Brent Sumerlin

New @J_A_C_S paper out now! #ArianaTamura and the gang developed our Skew Customization by Unzipping Layered Polymer Traces (SCULPT) method with which one can tune the materials properties of polymer blends via depolymerization! @Brent_Sumerlin pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. @Brent_Sumerlin and his team at @UFChemistry engineered a recyclable PMMA that breaks down into high-purity monomers—no solvents, no catalysts, and 90% recovery at lower temps. A major step toward sustainable plastics in cars, planes, and beyond. 🔗: ufinnovate.technologypublisher.com/tech?title=Pol…

Congratulations to @lehothi for his recent publication in ACS Macro Letters! Grateful to be a part of this work wherein polyolefins are photochemically degraded using straightforward, mild, and cost-effective additives. @ACSPublications @LowDispersity pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Really happy to see this one out, and a big thanks to @lehothi for leading the charge! @UFChemistry @ButlerPolymer @LowDispersity Nitroarene Photoactivation Promotes Oxidative Deconstruction of Olefinic Polymers | ACS Macro Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Retrofitting PMMA with a Thermal Trigger for Efficient Depolymerization | Journal of the American Chemical Society @LowDispersity @Brent_Sumerlin @UF @UDelaware pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

More phthalimide esters being put to work in the newest paper from @rhyswhughes6 in @J_A_C_S! PMMA made by conventional radical pzn and commercial Plexiglass were retrofit with pendent Phth esters to trigger thermolytic depzn! @DrLkorley @Brent_Sumerlin pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Interested in light-mediated RAFT? Check out what the experts recommend in this User Guide by @CyrilleBoyer61, Matthias Hartlieb, @KonkolGroup, @QiaoGreg, @Brent_Sumerlin, with now Dr @MagdaBeres (and me 🙂) in ACS Polymers Au @MacroJrnls_ACS - for free! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Crispy new paper out now in @ChemicalScience! @cabelleades27 and pals used aqueous PISA as a tool to avoid high viscosities typically obtained during UHMW polymer synthesis! Also got some massive polymer microparticles in the process. @Brent_Sumerlin tinyurl.com/SaltyPISA

Selective Depolymerization for Sculpting Polymethacrylate Molecular Weight Distributions | Journal of the American Chemical Society @LowDispersity @Brent_Sumerlin @UF @KA_Stew @JamesBYoung14 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Read our new Editor's Choice collection by Christopher Barner-Kowollik highlighting recent Chemical Science papers on #photochemistry and #polymers that he has found inspiring! Read the selections and Christopher's comments in our LinkedIn article: linkedin.com/pulse/editors-…

Super excited for the first paper from my postdoc. Big thanks to my advisors @Brent_Sumerlin @AustinMEvans, coauthors Josh, @rhyswhughes6 @ImqGilly, and groups @LowDispersity @ERG_Chem. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations to Prof. Dan Savin, winner of the 2025 PMSE Distinguished Service Award. PMSE is so lucky to have passionate and dedicated volunteers and leaders like Dan. @SavinPoly @UF @UFChemistry #Award #polymers #services #Leadership y mailchi.mp/807e46ec9186/m…

Huge accomplishment!!! This is from the 2024 Polymer Capstone Lab Class (chem 4074). The students came up with a hypothesis and spent all semester testing it. After, Zaya and Jared did some replicates & wrote it up. @VTChemDept @VT_Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Congrats to @SavinPoly on this great honor!

Check out our recent article in Journal of the American Chemical Society @J_A_C_S. Thanks to @biswa_Polymchem @kamalsom98 @Brent_Sumerlin @BIPOLOffic87794 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

"Polysquaramides" @MacroJrnls_ACS @LowDispersity @UFChemistry @ButlerPolymer doi.org/10.1021/acsmac…

"Mechanochemically Promoted Functionalization of Postconsumer Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) and Poly(α‐Methylstyrene) for Bulk Depolymerization" Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed. @LowDispersity @UFChemistry @ButlerPolymer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

β-Triketones as Reactive Handles for Polymer Diversification via Dynamic Catalyst-Free Diketoenamine Click Chemistry | Journal of the American Chemical Society @J_A_C_S @LowDispersity @UFChemistry @ButlerPolymer pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Photocatalytic Upcycling and Depolymerization of Vinyl Polymers (Athina Anastasaki and co-workers) @kostaspark @HyunSukWang1 @AthinaAnastasa1 #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

🎉 Congratulations to @StuartJRowan, Editor-in-Chief of #ACSMacroLett, for his election as Fellow of the Royal Society. Well deserved!