Diesendruck Lab

Welcome

to the Diesendruck group at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry!
For information, contact Dr. Charles Diesendruck at charles@technion.ac.il

Mechanochemistry

Mechanochemistry is the use of mechanical force to drive chemical reactions. Our group will study new chemical transformations that lead to change in materials properties, creating smart mechanoresponsive materials.

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At the interface of synthetic chemistry and materials science…

Mechanical forces in different polymer architectures
In this project, we study the effect of mechanical force on breaking chemical bonds in polymers with different topologies. We design and prepare unique polymer chains in which forces can be directed to specific locations, leading to mechanochemical activation of desired bonds. Our polymers present extended longetivity as well as the ability to undergo mechanically triggered transformations.

Anion-exchange membranes for fuel cells
Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells are one of the most promising technologies for the implementation of renewable energy resources in transportation. However, this technology is hampered by the anion-exchange membrane, which undergoes rapid chemical decomposition upon fuel cell operation. In this project, we study the causes for this chemical instability and develop solution which are judiciously designed for the unique environment of an operating alkaline fuel cell.

Fundamentals and applications of single-chain polymer nanoparticles
Nature uses polymers (proteins, DNA etc) to create molecules with function and materials with unparalleled properties. While numerous polymer architectures have been developed, the topology chosen by Nature has not been significantly explored in synthetic polymers and plastics. This architecture is commonly known as single-chain polymer nanoparticles (SCNPs), and in this project, we dstudy the basic properties of single-molecules, solutions and materials made with SCNPs, as well as their effect on traditional polymers.

Development of new chemical transformations
As curious chemists, developing new chemical transformations is always an interesting challenge. In this project we focus on troublesome or inaccessible chemical transformations without a specific target in mind and exploit the full power of different chemistries in order to develop new, simple chemical reactants and reactions.

2026

107. Patrascu, M.; Meuti, D.; Galant, O.; Nijem, S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Casagrande, A.; Colacino, E.; Felderhoff, M.; Spatari, S. “Towards Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Life Cycle Assessment of Ibuprofen–Nicotinamide Cocrystallization Routes”, Sust. Chem. Pharm., 2026, 51, 102422.

106. Bouketov, A.; Davidovich-Pinhas, M.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Intermolecular Surface-to-surface Hydrogen-bonding Interactions Between Single-chain Polymer Nanoparticles”, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2026, 227, e00217.

2025

105. Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Li, S.; Srebnik, S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Dekel, D.R. “Does the Presence of CO2 Affect the Alkaline Stability of Anion-Exchange Membranes?”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 35316-35328. Highlighted as Hot Paper

104. Mathur, A.; Nijem, S.; Uwayid, R.; Sahray, Z.; Shocron, A.N.; Suss, M.E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; “Phosphorylated Carbon Cathodes Achieves Perfect Monovalent Cation Selectivity in Capacitive Deionization”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 37063-37071. Highlighted as Hot Paper

103. Douglin, J.C.; Notsu, H.; Nagata, S.; Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Zhong, J.; Ohyama, J.; Hu, J.; Zahan, S.M.; Godoy, A.O.; Wang, C.; Sanumi, O.; Tsushida, K.; Yassin, J.; Jankovic, J.; Diesendruck, C.E., Nabae, Y.; Dekel, D.R. “Template-Free Fabrication of Single Atom Fe-Based Cathodes Unlock High-Performing Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, Adv. Sci., 2025, 12, e01016.

102. Mezhov, A.; Goncharov, A.; Zhutovsky, S.; Kovler, K.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The Impact of DNA as a Chemical Admixture for Cementitious Materials”, Adv. Mater. Technol., 2025, 10, 70027.

101. Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Mechanochemical Retro-Diels–Alder–Heteroatom Radical Stabilization of a Two-Step Mechanism?”, Macromolecules, 2025, 58, 4819-4825.
100. Sasson, G.; Welch, B.; Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Segal-Peretz, T. “Enhancing the Solvent Resistance of Random Copolymer Films via Sequential Infiltration Synthesis: Low Functional Group Density Can Make a large Impact”, Polym. Adv. Technol., 2025, 36, e70125.

99. Nijem, S.; Kaushansky, A.; Pucovski, S.; Ivry, E.; Colacino, E.; Halasz, I.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Chemoselectivity Switch by Mechanochemistry in the Base-catalysed Dione-acylation”, RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 419-425.

