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University of Toronto: Toronto, CA

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Helen Tran

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Impact of aromatic to quinoidal transformation on the degradation kinetics of imine-based semiconducting polymers

RSC Applied Polymers
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LP00310A
Contributors: Naoya Nozaki; Azalea Uva; Takashi Iwahashi; Hidetoshi Matsumoto; Helen Tran; Minoru Ashizawa
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Soft and Stretchable Thienopyrroledione‐Based Polymers via Direct Arylation

Advanced Electronic Materials
2025-02-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202400756
Contributors: Angela Lin; Lorenzo Guio; Garrett LeCroy; Stanley Lo; Adnan Sharif; Yunfei Wang; Alberto Salleo; Xiaodan Gu; Christine K. Luscombe; Helen Tran
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Review of low-cost self-driving laboratories in chemistry and materials science: the “frugal twin” concept

Digital Discovery
2024 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1039/d3dd00223c
Part of ISSN: 2635-098X
Contributors: Stanley Lo; Sterling G. Baird; Joshua Schrier; Ben Blaiszik; Nessa Carson; Ian Foster; Andrés Aguilar-Granda; Sergei Kalinin; Benji Maruyama; Maria Politi et al.
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Thienoisoindigo-based recyclable conjugated polymers for organic electronics

RSC Applied Polymers
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LP00209H
Contributors: Naoya Nozaki; Azalea Uva; Hidetoshi Matsumoto; Helen Tran; Minoru Ashizawa
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Molecular Structure of Omniphobic, Surface‐Grafted Polydimethylsiloxane Chains

Small
2024-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202406089
Contributors: Behrooz Khatir; Angela Lin; Thu V. Vuong; Peter Serles; Ali Shayesteh; Nathan Sung Yuan Hsu; David Sinton; Helen Tran; Emma R. Master; Tobin Filleter et al.
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Degradable π-Conjugated Polymers

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024-05-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03194
Contributors: Azalea Uva; Sofia Michailovich; Nathan Sung Yuan Hsu; Helen Tran
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Direct Arylation Polymerization of Degradable Imine-Based Conjugated Polymers

Macromolecules
2023-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01986
Contributors: Nathan Sung Yuan Hsu; Angela Lin; Azalea Uva; Shine Han Huang; Helen Tran
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Green and Sustainable Solvents for Solid-Phase Peptoid Synthesis

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
2023-09-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02813
Contributors: Abigail Mae Clapperton; Katya Naomi Marín Vera; Jon Babi; Helen Tran
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35+1 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2023

Matter
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2023.06.046
Part of ISSN: 2590-2385
Contributors: Monica Allen; Kwabena Bediako; William J. Bowman; Michelle Calabrese; Lucas Caretta; Rose K. Cersonsky; Wen Chen; Santiago Correa; Rachel Davidson; Leora Dresselhaus-Marais et al.
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Designing for Softness in Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers

Accounts of Materials Research
2023-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/accountsmr.2c00243
Contributors: Nathan Sung Yuan Hsu; Angela Lin; Helen Tran
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Biobased, Degradable, and Conjugated Poly(Azomethine)s

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12668
Contributors: Azalea Uva; Angela Lin; Helen Tran
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Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics

Nature Communications
2023-02-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36214-8
Contributors: Pengfei Xu; Shaojia Wang; Angela Lin; Hyun-Kee Min; Zhanfeng Zhou; Wenkun Dou; Yu Sun; Xi Huang; Helen Tran; Xinyu Liu
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A Field Guide to Optimizing Peptoid Synthesis

ACS Polymers Au
2022-12-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00036
Contributors: Abigail Mae Clapperton; Jon Babi; Helen Tran
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Bioderived and degradable polymers for transient electronics

Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.6790
Contributors: Azalea Uva; Angela Lin; Jon Babi; Helen Tran
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Self‐assembled free‐floating nanomaterials from sequence‐defined polymers

Journal of Polymer Science
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210366
Contributors: Jon Babi; Linglan Zhu; Angela Lin; Azalea Uva; Hana El‐Haddad; Atang Peloewetse; Helen Tran
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Materials design for resilience in the biointegration of electronics

MRS Bulletin
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1557/s43577-021-00174-5
Contributors: Angela Lin; Azalea Uva; Jon Babi; Helen Tran
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Modular Synthesis of Fully Degradable Imine-Based Semiconducting p-Type and n-Type Polymers

