Block Polymer Micelles Enable CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Delivery: Physicochemical Properties Affect Packaging Mechanisms and Gene Editing Efficiency.

Published in Macromolecules, 2019

Recommended citation: Tan, Z., Jiang, Y., Ganewatta, M.S., Kumar, R., Keith, A., Twaroski, K., Pengo, T., Tolar, J., Lodge, T.P., Reineke, T.M., (2019) Macromolecules, 52, 21, 8197-8206.

Carbohydrate‐Based Polymer Brushes Prevent Viral Adsorption on Electrostatically Heterogeneous Interfaces

Published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2018

Recommended citation: Kumar R., Kratzer D., Cheng K., Prisby J., Sugai J., Giannobile W.V., Lahann J., (2018) Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 1800530.

Substrate-Independent Micropatterning of Polymer Brushes Based on Photolytic Deactivation of Chemical Vapor Deposition Based Surface-Initiated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiator Films.

Published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018

Recommended citation: Kumar, R. & Lahann,J. (2018) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 38, 31965-31976.

Directing Interfacial Events Using Biomimetic Polymer Brushes.

Published in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2018

Recommended citation: PhD Thesis.

Polylutidines: Multifunctional surfaces via vapor-based polymerization of functional pyridinophanes

Published in Chemistry: A European Journal, 2017

Recommended citation: Bally-Le Gal, F., Hussal,C., Kramer, J.J.P., Cheng,K.C.,Kumar,R., Eyster,T., Trouillet,V., Nieger,M., Brase,S.,& Lahann,J. (2017) Chemistry: A European Journal, 23, 13342-13350.

Examining Interfacial Kinetics on Electrostatically Heterogeneous Surfaces using Zeta-potential Measurements.

Published in Langmuir, 2017

Recommended citation: Kumar,R., Kopyeva,I., Cheng,K.C., Liu,K. & Lahann,J. (2017) Langmuir, 33 (25), pp 6322-6332.

pH-Responsive Aminomethyl Functionalized Poly(p-xylylene) Coatings by Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization

Published in Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, 2017

Recommended citation: Konig, M., Kumar,R., Hussal,C., Biscarat,J., Barner, L.,Schafer, A. & Lahann,J. (2017) Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, 218, 1600521.

Predictive Model for the Design of Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes: A Statistical Design of Experiments Approach.

Published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016

Recommended citation: Kumar, R. & Lahann,J. (2016) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (26), 16595-16603.

The Quest to Design Better Experiments.

Published in Biotechniques, 2016

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Recommended citation: The quest to design better experiments, Jeffrey Perkel, BioTechniques 2016 61:1, 9-14

Enhancement of the propagation of human embryonic stem cells by modifications in the gel architecture of PMEDSAH polymer coatings.

Published in Biomaterials, 2014

Recommended citation: Qian, X., Villa-Diaz, L. G., Kumar, R., Lahann, J., & Krebsbach, P. H. (2014) Biomaterials, 35(36), 958190.