98. Agami, I.; Mendelson, O.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Chain-folding Effects on Polymer Film Gas Permeabilities”, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2025, 226, e2400329.

97. Schwarz, R.; Manor Armon, A.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Stereochemical Impacts on Acyclic Mechanochemical Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202414849.

2024

96. Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Mechanochemical Diversity in Block Copolymers”, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, 30, e202402632.
95. Liao, Y.; Le Roi, B.; Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Grolman, J.M. “Facile Mechanophore Integration in Heterogeneous Biologically Derived Materials via “Dip-Conjugation””, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 17878-17886.

94. Mathur, A.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Advanced Device Architecture Strategies for Decoupled Water Splitting: A Review”, ACS Mater. Lett., 2024, 6, 2725–2737.

93. Snyder, A.D.; Turicek, J.S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Varley, R.J.; Patrick, J.F. “Unraveling Chemical and Rheological Mechanisms of Self-healing with EMAA Thermoplastics in Fiber-reinforced Epoxy Composites”, Composites Part A, 2024, 185, 108271.

92. Tiwaria, O. T.; Rawat, V.; Zhang, H.; Rencus-Lazara, S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Gazit, E. “Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide Catalyzed Using Metal-Coordinated Amino Acid Assemblies Enzyme Mimic”, J. Pept. Sci., 2024, 30, e3626.

91. Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Linear versus Helical Side Chains in Bottlebrush Polymers: Morphology and Mechanochemistry”, Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 3664-3670. Featured Cover Article.

90. Aggarwal, K.; Li, S.; Nijem, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Polymer Backbone Chemistry Shapes the Alkaline Stability of Metallopolymer Anion-Exchange Membranes”, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, 30, e202400029.

89. Galant, O.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Spatari, S. “Environmental Impact Differences of Single-chain Nanoparticle Production by Batch and Flow Chemistry”, Org. Process Res. Dev., 2024, 28, 1607-1617.

2023

88. Zhang, H.; Zoubi, A.Z.; Silberstein, M.N.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Mechanochemistry in Block Copolymers: New Scission Site due to Dynamic Phase Separation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202314781. Highlighted as Hot Paper

87. Schwarz, R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Semi-Telechelic Polymers from Mechanochemical C─C Bond Activation”, Adv. Sci., 2023, 10, 2304571.

86. Sahray, Z.; Shocron, A.N.; Uwayid, R.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Suss, M.E. “Extreme Monovalent Ion Selectivity Via Capacitive Ion Exchange”, Water Res., 2023, 246, 120684.

85. Rozental, L.; Leontev, A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Freger, V. “Preparation, Nano-mechanics and Particle Deposition Behavior of Thin, Antifouling Hydrogel Coatings”, Coll. Surf. C, 2023, 1, 100018.

84. Diesendruck, C.E. “How Polymers Dance to the Pulses of Ultrasound”, Nat. Chem., 2023, 15, 1199-1201.

83. Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Zhegur-Khais, A.; Ponce-Gonzalez, J.; Bsoul-Haj, S.; Varcoe, J.R.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Dekel, D.R. “Alkaline Stability of Anion-exchange Membranes”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2023, 6, 1085-1092.

82. Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Off-center Mechanophore Activation in Block Copolymers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202213980.

2022

81. Agami, I.; Gjineci, N.; Li, S.; Srebnik, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Chemically Folded Polyelectrolytes with Superior Alkaline Stability”, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2022, 4, 9250-9256.

80. Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Kaushansky, A.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Hydroxide Chemoselectivity Changes with Water Microsolvation”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 10216-10221.

79. Snyder, A.D.; Phillips, Z.J.; Turicek, J.S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Nakshatrala, K.B.; and Patrick, J.F. "Prolonged in situ Self-healing in Structural Composites via Thermo-reversible Entanglement", Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6511.

78. Mezhov, A.; Ben-Shir, I.; Schmidt, A.; Kovler, K.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Retardation Mechanism of Cement Hydration by a Comb Polyphosphate Superplasticizer”, Constr. Build. Mater., 2022, 352, 128698.

