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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

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

An All-in-One Nanoheater and Optical Thermometer Fabricated from Fractal Nanoparticle Assemblies.
WH Skinner, RL Sala, K Sokolowski, I Blein-Dezayes, NS Potter, S Mosca, B Gardner, JJ Baumberg, P Matousek, OA Scherman, N Stone
– ACS nano
(2025)
19,
13779
(doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c16452)
Biomimetic Entropy-Dominant Molecular Hinges with Picomolar Affinity
Z Huang, AS Groombridge, G Wu, M Olesińska, X Chen, JA McCune, OA Scherman
– J Am Chem Soc
(2024)
146,
24244
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c05274)
Highly stretchable dynamic hydrogels for soft multilayer electronics
S O'Neill, Z Huang, X Chen, R Sala, J McCune, G Malliaras, O Scherman
– Sci Adv
(2024)
10,
eadn5142
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn5142)
Improved Imaging Surface for Quantitative Single-Molecule Microscopy.
YP Zhang, E Lobanova, A Dworkin, M Furlepa, WS Yang, M Burke, JX Meng, N Potter, RL Sala, L Kahanawita, F Layburn, OA Scherman, CH Williams-Gray, D Klenerman
– ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
(2024)
16,
37255
(doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c06512)
Single-Molecule Stoichiometry of Supramolecular Complexes.
A McLean, RL Sala, BW Longbottom, AR Carr, JA McCune, SF Lee, OA Scherman
– J Am Chem Soc
(2024)
146,
12877
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c00611)
Supramolecular hydrogels enable co-delivery of chemotherapeutics with synergistic efficacy against patient-derived glioblastoma cells and spheroids
RJ Cavanagh, S Baquain, C Alexander, OA Scherman, R Rahman
– RSC Pharmaceutics
(2024)
1,
742
(doi: 10.1039/d4pm00177j)
Associative pyridinium electrolytes for air-tolerant redox flow batteries.
ME Carrington, K Sokołowski, E Jónsson, EW Zhao, AM Graf, I Temprano, JA McCune, CP Grey, OA Scherman
– Nature
(2023)
623,
949
(doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06664-7)
Plasmonic Sensing Assay for Long-Term Monitoring (PSALM) of Neurotransmitters in Urine.
W-H Chen, W Wang, Q Lin, D-B Grys, M Niihori, J Huang, S Hu, B de Nijs, OA Scherman, JJ Baumberg
– ACS nanoscience Au
(2022)
3,
161
(doi: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00048)
Tracking Water Dimers in Ambient Nanocapsules by Vibrational Spectroscopy
AY Hwang, R Chikkaraddy, D-B Grys, OA Scherman, JJ Baumberg, B de Nijs
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
(2022)
119,
e2212497119
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2212497119)
Tissue-Mimetic Supramolecular Polymer Networks for Bioelectronics.
SJK O'Neill, Z Huang, MH Ahmed, AJ Boys, S Velasco-Bosom, J Li, RM Owens, JA McCune, GG Malliaras, OA Scherman
– Advanced Materials
(2022)
35,
e2207634
(doi: 10.1002/adma.202207634)
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Telephone number

01223 334372 (shared)
31797

Email address

oas23@cam.ac.uk

College

Jesus College

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