Dr Nathaniel Corrigan

Lecturer

PhD (Polymer Science/Chemical Engineering) & Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering, Hons. 1)

Engineering

School of Chemical Engineering

Dr Nathaniel (Nat) Corrigan is a ARC DECRA fellow working in the Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN) in the School of Chemical Engineering at ��¼�. His research focuses on the use of light in macromolecular synthesis, with a particular focus on new methods for polymer synthesis. Dr. Corrigan has expertise in flow mediated photochemical reactions, reaction design for photopolymerization, and controlling polymer molecular weight distributions, and has also pioneered the application of reversible deactivation radical polymerization to 3D printing, via the use of ultra-fast PET-RAFT polymerization and other ultra-fast photoinduced 3D printing processes. These processes enable the production of advanced macromolecular materials via more streamlined and highly accessible approaches.

PhD Projects are available.

E-mail

n.corrigan@westernsydney.edu.au

Journal articles | 2025

Gmedhin H; Schaefer S; Corrigan N; Wu P; Gu Z; Lenardon MD; Boyer C, 2025, 'Effect of Defined Block Sequence Terpolymers on Antifungal Activity and Biocompatibility', Macromolecular Bioscience, 25,

Journal articles | 2025

Hakobyan K; Ishizuka F; Corrigan N; Xu J; Zetterlund PB; Prescott SW; Boyer C, 2025, 'RAFT Polymerization for Advanced Morphological Control: From Individual Polymer Chains to Bulk Materials', Advanced Materials, 37,

Journal articles | 2025

Michelas M; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2025, '3D printing via polymerization-induced microphase separation using acrylate macromonomers instead of macroRAFT agents', Polymer Chemistry,

Journal articles | 2024

Aquib M; Schaefer S; Gmedhin H; Corrigan N; Bobrin VA; Boyer C, 2024, 'Shape matters: Effect of amphiphilic polymer topology on antibacterial activity and hemocompatibility', European Polymer Journal, 205,

Journal articles | 2024

Bobrin VA; Hackbarth HG; Bonsu JO; Yao Y; Bedford NM; Kundu D; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2024, 'Microphase Separation 3D Printing of Binary Inorganic Polymer Precursors to Prepare Nanostructured Carbon-Ceramic Multimaterials', Advanced Materials Technologies, 9,

Journal articles | 2024

Bobrin VA; Hackbarth HG; Yao Y; Kundu D; Bedford NM; Kuchel RP; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2024, 'Design and 3D Printing of Polyacrylonitrile-Derived Nanostructured Carbon Architectures', Small Science, 4,

Journal articles | 2024

Corrigan N; Li X; Zhang J; Boyer C, 2024, 'Xolography for the Production of Polymeric Multimaterials', Advanced Materials Technologies, 9,

Journal articles | 2024

Corrigan N; Mutch AL; Boyer C; Thickett SC, 2024, '3D printing polymerizable eutectics via RAFT polymerization', Rsc Applied Polymers, 2, pp. 914 - 925,

Journal articles | 2024

Lee K; Mata J; Bobrin VA; Kundu D; Peterson VK; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2024, '3D Printing Highly Efficient Ion-Exchange Materials via a Polyelectrolyte Microphase Separation Strategy', Small Science, 4,

Journal articles | 2024

Mutch AL; Nahar Y; Bissember AC; Corrigan N; Boyer C; Oh XY; Truong VX; Thickett SC, 2024, '“Dissolve-on-Demand” 3D Printed Materials: Polymerizable Eutectics for Generating High Modulus, Thermoresponsive and Photoswitchable Eutectogels', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 45,

Journal articles | 2024

Schaefer S; Corrigan N; Brunke S; Lenardon MD; Boyer C, 2024, 'Combatting Fungal Infections: Advances in Antifungal Polymeric Nanomaterials', Biomacromolecules, 25, pp. 5670 - 5701,

Journal articles | 2024

Schaefer S; Melodia D; Corrigan N; Lenardon MD; Boyer C, 2024, 'Effect of Star Topology Versus Linear Polymers on Antifungal Activity and Mammalian Cell Toxicity', Macromolecular Bioscience, 24,

