Replicating the natural environment of tissues - Arghya Paul et al. (2024 X-Chem Research Excellence Award) review the use of natural polymers to create biomedical hydrogel scaffolds for healthcare applications

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Western University

Faraday Discussions on the 2nd century of polymerization and depolymerization is on with an introductory lecture by Marc
Hillmyer. Good science, with Oxfords Trinity college as backdrop. Looking forward to all interactions!

#ozchem #chemsky #polymerchem #Monash

New ChemRxiv preprint "Design of Tough 3D Printable Elastomers with Human-in-the-Loop Reinforcement Learning" Great collaboration with Leibfarth group at UNC #compchem #polymerchem #chemsky -we use autonomous experiment, AI agents to RLHF to design better materials! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division (MSED) About MSED The Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division (MSED) of the Chemical Institute of Canada is dedicated to promoting the interests of the Canadian polymer science and engineering commun...

Huge congratulations to R-G group alum #MadisonMooney
on receiving the 2024 Graduate Award in Polymer Chemistry from the @ciccheminst.bsky.social MSED👏 A very well-deserved recognition @uwindsor.bsky.social #PolymerChem #ProudPI www.cheminst.ca/macromolecular-science-and-engineering-division-msed/

Poly(HEMA) cross linked with EGDMA - with one RAFT chain end visible

One really interesting aspect of controlled polymerisation - is that 'functionally' you are dealing with the chemistry of less than 0.1% of the molecule. Yet - subtle incorporation of a chain transfer agent can change everything... #polymerchem