Preliminary Program subject to change
08A12 Stimuli Responsive Polymers
OverviewWe invite abstracts describing new advances in the development and characterization of polymers engineered to alter structure and properties in response to external stimuli. Experimental contributions should emphasize quantitative characterizations of polymer morphology and its connection to the material performance (e.g., wetting behavior, adhesion, roughness, permeability, etc.). Theoretical work and molecular simulations are especially welcome to provide insight into molecular structure changes.
Primary SponsorPolymers (08a)

Chair

Keisha Walters
Assistant Professor
Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
330 Swalm Chemical Engineering Building
P.O. Box 9595
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone Number: 662-325-7203
Fax Number: 662-325-2482
Email: kwalters@che.msstate.edu

* Membership Number 0090102582

CoChair

Kane G. Jennings
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Box 1604 Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
Phone Number: 615-322-2707
Email: jenningk@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

CoChair

Joseph L. Lenhart
SMTS
Sandia National Laboratories
PO Box 5800 MS 0888
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Phone Number: 505-284-9209
Email: jllenha@sandia.gov
Temperature Responsive and Biodegradable Dendronized Copolymer for Controlled Release of Therapeutic Agents across the Blood Brain Barrier (Bbb)
Eun Seok Gil, Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 and Tao L. Lowe, Departments of Surgery, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
Nanoscale Characterization and in Vitro Behavior of Poly(Methacrylic Acid-G-Ethylene Glycol) as an Oral Delivery Device for Insulin
Anthony D. Tuesca and Anthony M. Lowman, Deptartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Smart" Surfaces Formed by Diblock Copolymer Brushes
Dong Meng, Department of Chemical Engineering, Coloraldo State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and Qiang Wang, Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University, 1370 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370
Investigation of Tethered Thermoresponsive N-Isopropylacrylamide Hydrogel Thin Films Via the Incorporation of Cadmium Selenide/Zinc Selenide Nanoparticles
Beinn V. O. Muir1, Yun Zong2, Cathrin Corten3, Dirk Kuckling3, Wolfgang Knoll4 and Curtis W. Frank1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 381 North South Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5025, (2)Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 3 Research Link, Singapore, 117602, Singapore, (3)Fachrichtung für Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie, Dresden, D-01062, Germany, (4)Materials Science, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz, 55128, Germany
pH-Responsive Copolymer Films with Amine Side Chains
Dongshun Bai1, Zulkifli Ibrahim1 and Kane G. Jennings2, (1)Chemical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B 351604, 24th & Garland Avenues, 107 Olin Hall, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Box 1604 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235
Tethered pH-Responsive Polymer Layers
Vijitha Mohan and Keisha Walters, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 330 Swalm Chemical Engineering Building, P.O. Box 9595, MS State, MS 39762
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Light-Responsive Poly-Diacetylene Nanocomposites
Lu Yang1, Huisheng Peng2, Yunfeng Lu3 and Hank Ashbaugh1, (1) Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, (3)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division