Journal articles | 2024

Schaefer S; Melodia D; Pracey C; Corrigan N; Lenardon MD; Boyer C, 2024, 'Mimicking Charged Host-Defense Peptides to Tune the Antifungal Activity and Biocompatibility of Amphiphilic Polymers', Biomacromolecules, 25, pp. 871 - 889,

Journal articles | 2024

Schaefer S; Vij R; Sprague JL; Austermeier S; Dinh H; Judzewitsch PR; Müller-Loennies S; Lopes Silva T; Seemann E; Qualmann B; Hertweck C; Scherlach K; Gutsmann T; Cain AK; Corrigan N; Gresnigt MS; Boyer C; Lenardon MD; Brunke S, 2024, 'A synthetic peptide mimic kills Candida albicans and synergistically prevents infection', Nature Communications, 15, pp. 1 - 22,

Journal articles | 2024

Shi X; Yao Y; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2024, 'Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation of ABC Triblock Copolymers for 3D Printing Nanostructured Materials', Small, 20,

Journal articles | 2024

Xiu Y; Bobrin VA; Corrigan N; Yao Y; Zhang J; Boyer C, 2024, 'Engineering internal nanostructure in 3D-printed materials via polymer molecular weight distribution', Journal of Polymer Science, 62, pp. 766 - 776,

Journal articles | 2023

Bobrin VA; Hackbarth HG; Yao Y; Bedford NM; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2023, 'Customized Nanostructured Ceramics via Microphase Separation 3D Printing', Advanced Science, 10,

Journal articles | 2023

Corrigan N; Shi X; Boyer C, 2023, 'Diblock Copolymer Stabilized Liquid Metal Nanoparticles: Particle Settling Behavior and Application to 3D Printing', ACS Macro Letters, 12, pp. 241 - 247,

Journal articles | 2023

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2023, 'Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation for the Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62,

Journal articles | 2023

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2023, 'Polymerization Induced Microphase Separation for the Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials', Angewandte Chemie, 135,

Journal articles | 2023

Melodia D; Bhadra A; Lee K; Kuchel R; Kundu D; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2023, '3D Printed Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Bicontinuous Nanoscopic Domains for Ionic Liquid Conduction and Energy Storage', Small, 19,

Journal articles | 2023

Wu Z; Zhang T; Shi X; Corrigan N; Ng G; Boyer C, 2023, 'Innentitelbild: Photo‐RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light‐Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation (Angew. Chem. 25/2023)', Angewandte Chemie, 135,

Journal articles | 2023

Wu Z; Zhang T; Shi X; Corrigan N; Ng G; Boyer C, 2023, 'Inside Cover: Photo‐RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light‐Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 25/2023)', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62,

Journal articles | 2023

Wu Z; Zhang T; Shi X; Corrigan N; Ng G; Boyer C, 2023, 'Photo-RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light-Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62,

Journal articles | 2023

Wu Z; Zhang T; Shi X; Corrigan N; Ng G; Boyer C, 2023, 'Photo‐RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light‐Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation', Angewandte Chemie, 135,

Journal articles | 2023

Xiu Y; Bobrin VA; Corrigan N; Zhang J; Boyer C, 2023, 'Effect of Macromolecular Structure on Phase Separation Regime in 3D Printed Materials', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 44,

Journal articles | 2022

Bobrin VA; Lee K; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Nanostructure Control in 3D Printed Materials', Advanced Materials, 34, pp. e2107643 - e2107643,

Journal articles | 2022

Bobrin VA; Yao Y; Shi X; Xiu Y; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Nano- to macro-scale control of 3D printed materials via polymerization induced microphase separation', Nature Communications, 13,

Journal articles | 2022

Bobrin VA; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'The Emergence of Reversible–Deactivation Radical Polymerization in 3D Printing', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8,

Journal articles | 2022

Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, '3D Printing and In Situ Surface Modification via Type I Photoinitiated Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022,

