46. Mwangi, M. T.; Runge, M. B.; Hoak, kevin M. Schulz, Michael D. Bowden, N. B. "A materials approach to site-isolation of Grubbs' catalysts from incompatible solvents and reagents" Chemistry. A European Journal (ASAP). PDF. (This work was highlighted in chemistry world)

45. Runge, M. B.; Mwangi, M. T.; A. Lee Miller II; Mathew Perring; Bowden, N. B. "Cascade reactions using LiAlH₄ or Grignard reagents in the presence of water"  Angewandte Chemie. int. Ed. 2008 47(5), 935-939. PDF

44. Runge, M. B.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis of high molecular weight comb block copolymers and their assembly into ordered morphologies in the solid state" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007 129(34), 10551-10560. PDF

43. Runge, M. B.; Bowden, N. B. Comb block copolymers: synthesis and assembly into photonic band gap materials. Polymer Preprints 2007 48(1), 813-814.

42. Runge, M. B.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of large comb block copolymers" Polymer Preprints 2007 48(1), 266-267.

41. Perring, M.; Mitchell, M.; K.; P. J. A.; Bowden, N. B. "Patterning by etching at the nanoscale (PENs) on Si(111) through the controlled etching of PDMS" Chemistry of Materials 2007 19(11), 2903-2909. PDF

40. Miller II, A. L.; Bowden, N. B. "Room temperature ionic liquids: New solvent for Schrock's catalyst and removal using Polydimethylsiloxane membranes" Chemical Communications 2007 25, 2051-2053. PDF

39. Bowden, N. "Micromanipulation: Stick and place" Nature Materials 2006 5(1), 9-10. PDF

38. Bowden, N. B.; Dutta, S. "Mild methods for generating patterned silicon surfaces" PCT Int. Appl. (2006).

37. Bowden, N. B. "New methods for anionic polymerizations at elevated temperatures: 'retarded anionic polymerizations'" Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2006, 207(21), 1917-1920. PDF

36. Runge, M. B.; Mwangi, M. T.; Bowden, N. B. "New Selectivities from old catalysts. Occlusion of Grubbs' catalysts in PDMS to change their reactions" Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2006 691(24-25), 5278-5288. PDF

35. Mwangi, M. T.; R.; M. B.; Bowden, N. B.. "Occlusion of Grubbs' Catalysts in Active Membranes of Polydimethylsiloxane: Catalysis in Water and New Functional Group Selectivities" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006 128(45), 14434-14435. PDF (this work has been highlighted among recent developments in olefin metathesis)

34. Gavranovic, G. T.; Csihony, S.; Bowden, N. B.; Hawker, C. J.; Waymouth, R. M.; Moerner, W. E.; Fuller, G. G. "Well-Controlled Living Polymerization of Perylene-Labeled Polyisoprenes and Their Use in Single-Molecule Imaging" Macromolecules 2006 39(23), 8121-8127. PDF

33. Runge, M. B.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis and assembly of comb block copolymers in the solid state"  Polymer Preprints 2006 47(1), 446-447.

32. Dutta, S.; Perring, M.; Barrett, S.; Mitchell, M.; Kenis, P. J. A.; Bowden, N. B. "Cross Metathesis on Olefin-Terminated Monolayers on Si(111) Using the Grubbs' Catalyst" Langmuir 2006 22(5), 2146-2155. PDF

31. Runge, M. B.; Dutta, S.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis of Comb Block Copolymers by ROMP, ATRP, and ROP and Their Assembly in the Solid State" Macromolecules 2006 39(2), 498-508. PDF

30. Perring, M.; Dutta, S.; Arafat, S.; Mitchell, M.; Kenis, P. J. A.; Bowden, N. B. "Methods for the Direct Assembly, Functionalization, and Patterning of Acid-Terminated Monolayers on Si(111)", Langmuir 2005 21(23), 10537-10544. PDF

29. Arafat, S., Dutta, S.; Perring, M.; Mitchell, M.; Kenis, P. J. A.; Bowden, N. B. "Mild Methods to Assemble and Pattern Organic Monolayers on Hydrogen-Terminated Si(111)", Chemical Communications 2005 25, 3198-3200.  PDF

28. Runge, M. B.; Dutta, S.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers" Polymer Preprints 2005 92, 5-6. 

27. Jha, S.; Dutta, S.; Bowden, N. B. "Synthesis of Ultralarge Molecular Weight Bottlebrush Polymers Using the Grubbs' Catalysts", Macromolecules 2004 37, 4365-4374.  PDF

26. Bowden, N. B.; Terfort, A. W.; Carbeck, J. D.; Whitesides, G. M. "Self-assembly of mesoscale objects" U.S. Patent(2003).

25. Jha, S.; Hong, B.; Bowden, N. B. "High Molecular Weight Bottlebrush Polymers Synthesized Using the Grubbs' Catalyst", Polymer Preprints 2003 44, 266-267.

24. Wolfe, D. B.; Snead A.; Mao. C.; Bowden, N. B.; Whitesides, G. M. "Mesoscale Self-Assembly: Capillary Interactions When Positive and Negative Menisci Have Similar Amplitudes", Langmuir 2003 19, 2206-2214.

23. Bowden, N. B.; Dankova, M.; Wiyatno, W.; Waymouth, R. M., "Synthesis of Polyethylene Block Graft Copolymers from Styrene, Butyl Acrylate, and Butadiene", Macromolecules 2002 35, 9246-9248.

