Matthew L Becker

Research Interests

Polymer chemistry; bioconjugate chemistry; molecular imaging and additive manufacturing; materials for bone, soft tissue, neural and vascular tissue engineering; drug and protein delivery; degradable materials for flexible electronics

Bio

The Becker Laboratory for Functional Biomaterials is a multidisciplinary organic materials group working at the interface of chemistry, engineering and medicine.   We are developing families of degradable polymers with highly tunable physical and biological properties that are being applied to unmet needs in flexible electronics, soft tissue repair, neural, orthopedic and vascular tissue engineering.  We are also actively engaged in additive manufacturing and the development of custom inks that are enabling unique solutions to challenging design paradigms in biomaterials and drug delivery.

Education

• B.S. Northwest Missouri State University, 1998
• M.A. Washington University in St. Louis, 2000
• Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis, 2003

Positions

• Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• Professor of Chemistry
• Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science
• Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Fellow (NAI). National Academy of Inventors. 2022
• Fellow. American Chemical Society. 2020
• Carl S. Marvel Award in Creative Polymer Chemistry. Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society. 2019
• Fellow. American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering. 2018
• Fellow. Royal Society of Chemistry. 2017
• Biomacromolecules/ Macromolecules Young Investigator Award. American Chemical Society Publications. 2015

Courses Taught

• MSEG 591: Independent Study
• ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
• ME 490: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
• ME 392: Undergraduate Projects in Mechanical Engineering
• CHEM 590: Special Topics in Chemistry
• CHEM 539: Polymer Chemistry
• CHEM 494: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 493: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 394: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 393: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 110DL: Honors Chemistry: Core Concepts in Context
• BME 791: Graduate Independent Study

Publications

• Dal-Fabbro R, Anselmi C, Swanson WB, Medeiros Cardoso L, Toledo PTA, Daghrery A, et al. Amino Acid-Based Poly(ester urea) Biodegradable Membrane for Guided Bone Regeneration. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2024 Oct;16(40):53419–34.
• Camarena A, Kang L, Mirando AJ, Augustine E, McMillian NS, Stinson NC, et al. Platelet-rich plasma enhances rib fracture strength and callus formation in vivo. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Sep 6;
• Dziewior CS, Godwin K, Judge NG, Dreger NZ, Becker ML. Poly(ester urea)s: Synthesis, material properties, and biomedical applications. Progress in Polymer Science. 2024 Sep 1;156.
• Bahnick AJ, Dziewior CS, Li Y, Chou A, Segal M, Augustine EK, et al. Controlled Transdermal Delivery of Dexamethasone for Pain Management via Photochemically 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Microneedle Arrays. Adv Healthc Mater. 2024 Aug 12;e2402113.
• Poon KC, Segal M, Bahnick AJ, Chan YM, Gao C, Becker ML, et al. Digital Light Processing to Afford High Resolution and Degradable CO₂-Derived Copolymer Elastomers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed in English). 2024 Aug;63(33):e202407794.
• Tutoni GG, McDonald SM, Zhong R, Lu A, Huang TJ, Becker ML. Microfluidic Assembly of Degradable, Stereocomplexed Hydrogel Microparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024 May;146(21):14705–14.
• Oh YH, Becker ML, Mendola KM, Choe LH, Min L, Lee KH, et al. Factors affecting product association as a mechanism of host-cell protein persistence in bioprocessing. Biotechnology and bioengineering. 2024 Apr;121(4):1284–97.
• Yeazel-Klein TR, Davis AG, Becker ML. Thiol-ene-Based 3D Printing of Bioresorbable Fumarate-Based ABA Triblock Copolyester Elastomers. Advanced Materials Technologies. 2023 Dec 13;8(23).
• Williams-Pavlantos K, Brigham-Stinson NC, Becker ML, Wesdemiotis C. Application of surface-layer matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging to pharmaceutical-loaded poly(ester urea) films. Analytica chimica acta. 2023 Dec;1283:341963.
• McDonald SM, Yang Q, Hsu Y-H, Nikam SP, Hu Z, Wang Z, et al. Resorbable barrier polymers for flexible bioelectronics. Nature communications. 2023 Nov;14(1):7299.
• Ritter VC, McDonald SM, Dobrynin AV, Craig SL, Becker ML. Mechanochromism and Strain-Induced Crystallization in Thiol-yne-Derived Stereoelastomers. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2023 Oct;35(41):e2302163.
• McDonald SM, Augustine EK, Lanners Q, Rudin C, Catherine Brinson L, Becker ML. Applied machine learning as a driver for polymeric biomaterials design. Nature communications. 2023 Aug;14(1):4838.
• Toledo PTA, Anselmi C, Dal-Fabbro R, Mahmoud AH, Abel AK, Becker ML, et al. Calcium Trimetaphosphate-Loaded Electrospun Poly(Ester Urea) Nanofibers for Periodontal Tissue Engineering. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 2023 Jul 1;14(7).
• Nikam SP, Hsu Y-H, Marks JR, Mateas C, Brigham NC, McDonald SM, et al. Anti-adhesive bioresorbable elastomer-coated composite hernia mesh that reduce intraperitoneal adhesions. Biomaterials. 2023 Jan;292:121940.
• Hu Y, Becker ML, Willits RK. Quantification of cell migration: metrics selection to model application. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 2023 Jan;11:1155882.
• Smith BN, Meikle H, Doherty JL, Lu S, Tutoni G, Becker ML, et al. Ionic dielectrics for fully printed carbon nanotube transistors: impact of composition and induced stresses. Nanoscale. 2022 Nov;14(45):16845–56.
• Yang Q, Hu Z, Seo M-H, Xu Y, Yan Y, Hsu Y-H, et al. High-speed, scanned laser structuring of multi-layered eco/bioresorbable materials for advanced electronic systems. Nature communications. 2022 Oct;13(1):6518.
• Zhao J, Tong H, Kirillova A, Koshut WJ, Malek A, Brigham NC, et al. A Synthetic Hydrogel Composite with a Strength and Wear Resistance Greater than Cartilage. Advanced Functional Materials. 2022 Oct 1;32(41).
• Kirillova A, Yeazel TR, Gall K, Becker ML. Thiol-Based Three-Dimensional Printing of Fully Degradable Poly(propylene fumarate) Star Polymers. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2022 Aug;14(34):38436–47.
• Cavanaugh M, Asheghali D, Motta CM, Silantyeva E, Nikam SP, Becker ML, et al. Influence of Touch-Spun Nanofiber Diameter on Contact Guidance during Peripheral Nerve Repair. Biomacromolecules. 2022 Jun;23(6):2635–46.
