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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - Research in polymer chemistry and catalysis i
 n the Guironnet group
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Damien Guironnet\, University of Illinois\, USA\nThis se
 minar will be a bit different than traditional seminars\, as I intend to g
 ive an overview of the research done in my group.1 My goal is to trigger d
 iscussions that I am hoping to have throughout the semester (with students
 \, postdocs\, or faculty)\, as I am doing my sabbatical in the lab of Prof
 . Klok for\nthe upcoming year. The first part of my presentation will high
 light the concept of design-to-synthesis in polymer chemistry (Nature Comm
  2020).2 Using a combination of living polymerization methods and reactor 
 engineering concepts\, my group has developed a simple protocol to synthes
 ize polymers with\nany molecular weight distribution and architecture. The
  second part of my presentation will highlight our catalysis work. I will 
 describe a recent polyethylene chemical recycling strategy we have pioneer
 ed (JACS 2022)3 as well as an unprecedented way to control the reactivity 
 of platinum catalysts for the hydrosilylation reaction (Angewandte 2023)4.
  The last part will include a short overview of ongoing work related to me
 mbrane design\, new catalysts for olefin polymerization and a recent ventu
 re into nanomedicine.\n1) https://guironnet.chbe.illinois.edu/\n2) Nat Com
 mun. 2020 11\, 3094\n3) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022\, 144\, 18526\n4) Angew. Ch
 em. Int. Ed. 2023\, 62\, e202214267\nBio: Damien Guironnet is an Associate
  Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and 
 Department of Chemistry at The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
  He joined Illinois in 2014 from BASF Corporation where he worked as a sen
 ior research scientist. At Illinois\, his research focuses on the developm
 ent of catalytic polymerization techniques to achieve precise control over
  polymer composition and architecture. They implement sophisticated reacto
 r engineering strategies to design and automate the synthesis of tailor-ma
 de polymers.
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