77. Bhowmick, D.; Das, T.K.; Santra, K.; Mondal, A.J.; Tassinari, F.; Schwarz, R.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Naaman, R. " Spin-Induced Asymmetry Reaction – The Formation of Asymmetric Carbon by Electropolymerization", Sci. Adv., 2022, 8, abq2727.
76. Mezhov, A.; Schimdt, W.; Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The Effect of the Charge Density of a Comb Polyphosphate Superplasticizer on the Structural Build-Up of Cement Paste”, ACI SP, 2022, 354, 255-262.
75. Nijem, S.; Song, Y.; Schwarz, R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Flex-activated CO Mechanochemical Production for Mechanical Damage Detection”, Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 3986-3990. Featured Cover Article.

74. Aggarwal, K.; Li, S.; Ivry, E.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Electronic Effects on Metallopolymer Anion-Exchange Membranes”, Organometallics, 2022, 41, 1419-1425.

73. Xiao, Z.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Freger, S.; Dekel, D.R. “Electropolymerization of Anion-Conducting Polymer Films”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2022, 169, 064506.

72. Uwayid, R.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Suss, M.E. “A comparison of strong and weak-acid functionalized carbon electrodes in capacitive deionization”, Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2022, 8, 949-956. Featured Cover Article.

71. Aggarwal, K.; Gjineci, N.; Kaushansky, A.; Bsoul, S.; Douglin, J.C.; Li, S.; Salam, I.; Aharonovich, S.; Varcoe, J.R.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Isoindolinium Groups as Stable Anion Conductors for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers”, ACS Mater. Au, 2022, 2, 367-373.

70. Zhang, H.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Accelerated Mechanochemistry in Helical Polymers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202115325. Highlighted as Hot Paper, Feature Back Cover

69. Aggarwal, K.; Bsoul, S.; Douglin, J.C.; Li, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Alkaline Stability of Low Oxophilicity Metallopolymer Anion-Exchange Membranes”, Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202103744.

2021

68. Yassin, K.; Rasin, I.G.; Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Brandon, S.; Dekel, D.R. “A surprising relation between operating temperature and stability of anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, J. Power Sources Adv., 2021, 11, 100066.

67. Aggarwal, K.; Bsoul, S.; Li, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Ligand Valency Effects on the Alkaline Stability of Metallopolymer Anion-Exchange Membranes”, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2021, 42, 2100238. Featured Cover Article

66. Burshtein, T.Y.; Agami, I.; Sananis, M.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Eisenberg, D. “Template-Free Formation of Regular Macroporosity in Carbon Materials Made from a Folded Polymer Precursor”, Small, 2021, 17, 2100712.

65. Guyes, E.N.; Shocron, A.N.; Chen, Y.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Suss, M.E. “Long-lasting, monovalent selective capacitive deionization electrodes”, Nature Clean Water, 2021, 4, 22.

64. Galant, O.; Donmez, H.B.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Flow Photochemistry for Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticle Synthesis”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 2042-2046. Highlighted as Hot Paper

2020

63. Gjineci, N.; Aharonovich, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Increasing the alkaline stability of N,N diaryl-carbazolium salts using substituent electronic effects”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 49617-49625.

62. Horowitz, Y.; Schmidt, C.; Yoon, D.-H.; Riegger, L.M.; Katzenmeier, L.; Bosch, G.M.; Noked, M.; Ein-Eli, Y.; Janek, J.; Zeier, W.G.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Golodnitsky, D. “Between Liquid and All Solid: A Prospect on Electrolyte Future in Lithium‐Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles”, Energy Technol., 2020, 8, 2000580.

61. Zhang, X; Vidavsky, Y.; Aharonovich, S.; Yang, Y.J.; Buche, M.R.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Silberstein, M.N. “Bridging experiments and theory: isolating the effects of metal-ligand interactions on viscoelasticity of reversible polymer networks”, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 8591-8601.

60. Kobernik, V.; Berkovich, I.; Levy, A.; Lemcoff, N.G.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Chemical Communication Between Organometallic Single‐Chain Polymer Nanoparticles”, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 15835-15838. Highlighted as Hot Paper

59. Gjineci, N.; Aharonovich, S.; Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Dekel, D.R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The Reaction Mechanism Between Tetraarylammonium Salts and Hydroxide”, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2020, 21, 3161-3168. Highlighted as VIP (Very Important Paper)

58. Zhegur, A.; Gjineci, N.; Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Mondal, A.N.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Gavish, N.; Dekel, D.R. “Changes of Anion Exchange Membrane Properties During Chemical Degradation”, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2020, 2, 360-367.

