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Publications

[28] Injectable Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Fluorescent Copolymers for Bioimaging and Surgical Guidance

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Y. Yuan, S. Beilharz, A. N. Hostetler, H. R. Everson, E. Srivastava, L. Young, N. Nupnar, O. B. Giebelhaus, M. J. A. Hore, F. H. Örge, D. Mathur, M. Karayilan,* 2026, submitted.

ChemRxiv Preprint: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15004745/v1​

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[27] Grafting Density Controls Dextran Diffusion and Exclusion at Polymer Grafted Interfaces

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D. Gagnon, A. Shorin, K. Raheja, S. Suresh, M. J. A. Hore, M. Karayilan, S. Morozova,* 2026, submitted.​

[25] Automation-Guided RAFT Copolymerization via Semi-Batch Process for Sequence Control

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Y. Yuan, A. Hostetler, J. Cui, N. Nupnar, O. B. Giebelhaus, M. J. A. Hore, M. Karayilan,* 2026, under revision. ​

2026 Early Career Materials Researcher Issue

ChemRxiv Preprint: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15004011/v1

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[17] Advances in Injectable Polymeric Biomaterials and Their Contemporary Medical Practices

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S. Beilharz, M. K. Debnath, D. Vinella, A. J. Shoffstall, M. Karayilan,* ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2024, 7, 12, 8076–8101. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c01001

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[16] Summer Research Plan in Polymer Chemistry Laboratory for ACS Project SEED Program

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S. Beilharz, M. Vermut-Young, K. Anderson, D. Vinella, A. Pahuja, Y. Yuan, K. Raheja, C. E. Crespo-Hernández, M. Karayilan,* J. Chem. Educ., 2024, 101, 3, 1120–1129. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01175

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[14] Formation of Choline Salts and Dipolar Ions for CO2 Reactive Eutectic Solvents

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R. Dikki, E. Cagli, D. Penley, M. Karayilan, B. Gurkan, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 12027-12030.​

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC03272H

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[13] Thermoresponsive Polymers with LCST Transition: Synthesis, Characterization, and Their Impact on Biomedical Frontiers

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Y. Yuan, K. Raheja, N. B. Milbrandt, S. Beilharz, S. Tene, S. Oshabaheebwa, U. A. Gurkan, A. C. S. Samia, M. Karayilan,* RSC Appl. Polym., 2023, 1, 158-189.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3LP00114H.

RSC Applied Polymers Blog - Hear from Authors

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Prior to CWRU

[12] Reassessing Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Experiments for Virtual Learning Environments

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M. Karayilan,* S. McDonald, A. Bahnick, K. Godwin, Y. M. Chan, M. L. Becker, J. Chem. Educ., 2022, 99, 5, 1877-1889.

From benchtop to desktop: Adapting chemistry laboratory experiments to virtual learning environments.

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[11] Zooming in on Polymer Chemistry and Designing Synthesis of High Sulfur-Content Polymers for Virtual Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment

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M. Karayilan,* J. Vakil, D. Fowler, M. L. Becker, C. T. Cox, J. Chem. Educ., 2021, 98, 6, 2062–2073.

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[10] Polymeric Materials for Eye Surface and Intraocular Applications

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M. Karayilan, L. Claimen, M. L. Becker, Biomacromolecules, 2021, 22, 2, 223–261.

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[9] Increasing the rate of the hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral water with protic buffer electrolytes

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K. E. Clary, M. Karayilan, K. C. McCleary-Petersen, H. Petersen, R. S. Glass, J. Pyun, and D. L. Lichtenberger, PNAS, 2020, 117 (52) 32947-32953.

