News
Wenlu and Zhaoyi publish first papers on EPoN
Congratulations to Wenlu and Zhaoyi for each publishing a first-author paper on our Electrodeposition of Polymer Networks (EPoN), a novel fabrication mechanism for ultrathin (10-100s nm) polymer coatings that are conformal even on porous and non-planar materials.
Wenlu describes the single-component oxidative EPoN using phenol as polymer end groups in Advanced Materials
Zhaoyi describes the reductive EPoN of polymers with bromoisobutyrate end groups and a complementary small-molecule crosslinker in RSC Applied Polymers
Yuanzhi’s paper on Nanostructured Organogels published
Published in ACS Nano: our work on the swelling behavior of ordered self-assembled and crosslinked block copolymer bulk materials, as well as their first use as a nanostructured organogels template to structure polymeric and inorganic materials. Great job Yuanzhi and thanks to Prof. Plummer for her valuable input. Check it out here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.4c04394
Congratulations to Mariam, Ruiyang, Chase, and Nashr to their graduation!
Group members Mariam and Ruiyang graduated with their Master of Science degree from MSE at BU.
Former group members Chase and Nashr also graduated with their Bachelor of Science from MechE at BU.
Congratulations to all of you and all the best for your future endeavors!
Ruiyang successfully defends his MS thesis!
Congratulations to Ruiyang Chen for successfully defending his MS thesis on a new Electrodeposition of Polymer Networks paradigm. We wish Ruiyang all the best for his next academic step and future endeavors!
Battery Research at BU – Press Article
Check out this The Brink article on battery research at BU, including our work: https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/the-race-to-a-battery-powered-future/
Joerg receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
We are grateful to receive funding through the 2023 DARPA YFA program. We are looking forward to many exciting discoveries in this research endeavor that combines our micro-architected electrodes with our ultrathin polymer coatings to drive towards tailored multiscale sorbents architected from the molecular chemistry to the mesoscopic structure to the macroscopic shape.
Check out this brief article by BU's College of Engineering: https://www.bu.edu/eng/2023/11/27/clearing-the-air/
Zhaoyi successfully defended his MS thesis!
We congratulate Zhaoyi Zheng for successfully defending his MS thesis titled "TWO-COMPONENT ELECTROCHEMICAL COUPLING REACTION FOR END-GROUP ASSISTED ELECTRODEPOSITION OF ULTRATHIN POLYMER FILMS". Great job Zhaoyi and we are looking forward to your continued research progress as a PhD student!
Wenlu’s paper on conformal electrodeposition of functional thin films published in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
Congrats Wenlu! Great work on the development of dual-functional molecules capable of conformal electrodeposition on 3D materials, with thorough analysis of the (surprising) processing-property relationships! Find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2ME00246A
Anton’s paper on low-tortuosity electrode architectures published in Advanced Materials
Congrats Anton! Fantastic work demonstrating how straight open pores in electrodes can be easily fabricated and tuned, and their impact on battery performance metrics.
Find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202209694
A "Battery Design" blog post by Anton on his work can be found here
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Chase receives UROP Award
Congratulations to Chase for receiving an Undergraduate Student Research Opportunity (UROP) award for the fall semester supporting his work on architected electrodes! This is Chase's second UROP award and demonstrates his commitment and progress to his research. Keep up the good work!