• Poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) precipitating out of solution

Group Overview

Research in our group includes two broad topics: (1) the thermodynamically driven self-assembly of two-dimensional materials and their incorporation into polymer composites, and (2) the synthesis of model polymers by high vacuum anionic polymerization. The graduate students in our group are either enrolled in the Chemistry Department or the Polymer Program of the Institute of Materials Science. This gives us a very diverse group with interests and expertise ranging from materials science to chemical synthesis. As a material and polymer synthesis group, we are driven by collaborations as we instigate the properties and applications of our materials. 

Recent Publications

103. Graphene-Stabilized Flame-Resistant Polyurethane High Internal Phase Emulsions
Chen, F.; McDermott, S. T.; Liyanage, C. D.; Brown, E. E. B.; Mahmoudi, M.; Adamson, D. H.
ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00042

102. Transparent conductive PEDOT-graphene films from large-flake graphite
McDermott, S. T.; Ferland, B.; Liu, J.; Abeykoon, P.; Joyce, M. J.; Shuster, S.; Suib, S. L.; Adamson, D. H.
Synthetic Metals, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2025.117866

101. Electrically Conducting Porous Hydrogels by a Self-Assembled Percolating Pristine Graphene Network
Mohammadi Sejoubsari, R.; Xu, T.; Ward, S.; Bandara, N.; Zhang, Z.;, Adamson, D. H.
Soft Matter, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d4sm01311e

100. Hexagonal Boron Nitride as a Two-Dimensional Surfactant: Low-Density Flame-Resistant Composite Based on Boron Nitride Exfoliated by an Interface Trapping Technique
Chapman, C. M.; Srivastava, D. S.; Ward, S. P.; Chi, Z.; Adamson, D. H.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c16149

99. Synthesis of Graphene Oxide: Effect of Sonication during Oxidation
Liyanage, C. D.; Kumar, H.; Perera, I.; Abeykoon, P. G.; Chen, F.; Joya, J. S.; Suib, S. L.; Adamson, D. H.
Carbon, 223, 119047, 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119047.