2008 Annual Meeting

Session: 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, Mississippi State University

Co-Chair

Ryan C. Hayward, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Presentations

08:00 AM

(746a) Synthesis and Swelling Response of Block and Random Copolymer Brushes Incorporating Thermo- and pH-Responsive Constituents
S. Michael Kilbey, J. Alaina Floyd, Santosh B. Rahane

08:20 AM

(746b) Towards the Development of Biodegradable Sensors from Smart Hydrogels
Diana K. Snelling, Nicholas Peppas

08:40 AM

(746c) Prediction of Phase Behavior In Surface-Tethered Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Networks from Demixing Behavior of Linear Poly(NIPAAm) Solutions
Ajay Vidyasagar, Ryan Toomey

09:00 AM

(746d) “Smart” Surfaces of Polymer Brushes
Dong Meng, Qiang Wang

09:20 AM

(746e) Influence of Binding Strength on the Structure of Supramolecular Polymer-Surfactant Complexes
Chinedum Osuji, Manesh Gopinadhan, Evan Beach, Paul Anastas

09:40 AM

(746f) 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

10:00 AM

(746g) Development of Environmentally Responsive Hydrogel Systems Over Micro- and Nanodevices Via ATRP
Hariharasudhan D. Chirra, J. Zach Hilt