Congratulations to Junzhe, Sean, Karis, JD, and Dan for publications in Adv. Mater and Nat. Chem.

Congratulations to former students Junzhe, Sean, and undergrad Karis on publication in Adv. Mater.! In collaboration with Prof. Jian Qin, we established a universal correlation between the terminal relaxation time of viscoelastic hydrogels and the exchange rate of crosslinks. This was enabled by independent tuning of the crosslinking density and exchange kinetics of crosslinks using a catalyst.

Congratulations to JD on winning the William Johnson award from the chemistry department!

JD and Dan report a simple and versatile method in Nat. Chem. to synthesize degradable polymers with tunable properties while retaining the features you love about controlled ROMP! Sprinkle some dihydrofuran next time when you ROMP :)