Publications
Independent Career:
53. Combining Molecular Motion with a 2,6-Diiodo BODIPY to Engineer Highly Anisotropic Thermomechanical Properties in Organic Binary and Ternary Molecular Materials
B. Tahmouresilerd, J. Qiu, G. C. George III, V. Woh, M. C. Andrews, S. Moaven, D. K. Unruh, K. M. Hutchins, and A. F. Cozzolino
Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, Accepted.
52. Polymorphism and π Stacking Affect Thermal Expansion Behavior in Halogen-Bonded Cocrystals Based on 1,4-Diiodoperchlorobenzene
G. C. George III, M. Karimi, N. Juneja, D. K. Unruh, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 2468-2474.
51. Solid-State [4+4] Cycloaddition and Cycloreversion with Use of Unpaired Hydrogen-Bond Donors to Achieve Solvatomorphism and Stabilization
G. C. George III and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202302482.
50. Engineering Colossal Anisotropic Thermal Expansion into Organic Materials through Dimensionality Control
N. Juneja, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 7292–7300.
49. Colossal Anisotropic Thermal Expansion in a Diazo-Functionalized Compound with Switchable Solid-State Behavior
X. Ding, D. K. Unruh, L. Ma, E. J. van Aalst, E. W. Reinheimer, B. J. Wylie, and K. M. Hutchins
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306198.
48. Reversible interconversion of pharmaceutical salt polymorphs facilitated by mechanical methods
L. Ma, Q. Zheng, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 7779-7782.
47. Impact of Torsional and Conformational Flexibility on Pedal Motion and Thermal Expansion in Pyridyl Bisimine Cocrystals
N. Juneja, D. K. Unruh, G. C. George III, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 524-531.
46. Improved Syntheses of 4′-Vinylbenzo-3n-Crown-n Ethers (n = 5–7)
L. Ma, J. D. Loya, M. Findlater, and K. M. Hutchins
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 14953-14956.
45. Use of a Diels–Alder reaction to modify thermal expansion properties in charge-transfer cocrystals
G. C. George III, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
CrystEngComm 2022, 24, 7024-7028.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE01207C
(Back cover)
44. Molecular Motion and Ligand Stacking Influence Thermal Expansion Behavior and Argentophilic Forces in Silver Coordination Complexes
G. C. George III, D. K. Unruh, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2022, 22, 4538-4545.
43. Controlling Thermal Expansion in Supramolecular Halogen-Bonded Mixed Cocrystals through Synthetic Feed and Dynamic Motion
N. Juneja, N. M. Shapiro, D. K. Unruh, E. Bosch, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202708.
42. Cocrystallization and Thermal Behaviors of the Micropollutants Gemfibrozil, Aceclofenac, and Bisphenol A
Q. Zheng, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2022, 22, 2208–2217.
41. Managing research throughout COVID-19: Lived experiences of supramolecular chemists
Chem 2022, 8, 299-311.
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40. Selective Removal of Barium and Hardness Ions from Brackish Water with Chemically Enhanced Electrodialysis
ACS EST Water 2022, 2, 288-298.
39. Removal of the Micropollutants Propranolol Hydrochloride and 2-Naphthol from Water by Pyridine-Functionalized Polymers
Q. Zheng, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Front. Chem. 2022, 9, 793870.
38. Mechanochemistry as a Tool for Crystallizing Inaccessible Solids from Viscous Liquid Components
J. D. Loya, S. J. Li, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2022, 22, 285-292.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00929
(Front Cover)
37. Differences in thermal expansion and motion ability for herringbone and face-to-face π-stacked solids
X. Ding, E. Zahid, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
IUCrJ 2022, 9, 31-42.
36. Thermal expansion properties and mechanochemical synthesis of stoichiometric cocrystals containing tetrabromobenzene as a hydrogen- and halogen-bond donor
X. Ding, A. W. Crawford, W. P. Derrick, D. K. Unruh, R. H. Groeneman and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 16329-16333.