Chemistry of Materials
2021-09-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02258
Part of ISSN: 0897-4756
Part of ISSN: 1520-5002
Contributors: Helen Tran; Shayla Nikzad; Jerika Chiong; Nathaniel J. Schuster; Amnahir E. Peña-Alcántara; Vivian R. Feig; Yu-Qing Zheng; Zhenan Bao
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Molecular protectors: Superheroes for nanostructures

Matter
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.06.019
Part of ISSN: 2590-2385
Contributors: Jon Babi; Azalea Uva; Abigail Mae Clapperton; Angela Lin; Helen Tran
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Integrating Emerging Polymer Chemistries for the Advancement of Recyclable, Biodegradable, and Biocompatible Electronics

Advanced Science
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101233
Contributors: Jerika A. Chiong; Helen Tran; Yangju Lin; Yu Zheng; Zhenan Bao
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Monolithic optical microlithography of high-density elastic circuits

Science
2021-07-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3551
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
Contributors: Yu-Qing Zheng; Yuxin Liu; Donglai Zhong; Shayla Nikzad; Shuhan Liu; Zhiao Yu; Deyu Liu; Hung-Chin Wu; Chenxin Zhu; Jinxing Li et al.
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Conducting Polymer‐Based Granular Hydrogels for Injectable 3D Cell Scaffolds

Advanced Materials Technologies
2021-04-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202100162
Part of ISSN: 2365-709X
Contributors: Vivian Feig; Sruthi Santhanam; Kelly Wu McConnell; Kathy Liu; Matine Azadian; Lucia Giulia Brunel; Zhuojun Huang; Helen Tran; Paul M. George; Zhenan Bao
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Microengineering Pressure Sensor Active Layers for Improved Performance

Advanced Functional Materials
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202003491
Contributors: Sara Rachel Arussy Ruth; Vivian Rachel Feig; Helen Tran; Zhenan Bao
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Rational Design of Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on Pyramidal Microstructures for Specialized Monitoring of Biosignals

Advanced Functional Materials
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201903100
Contributors: Sara Rachel Arussy Ruth; Levent Beker; Helen Tran; Vivian Rachel Feig; Naoji Matsuhisa; Zhenan Bao
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Tuning the Mechanical Properties of a Polymer Semiconductor by Modulating Hydrogen Bonding Interactions

Chemistry of Materials
2020-07-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01437
Contributors: Yu Zheng; Minoru Ashizawa; Song Zhang; Jiheong Kang; Shayla Nikzad; Zhiao Yu; Yuto Ochiai; Hung-Chin Wu; Helen Tran; Jaewan Mun et al.
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Fully stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array

Nature Communications
2020-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17084-w
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Jia Liu; Jiechen Wang; Zhitao Zhang; Francisco Molina-Lopez; Ging-Ji Nathan Wang; Bob C Schroeder; Xuzhou Yan; Yitian Zeng; Oliver Zhao; Helen Tran et al.
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Biodegradable and stretchable polymeric materials for transient electronic devices

MRS Bulletin
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2020.24
Part of ISSN: 0883-7694
Part of ISSN: 1938-1425
Contributors: Kathy Liu; Helen Tran; Vivian Rachel Feig; Zhenan Bao
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Intrinsically stretchable conjugated polymer semiconductors in field effect transistors

Progress in Polymer Science
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2019.101181
Contributors: Minoru Ashizawa; Yu Zheng; Helen Tran; Zhenan Bao
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Hierarchical patterns with sub-20 nm pattern fidelity via block copolymer self-assembly and soft nanotransfer printing

Polymer Chemistry
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00335E
Contributors: Helen Tran; Harrison M. Bergman; Kaia R. Parenti; Arend M. van der Zande; Cory R. Dean; Luis M. Campos
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Stretchable and Fully Degradable Semiconductors for Transient Electronics

ACS Central Science
2019-11-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00850
Contributors: Helen Tran; Vivian Rachel Feig; Kathy Liu; Hung-Chin Wu; Ritchie Chen; Jie Xu; Karl Deisseroth; Zhenan Bao
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An Intrinsically Stretchable High‐Performance Polymer Semiconductor with Low Crystallinity

Advanced Functional Materials
2019-09-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201905340
Part of ISSN: 1616-3028
Contributors: Yu Zheng; Ging‐Ji Nathan Wang; Jiheong Kang; Mark Nikolka; Hung‐Chin Wu; Helen Tran; Song Zhang; Hongping Yan; Hu Chen; Pak Yan Yuen et al.
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High‐Transconductance Stretchable Transistors Achieved by Controlled Gold Microcrack Morphology

