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2025
26. Unusual Swelling Behavior of Hydrogels Modified with Spiropyran as Appendage or Crosslinker
Michael M. Lerch,* Ankita Shastri, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Amos Meeks, Shucong Li, Anna V. Shneidman, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg*; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, advanced online.
25. Probing Photochemically-Induced Dynamic Transitions by Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR Combined With In Situ Irradiation
Alessia Lasorsa, Pieter van der Meulen, Ernst Naumann, Michael M. Lerch, Rosa Marquez Garcia, Xiaohong Lan, Katja Loos, Ben L. Feringa, Wiktor Szymanski, Patrick C. A. van der Wel; J. Mater. Chem. C 2025, 13, 36318-136329.
Structure-Aided Chemical Signal Propagation in Hydrogel Metastructures
Styliani-Theodosia Korfia,# Foteini Trigka,# Víctor Riera Naranjo, Sara Bizzi, Hang Zhang, Bolei Deng, Michael M. Lerch*; ChemRxiv 2025, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-p4fmf.
2024
24. Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability
Yuxing Yao,# Atalaya Milan Wilborn,# Baptiste Lemaire, Foteini Trigka, Friedrich Stricker, Alan H. Weible, Shucong Li, Robert K. A. Bennett, Tung Chun Cheung, Alison Grinthal, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Guillaume Freychet, Patryk Wąsik, Boris Kozinsky, Michael M. Lerch,* Xiaoguang Wang,* Joanna Aizenberg,* Science, 2024, 386 (6726), 1161-1168.
Highlights here:
– Phys.Org
– ScienceDaily & Eurekalert
– Harvard News
– C2W (Dutch & English)
23. The Relevance of Sustainable Laboratory Practices
Thomas Freese, Nils Elzinga, Matthias Heinemann, Michael M. Lerch,* Ben L. Feringa*; RSC Sustainability, 2024, 2, 1300-1336.
22. 35 Challenges in Materials Science Being Tackled by PIs Under 35(ish) in 2024
Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Athina Anastasaki, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña, Maxx Q. Arguilla, Abdulaziz S.R. Bati, Munkhbayar Batmunkh, Quinn A. Besford, Michelle P. Browne, Saffron J. Bryant, Marco Carlotti, Claudia Contini, Colm Delaney, Emily R. Draper, Aaron Elbourne, Jack D. Evans, Larisa Florea, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, Alexander C. Forse, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Simon Krause, Hiang Kwee Lee, Michael M. Lerch, Shi Liu, Nieves López-Salas, Francisco J. Martin-Martinez, Cristian Pezzato, Loredana Protesescu, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Paula Sebastián Pascual, Aránzazu Sierra Fernández, William A. Tarpeh, Gianvito Vilé, Larissa K.S. von Krbek, Hongzhang Wang, Tailin Wu, Connor J.R. Wells, Steven W. Cranford* Matter, 2024, 7 (11), 3699-3706.
21. Towards Autonomous Materials—Challenges in Chemical Communication
P. Jarne de Jong, Foteini Trigka, Michael M. Lerch,* ChemSystemsChem., 2024, 6 (3) e202400005.
20. A Guidebook for Sustainability in Laboratories
Thomas Freese,* Renate Kat, Suzanne D. Lanooij, Tanja C. Böllersen, C. Maurits De Roo, Nils Elzinga, Meagan Beatty, Brian Setz, Roza R. Weber, Irene Maltagliati, Timea B. Gandek, Arjen Krikken, Peter Fodran, Robert Pollice, Michael M. Lerch*; GCTLC, 2024, DOI: 10.59877/FCXC3888
Also deposited on ChemRxiv as living document, see: DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-g3lmq-v4.
2023
19. Breaking the Photoswitch Speed Limit
Grace C. Thaggard, Kyoung Chul Park, Jaewoong Lim, Buddhima K.P. Maldeni Kankanamalage, Johanna Haimerl, Gina R. Wilson, Margaret K. McBride, Kelly L. Forrester, Esther R. Adelson, Virginia S. Arnold, Shehani T. Wetthasinghe, Vitaly A. Rassolov, Mark D. Smith, Daniil Sosnin, Ivan Aprahamian, Manisha Karmakar, Sayan Kumar Bag, Arunabha Thakur, Minjie Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang, Jorge A. Castaño, Manuel N. Chaur, Michael M. Lerch, Roland A. Fischer, Joanna Aizenberg, Rainer Herges, Jean-Marie Lehn, Natalia B. Shustova*; Nature Commun., 2023, 14, 7556.
18. Programming Deformations of 3D Microstructures: Opportunities Enabled by Magnetic Alignment of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Shucong Li, Michael Aizenberg, Michael M. Lerch,* Joanna Aizenberg*; Acc. Mater. Res., 2023, 4, 1008-1019.
2022
17. Self-Regulated Non-Reciprocal Motions in Single-Material Microstructures
Shucong Li,# Michael M. Lerch,# James T. Waters, Bolei Deng, Reese S. Martens, Yuxing Yao, Do Yoon Kim, Katia Bertoldi, Alison Grinthal, Anna C. Balazs & Joanna Aizenberg*; Nature, 2022, 605, 76-83.
