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New MONET Publication in Science Advances
A team from the Johnson lab and others at MIT collaborated with Université Paris-Saclay to propose a model where the relaxation of...
May 14, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Nature Communications
A team from the Johnson and Kulik labs introduce the concept of leveraging “nested” supramolecular crosslinks to control bulk material...
May 9, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Macro Letters
A team from the Kalow and Kulik labs report the use of bifunctional aromatic thioesters as dynamic covalent cross-links in hydrogels,...
May 2, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Gong and Craig labs embedded cyclobutane-based mechanophore crosslinkers in the first network of double network hydrogels...
May 1, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Advanced Materials
A team from the Campos, Nelson, and Rubinstein labs report the use of carbazole-based thiuram disulfides (CTDs) that offer dual...
Apr 8, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Moore, Craig, and Kulik labs detail a non-scissile mechanophore built from an 8-thiabicyclo[3.2.1]octane 8,8-dioxide...
Apr 5, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Chem Comm
A team from the Klausen, Craig, and Kulik labs report the synthesis of two new examples of 7- and 8-membered sila-cycloalkynes, as well...
Apr 4, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Craig, Kulik, and Johnson labs report the mechanochemically coupled generation of hydrogen flouride (HF) from...
Mar 29, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Catalysis
A team from the Schindler and Kulik labs report a visible-light-mediated approach that enables facile access to 1- and 2-azetine-based...
Mar 3, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in RSC Applied Polymers
A team from the Nelson and Craig labs demonstrate 3D printed, elastomeric ionogels comprising covalent adaptable networks (CANs) for...
Feb 19, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
The Kalow lab, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, synthesized two oligosiloxane-based epoxy networks that provide...
Feb 6, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Nano Letters
A team from the Steinmetz and Craig labs built an internal polymer “backbone” using a maleimide cross-linker to covalently interlink...
Jan 30, 20241 min read


New MONET Publication in Journal of Physics: Materials
Professors Alshakim Nelson and Stephen Craig write the "Stimuli-responsive materials" section for the 2023 Soft Matter Roadmap....
Dec 11, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in ACS Macro Letters
A team from the Olsen, Rubinstein, and Craig labs explore the question of reactivity-guided fracture in otherwise indistinguishable...
Nov 30, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Olsen lab updated a kinetic graph theory (KGT) model to account for off-stoichiometric reactive groups and side reactions...
Nov 26, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Olsen lab measured the gel point of an end-linked poly(ethylene glycol) gel during forward (bond forming) and reverse...
Nov 13, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
The Johnson lab reports bifunctional silyl ether (BSE)-containing high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-like materials synthesized through a...
Oct 29, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in Polymer
A team from the Craig and Kulik groups crosslinked polybutadiene backbone polymers by complexation with two different metal salts. ...
Oct 19, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in JACS
A team from the Johnson, Craig, and Kulik labs introduce a new class of polymer metal–organic cage (polyMOC) gels featuring polyethylene...
Sep 28, 20231 min read


New MONET Publication in Macromolecules
A team from the Olvera de la Cruz and Kalow labs combined coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations with a Monte Carlo method to...
Sep 28, 20231 min read
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