Polymers

Session 746 - Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
This session will cover the synthesis, characterization, modeling, and applications of stimuli-responsive polymers in solution, gels, brushes, and microstructures.
Chair: Keisha B. Walters
CoChair: Ryan C. Hayward
  Synthesis and Swelling Response of Block and Random Copolymer Brushes Incorporating Thermo- and pH-Responsive Constituents
S. Michael Kilbey II, J. Alaina Floyd, Santosh B. Rahane
  Towards the Development of Biodegradable Sensors from Smart Hydrogels
Diana K. Snelling, Nicholas A. Peppas
  Prediction of Phase Behavior In Surface-Tethered Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Networks from Demixing Behavior of Linear Poly(NIPAAm) Solutions
Ajay Vidyasagar, Ryan Toomey
  “Smart” Surfaces of Polymer Brushes
Dong Meng, Qiang Wang
  Influence of Binding Strength on the Structure of Supramolecular Polymer-Surfactant Complexes
Chinedum Osuji, Manesh Gopinadhan, Evan Beach, Paul Anastas
  Studying the Influence of Structure on Hydrogel Behaviour: A Molecular Simulation Study of Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)
Sanket Deshmukh, Mateusz Landowski, Damian A. Mooney, J. M. D. Macelroy
  Development of Environmentally Responsive Hydrogel Systems Over Micro- and Nanodevices Via ATRP
Hariharasudhan D. Chirra, J. Zach Hilt

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