Joshua Tropp Ph.D.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University! My research interests are at the interface of polymer organic chemistry, material science, and biomedical engineering.

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Recent Publications (2024)

Decellularized biohybrid nerve promotes motor axon projections

Abijeet Singh Mehta, Sophia L. Zhang, Xinran Xiea, Shreyaa Khanna, Joshua Tropp, Xudong Ji, Rachel Daso, Colin K. Franz, Sumanas W. Jordan, Jonathan Rivnay

Adv. Health. Mater., Early View, 2024, p. 2401875

Rational Design of NIR-II Emitting Conjugated Polymer Derived Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Cancer Interventions

Nikita Gill, Indrajit Srivastava, Joshua Tropp

Adv. Health. Mater., Early View, 2024, p. 2401297

Direct quantification of ion composition and mobility in organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors

Ruiheng Wu, Xudong Ji, Qing Ma, Bryan D Paulsen, Joshua Tropp, Jonathan Rivnay

Sci. Adv., vol. 10(17), 2024 Apr 26, pp. eadn8628

Aligned Bioelectronic Polypyrrole/Collagen Constructs for Peripheral Nerve Interfacing

Ryan P. Trueman, Owein Guillemot-Legris, Henry T. Lancashire, Abijeet S. Mehta, Joshua Tropp, Rachel E. Daso, Jonathan Rivnay, Alethea B. Tabor, James B. Phillips, Bob C. Schroeder

Adv. Eng. Mater., vol. 26(6), 2024 Mar 1, p. 2301488

Decoupling the Influence of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Collagen Composite Characteristics on Cell Stemness

Rebecca L. Keate, Joshua Tropp, Ruiheng Wu, Anthony J. Petty II, Guillermo A. Ameer, Jonathan Rivnay

Adv. Sci., Early View, 2024 Feb 13, p. 2305562

Conducting polymer nanoparticles with intrinsic aqueous dispersibility for conductive hydrogels

Joshua Tropp, Caralyn P. Collins, Xinran Xie, Rachel E. Daso, Abijeet Singh Mehta, Shiv P. Patel, Manideep M. Reddy, Sophia E. Levin, Cheng Sun, Jonathan Rivnay

Adv. Mater., vol. 36(1), 2024 Jan 1, p. 2306691

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Recent News

Oct 21, 2024

Southwestern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Waco TX

Presentation Type: Onsite Oral Symposium: Electrochemical Interfaces Relevant to Energy and Environment Title: Standardizing the Characterization of Conductive Hydrogels Presenter: Joshua Tropp Session Date and Time: Monday 21, 2024 at 8:30 - 9:00 AM (Link)

Sep 17, 2024

Organic Bioelectronics: Tackling the Mixed Conduction Challenge, Telluride, CO

Meeting Description: This Telluride Science & Innovation Center workshop will bring together experts in synthetic chemistry, theory and computation, biology, materials science and engineering, and device physics to scout the pathways forward to synthet... (Link)

IUPAC MACRO 2024 The 50th World Polymer Congress, Warwick UK

Presentation Type: Onsite Oral Session: 53: Polymers for (Opto)electronic Applications Presenter: Joshua Tropp Session Date and Time: July 3, 2024 at 12 PM (Link)