Wednesday, July 2, 2008: 9:00 AM-12:05 PM
Emerald I (Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center)
Responsive Polymers and Self Assembly I
Responsive materials based on self-assembled polymers are designed to alter their structure and properties in response to environmental conditions. These fascinating materials are receiving increasing attention for applications including bio-separations, drug delivery systems, switchable surfaces, viscosity modifiers, and even as artificial muscles.

This symposium focuses on:
Novel materials or methods for the fabrication of responsive polymers
Characterization of solution or bulk morphology and the connection to the material performance (wetting behavior, adhesion, rheological behavior, permeability, etc)
Theoretical and computer simulation studies that provide insight and property prediction for responsive materials, including molecular, nanoscale and mesoscale modeling methods
Characterization of the dynamics of responsive polymer systems
New applications of responsive polymers
Sponsor: ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Inc.
Organizer:Daniel Savin
9:00 AM406Responsive Polymers and Self-Assembly
Daniel A. Savin
9:15 AM407Responsive Assemblies from Copolymers with Adjustable Amphiphilicity
Robert B. Grubbs
9:45 AM408New Stimuli-Responsive Macromolecules– Smart Hyperbranches, Bioconjugates, and “Sweet Tooth” Micelles
Brent S. Sumerlin
10:15 AM Break
10:45 AM409Branched PEG-Caffeine Conjugates for Detoxification Applications
Jeanne Leblond, Hui Gao, Raji Al-Kurdi, Céline Bouvet, Anne Petitjean, Pierre Moreau, Jean-Christophe Leroux
11:05 AM410Synthesis, Functionalization and Directed Self-Assembly of Polymer Coated Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles
Jeffrey Pyun
11:35 AM411Photo-Mechanical Polymer Assemblies: From Reflectometry to Robotics
Christopher Barrett

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