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  1. How Circular Can the Chemical Industry Sector Be(come)?

    Article • Global Challenges, October 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  2. Understanding sustainable polyurethane foams: A comparative analysis of foams from lignin and lignin hydrothermal liquefaction in alkaline vs. acidic conditions

    Article • Sustainable Materials and Technologies, October 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  3. Life cycle assessment of an Australian higher education institution – The case study of the Queensland university of technology

    Article • Cleaner Environmental Systems, September 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  4. A comprehensive review of sustainable valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass and plastic waste into biofuels and chemicals via co-liquefaction

    Article • Waste Management, July 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  5. Global Challenges: Bridging Business, Law, Science, Design, and Engineering for Sustainability

    Article • Global Challenges, June 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  6. Product stewardship in health care: The importance of minimising the environmental and health impacts of plastic products

    Article • Journal of Perioperative Nursing, April 2025, Australian College of Perioperative Nurses

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  7. The multifaceted role of tannic acid: From its extraction and structure to antibacterial properties and applications

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, January 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  8. Potential of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in a circular economy from a life cycle assessment perspective - a case study for anaesthesia and surgical instrument packaging waste in Australia

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, October 2024, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  9. High-Throughput Synthesis and Evaluation of Antiviral Copolymers for Enveloped Respiratory Viruses

    Article • Biomacromolecules, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Nathan Boase, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  10. Waste to resource recovery at a marina: Empirical evidence of upstream and downstream innovation for circularity

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, May 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  11. Comment on “Sexism in Academia is Bad for Science and a Waste of Public Funding”

    Article • Global Challenges, April 2024, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  12. Environmental potential of recycling of plastic wastes in Australia based on life cycle assessment

    Article • Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  13. Technology comparison for sequential extraction of fucoidan and sodium alginate from Ascophyllum nodosum using a glycerol and choline chloride solvent

    Article • Cleaner Engineering and Technology, February 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  14. Life Cycle Assessment in a Nutshell—Best Practices and Status Quo for the Plastic Sector

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, November 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  15. Challenges and opportunities for innovation in bioinformed sustainable materials

    Article • Communications Materials, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  16. Industry 4.0 as an enabler in transitioning to circular business models: A systematic literature review

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  17. RDM+PM Checklist: Towards a Measure of Your Institution’s Preparedness for the Effective Planning of Research Data Management

    Article • Data Science Journal, January 2023, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  18. Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Sustainable Polymers

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, July 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  19. Getting the Terms Right: Green, Sustainable, or Circular Chemistry?

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, June 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  20. Strategies to increase the recyclability of plastics for a circular economy

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, May 2022, Wiley

    Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  21. Photostationary State in Dynamic Covalent Networks

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, March 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  22. Synergy of Advanced Experimental and Modeling Tools to Underpin the Synthesis of Static Step-Growth-Based Networks Involving Polymeric Precursor Building Blocks

    Article • Macromolecules, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  23. Conceptualizing the Transnational Regulation of Plastics: Moving Towards a Preventative and Just Agenda for Plastics

    Article • Transnational Environmental Law, September 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  24. Size-controlled synthesis of bioinspired polyserotonin nanoparticles with free radical scavenging activity

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  25. The bright and the dark side of the sphere: light-stabilized microparticles

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  26. Mapping Photochemical Reactivity Profiles on Surfaces

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  27. Investigation of the Porosity of Poly(sodium methacrylate) Hydrogels by 1 H‐NMR T 2 ‐Relaxation and Inverse Size‐Exclusion Chromatography

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, December 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  28. Two Grapes Short of a Fruit Salad: Raspberry-, Strawberry-, and Seedpod-Like Organic Microspheres via Colloidal Nanotemplating

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  29. Critical Assessment of the Application of Multidetection SEC and AF4 for the Separation of Single-Chain Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  30. Plastics and the Environment—Current Status and Challenges in Germany and Australia

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, September 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  31. An In-Depth Analysis Approach Enabling Precision Single Chain Nanoparticle Design

    Article • August 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  32. Chemiluminescent Read-Out of Degradable Fluorescent Polymer Particles

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  33. Chemiluminescent read-out of para-fluoro-thiol reaction events

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  34. An in-depth analysis approach enabling precision single chain nanoparticle design

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  35. On-demand acid-gated fluorescence switch-on in photo-generated nanospheres

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  36. Analysis of the Local Mobility of RAFT Mediated Poly(acrylic acid) Networks via Low Field 1 H‐NMR Techniques for Investigation of the Network Topology

