45. From Vinyl to Allyl: How a Single-Carbon Difference Alters Glass Surface Architecture, Reactivity and Function. Khitas, N.; Jafari, M.; Cheng, C. H. C.; Siaj, M.* and Nazemi, A.* RSC Appl. Interfaces, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/DSLF00162E. link
44. Exploiting Activated Alkyne Chemistry for the Synthesis of Tailored Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Their Assemblies for Cell Imaging. Rasoulmosaedi, H.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Nguyen, P. T.; Bourgault, S.* and Nazemi, A.* Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202500385. link
43. A comparative Study Between Alkyl- and Perfluoroalkyl Silane Coatings for Glass. Khitas, N.; Cheng, C. H. C.* and Nazemi, A.* Can. J. Chem. 2025, 103, 174-183. link
42. Poly(hydrazino-phosphine diazide)s (PHPDs): Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers via Polycondensation between PN Cages and Organic Diazides. Abdollahi, M.; Welsh, E. N.; Shayan, M.; Olivier, A.; Wilson-Faubert, N.; Werner-Zwanziger, U.; Nazemi, A.;* Laventure, A.* and Chitnis, S. S.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 9229-9241. link
41. Covalent Organic Framework-Templated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles: Preparation and Catalytic Activity. Gamraoui, H.; Khojastehnejhad, A.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Nazemi, A.* and Siaj, M.* ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 22570-22580. link
40. Probing the Molecular Determinants of the Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 2/6 by Amyloid Nanostructures Through Directed Peptide Self-Assembly. Kihal, N.; Archambault, M.-J.; Babych, M.; Nazemi, A. and Bourgault, S.* Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 7821-7831. link (cover credit: Nadjib)
39. Introducing… Nazemi, A.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202413375. link
38. Poly(N-Heterocyclic Carbene)-Capped Alloy and Core-Shell AuAg Bimetallic Nanoparticles. Nguyen, T. H. D.; Salek, S.; Shultz-Johnson, L. R.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Jurca, T.; Byers, J. C. and Nazemi, A.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202409800. link (cover credit: Noémie)
37. Insight into the Nature of Carbon-Metal Bonding of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Gold/Silver Complexes and Nanoparticles Using DFT-Correlated Raman Spectroscopy: Strong Evidence for π-Backbonding. Kuster, L.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Shaw, T.; Jurca, T.; Nazemi, A.* and Frenette, M.* Nanoscale 2024, 16, 11052-11068. link (cover credit: Lucille)
36. Harnessing Activated Alkyne-Hydroxyl « Click » Chemistry for Degradable and Self-Healing Poly(Urea vinyl Ether Ester)s. Maity, A.; Chen, J.; Wilson-Faubert, N.; Laventure, A. and Nazemi, A.* Macromolecules 2024, 57, 305-316. link
35. DNA Nanostructures Prevent the Formation of and Convert Toxic Amyloid Proteospecies into Cytocompatible and Biodegradable Spherical Complexes. Kihal, N.; Nguyen, T. P.; Nazemi, A.; Greschner, A. A.*; Gauthier, M. A.* and Bourgault, S.* Aggregate 2024, e502. link
34. Ultrathin Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3 Overcoat Stabilizes Al2O3-Pt/Ni-foam Hydrogenation Catalysts. Rahmani, A.; Sultanov, M. A.; amiru-White, K.; Shultz-Johnson, L. R.; Butkus, B. E.; Xie, S.; Liu, F.; Nguyen, D. T. H.; Wilson-Faubert, N.; Nazemi, A.; Banerjee, P.; Zhai, L.; Delferro, M.; Wen, J.;* and Jurca, T.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 43656-43766. link
33. Synthesis and Characterization of Tetraphenylethylene-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles with Aggregation-Induced Emission. Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Kihal, N.; Mahious, H.; Nguyen, P. T.; Bourgault, S. and Nazemi, A.* Can. J. Chem. 2023, 101, 477-486. link (invited article to the special issue in honor of Prof. Cathleen Crudden)
32. Semiconductive and Biocompatible Nanofibrils from the Self-Assembly of Amyloid π-Conjugated Peptides. Kihal, N.; Coté-Cyr, M.; Nazemi, A.* and Bourgault, S.* Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24, 1417-1431. link
