Abstract Finding alternative fates for plastics that would otherwise end up in landfills requires innovative chemistry. Now, poly(acrylic acid) from…
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Congratulations to Dr. Elango Kumarasamy (postdoc alumni) and Irene Manning (graduate student) for their publication in ACS Central Science entitled…
Congratulations to graduate student Travis Varner who, with the help of postdoc Aaron Teator and UNC undergraduate Paige Jacky, started…
September 20, 2021 | By UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Communication Frank Leibfarth, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of North…
April 16, 2021 By UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Communication We are pleased to share that Frank Leibfarth, assistant professor of chemistry was selected as…
Abstract Linear–bottlebrush–linear (LBL) triblock copolymers were synthesized via a two-step atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP): (i) grafting-through polymerization of monomethacryloxypropyl-terminated…
Abstract The thermomechanical properties exhibited by synthetic macromolecules can be directly linked to their tacticity, or the relative stereochemistry of…
Abstract The control of the tacticity of synthetic polymers enables the realization of emergent physical properties from readily available starting…
August 25, 2020 Frank Leibfarth, assistant professor of chemistry, is a recipient of the 2020 Herman F. Mark Young Scholar…