Engineering polymers with precise architectures for energy, human health, and a circular economy
who we are
Leading interdisciplinary innovation in polymer design
The Precision Polymer Group designs polymers with functional units positioned precisely along the backbone. These materials possess new properties for improved energy harvesting and storage, medical applications, and closed-loop materials recovery. We look beyond existing materials to ask: what technologies are still out of reach, what physics could unlock them, and what chemistry will make them real?
what we do
Developing new polymers and synthetic pathways to:
Redefine the molecular dipole
Dielectric constants in conventional dipolar polymers are constrained by the permittivity-mobility trap. We are finding ways to break it.
Build better batteries
We develop solid and melt-state polymer electrolytes to unlock safer, energy-dense, and power-dense batteries.
Scale and expedite sequence-defined polymers
Despite the transformative potential of sequence-defined polymers, existing synthetic routes are slow and poorly scalable. We develop pathways to faster synthesis and higher throughput.
Democratize game-changing polymers
It is only revolutionary if it impacts everyone. We are committed to the synthesis of disruptive materials via easy and scalable chemistry that can be replicated by anyone, regardless of technical background.
why it matters
Society faces grand challenges: polymers are a part of the solution
Whether developing the next generation of batteries, integrating robots with the human body, advancing energy-harvesting technologies, or finding new ways to map the biophysics of human consciousness, polymers and soft matter are indispensable. Addressing our greatest challenges will require major breakthroughs in how we design, build, purify, and recover polymeric materials.