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Vaid, T. P.; Cook, M. E.; Scott, J. D; Borjesson Carazo, M.; Ruchti, J.; Minteer, S. D.; Sigman, M. S.; McNeil, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Functionalized Cyanopyridines Yield an Extremely Low-Reduction-Potential Anolyte for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, asap.

Lei, Z.; Zhang, J.; Mueller, E. A.; Xiao, Y.;  Kolozsvari, K. R.; McNeil, A. J.; Banaszak Holl, M. M.; Ault, A. P. Glass Transition Temperatures of Individual Submicrometer Atmospheric Particles: Direct Measurement via Heated Atomic Force Microscopy Probe. Anal. Chem. 2022, 94, 11973–11977.

De La Garza, G. D.; Kaur, A. P.; Shkrob, I. A.; Robertson, L. A.; Odom, S. A.; McNeil, A. J. Soluble and Stable Symmetric Tetrazines as Anolytes in Redox Flow Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2TA04515J.

Fagnani, D. E.; Jehanno, C.; Sardon, H.; McNeil, A. J. Sustainable green polymerizations and end-of-life treatment of polymers. Macro. Rapid Commun. 2022, 43, 2200446.

Kim, D.; Sanford, M. S.; Vaid, T. P.; McNeil, A. J. A Nonaqueous Redox-Matched Flow Battery with Charge Storage in Insoluble Polymer Beads. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, ASAP.

Harris, J. T.; de la Garza, G. D.; Devlin, A. M.; McNeil, A. J. Rapid Removal of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances with Quaternized Wood Pulp. ACS EST Water 2022, 2, 349–356.

Chazovachii, P. T.; Rieland, J. M.; Sheffey, V. V.; Jugovic, T. M. E.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Eniola-Adefeso, O.; Love, B. J.; McNeil, A. J. Using Adhesives to Capture Microplastics from Water. ACS ES&T Engg. 2021, 1, 1698–1704.

Kim, D.; Mueller, E. A.; Yang, D. S.; Fagnani, D. E.; Kim, J.; McNeil, A. J. Fullerene-Functionalized Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Additive Stabilizes Conjugated Polymer–Fullerene Blend Morphologies. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 4861–4868.

Hannigan, M. D.; McNeil, A. J.; Zimmerman, P. M. Using JPP to Identify Ni Bidentate Phosphine Complexes In Situ. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 13400–13408.

Kubo, T.; Young, M. S.; Souther, K. D.; Hannigan, M. D.; McNeil, A. J. Air-Tolerant Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Synthesis via Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization. J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 59, 268–273.

Fagnani, D. E.; Tami, J. L.; Copley, G.; Clemons, M. N.; Getzler, Y. D. Y. L.; McNeil, A. J. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Redefining Sustainable Polymers ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 10, 41–53.

Kumar, V.; Harris, J. T.; Ribbe, A.; Franc, M.; Bae, Y.; McNeil, A. J.; Thayumanavan, S. Construction from Destruction: Hydrogel Formation from Triggered Depolymerization-based Release of an Enzymatic Catalyst. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 377­­–381.

Harris, J. T.; McNeil, A. J. Localized Hydrogels based on Cellulose Nanofibers and Wood Pulp for Rapid Removal of Methylene Blue. J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 3042–3049. [First appeared on ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.11774757.v2]

Wu, N.; Kubo, T.; Hall, A. O.; Zurcher, D. M.; Phadke, S.; Wallace, R. L.; McNeil, A. J. Adapting Meaningful Learning Strategies to Teach Liquid–Liquid Extractions J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 80–86

Kothari, D.; Hall, A. O.; Castañeda, C. A.; McNeil, A. J. Connecting Organic Chemistry Concepts with Real-World Contexts by Creating Infographics J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 2524–2527.

Wu, N.; Kubo, T.; Sekoni, K. M.; Hall, A. O.; Phadke, S.; Zurcher, D. M.; Wallace, R. L.; Kothari, D. B.; McNeil, A. J. Student-Designed Green Chemistry Experiment for a Large-Enrollment, Introductory Organic Laboratory Course. J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 2420–2425.

Lutz, J. P.; Davydovich, O.; Hannigan, M. D.; Moore, J. S.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Functionalized and Degradable Polyphthalaldehyde Derivatives. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14544–14548. [First appeared on ChemRxiv (https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.8870324.v2)]

Wu, N.; Hall, A. O.; Phadke, S.; Zurcher, D. M.; Wallace, R. L.; Castañeda, C. A.; McNeil, A. J. Adapting Meaningful Learning Strategies for an Introductory Laboratory Course: Using Thin-Layer Chromatography to Monitor Reaction Progress. J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 1873–1880.

Leone, A. K.; Dewyer, A. L.; Kubo, T.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Toward One-pot Olefin/Thiophene Block Copolymers using an In Situ Ligand Exchange. J. Polym. Sci., Part A.: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 1061–1065.

Kong, C.; Song, B.; Mueller, E. A.; Kim, J.; McNeil, A. J. Random Copolymers Outperform Gradient and Block Copolymers in Stabilizing Organic Photovoltaics. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1900467.

