Our research work on transforming used Styrofoam food boxes into antimicrobial polymers is now out in ACS Applied Polymer Materials:
A big shout-out to the project team: Algin and Michelle for their synthetic skills and perseverance, Wenguang's prowess with instruments and characterization, Li Ning's biomedical expertise and figure-making artistry, and He-Kuan's practical creativity.
Read our article here.
Antifouling polymers are hydrophilic materials that are indispensable for both drug delivery and surface modification applications. In nanomedicine, they help prolong drug circulation lifetime by conferring stealth against the immune system, while in surface science, they help prevent molecules and biological matter from sticking to surfaces. How are antifouling polymers able to do this? We discuss this and more in our Review article, now published in Nanoscale!
Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR03164K
Our review on the use of organocatalysis in polymer chemistry is now out in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. It was a pleasure working with my long-time collaborator & friend Prof. Haritz Sardon. Just like old times (2012-2014) when we were at IBM Almaden!
Polymer upcycling research is underway! Had a great project kickoff discussion today at our Neuros site (left). Nice change of scenery from Jurong Island (right).
Grateful for the funding via my 2021 A*STAR Career Development Award ($182K USD). We will be investigating polymer upcycling via selective C-H functionalizations.
My second collaborative publication with Prof. Cheng-Liang Liu's group from the National Taiwan University is now out in Solar RRL (impact factor: 8.582). Great working with his team again after more than 2 years!
Read the article here.
Our latest collaborative work on push-pull dyes with Prof. Andong Xia's Group (Chinese Academy of Sciences) has just been accepted in J. Phys. Chem. B
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