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Kevin Broi
Controlling Properties of Polymer Networks with Light
Kevin Broi's Ph.D. research is focused on the development of light-responsive polymer systems and in particular the design and synthesis of functionalized diarylethene photoswitches that are capable of forming dynamic covalent bonds between polymer strands. Upon selective excitation of these photoswitches with light, these thermodynamic equilibria can be disturbed and thus the macroscopic properties (e.g. adhesion strength, hardness, swelling) of the resulting polymer materials can be altered. Based on this, the SFB 985 (project C6) is aiming at the development of light-responsive microgel catalysts.
2019
Stereoinformation Relay: Coupling Diastereoselectivity of a Thermal Diels-Alder Reaction with the Photochemical Ring-Closure of Diarylethenes
K. Broi, A. Fuhrmann, A. Dallmann, F. Berger, S. Hecht*
ChemPhotoChem 2019, 3, 461-466

2018
Lowering the Healing Temperature of Photoswitchable Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks
A. Fuhrmann, K. Broi, S. Hecht*
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2018, 39, 1700376