- Nov
- 2020
Our PhD students and postdocs presented their work at the QACS which was held at QUT on the 27th November 2020. Thanks to RACI QLD for the great event!
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
- Nov
- 2020
Congratulations to our most recently minted PhD graduate, Kai Mundsinger! We are very proud.
- Nov
- 2020
'Macroarc' and 'Inorganic Nanomaterials' groups celebrated Ruhamah's baby shower before her maternity leave. Congratulations Ruhamah and can not wait to welcome you back in April!
Research
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Publications
See our latest work & publications.
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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Modular functionalization and hydrogel formation via red-shifted and self-reporting [2+2] cycloadditions
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Introducing Electrical Conductivity to Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films by Templated Polymerization of Methyl Propiolate
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Dual-Wavelength Gated oxo-Diels-Alder Photoligation
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Mapping Photochemical Reactivity Profiles on Surfaces
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.
