Allan S. Hoffman, Universty of Washington, Box 355061, Seattle, WA 98195 and Patrick S. Stayton, Bioengineering, Universty of Washington, Box 355061, Seattle, WA 98195.
In this talk I will highlight how I originally got involved with "smart" polymers almost 25 years ago. I will then describe the progress that I and my colleagues and students have made with these interesting polymers over the past 25 years, especially when combined with biomolecules.