Independent Career
32. Stellmach, K.A., Paul, MK.K, Su, YS., Ramprasad, R., Engler, A.C., Gutekunst, W.R., "Improving the Accuracy of Ceiling Temperature Measurements: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls," Macromolecules, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02526 - Editor's Choice Perspective article
31. Naqvi, B. A., Schwartz, J., Engler, A., De Gendt, S., Kohl, P., De Simone, D., “Analysis of EUV Induced Depolymerization of Polyphthalaldehydes and Side Reactions for Dry Develop Resist Applications,” J. Mater. Chem. C., 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4TC05250A
30. Davydovich, O., Lewis, J., Romero, M., Deitz, J., C’de Baca, F., Schwartz, J.M., Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., Leguizamon, S., Jones, B. H., “Photoinitiated thermoset polymerization through controlled release of metathesis catalysts encapsulated in poly(phthalaldehyde),” Poly. Chem., 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d4py00882k
29. Park, J., Dauda, M., Bello, M., Agdaban, I., Engler, A.C., Williamson, J.M., Mathew, V., Park, S., Flake, J., “Fundamental Insights into Copper-Epoxy Interfaces for High-Frequency Chip- to-Chip Interconnects,” ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 2025, DOI: .1021/acsami.4c16414
28. Dauda, M., Hendershot, J., Bello, M., Park, J., Orduz, A.L., Kizilkaya, O., Sprunger, P., Engler, A., Yao, K., Plaisance, C., Flake, J., “Activity and Selectivity in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 at CuSnx Electrocatalysts using Zero-Gap Membrane Electrode Assembly,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad6fd7
27. Shin, Y., Schwartz, J.M., Engler, A., Jones, B., Davydovich, O., Kohl, P.A., “Photoactivated Cyclic Polyphthalaldehyde Microcapsules for Payload Delivery,” ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07609
26. Schwartz, J. M., Kohl, P. A., Engler, A., “Scaling the polymerization of polyaldehydes through continuous flow synthesis,” MRS Comm., 2024, DOI: 10.1557/ s43579-024-00608-6 - Special issue on Early Career Materials Researchers
25. Park, J., Xu, J., Engler, A., Williamson, J., Matthew, V., Parl, S., Flake, J., “Extending Copper Interconnects and Epoxy Dielectrics to Multi-GHz Frequencies,” IEEE Trans. Comp. Pack. Man. Tech., 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2024.3399662
24. Dauda, M., Hendershot, J., Bello, M., Park, J., Orduz, A.L., Lombardo, N., Kizilkaya, O., Sprunger, P., Engler, A., Plaisance, C., Flake, J., “Electrochemical Reduction of CO2: A Common Acetyl Path to Ethylene, Ethanol, or Acetate,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad2cc1
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral
23. Ninantay, J. L., Engler, A., Schwartz, J. M., Kohl, P. A., “Chemically Amplified, Dry-Develop Polyaldehyde Photoresist,” ECS J. Solid State Sci. Tech., 2024, DOI: 10.1149/2162-8777/ad47d0 - SPIE Advanced Lithography 2024 Hiroshi Ito Memorial Award
22. Vichare, P., Engler, A., Schwartz, J., Kohl, P. A., “Chemical Depolymerization of Polymer Composites Via Selective Heating from Variable Frequency Microwaves,” J. Appl. Poly. Sci., 2024, DOI: 10.1002/app54811. - Top 10% of most-viewed papers by the journal in 2023
21. Warner, M.J., Lassa, J.P., Narcross, H., Commisso, A., Ghosh, K., Romero, M., Schwartz, J. M., Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., Leguizamon, S., Jones, B. H., “Chemical Recycling of Polybutadiene Rubber with Tailored Depolymerization Enabled by Microencapsulated Metathesis Catalysts,” ACS Sus. Chem. Eng. 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c03907.
20. Su, Y.-L., Yue, L., Tran, H., Xu, M., Engler, A., Ramprasad, R., Qi, H.J., Gutekunst, W.R., “Chemically Recyclable Polymer System Based on Nucleophilic Aromatic Ring-Opening Polymerization,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03455.
19. Engler, A., Park, H., Liu, N., Kohl, P. A., “Cyclic Carbonate-Based, Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes for Li-Ion Batteries,” J. Power. Sources. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/ j.jpowsour.2023.233145.
