Well-defined Polymer Synthesis and CompositesMy lab has developed polymer-based materials with controlled molecular weights, chemical compositions, and shapes using living polymerization techniques (radical, anion, and cation). The obtained well-defined functional polymers were further developed into highly ordered structures using self-assembly and hybridization with various inorganic fillers for structure-controlled polymer composites.
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Molecular level Organic-inorganic HybridizationsMy lab has also developed molecular-level controlled organic-inorganic hybrid polymers: (1) Ladder-like polysilsesquioxanes (LPSQ) using controlled sol-gel reactions with functional silane compounds and (2) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using coordination reactions of metal clusters with functional organic ligands..
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