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, December 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  37. Precisely Controlled Microsphere Design via Visible‐Light Cross‐Linking of Functional Prepolymers

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, September 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  38. A Photochemical Ligation System Enabling Solid‐Phase Chemiluminescence Read‐Out

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  39. Self‐Propagated para ‐Fluoro‐Thiol Reaction

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  40. Quantifying Solvent Effects on Polymer Surface Grafting

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  41. Controlling biofilm formation with nitroxide functional surfaces

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Daniel Pletzer, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  42. With polymer photoclicks to fluorescent microspheres

    Article • Materials Horizons, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  43. The long and the short of polymer grafting

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  44. A kinetic study on the para-fluoro-thiol reaction in view of its use in materials design

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  45. Dynamic Nitroxide Functional Materials

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  46. Surface-initiated RAFT polymerization from vapor-based polymer coatings

    Article • Polymer, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  47. TEMPO Driven Mild and Modular Route to Functionalized Microparticles

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, May 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  48. Counting the Clicks in Fluorescent Polymer Networks

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  49. Polymer on Top: Current Limits and Future Perspectives of Quantitatively Evaluating Surface Grafting

    Article • Advanced Materials, March 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  50. Engineering Nitroxide Functional Surfaces Using Bioinspired Adhesion

    Article • Langmuir, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  51. Direct access to biocompatible nitroxide containing polymers

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  52. The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as an efficient tool in polymer chemistry

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  53. Dual-Gated Microparticles for Switchable Antibody Release

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  54. pH‐Responsive Aminomethyl Functionalized Poly( p ‐xylylene) Coatings by Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, February 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  55. Self-Reporting Fluorescent Step-Growth RAFT Polymers Based on Nitrile Imine-Mediated Tetrazole-ene Cycloaddition Chemistry

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  56. Oxidative polymerization of catecholamines: structural access by high-resolution mass spectrometry

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  57. The para-fluoro-thiol reaction as a powerful tool for precision network synthesis

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  58. Direct Mapping of RAFT Controlled Macromolecular Growth on Surfaces via Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

    Article • ACS Macro Letters, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  59. Controlled radical polymerization and in-depth mass-spectrometric characterization of poly(ionic liquid)s and their photopatterning on surfaces

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  60. Recodable surfaces based on switchable hydrogen bonds

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  61. Universal mass spectrometric analysis of poly(ionic liquid)s

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  62. The Link that Lasts: A New Frontier in Supramolecular Block Copolymer Design

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  63. A Synthetic Route to Sulfobetaine Methacrylates with Varying Charge Distance

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner, Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse

  64. Synthesis and On-Demand Gelation of Multifunctional Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Polymers

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, February 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner, Prof. Dr. Stefan Bräse

  65. Suppressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesion via non-fouling polymer brushes

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  66. Synthesis of in situ functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles presenting alkyne groups via a continuous process using near-critical and supercritical water

    Article • The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, October 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  67. Linear and nonlinear rheological behavior and crystallization of semicrystalline poly(styrene)–poly(l-lactide) block copolymers

    Article • European Polymer Journal, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  68. Access to Intrinsically Glucoside-Based Microspheres with Boron Affinity

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, March 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  69. Continuous Hydrothermal Synthesis of In Situ Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A General Strategy to Produce Metal Oxide Nanoparticles With Clickable Anchors

    Article • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, February 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  70. Controlled growth of protein resistant PHEMA brushes via S-RAFT polymerization

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  71. Synthesis of polymers with phosphorus containing side chains via modular conjugation

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  72. Orthogonal ligation to spherical polymeric microparticles: Modular approaches for surface tailoring

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, July 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  73. A Facile Route to Boronic Acid Functional Polymeric Microspheres via Epoxide Ring Opening

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, April 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  74. Photo-Induced Macromolecular Functionalization of Cellulose via Nitroxide Spin Trapping

    Article • Biomacromolecules, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  75. Thermally responsive core–shell microparticles and cross-linked networks based on nitrone chemistry

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  76. Modular design of glyco-microspheres via mild pericyclic reactions and their quantitative analysis

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  77. Surface modification of polymeric microspheres using glycopolymers for biorecognition

    Article • European Polymer Journal, April 2011, Elsevier

    Anthony Granville, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  78. Mild and Modular Surface Modification of Cellulose via Hetero Diels−Alder (HDA) Cycloaddition

    Article • Biomacromolecules, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  79. An Access Route to Polyferrocenes via Modular Conjugation

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, February 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  80. Synthesis of water-soluble homo- and block-copolymers by RAFT polymerization under γ-irradiation in aqueous media

