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New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Olsen and Rubinstein labs, in collaboration with others at University of Campinas and University of South Florida,...
Aug 261 min read


New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Olvera de la Cruz and Campos labs develop a mean-field framework that connects microscopic bond reactions and molecular...
Aug 191 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Cent. Sci.
A team from the Craig , Rubinstein , Sottos , and Gong labs report the impact of fused ring size in bicyclic cyclobutane mechanophores...
Aug 141 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Cent. Sci.
A team from the Kulik and Craig labs report the computational, machine learning guided discovery of synthesizable ferrocene...
Jul 311 min read


New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Kalow and Olvera de la Cruz labs establish rheological isotope effects (RIEs) as a new tool for studying dynamic...
Jul 201 min read


New MONET Publication in Nat. Sustain.
Craig and Rubinstein discuss how reducing the crosslink density in highly entangled natural rubber increases its crack resistance and...
May 61 min read


New MONET Publication in Nat. Mater.
A team from the Gong and Rubinstein labs report demonstrate how weak bonds can be leveraged to achieve self-strengthening in polymer...
Feb 251 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Klausen , Nelson , Kulik , and Craig labs report a novel chemical design for accelerated mechanochemical bond scission...
Feb 31 min read


New MONET Publication in J. Mech. Phys. Solids
A team from the Craig , Olsen , and Rubinstein labs, in collaboration with others at MIT, systematically study the fracture mechanics of...
Feb 21 min read


New MONET Publication in Inorg. Chem.
A team from the Kulik and Craig labs leverage density functional theory (DFT) and external force explicitly included (EFEI) modeling to...
Dec 22, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Olsen lab utilize a custom-built rheo-fluoresence setup to quantify bond dissociation in model end-linked associative...
Dec 10, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Polym. Chem.
A team from the Klausen , Craig , and Kulik labs report that differences in ring strain enthalpy between cis and trans isomers of...
Nov 19, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Moore lab introduce the restoring force triangle (RFT) to facilitate understanding of the selective responsiveness of...
Nov 5, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in PNAS
A team from the Nelson and Olvera de la Cruz labs establish a strain learning mechanical metamaterial that can not only recover after...
Oct 29, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Moore , Campos , and Kulik labs developed a novel mechanochemical uncaging strategy to unveil aggregation-induced...
Sep 21, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Adv. Mater.
A team from the Johnson , Olsen , and Craig labs show that incorporating bis-acrylate “transferinkers,” which are cross-linkers capable...
Sep 10, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in ChemComm
A team from the Steinmetz and Nelson labs introduce a 3D-printable virus-like particle (VLP)-enhanced cross-linked biopolymer system....
Jul 21, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Science
The Schindler and Kulik labs report that matching of the frontier molecular orbital energies of alkenes with those of acyclic oximes...
Jun 26, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Chem
A team from the Moore, Craig, and Kulik labs utilize a physical organic model to identify effective force constant and reaction energy as...
Jun 12, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Materials Today Chemistry
A team from the Steinmetz and Craig labs developed a novel swell-and-click method that led to successful VLP scaffold formation...
May 31, 20241 min read
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