Session: Stimuli-Responsive Polymers (2008 Annual Meeting)

Friday, November 21, 2008: 8:00 AM

Room 103-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Description:

This session will cover the synthesis, characterization, modeling, and applications of stimuli-responsive polymers in solution, gels, brushes, and microstructures.

Sponsor:

Polymers

Chair:

Keisha B. Walters
Email: kwalters@che.msstate.edu

CoChair:

Ryan C. Hayward
Email: rhayward@mail.pse.umass.edu

8:00 AM

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

8:20 AM

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

8:40 AM

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

9:00 AM

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

9:20 AM

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

9:40 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 and J. M. D. Macelroy

10:00 AM

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

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