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grad students tweeting and developing bio-inspired materials in @UNCchemistry

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Hot off the press in @J_A_C_S! Congrats to Peter Dykeman-Bermingham, Matthew Bogen, Supraja Chittari, and Savannah Grizzard for their amazing work studying the impact of monomer sequence on nanoparticle assembly and function https://t.co/H5QKMfAEG8

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Lastly, we used cheminformatics featurization strategies and statistical modeling to quantify relationships between chemical descriptors of the substrates and reaction conditions on catalysis. We are thrilled to expand our toolbox for understanding polymeric catalysts!

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We are excited to share our new paper out in @J_A_C_S! Congrats to @Matt_A_Sanders, Supraja, Jack, Will, and Bridgette for their awesome work studying the impact of protein-mimetic functionality on polymeric catalysts.
https://t.co/IdFdI5AKj2

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We identified key relationships between polymer features and reactivity allowing for increased tunability of rate of reaction, and distinct differences between cross-linked and untethered polymeric catalysts.

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With a model system of sequestering rare-earth elements (REEs) from solution, we observed notable differences in polymer affinity for these ions as well as subtler differences to capacity for and selectivity between different REE. Talk about the New Kids on the (copolymer) Block!

[Knight Group UNC @KnightGroupUNC]

Hot off the press in @J_A_C_S! Congrats to Peter Dykeman-Bermingham, Matthew Bogen, Supraja Chittari, and Savannah Grizzard for their amazing work studying the impact of monomer sequence on nanoparticle assembly and function https://t.co/H5QKMfAEG8

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With this control of polymer structure by sequence, we sought to explore whether sequence control could also dictate polymer function analogous to the properties of proteins.

[Knight Group UNC @KnightGroupUNC]

With a model system of sequestering rare-earth elements (REEs) from solution, we observed notable differences in polymer affinity for these ions as well as subtler differences to capacity for and selectivity between different REE. Talk about the New Kids on the (copolymer) Block!

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With this control of polymer structure by sequence, we sought to explore whether sequence control could also dictate polymer function analogous to the properties of proteins.

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Next, we would like to shoutout our new first year students Jaina Bemis, Bridgette Poff, Abby Gringeri, and Will Swofford (left to right). Looking forward to the amazing research you will accomplish!

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Wow, time flies when you're having fun with science! We have a few updates that we need to share from the start of this year till now.

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First, we have a belated congratulations to our first PhD graduate Erin Day (@Dayofthecentury)! Her love of sequence-structure relationships is nothing to the loving memories we got to make with our Reichardt's dye queen. Good luck at your new position at Eastman Chemical!

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We had a great time watching @DurhamBulls win in bottom of the ninth last night! #GoBulls ⚾️

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Congratulations to Savannah on her awesome poster at @UNCResearch's Celebration of Undergraduate Research yesterday! 🧪📊

[Matt Sanders @Matt_A_Sanders]

So excited to see my first first-author publication of graduate school online! It was a real team effort!

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We are excited to expand the toolbox of polymeric catalysts and tune macromolecule structure for catalysis. 🛠🧰⚙️
Congratulations to @Matt_A_Sanders, Supraja Chittari, Nicole, and Jack! 🎉
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https://t.co/VcRL4XVIn1

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We are thrilled to share our new paper out last week in @J_A_C_S! We describe polymer catalysts using a novel triphenylphosphine acrylamide monomer to facilitate Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings (1/4)

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To characterize how reaction conditions impact catalysis, we were able to develop a statistical model for 2 bulkier substrates demonstrating how these parameters impact product yields.
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