57. Wang, F.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Effect of Disulphide Loop Length on Mechanochemical Structural Stability of Macromolecules”, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 2143-2146.
56. Levy, A.; Goldstein, H.; Brenman, D.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Effect of intramolecular crosslinker properties on the mechanochemical fragmentation of covalently folded polymers”, J. Polym. Sci., 2020, 58, 692-703. Featured Cover Article.

55. Mezhov, A.; Ulka, S.; Gendel, Y.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Kovler, K. “The working mechanisms of low molecular weight polynaphthalene sulfonate superplasticizers”, Constr. Build. Mater., 2020, 240, 117891.

54. Lemcoff, N.G. Diesendruck, C.E.; Keinan, E. “100 years of macromolecular science”, Isr. J. Chem., 2020, 60, 6-8.

53. Galant, O.; Bae, S.; Silberstein, M.N.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Highly Stretchable Polymers: Mechanical Properties Improvement by Balancing Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2020, 30, 1901806.

2019

52. Vidavsky, Y.; Yang, Y.J.; Abel, B.A.; Agami, I.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Coates, G.W.; Silberstein, M.N. “Enabling Room Temperature Mechanochromic Activation in a Glassy Polymer: Synthesis and Characterization of Spiropyran Polycarbonate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 10060-10067.

51. Levy, A.; Feinstein, R.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Mechanical Unfolding and Thermal Refolding of Single-Chain Nanoparticles Using Ligand-Metal Bonds”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 7256-7260.

50. Fan, J.; Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Schibli, E.M.; Paula, Z.; Li, W.; Skalski, T.J.G.; Sergeenko, A.T.; Hohenadel, A.; Frisken, B.J.; Magliocca, E.; Mustain, W.E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Dekel, D.R.; Holdcroft, S. “Poly(bis-arylimidazoliums) Possessing High Hydroxide Ion Exchange Capacity and High Alkaline Stability”, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 2306.

2018

49. Willdorf-Cohen, S.; Mondal, A.; Dekel, D.; Diesendruck, C.E. "Chemical stability of poly(phenylene oxide)-based ionomers in anion exchange-membrane fuel cell environment”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 22234-22239.

48. Bae, S.; Galant, O.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Silberstein, M.N. “The effect of intrachain cross-linking on the thermo-mechanical behavior of bulk polymers assembled solely from single chain polymer nanoparticles”, Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 7160-7168.

47. Aharonovich, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Single chain polymer nanoparticles as shear-resilient viscosity modifiers for lubricating oils”, React. Funct. Polym., 2018, 131, 237-242.
46. Mezhov, A.; Ulka, S.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Gendel, Y.; Kovler, K. “Rheological behaviour of cement pastes with low amounts of polynaphthalene sulfonate plasticizer”, ACI SP, 2018, 326, 13.1-13.10.
45. Galant, O.; Davidovich-Pinhas, M.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The effect of intramolecular cross-linking on polymer interactions in solution”, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2018, 39, 1800407.
44. Diesendruck, C.E.; Dekel, D. “Water – a key parameter in the stability of anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 2018, 9, 173-178.
43. Aharonovich, S.; Gjineci, N.; Dekel, D.; Diesendruck, C.E. “An effective synthesis of N,N-diphenyl carbazolium salts”, Synlett, 2018, 29, 1314-1318.
42. Wang, F.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Polyphthalaldehyde: Synthesis, derivatives and applications”, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2018, 39, 1700519.
41. Dekel, D.; Willdorf, S.; Ash, U.; Amar, M.; Pusara, S.; Dhara, S.; Srebnik, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The critical relation between chemical stability of cations and water in anion exchange membrane fuel cells environment”, J. Power Sources, 2018, 375, 351-360.

2017

40. Galant, O.; Bae, S.; Wang, F.; Levy, A.; Silberstein, M.N.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Mechanical and thermomechanical characterization of glassy thermoplastics with intrachain cross-links”, Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 6415-6420.

39. Levy, A.; Gaver, E.; Wang, F.; Galant, O.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Effect of intramolecular cross links on the mechanochemical fragmentation of polymers in solution”, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10132-10135.

