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Just a glimpse of a fantastic (and exhausting) week at #PolymersGRC with some fantastic people! Time for a looonngggg nap now. #PolymersGRC2023

Out now in RSC Applied Polymers: Dynamic polymer nanocomposites towards strain sensors and customizable resistors by Konkolewicz and co-workers pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… @PolyKonkol Konkolewicz Polymer Group @mu_chem #polymers #OpenAccess

New to polymer chemistry? or want to explore crosslink network synthesis? Check out our tutorial review "Tuning monomers into crosslink polymer networks" pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… @PolyKonkol Konkolewicz Polymer Group Sachini Weerasinghe Obed Dodo Chamoni Rajawasam Raji Ibrahim Oladayo Shiwanka Wanasinghe

Check out our paper on PVK Controlled photodegradation of phenyl vinyl ketone polymers by reinforcement with softer networks - now published in Polymer Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our cover art is featured on the front page of polymer chemistry.

Check out the first tutorial review from our new educational series, Educational series: turning monomers into crosslinked polymer networks, led by Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige & Dominik Konkolewicz @PolyKonkol Konkolewicz Polymer Group Nethmi De Alwis doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00…

🏆Werner Prize 2024 of the SCS awarded to Prof. Athina Anastasaki,ETH Department of Materials for her excellence in research spanning across the broad areas of polymer synthesis, polymer self-assembly and chemical recycling. Congratulations on behalf of the Swiss Chemical Society #scs #award #werner

Hate polymers? Help us destroy them with depolymerization and chemical recycling! We have two fully funded PhD positions in Polymer Chemistry at ETH! Come be our colleague! ETH Polymeric Materials jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_… Please Retweet

Discover how to characterize your crosslinked polymer networks! 🧪 Our latest tutorial review breaks it down for you. 📘 Don't miss out on the essentials! @PolyKonkol Chamoni Rajawasam Obed Dodo Sachini Weerasinghe Raji Ibrahim Oladayo Shiwanka Wanasinghe pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Now online: News & Views on the Open Access Article by Maria-Nefeli, Nghia Truong Phuoc, Athina Anastasaki & co-workers nature.com/articles/s4416… An acidic route for radical polymerizations by Matthias Hartlieb @PolyBioPotsdam nature.com/articles/s4416… ($)

Acid-Triggered Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers: Acid does it better than radical initiators! Nature Synthesis Congrats Maria-Nefeli and team! Big thanks to Michelle Coote’s group who we could not have done without! Athina Anastasaki nature.com/articles/s4416…

Chemical Recycling of Bromine-Terminated Polymers Synthesized by ATRP, out now in RSC Applied Polymers RSC Applied journals! We can now efficiently depolymerize polymethacrylates with the most common bromine end-group! Congrats to Stella Afroditi Mountaki and all co-authors! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Check out our recent paper on high molecular weight vinyl ester polymers. Exploring high molecular weight vinyl ester polymers made by PET-RAFT - now published in Polymer Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Enhanced synthesis of multiblock copolymers via acid-triggered RAFT polymerization Chemical Science! We are getting better and better at making these block copolymers🥳 Congrats Maria-Nefeli Nghia Truong Phuoc Athina Anastasaki! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… ETH Department of Materials ETH Zurich

Two in two days! Photocatalytic Upcycling and Depolymerization of Vinyl Polymers Angewandte Chemie! This Mini-review discusses light-catalyzed strategies to deconstruct vinyl polymers. Congrats Kostas Parkatzidis Hyun Suk Wang Athina Anastasaki! ETH Department of Materials ETH Zurich onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

New paper on the thermal solution depolymerization of telechelic RAFT polymers out now in @ACSmacroletters! Now we can depolymerize from either both ends or the middle of the polymer chains. Congratulations to Nethmi De Alwis and co-authors! Athina Anastasaki pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

Tired of deoxygenating your depolymerization reaction? Check out this J. Am. Chem. Soc. paper by Stella Afroditi Mountaki on open-air depolymerizations of ATRP-polymethacrylates! Special thanks to Evelina Liarou for helping out with the oxygen probe! Athina Anastasaki pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

All the way from 🇨🇭to the 🇺🇸! It's a great honor to receive the ETH Zurich medal for my doctoral thesis at ETH Department of Materials. Many thanks to Athina Anastasaki for being the best PI, and my PhD committee Brent Sumerlin and Tae Lim Choi as well as Zhenan Bao for the nomination.

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Researchers in Science report a method for breaking down commercial polymers like Plexiglass into monomers, a form more desirable for reuse. The results could help alleviate the growing plastic waste stream. scim.ag/4bgCfNt