Journal articles | 2022

Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Living in the Moment: A Mathematically Verified Approach for Molecular Weight Distribution Analysis and Application to Data Storage', Macromolecules, 55, pp. 8960 - 8969,

Journal articles | 2022

Jung K; Corrigan N; Wong EHH; Boyer C, 2022, 'Bioactive Synthetic Polymers', Advanced Materials, 34,

Journal articles | 2022

Lee K; Shang Y; Bobrin VA; Kuchel R; Kundu D; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, '3D Printing Nanostructured Solid Polymer Electrolytes with High Modulus and Conductivity', Advanced Materials, 34,

Journal articles | 2022

Shi X; Bobrin VA; Yao Y; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Designing Nanostructured 3D Printed Materials by Controlling Macromolecular Architecture', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61,

Journal articles | 2022

Shi X; Bobrin VA; Yao Y; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Designing Nanostructured 3D Printed Materials by Controlling Macromolecular Architecture', Angewandte Chemie, 134,

Journal articles | 2022

Shi X; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Controlling mechanical properties of 3D printed polymer composites through photoinduced reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization', Polymer Chemistry, 13, pp. 44 - 57,

Journal articles | 2022

Wu C; Corrigan N; Lim CH; Liu W; Miyake G; Boyer C, 2022, 'Rational Design of Photocatalysts for Controlled Polymerization: Effect of Structures on Photocatalytic Activities', Chemical Reviews, 122, pp. 5476 - 5518,

Journal articles | 2022

Wu Z; Fang W; Wu C; Corrigan N; Zhang T; Xu S; Boyer C, 2022, 'An aqueous photo-controlled polymerization under NIR wavelengths: synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles through thick barriers', Chemical Science, 13, pp. 11519 - 11532,

Journal articles | 2022

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'A Photoinduced Dual-Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self-Healing of Thermosetting Materials', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61,

Journal articles | 2022

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'A Photoinduced Dual‐Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self‐Healing of Thermosetting Materials', Angewandte Chemie, 134,

Journal articles | 2022

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Frontispiece: A Photoinduced Dual‐Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self‐Healing of Thermosetting Materials', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61,

Journal articles | 2022

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2022, 'Frontispiz: A Photoinduced Dual‐Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self‐Healing of Thermosetting Materials', Angewandte Chemie, 134,

Journal articles | 2021

Corrigan N; Ciftci M; Jung K; Boyer C, 2021, 'Gesteuerte Reaktionsorthogonalität in der Polymer‐ und Materialwissenschaft', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 1774 - 1809,

Journal articles | 2021

Corrigan N; Ciftci M; Jung K; Boyer C, 2021, 'Mediating Reaction Orthogonality in Polymer and Materials Science', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 1748 - 1781,

Journal articles | 2021

Corrigan N; Trujillo FJ; Xu J; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Boyer C, 2021, 'Divergent Synthesis of Graft and Branched Copolymers through Spatially Controlled Photopolymerization in Flow Reactors', Macromolecules, 54, pp. 3430 - 3446,

Journal articles | 2021

Judzewitsch PR; Corrigan N; Wong EHH; Boyer C, 2021, 'Photo-Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Polymers Containing an Embedded Photosensitiser', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 24248 - 24256,

Journal articles | 2021

Judzewitsch PR; Corrigan N; Wong EHH; Boyer C, 2021, 'Photo‐Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Polymers Containing an Embedded Photosensitiser', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 24450 - 24458,

Journal articles | 2021

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Frontispiece: Rapid High‐Resolution 3D Printing and Surface Functionalization via Type I Photoinitiated RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60,

Journal articles | 2021

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Frontispiz: Rapid High‐Resolution 3D Printing and Surface Functionalization via Type I Photoinitiated RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie, 133,

Journal articles | 2021

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Rapid High-Resolution 3D Printing and Surface Functionalization via Type I Photoinitiated RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60, pp. 8839 - 8850,

Journal articles | 2021

Lee K; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Rapid High‐Resolution 3D Printing and Surface Functionalization via Type I Photoinitiated RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 8921 - 8932,

