Real World Applications

Polymeric materials are essential for our everyday life. The Soft Matter Materials team aims to translate its chemistry into real-world applications through a number of ongoing ARC Linkage collaborations and direct bilateral funding agreements with our industrial partners.

Examples of these projects include:

  • The utilisation of high performance macromolecular photoresists. Underpinned by synthetic photochemical expertise, the team is developing light degradable adhesive materials for dental applications with collaboration partner Ivoclar Vivadent.
  • Tailor-made advanced column materials for size exclusion chromatography are being designed through linkages with the PSS Polymer Standards Service.
  • In the realm of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), high performance inks to improve resolution, contrast, and response times on flexible devices are being investigated with Cynora as an industrial partner.

In addition to these Linkage based projects, our team is supported through direct funding by a number of other industry collaborations ranging from next generation automotive foams (Evonik) to high performance inks for coating materials (Siegwerk).

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Macroarc @barnerkowollik ·
10 Aug

Low Energy Kick-off: Au-Nanorod mediated initiation of free-radical polymerization by infra-red light @angew_chem https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202209177 Well done, Philipp and Josh! Excellent collaboration with Andreas Unterreiner @KITKarlsruhe @swaldenwebb and Esa Jaatinen @QUT @QUTmaterials

Macroarc @barnerkowollik ·
8 Aug

Our latest in using dual stimuli control of chemical reaction pathways is out in @PolymChem, using light and mechanical fields to control polymer end group chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/py/d2py00892k Excellent collaboration with @VinhXTruong @QUT @QUTmaterials @KITKarlsruhe

Macroarc @barnerkowollik ·
3 Aug

...and the Lord of the Boxing Rings strikes once again with beautiful work on visible light degradable photoresists for 3D laser lithography https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202203474 Well done, Marvin, and thank you for the outstanding collaboration @VinhXTruong @QUTmaterials @QUT @Cluster3DMM2O

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