Multifunctional Polymeric and Hybrid Materials

Part I. Multifunctional Composites: 1. Thermal, mechanical and magneto-mechanical characterization of liquid crystalline elastomers loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles; 2. Anisotropic composites of desaminotyrosine and desaminotyrosyl tyrosine functionalized gelatin and bioactive glass microparticles; 3. Potential of polarized PVDF/carbon nanotube nanocomposite scaffolds for cell growth; 4. Molecular disorder in prestrained nanocomposites: effects of processing on durability of thermally-active ethylene-vinyl acetate | PyChol | multiwall carbon nanotubes; 5. Investigating thiol-epoxy composites for semiconductor die attach adhesives; Part II. Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers and Gels: 6. Systematic study on the remote triggering of thermo-responsive hydrogels using RF heating of Fe3O4 nanoparticles; 7. Relation-between nanostructural changes and macroscopic effects during reversible temperature-memory effect under stress-free conditions in semicrystalline polymer networks; 8. Photo-reversibility of cinnamylidene acetic acid derived crosslinks in poly(e-caprolactone) networks; 9. Branched amphiphilic polysulfides: influence of macromolecular architecture on self-assembly and oxidation responsiveness; 10. Modelling and analysis of pH responsive hydrogels for the development of biomimetic photo-actuating structures; 11. Thermally controlled shape-memory investigations of nanocomposites based on oligo(x-pentadecalactone) and magnetic nanoparticles acting as crosslinks; Part III. Characterization of Multifunctional Polymer Systems: 12. Biohybrid fibro-porous vascular scaffolds: effect of crosslinking on properties; 13. Purity of mushroom tyrosinase as a biocatalyst for biomaterial synthesis affects the stability of therapeutic peptides; 14. Cationic cellulose nanocrystals: synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity studies; 15. Immuno-compatibility of desaminotyrosine and desaminotyrosyl tyrosine functionalized star-shaped oligo(ethylene glycol)s with different molecular weights; 16. Influence of glycidylmethacrylate functional groups attached to gelatin on the formation and properties of hydrogels; 17. Robot-assisted synthesis and characterization of polyester-based polyurethanes; 18. The use of MRI as a technique for hydrophilic polymer swelling characterization; 19. Thermomechanical characterization of a series of crosslinked poly[ethylene-co-(vinyl acetate)] (PEVA) copolymers; 20. Poly(n-butylcyanoacrylate) nanoparticles as carriers for adenosine triphosphate; Part IV. Structured Surfaces and Multilayered Polymers: 21. Using lasers to create metal-polyimide films with alternating layers; 22. A robust multilayer dielectric elastomer actuator; 23. Nanofiber-based membrane separators for lithium-ion batteries; 24. Fabrication of silk microstructures using photolithography.