Happy trails to Dr. Kate Bradford, who has successfully defended her dissertation and is moving on to bigger and better things!
News
New paper in Chem. Commun.
A new paper has just come out in Chem. Commun.! This work is a collaboration with the Konkolewicz group. Andrew, Obed (from the Konkolewicz group), Govinda, Viraj, and Kate show that using ortho-phenylenes as crosslinkers in polymer networks gives unusual mechanical properties, namely enhanced energy dissipation, because of the (un)winding of their folding.
Will Salvia and Jackson Gunn join group
Welcome to Will Salvia and Jackson Gunn, who have joined the group as undergraduate researchers!
Andrew graduates
Happy trails to Andrew Miller, who has successfully defended his M.S. thesis!
New paper in J. Org. Chem.
We have a new paper out in J. Org. Chem.! In this work, Suma, Molly, and Gopi describe the behavior of a short o-phenylene with crown ethers appended to its ends. Suitable diammonium guests cause the oligomer to misfold.
Nirob Saha joins group
Welcome to Dr. Nirob Saha, who has joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher! Nirob comes to us from Auburn University where he worked in the Merner group.
Yinhui Liao joins group
Welcome to Yinhui Liao, who has joined the group as a graduate student! Yinhui comes to us from Peking University.
New paper in Macromolecules
We have a new paper out in Macromolecules! This is a collaboration with the Konkolewicz group. In it, Obed and Chamoni investigate various and external effects on the mechanical properties of carbodiimide-induced polymer networks.
Corvo Tran and Jake Franklin join group
Welcome to Corvo Tran and Jake Franklin, who have joined the group as undergraduate researchers!
New paper in J. Org. Chem.
We have a new paper out in J. Org. Chem.! Isuru, Maddy, and Georgia examine structure–property effects on the carbodiimide-induced clamping of diphenic acids, important results as we look to incorporate these into more-complex systems.