    Article • Polymer, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  81. Quantification of Grafting Densities Achieved via Modular “Grafting-to” Approaches onto Divinylbenzene Microspheres

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, May 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  82. Accessing Quantitative Degrees of Functionalization on Solid Substrates via Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Macromolecules, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  83. Synthesis of Microspheres as Versatile Functional Scaffolds for Materials Science Applications

    Article • Advanced Materials, June 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  84. Facile Access to Hydroxy-Functional Core-Shell Microspheres via Grafting of Ethylene Oxide by Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, June 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  85. Surface Modification of Poly(divinylbenzene) Microspheres via Thiol−Ene Chemistry and Alkyne−Azide Click Reactions

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  86. RAFT-mediated polymerization and grafting of sodium 4-styrenesulfonate from cellulose initiated via γ-radiation

    Article • Polymer, February 2009, Elsevier

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  87. Efficient Surface Modification of Divinylbenzene Microspheres via a Combination of RAFT and Hetero Diels‐Alder Chemistry

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, August 2008, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  88. Probing Solid−Liquid Interfaces Using Radiotracer Technology: Characterization of Functionalized Microspheres

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  89. The application of ionizing radiation in reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization: Renaissance of a key synthetic and kinetic tool

    Article • Polymer, October 2007, Elsevier

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  90. Verification of Controlled Grafting of Styrene from Cellulose via Radiation-Induced RAFT Polymerization

    Article • Macromolecules, September 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  91. Ambient temperature synthesis of well‐defined microspheres via precipitation polymerization initiated by UV‐irradiation

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, June 2007, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  92. Ambient Temperature RAFT Polymerization of Acrylic Acid Initiated with Ultraviolet Radiation in Aqueous Solution

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  93. Complex Macromolecular Architectures by Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Chemistry: Theory and Practice

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, March 2007, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  94. Acid-cleavable polymeric core–shell particles for delivery of hydrophobic drugs

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, October 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  95. RAFT Polymerization of N‐Isopropylacrylamide and Acrylic Acid under γ‐Irradiation in Aqueous Media

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, May 2006, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  96. Depropagation Kinetics of Sterically Demanding Monomers:  A Pulsed Laser Size Exclusion Chromatography Study

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Martina Stenzel, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  97. Grafting of n -Butyl Acrylate and N , N '-Dimethyl Acrylamide from Poly(divinylbenzene) Microspheres by RAFT Polymerization

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  98. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer graft copolymerization of styrene andm-isopropenyl-α,α′-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate from polypropylene lanterns: Solid phases for scavenging applications

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  99. Synthesis of core‐shell poly(divinylbenzene) microspheres via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer graft polymerization of styrene

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, September 2004, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  100. Complex Molecular Architecture Polymers via RAFT

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, CSIRO Publishing

    Martina Stenzel, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  101. Hyperbranched polymers as scaffolds for multifunctional reversible addition–fragmentation chain‐transfer agents: A route to polystyrene‐core‐polyesters and polystyrene‐block‐poly(butyl acrylate)‐core‐polyesters

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, October 2003, Wiley

    Martina Stenzel, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  102. Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization initiated with γ-radiation at ambient temperature: an overview

    Article • European Polymer Journal, March 2003, Elsevier

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  103. Surface Grafting via the Reversible Addition - Fragmentation Chain-Transfer (RAFT) Process: From Polypropylene Beads to Core - Shell Microspheres

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2003, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  104. Applications of Lawesson’s Reagent in Organic and Organometallic Syntheses

    Article • Synthesis, January 2003, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  105. Reversible addition–fragmentation chain‐transfer graft polymerization of styrene: Solid phases for organic and peptide synthesis

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, October 2002, Wiley

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  106. Reversible addition–fragmentation chain‐transfer polymerization: Unambiguous end‐group assignment via electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, October 2002, Wiley

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  107. Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization Initiated with Ultraviolet Radiation

    Article • Macromolecules, August 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  108. Living Free Radical Polymerisation Under a Constant Source of Gamma Radiation – An Example of Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer or Reversible Termination?

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, August 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  109. Free-radical copolymerization of styrene andm-isopropenyl-?,??-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate studied by1H NMR kinetic experiments

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, March 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  110. Living free‐radical polymerization of styrene under a constant source of γ radiation

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, November 2001, Wiley

    Thomas Davis, Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner

  111. Polymers with Well-Defined End Groups via RAFT– Synthesis, Applications andPostmodifications

    Article • Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Leonie Barner