Leone, A. K.; Mueller, E. A.; McNeil, A. J. The History of Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings Should Inspire the Future of Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15126–15139.

Lutz, J. P.; Hannigan, M. D.; McNeil, A. J. Polymers Synthesized via Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization and their Applications. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 376, 225–247.

Leone, A. K.; Goldberg, P. K.; McNeil, A. J. Ring-Walking in Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7846–7850.

Vitek, A. K.; Leone, A. K.; McNeil, A. J.; Zimmerman, P. M. Spin-Switching Transmetalation at Ni Diimine Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 3655–3666.

Dong, B. X.; Smith, M. L.; Strzalka, J.; Li, H.; McNeil, A. J.; Stein, G. E.; Green, P. F. Molecular weight dependent structure and charge transport in MAPLE‐deposited poly(3‐hexylthiophene) thin films. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Physics 2018, 56, 652–663.

Souther, K. D.; Leone, A. K., Vitek, A. K.; Palermo, E. F.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Trials and Tribulations of Designing Multitasking Catalysts for Olefin/Thiophene Block Copolymerizations. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018, 56, 132–137.

Leone, A. K.; Souther, K. D.; Vitek, A. K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Mechanistic Insight into Thiophene Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization Mediated by Nickel Diimine Catalysts. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 9121–9127.

Hall, A. O.; Lee, S. R.; Bootsma, A. N.; Bloom, J. W. G.; Wheeler, S. E.; McNeil, A. J. Reactive Ligand Influence on Initiation in Phenylene Catalyst-Transfer Polymerization. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 1530–1535.

Leone, A. K.; McNeil, A. J. Matchmaking in Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation: Optimizing Catalysts based on Mechanistic Insight. Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 2822–2831.

Smith, M. L.; Leone, A. K.; Zimmerman, P. M.; McNeil, A. J. Impact of Preferential π-Binding in Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation of Thiazole Derivatives. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 1411–1415.

Li, Y; Flener Lovitt, C.; McNeil, A. J.; Shuyler, K. Improving Information Literacy through Wikipedia Editing in the Chemistry Classroom: Lessons Learned. In Integrating Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum; Flener Lovitt, C., Shuyler, K., Li, Y., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 1232; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2016; pp 247–264.

Zurcher, D. M.; Phadke, S.; Coppola, B. P.; McNeil, A. J. Using Student-Generated Instructional Materials to Customize an Online e-Homework Platform. J. Chem. Educ. 2016, 93, 1871–1878.

Zhao, Y.; Nett, A. J.; McNeil, A. J.; Zimmerman, P. M. Computational Mechanism for Initiation and Growth of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Using Palladium N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Precatalysts. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 7632–7641.

Veits, G. K.; Carter, K. K.; Cox, S. J.; McNeil, A. J. Developing a Gel-Based Sensor Using Crystal Morphology Prediction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12228–12233.

McNeil, A. J. My Maize and Blue Brick Road to Physical Organic Chemistry in Materials. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 229–238

Bryan, Z. J.; Hall, A. O.; Zhao, C. T.; Chen, J.; McNeil, A. J. Limitations of Using Small Molecules to Identify Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation Reactions. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 69–72.

Amonoo, J. A.; Li, A.; Purdum, G. E.; Sykes, M. E.; Huang, B.; Palermo, E. F.; McNeil, A. J.; Shtein, M., Loo, Y.-L.; Green, P. A. An All-Conjugated Gradient Copolymer Approach for Morphological Control of Polymer Solar Cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 20174-20184.

Xiao, M.; Zhang, X.; Bryan, Z. J.; Jasensky, J.; McNeil, A. J.; Chen, Z. Effect of Solvent on Surface Ordering of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Thin Films. Langmuir 2015, 31, 5050–5056.

Zurcher, D. M.; McNeil, A. J. Tools for Identifying Gelator Scaffolds and Solvents. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 2473–2478.

Palermo, E. F.; McNeil, A. J. Gradient Sequence π-Conjugated Copolymers. In Sequence-Controlled Polymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Properties; Lutz, J.-F., Meyer, T. Y., Ouchi, M., Sawamoto, M., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 1170; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014; pp 287–299.

Zurcher, D. M.; Adhia, Y. J.; Romero, J. D.; McNeil, A. J. Modifying a Known Gelator Scaffold for Nitrite Detection. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7813–7816.

Li, A.; Amonoo, J.; Huang, B.; Goldberg, P. K.; McNeil, A. J.; Green, P. F. Enhancing photovoltaic performance using an all-conjugated random copolymer to tailor bulk and interfacial morphology of the P3HT:ICBA active layer. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 5594–5602.

Berto, T.; Xu, N; Lee, S. R.; McNeil, A. J.; Alp, E.; Zhao, J.; Richter-Addo, G.; Lehnert, N. Characterization of the Bridged Hyponitrite Complex {[Fe(OEP)]2(mu-N2O2)}: Reactivity of Hyponitrite Complexes and Biological Relevance. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 6398–6414.

Carter, K. K.; Rycenga, H. B.; McNeil, A. J. Improving Hg-triggered Gelation via Structural Modifications. Langmuir 2014, 30, 3522–3527.

