Billy Neary
@Billy_Neary
Followers
470
Following
2K
Media
48
Statuses
253
Assistant Professor @ChemistryUCR. Metathesis enthusiast.
Riverside, CA
Joined January 2018
The lab website is up, and the Twitter page is live! Go follow to stay updated on our labs research and progress as we get started at Riverside.
From the🌽 to the mountains, the Neary Group has officially made it to Riverside! Stay tuned to see the exciting research coming out of our lab and the fun of starting a new lab!☀️⛰️
1
10
62
New vacuum oven means its time for some materials testing!
0
1
4
Had our first white elephant after a long day of lab cleanup! Thankful for this great group.
0
1
11
POSTDOC AD: I'm looking to hire a postdoc who can bring their expertise in low-valent main group molecular synthesis and apply it to applications in molecular electronics. Sounds cool, right? More details and application instructions are attached. Please help spread the word!
1
58
175
Congrats to Xuefen for passing her SYRE exam! More exciting updates from the lab coming soon!
0
1
15
Check out my last piece of work in my PhD with @Mechanophore! We developed a “cartoon picture” ( a triangle!) to make sense of mechanochemistry under tension. Special thanks to all the reviewers who helped to greatly improved the manuscript! https://t.co/bL5swM5dso.
pubs.acs.org
In polymer mechanochemistry, mechanophores are specific molecular units within the macromolecular backbone that are particularly sensitive to tension. To facilitate understanding of this selective...
3
5
30
2
7
9
Please check out our work @J_A_C_S on Multicolor and White Emission from Mechanically Caged AIEgens. https://t.co/QIVwHReW4T I am glad it is also selected as the ACS Editor’s Choice! This work was done with a phenomenal undergrad @CHEM_Kecheng who will apply for grad school soon
pubs.acs.org
Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) that respond to mechanical force are increasingly used as force probes, memory devices, and advanced security systems. Most of the known mechanisms...
10
16
119
@N_A_Romero and I are again organizing a Spring @AmerChemSociety symposium at the interface of organic and polymer chemistry! Abstracts due Sept 30, 2024! New: graduate student travel award! ✈️ See flyer for details! Tell your friends to apply! @POLY_ACS @ACSorganic
1
12
26
several positions in the @gpggrp opening soon. Foundation Models, ML, automation, catalysis, physical organic chemistry, materials, HTE, HTVS, comp chem, and more. stay tuned.
0
8
40
Thermal Formation of Metathesis-Active Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes from Cyclohexene | Journal of the American Chemical Society @UCRiverside #Metathesis #Tungsten #Alkylidene #Cyclohexene
pubs.acs.org
A 7-tungstabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane complex forms slowly upon addition of cyclohexene to the ethylene complex, W(NAr)(OSiPh3)2(C2H4), at 22 °C. A single-crystal X-ray study showed its structure to be...
0
7
20
For those of you who like polymer mechanochemistry, this is a MUST read by @YunyanSun. Was such an amazing project to see developed from start to finish. Congrats to the entire team for this foundational piece of work!
My favorite and most proud work from my PhD is now online https://t.co/dqccnvAMBH . Inspired by the classic Morse potential, we developed an intuitive physical organic model for C-C bond under force with experimental validations.
1
2
13
Interested in joining the UCR chemistry department as a graduate student? Check out the video below to learn more information!
0
0
7
This work is just the first step of many in our pursuit to understand the polymerization of cyclic allenes. Stay tuned for more in the future coming out of the @NearyGroupUCR
0
0
4
Final piece of work from my postdoc out now in @MacroJrnls_ACS! Wouldn't be possible without awesome collaborators and @meganmurphy157 who struck the initial discovery!
pubs.acs.org
Polyallenamers represent an emerging class of polymeric materials with highly tailorable and adaptive properties. While their generation has been achieved (via cross-coupling, postpolymerization...
7
4
40
In this massive team effort published in @ACSChemRev, we discuss how olefin metathesis has been applied to the development of new chemically recyclable polymers and the deconstruction of commercial polymers: https://t.co/3iWhM3jQm5. A great learning experience for us!
pubs.acs.org
The consumption of synthetic polymers has ballooned; so has the amount of post-consumer waste generated. The current polymer economy, however, is largely linear with most of the post-consumer waste...
1
8
64
Now out in @MacroJrnls_ACS Polymers Au: "Finding Professional Growth and Fulfillment for Early-Career Polymer Scientists and Engineers in Industry" 🧪📈✨ It's not often you get to write with one of your best friends for the polymers community! (🧵 1/4) https://t.co/07OWY8XQql
pubs.acs.org
4
16
60
Glad to write a concise perspective highlighting recent bio-relevant applications of polymer mechanochemistry. It's now published in the Chinese Journal of Chemistry.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Recent efforts have been devoted to leveraging polymer mechanochemistry in bio-relevant applications. This perspective is aimed at providing a conceptual overview of how mechanophore platforms are...
0
5
21