Publications
@ University of Denver
31. Bagnall, N. R.; Jones, M. H.; Donovan, B. R.; Worrell, B. T. “Catalytic Chain Transfer in Crosslinking Photopolymerizations” Synlett, 2024, in press (link)
A review (Synpact) of our 2023 JACs communication.
30. Larrinaga, W. B.; Cotruvo, J. A. Jr.; Worrell, B. T.; Eaton, S. S.; Eaton, G. R. “Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Electronic Ground State, and Electron Spin Relaxation of Seven Lanthanide Ions Bound to Lanmodulin and the Bioinspired Chelator, 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO)” Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e20230321 (link)
Collaborative work
29. Bagnall, N. R.; Jones, M. H.; Jernigan, G. C.; Routt, C. M.; Dar, L. C.; Worrell, B. T. “Catalytic, Sulfur-Free Chain Transfer Agents that Alter the Mechanical Properties of Crosslinked Photopolymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 14202 (link)
ChemRxiv 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tq12l (link)
@ The Scripps Research Institute (PhD) & CU-Boulder (postdoc)
28. Rahman, M. M.; Basta, T.; Teng, J.; Lee, M.; Worrell, B. T.; Stowell, M. H. B.; Hibbs, R. E. “Structural Mechanism of Muscle Nicotinic Receptor Desensitization and Block by Curare” Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 2022, 29, 386 (link)
27. Rahman, M. M.; Worrell, B. T.; Stowell, M. H. B.; Hibbs, R. E. “Purification of a native nicotinic receptor” Methods Enzymol., 2021, 653, 189 (link)
26. Rahman, M. M.; Teng, J.; Worrell, B. T.; Noviello, C. M.; Lee, M.; Karlin, A.; Stowell, M.; Hibbs, R. E. “Structural Principles Underlying Toxin Inhibition of the Torpedo Ray Nicotinic Receptor” Neuron, 2020, 6, 952 (link)
25. Alim, M. D.; Childress, K. K.; Baugh, N. J.; Martinez, A. M.; Davenport, A.; Fairbanks, B. D.; McBride, M. K.; Worrell, B. T.; Stansbury, J. W.; McLeod, R. R.; Bowman, C. N. “A Photopolymerizable Thermoplastic with Tunable Mechanical Performance” Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 835 (link)
24. Podgorski, M.; Worrell, B. T.; Sinha, J.; McBride, M. K.; Bowman, C. N. “Thermal Metamorphosis in (Meth)acrylate Photopolymers: Stress Relaxation, Reshaping, Second-Stage Reaction” Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 8114 (link)
23. McBride, M. K.; Worrell, B. T.; Brown, T. E.; Cox, L. M.; Sowan, N.; Podgorski, M.; Martinez, A. M.; Bowman, C. N. “Enabling Applications of Covalent Adaptable Networks (CANs)” Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng., 2019, 10, 175 (link)
Invited review article
22. Lim, C.-H.; Ilic, S.; Alherz, A.; Worrell, B. T.; Bacon, S. S.; Hynes, J. T.; Glusac, K. D.; Musgrave, C. B. “Benzimidazoles as Metal-Free and Renewable Hydrides for CO2 Reduction to Formate” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 272 (link)
21. Wang, C.; Mavila, S.; Worrell, B. T.; Xi, W.; Goldman, T. M.; Bowman, C. N. “Productive Exchange of Thiols and Thioesters to Form Dynamic Polythioester-Based Polymers” ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 1312 (link)
20. Mavila, S.; Worrell, B. T.; Goldman, T. M.; Wang, C.; Culver, H. R.; Lim, C.-H.; Domaille, D. W.; Pattanayak, S.; McBride, M. K.; Musgrave, C. B.; Bowman, C. N. “Dynamic and Responsive DNA-like Polymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 13594 (link)
19. Brown, T. E.; Silver, J. S.; Worrell, B. T.; Marozas, I. A.; Yavitt, F. M.; Günay, K. A.; Bowman, C. N.; Anseth, K. S. “Secondary Photocrosslinking of Click Hydrogels to Probe Myoblast Mechanotransduction in Three Dimensions” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 11585 (link)
18. Wang, C.; Goldman, T.; Worrell, B. T.; McBride, M. K.; Alim, M.; Bowman, C. N. “Recyclable and Repolymerizable Thiol-X Photopolymers” Mater. Horiz., 2018, 5, 1042 (link)
Selected as front cover
17. Worrell, B. T.; Mavila, S.; Wang, C.; Kontour, T.; Lim, C.-H.; McBride, M. K.; Musgrave, C.; Shoemaker, R. K.; Bowman, C. N. “A User’s Guide to the Thiol-Thioester Exchange in Organic Media: Scope, Limitations, and Applications in Material Science” Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 4523 (link)
16. McBride, M. K.; Martinez, A. M.; Cox, L.; Alim, M.; Childress, K.; Beiswinger, M.; Podgorski, M.; Worrell, B. T.; Killgore, J.; Bowman, C. N. “A Readily Programmable, Fully Reversible Shape-Switching Material” Sci. Adv., 2018, 4, eaat4634 (link)
