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David M. Johnson

David M. Johnson

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2000-2002, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry: 2000, The University of Michigan
  • B.S., Chemistry: 1995, The University of Minnesota

Research Interests

  • Copolymerization Kinetics: Determining penultimate units effects using living free radical techniques
  • Materials Synthesis: Engineering functional surfaces
  • Polymer Synthesis: Novel dendrimer growth strategies


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Opportunities for financial support are available on a competitive basis.

Selected Publications
  1. Gruber, J. B.; Sardar, D. K.; Johnson, D. M.; Yow, R. M.; Coeckelenbergh, C. H.; Nijjar, A. S. Ligand-field splitting of the energy levels of Nd3+(4f 3) in 2-hydroxethyl methacrylate polymer (HEMA). Polymer International, 2006, 55(9), 1007-1012.
  2. Mahapatro, A.; Johnson, D. M.; Patel, D. N.; Feldman, M. D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. Surface Modification of Functional Self-Assembled Monolayers on 316L Stainless Steel via Lipase Catalysis. Langmuir, 2006, 22(3), 901-905.
  3. Mahapatro, A.; Johnson, D. M.; Patel, D. N.; Feldman, M. D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. The Use of Alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers (SAMs) on 316L Stainless Steel for Coronary Artery Stent Nanomedicine Applications: An Oxidative and In Vitro Stability Study. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2006, 2, 182-190.
  4. Ayon, A. A., Cantu, M.; Chava, K.; Agrawal, C. M.; Feldman, M. D.; Johnson, D.; Patel, D.; Marton, D.; Shi, E. Drug loading of nanoporous TiO2 films. Biomedical Materials, 2006, 1, L11-L15.
  5. Johnson, D. M.; Reybuck, S. E.; Lawton, R. G.; Rasmussen, P. G. The Condensation of DAMN with Conjugated Aldehydes and Polymerizations of the Corresponding Imines. Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 3615-3621.
  6. Meiring, J. E.; Schmid, M. J.; Grayson, S. M.; Rathsack, B. M.; Johnson, D. M.; Kirby, R.; Kannappan, R.; Manthiram, K.; Hsia, B.; Hogan, Z. L.; Ellington, A. D.; Pishko, M. V.; Willson, C. G. Hydrogel Biosensor Array Platform Indexed by Shape. Chemistry of Materials, 2004, 16, 5574-5580.
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