Author: Joerg Werner

New paper out – an easy route for polymer electrodeposition (EPoN)

In our latest paper on EPoN, Colin, Jin, Amira et al. show that you can electrodeposit uniform and tunable polymer-network thin films and coatings with simple and accessible free-radical polymerization followed by a one-step functionalization to attach the electrochemical crosslinker. We also show that the electrodeposition functions for damage repair in coatings, and can be […]

51) Accessible Electrodeposition of Vinyl-Based Polymer Networks for Tunable and Permselective Ultrathin Coatings

in 2026, Publications, Surface Coating

Colin J. Howard†, Jin Yan†, Amira Oladokun†, Zhaoyi Zheng, Brendon Jaeger, Wenlu Wang, Jörg G. Werner*, Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2026, Accepted Manuscript. DOI: 10.1039/D6QM00261G

50) Turning Self-Driving Labs into a Community Resource: Challenges and Opportunities

in 2026, Autonomous Materials Discovery, Publications

Keith A. Brown*, Emma Lejeune*, Jörg G. Werner*, Matter 2026, 9, 6, 102817. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2026.102817

Tyler and Jianyu successfully defend their MS theses

Congratulations to Jianyu and Tyler for successfully defending their Master of Science thesis! Jianyu researched the effects of sulfonation in crosslinked triblock terpolymer membranes on water uptake, nanostructure retention, and proton conductivity. Tyler’s MS research identified processing-structure relationships in phase-inverted hierarchically porous carbon fibers and their electrothermal properties.

49) An Automated System for Electrodeposition of Polymer Thin Films and Their Wetting Analysis

in 2026, Autonomous Materials Discovery, Publications, Surface Coating

Harley Quinn, Gregory A. Robben, Zhaoyi Zheng, Jin Yan, Yuanzhi Li, Zhaoji Yang, Maria Politi, Nadya Peek, Lilo Pozzo, Jörg G. Werner*, and Keith A. Brown*, Review of Scientific Instruments 2026, 97, acc023907. DOI: 10.1063/5.0309809 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.07043

Wenlu’s paper on reactive EPoN featured in 2025 Most Popular Articles of JMC-A

Wenlu’s paper on the Electrodeposition of reactive Polymer Networks (reactive EPoN) is featured as one of the 50 most popular articles in 2025 in the RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry A (themed issue). Congrats Wenlu!

48) Zwitterion-Functionalized Membranes via Post-Self-Assembly Modification of Cross-Linked Block Terpolymers: Decoupling Morphology Formation from Functionalization

in 2025, Publications, Self-Assembly

Hiroki Aramaki*, Yuanzhi Li, Justin J. Yun, Rahul Sujanani, Rachel A. Segalman, Jörg G. Werner*, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025,  7, 24, 16550–16559. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c03017

47) Impact of Engineered Dual-Scale Porosity for Application-Tailored Battery Electrodes

in 2025, Energy Storage, Hierarchical Material Structures, Publications

Anton B. Resing, Yuanzhi Li and Jörg G. Werner*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2025, 13, 40349 – 40362. DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06312D (Open Access)

Yuanzhi successfully defended his PhD thesis

Congrats, Yuanzhi!

46) A Biocompatible Surfactant Film for Stable Microfluidic Droplets

in 2025, Complex Emulsions, Publications, Surface Coating

Brendan Deveney, John A. Heyman, Raoul G. Rosenthal, David A. Weitz and Jörg G. Werner*, Lab on a Chip 2025, 25, 5141 – 5149. DOI: 10.1039/D5LC00456J (Open Access)