15. Worrell, B. T.; McBride, M. K.; Lyon, G. B.; Cox, L. M.; Wang, C.; Mavila, S.; Hooi-Lim, C.; Coley, H. M.; Musgrave, C. B.; Ding, Y.; Bowman, C. N. “Bistable and Photoswitcahble States of Matter” Nat. Comm., 2018, 9, 2804 (link)
14. McBride, M. K.; Podgorski, M.; Chatani, S.; Worrell, B. T.; Bowman, C. N. “Thermoreversible Folding as a Route to Unique Shape-Memory Character in Ductile Polymer Networks” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 22739 (link)
13. Brown, T. E.; Carberry, B. J.; Worrell, B. T.; Dudaryeva, O. Y.; McBride, M. K.; Bowman, C. N.; Anseth, K. S. “Photopolymerized Dynamic Hydrogels with Tunable Viscoelastic Properties through Thioester Exchange” Biomaterials, 2018, 178, 496 (link)
12. Konetski, D.; Mavila, S.; Wang, C.; Worrell, B. T.; Bowman, C. N. “Production of Dynamic Lipid Bilayers using the Reversible Thiol-Thioester Exchange Reaction” Chem. Comm., 2018, 54, 8108 (link)
11. Song, H. B.; Baranek, A.; Worrell, B. T.; Cook, W. D.; Bowman, C. N. “Photopolymerized Triazole-Based Glassy Polymer Networks with Superior Tensile Toughness” Adv. Fun. Mater., 2018, 1801095 (link)
Selected as front cover
10. Love, D. M.; Kim, K.; Goodrich, J. T.; Fairbanks, B. D.; Worrell, B. T.; Stoykovich, M. P.; Musgrave, C. B.; Bowman, C. N. “Amine Induced Retardation of the Radical-Mediated Thiol-Ene Reaction via the Formation of Metastable Disulfide Radical Anions” J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83, 2912 (link)
9. Zhang, D.; Liu; Z.; Konetski, D.; Wang, C.; Worrell, B. T.; Bowman, C. N. “Liposomes Formed from Photo-Cleavable Phospholipids: in situ Formation and Photo-Induced Enhancement in Permeability” RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 14669 (link)
8. McBride, M.K.; Hendrikx, M.; Liu, D.; Worrell, B. T.; Broer, D. J.; Bowman, C. N. “Photoinduced Plasticity in Cross-Linked Liquid Crystalline Networks” Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1606509 (link)
7. Chuprakov, S.; Worrell, B. T.; Selander, N.; Sit, R.; Fokin, V. V. “Steroselective 1,3-Insertions of Rhodium(II) Azavinyl Carbenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 136, 195 (link)
6. Worrell, B. T.; Ellery, S. P.; Fokin, V. V. “Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Bismuth(III) Acetylides with Organic Azides: Formation of Stable Triazole Anion Equivalents” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 13037 (link)
5. Worrell, B. T.; Malik, J. A.; Fokin, V. V. “Direct evidence of a Dinuclear Copper Intermediate in Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions” Science, 2013, 340, 457 (link)
Highlighted in C&EN news
Highlighted on Phys.org
4. Selander, N.; Worrell, B. T.; Chuprakov, S.; Velaparthi, S.; Fokin, V. V. “Arylation of Rhodium(II) Azavinyl Carbenes with Boronic Acids” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 14670 (link)
3. Selander, N.; Worrell, B. T.; Fokin, V. V. “Ring Expansions and Rearrangements of Rhodium(II) Azavinyl Carbenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 13054 (link)
2. Worrell, B. T.; Hein, J. E.; Fokin, V. V. “Halogen Exchange (Halex) Reaction of 5-Iodo-1,2,3-triazoles: Synthesis and Applications of 5-Fluorotriazoles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 11791 (link)
1. Masa, M.; Worrell, B. T.; Yu, J. Q. “Pd0/PR3-Catalyzed Arylation of Nicotinic and Isonicotinic Acid Derivatives” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 1275 (link)
Patents
1. Old, W.; Chapnick, D. A.; McClure-Begley, T. D.; Gong, T.; Worrell, B. T.; Ebmeier, C. C.; Bowman, C. N. “Crosslinking compounds for effective and efficient cross-linking and identification of intermolecular and intramolecular interactions of proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids”. US pat. no. 15/518,174. Nov 9, 2017.
2. Worrell, B. T.; McBride, M. K.; Lyon, G. B.; Wang, C. W.; Bowman, C. N. “Thioesters in Network Polymers: Reconfigurable, Recyclable, Low Stress, High Index Polymers” US pat. no. 62/378,447. Aug. 23, 2017.
3. Worrell, B. T.; McBride, M. K.; Alim, M. D.; McLeod, R. R.; Bowman, C. N. “A Method to Increase the Refractive Index Modulation, Optical Quality, and Thermal Stability of Holographic Photopolymers” Provisional Patent Application, 2019.
4. Worrell, B. T.; Stowell, M. H.; Old, W. “Shape Shifting Cyclic Peptides (SSCPs) as a Platform for the Discovery of Novel Therapeutics” Provisional Patent Application, 2019.