Journal articles | 2021

Lu P; Ahn D; Yunis R; Delafresnaye L; Corrigan N; Boyer C; Barner-Kowollik C; Page ZA, 2021, 'Wavelength-selective light-matter interactions in polymer science', Matter, 4, pp. 2172 - 2229,

Journal articles | 2021

Shi X; Zhang J; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'PET-RAFT facilitated 3D printable resins with multifunctional RAFT agents', Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5, pp. 2271 - 2282,

Journal articles | 2021

Xu S; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Forced gradient copolymerisation: A simplified approach for polymerisation-induced self-assembly', Polymer Chemistry, 12, pp. 57 - 68,

Journal articles | 2021

Xu S; Trujillo FJ; Xu J; Boyer C; Corrigan N, 2021, 'Influence of Molecular Weight Distribution on the Thermoresponsive Transition of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 42,

Journal articles | 2021

Zhang L; Ng G; Kapoor-Kaushik N; Shi X; Corrigan N; Webster R; Jung K; Boyer C, 2021, '2D Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets as Multidimensional Photocatalysts for Functional Materials', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 22664 - 22671,

Journal articles | 2021

Zhang L; Ng G; Kapoor‐Kaushik N; Shi X; Corrigan N; Webster R; Jung K; Boyer C, 2021, '2D Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets as Multidimensional Photocatalysts for Functional Materials', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 22846 - 22853,

Journal articles | 2021

Zhang L; Shi X; Zhang Z; Kuchel RP; Namivandi-Zangeneh R; Corrigan N; Jung K; Liang K; Boyer C, 2021, 'Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for PET-RAFT Polymerization and Stereolithography', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 5489 - 5496,

Journal articles | 2021

Zhang L; Shi X; Zhang Z; Kuchel RP; Namivandi‐Zangeneh R; Corrigan N; Jung K; Liang K; Boyer C, 2021, 'Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for PET‐RAFT Polymerization and Stereolithography', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 5549 - 5556,

Journal articles | 2021

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2021, 'Effect of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds on Visible-Light-Mediated 3D Printing', Macromolecules, 54, pp. 1170 - 1182,

Journal articles | 2020

Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2020, 'In the Limelight: 2D and 3D Materials via Photo-Controlled Radical Polymerization', Trends in Chemistry, 2, pp. 689 - 706,

Journal articles | 2020

Corrigan N; Jung K; Boyer C, 2020, 'Merging New Organoborane Chemistry with Living Radical Polymerization', Chem, 6, pp. 1212 - 1214,

Journal articles | 2020

Corrigan N; Jung K; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Matyjaszewski K; Boyer C, 2020, 'Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications', Progress in Polymer Science, 111,

Journal articles | 2020

Judzewitsch PR; Corrigan N; Trujillo F; Xu J; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Wong EHH; Boyer C, 2020, 'High-Throughput Process for the Discovery of Antimicrobial Polymers and Their Upscaled Production via Flow Polymerization', Macromolecules, 53, pp. 631 - 639,

Journal articles | 2020

Jung K; Corrigan N; Ciftci M; Xu J; Seo SE; Hawker CJ; Boyer C, 2020, 'Designing with Light: Advanced 2D, 3D, and 4D Materials', Advanced Materials, 32,

Journal articles | 2020

Liu K; Corrigan N; Postma A; Moad G; Boyer C, 2020, 'A comprehensive platform for the design and synthesis of polymer molecular weight distributions', Macromolecules, 53, pp. 8867 - 8882,

Journal articles | 2020

Wu C; Chen H; Corrigan N; Jung K; Kan X; Li Z; Liu W; Xu J; Boyer C, 2020, 'Computer-Guided Discovery of a pH-Responsive Organic Photocatalyst and Application for pH and Light Dual-Gated Polymerization', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, pp. 8207 - 8220,

Journal articles | 2020

Zaquen N; Rubens M; Corrigan N; Xu J; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C; Junkers T, 2020, 'Polymer Synthesis in Continuous Flow Reactors', Progress in Polymer Science, 107, pp. 101256,

