Session: #746 - Stimuli-Responsive Polymers (08A19)


Friday, November 21, 2008: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM
Room 103-B (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Polymers (08a)
#746 - Stimuli-Responsive Polymers (08A19)
This session will cover the synthesis, characterization, modeling, and applications of stimuli-responsive polymers in solution, gels, brushes, and microstructures.
Chair:	Keisha B. Walters
CoChair:	Ryan C. Hayward
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, Santosh B. Rahane
8:20 AM	746b	Towards the Development of Biodegradable Sensors from Smart Hydrogels Diana K. Snelling, 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, Ryan Toomey
9:00 AM	746d	“Smart” Surfaces of Polymer Brushes Dong Meng, Qiang Wang
9:20 AM	746e	Influence of Binding Strength on the Structure of Supramolecular Polymer-Surfactant Complexes Chinedum Osuji, Manesh Gopinadhan, Evan Beach, 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, J. M. D. Macelroy
10:00 AM	746g	Development of Environmentally Responsive Hydrogel Systems Over Micro- and Nanodevices Via ATRP Hariharasudhan D. Chirra, J. Zach Hilt

Polymers (08a)