31. Monomeric and Polymeric Mesoionic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Tethered Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stability, and Catalytic Activity. Nguyen, D. T. H.; Shultz, L. R.; Jurca, T. and Nazemi, A.* Langmuir, 2023, 39, 3204-3215. link
30. Supramolecular Nanostructures Based on Perylene Diimide Bio-Conjugates: From Self-Assembly to Applications. Kihal, N.; Nazemi, A.* and Bourgault, S.* Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 1223. link
29. Size-Tunable Fluorescent Dendrimersomes via Aggregation-Induced Emission. Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Andrade-Gagnon, B.; Nguyen, T. H. D. and Nazemi, Ali.* Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 803-806. link
28. Robust Water-Soluble Gold Nanoparticles via Polymerized Mesoionic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Gold(I) Complexes. Nguyen, D. T. H.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Shultz, L. R.; Maity, A.; Jurca, T. and Nazemi, A.* Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 9588-9600. link
27. Perylene Diimide-Tagged N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: How Much Ligand Desorbs from Surface in Presence of Thiols? Bélanger-Bouliga, M; Mahious, R.; Pitroipa, P. I. and Nazemi, A.* Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 5598-5606. link
26. Degradable Spirocyclic Polyacetal-Based Core-Amphiphilic Assemblies for Encapsulation and Release of Hydrophobic Cargo, Andrade-Gagnon, B.; Bélanger-Bouliga, M.; Nguyen, P. T.; Nguyen T. H. D.; Bourgault, S. and Nazemi, A.* Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 161. link
25. Conducting Polymers Doped with Bifunctional Copolymers for Improved Organic Batteries, Chhin, D.; Padilla-Sampson, L.; Malenfant, J.; Rigaut, V.; Nazemi, A.* and Schougaard, S. B.* ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2, 7781-7790. link
Prior to UQÀM
24. Bottom-up device fabrication via the seeded growth of polymer-based nanowires, El-Zubir, O.; Kynaston, E. L.; Gwyther, J.; Nazemi, A.; Gould, O. E. C.; Whittell, G. R.; Horrocks, B. R.; Manners, I. and Houlton, A. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6222-6228.
23. Nitrone-Modified Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Their Potential as 18F-Labeled Positron Emission Tomography Probes via I-SPANC, Ghiassian, S.; Yu, L.; Gobbo, P.; Nazemi, A.; Romagnoli, T.; Luo, W.; Luyt, L. G.* and Workentin, M. S.* ACS Omega 2019, 4, 19106-19115.
22. Robust, Highly Luminescent Au13 Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, Narouz, M. R.; Takano, S.; Lummis, P. A.; Levchenko, T. I.; Nazemi, A.; Kaappa, S.; Malola, S.; Yousefalizadeh, G.; Calhoun, L. A.; Stamplecoskie, K. G.; Häkkinen, H.; Tsukuda, T.and M. Crudden J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14997-15002.
21. N‑Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry, Christene A. Smith.; Narouz, M. R.; Lummis, P. A.; Singh, I.; Nazemi, A.; Li, C-H. and Crudden, C. M.* Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 4986-5056.
20. Uniform Polyselenophene Block Copolymer Fiberlike Micelles and Block Co-micelles via Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly, Kynaston, E. K.;† Nazemi, A.;† MacFarlane, L. R.; Whittell, G. R.; Faul, C. F. J. and Manners, I.* Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 1002-1010.
19. Amphiphilic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles and their Self-Assembly in Polar Solvents, Narouz, M. R.; Li, C.-H.; Nazemi, A.* and Crudden, C. M.* Langmuir 2017, 33, 14211-14219.
18. Dimensional Control and Morphological Transformations of Supramolecular Polymeric Nanofibers based on Cofacially-Stacked Planar Amphiphilic Platinum(II) Complexes, Robinson, M. E.; Nazemi, A.; Lunn, D. J.; Hayward, D. W.; Boott, C. E.; Hsiao, M.-S.; Davis, S.; Harniman, R.; Whittell, G. R.; Richardson, R. M.; De Cola, L. and Manners, I.* ACS Nano 2017, 11, 9162-9175.
