- Dec
- 2020
Two colour photochemistry at it‘s finest: Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate Sabrina Bialas! We are very proud of you!
Soft Matter Materials Laboratory - Shining Light on Soft Matter
Established in 2008, and now calling Brisbane home, the MACROARC lab houses over 40 active researchers in the field of synthetic and physical polymer material science.
Latest News
- Dec
- 2020
Thank you all for an amazing year! Looking so much forward to 2021! Happy Holidays to all our friends and collaborators across the globe.
- Dec
- 2020
Soft Matter Materials group members were awarded by Science and Engineering Faculty (QUT) and Centre for Materials Science (QUT) for their excellent work throughout the year.
Research
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Publications
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Our Mission
The Soft Matter Materials Laboratory at QUT is situated at the interface of organic, macromolecular and materials science. We focus on a wide range of interdisciplinary, polymer-related research including but not limited to:
- The synthesis of complex macromolecular architectures with highly-defined functionality and composition via advanced polymerisation protocols
- Synthesis via polymer conjugation techniques and macromolecular transformations at ambient temperature with a particular emphasis on light driven chemical transformations
- Fundamental investigations into polymerisation mechanisms and kinetics as well as high resolution imaging and characterisation of macromolecular chain structures
The real world applications of these fundamental investigations span a number of fields, from use as inks and photoresists in 3D printing and lithography to precisely folded single strand polymers for catalysis and biomimetic applications and everything in between.
Latest Publications
680
Green-Light Induced Cycloadditions
679
The Untapped Toolbox of Luminol Based Polymers
678
UV-induced Photolysis of Polyurethanes
677
Chemiluminescent Self-Reported Unfolding of Single-Chain Nanoparticles
Members
Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
ARC Laureate Fellow, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research (DVCR) and Vice President
A/Prof. James Blinco
Head of the Soft Matter Materials Laboratory, Associate Professor
We’ve partnered with 156 institutions & 26 countries.