38. Wang, F.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Advantages and limitations of diisocyanates in intramolecular collapse”, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 3712-3720.
37. Arava, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Strategies for the synthesis of N-aryl ammonium salts”, Synthesis, 2017, 49, 3535-3545.
36. Dekel, D.; Amar, M.; Willdorf, S.; Kosa, M.; Dhara, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “The effect of water on the stability of quaternary ammonium groups for anion exchange membrane fuel cell applications”, Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 4425–4431.
35. Levy, A.; Wang, F.; Lang, A.; Galant, O.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Intramolecular cross-linking: Addressing mechanochemistry with a bioinspired approach”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 6431–6434.

34. Bae, S.; Galant, O.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Silberstein, M.N. “Tailoring single chain polymer nanoparticle thermo-mechanical behavior by cross-link density”, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 2808-2816.

33. Dhara, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “Olefination of N-sulfinylimines under mild conditions”, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 1184-1190.

32. Wang, F.; Burck, M.; Diesendruck, C.E. "Following homolytic mechanochemical kinetics with a pyrenyl nitrone spin trap.", ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 42-45.

2016

31. Hirsch, M.; Dhara, S.; Diesendruck, C.E. “N-Arylation of tertiary amines under mild conditions”, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 980-983.

30. Genorio, B.; Staszak-Jirkovsky, J.; Assary, R.; Connell, J.G.; Strmcnik, D.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Lopes, P.P.; Stamenkovic, V.R.; Moore, J.S.; Curtiss, L.A.; Markovic, N.M. "Superoxide (electro)chemistry on well-defined surfaces in organic environments.", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 15909-15914.

2015

29. Diesendruck, C.E.; Rubin, G.; Bertke, J.A.; Gray, D.L.; Moore, J.S. “Crystal structure of 1,3-bis(2,3-dimethylquinoxalin-6-yl)benzene”, Acta Cryst., 2015, E71, 1429-1432.

28. Staszak-Jirkovsky, J.; Subbaraman, R.; Strmcnik, D.; Harrison, K.L.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Assary, R.; Frank, O.; Kobr, L.; Wiberg, G.K.H.; Genorio, B.; Connell, J.G.; Lopes, P.P.; Stamenkovic, V.R.; Curtiss, L.; Moore, J.S.; Zavadil, K.R.; Markovic, N.M. “Water as a promoter and catalyst for dioxygen electrochemistry in aqueous and organic Media”, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 6600-6607.

27. Diesendruck, C.E.; Sottos, N.R.; Moore, J.S.; White, S.R. “Biomimetic self-healing”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 10428-10447.

26. Levin, E.; Ivry, E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Water in N‐heterocyclic carbene-assisted catalysis”, Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 4607-4692.

25. Carino, E.V.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S.; Curtiss, L.A.; Assary, R.S.; Brushett, F.R. "BF3-promoted electrochemical properties of quinoxaline in propylene carbonate", RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 18822-18831.

24. Keinan, E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Reetz, M. "A 50‐year long lesson", Isr. J. Chem., 2015, 55, 1154-1155.

2014

23. Diesendruck, C.E.; Zhu, L.; Moore, J.S. "Alkyne mechanochemistry: Putative activation by transoidal bending", Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 13235-13238.

22. Tzur, E.; Ivry, E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Vidavsky, Y.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Stability and activity of cis-dichloro ruthenium olefin metathesis precatalysts bearing chelating sulfur alkylidenes”, J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, 769, 24-28.

21. Kaitz, J.A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S. "Divergent macrocyclization mechanisms in the cationic initiated polymerization of ethyl glyoxylate", Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 3603-3607.

20. Lee, C.K.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Lu, E.; Picket, A.; May, P.A.; Moore, J.S.; Braun, P.V. “Solvent swelling activation of a mechanophore in a polymer network”, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 2690-2694.

19. Shiraki, T.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S. “Mechanochemical production of phenyl cations through heterolytic bond scission”, RSC Faraday Discussions, 2014, 170, 385-394.

18. Diesendruck, C.E.; Peterson, G.I.; Kulik, H.J.; Kaitz, J.A.; Mar, B.D.; May, P.A.; White, S.R.; Martínez, T.J.; Boydston, A.J.; Moore, J.S. “Mechanically-triggered heterolytic unzipping of a low ceiling temperature polymer”, Nat. Chem., 2014, 6, 623-628.

