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This zoom course will run April 23, 2026, 1:00-3:00 PM EST
The goal of cure-on-demand chemistry is to create high solids, one-pot formulations with months to years shelf lives that can react rapidly when exposed to the appropriate stimulus. This course will review the organic chemistry of free-radical polymerization and thiol-acrylate and thiol-epoxy reactions. Three approaches to cure-on-demand coatings will be discussed: photopolymerization, frontal polymerization and water-activated thiol-acrylate and thiol-epoxy reactions.
What you will learn:
- Basics of photopolymerization and its uses in coatings
- Limitations of photopolymerization
- The basics of frontal polymerization
- How frontal polymerization can be used for coatings.
- What is a clock reaction and how can it cure a coating.
Instructor Bio:
Dr. John A. Pojman, a native of North Royalton, Ohio, received his B. S. in Chemistry (with a minor in Classics) from Georgetown University in 1984. He earned his doctorate in Chemical Physics in 1988 at the University of Texas at Austin. Pojman then worked for two years at Brandeis University with Irving Epstein. In 1990 he joined the Chemistry & Biochemistry department at The University of Southern Mississippi, where he taught for 18 years. Dr. Pojman joined the Department of Chemistry at Louisiana State University in August 2008, where he is the Patricia Senn and William Senn, Jr., Distinguished Professor & Chair
Pojman co-authored one monograph, An Introduction to Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics, and co-edited two others. He has served four times as a guest editor for the journal Chaos and authored 192 peer-reviewed publications and ten book chapters. Over his academic career, he made 315 presentations and received six patents. Since 1990 he supervised 195 undergraduates. His research expertise is in nonlinear dynamics in polymer systems and materials of art. Additionally, he is an avid bass fisherman, trout fisher and amateur herpetologist with a special interest in the aquatic salamanders of Louisiana (http://amphiumas.org). He also boasts the world largest collection of pocket protectors. www.pocketprotectors.info. John is the President and 3PCEO of Pojman Polymer Products, LLC (3pllc.com).
He lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, Dionne Rousseau.