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Research in our group includes two broad topics: (1) the thermodynamically driven re-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
91. Chromatographic Approach to Isolate Exfoliated Graphene
Abeykoon, P. G.; Ward, S. P.; Chen, F.; Adamson, D. H.
Langmuir, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00917
90. Surface-initiated passing-through zwitterionic polymer brushes for salt-selective and antifouling materials
Vy, N. C. H.; Liyanage, C. D.; Williams, R. M.; Fang, J. M.; Kerns, P.; Schniepp, H. C.; Adamson, D. H.
Macromolecules, 2020, 53(22), 10278-10288
89. Controlled Radical Polymerization of Hydrophilic and Zwitterionic Brush-like Polymers from Silk Fibroin Surfaces
Heichel, D. L.; Vy, N. C.; Ward, S. P.; Adamson, D. H.; Burke, K. A.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020, 8, 10392-10406