- Nov
- 2022
Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate Julian! Well done, 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
- Aug
- 2022
We have a PhD position opening between AStar’s Institute for Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and our team. If you are interested in fusing machine learning and photochemistry in an exciting project, get in touch at any time!
- May
- 2022
Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate Jessica! Well done, we are very proud of you!
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
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Flexible Ink-Jet Printed Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes using a Self-Hosted Non-Conjugated TADF Polymer
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Two Photon Induced Pulsed Laser Polymerization with Near Infrared Light
730
Direct Visualization of Homogeneous Chemical Distribution in Functional Polyradical Microspheres
729
Search for Alternative Two-step-absorption Photoinitiators for 3D Laser Nanoprinting
Members
Distinguished 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.
