- Dec
- 2021
What a way to end the year! Well deserved recognition for Sarah and Laura at the Faculty of Science 2021 Dean's Outstanding Achievement Awards. We are so proud of you and your achievements!
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.
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- Dec
- 2021
As another year draws to a close, we celebrated with lots of presents as well as great food and drink. Thank you team for an amazing year of light driven soft matter materials science.
- Nov
- 2021
Kai and Ishrath from the Soft Matter Materials team presented their work at the Queensland Annual Symposium 2021. Thanks to RACI QLD for organizing this great event.
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
705
Orange Light-induced Photochemistry Gated by pH and Confined Environments
704
Photodynamic Covalent Bonds Regulated by Visible Light
703
Two Light Colour Activated Covalent Bond Formation
701
A Simplified Approach to Non-conjugated Bipolar Host TADF Polymers
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.