• Petersen SR, Yu J, Yeazel TR, Bass G, Alamdari A, Becker ML. Degradable, Photochemically Printable Poly(propylene fumarate)-Based ABA Triblock Elastomers. Biomacromolecules. 2022 Jun;23(6):2388–95.
• Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, Prydderch H, Wang Z, Mathers RT, Dobrynin AV, et al. Correction to "Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 May;144(17):7949–50.
• Karayilan M, McDonald SM, Bahnick AJ, Godwin KM, Chan YM, Becker ML. Reassessing Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Experiments for Virtual Learning Environments. Journal of chemical education. 2022 May;99(5):1877–89.
• Shin Y, Becker ML. Gradient versus End-Capped Degradable Polymer Sequence Variations Result in Stiff to Elastic Photochemically 3D-Printed Substrates. Biomacromolecules. 2022 May;23(5):2106–15.
• Petersen SR, Prydderch H, Worch JC, Stubbs CJ, Wang Z, Yu J, et al. Ultra-Tough Elastomers from Stereochemistry-Directed Hydrogen Bonding in Isosorbide-Based Polymers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed in English). 2022 Apr;61(17):e202115904.
• Hsu Y-H, Luong D, Asheghali D, Dove AP, Becker ML. Shape Memory Behavior of Biocompatible Polyurethane Stereoelastomers Synthesized via Thiol-Yne Michael Addition. Biomacromolecules. 2022 Mar;23(3):1205–13.
• Roesner EK, Asheghali D, Kirillova A, Strauss MJ, Evans AM, Becker ML, et al. Arene-perfluoroarene interactions confer enhanced mechanical properties to synthetic nanotubes. Chemical Science. 2022 Feb 28;13(8):2475–80.
• Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, Prydderch H, Wang Z, Mathers RT, Dobrynin AV, et al. Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 Jan;144(3):1243–50.
• Khalfa AL, Becker ML, Dove AP. Stereochemistry-Controlled Mechanical Properties and Degradation in 3D-Printable Photosets. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021 Oct;143(42):17510–6.
• Endres KJ, Dilla RA, Becker ML, Wesdemiotis C. Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel Crosslinking Chemistries Identified via Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry. Macromolecules. 2021 Sep 14;54(17):7754–64.
• Becker ML, Burdick JA. Introduction: Polymeric Biomaterials. Chemical reviews. 2021 Sep;121(18):10789–91.
• Kirillova A, Yeazel TR, Asheghali D, Petersen SR, Dort S, Gall K, et al. Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers. Chemical reviews. 2021 Sep;121(18):11238–304.
• Karayilan M, Vakil J, Fowler D, Becker ML, Cox CT. Zooming in on polymer chemistry and designing synthesis of high sulfur-content polymers for virtual undergraduate laboratory experiment. Journal of Chemical Education. 2021 Jun 8;98(6):2062–73.
• Hsu YH, Dove AP, Becker ML. Crosslinked Internal Alkyne-Based Stereo Elastomers: Polymers with Tunable Mechanical Properties. Macromolecules. 2021 May 25;54(10):4649–57.
• Le Fer G, Dilla RA, Wang Z, King J, Chuang SSC, Becker ML. Clustering and Hierarchical Organization of 3D Printed Poly(propylene fumarate)- block-PEG- block-poly(propylene fumarate) ABA Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels. Macromolecules. 2021 Apr 13;54(7):3458–68.
• Brigham NC, Ji R-R, Becker ML. Degradable polymeric vehicles for postoperative pain management. Nat Commun. 2021 Mar 1;12(1):1367.
• Bass GF, Shin Y, Becker ML. Regio-Random Clemmensen Reduction of Biodegradable Polyesters for Photochemically Triggered 3D Printing. Macromolecules. 2021 Feb 9;54(3):1273–80.
• Karayilan M, Clamen L, Becker ML. Polymeric Materials for Eye Surface and Intraocular Applications. Biomacromolecules. 2021 Feb;22(2):223–61.
• Brigham NC, Nofsinger R, Luo X, Dreger NZ, Abel AK, Gustafson TP, et al. Controlled release of etoricoxib from poly(ester urea) films for post-operative pain management. J Control Release. 2021 Jan 10;329:316–27.
• Wandel MB, Bell CA, Yu J, Arno MC, Dreger NZ, Hsu Y-H, et al. Concomitant control of mechanical properties and degradation in resorbable elastomer-like materials using stereochemistry and stoichiometry for soft tissue engineering. Nature communications. 2021 Jan;12(1):446.
• Tutoni G, Becker ML. Underexplored Stereocomplex Polymeric Scaffolds with Improved Thermal and Mechanical Properties. Macromolecules. 2020 Dec 8;53(23):10303–14.
• Sayko R, Wang Z, Liang H, Becker ML, Dobrynin AV. Degradation of Block Copolymer Films Confined in Elastic Media: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules. 2020 Nov 10;53(21):9460–9.
• Yeazel TR, Becker ML. Advancing Toward 3D Printing of Bioresorbable Shape Memory Polymer Stents. Biomacromolecules. 2020 Oct;21(10):3957–65.
• Nikam SP, Nettleton K, Everitt JI, Barton HA, Becker ML. Antibiotic eluting poly(ester urea) films for control of a model cardiac implantable electronic device infection. Acta Biomater. 2020 Jul 15;111:65–79.
• Nikam SP, Chen P, Nettleton K, Hsu Y-H, Becker ML. Zwitterion Surface-Functionalized Thermoplastic Polyurethane for Antifouling Catheter Applications. Biomacromolecules. 2020 Jul;21(7):2714–25.
• Worch JC, Weems AC, Yu J, Arno MC, Wilks TR, Huckstepp RTR, et al. Elastomeric polyamide biomaterials with stereochemically tuneable mechanical properties and shape memory. Nature communications. 2020 Jun;11(1):3250.
• Shin Y, Becker ML. Alternating ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides with saturated and unsaturated cyclic anhydrides: Reduced viscosity poly(propylene fumarate) oligomers for use in cDLP 3D printing. Polymer Chemistry. 2020 May 21;11(19):3313–21.
• Le Fer G, Becker ML. 4D Printing of Resorbable Complex Shape-Memory Poly(propylene fumarate) Star Scaffolds. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2020 May;12(20):22444–52.
• Zhu T, Yang Y, Zheng L, Liu L, Becker ML, Gong X. Solution-Processed Flexible Broadband Photodetectors with Solution-Processed Transparent Polymeric Electrode. Advanced Functional Materials. 2020 Apr 1;30(15).
• Sayko R, Wang Z, Liang H, Becker ML, Dobrynin AV. Degradation of Films of Block Copolymers: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules. 2020 Feb 25;53(4):1270–80.