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[8] Influence of Processing Environment on the Surface Composition and Electronic Structure of Size-Quantized CdSe Quantum Dots

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R. C. Shallcross, A. L. Graham, M. Karayilan, N. G. Pavlopoulous, J. Meise, J. Pyun, and N. R. Armstrong, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 39, 21305–21318

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[7] Synthesis of Metallopolymers via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization from a [2Fe‐2S] Metalloinitiator: Molecular Weight Effects on Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production

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M. Karayilan, K. C. McCleary‐Petersen, M. O. Hamilton, L. Fu, K. Matyjaszewski, R. S. Glass, D. L. Lichtenberger, and J. Pyun, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2020, 41, 1900424

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Special Issue: 100 Years of Macromolecular Chemistry

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[6] Chalcogenide hybrid inorganic/organic polymer resins: Amine functional prepolymers from elemental sulfur

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M. Karayilan, T.S. Kleine, K. J. Carothers, J. J. Griebel, K. M. Frederick, D. A. Loy, R. S. Glass, M. E. Mackay, K. Char, and J. Pyun, J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 35-41.

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[5] Water-soluble and air-stable [2Fe-2S]-metallopolymers: A new class of electrocatalysts for H2 production via water splitting

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R. S. Glass, J. Pyun, D. L. Lichtenberger, W. P. Brezinski, M. Karayilan, K. E. Clary, and D. H. Evans, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2019, 194 (7), 701-706.

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[4] Catalytic Metallopolymers from [2Fe‐2S] Clusters: Artificial Metalloenzymes for Hydrogen Production

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M. Karayilan, W. P. Brezinski, K. E. Clary, D. L. Lichtenberger, R. S. Glass, J. Pyun, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 7537.

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[3] Nucleophilic Activation of Elemental Sulfur for Inverse Vulcanization and Dynamic Covalent Polymerizations

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Y. Zhang, N.G. Pavlopoulos, T.S. Kleine, M. Karayilan, R.S. Glass, K. Char, and J. Pyun, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2019, 57, 7-12

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[2] Macromolecular Engineering of the Outer Coordination Sphere of [2Fe-2S] Metallopolymers to Enhance Catalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production

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W. P. Brezinski, M. Karayilan, K. E. Clary, K. C. McCleary-Petersen, L. Fu, K. Matyjaszewski, D. H. Evans, D. L. Lichtenberger, R. S. Glass, and J. Pyun, ACS Macro Letters, 2018, 7 (11), 1383-1387.

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[1] [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase Mimetic Metallopolymers with Enhanced Catalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production in Water

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W. P. Brezinski, M. Karayilan, K. E. Clary, S. Li, L. Fu, K. Matyjaszewski, D. H. Evans, R. S. Glass, D. L. Lichtenberger, J. Pyun, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 11898.

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Patents, Patent Applications, and Invention Disclosures​

@ Case Western Reserve University

[7] Injectable fluorescent bottlebrush polymers for interventional procedures and biomedical imaging (2025)

Karayilan, M.; Mathur, D.; Orge, F.; Yuan L.; Beilharz, S. | 63/747,935

[6] Injectable Stimuli-Responsive Polymers (2024)

Karayilan, M.; Debnath, M. K.; Raheja, K.

@ Duke University

[5] Tri-arm star bottlebrush polymer with defined viscosity and optical properties for use in a novel intraocular lens (2022)

Becker, M. L.; Karayilan, M.; Clamen, L. | 63/344,186

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250277078A1/en

[4] Biostable polymer brushes with defined viscosity and optical properties for use in a novel intraocular lens (2021)

Becker, M. L.; Karayilan, M.; Clamen, L. | 63/191,018  PCT/US2022/030255

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240287232A1/en

@ The University of Arizona

[3] Electrocatalytic Systems for the Generation of Molecular Hydrogen from Aqueous Feedstocks

Pyun, J.; Glass, R. S.; Lichtenberger D. L.; Brezinski, W. P.; Clary, K. E.; Karayilan, M. | UA18-069

[2] Enhanced water electrolysis with protic co-catalysts (2019)

Lichtenberger, D. L.; Pyun, J.; Glass, R. S.; Brezinski, W. P.; Clary, K. E.; Karayilan, M.; | US62/597,242

https://patents.google.com/patent/US11846032B2/en

[1] Metallopolymers for catalytic generation of hydrogen (2019)

Pyun, J.; Glass, R. S.; Lichtenberger D. L.; Brezinski, W. P.; Clary, K. E.; Karayilan, M. | US16/466,571

https://patents.google.com/patent/US11649548B2/en

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