Greg Qiao

Ultrathin membrane with robust and superior CO2 permeance by precision control of multilayer structures

H Han, JMP Scofield, PA Gurr, PA Webley, GG Qiao

Journal article  |  2023  |  Chemical Engineering Journal

Reducing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere is an urgent task to resolve serious environmental issues including global warming. Polym..

Reduced Ice Adhesion Using Amphiphilic Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Based Surfaces

Zahra Mossayebi, Vianna F Jafari, Paul A Gurr, Ranya Simons, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2023  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

Ice build-up on solid surfaces causes significant economic losses for a range of industries. One solution to this problem is the d..

An Atom-Economic Enzymatic Cascade Catalysis for High-Throughput RAFT Synthesis of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polymers.

Ruoyu Li, Shudi Zhang, Quanshun Li, Greg G Qiao, Zesheng An

Journal article  |  2022  |  Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

High-throughput synthesis of well-defined, ultrahigh molecular weight (UHMW) polymers by green approaches is highly desirable but ..

High chain-end fidelity in sono-RAFT polymerization

Amrish Kumar Padmakumar, Arunjunai RS Santha Kumar, Stephanie Allison-Logan, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Nikhil K Singha, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2022  |  POLYMER CHEMISTRY

The chain-end fidelity of polymers synthesized via the sono-RAFT technique in an aqueous medium was investigated by performing cha..

Evaporation reduction and salinity control in microalgae production ponds using chemical monolayers

N Poddar, J Scofield, S Shi, EL Prime, SE Kentish, GG Qiao, GJO Martin

Journal article  |  2022  |  Algal Research

Algae have great potential as a hyper-productive crop to produce food, fuels, and chemicals. However, freshwater availability limi..

Star-Peptide Polymers are Multi-Drug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria Killers

Wenyi Li, Sara Hadjigol, Alicia Rasines Mazo, James Holden, Jason Lenzo, Steven J Shirbin, Anders Barlow, Sadegh Shabani, Tao Huang, Eric C Reynolds, Greg G Qiao, Neil M O'Brien-Simpson

Journal article  |  2022  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, especially Gram-positive bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, is gaining considerable momentum ..

Oligomeric Poly(Oxazoline) as Potential Lithium Battery Electrolytes

RAL Wylie, B Miller, LA Connal, G Qiao

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Polymer electrolytes are a promising and inherently material for next generation lithium batteries. The advancement in this field ..

Mimicry of silk utilizing synthetic polypeptides

Nicholas J Chan, Sarah Lentz, Paul A Gurr, Thomas Scheibel, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2022  |  PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

For thousands of years, ‘silk’ and silk-based materials have played an important role for mankind. Today, silk-based materials inc..

Mechanochromophore-Linked Polymeric Materials with Visible Color Changes.

Wenlian Qiu, Joel MP Scofield, Paul A Gurr, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2022  |  Macromol Rapid Commun

Mechanical force as a type of stimuli for smart materials has obtained much attention in the past decade. Color-changing materials..

3D nanoprinting via spatially controlled assembly and polymerization.

Thomas G Pattison, Shuo Wang, Robert D Miller, Gang-Yu Liu, Greg G Qiao

Journal article  |  2022  |  Nat Commun

Macroscale additive manufacturing has seen significant advances recently, but these advances are not yet realized for the bottom-u..