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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20230328
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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/mse-seminar-structurally-de
 fined-macromolecules/
SUMMARY:MSE Seminar: "Structurally Defined Macromolecules"
DESCRIPTION:Austin M. Evans\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\, Chemistry\nUnive
 rsity of Florida\nDr. Austin Evans is currently an Assistant Professor of 
 Chemistry at the University of Florida\, where his group studies electroni
 c and spintronic phenomena in structurally defined macromolecules. Prior t
 o his independent position\, Austin was a Rhodes-Schmidt Science Fellow at
  Columbia University\, where he worked with Prof. Latha Venkataraman (Appl
 ied Physics) and Colin Nuckolls (Chemistry).\n\nAustin completed his Ph.D.
  in Chemistry at Northwestern University as an NSF Graduate Research Fello
 w and an International Institute for Nanotechnology Ryan Fellow. There\, A
 ustin worked with Prof. William Dichtel to develop controlled polymerizati
 on methods to access high-quality two-dimensional macromolecular sheets an
 d one-dimensional synthetic nanotubes\, both of which are elusive macromol
 ecular architectures.\n\nFor his contributions to many areas of chemistry\
 , engineering\, and physics Austin has been recognized with numerous award
 s including the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award\, ACS POLY Henkel Award\, MOF
 2020 Early Career Award\, Foresight Institute Vision Fellowship for Molecu
 lar Electronics\, and the IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemi
 sts. Austin is also passionate about community engagement\, which has led 
 to his multi-year work with secondary schools in New York City and Chicago
 \, the Environmental Protection Agency\, and the United States Congress.\n
 Abstract\nMacromolecules with defined crystalline structures are predicted
  to host many unique thermal\, electronic\, and optical behaviors. However
 \, the general synthesis of single-crystalline macromolecules or the inter
 rogation of well-defined polymers properties has proved elusive.\nHere\, I
  will describe how single-crystalline macromolecular sheets (two-dimension
 al polymers) and one-dimensional nanotubes can be synthesized by precisely
  engineering supramolecular interactions. Key to this discussion is a robu
 st understanding of the thermodynamic and kinetic considerations that unde
 rlie polymer crystallization.\n\nI will also discuss how\, using single-mo
 lecule break-junction measurements\, it is possible to interrogate the ele
 ctronic properties of well-defined single-polymer systems.\n\nThroughout t
 hese discussions\, I will highlight how structurally defined polymers\, wh
 en combined with advanced processing and measurement strategies\, yield em
 ergent combinations of thermal\, mechanical\, optical\, and electronic pro
 perties not available in other material platforms.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Rhines Hall Room 125\, 549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, Gainesville\, FL\
 , 32611\, United States
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