17. Uniform “Patchy” Platelets by Seeded Heteroepitaxial Growth of Crystallizable Polymer Blends in Two Dimensions, Nazemi, A; He, X.; MacFarlane, L. R.; Harniman, R. L.; Hsiao, M.-S.; Winnik, M. A.; Faul, C. F. J. and Manners, I.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4409-4417.
16. Two-dimensional assemblies from crystallizable homopolymers with charged termini, He, X.; Hsiao, M.-S.; Boott, C. E.; Harniman, R.; Nazemi, A.; Li, X.; Winnik, M. A. and Manners, I.* Nature Mater. 2017, 16, 481-488.
15. Monodisperse Cylindrical Micelles and Block Comicelles of Controlled Length in Aqueous Media, Nazemi, A.; Boott, C. E.; Lunn, D. J.; Gwyther, J.; Hayward, D. W.; Richardson, R. M.; Winnik, M. A. and Manners, I.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4484-4493.
14. Synthetic Covalent and Non-Covalent 2D Materials, Boott, C. E.†; Nazemi, A.† and Manners, I.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13876-13894.
13. Length Control of Supramolecular Polymeric Nanofibers based on Stacked Planar Platinum(II) Complexes by Seeded-Growth, Robinson, M. E.; Lunn, D. J.; Nazemi, A.; Whittell, G. R.; De Cola, L. and Manners, I.* Chem. Commun. 2015, 52, 15921-15924.
12 .Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Degradation of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers with Fully Photodegradable Hydrophobic Blocks, McIntosh, J. T.; Nazemi, A.; Bonduelle, C. V.; Lecommandoux, S. and Gillies, E. R.* Can. J. Chem. 2015, 93, 126-133.
11. Dendrimersomes with Photodegradable Membranes for Triggered Release of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Cargo, Nazemi, A. and Gillies, E. R.* Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11122-11125.
10. Versatile Strained-Alkyne Modified Water-Soluble AuNPs for Interfacial Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (I-SPAAC), Gobbo, P.; Mossma, Z.; Nazemi, A.; Niaux, A.; Gillies, E. R.; Biesinger, M. C. and Workentin, M. S.* J. Mater. Chem. B 2014, 2, 1764-1769.
9. Dendrimer Bioconjugates: Synthesis and Applications » in « Chemistry of Bioconjugates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomedical Applications, Nazemi, A.; Gillies, E. R.* Narain, R. Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2014, 146-183.
8. Multifunctional Dendritic Sialopolymersomes as Potential Antiviral Agents: Their Lectin Binding and Drug Release Properties, Nazemi, A.; Haeryfar, S. M. M. and Gillies, E. R.* Langmuir 2013, 29, 6420-6428.
7. Synthesis and Degradation of Backbone Photodegradable Polyester Dendrimers, Nazemi, A.; Schon, T. B. and Gillies, E. R.* Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1830-1833.
6. Dendritic Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials: Controlling Properties and Functions for Biomedical Applications, Nazemi, A. and Gillies, E. R.* Braz. J. Pharm. Sci. 2013, 49, 15-32.
5. Biodegradable Dendritic Polymersomes as Modular, High Relaxivity MRI Contrast Agents, Nazemi, A.; Martinez, F. M.; Scholl, T. J. and Gillies, E. R.* RSC Advances 2012, 2, 7971-7973.
4. Tuning Polymersome Surfaces: Functionalization with Dendritic Groups, Amos, R. C.; Nazemi, A.; Bondulle, C. V. and Gillies, E. R.* Soft Matter 2012, 8, 5947-5958.
3. Dendritic Surface Functionalization of Biodegradable Polymer Assemblies, Nazemi, A.; Amos, R. C.; Bonduelle, C. V. and Gillies, E. R.* J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2011, 49, 2546-2559.
2. Design, Synthesis and Assembly of Self-Immolative Linear Block Copolymers, DeWit, M. A.; Nazemi, A.; Karamdoust, S.; Beaton, A. and Gillies, E. R.* ACS Symp. Series 2011, 1066, 9.
1. Poly(para-Phenylene Ethynylene)s Functionalized with Chelates as Potential MRI Contrast Agents, Atkins, K. M.; Martinez, F. M.; Nazemi, A.; Scholl, T. J. and Gillies, E. R.* Can. J. Chem. 2011, 89, 47-56.