Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks - Heterogeneous Bulk and Gel Systems

FOCUS · MAR-C65 · ID: MAR-C65

Presentations

  • Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

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    Publication: 1. Clarke et al., Dynamic crosslinking compatibilizes immiscible mixed plastics, Nature 616, 731-739 (2023).

    2. Karmakar et al., Computer simulations of entropic cohesion in reversibly crosslinked polymers, Soft Matter 21, 348-355 (2025).

    3. Akhtar et al., Molecular mechanisms of polymer crosslinking via thermal activation, arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.21143, Manuscript under review (2025).

    4. Akhtar et al., Computational modelling of dynamic crosslinks in polymer blends, Manuscript ready to submit (2025).

    Presenters

    • Javed Akhtar

      • IIT Madras

    Authors

    • Javed Akhtar

      • IIT Madras

    • Satyesh Yadav

    • Sooraj Kunnikuruvan

    • Tarak Patra

      • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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  • Oral-In-person

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    Publication: Yun-Ju Chen, Yu-Hsuan Tsao, Bengü S. Şengül, Min-Hsien Lin, Cecilia Leal, Christopher M. Evans, and Charles E. Sing. "Stable, Homogeneous, and Reprocessable Blends of Incompatible Polymers via Dynamic Covalent Crosslinking". in preparation.

    Presenters

    • Yun-Ju Chen

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Authors

    • Yun-Ju Chen

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • Yu-Hsuan Tsao

      • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    • Christopher Evans

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • Charles Sing

      • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • Oral-In-person

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    Publication: "Highly Functional Microspheres Facilitating Diels–Alder Network Formation" submitted to Journal of Materials Research (under review)

    Presenters

    • Gaeun Kim

      • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    Authors

    • Gaeun Kim

      • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    • Sanchari Chowdhury

      • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    • Youngmin Lee

      • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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  • Oral-In-person

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    Publication: 1. Chankapure A, Karmakar R, Sastry S. Kumar S K and Patra T K, Packing, phase separation and interface compatibility in reversibly crosslinked polymers, Under review (2025), Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05969

    2. Karmakar R, Venkatareddy N, Himanshu, Valsecchi M, Maiti P K, Sastry S, Kumar S S, and Patra T K, Computer simulations of entropic cohesion in dynamically crosslinked polymers, Soft Matter 21, 348 (2025)

    Presenters

    • Tarak Patra

      • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    Authors

    • Tarak Patra

      • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    • Abhishek Chankapure

      • Indian Institute Of Technology Madras

    • Sanat Kumar

      • Columbia University

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  • Oral-In-person

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    Publication: 1. Karmakar R, Sastry S, Kumar S K, and Patra T K, Rouse mode analysis of chain relaxations in reversibly crosslinked polymer melts, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27, 6777 (2025)
    2. Karmakar R, Chankapure A, Kumar S K and Patra T K, Microphase separation controls the dynamics of associative vitrimers, ACS Macro Letters 14, 1518 (2025)

    Presenters

    • Rajiblochan Sahoo

      • Department of chemistry, IIT BOMBAY

    Authors

    • Rajiblochan Sahoo

      • Department of chemistry, IIT BOMBAY

    • Rahul Karmakar

      • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    • Sanat Kumar

      • Columbia University

    • Tarak Patra

      • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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  • Invited-In-person · Invited

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    Publication: Christina M. Hemmingsen, Steven J. Chapman, Chuting Deng, Yao Xiong, Cooper J. Hanley, Vivian Zhang, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, and Julia A. Kalow, "Rheological Isotope Effects for Molecular Insight in Covalent Adaptable Networks", Macromolecules 58 (15), 7957-7966 (2025); DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01258

    Zhen Sang, Suong Nguyen, Kwangwook Ko, Senpeng Lin, Heecheol Jang, Simon Gonzalez, Sullivan Fitz, Yun Kai, Steven Kooi, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Marisol Koslowski, Heather J. Kulik, Stephen L. Craig, Keith A. Nelson, and Jeremiah A. Johnson, "Mechanophore Cross-Linking Enhances Ballistic Energy Dissipation of Polymers" Nature (under review)

    Anna G. Davis, Juan A. Cintrón Cruz, Sullivan Fitz, Kwangwook Ko, Eduard Bobylev, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Jeremiah A. Johnson, "Esterase Enzymes Edit the Cyclic Topology of Hydrogels" (in preparation)

    Presenters

    • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

      • Northwestern University

    Authors

    • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

      • Northwestern University

    • Sullivan Fitz

    • Chuting Deng

      • University of Chicago

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