- Apr
- 2021
Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate, Jessica Alves! Well done! 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
- Mar
- 2021
Our favourite group activity - what else but fun with lasers!
- Mar
- 2021
On the interface of polymer chemistry and mass spectrometry available at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia)/University of Mons (Belgium)
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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
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Light as a Tool to Control and Map Microsphere Design
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The Missing Piece: Concentration Dependence of DASA Reactivity
689
Green Light LED Activated Ligation of a Scalable, Versatile Chalcone Chromophore
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.