35. Solid-state behaviors of imines: Colossal biaxial positive thermal expansion, motion capability, and phase transitions
N. Juneja, E. Zahid, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
CrystEngComm 2021, 23, 4439-4443.
34. Positive thermal expansion facilitates the formation of argentophilic forces following an order-disorder phase transition
N. Juneja, D. K. Unruh, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
New J. Chem. 2021, 45, 8898-8901.
33. Cocrystallization of Trimethoprim and Solubility Enhancement via Salt Formation
Q. Zheng, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2021, 21, 1507-1517.
32. Triply Columned and Multiply Layered 3D Polymers: Design, Synthesis, Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) and Computational Study
Research 2021, 2021, 3565791.
31. Hydrogen-Bond Synthon Preferences in Cocrystals of Acetazolamide
K. J. Meers, T. N. Tran, Q. Zheng, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2020, 20, 5048-5060.
30. Controlling thermal expansion within mixed cocrystals by tuning molecular motion capability
X. Ding, D. K. Unruh, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7701-7707.
29. Influence of Multiple Hydrogen Bonds on Thermal Expansion Within and Between Two-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bonded Sheets
X. Ding, N. Juneja, A. W. Crawford, E. W. Reinheimer, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 7380-7384.
28. Effects of dynamic pedal motion and static disorder on thermal expansion within halogen-bonded co-crystals
N. Juneja, D. K. Unruh, E. Bosch, R. H. Groeneman, and K. M. Hutchins
New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 18433-18436.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ04833B
(Front Cover)
27. Application of the pKa rule to synthesize salts of bezafibrate
J. D. Loya, S. J. Li, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Supramol. Chem. 2019, 31, 558-564.
26. Unique supramolecular complex of diclofenac: structural robustness, crystal-to-crystal solvent exchange, and mechanochemical synthesis
Q. Zheng, S. L. Rood, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 7639-7642.
25. Cooling-rate dependent single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition in an organic co-crystal
A. W. Crawford, R. H. Groeneman, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 3258-3261.
24. Co-crystallization of anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical contaminants and rare carboxylic acid-pyridine supramolecular synthon breakdown
Q. Zheng, S. L. Rood, D. K. Unruh, and K. M. Hutchins
CrystEngComm 2018, 20, 6377-6381.
23. Covalent bond formation via a [2+2] cycloaddition reaction as a tool to alter thermal expansion parameters of organic co-crystals
K. M. Hutchins, D. K. Unruh, and R. H. Groeneman
New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 16460-16463.
22. Thermal expansion along one-dimensional chains and two-dimensional sheets within co-crystals based on halogen or hydrogen bonds
K. M. Hutchins, D. K. Unruh, D. Carpenter, and R. H. Groeneman
CrystEngComm 2018, 20, 7232-7235.
21. Co-crystallization of the Anti-Cholesterol Drug Bezafibrate: Molecular Recognition of a Pharmaceutical Contaminant in the Solid State and Solution via Hydrogen Bonding
J. D. Loya, J. Qiu, D. K. Unruh, A. F. Cozzolino, and K. M. Hutchins
Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 4838-4843.
20. Functional Materials Based on Molecules with Hydrogen-Bonding Ability: Applications to Drug Co-crystals and Polymer Complexes
K. M. Hutchins
R. Soc. Open Sci. 2018, 5, 180564.
19. Perylene diimide bearing different trialkyl silyl ethers: Impact of asymmetric functionalization on self-assembly into nanostructures
R. Matthews, J. Swisher, K. M. Hutchins, and E. B. Pentzer
Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 3571-3577.
18. Molecular Pedal Motion Influences Thermal Expansion Properties within Isostructural Hydrogen-Bonded Co-crystals
K. M. Hutchins, D. K. Unruh, F. Verdu, and R. H. Groeneman
Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 566-570.
