报告人：美国耶鲁大学钟明江助理教授

邀请人：院长

第一场 本科生专场报告

题目：可控/活性聚合的发现与发展给我们提供的科研观

报告时间：2023年10月16日15:00

报告地点：华南理工大学国际校区C2b120（线下报告）

第二场 研究生专场报告

题目：Diversifying Polymer Properties through Precision Microstructure Engineering

报告时间：2023年10月18日9:30

报告地点：华南理工大学五山科技园2号楼324（腾讯会议：455-800-174）

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前沿软物质学院

华南软物质科学与技术高等研究院

2023年10月10日

报告摘要（研究生专场报告）：

The material properties of polymers are strongly influenced by their microstructures, such as monomer sequence, architecture, and tacticity. This presentation introduces various precision synthesis methods to access microstructure-engineered homopolymers and copolymers with diversified properties. The presenter will first report the recent progress in his research group on the controlled synthesis and characterization of multicomponent bottlebrush block copolymers containing sequence-defined side chains. Hierarchically assembled nanostructures were constructed with broadly tunable characteristic lengths. The concept of precision synthesis will then be extended to the preparation of (hyper)branched polymers in the second part of the presentation. A site-specifically initiated living branching polymerization with controlled degree of branching was realized through a polymerization-induced radical generation process. Kinetic modeling and mechanistic studies were carried out to enhance the scalability and versatility of the branching polymerization. Finally, a bimetallic molecular catalyst used for stereocontrolled living radical polymerization will be introduced. The impact of backbone stereoregularity on the thermomechanical and thermo-responsive properties of the prepared polymers will be discussed.

个人简介：

钟明江，耶鲁大学环境化学工程系的助理教授。于2008获北京大学学士学位，2013年获卡耐基梅隆大学博士学位。在加入耶鲁大学以前，曾在麻省理工大学进行博士后研究工作。目前，钟明江教授的研究领域涉及高分子化学、合成化学和材料化学等多个学科，主要致力于应对全球健康和可持续性方面的挑战。钟明江教授曾获得多个奖项，这其中包括：US National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award ，ACS PMSE Young Investigator.