• Chen K, Nikam SP, Zander ZK, Hsu YH, Dreger NZ, Cakmak M, et al. Continuous Fabrication of Antimicrobial Nanofiber Mats Using Post-Electrospinning Functionalization for Roll-to-Roll Scale-Up. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020 Feb 14;2(2):304–16.
• Abel AK, Dreger NZ, Nettleton K, Gustafson TP, Forster SP, Becker ML. Amino Acid-Based Poly(ester urea)s as a Matrix for Extended Release of Entecavir. Biomacromolecules. 2020 Feb;21(2):946–54.
• Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, Prydderch H, Becker ML, Dove AP. Unsaturated Poly(ester-urethanes) with Stereochemically Dependent Thermomechanical Properties. Macromolecules. 2020 Jan 14;53(1):174–81.
• Bass G, Becker ML, Heath DE, Cooper SL. Polymers: Basic Principles. In: Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. 2020. p. 85–102.
• Wang K, Zheng L, Zhu T, Liu L, Becker ML, Gong X. High performance perovskites solar cells by hybrid perovskites co-crystallized with poly(ethylene oxide). Nano Energy. 2020 Jan 1;67.
• Silantyeva EA, Willits RK, Becker ML. Postfabrication Tethering of Molecular Gradients on Aligned Nanofibers of Functional Poly(ε-caprolactone)s. Biomacromolecules. 2019 Dec;20(12):4494–501.
• Kleinfehn AP, Lammel Lindemann JA, Razvi A, Philip P, Richardson K, Nettleton K, et al. Modulating Bioglass Concentration in 3D Printed Poly(propylene fumarate) Scaffolds for Post-Printing Functionalization with Bioactive Functional Groups. Biomacromolecules. 2019 Dec;20(12):4345–52.
• Dreger NZ, Zander ZK, Hsu Y-H, Luong D, Chen P, Le N, et al. Zwitterionic amino acid-based Poly(ester urea)s suppress adhesion formation in a rat intra-abdominal cecal abrasion model. Biomaterials. 2019 Nov;221:119399.
• Strauss MJ, Asheghali D, Evans AM, Li RL, Chavez AD, Sun C, et al. Cooperative Self‐Assembly of Pyridine‐2,6‐Diimine‐Linked Macrocycles into Mechanically Robust Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie. 2019 Oct 7;131(41):14850–6.
• Motta CMM, Endres KJ, Wesdemiotis C, Willits RK, Becker ML. Enhancing Schwann cell migration using concentration gradients of laminin-derived peptides. Biomaterials. 2019 Oct;218:119335.
• Guerra AJ, Lammel-Lindemann J, Katko A, Kleinfehn A, Rodriguez CA, Catalani LH, et al. Optimization of photocrosslinkable resin components and 3D printing process parameters. Acta biomaterialia. 2019 Oct;97:154–61.
• Strauss MJ, Asheghali D, Evans AM, Li RL, Chavez AD, Sun C, et al. Cooperative Self-Assembly of Pyridine-2,6-Diimine-Linked Macrocycles into Mechanically Robust Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie (International ed in English). 2019 Oct;58(41):14708–14.
• Le Fer G, Luo Y, Becker ML. Poly(propylene fumarate) stars, using architecture to reduce the viscosity of 3D printable resins. Polymer Chemistry. 2019 Sep 14;10(34):4655–64.
• Nettleton K, Luong D, Kleinfehn AP, Savariau L, Premanandan C, Becker ML. Molecular Mass-Dependent Resorption and Bone Regeneration of 3D Printed PPF Scaffolds in a Critical-Sized Rat Cranial Defect Model. Advanced healthcare materials. 2019 Sep;8(17):e1900646.
• Worch JC, Prydderch H, Jimaja S, Bexis P, Becker ML, Dove AP. Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 2019 Sep 1;3(9):514–35.
• Cai Z, Wan Y, Becker ML, Long Y-Z, Dean D. Poly(propylene fumarate)-based materials: Synthesis, functionalization, properties, device fabrication and biomedical applications. Biomaterials. 2019 Jul;208:45–71.
• Xia X, Bass G, Becker ML, Vogt BD. Tuning Cooperative Assembly with Bottlebrush Block Co-polymers for Porous Metal Oxide Films Using Solvent Mixtures. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2019 Jul;35(29):9572–83.
• Luo Y, Le Fer G, Dean D, Becker ML. 3D Printing of Poly(propylene fumarate) Oligomers: Evaluation of Resin Viscosity, Printing Characteristics and Mechanical Properties. Biomacromolecules. 2019 Apr;20(4):1699–708.
• Dilla RA, Motta CMM, Xu Y, Zander ZK, Bernard N, Wiener CG, et al. Mechanically tunable, human mesenchymal stem cell viable poly(ethylene glycol)–oxime hydrogels with invariant precursor composition, concentration, and stoichiometry. Materials Today Chemistry. 2019 Mar 1;11:244–52.
• Philip DL, Silantyeva EA, Becker ML, Willits RK. RGD-Functionalized Nanofibers Increase Early GFAP Expression during Neural Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Biomacromolecules. 2019 Mar;20(3):1443–54.
• Xia X, Qiang Z, Bass G, Becker ML, Vogt BD. Morphological control of hydrothermally synthesized cobalt oxide particles using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone). Colloid and Polymer Science. 2019 Jan 17;297(1):59–67.
• Guerra AJ, Lara-Padilla H, Becker ML, Rodriguez CA, Dean D. Photopolymerizable Resins for 3D-Printing Solid-Cured Tissue Engineered Implants. Current drug targets. 2019 Jan;20(8):823–38.
• Cavanaugh M, Silantyeva E, Koh GP, Malekzadeh E, Lanzinger WD, Willits RK, et al. RGD-modified nanofibers enhance outcomes in rats after sciatic nerve injury. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 2019 Jan 1;10(2).
• Dreger NZ, Fan Z, Zander ZK, Tantisuwanno C, Haines MC, Waggoner M, et al. Amino acid-based Poly(ester urea) copolymer films for hernia-repair applications. Biomaterials. 2018 Nov;182:44–57.
• Chen K, Dreger NZ, Peng F, Vogt BD, Becker ML, Cakmak M. Nonlinear Mechano-Optical Behavior and Strain-Induced Structural Changes of l -Valine-Based Poly(ester urea)s. Macromolecules. 2018 Oct 23;51(20):8114–26.
• Dilla RA, Motta CMM, Snyder SR, Wilson JA, Wesdemiotis C, Becker ML. Synthesis and 3D Printing of PEG-Poly(propylene fumarate) Diblock and Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels. ACS Macro Letters. 2018 Oct 16;7(10):1254–60.