Advanced Electronic Materials
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201900347
Part of ISSN: 2199-160X
Part of ISSN: 2199-160X
Contributors: Naoji Matsuhisa; Ying Jiang; Zhiyuan Liu; Geng Chen; Changjin Wan; Yeongin Kim; Jiheong Kang; Helen Tran; Hung-Chin Wu; Insang You et al.
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An Electrochemical Gelation Method for Patterning Conductive PEDOT:PSS Hydrogels

Advanced Materials
2019-08-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902869
Part of ISSN: 1521-4095
Contributors: Vivian Rachel Feig; Helen Tran; Minah Lee; Kathy Liu; Zhuojun Huang; Levent Beker; David G. Mackanic; Zhenan Bao
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Microphase segregation and selective chain scission of poly(2‐methyl‐2‐oxazoline)‐block‐polystyrene

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
2019-06-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/pola.29396
Contributors: Helen Tran; Harrison M. Bergman; Victor R. de la Rosa; Samarendra Maji; Kaia R. Parenti; Richard Hoogenboom; Luis M. Campos
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Polymer Chemistries Underpinning Materials for Skin-Inspired Electronics

Macromolecules
2019-06-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00410
Contributors: Helen Tran; Vivian R. Feig; Kathy Liu; Yu Zheng; Zhenan Bao
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Designing a Quinone-Based Redox Mediator to Facilitate Li2S Oxidation in Li-S Batteries

Joule
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.12.018
Part of ISSN: 2542-4351
Contributors: Yuchi Tsao; Minah Lee; Elizabeth C. Miller; Guoping Gao; Jihye Park; Shucheng Chen; Toru Katsumata; Helen Tran; Lin-Wang Wang; Michael F. Toney et al.
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Biodegradable and flexible arterial-pulse sensor for the wireless monitoring of blood flow

Nature Biomedical Engineering
2019-01-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0336-5
Part of ISSN: 2157-846X
Contributors: Clementine M. Boutry; Levent Beker; Yukitoshi Kaizawa; Christopher Vassos; Helen Tran; Allison C. Hinckley; Raphael Pfattner; Simiao Niu; Junheng Li; Jean Claverie et al.
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Mechanically tunable conductive interpenetrating network hydrogels that mimic the elastic moduli of biological tissue

Nature Communications
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05222-4
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Vivian R. Feig; Helen Tran; Minah Lee; Zhenan Bao
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Advancements and challenges of patterning biomolecules with sub-50 nm features

Soft Matter
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c3sm00149k
Part of ISSN: 1744-683X
Contributors: Helen Tran; Kato L. Killops; Luis M. Campos
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Antibody-Mimetic Peptoid Nanosheets for Molecular Recognition

ACS Nano
2013-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/nn403899y
Part of ISSN: 1936-0851
Contributors: Gloria K. Olivier; Andrew Cho; Babak Sanii; Michael D. Connolly; Helen Tran; Ronald N. Zuckermann
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Solid-phase Submonomer Synthesis of Peptoid Polymers and their Self-Assembly into Highly-Ordered Nanosheets

Journal of Visualized Experiments
2011-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3791/3373
Part of ISSN: 1940-087X
Contributors: Helen Tran; Sarah L. Gael; Michael D. Connolly; Ronald N. Zuckermann
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Creating Peptoid Nanosheets by Buckling a Gibbs Monolayer

Biophysical Journal
2011-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.508
Part of ISSN: 0006-3495
Contributors: Babak Sanii; Romas Kudirka; Andrew Cho; Helen Tran; Li Tan; Ron N. Zuckermann
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Characterization of Nanometer-Scale Gap Formation

Journal of The Electrochemical Society
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1149/1.3253546
Part of ISSN: 0013-4651
Contributors: Donovan Lee; Helen Tran; Tsu-Jae King Liu
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Electrical Characterization of Etch Rate for Micro- and Nano-Scale Gap Formation

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
2010-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/jmems.2010.2067432
Part of ISSN: 1057-7157
Contributors: Donovan Lee; Helen Tran; Byron Ho; Tsu-Jae King Liu
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Review of Low-cost Self-driving Laboratories: The "Frugal Twin" Concept

Other
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-6z9mq
Contributors: Stanley Lo; Sterling Baird; Joshua Schrier; Ben Blaiszik; Sergei Kalinin; Helen Tran; Taylor Sparks; Alán Aspuru-Guzik
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Peer review (37 reviews for 17 publications/grants)

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Review activity for Advanced science. (1)
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Review activity for Journal of the American Chemical Society. (4)
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Review activity for Macromolecules. (5)
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