Publications

24. Paul, J. E.; Gao, Y.; Go, Y. K.; Rodriguez-Koett, L.; Sharma, A.; Chen, M.; Lessard, J. J.; Topkaya, T.; Moore, J. S.; Leal, C.; Geubelle, P. H.; Sottos, N. R. Controlled Patterning of Crystalline Domains by Frontal Polymerization, Nature 2024, 634, 85–90.

23. Bistri, D.; Arretche, I.; Lessard, J. J.; Rongy, L.; Zakoworotny, M.; Vyas, S.; Tawfick, S. H.; Gomez-Bombarelli, R.; Moore, J. S.; Geubelle, P. H. A Mechanism-Based Reaction-Diffusion Model for Accelerated Discovery of Thermoset Resins Frontally Polymerized by Olefin Metathesis, Journal of American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 21877–21888.

22. Xu, Z.; Chua, L.; Singhal, A.; Krishnan, P.; Lessard, J. J.; Suslick, B. A.; Chen, V.; Sottos, N. R.;Gomez-Bombarelli, R.; Moore, J. S. Reactive Processing of Furan-Based Monomers via Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization for High Performance Materials, Advanced Materials 2024, 2405736.

21. McFadden, T. P.; Cope, R.; Muhlestein, R.; Layton, D.; Lessard, J. J.; Moore, J. S.; Sigman, M. S. Using Data Science Tools to Reveal and Understand Subtle Relationships of Inhibitor Structure in Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Journal of American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 16375–16380.

20. Bui, A. H.; Pulle A. F.; Micallef, A.; Lessard, J. J.; Tuten, B. T. Selenium Crosslinks for Supramolecular Networks,Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 136, e202404474.

19. Lessard, J. J.;* Mejia, E. B.; Kim, A. J.; Zhang, Z.; Berkey, M. G.; Medina-Barreto, Z. S.; Ewoldt, R. H.; Sottos, N. R.;Moore, J. S.* Unraveling Reactivity Differences: Room Temperature Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) vs. Frontal ROMP, Journal of American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 7216–7221.

18. Wang, H; Suslick, B. A.; Saengow, C.; Lessard, J. J.; Yu, C; Ewoldt, R. H.; Moore, J. S. Frontal Polymerization of Stereoisomers: Distinct Microstructures and Properties in Endo- and Exo-Dicyclopentadiene Thermosets, Macromolecules 2024, 57, 142–149.

17. Stewart, K. A.; Lessard, J. J.; Cantor, A.; Rynk, J. F.;Sumerlin, B. S. High-Performance Polyimine Vitrimers from an Aromatic Bio-Based Scaffold, RSC Applied Polymers 2023, 1, 10–18.

16. Stewart, K. A.; Dellelis, D. D.; Lessard, J. J.; Rynk, J. F.;Sumerlin, B. S. Dynamic Ablative Networks: Shapeable Heat-Shielding Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 25212–25223.

15. Alzate‐Sanchez, D. M.; Yu, C.; Lessard, J. J.; Paul, J. E.; Sottos, N. R.; Moore, J. S. Rapid, Controlled Synthesis of Large Polymers by Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization,Macromolecules 2023, 56, 1527–1533.

14. Lessard, J. J.;^‡ Stewart, K. A.;^‡ Sumerlin, B. S. Controlling Dynamics of Associative Networks through Primary Chain Length, Macromolecules 2022, 55, 10052–10061.

13. Davydovich, O.; Paul, J. E.; Feist, J. D.; En Aw, J.; Balta, J.; Lessard, J. J.; Tawfick, S.; Xia, Y.; Sottos, N. R.; Moore, J. S. Frontal Polymerization of Dihydrofuran Comonomer Facilitates Thermoset Deconstruction, Chemistry of Materials 2022, 34, 8790–8797.

12. Lessard, J. J.; Kaur, P.; Paul, J. E.; Chang, K. M.; Sottos, N. R.;Moore, J. S. Switching Frontal Polymerization Mechanisms: FROMP and FRaP, ACS Macro Letters 2022, 11, 1097–1101.

11. Mondal, S.;^‡ Lessard, J. J.;^‡ Meena, C.; Sanjayan, S. J.; Sumerlin, B. S. Janus Cross-links in Supramolecular Networks, Journal of American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 845–853.

10. Olson, R. A.; Levi, J. S.; Scheutz, G. M; Lessard, J. J.; Figg, C. A.;Sumerlin, B. S. Macromolecular Photocatalyst for Synthesis and Purification of Protein−Polymer Conjugates, Macromolecules 2021, 54, 4880–4888.

9. Lessard, J. J.;^‡ Scheutz, G. M.;^‡ Korpusik, A. B.; Olson, R. A.; Figg, C. A.;Sumerlin, B. S. Self-Catalyzing Photoredox Polymerization for Recyclable Polymer Catalysts, Polymer Chemistry 2021, 12, 2205–2209.

8. Lessard, J. J.;Scheutz, G. M.; Hughes, R. W.;Sumerlin, B. S. Polystyrene-based Vitrimers: Inexpensive and Recyclable Thermosets, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2, 3044–3048.

7. Lessard, J. J.;Scheutz, G. M.; Seung, S. H.; Lantz, K. A.; Epps III, T. H.;Sumerlin, B. S. Block Copolymer Vitrimers, Journal of American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 283–289.

6. Scheutz, G. M.;^‡ Lessard, J. J.;^‡ Sims, M. B.; Sumerlin, B. S. Adaptable Crosslinks in Polymeric Materials: Resolving the Intersection of Thermoplastics and Thermosets, Journal of American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 16181–16196.

5. Lessard, J. J.; Garcia, L. F.; Easterling, C. P.; Sims, M. B.; Bentz, K. C.; Arencibia, S.; Savin, D. A.; Sumerlin, B. S. Catalyst-Free Vitrimers from Vinyl Polymers, Macromolecules 2019, 52, 2105–2111.

4. Chen, R.; Benware, S. J.; Cawthern, S. D.; Cole, J. P.; Lessard, J. J.; Crawford-Eng, I. M.; Saxena, R.; Berda, E. B. Assessing Structure/Property Relationships and Synthetic Protocols in the Fabrication of Poly(oxanorbornene imide) Single-Chain Nanoparticles.European Polymer Journal 2019, 112, 206–213.

3. Sims, M. B.; Lessard, J. J.; Bai, L.; Sumerlin, B. S. Functional Diversification of Polymethacrylates by Dynamic β-Ketoester Modification, Macromolecules 2018, 51, 6380–6386.

2. Cole, J. P.; Lessard, J. J.; Rodriguez, K. J.; Hanlon, A. M.; Reville, E. K.; Mancinelli, J. P.; Berda, E. B. Single-Chain Nanoparticles Containing Sequence-Defined Segments: Using Primary Structure Control to Promote Secondary and Tertiary Structures in Synthetic Protein Mimics, Polymer Chemistry 2017, 8, 5829–5835.

1. Cole, J. P.; Lessard, J. J.; Lyon, C. K.; Tuten, B. T., Berda, E. B. An Unexpected but Efficient Route to Poly(norbornene imide) Single-Chain Nanoparticles via Intra-Chain Radical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry 2015, 6, 5555–5559.