Prior to Texas Tech:
(U Iowa and UIUC)
17. Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal [2 + 2] Photodimerization Involving B←N Coordination with Generation of a Thiophene Host
G. Campillo-Alvarado, C. Li, Z. Feng, K. M. Hutchins, D. C. Swenson, H. Höpfl, H. Morales-Rojas, and L. R. MacGillivray*
Organometallics 2020, 39, 2197-2201. (link)
16. Cambiarenes: Single-Step Synthesis and Selective Zwitterion Binding of a Clip-Shaped Macrocycle with a Redox-Active Core
R. J. Petersen, B. J. Rozeboom, S. M. Oburn, N. J. Blythe, T. L. Rathje, J. A. Luna, S. K. Kibby, E. A. O’Brien, K. G. Rohr, J. R. Carpenter, T. L. Saunders, A. M. Johnson, K. M. Hutchins, S. K. Shaw, L. R. MacGillivray, and J. Wm. Wackerly
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1928-1930. (link)
15. Substitution of a Haloquinone by Phenols Under Pyridine-Free Conditions: Synthetic, Mechanistic, and Solid-State Considerations Involving 2,3-Dichloronaphthoquinone
N. J. Blythe, K. M. Hutchins, T. Cox, A. Johnson, L. R. MacGillivray, and J. Wm. Wackerly
Heterocycles 2019, 98, 379-386. (link)
14. Remarkable decrease in stiffness of aspirin crystals upon reducing crystal size to nanoscale dimensions via sonochemistry
K. M. Hutchins, T. Rupasinghe, S. Oburn, K. K. Ray, A. V. Tivanski, and L. R. MacGillivray
CrystEngComm 2019, 21, 2049-2052. (link)
13. Size Control of Cross-linked Carboxy Polystyrene Particles: Four Orders of Magnitude of Dimensional Versatility
N. M. Sekerak, K. M. Hutchins, B. Luo, J. G. Kang, P. V. Braun, Q. Chen, and J. S. Moore
Eur. Polym. J. 2018, 101, 202-210. (link)
12. Unlocking Pedal Motion of the Azo Group: Three- and Unexpected Eight-Component Hydrogen-Bonded Assemblies in Co-crystals based on Isosteric Resorcinols
K. M. Hutchins, S. Yelgaonkar, B. L. Harris-Conway, E. W. Reinheimer, L. R. MacGillivray, and R. H. Groeneman
Supramol. Chem. 2018, 30, 533-539. (link)
11. Effects of Crosslinking Density on Interfacial Polymerization and Scaffold Formation in Functionalized Polymer Beads
K. M. Hutchins, C.-Y. Lee, B. Luo, Q. Chen, J. S. Moore
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2017, 56, 4883-4886. (link, Invited)
10. Crystal Structure, Thermal Properties and Shock-Wave-Induced Nucleation of 1,2-Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene
Y. Ren, J. Lee, K. M. Hutchins, N. R. Sottos, and J. S. Moore
Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 6148-6151. (link)
9. Polymerization Initiated by Particle Contact: A Quiescent State Trigger for Materials Synthesis
K. M. Hutchins, N. M. Sekerak, and J. S. Moore
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12336-12339. (link)
8. Thermal expansion properties of three isostructural co-crystals composed of isosteric components: interplay between halogen and hydrogen bonds
K. M. Hutchins, K. A. Kummer, R. H. Groeneman, E. W. Reinheimer, M. A. Sinnwell, D. C. Swenson, and L. R. MacGillivray
CrystEngComm 2016, 18, 8354-8357. (link, Cover Article)
7. Mechanical Properties of a Series of Macro- and Nano-Dimensional Organic Cocrystals Correlate with Atomic Polarizability
T. P. Rupasinghe, K. M. Hutchins, B. S. Bandaranayake, S. Ghorai, C. Karunatilake, D.-K. Bučar, D. C. Swenson, M. A. Arnold, L. R. MacGillivray, and A. V. Tivanski
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 12768-12771. (link)
6. Achieving dynamic behaviour and thermal expansion in the organic solid state via co-crystallizations