• Zander ZK, Chen P, Hsu Y-H, Dreger NZ, Savariau L, McRoy WC, et al. Post-fabrication QAC-functionalized thermoplastic polyurethane for contact-killing catheter applications. Biomaterials. 2018 Sep;178:339–50.
• Chen Y, Wilson JA, Petersen SR, Luong D, Sallam S, Mao J, et al. Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Maleic Anhydride with Functional Epoxides: Poly(propylene fumarate) Analogues Capable of Post-Polymerization Modification. Angewandte Chemie (International ed in English). 2018 Sep;57(39):12759–64.
• Petersen SR, Wilson JA, Becker ML. Versatile Ring-Opening Copolymerization and Postprinting Functionalization of Lactone and Poly(propylene fumarate) Block Copolymers: Resorbable Building Blocks for Additive Manufacturing. Macromolecules. 2018 Aug 28;51(16):6202–8.
• Deming TJ, Klok H-A, Armes SP, Becker ML, Champion JA, Chen EY-X, et al. Polymers at the Interface with Biology. Biomacromolecules. 2018 Aug;19(8):3151–62.
• Arno MC, Brannigan RP, Policastro GM, Becker ML, Dove AP. pH-Responsive, Functionalizable Spyrocyclic Polycarbonate: A Versatile Platform for Biocompatible Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules. 2018 Aug;19(8):3427–34.
• Childers EP, Dreger NZ, Ellenberger AB, Wandel MB, Domino K, Xu Y, et al. Enhanced Rotator-Cuff Repair Using Platelet-Rich Plasma Adsorbed on Branched Poly(ester urea)s. Biomacromolecules. 2018 Jul;19(7):3129–39.
• Silantyeva EA, Nasir W, Carpenter J, Manahan O, Becker ML, Willits RK. Accelerated neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells on aligned GYIGSR-functionalized nanofibers. Acta biomaterialia. 2018 Jul;75:129–39.
• Dreger NZ, Wandel MB, Robinson LL, Luong D, Søndergaard CS, Hiles M, et al. Preclinical in Vitro and in Vivo Assessment of Linear and Branched l -Valine-Based Poly(ester urea)s for Soft Tissue Applications. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 2018 Apr 9;4(4):1346–56.
• Li H, Zheng J, Wang H, Becker ML, Leipzig ND. Neural stem cell encapsulation and differentiation in strain promoted crosslinked polyethylene glycol-based hydrogels. Journal of biomaterials applications. 2018 Apr;32(9):1222–30.
• Zander ZK, Becker ML. Antimicrobial and Antifouling Strategies for Polymeric Medical Devices. ACS macro letters. 2018 Jan;7(1):16–25.
• Wilson JA, Luong D, Kleinfehn AP, Sallam S, Wesdemiotis C, Becker ML. Magnesium Catalyzed Polymerization of End Functionalized Poly(propylene maleate) and Poly(propylene fumarate) for 3D Printing of Bioactive Scaffolds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2018 Jan;140(1):277–84.
• Sallam S, Luo Y, Becker ML, Wesdemiotis C. Multidimensional mass spectrometry characterization of isomeric biodegradable polyesters. European journal of mass spectrometry (Chichester, England). 2017 Dec;23(6):402–10.
• Yu J, Xu Y, Li S, Seifert GV, Becker ML. Three-Dimensional Printing of Nano Hydroxyapatite/Poly(ester urea) Composite Scaffolds with Enhanced Bioactivity. Biomacromolecules. 2017 Dec;18(12):4171–83.
• Peterson GI, Dobrynin AV, Becker ML. Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers in Medicine. Advanced healthcare materials. 2017 Nov;6(21).
• Li S, Xu Y, Yu J, Becker ML. Enhanced osteogenic activity of poly(ester urea) scaffolds using facile post-3D printing peptide functionalization strategies. Biomaterials. 2017 Oct;141:176–87.
• Bhagat V, Becker ML. Degradable Adhesives for Surgery and Tissue Engineering. Biomacromolecules. 2017 Oct;18(10):3009–39.
• Xu Y, Luong D, Walker JM, Dean D, Becker ML. Modification of Poly(propylene fumarate)-Bioglass Composites with Peptide Conjugates to Enhance Bioactivity. Biomacromolecules. 2017 Oct;18(10):3168–77.
• Gao Y, Xu Y, Land A, Harris J, Policastro GM, Childers EP, et al. Sustained release of recombinant human growth hormone from bioresorbable poly(ester urea) nanofibers. ACS Macro Letters. 2017 Aug 15;6(8):875–80.
• Peterson GI, Childers EP, Li H, Dobrynin AV, Becker ML. Tunable Shape Memory Polymers from α-Amino Acid-Based Poly(ester urea)s. Macromolecules. 2017 Jun 13;50(11):4300–8.
• Walker JM, Bodamer E, Kleinfehn A, Luo Y, Becker M, Dean D. Design and mechanical characterization of solid and highly porous 3D printed poly(propylene fumarate) scaffolds. Progress in Additive Manufacturing. 2017 Jun 1;2(1–2):99–108.
• Walker JM, Bodamer E, Krebs O, Luo Y, Kleinfehn A, Becker ML, et al. Effect of Chemical and Physical Properties on the In Vitro Degradation of 3D Printed High Resolution Poly(propylene fumarate) Scaffolds. Biomacromolecules. 2017 Apr;18(4):1419–25.
• Chen K, Yu J, Guzman G, Es-Haghi SS, Becker ML, Cakmak M. Role of Hydrogen Bonding on Nonlinear Mechano-Optical Behavior of l-Phenylalanine-Based Poly(ester urea)s. Macromolecules. 2017 Feb 14;50(3):1075–84.
• Vega SL, Liu E, Arvind V, Bushman J, Sung H-J, Becker ML, et al. High-content image informatics of the structural nuclear protein NuMA parses trajectories for stem/progenitor cell lineages and oncogenic transformation. Experimental cell research. 2017 Feb;351(1):11–23.
• Kim JJ, Bennett NK, Devita MS, Chahar S, Viswanath S, Lee EA, et al. Optical High Content Nanoscopy of Epigenetic Marks Decodes Phenotypic Divergence in Stem Cells. Scientific reports. 2017 Jan;7:39406.
• Xia Y, Qiang Z, Lee B, Becker ML, Vogt BD. Solid state microwave synthesis of highly crystalline ordered mesoporous hausmannite Mn3O4 films. CrystEngComm. 2017 Jan 1;19(30):4294–303.
• Alalwiat A, Tang W, Gerişlioğlu S, Becker ML, Wesdemiotis C. Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Characterization of Bioactive Peptide-Synthetic Polymer Conjugates. Analytical chemistry. 2017 Jan;89(2):1170–7.