Journal articles | 2019

Corrigan N; Boyer C, 2019, '100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Photochemical Reaction Orthogonality in Modern Macromolecular Science', ACS Macro Letters, 8, pp. 812 - 818,

Journal articles | 2019

Corrigan N; Xu J; Boyer C; Allonas X, 2019, 'Exploration of the PET-RAFT Initiation Mechanism for Two Commonly Used Photocatalysts', Chemphotochem, 3, pp. 1193 - 1199,

Journal articles | 2019

Corrigan N; Yeow J; Judzewitsch P; Xu J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Seeing the Light: Advancing Materials Chemistry through Photopolymerization', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, pp. 5170 - 5189,

Journal articles | 2019

Corrigan N; Yeow J; Judzewitsch P; Xu J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Seeing the Light: Advancing Materials Chemistry through Photopolymerization', Angewandte Chemie, 131, pp. 5224 - 5243,

Journal articles | 2019

Corrigan N; Zhernakov L; Hashim MH; Xu J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Flow mediated metal-free PET-RAFT polymerisation for upscaled and consistent polymer production', Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4, pp. 1216 - 1228,

Journal articles | 2019

Huang Z; Corrigan N; Lin S; Boyer C; Xu J, 2019, 'Upscaling single unit monomer insertion to synthesize discrete oligomers', Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, 57, pp. 1947 - 1955,

Journal articles | 2019

Wu C; Corrigan N; Lim CH; Jung K; Zhu J; Miyake G; Xu J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Guiding the Design of Organic Photocatalyst for PET-RAFT Polymerization: Halogenated Xanthene Dyes', Macromolecules, 52, pp. 236 - 248,

Journal articles | 2019

Zaquen N; Kadir AMNBPHA; Iasa A; Corrigan N; Junkers T; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C, 2019, 'Rapid Oxygen Tolerant Aqueous RAFT Photopolymerization in Continuous Flow Reactors', Macromolecules, 52, pp. 1609 - 1619,

Journal articles | 2019

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Bagheri A; Jin J; Boyer C, 2019, 'A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, pp. 17954 - 17963,

Journal articles | 2019

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Bagheri A; Jin J; Boyer C, 2019, 'A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie, 131, pp. 18122 - 18131,

Journal articles | 2019

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Bagheri A; Jin J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Frontispiece: A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58,

Journal articles | 2019

Zhang Z; Corrigan N; Bagheri A; Jin J; Boyer C, 2019, 'Frontispiz: A Versatile 3D and 4D Printing System through Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie, 131,

Journal articles | 2018

Chu Y; Corrigan N; Wu C; Boyer C; Xu J, 2018, 'A Process for Well-Defined Polymer Synthesis through Textile Dyeing Inspired Catalyst Immobilization', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 15245 - 15253,

Journal articles | 2018

Corrigan N; Manahan R; Lew ZT; Yeow J; Xu J; Boyer C, 2018, 'Copolymers with Controlled Molecular Weight Distributions and Compositional Gradients through Flow Polymerization', Macromolecules, 51, pp. 4553 - 4563,

Journal articles | 2018

Huang Z; Noble BB; Corrigan N; Chu Y; Satoh K; Thomas DS; Hawker CJ; Moad G; Kamigaito M; Coote ML; Boyer C; Xu J, 2018, 'Discrete and Stereospecific Oligomers Prepared by Sequential and Alternating Single Unit Monomer Insertion', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, pp. 13392 - 13406,

Journal articles | 2018

Li G; Feng W; Corrigan N; Boyer C; Wang X; Xu J, 2018, 'Precise synthesis of poly(: N -acryloyl amino acid) through photoinduced living polymerization', Polymer Chemistry, 9, pp. 2733 - 2745,

Journal articles | 2017

Corrigan N; Almasri A; Taillades W; Xu J; Boyer C, 2017, 'Controlling Molecular Weight Distributions through Photoinduced Flow Polymerization', Macromolecules, 50, pp. 8438 - 8448,

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