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Our latest article on templated fullerenes on nanoporous networks appears online in Langmuir
The article, entitled Templating Fullerenes by Domain Boundaries of a Nanoporous Network is the product of a collaboration between Duncan (now at Eindhoven University of Technology) and Grace, and shows that domain boundaries in a trimesic acid network can be exploited to template the deposition of fullerenes in a nonperiodical fashion.
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Kazuhiro Nakabayashi joins the group as a visiting scientist
Kazuhiro Nakabayashi, assistant professor at Yamagata University, joins the group as a visiting scientist. Prior to his current position he obtained a PhD from the Tokyo Insititute of Technology. Welcome Kazuhiro!
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Jan leaves the lab after 6 years
After having completed his PhD degree and spent another year as postdoctoral associate, Jan leaves the Swager group. He’ll now pursue his entrepreneurial endeavors at C2Sense, the last spinoff from the Swager laboratory, that was recently awarded an NSF grant. Good luck, and thanks for having been an awesome labmate!
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Cindy leaves the Swager lab
After a semester sent in the Swager group, Cindy returns to complete her graduate program in Germany. Good luck for the home stretch Cindy!
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Our article on fluorinated tungsten calixarene complexes published online in JACS
The last article by Yanchuan describes the use of 19F-labeled tungsten calixarene imido complexes as efficient probes for neutral guests. Upon analyte complexation, the 19F NMR signal is shifted, which can be used for the detection of specific analytes in complex mixtures, of for the monitoring of chemical reactions.
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Two new group members
The Swager group welcomes Kathleen White and Wen Jie Ong who are joining the lab as graduate students in organic chemistry. Welcome on board!
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Jisun’s last day in lab
After two years of postdoctoral stay in the Swager group, Jisun leaves the lab – only after a traditional goodbye lunch. Good luck for the future, in Korea or elsewhere!
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Kat wins a poster award at the Materials Day!
Congratulations to Kat for winning a prize at the MIT Materials Day for her work entitled “Rapid Protyping of Selective Carbon-Based Gas Sensors by Mechanical Drawing on Paper”!!
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Our article on phosphate-functionalized graphene appears online in Advanced Materials!
The preparation of monolithic compounds (aka “The Puck”) comprised of lithium phosphate oligomers tethered to graphene through covalent phosphonate linkages was developed by John Goods in collaboration with Stefanie Sydlik (now a postdoc in the Langer Lab at MIT) and Joe Walish. The paper was just published online in Advanced Materials.
