PUBLICATIONS
“Synthesis and Thermal and Spectroscopic Properties of Macrocyclic Vinyl Aromatic Polymers.” Rong Chen, Gennadi G. Nossarev, Thieo E. Hogen-Esch. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2004, 42, 5488-5503.
“Synthesis and Properties of Macrocyclic Vinyl Aromatic Polymers Containing a Single 1,4-Benzylidene or 9,10-Anthracenylidene Group.” Rong Chen, Gennadi G. Nossarev, Thieo E. Hogen-Esch. Macromolecular Symposia 2004, 215 (Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization and Related Processes), 67-79.
“Ultraviolet Absorption and Fluorescence Emission Spectroscopic Studies of Macrocyclic and Linear Poly(9,9-dimethyl-2-vinylfluorene). Evidence for Ground State Chromophore Interactions.” Rong Chen, Jerainne M. Johnson, Stephen E. Bradforth and Thieo E. Hogen-Esch. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9966.
"Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Macrocyclic Poly(9,9-dimethyl-2-vinylfluorene) Containing Single 1,4-Benzylidene or 9,10-Anthracenylidene Linking Units" Rong Chen, Xi Zhang and Thieo E. Hogen-Esch. Macromolecules 2003, 36, 7477.
“A New Bifunctional Initiator for Use in Anionic Polymerizations”, Kurt A. Alberty, Rong Chen, Thieo E. Hogen-Esch. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2002, 40, 2108.