• Zhou J, Bhagat V, Becker ML. Poly(ester urea)-Based Adhesives: Improved Deployment and Adhesion by Incorporation of Poly(propylene glycol) Segments. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2016 Dec 14;8(49):33423–9.
• Peterson GI, Dobrynin AV, Becker ML. α-Amino Acid-Based Poly(Ester urea)s as Multishape Memory Polymers for Biomedical Applications. ACS Macro Letters. 2016 Oct 18;5(10):1176–9.
• Bell CA, Yu J, Barker IA, Truong VX, Cao Z, Dobrinyin AV, et al. Independent Control of Elastomer Properties through Stereocontrolled Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2016 Oct 10;55(42):13076–80.
• Wade MB, Rodenberg E, Patel U, Shah B, Becker ML. Influence of Sterilization Technologies on Electrospun Poly(ester urea)s for Soft Tissue Repair. Biomacromolecules. 2016 Oct;17(10):3363–74.
• Childers EP, Peterson GI, Ellenberger AB, Domino K, Seifert GV, Becker ML. Adhesion of Blood Plasma Proteins and Platelet-rich Plasma on l-Valine-Based Poly(ester urea). Biomacromolecules. 2016 Oct;17(10):3396–403.
• Gao Y, Yi T, Shinoka T, Lee YU, Reneker DH, Breuer CK, et al. Pilot Mouse Study of 1 mm Inner Diameter (ID) Vascular Graft Using Electrospun Poly(ester urea) Nanofibers. Advanced healthcare materials. 2016 Sep;5(18):2427–36.
• Bhagat V, O’Brien E, Zhou J, Becker ML. Caddisfly Inspired Phosphorylated Poly(ester urea)-Based Degradable Bone Adhesives. Biomacromolecules. 2016 Sep;17(9):3016–24.
• Castano M, Alvarez A, Becker ML, Puskas JE. Synthesis of polyisobutylene-polycaprolactone block copolymers using enzyme catalysis. Express Polymer Letters. 2016 Aug 1;10(8):693–700.
• Qiang Z, Ye C, Lin K, Becker ML, Cavicchi KA, Vogt BD. Evolution in surface morphology during rapid microwave annealing of PS-b-PMMA thin films. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. 2016 Aug 1;54(15):1499–506.
• Li X, Murthy NS, Becker ML, Latour RA. Multiscale approach for the construction of equilibrated all-atom models of a poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogel. Biointerphases. 2016 Jun;11(2):021002.
• Policastro GM, Becker ML. Osteogenic growth peptide and its use as a bio-conjugate in regenerative medicine applications. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology. 2016 May;8(3):449–64.
• Ma Y, Policastro GM, Li Q, Zheng J, Jacquet R, Landis WJ, et al. Concentration-Dependent hMSC Differentiation on Orthogonal Concentration Gradients of GRGDS and BMP-2 Peptides. Biomacromolecules. 2016 Apr;17(4):1486–95.
• Zander ZK, Wang F, Becker ML, Weiss RA. Ionomers for Tunable Softening of Thermoplastic Polyurethane. Macromolecules. 2016 Feb 9;49(3):926–34.
• Luo Y, Dolder CK, Walker JM, Mishra R, Dean D, Becker ML. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Well-Defined Poly(propylene fumarate) Oligomers and Their Use in 3D Printed Scaffolds. Biomacromolecules. 2016 Feb;17(2):690–7.
• Zander ZK, Hua G, Wiener CG, Vogt BD, Becker ML. Control of Mesh Size and Modulus by Kinetically Dependent Cross-Linking in Hydrogels. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2015 Oct;27(40):6283–8.
• Gao Y, Childers EP, Becker ML. L -Leucine-Based Poly(ester urea)s for Vascular Tissue Engineering. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 2015 Sep 14;1(9):795–804.
• Liu K, Chen YM, Policastro GM, Becker ML, Zhu Y. Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Graphene Monolith from Polymer Templates. ACS Nano. 2015 Jun 23;9(6):6041–9.
• Yu J, Lin F, Becker ML. Branched amino acid based poly(ester urea)s with tunable thermal and water uptake properties. Macromolecules. 2015 May 12;48(9):2916–24.
• Zhou J, Mishra K, Bhagat V, Joy A, Becker ML. Thermoresponsive dual emission nanosensor based on quantum dots and dye labeled poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Polymer Chemistry. 2015 Apr 21;6(15):2813–6.
• Policastro GM, Lin F, Smith Callahan LA, Esterle A, Graham M, Sloan Stakleff K, et al. OGP functionalized phenylalanine-based poly(ester urea) for enhancing osteoinductive potential of human mesenchymal stem cells. Biomacromolecules. 2015 Apr;16(4):1358–71.
• Zhang Y, Bhaway SM, Wang Y, Cavicchi KA, Becker ML, Vogt BD. Rapid (<3 min) microwave synthesis of block copolymer templated ordered mesoporous metal oxide and carbonate films using nitrate-citric acid systems. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2015 Mar;51(24):4997–5000.
• Defante AP, Burai TN, Becker ML, Dhinojwala A. Consequences of water between two hydrophobic surfaces on adhesion and wetting. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2015 Mar;31(8):2398–406.
• Castano M, Seo KS, Guo K, Becker ML, Wesdemiotis C, Puskas JE. Green polymer chemistry: Synthesis of symmetric and asymmetric telechelic ethylene glycol oligomers. Polymer Chemistry. 2015 Feb 21;6(7):1137–42.
• Zheng J, Hua G, Yu J, Lin F, Wade MB, Reneker DH, et al. Post-electrospinning "triclick" functionalization of degradable polymer nanofibers. ACS Macro Letters. 2015 Feb 17;4(2):207–13.
• Childers EP, Wang MO, Becker ML, Fisher JP, Dean D. 3D printing of resorbable poly(propylene fumarate) tissue engineering scaffolds. MRS Bulletin. 2015 Feb 12;40(2):119–26.
• Li S, Yu J, Wade MB, Policastro GM, Becker ML. Radiopaque, iodine functionalized, phenylalanine-based poly(ester urea)s. Biomacromolecules. 2015 Feb;16(2):615–24.
• Zhou J, Defante AP, Lin F, Xu Y, Yu J, Gao Y, et al. Adhesion properties of catechol-based biodegradable amino acid-based poly(ester urea) copolymers inspired from mussel proteins. Biomacromolecules. 2015 Jan;16(1):266–74.
• Zheng J, Kontoveros D, Lin F, Hua G, Reneker DH, Becker ML, et al. Enhanced Schwann cell attachment and alignment using one-pot "dual click" GRGDS and YIGSR derivatized nanofibers. Biomacromolecules. 2015 Jan;16(1):357–63.
