Congratulations Emeritus Prof. Charles McCormick on receiving the Paul J. Flory Award for Polymer Education! Your dedication to polymer chemistry and polymer education has shaped countless careers. Cheers to your remarkable achievements and enduring legacy at Southern Miss!

For #NMRchat enthusiasts: DNP in conductive polymers at high field and room temperature! Solitons generate a strong Overhauser effect that we used to gain insights on cyclic polyacetylene. Adam Veige Bowers Research Group UF Faith Scott National MagLab
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Check out our recent publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Decoupling FROMP and ROMP rates, an accessible and quantitative method for inferred gel point, increasing front rates by x5, and printing.
Jeffrey S. Moore Randy Ewoldt The Moore Group Chemistry at Illinois Beckman Institute
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Great to see our work on bulk depolymerization of polymethacrylates via pendent group activation published in JACS! doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3…
Megan Lott James Young @Tanmoy__Maity Brent Sumerlin

Congratulations to group member Maddie Ross for receiving the incredibly prestigious Gates Scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge to pursue her Ph.D. It was always clear she would be a special student, and this serves as evidence! Sumerlin Research Group Butler Polymer Research Laboratory

Thrilled to share our recent work on functionalized cyclic polymers in ACS Macro Journals! We explore the fascinating effects of topology on material properties. ⭕️🧬
Kudos to Vineet Kumar Jakhar Kevin Stewart Adam Veige Brent Sumerlin Sumerlin Research Group. Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

I'm honored to say that Prof. De was one of my first postdocs early in my career. He took a chance on me, and his impact is still felt. Congratulations!! Sumerlin Research Group

New from Davidson et al. (Lucca Trachsel, Brent Sumerlin)!

Improved Comonomer Reactivity Enhances Optical Clarity and Mechanical Properties of pH-Independent Synthetic and Mucin-Cross-Linked Boronic Acid Hydrogels ▶️ go.acs.org/7Gg

Diversification of Acrylamide Polymers via Direct Transamidation of Unactivated Tertiary Amides | Journal of the American Chemical Society FLORIDA Brent Sumerlin #Acrylamide #Polymer #Transamidation #Diversification pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Check out this approach to broaden the scope of postpolymerization modification strategies by direct transamidation of unactivated amides, led by Lucca Trachsel and Debabrata Konar . J. Am. Chem. Soc. UF Chemistry Sumerlin Research Group Butler Polymer Research Laboratory doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3…

Lot of people to congratulate on another end of 23' pub Yu-Hsuan Shen led the charge with @RinkuYadav17 We are still learning about cyclic polyacetylene, more to come in 2024! Its nice for Brent Sumerlin and I to get good friend Thomas Epps in on the fun! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Glad to share that our recent work on biomass-derived degradable polymers made a cover in the December issue of ACS Macro Letters. ACS for Authors #MyACSCover . pubs.acs.org/toc/amlccd/cur…

Congrats to four legends! Sumerlin Research Group Sofia Goodrich UF Chemistry

Democratizing mechanochemistry: sono-RAFT is possible with the simplest of setups; you probably have everything you need in the lab already. Sofia Goodrich James Young Sumerlin Research Group UF Chemistry Butler Polymer Research Laboratory ACS Macro Journals pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Check out ‘Influence of solvent on cyclic polynorbornene tacticity’ by Adam Veige, Brent Sumerlin, first author Sung-Min Hyun and co.

Sumerlin Research Group Warwick Polymer RTP

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Two postdoc positions in polymer/materials chemistry are available immediately in the groups of Brent Sumerlin and Austin Evans in UF Chemistry. Sumerlin Research Group Evans Research Group

Check it out: Lily and the Sumerlin Research Group team were able to show that the properties of polyacrylates as pressure-sensitive adhesives are dramatically improved at UHMW, even without crosslinkers. doi.org/10.1021/acsapm… ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Butler Polymer Research Laboratory UF Chemistry

Thomas Epps Thomas Epps receiving the Eminent Chemical Engineer award for MAC American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) #AIChE2023 . Congratulations to an outstanding researcher!

CRP23 REGISTRATION & LODGING DEADLINES ARE TODAY
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Brent Sumerlin
Matyjaszewski Lab
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What an amazing symposium and experience. Thank you to the entire team of Chemical Science! Malika Jeffries-EL byebye Luis M. Campos