James L. Hedrick

Biography

Our interest has focused on the sythesis of multiphase block copolymers and polymers with complex architectures. Dendritic and multifunctional orthogonal initiators, living/controlled polymerization procedures, quantitative organic transformations and new monomers have been prepared and used for the construction of these complex materials including star-shaped, dendrimer-like star, hyperbranched, radical block copolymers (unimolecular micelles) and dendritic-linear architectures. Nanophase separated block copolymers having diverse morphologies and properites have been tailored to address such important issues in microelectronic fabrication as stress, dielectric constant, adhesion and lithography. Our interest has focused on the sythesis of multiphase block copolymers and polymers with complex architectures. Dendritic and multifunctional orthogonal initiators, living/controlled polymerization procedures, quantitative organic transformations and new monomers have been prepared and used for the construction of these complex materials including star-shaped, dendrimer-like star, hyperbranched, radical block copolymers (unimolecular micelles) and dendritic-linear architectures. Nanophase separated block copolymers having diverse morphologies and properites have been tailored to address such important issues in microelectronic fabrication as stress, dielectric constant, adhesion and lithography.

Research Interest

Advanced Organic Materials