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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

Microfluidic Droplet-Facilitated Hierarchical Assembly for Dual Cargo Loading and Synergistic Delivery
Z Yu, Y Zheng, RM Parker, Y Lan, Y Wu, RJ Coulston, J Zhang, OA Scherman, C Abell
– ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
(2016)
8,
8811
(doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b00661)
Natural polymers as alternative consolidants for the preservation of waterlogged archaeological wood
Z Walsh, ER Janeček, M Jones, OA Scherman
– Studies in Conservation
(2016)
62,
173
(doi: 10.1179/2047058414Y.0000000149)
The Importance of Excess Poly(N‑isopropylacrylamide) for the Aggregation of Poly(N‑isopropylacrylamide)-Coated Gold Nanoparticles
ST Jones, Z Walsh-Korb, SJ Barrow, SL Henderson, J del Barrio, OA Scherman
– ACS Nano
(2016)
10,
3158
(doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04083)
Monitoring Early-Stage Nanoparticle Assembly in Microdroplets by Optical Spectroscopy and SERS.
AR Salmon, R Esteban, RW Taylor, JT Hugall, CA Smith, G Whyte, OA Scherman, J Aizpurua, C Abell, JJ Baumberg
– Small
(2016)
12,
1788
(doi: 10.1002/smll.201503513)
Observing Single Molecules Complexing with Cucurbit[7]uril through Nanogap Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
DO Sigle, S Kasera, LO Herrmann, A Palma, B de Nijs, F Benz, S Mahajan, JJ Baumberg, OA Scherman
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
(2016)
7,
704
(doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02535)
Selective, non-covalent conjugation of synthetic peptides with recombinant proteins mediated by host–guest chemistry
RJ Gubeli, S Sonzini, A Podmore, P Ravn, OA Scherman, CF van der Walle
– Chemical Communications
(2016)
52,
4235
(doi: 10.1039/c6cc00405a)
Hollow mesoporous raspberry-like colloids with removable caps as photoresponsive nanocontainers.
C Hu, KR West, OA Scherman
– Nanoscale
(2016)
8,
7840
(doi: 10.1039/c6nr01016d)
Deviation from the anti-Markovnikov rule: A computational study of the regio- and stereoselectivity of diene hydroboration reactions
L Hamdan, K Abdel-Maksoud, R Radia, J Boodram, KY Man, I McGregor, C Munteanu, K Muthu, J Poddar, J Roberts, S Sadler, N Siddiqi, S Tam, A Andreou, OA Scherman, E Rosta
– Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
(2015)
135,
13
(doi: 10.1007/s00214-015-1768-6)
Energy and Electron Transfer Dynamics within a Series of Perylene Diimide/Cyclophane Systems.
STJ Ryan, RM Young, JJ Henkelis, N Hafezi, NA Vermeulen, A Hennig, EJ Dale, Y Wu, MD Krzyaniak, A Fox, WM Nau, MR Wasielewski, JF Stoddart, OA Scherman
– J Am Chem Soc
(2015)
137,
15299
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b10329)
Aqueous polymer self-assembly based on cucurbit[n]uril-mediated host-guest interactions
J Liu, CSY Tan, Y Lan, OA Scherman
– Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
(2015)
217,
319
(doi: 10.1002/macp.201500295)
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Telephone number

01223 334372 (shared)
31797

Email address

oas23@cam.ac.uk

College

Jesus College

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