K. M. Hutchins, R. H. Groeneman, E. W. Reinheimer, D. C. Swenson, and L. R. MacGillivray
Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4717-4722. (link)
5. Head-to-tail photodimerization of a thiophene in a co-crystal and a rare adipic acid dimer in the presence of a heterosynthon
K. M. Hutchins, J. C. Sumrak, and L. R. MacGillivray
CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 5762-5764. (link, Inside Cover Article)
4. Co-crystals of a Salicylideneaniline: Photochromism Involving Planar Dihedral Angles
K. M. Hutchins, S. Dutta, B. P. Loren, and L. R. MacGillivray
Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 3042-3044. (link)
3. Nanocrystals of a Metal-Organic Complex Exhibit Remarkably High Conductivity that Increases in a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation
K. M. Hutchins, T. P. Rupasinghe, L. R. Ditzler, D. C. Swenson, J. R. G. Sander, J. Baltrusaitis, A. V. Tivanski, and L. R. MacGillivray
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6778-6781. (link)
2. Resorcinol-Templated Head-to-Head Photodimerization of a Thiophene in the Solid State and Unusual Edge-to-Face Stacking in a Discrete Hydrogen-Bonded Assembly
K. M. Hutchins, J. C. Sumrak, and L. R. MacGillivray
Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1052-1055. (link)
1. From co-crystals to functional thin films: photolithography using [2+2] photodimerization
S. Ghorai, J. C. Sumrak, K. M. Hutchins, D.-K. Bučar, A. V. Tivanski, and L. R. MacGillivray
Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4304-4308. (link)
Editorials/Commentaries:
3. Predicting photoactivity in dithienylethene crystalline solids
K. M. Hutchins*
IUCrJ 2023, 10, 635-637. (link)
2. Planning a family
J. S. Leigh, N. Busschaert, C. J. E. Haynes, J. R. Hiscock, K. M. Hutchins, L. K. S. von Krbek, A. J. McConnell, A. G. Slater, D. K. Smith, and E. Draper*
Nat. Rev. Chem. 2022, 6, 673-675. (link)
1. Pregnancy in the lab
A. Slater, C. Caltagirone, E. Draper, N. Busschaert, K. Hutchins, and J. Leigh*
Nat. Rev. Chem. 2022, 6, 163-164. (link)
Books:
Texas Tech University
Women in Supramolecular Chemistry: Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of Our Work and Lives in STEM
J. Leigh,* J. Hiscock, A. McConnell, C. Haynes, C. Caltagirone, M. Kieffer, E. Draper, A. Slater, L. K. S. von Krbek, K. M. Hutchins, D. Watkins, N. Busschaert
Press and Bristol University Press: Bristol, United Kingdom, 2022, ISBN: 978-1447362371. (link)
Book Chapters:
Texas Tech University
Hydrogen-Bonded Semiconductor Co-Crystals
K. M. Hutchins and L. R. MacGillivray
In Co-Crystals: Preparation, Characterization and Applications; Eds. C. B. Aakeroy and A. S. Sinha; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2018, 1, 285-301. (link)
University of Iowa
Co-crystals for Solid-State Reactivity and Thermal Expansion
K. M. Hutchins, J. Stojaković, R. H. Groeneman, and L. R. MacGillivray
In Multi-Component Crystals. Synthesis, Concepts, Function; Eds. E. Tiekink and J. Zukerman-Schpector; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2017, 1, 181-198. (link)
Crystal Engineering [2+2] Photodimerizations via Templates and Hydrogen Bonds: A Case of Styrylthiophenes
K. M. Hutchins and L. R. MacGillivray
In Photochemistry: Volume 43; Ed. E. Fasani; The Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2016; Vol. 43, pp 321-330. (link)