Highlight: Nature, 2022, 605, 37-38 (Light moves artificial cilia to a complex beat)
News coverage: Harvard SEAS, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, Nanowerk
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16. Spiropran Photoisomerization Dynamics in Multi-Responsive Hydrogels
Amos Meeks, Michael M. Lerch, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Ankita Shastri, Joanna Aizenberg*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 219–227
2021
From Appendage to Crosslinker – Unusual Swelling Behavior in Spiropyran-Modified Hydrogels
Michael M. Lerch, Ankita Shastri, Thomas B. H. Schroeder, Amos Meeks, Shucong Li, Anna V. Shneidman, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg*; ChemRxiv, 2021, DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-s6k4c
2020
15. Viewpoint: Homeostasis as Inspiration—Toward Interactive Materials
Michael M. Lerch, Alison Grinthal, Joanna Aizenberg*; Adv. Mat., 2020, 1905554; DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905554; included an Inside Back Cover
14. Red-Light-Sensitive BODIPY Photoprotecting Groups for Amines and Their Biological Application in Controlling Heart Rhythm
Kaja Sitkowska, Martijn F. Hoes, Michael M. Lerch, Lucien N. Lameijer, Peter van der Meer, Wiktor Szymański, Ben L. Feringa*; Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 5480-5483; DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02178D (Open Access)
13. Twist Again: Dynamically and Reversibly Controllable Chirality in Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Microposts
James T. Waters, Shucong Li, Yuxing Yao, Michael M. Lerch, Michael Aizenberg, Joanna Aizenberg, Anna C. Balazs*; Sci. Adv., 2020, 6 (13), eaay5349; DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay5349 (Open Access)
2019
12. Taming the Complexity of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts: Infrared Motion Pictures of the Complete Switching Pathway
Habiburrahman Zulfikri, Mark A.J. Koenis, Michael M. Lerch, Mariangela Di Donato, Wiktor Szymański, Claudia Filippi, Ben L. Feringa,* Wybren Jan Buma*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (18), 7376-7384; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b00341 (Open Access)
2018
11. Solvent Effects on the Actinic Step of Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct Photoswitching
Michael M. Lerch, Mariangela Di Donato, Adèle D. Laurent, Miroslav Medved‘, Alessandro Iagatti, Laura Bussotti, Andrea Lapini, Wybren Jan Buma, Paolo Foggi, Wiktor Szymański,* Ben L. Feringa*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (27), 8063–8068; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201803058
Michael M. Lerch, Miroslav Medved‘, Andrea Lapini, Adèle D. Laurent, Alessandro Iagatti, Laura Bussotti, Wiktor Szymański, Wybren Jan Buma, Paolo Foggi, Mariangela Di Donato,* Ben L. Feringa*; J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122 (4), 955–964; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10255
9. The (Photo)Chemistry of Stenhouse Photoswitches: Guiding Principles and System Design
Michael M. Lerch, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*; Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47 (6), 1910–1937; DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00772H; Inside Front Cover (DOI: 10.1039/C8CS90029A)
2017
8. Shedding Light on the Photo-Isomerization Pathway of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts
Mariangela Di Donato,1 Michael M. Lerch,1Andrea Lapini, Adèle D. Laurent, Alessandro Iagatti, Laura Bussotti, Svante P. Ihrig, Miroslav Medved’, Denis Jacquemin, Wiktor Szymański, Wybren Jan Buma, Paolo Foggi, Ben L. Feringa* (1contributed equally); J. Am. Chem.Soc. 2017, 139 (44), 15596–15599; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09081 (OpenAccess)
2016
7. Direct andVersatile Synthesis of Red-shifted Azobenzenes
Mickel J. Hansen, Michael M. Lerch, Wiktor Szymański,* Ben L. Feringa*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (43), 13514–13518; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607529
6. Orthogonal Photoswitching in a Multifunctional Molecular System
Michael M. Lerch, Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Wiktor Szymański,* Ben L. Feringa*; Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 12054; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12054 (Open Access)
5. Unraveling the Photoswitching Mechanism in Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts
Michael M. Lerch, SanderJ. Wezenberg, WiktorSzymański, BenL. Feringa*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (20), 6344–6347; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b01722
4. Emerging Targets in Photopharmacology
Michael M. Lerch,1 Mickel J. Hansen,1 Gooitzen M. van Dam, Wiktor Szymański,* and Ben L. Feringa* (1contributed equally); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (37), 10978–10999; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601931
2015
3. Ciprofloxacin–Photoswitch Conjugates: A Facile Strategy for Photopharmacology
Willem A. Velema1, Mickel J.Hansen1, Michael M. Lerch, Arnold J. M. Driessen, WiktorSzymański, BenL. Feringa*(1contributed equally); Bioconjug. Chem.2015, 26(12), 2592–2597;DOI:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00591
2. Wavelength-Selective Cleavage of Photoprotecting Groups: Strategies and Applications in Dynamic Systems
Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Michael M. Lerch, Wiktor Szymański,* Ben L. Feringa*; Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015, 44 (11), 3358–3377; DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00118h
2014
1. Rapid Access to β-Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Ketones: Harnessing Inductive Effects in Wacker-Type Oxidations of Internal Alkenes
Michael M. Lerch, Bill Morandi, Zachary K. Wickens, Robert H. Grubbs*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53 (33), 8654–8658; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404712
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