My research interests involve the synthesis and study of polymeric materials. We are currently focused on developing syntheses of block copolymers under mild conditions and studying the reversible self-assembly of those materials in solution through the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Courses Taught at EMU:

Organic Chemistry (Chem 371-373)
Fundamentals of Organic and Biochemistry (Chem 120)

Professional Affiliations:

American Chemical Society
Phi Beta Kappa

Selected Publications:

Wilmes, G. M.; Durkee, D. A.; Liddle, J. A.; Balsara, N. P. "Bending Soft Block Copolymer Nanostructures by Lithographically Directed Assembly," Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 2435-2437   [pdf]

Lincoln, A. L.; Wilmes, G.M.; Waymouth, R. M. "Dynamic NMR Studies of Cationic Bis(2-phenylindenyl)zirconium Pyridyl Complexes," Organometallics, 2005, 24, 5828-5835   [pdf]

Wilmes, G. M.; France, M. B.; Lynch, S. R.; Waymouth, R. M. "Effects of Ligand Substitutions on the Rotation Rate of Indenyl Ligands in Bis(2-arylindenyl)zirconocenes by NMR Lineshape Analysis and Relaxation in the Rotating Frame," Organometallics, 2004, 23, 2405-2411   [pdf]

Wilmes, G. M.; Polse, J. L.; Waymouth, R. M. "Influence of Cocatalyst on the Stereoselectivity of Unbridged 2-Phenylindenyl Metallocene Catalysts," Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 6766-6772   [pdf]

Wilmes, G. M.; Lin, S.; Waymouth, R. M. "Propylene Polymerization with Sterically-Hindered Unbridged 2-Arylindene Metallocenes," Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 5382-5387   [pdf]