Multifunctional Polymer Networks Crosslinked via Covalent Organic Cages
Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
Final Report Abstract
Linear polymers and polymer networks have been the subject of a tremendous amount of research since their characteristics were defined almost a 100 years ago. Despite this long time, numerous potential applications of polymer networks such as drug delivery systems, tissue engineering scaffolds, soft actuators, gas storage, catalysis, and electronic materials remain to be fully realized due to challenges in correlating the complex molecular structure of polymer networks with their bulk properties. Furthermore, deconstruction and re-/upcycling has gained considerable importance in recent years as the continuous use of polymeric materials has resulted in excessive amounts of plastic waste. Therefore, the demand for novel polymer networks that enable advanced applications combined with a reasonable life-cycle assessment remains. Highly researched material classes in this regard are metal organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), supramolecular polymers, and dynamic covalent polymer networks. The conducted research aims at a deeper understanding on how to control polymer network architecture to add new functionality into existing materials.
Publications
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Blueprints for the Geometric Control of NHC-CDI Isomers. American Chemical Society (ACS).
Day, Craig; Grabicki, Niklas; Chu, Daniel; Keys, Allison; Singhal, Avni; Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi; Kevlishvili, Ilia; Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael; Kulik, Heather & Johnson, Jeremiah
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Blueprints for the Geometric Control of N‐Heterocyclic Carbene–Carbodiimide Isomers. ChemistryEurope, 3(4).
Day, Craig S.; Grabicki, Niklas; Chu, Daniel B. K.; Keys, Allison; Singhal, Avni; Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi; Kevlishvili, Ilia; Gómez‐Bombarelli, Rafael; Kulik, Heather J. & Johnson, Jeremiah
