The 2025 special group seminar, where each subgroup presented their work was a resounding success!
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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The Soft Matter Materials Group had a special group seminar where each subgroup presented their work, and we had some very exciting updates.
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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
800
Wavelength-Resolved Heterodimer [2+2] Photocycloadditions for Reversible Surface Grafting
799
Photoswitchable Active Esters for the Control of Amide Bond Formation with Light
798
Control over Ba(II)-mediated Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticle Compaction by Dynamic Metal Complexation
797
Wavelength-Selectivity in Step-Growth Photopolymerizations Mapped via Photochemical Action Plots
Members
Distinguished Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik
ARC Laureate Fellow, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President Research
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A/Prof. Hendrik Frisch
Head of the Soft Matter Materials Laboratory, Associate Professor, DECRA Fellow
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