17. Kaitz, J.A.; Possanza, C.E.; Song, Y.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Spiering, J.; Meijer, E.W.; Moore, J.S. “Depolymerizable, adaptive supramolecular polymer nanoparticles and networks”, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 3788-3794.

16. Patrick, J.F.; Hart, K.R.; Krull, B.P.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S.; Sottos, N.R.; White, S.R. “Continuous self-healing life cycle in vascularized structural composites”, Adv. Mat., 2014, 26, 4189-4396. (Feature Cover Article)

2013

15. Kaitz, J.A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S. “Dynamic covalent macrocyclic polymers: Poly(phthalaldehyde) scrambling to produce multi-block and random cyclic copolymers”, Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 8121-8128.

14. Kaitz, J.A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Moore, J.S. “End group characterization of poly(phthalaldehyde): Surprising discovery of a reversible, cationic macrocyclization mechanism”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 12755-12761.

13. Sudheendran, M.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Amir, L.; Linde, S.; Shikler, R.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Synthesis and properties of organometallic nanoparticles of rhodium (I)”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 5767-5770. Featured Inside Cover Article.

12. Levin, E.; Anaby, A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Berkovich-Berger, D.; Fuchs, B.N.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Oligomerisation reactions of beta substituted thiols in water”, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 1735-1738.

2012

11. Diesendruck, C.E.; Steinberg, B.D.; Sugai, N.; Silberstein, M.N.; Sottos, N.R.; White, S.R.; Braun, P.V.; Moore, J.S. "Proton-coupled mechanochemical transduction: A mechanogenerated acid", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 12446-12449. Highlighted by JACS highlights, C&EN news, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and Synfacts.

2011

10. Ginzburg, Y.; Anaby, A.; Vidavsky, Y.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Goldberg, I. Lemcoff, N.G. “Widening the latency gap in chelated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts”, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 3430-3437.

9. Aharoni, A.; Vidavsky, Y.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Ligand isomerization in chelated ruthenium benzylidenes: Effects on the olefin metathesis activity”, Organometallics, 2011, 30, 1607-1615.

2010

8. Diesendruck, C.E.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Dimer ring-closing metathesis”, Chimica Oggi, 2010, 28, 15-18.

7. Diesendruck, C.E.; Iliashevsky, O.; Tzur, E.; Vidavsky, Y.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Latent and switchable olefin metathesis catalysts”, Macr. Symp., 2010, 293, 33-38.

2009

6. Diesendruck, C.E.; Tzur, E.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Goldberg, I.; Straub, B.F.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Predicting the cis-trans dichloro configuration of group 15-16 chelated ruthenium olefin metathesis complexes: A DFT and experimental study”, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 10819-10825.

5. Diesendruck, C.E.; Tzur, E.; Lemcoff, N.G. “The versatile alkylidene moiety in ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 28, 4185-4203. Featured Cover Article.

4. Ben-Asuly, A.; Aharoni, A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Vidavsky, Y.; Goldberg, I.; Straub, B.F.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Photoactivation of latent ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts”, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 4652-4655.

3. Diesendruck, C.E.; Vidavsky, Y.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Lemcoff, N.G. “A latent S-chelated ruthenium benzylidene initiator for ROMP”, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Chem., 2009, 47, 4209-4213.

2008

2. Tzur, E.; Ben-Asuly, A.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “Homodinuclear ruthenium catalysts for dimer ring-closing metathesis”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 6422-6425.

1. Ben-Asuly, A.; Tzur, E.; Diesendruck, C.E.; Sigalov, M.; Goldberg, I.; Lemcoff, N.G. “A thermally switchable latent ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst”, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 811-813.

Charles E. Diesendruck, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry

contact: charles@technion.ac.il

Dr. Diesendruck received his B.Sc. in analytical and environmental chemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. After serving in the army and working a few years at Chemada Fine Chemicals, he returned to BGU to complete a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry with Prof. N. Gabriel Lemcoff.

Dr. Diesendruck was a postdoctoral fellow in materials chemistry at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working at the Autonomous Materials Systems group with Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore.

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