Responsive Polymers and Self Assembly

	Symposium Organizer Dan Savin University of Vermont Contact

Responsive materials based on self-assembled polymers have been 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.

Your contributions are invited in the following areas:

• Novel materials or methods for the fabrication of responsive polymers.
• Characterization of solution or bulk morphology and the connection to the material performance (e.g., 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.

Overview presentation

	Responsive polymers and self-assembly: soft nanotechnology Dan Savin University of Vermont Contact

Invited Speakers:

	Sergiy Minko Clarkson University Responsive polymer gel membranes		Chris Barrett McGill University		Jeff Pyun Univ. of Arizona
	Barney Grubbs Dartmouth College		Brent Sumerlin Southern Methodist University		Mitch Anthamatten Univ. of Rochester

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