Paige Jacky

Maddy, Maeve, and Izzy passed their A exams today and are officially PhD candidates!!

19.06.2025 22:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Truly could not have done it without the support of @forsgroup.bsky.social, especially as I learned the hard way that 'bone dry' CO2 is actually not that dry

23.05.2025 20:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Radical Deamination of Primary Amines for Initiation of Controlled Polymerization Selectively initiating controlled polymerizations using common functional groups is a powerful route to synthesizing advanced polymer architectures. Amines are one of the most common functional groups in small molecules, pharmaceuticals, and biomolecules, and thus are valuable substituents to use for initiating controlled polymerizations. In this study, we present the facile initiation of a controlled radical polymerization from the α-carbon of a primary amine via an electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex-triggered radical deamination. Through this method, polymers were successfully grafted from a variety of amino acid derivatives. The resulting polymers had good matching between theoretical and experimental molar masses, narrow molar mass distributions (Đ ∼ 1.1–1.2), and exceptional α-chain end fidelities. This method was trialed on a model dipeptide, demonstrating the viability of EDA-RAFT in the synthesis of peptide–polymer conjugates.

We come in peace ☮️ 🕊️ Amine you no harm ✋🤚--only selective and controlled polymerization!

Using EDA complexes to trigger deamination, 1st author Megan Driscoll initiates photocontrolled polymerization from the α-C of primary amines! (Peptides hate to see Megan coming)

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

05.05.2025 18:30 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Un-recyclable thermosets who? Never heard of her.
Only recyclable and degradation thermosets here

30.01.2025 03:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Degradable thermosets via orthogonal polymerizations of a single monomer - Nature Degradable thermoset multimaterials can be synthesized from a commercially accessible, biosourced monomer using orthogonal polymerizations in a single pot; after selective degredation, the resulting s...

As Jon Stewart said, “It is important in these troubled times to continue to dab on the haters” … and the haters would be loathe to see my first independent work on recyclable/degradable thermosets made from 2,3-dihydrofuran! 🌱🥽♻️

29.01.2025 16:32 — 👍 23    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 3

Degradable thermosets via orthogonal polymerizations of a single monomer - Nature Degradable thermoset multimaterials can be synthesized from a commercially accessible, biosourced monomer using orthogonal polymerizations in a single pot; after selective degredation, the resulting s...

Oh my 2,3-dihydrofuran,
I don’t know know any monomer cooler than
Thee.

Your cyclic vinyl ether,
Makes thermosetting so much easier
For me:

You ROMP in the dark, Crosslink in the light,
Recycle to monomer under vacuum overnight.
Degrade in acid or with a lot of O2,
Oh DHF this is an ode to you.

29.01.2025 17:09 — 👍 30    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

D-d-d-d-drop the Brett 🍾🎈🎉

12.12.2024 18:23 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

What’s up #chemsky ?! Seems fitting for our first post to be an announcement of the new PhD students in the lab - Lydia Goedert and Nadia Crawford!! Lydia joins us from Stanford U., while Nadia comes from Trinity U. Wish them high yields and low dispersities for their next 5 years! 🥂🎓

15.11.2024 17:14 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0