• Tang W, Policastro GM, Hua G, Guo K, Zhou J, Wesdemiotis C, et al. Bioactive surface modification of metal oxides via catechol-bearing modular peptides: multivalent-binding, surface retention, and peptide bioactivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014 Nov;136(46):16357–67.
• Zheng J, Chen Y, Karim A, Becker ML. Dopamine-based copper-free click kit for efficient surface functionalization. ACS Macro Letters. 2014 Oct 21;3(10):1084–7.
• Castano M, Becker ML, Puskas JE. New method for the synthesis of fully aliphatic telechelic α,ω-dihydroxy-polyisobutylene. Polymer Chemistry. 2014 Sep 21;5(18):5436–42.
• Castano M, Zheng J, Puskas JE, Becker ML. Enzyme-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone using alkyne functionalized initiators. Polymer Chemistry. 2014 Mar 21;5(6):1891–6.
• Yu J, Lin F, Lin P, Gao Y, Becker ML. Phenylalanine-based poly(ester urea): Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro degradation. Macromolecules. 2014 Jan 14;47(1):121–9.
• Seo KS, Castano M, Casiano M, Wesdemiotis C, Becker ML, Puskas JE. Enzyme-catalyzed quantitative chain-end functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol)s under solventless conditions. RSC Advances. 2014 Jan 1;4(4):1683–8.
• Tang W, Becker ML. "Click" reactions: a versatile toolbox for the synthesis of peptide-conjugates. Chemical Society reviews. 2014 Jan;43(20):7013–39.
• Lin F, Yu J, Tang W, Zheng J, Xie S, Becker ML. Postelectrospinning "click" modification of degradable amino acid-based poly(ester urea) nanofibers. Macromolecules. 2013 Dec 23;46(24):9515–25.
• Liu X, Zhou J, Zheng J, Becker ML, Gong X. Water-soluble CdTe quantum dots as an anode interlayer for solution-processed near infrared polymer photodetectors. Nanoscale. 2013 Dec 2;5(24):12474–9.
• Callahan LAS, Xie S, Barker IA, Zheng J, Reneker DH, Dove AP, et al. Directed differentiation and neurite extension of mouse embryonic stem cell on aligned poly(lactide) nanofibers functionalized with YIGSR peptide. Biomaterials. 2013 Dec;34(36):9089–95.
• Li Y, Wang Z, Zheng J, Su H, Lin F, Guo K, et al. Cascading one-pot synthesis of single-tailed and asymmetric multitailed giant surfactants. ACS Macro Letters. 2013 Nov 19;2(11):1026–32.
• Lin F, Yu J, Tang W, Zheng J, Defante A, Guo K, et al. Peptide-functionalized oxime hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties and gelation behavior. Biomacromolecules. 2013 Oct;14(10):3749–58.
• Castano M, Seo KS, Kim EH, Becker ML, Puskas JE. Green polymer chemistry VIII: synthesis of halo-ester-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)s via enzymatic catalysis. Macromolecular rapid communications. 2013 Sep;34(17):1375–80.
• Tang W, Ma Y, Xie S, Guo K, Katzenmeyer B, Wesdemiotis C, et al. Valency-dependent affinity of bioactive hydroxyapatite-binding dendrons. Biomacromolecules. 2013 Sep;14(9):3304–13.
• Smith Callahan LA, Policastro GM, Bernard SL, Childers EP, Boettcher R, Becker ML. Influence of discrete and continuous culture conditions on human mesenchymal stem cell lineage choice in RGD concentration gradient hydrogels. Biomacromolecules. 2013 Sep;14(9):3047–54.
• Su H, Zheng J, Wang Z, Lin F, Feng X, Dong XH, et al. Sequential triple "click" approach toward polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based multiheaded and multitailed giant surfactants. ACS Macro Letters. 2013 Aug 20;2(8):645–50.
• Lin F, Zheng J, Yu J, Zhou J, Becker ML. Cascading "Triclick" functionalization of poly(caprolactone) thin films quantified via a quartz crystal microbalance. Biomacromolecules. 2013 Aug;14(8):2857–65.
• Smith Callahan LA, Childers EP, Bernard SL, Weiner SD, Becker ML. Maximizing phenotype constraint and extracellular matrix production in primary human chondrocytes using arginine-glycine-aspartate concentration gradient hydrogels. Acta biomaterialia. 2013 Jul;9(7):7420–8.
• Bandyopadhyay D, Singh G, Becker ML, Karim A. Capillary wave confinement-induced stabilization of polymer films. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2013 May 22;5(10):4006–10.
• Zhou J, Xie S, Amond EF, Becker ML. Tuning energy levels of low bandgap semi-random two acceptor copolymers. Macromolecules. 2013 May 14;46(9):3391–4.
• Smith Callahan LA, Ma Y, Stafford CM, Becker ML. Concentration dependent neural differentiation and neurite extension of mouse ESC on primary amine-derivatized surfaces. Biomaterials Science. 2013 May 1;1(5):537–44.
• Zheng J, Xie S, Lin F, Hua G, Yu T, Reneker DH, et al. 4-Dibenzocyclooctynol (DIBO) as an initiator for poly(ε-caprolactone): Copper-free clickable polymer and nanofiber-based scaffolds. Polymer Chemistry. 2013 Apr 7;4(7):2215–8.
• Callahan LAS, Ganios AM, Childers EP, Weiner SD, Becker ML. Primary human chondrocyte extracellular matrix formation and phenotype maintenance using RGD-derivatized PEGDM hydrogels possessing a continuous Young's modulus gradient. Acta biomaterialia. 2013 Apr;9(4):6095–104.
• Ma Y, Zheng J, Amond EF, Stafford CM, Becker ML. Facile fabrication of "dual click" one- and two-dimensional orthogonal peptide concentration gradients. Biomacromolecules. 2013 Mar;14(3):665–71.
• Stakleff KS, Lin F, Smith Callahan LA, Wade MB, Esterle A, Miller J, et al. Resorbable, amino acid-based poly(ester urea)s crosslinked with osteogenic growth peptide with enhanced mechanical properties and bioactivity. Acta biomaterialia. 2013 Feb;9(2):5132–42.
• Rao T, Singh G, Xie S, Karim A, Becker ML. 2-D gold nanoparticle arrays from thermally directed self-assembly of peptide-derivatized block copolymers. Soft Matter. 2013 Jan 1;9(33):8023–32.
• Zheng J, Liu K, Reneker DH, Becker ML. Post-assembly derivatization of electrospun nanofibers via strain-promoted azide alkyne cycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2012 Oct;134(41):17274–7.
