Christopher J. Kloxin, Research Assistant Professor Materials Science and EngineeringChemical Engineering

September 26, 2011

Polymer Networks: The Next Generation (in five minutes…)

Research Theme: Creating and developing versatile materials, materials that are synthetically flexible, which enable a large degree of tailoring material properties for specific applications.

New Polymerization Chemistries

Thiol-yne photopolymerization1 Iodo-ene photopolymerization2

1) Fairbanks, Scott, Kloxin, Anseth, and Bowman, Macromolecules 42 (1), 211-217 (2009)

2) Scott and Kloxin, in preparation

New Polymer Network Paradigm: Covalent Adaptable Networks1

Low-Stress Photopolymerization2

2) Kloxin, Scott, and Bowman, Macromolecules 42 (7) 2551-2556 (2009).

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1) Kloxin, Scott, Adzima, and Bowman, Macromolecules, 43 (6) 2643-2653 (2010)

3) Adzima, Kloxin, and Bowman, Advanced Materials 22 (25) 2784-2787 (2010)

Externally Triggered Material Healing3

Photo-click1 Mechanophotopatterning2 Photofixation3

2) Kloxin, Scott, Park, and Bowman, Adv. Mater. 23 (17) 977‐1981 (2011)

New Methods of Photopatterning

1) Adzima, Tao, Kloxin, DeForest, Anseth, and Bowman, Nature Chem. 3 (3) 258-261 (2011)

3) Adzima, Kloxin, DeForest, Anseth, and Bowman, submitted to Adv. Mater.

Future Projects• Photorevesible Networks

• photoreversible adhesives• MPP Platform

• Directed Self-assembly• Membranes• Data storage and nanoscale

electronics• Graphene Composites

• Energy harvesting and storage

Funding provided by:

Acknowledgements:Prof. Christopher BowmanProf. Kristi AnsethProf. Timothy ScottDr. Brian AdzimaDr. Cole DeForestDr. Benjamin Fairbanks Dr. Heeyoung Park

Contact InformationPh: +1 302 831 8670E-mail: cjk@udel.eduWeb: www.cjklab.org

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