URI_Research_Magazine_Momentum_Fall_2017_Melissa-McCarthy

“We can lessen the societal burden of plastics by developing catalysts that access current materials more efficiently or that access replacement

materials that are environmentally friendly.”

- Matthew Kiesewetter

Pouring liquid nitrogen into a vacuum jacketed flask to cool reactions and trap monomers to purify them.

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