• Vega SL, Liu E, Patel PJ, Kulesa AB, Carlson AL, Ma Y, et al. High-content imaging-based screening of microenvironment-induced changes to stem cells. Journal of biomolecular screening. 2012 Oct;17(9):1151–62.
• Zartman GD, Cheng S, Li X, Lin F, Becker ML, Wang SQ. How melt-stretching affects mechanical behavior of polymer glasses. Macromolecules. 2012 Aug 28;45(16):6719–32.
• Zheng J, Smith Callahan LA, Hao J, Guo K, Wesdemiotis C, Weiss RA, et al. Strain-promoted cross-linking of PEG-based hydrogels via copper- free cycloaddition. ACS Macro Letters. 2012 Aug 21;1(8):1071–3.
• Callahan LAS, Ganios AM, McBurney DL, Dilisio MF, Weiner SD, Horton WE, et al. ECM production of primary human and bovine chondrocytes in hybrid PEG hydrogels containing type I collagen and hyaluronic acid. Biomacromolecules. 2012 May;13(5):1625–31.
• Rao T, Dong XH, Katzenmeyer BC, Wesdemiotis C, Cheng SZD, Becker ML. High-fidelity fabrication of Au-polymer Janus nanoparticles using a solution template approach. Soft Matter. 2012 Mar 14;8(10):2965–71.
• Moore NM, Becker ML. Bioactive Self-Assembled Monolayer Gradients. In: Soft Matter Gradient Surfaces: Methods and Applications. 2012. p. 329–63.
• Yu J, Becker ML, Carri GA. The influence of amino acid sequence and functionality on the binding process of peptides onto gold surfaces. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2012 Jan;28(2):1408–17.
• Moore NM, Lin NJ, Gallant ND, Becker ML. Synergistic enhancement of human bone marrow stromal cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation on BMP-2-derived and RGD peptide concentration gradients. Acta biomaterialia. 2011 May;7(5):2091–100.
• Fagan JA, Bauer BJ, Hobbie EK, Becker ML, Hight Walker AR, Simpson JR, et al. Carbon nanotubes: measuring dispersion and length. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2011 Jan;23(3):338–48.
• Weiger MC, Aamer K, Kohn J, Becker ML. Advancing SPRi measurements with novel biosensors for studying surface-biomolecule interactions. In: ACS Symposium Series. 2010. p. 109–24.
• Acharya AP, Dolgova NV, Moore NM, Xia C-Q, Clare-Salzler MJ, Becker ML, et al. The modulation of dendritic cell integrin binding and activation by RGD-peptide density gradient substrates. Biomaterials. 2010 Oct;31(29):7444–54.
• Yu J, Becker ML, Carri GA. A molecular dynamics simulation of the stability-limited growth mechanism of peptide-mediated gold-nanoparticle synthesis. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2010 Oct;6(20):2242–5.
• Weiger MC, Park JJ, Roy MD, Stafford CM, Karim A, Becker ML. Quantification of the binding affinity of a specific hydroxyapatite binding peptide. Biomaterials. 2010 Apr;31(11):2955–63.
• Park JJ, Weiger MC, Lacerda SHDP, Pristinski D, Becker ML, Douglas JF, et al. Characterization of non-equilibrium nanoparticle adsorption on a model biological substrate. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2010 Apr;26(7):4822–30.
• Moore NM, Lin NJ, Gallant ND, Becker ML. The use of immobilized osteogenic growth peptide on gradient substrates synthesized via click chemistry to enhance MC3T3-E1 osteoblast proliferation. Biomaterials. 2010 Mar;31(7):1604–11.
• Bailey MM, Mahoney CM, Dempah KE, Davis JM, Becker ML, Khondee S, et al. Fluorinated copolymer nanoparticles for multimodal imaging applications. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2010 Jan 4;31(1):87–92.
• Lacerda SHDP, Park JJ, Meuse C, Pristinski D, Becker ML, Karim A, et al. Interaction of gold nanoparticles with common human blood proteins. ACS nano. 2010 Jan;4(1):365–79.
• Simpson JR, Fagan JA, Becker ML, Hobbie EK, Hight Walker AR. The effect of dispersant on defects in length-separated single-wall carbon nanotubes measured by Raman spectroscopy. Carbon. 2009 Nov 1;47(14):3238–41.
• Jakupciak JP, Gallant ND, Smith AH, Becker ML, Tona A, Atha DH. Improved methods and standards for telomerase detection: quantitative histopathology using antibody staining. Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission. 2009 Oct;84(5):195–206.
• Stanley SK, Becker ML, Lin EK, Wu W-L. Inhibitory effects of a phage-derived peptide on Au nanocrystal nucleation and growth. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2009 Sep;25(18):10886–92.
• Aamer KA, Genson KL, Kohn J, Becker ML. Impact of polymer-bound iodine on fibronectin adsorption and osteoblast cell morphology in radiopaque medical polymers: tyrosine-derived polycarbonate blends as a model system. Biomacromolecules. 2009 Sep;10(9):2418–26.
• Liu E, Treiser MD, Patel H, Sung H-J, Roskov KE, Kohn J, et al. High-content profiling of cell responsiveness to graded substrates based on combinyatorially variant polymers. Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening. 2009 Aug;12(7):646–55.
• Aamer KA, Stafford CM, Richter LJ, Kohn J, Becker ML. Thin film elastic modulus of degradable tyrosine-derived polycarbonate biomaterials and their blends. Macromolecules. 2009 Feb 24;42(4):1212–8.
• Hobbie EK, Fagan JA, Becker ML, Hudson SD, Fakhri N, Pasquali M. Self-assembly of ordered nanowires in biological suspensions of single-wall carbon nanotubes. ACS nano. 2009 Jan;3(1):189–96.
• Fagan JA, Becker ML, Chun J, Nie P, Bauer BJ, Simpson JR, et al. Centrifugal length separation of carbon nanotubes. Langmuir. 2008 Dec 16;24(24):13880–9.
• Gallant ND, Amis EJ, Becker ML. Bioactive surface gradients for combinatorial studies of cell adhesion. In: 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008. 2008. p. 744.
• Becker ML, Roy MD, Stanley SK, Amis EJ. Identification of a highly-specific hydroxyapatite-binding peptide using phage display. In: 8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008. 2008. p. 1903.
• Yang Y, Bolikal D, Becker ML, Kohn J, Zeiger DN, Simon CG. Combinatorial polymer scaffold libraries for screening cell-biomaterial interactions in 3D. Advanced Materials. 2008 Jun 4;20(11):2037–43.
• Morgan AW, Roskov KE, Lin-Gibson S, Kaplan DL, Becker ML, Simon CG. Characterization and optimization of RGD-containing silk blends to support osteoblastic differentiation. Biomaterials. 2008 Jun;29(16):2556–63.
