Raymond Weitekamp is the Founder and CEO of polySpectra, a startup with the mission to democratize advanced manufacturing through functional materials chemistry. In his spare time, Raymond is also a Principal Investigator at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he is working towards inexpensive energy-efficient windows. His interdisciplinary work is focused on the interactions of light with polymeric materials, including block copolymer photonic crystals and photoinitiated catalysis. While his interests are diverse, the common goal of his research is to apply fundamental scientific insights to challenges in sustainability, manufacturing and energy. Raymond was recently recognized with the distinction of Forbes “30-Under-30”.
Publications
Macfarlane, R. J.; Kim, B.; Lee, B.; Weitekamp, R. A.; Bates, C. M.; Lee, S. F.; Chang, A. B.; Delaney, K. T.; Fredrickson, G. H.; Atwater, H. A., Grubbs, R. H.; Improving Brush Polymer Infrared One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals via Linear Polymer Additives. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (50), 17374–17377.
Weitekamp, R. A.; Atwater, H.A.; Grubbs, R. H. Photolithographic Olefin Metathesis Polymerization . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 16817–16820
Piunova, V. A.; Miyake, G. M.; Daeffler, C. S.; Weitekamp, R. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Highly Ordered Dielectric Mirrors via the Self-Assembly of Dendronized Block Copolymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013. 135, 15609-15616.
Grandidier, J.; Weitekamp, R. A.; Deceglie, M. G.; Callahan, D. M.; Battaglia, C.; Bukowsky, C. R.; Ballif, C.; Grubbs, R. H.; Atwater, H. A. Solar cell efficiency enhancement via light trapping in printable resonant dielectric nanosphere arrays. Phys Status Solidi (A) 2012, 210, 255–260.
Miyake, G. M.; Piunova, V. A.; Weitekamp, R. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Precisely Tunable Photonic Crystals From Rapidly Self-Assembling Brush Block Copolymer Blends. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 11246–11248. [ChemistryWorld Highlight]
Miyake, G. M.; Weitekamp, R. A.; Piunova, V. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Synthesis of Isocyanate-Based Brush Block Copolymers and Their Rapid Self-Assembly to Infrared-Reflecting Photonic Crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14249–14254.
Sveinbjörnsson, B. R.‡; Weitekamp, R. A.‡; Miyake, G. M.; Xia, Y.; Atwater, H. A.; Grubbs, R. H. Rapid self-assembly of brush block copolymers to photonic crystals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2012, 109, 14332–14336.
‡ Denotes co-first authorship
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