18. Warner, M., Jeng, T., Ayar, S., Sekhar, S., Marin, D., Engler, A., Coverdell, D., Ham, J., Kohl, P. A., “Reduced Graphene Oxide Catalytically Enhances the Rate of Cyanate Ester Curing Under Variable Frequency Microwave Heating,” J. Appl. Poly. Sci., 2023. DOI: 10.1002/ app.53887
17. Engler, A.*, Lo, C. K.*, Kohl, P. A., “Residue Analysis of Thermally Depolymerized Phthalaldehyde-Based Polymer Thin Films,” Poly. Adv. Tech., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/pat.5244.
16. Engler, A., Tobin, C., Lo, C. K., Kohl, P. A., “Influence of Material and Process Parameters in the Dry-Development of Positive-Tone, Polyaldehyde Photoresist,” J. Mater. Res., 2020, DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2020.243.
15. Engler, A. and Kohl, P. A., “Kinetic Investigation on the Cationic Polymerization of o- Phthalaldehyde: Understanding Ring-Expansion Polymerization,” Macromolecules, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02506.
14. Engler, A., Phillips, O., Miller, R. C., Tobin, C., Kohl, P. A., “Cationic Copolymerization of o- Phthalaldehyde and Functional Aliphatic Aldehydes,” Macromolecules, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00740.
13. Warner, M., Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., “Improvement in the Transience and Mechanical Performance of Flexible Poly(phthalaldehyde) Substrates,” Polymer, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/ j.polymer.2020.122588
12. Jiang, J., Phillips, O., Engler, A., Vong, M. H., Kohl, P. A., “Photodegradable Transient Bilayered Poly(phthalaldehyde) with Improved Shelf Life,” Poly. Adv. Tech., 2019, DOI: 10.1002/pat.4552.
11. Jiang, J., Phillips, O., Engler, A., Vong, M. H., Kohl, P. A., “Time-Delayed Photo-Induced Depolymerization of Poly(phthalaldehyde) Self-Immolative Polymer Via In-situ Formation of Weak Conjugate Acid,” Poly. Adv. Tech., 2019, DOI: 10.1002/pat.4596.
10. Phillips, O., Jiang, J., Warner, M., Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., “Tunable Transient and Mechanical Properties of Photodegradable Poly(phthalaldehyde),” Polymer, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/ j.polymer.2019.05.039.
9. Phillips, O., Engler, A., Schwartz, J. M., Jiang, J., Tobin, C., Gupta, Y. A., Kohl, P. A., “Sunlight Photo-Depolymerization of Transient Polymers,” J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2018, DOI: 10.1002/ app.47141.
8. Lee, K. M.; Phillips, O.; Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., Rand, B. P., “Phototriggered Depolymerization of Flexible Poly(Phthalaldehyde) Substrates by Integrated Organic Light-Emitting Diodes,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b08181.
7. Schwartz, J. M., Engler, A., Phillips, O., Lee, J., Kohl, P. A., “Determination of Ceiling Temperature and Thermodynamic Properties of Low Ceiling Temperature Polyaldehydes,” J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2018, DOI:10.1002/pola.28888.
6. Schwartz, J. M., Gourdin, G., Phillips, O., Engler, A., Lee, J., Abdulkadir, N. R., Miller, R. C., Sutlief, A., Kohl, P. A., “Cationic Polymerization of High-Molecular-Weight Phthalaldehyde- Butanal Copolymer,” J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2018, DOI: 10.1002/app.46921.
5. Schwartz, J., Phillips, O., Engler, A., Sutlief, A., Lee, J., Kohl, P. A., “Stable, High-Molecular- Weight Poly(phthalaldehyde)”. J. Poly. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/ pola.28473.
4. Gourdin, G., Phillips, O., Schwartz, J., Engler, A., Kohl, P. A., “Phototriggerable, Fully Transient Electronics: Component and Device Fabrication,” Proc. - Electron. Components Technol. Conf., 2017.
3. Phillips, O., Schwartz, J. M., Engler, A., Gourdin, G., Kohl, P. A., “Phototriggerable Transient Electronics: Materials and Concepts,” Proc. - Electron. Components Technol. Conf., 2017.
2. Corbo, C., Parodi, A., Evangelopoulos, M., Engler, D., Matsunami, R., Engler, A., Molinaro, R., Scaria, S., Salvatore, F., Tasciotti, E., “Proteomic Profiling of a Biomimetic Drug Delivery Platform,” Current Drug Targets, 2014, DOI: 10.2174/1389450115666141109211413.
1. Han, J., Engler, A., Qi, J., & Tung, C. H., “Ultra Pseudo-Stokes Shift Near Infrared Dyes Based on Energy Transfer,” Tetrahedron Lett., 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.11.060.