Stable Organic Radicals as Macromolecular Precursors Towards Functional and Conductive Materials

This thesis offers seminal contributions to macroradical chemistry. This work proposed a new approach to making conductive epoxies predicated on stable radicals. The first to successfully demonstrate synthetic techniques towards this idea; systematically employ magnetic alignment to tune material properties and utilized magnets during polymerization to differentiate material structures with X-ray scattering analysis. Furthermore, this contribution demonstrates the combined techniques of rheology and X-ray scattering data in characterizing supercapacitor materials. Finally, this thesis argues that surface electromagnetism could complement radical-bearing coatings rendered antifouling.