Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Propagation of a Chemo-Mechanical Phase Boundary in Polyacrylate Gels
  Kolan, D., Kozawa, S., Weitzer, D., Wnek, G. E., Mussel, M.
  Polymer, 2025, 319, 128039 DOI →
• Influence of Crosslinker Functionality and Photoinitiator Loading on Network Connectivity and Actuation in 3D Printed Model Thermosets
  Van de Voorde, K. M., Kozawa, S. K., Mack, J., Thompson, C. B.
  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 3918-3929 DOI →
• Bio-Mimicking, Electrical Excitability Phenomena Associated with Synthetic Macromolecular Systems: A Brief Review with Connections to the Cytoskeleton
  Wnek, G.E., Costa, A.C.S., Kozawa, S. K.
  Front. Mol. Neurosci. 2022, 15 DOI →
• The ionophore thiomaltol induces rapid lysosomal accumulation of copper and apoptosis in melanoma
  Scrivner, O. F., Newell-Rogers, K., Dao, L., Shahandeh, B., Meyskens, F. L., Liu-Smith, F., Kozawa, S. K., Plascencia-Villa, G., José-Yacamán, M., Jiash, S., Chan, J., Chang, C.J., Farmer, P.J.
  Metallomics. 2022, 14, 1 DOI →
• Fundamentals and Mechanics of Polyelectrolyte Gels: thermodynamics, swelling, scattering, and elasticity
  Wilcox, K., Kozawa, S. K., Morozova, S.
  Chem. Phys. Rev. 2021, 2, 041309 DOI →
• Simple degradable cyclodextrin polyester with chelator-based crosslinker for stent-based drug delivery
  Young, K., Lord, A.E., Burkhart, G.E., Kozawa, S. K., Mu, N., von Recum, H.A.
  bioRxiv 2021, 04 (29), 442054 DOI →
• Micro-Capillary Reactors via Co-Axial Electrospinning: Fabrication of Small Poly(acrylic acid) Gel Beads and Thin Threads of Biological Cell Dimensions
  Kozawa, S. K., Lord, A., Walker, A., Wnek, G.
  Gels. 2021, 7, 37 DOI →
• Macromolecules of the Cell: A Macromolecular Science Point of View
  Kozawa, S. K., Wnek, G.E.
  Polym. Int. 2020, 885-888 DOI →
• Self-assembly of amphiphilic ABA random triblock copolymers in water
  Kozawa, S. K., Matsumoto, K., Suzuki, A., Sawamoto, M., Terashima, T.
  J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 313-321 DOI →
• Enhanced elasticity in poly(acrylic acid) gels via synthesis in the presence of high concentration of select salts
  Walker, A., Vratsanos, M., Kozawa, S., Askew, T., Hemmendinger, K., McGrail, B., Bedford, N., Wnek, G.
  Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 7596-7604 DOI →
• Flame-Retardant Polyurethane Foams: One-Pot, Bioinspired Silica Nanoparticle Coating
  Brannum, D.J., Price, E.J., Villamil, D., Kozawa, S., Brannum, M., Berry, C., Semco, R., Wnek, G.E.
  ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 8, 2015-2022 DOI →