The Air Force has recently gained interest in using polyimines to synthesize Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for electronic applications. However, COFs are difficult to process into the thin films and membranes that are needed for electronic devices due to their low solubility. 4MMCA-PDA is a novel linear polyimine with great solubility in common organic solvents […]
B71: Structure-Property Relationships in Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Dynamic Block Copolymers
Dynamic polymers are a new class of polymers known for their physical properties such as adaptability, self-healing, shape-memory, stimuli-responsiveness, and enhanced recyclability. Dynamic polymers respond to biochemical stimuli and physicochemical stimuli such as pH, light, electric field, temperature, and pressure. Dynamic properties in polymer materials can be due to either dynamic covalent bonds or non-covalent […]
C39: Sustainable Agriculture Project Proposal for Clean Water
Conventional industrial farming practices have greatly reshaped the environment, and some would say for the worst. While these modern practices amass large yields, it results in even greater damage to our soil and ultimately our water. Therefore, we set out to find an alternative to these practices and, through some digging, settled on regenerative agriculture. […]
C41: Synthesis of Copolymers through RAFT Polymerization
Biological macromolecules are some of the most fundamental examples of polymers with controlled sequences. Harnessing these abilities based on biological macromolecules will provide insight into potential synthesis of controlled sequence polymers in chemistry. In the upcoming experiment, block copolymers were synthesized through RAFT polymerization to potentially synthesize polymers with varying architectures and characteristics. The experiment […]
A22-P: Extracting Kinetic Information From Multiple Polymer Distributions
My research is in the field of organic chemistry, specifically polymer science. The goal for this project was to develop a preexisting model to predict kinetic information for other polymer systems. The original model was used to predict kinetic information for RAFT polymer systems, but we wanted to make it more versatile and apply it […]
A18: Dynamic Chemistry Produces Functional Materials with Diverse Applications
Dynamic chemistry is characterized by the ability of a bond or adduct to break or reform either autonomously or in response to stimuli, and “click” chemistry refers to a subset of one-pot, water and oxygen resistant, high-yield reactions.1,2 Herein, we use principles from both such chemistries to develop a synthesis and use RAFT (reversible addition-fragmentation […]
C20: Observing Polymer Wrapping in Bioconjugates by Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement
The properties of proteins can be improved by covalent conjugation with polymers. Rational design of these bioconjugates is obstructed by a lack of mechanistic understanding because of the absence of data on interactions between the protein and polymer. Does an attached polymer behave like a random coil or interact with the protein such that it […]
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