• Roy MD, Stanley SK, Amis EJ, Becker ML. Identification of a highly specific hydroxyapatite-binding peptide using phage display. Advanced Materials. 2008 May 19;20(10):1830–6.
• Roy MD, Herzing AA, De Paoli Lacerda SH, Becker ML. Emission-tunable microwave synthesis of highly luminescent water soluble CdSe/ZnS quantum dots. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2008 May;(18):2106–8.
• Haggenmueller R, Rahatekar SS, Fagan JA, Chun J, Becker ML, Naik RR, et al. Comparison of the quality of aqueous dispersions of single wall carbon nanotubes using surfactants and biomolecules. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2008 May;24(9):5070–8.
• Yang Y, Dorsey SM, Becker ML, Lin-Gibson S, Schumacher GE, Flaim GM, et al. X-ray imaging optimization of 3D tissue engineering scaffolds via combinatorial fabrication methods. Biomaterials. 2008 Apr;29(12):1901–11.
• Bauer BJ, Becker ML, Bajpai V, Fagan JA, Hobbie EK, Migler K, et al. Measurement of single-wall nanotube dispersion by size exclusion chromatography. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2007 Dec 6;111(48):17914–8.
• De Paoli Lacerda SH, Douglas JF, Hudson SD, Roy M, Johnson JM, Becker ML, et al. Quantum Mazes: Luminescent Labyrinthine Semiconductor Nanocrystals Having a Narrow Emission Spectrum. ACS Nano. 2007 Nov 1;1(4):337–47.
• Fagan JA, Simpson JR, Bauer BJ, Lacerda SHDP, Becker ML, Chun J, et al. Length-dependent optical effects in single-wall carbon nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2007 Aug 29;129(34):10607–12.
• Simon CG, Stephens JS, Dorsey SM, Becker ML. Fabrication of combinatorial polymer scaffold libraries. The Review of scientific instruments. 2007 Jul;78(7):072207.
• Becker ML, Fagan JA, Gallant ND, Bauer BJ, Bajpai V, Hobbie EK, et al. Length-dependent uptake of DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes. Advanced Materials. 2007 Apr 6;19(7):939–45.
• Gallant ND, Lavery KA, Amis EJ, Becker ML. Universal gradient substrates for "click" biofunctionalization. Advanced Materials. 2007 Apr 6;19(7):965–9.
• Lin NJ, Bailey LO, Becker ML, Washburn NR, Henderson LA. Macrophage response to methacrylate conversion using a gradient approach. Acta biomaterialia. 2007 Mar;3(2):163–73.
• Bauer BJ, Hobbie EK, Becker ML. Small-angle neutron scattering from labeled single-wall carbon nanotubes. Macromolecules. 2006 Apr 4;39(7):2637–42.
• Bailey LO, Becker ML, Stephens JS, Gallant ND, Mahoney CM, Washburn NR, et al. Cellular response to phase-separated blends of tyrosine-derived polycarbonates. Journal of biomedical materials research Part A. 2006 Mar;76(3):491–502.
• Fry D, Langhorst B, Wang H, Becker ML, Bauer BJ, Grulke EA, et al. Rheo-optical studies of carbon nanotube suspensions. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2006 Feb 13;124(5).
• Bauer BJ, Bajpai V, Fagan JA, Becker ML, Hobbie EK. Chromatographic separation of single wall carbon nanotubes. In: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 2006. p. 82–8.
• Hobbie EK, Bauer BJ, Stephens J, Becker ML, McGuiggan P, Hudson SD, et al. Colloidal particles coated and stabilized by DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 2005 Nov;21(23):10284–7.
• Sun X, Rossin R, Turner JL, Becker ML, Joralemon MJ, Welch MJ, et al. An assessment of the effects of shell cross-linked nanoparticle size, core composition, and surface PEGylation on in vivo biodistribution. Biomacromolecules. 2005 Sep;6(5):2541–54.
• Turner JL, Becker ML, Li X, Taylor JSA, Wooley KL. PNA-directed solution- And surface-assembly of shell crosslinked (SCK) nanoparticle conjugates. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2005 Jun 14;15(22):69–78.
• Hammouda B, Horkay F, Becker ML. Clustering and solvation in poly(acrylic acid) polyelectrolyte solutions. Macromolecules. 2005 Mar 8;38(5):2019–21.
• Becker ML, Liu J, Wooley KL. Functionalized micellar assemblies prepared via block copolymers synthesized by living free radical polymerization upon peptide-loaded resins. Biomacromolecules. 2005 Jan;6(1):220–8.
• Becker ML, Bailey LO, Wooley KL. Peptide-derivatized shell-cross-linked nanoparticles. 2. Biocompatibility evaluation. Bioconjugate chemistry. 2004 Jul;15(4):710–7.
• Becker ML, Remsen EE, Pan D, Wooley KL. Peptide-derivatized shell-cross-linked nanoparticles. 1. Synthesis and characterization. Bioconjugate chemistry. 2004 Jul;15(4):699–709.
• Joralemon MJ, Murthy KS, Remsen EE, Becker ML, Wooley KL. Synthesis, characterization, and bioavailability of mannosylated shell cross-linked nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules. 2004 May;5(3):903–13.
• Becker ML, Liu J, Wooley KL. Erratum: Peptide-polymer bioconjugates: Hybrid block copolymers generated via living radical polymerizations from resin-supported peptides (Chemical Communications 2003 (180)). Chemical Communications. 2003 Mar 21;(6):802.
• Becker ML, Liu J, Wooley KL. Peptide-polymer bioconjugates: hybrid block copolymers generated via living radical polymerizations from resin-supported peptides. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2003 Jan;(2):180–1.
• Becker ML, Joralemon MJ, Liu J, Ma Q, Murthy KS, Qi K, et al. Synthetic methodologies for the surface derivatization of shell crosslinked nanoparticles. In: American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry. 2002. p. 323.
• Becker ML, Joralemon MJ, Remsen EE, Endres PJ, Cegelski L, Huang H, et al. Biocompatible surface functionalized shell crosslinked nanoparticles for use in biological applications. In: American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry. 2002. p. 682–3.
• Becker ML, Remsen EE, Wooley KL. Diblock copolymers, micelles, and shell-crosslinked nanoparticles containing poly(4-fluorostyrene): Tools for detailed analyses of nanostructured materials. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 2001 Dec 1;39(23):4152–66.
• Becker ML, Wooley KL. Radical-based preparation of block copolymers containing fluorine tags: tools for detailed analysis of nanostructured materials. In: American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry. 2000. p. 1328–9.

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