22. Bowden, N. B.; Willets, K. A.; Moerner, W. E.; Waymouth, R. M., "Synthesis of Fluorescently Labelled Polymers and Their Use in Single-Molecule Imaging", Macromolecules 2002 35, 8122-8125.

21. Jiang, X.; Takayama, S.; Qian, X.; Ostuni, E.; Wu, H.; Bowden, N.; LeDuc, P.; Ingber, D. E.; Whitesides, G. M. "Controlling Mammalian Cell Spreading and Cytoskeletal Arrangement With Conveniently Fabricated Continuous Wavy Features on Polydimethylsiloxane", Langmuir 2002 18, 3273-3280.

20. Ismagilov, R. F.; Schwartz, A.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M., "Autonomous Movement and Self-Assembly", Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2002 41, 652-654.

19. Bowden, N.; Tien, J.; Huck, W. T. S.; Whitesides, G. M. Mesoscale Self-Assembly: The Assembly of Micron- and Millimeter-Sized Objects Using Capillary Forces; in "Supramolecular Organization and Materials Design", Jones, W. and Rao, C. N. R., Ed.; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2002, 103-145.

18. Oliver, S. R. J.; Clark, T. D.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M. "Three-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Complex, Millimeter-Scale Structures through Capillary Bonding", Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001 123, 8119-8120.

17. Grzybowski, B. A.; Bowden, N.; Arias, F.; Yang, H.; Whitesides, G. M. "Modeling of Menisci and Capillary Forces from the Millimeter to the Micrometer Size Range", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2001 105, 404-412.

16. Bowden, N.; Weck, M.; Choi, I. S.; Whitesides, G. M. "Molecule-Mimetic Chemistry and Mesoscale Self-Assembly", Accounts of Chemical Research 2001 34, 231-238.

15. Bowden, N.; Arias, F.; Deng, T.; Whitesides, G. M. "Self-Assembly of Microscale Objects at a Liquid/Liquid Interface through Lateral Capillary Forces", Langmuir 2001 17, 1757-1765.

14. Oliver, S. R. J.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M. "Self-Assembly of Hexagonal Rods Based on Capillary Forces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2000 224, 425-428.

13. Huck, W. T. S.; Bowden, N.; Onck, P.; Pardoen, T.; Hutchinson, J. W.; Whitesides, G. M. "Ordering of Spontaneously Formed Buckles on Planar Surfaces", Langmuir 2000 16, 3497-3501.

12. Bowden, N.; Oliver, S.; Whitesides, G. M., "Mesoscale Self-Assembly: Capillary Bonds and Negative Menisci", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2000 104, 2714-2724.

11. Wu, H.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M. "Selectivities among Capillary Bonds in Mesoscale Self-Assembly", Applied Physics Letters 1999 75, 3222-3224.

10. Isaacs, L.; Chin, D. N.; Bowden, N.; Xia, Y.; Whitesides, G. M. Self-assembling Systems on Scales from Nanometers to Millimeters: Design and Discovery; in "Supramolecular Materials and Technologies", Reinhoudt, D. N., Ed.; John Wiley & Sons Ltd: New York, 1999, 1-46.

9. Choi, I. S.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M. "Macroscopic, Hierarchical, Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly", Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 1999 38, 3078-3081.

8. Bowden, N.; Choi, I. S.; Grzybowski, B. A.; Whitesides, G. M. "Mesoscale Self-Assembly of Hexagonal Plates Using Lateral Capillary Forces: Synthesis Using the 'Capillary Bond'", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999 121, 5373-5391.

7. Bowden, N.; Huck, W. T. S.; Paul, K. E.; Whitesides, G. M., "The Controlled Formation of Ordered, Sinusoidal Structures by Plasma Oxidation of an Elastomeric Polymer", Applied  Physics Letters 1999 75, 2557-2559.

6. Grzybowski, B. A.; Haag, R.; Bowden, N. B.; Whitesides, G. M. "Generation of Micrometer-Sized Patterns for Microanalytical Applications Using a Laser Direct-Write Method and Microcontact Printing" Analytical Chemistry 1998 70, 4645-4652.

5. Bowden, N. B.; Brittain, S.; Evans, A. G.; Hutchinson, J. W.; Whitesides, G. M. "Spontaneous Formation of Ordered Structures in Thin Films of Metals Supported on an Elastomeric Polymer" Nature 1998 393, 146-149.

4. Terfort, A.; Bowden, N.; Whitesides, G. M. "Three-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Millimetre-Scale Components" Nature 1997 386, 162-164.

3. Bowden, N.; Terfort, A.; Carbeck, J.; Whitesides, G. M. "Self-Assembly of Mesoscale Objects into Ordered Two-Dimensional Arrays" Science 1997 276, 233-235.

2. Kim, S.-H.; Zuercher, W. J.; Bowden, N. B.; Grubbs, R. H. "Catalytic Ring Closing Metathesis of Dienynes: Construction of Fused Bicyclic [n.m.0] Rings", Journal of Organic Chemistry 1996 61, 1073-1081.

1. Kim, S.-H.; Bowden, N.; Grubbs, R. H., "Catalytic Ring Closing Metathesis of Dienynes: Construction of Fused Bicyclic Rings", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1994 116, 10801-10802.