Linh Duy THAI

I am an experienced polymer/organic chemist working on stimuli-responsive materials, particularly photo-switchable polymers. However, I do not limit myself to just one specific research topic in the realm of polymer chemistry. I am open to challenges and opportunities when it comes to research and development. I am a curious and creative person and I believe in impactful research and innovation driven by curiosity.

• Postdoc researcher, 12/01/24, present, Develop advanced macromonomers for 3D printing
• PhD candidate, 09/01/21, 10/31/24, Synthesis and characterization of complex organic compounds and functional polymers; photo-isomerization studies on photoswitchable polymers
• Master internship, 01/01/20, 04/30/20, Synthesis and photo-redox study of trifluoromethylated compounds
• Internship and undergraduate thesis, 06/01/17, 04/30/18, Synthesis of photoresponsive polymers based on spirooxazine; Synthesis of self-healing polymers based on disulfide bonds

• 2025, Orthogonal Thiol Addition Chemistry Based on Ether Acrylates, Thai, L. D.; Neumaier, M.; Barner-Kowollik, C., J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press
• 2025, Photoswitchable Macromolecules: The Foundation of Photodynamic Block Copolymer Lithography, Thai, L. D., PhD thesis, KITopen, 10.5445/IR/1000177015
• 2024, Sequence-Defined Main-Chain Photoswitchable Macromolecules with Odd-Even Effect Controlled Properties, Thai, L. D.; Kammerer, J. A.; Golberg, D.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C., Chem, 11, 102341
• 2024, Access to Main-chain Photoswitching Polymers via Hydroxyl-yne Click Polymerization, Thai, L. D.; Kammerer, J. A.; Théato, P.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C., ACS Macro Lett., 13, 681-687
• 2024, Photo- and Halochromism of Spiropyran-based Main-chain Polymers, Thai, L. D.; Kammerer, J. A.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C., Chem. Sci., 3687-3697
• 2023, Main-chain Macromolecular Hydrazone Photoswitches, Thai, L. D.; Fanelli, J.; Munaweera, R.; O´Mara, M. L.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Mutlu, H., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., e202315887
• 2023, Molecular Photoswitching of Main-chain α-bisimines in Solid-State Polymers, Thai, L. D.; Guimarães, T. R.; Chambers, L. C.; Kammerer, J. A.; Golberg, D.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 1478-14755
• 2022, Photoswitchable Block Copolymers Based on Main Chain α-Bisimines, Thai, L. D.; Guimarães, T. R.; Spann, S.; Goldmann, A. S.; Golberg, D.; Mutlu, H.; Barner-Kowollik, C., Polym. Chem., 13, 5625-5635
• 2022, Remote Radical Trifluoromethylation: A Unified Approach to the Selective Synthesis of γ-Trifluoromethyl α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds, Briand, M.; Thai, L.D.; Bourdreux, F.; Vanthuyne, N.; Moreau, X.; Magnier, E.; Anselmi,E.; Dagousset, G., Org. Lett., 24, 9375-9380
• 2019, Synthesis of a Novel Fluorescent Cyanide Chemosensor Based on Photoswitching Poly(pyrene-1-ylmethyl-methacrylate-random-methylmethacrylate-random-methacrylate spirooxazine), Tran, H.M.; Nguyen, T.H.; Nguyen, V.Q.; Tran, P.H.; Thai, L.D.; Truong, T.T.; Nguyen, L.T.T.; Nguyen, H.T., Macromol., 27, 25-32

• 07/01/24, The 50th World Polymer Congress, IUPAC MACRO, oral presentation
• 02/01/24, The 38th Australasian Polymer Symposium (38APS), oral presentation
• 11/01/23, Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium (QACS) 2023, best oral presentation award