Palermo, E. F.; Darling, S. B.; McNeil, A. J. Conjugated Gradient Copolymers Suppress Phase Separation and Improve Stability in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 3401–3406.

Bremmer, S. C.; McNeil, A. J.; Soellner, M. B. Enzyme-triggered Gelation: Targeting Proteases with Internal Cleavage Sites. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 1691–1693.

Bryan, Z. J.; McNeil, A. J. Conjugated Polymer Synthesis via Catalyst-transfer Polycondensation (CTP): Mechanism, Scope and Applications. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 8395–8405.

Palermo, E. F.; van der Laan, H. L.; McNeil, A. J. Impact of π-Conjugated Gradient Sequence Copolymers on Polymer Blend Morphology. Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 4606–4611.

Bryan, Z. J.; McNeil, A. J. Evidence for a Preferential Intramolecular Oxidative Addition in Ni-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions and their Impact on Chain-growth Polymerizations. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1620-1624.

Lee, S. R.; Bloom, J. W. G.; Wheeler, S. E.; McNeil, A. J. Accelerating Ni(II) Precatalyst Initiation using Reactive Ligands and its Impact on Chain-growth Polymerizations. Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 4218-4222.

Palermo, E. F.; McNeil, A. J. Impact of Copolymer Sequence on Solid-state Properties for Random, Gradient, and Block Copolymers Containing Thiophene and Selenophene. Macromolecules 2012, 45, 5948–5955.

Chen, J.; Wu, W.; McNeil, A. J. Detecting a Peroxide-based Explosive via Molecular Gelation. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7310-7312.

Bremmer, S. C.; Chen, J.; McNeil, A. J.; Soellner, M. B. A General Method for Detecting Protease Activity via Gelation and its Application to Artificial Clotting. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5482-5484.

Bryan, Z. J.; Smith, M. L.; McNeil, A. J. Chain-growth Polymerization of Aryl Grignards Initiated by a Stabilized NHC-Pd Precatalyst. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2012, 33, 842-847.
• Highlighted on MaterialsView April 12, 2012.
• Highlighted on MaterialsView May 11, 2012.

Lee, S. R.; Bryan, Z. J.; Wagner, A. M.; McNeil, A. J. Effect of Ligand Electronic Properties on Precatalyst Initiation and Propagation in Ni-catalyzed Cross-coupling Polymerizations. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1562-1566.

Adhia, Y. J.; Schloemer, T. H.; Perez, M. T.; McNeil, A. J. Using Polymeric Additives to Enhance Molecular Gelation: Impact of Poly(acrylic acid) on Pyridine-based Gelators. Soft Matter 2012, 8, 430–434.

Muro-Small, M. L.; Chen, J.; McNeil, A. J. Dissolution Parameters Reveal Role of Structure and Solvent in Molecular Gelation. Langmuir 2011, 27, 13248–13253.

Moy, C. L.; Kaliappan, R.; McNeil, A. J. Aryl Trihydroxyborate Salts: Thermally Unstable Species with Unusual Gelation Abilities. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8501–8507.

Lanni, E. L.; Locke, J. R.; Gleave, C. M.; McNeil, A. J. Ligand-based Steric Effects in Ni-catalyzed Chain-growth Polymerizations using Bis(dialkylphosphino)ethanes. Macromolecules 2011, 44, 5136–5145.

McNeil, A. J.; Lanni, E. L. New Conjugated Polymers and Synthetic Methods. In Synthesis of Polymers, Schlüter, D. A., Hawker, C. J., Sakamoto, J., Eds; Wiley-VCH, Germany. (Book Chapter)

Locke, J. R.; McNeil, A. J. Syntheses of Gradient π-Conjugated Copolymers of Thiophene. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8709–8710.

Lanni, E. L.; McNeil, A. J. Evidence for Ligand-Dependent Mechanistic Changes in Ni-catalyzed Chain-growth Polymerizations. Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8039–8044.

Moy, C. L.; Locke, J. R.; Coppola, B. P.; McNeil, A. J. Improving Science Education and Understanding through Editing Wikipedia. J. Chem. Educ. 2010, 87, 1159–1162.
• Highlighted in Science: 2010, 330, 891.

Chen, J.; Kampf, J. W.; McNeil, A. J. Comparing Molecular Gelators and Non-gelators based on Solubilities and Solid-state Interactions. Langmuir 2010, 26, 13076–13080.

King, K. N.; McNeil, A. J. Streamlined Approach to a New Gelator: From Solid-state Interactions to Mercury-Induced Gelation. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3511–3513.

Lanni, E. L.; McNeil, A. J. Mechanistic Studies on Ni(dppe)Cl₂-catalyzed Polymerizations: Evidence for Rate-Determining Reductive Elimination. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16573–16579.

Chen, J.; McNeil, A. J. Analyte-Triggered Gelation: Initiating Self-Assembly via Oxidation-Induced Planarization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16496–16497.
• Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News: 2009, 87(13), 28.
• Highlighted in Chemistry World: 2009, 6(5), 8.