d)
Chapter 14: Cucurbit[8]uril-based Polymeric Materials
D Hoogland, J Liu, OA Scherman
(2020)
2020-January,
407
(doi: 10.1039/9781788015967-00407)
Spider silk inspired damping fibres drawn from a supramolecular hydrogel composite at room temperature - A step closer to sustainable fibre technology
DU Shah, Y Wu, MH Ramage, OA Scherman
– ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials
(2020)
The transport of liquids in softwood: timber as a model porous medium
HC Burridge, G Wu, T Reynolds, DU Shah, R Johnston, OA Scherman, MH Ramage, PF Linden
– Sci Rep
(2019)
9,
20282
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55811-6)
Controlling the structure and photophysics of fluorophore dimers using multiple cucurbit[8]uril clampings
G Wu, YJ Bae, M Olesińska, D Antón-García, I Szabó, E Rosta, MR Wasielewski, OA Scherman
– Chem Sci
(2019)
11,
812
(doi: 10.1039/c9sc04587b)
Cucurbit[8]uril-Derived Graphene Hydrogels
O Scherman, VK Rana, A Tabet, JA Vigil, CJ Balzer, A Narkevicius, J Finlay, C Hallou, DH Rowitch, H Bulstrode
– ACS Macro Lett
(2019)
8,
1629
(doi: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00717)
Host–Guest Chemistry Meets Electrocatalysis: Cucurbit[6]uril on a Au Surface as a Hybrid System in CO2 Reduction
A Wagner, KH Ly, N Heidary, I Szabó, T Földes, KI Assaf, SJ Barrow, K Sokołowski, M Al-Hada, N Kornienko, MF Kuehnel, E Rosta, I Zebger, WM Nau, OA Scherman, E Reisner
– ACS Catal
(2019)
10,
751
(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04221)
New Consolidants for the Conservation of Archeological Wood
O Scherman, Z Walsh-Korb, E-R Janeček, M Jones, L Averous
(2019)
3
Preferential binding of unsaturated hydrocarbons in aryl-bisimidazolium$cucurbit[8]uril complexes furbishes evidence for small-molecule π-π interactions
SJ Barrow, KI Assaf, A Palma, WM Nau, OA Scherman
– Chem Sci
(2019)
10,
10240
(doi: 10.1039/c9sc03282g)
Inhibiting Analyte Theft in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates: Subnanomolar Quantitative Drug Detection
B de Nijs, C Carnegie, I Szabó, D-B Grys, R Chikkaraddy, M Kamp, SJ Barrow, CA Readman, M-E Kleemann, OA Scherman, E Rosta, JJ Baumberg
– ACS Sens
(2019)
4,
2988
(doi: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01484)
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Research Interest Groups

Synthesis
Materials
Physical

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