Programmable Multiplexed Droplets and Arrays Containing Reaction Networks

The Gianneschi group will work with the other team members to developing design parameters for polymer, gel, particle synthesis that can be replicated witin the molecular computing scheme described in the main text. Polymerizations with monomers as shown in the chart here and in the main text will be performed to develop copolymers, blends, and blocks within bulk and microfluidic systems. We will develop new polymer systems by controlled and uncontrolled polymerization processes and map kinetics and thermodynamics of polymerization and assembly by employing reversible-deactivation radical polymerization to achieve diverse polymer aggregate morphologies and diverse primary polymer structures with low dispersities. Expertise in the development of complex, responsive polymerizations and polymeric materials will be employed in this in cooperation with other team members.