Registration, Poster Submission, Final Program

REGISTRATION

OPENING REMARKS; M.W. Urban (Clemson University), B.S. Sumerlin (University of Florida), Y. Yang (University of Nevada, Reno) 

PM SESSION; Session Chairs: M.W. Urban & B.S. Sumerlin

ADAPTIVE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALITY

4:00-4:30 Dynamic Networks as a Route to Access Pluripotent Materials; Stuart J. Rowan, University of Chicago, USA

4:30-5:00 Mechanochromic Polymers Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals; Albert P.H.J. Schenning, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

5:00-5:30 Understanding Structure, Reactivity, and Failure Mechanisms of Nanostructures and Composites Using Simulation and Experiment, Hendrik Heinz, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

5:30-6:00  Designing Responsive Materials via Nature’s Blueprint, LaShanda Korley, University of Delaware, USA

WINE SOCIAL

AM SESSION  CHEMISTRY-DRIVEN STRATEGIES FOR SMART MATERIAL DESIGN; Session Chair: Christian Pester

8:30-9:00 Dual Catalysis in ATRP;  Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

9:00-9:30 Degradable ROMP Polymers and Stimulus Triggered Folding of Amide Nanotubes; Andreas Kilbinger, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

9:30-10:00 Water-Triggered Polymerization of α-Lipoic Acid for Surgical, Consumer and Industrial Adhesion; Phillip B. Messersmith, University of California, Berkley, USA

10:00-10:30  Bioinspired Approaches to Design Stimuli-Responsive Materials;  Eileen Seo, Arizona State University, USA

Coffee Break

AM SESSION FUSION, MORPHING, AND CONDUCTIVITY IN ADVANCED POLYMER MATERIALS; Session Chair: Eileen Seo 

11:00-11:30 Dynamic Covalent Bonds Enable Fusion of Fluid-Filled Polymeric Capsule Shells; Emily B. Pentzer, Texas A&M University, USA

11:30-12:00   Assembling and Disassembling Solids using Collective Action of Shape- Morphing Polymer Ribbons; Taylor H. Ware, Texas A&M University, USA 

12:00-12:30 Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conduction in Porous Polymers; Austin Evans, University of Florida, USA

LUNCH BUFFET RUSSIAN RIVER; AFTERNOON OPEN

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AM SESSION      SOFT AND AUTONOMOUS MATERIALS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY AND RESPONSE; Session Chair: Andreas Kilbinger

8:30-9:00 Hydrogel-Microgel Hybrid Materials for Controlled and Triggered Small Molecule Delivery; Michael Serpe, University of Alberta, Canada

9:00-9:30 Molecular and Biophysical Factors for Directing Chromatic Phase Transitions of Adaptive Conjugated Peptide-Polymer Assemblies; Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña, University of California, Irvine, USA

9:30-10:00 Agarose Facilitating Stimulus Responsive Hybrid Hydrogels; Olli Ikkala, Aalto University, Finland

10:00 – 10:30          COFFEE BREAK                

AM SESSION     PROTECTIVE AND ADAPTIVE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; Session Chair: Ying Yang

10:30-11:00 Gels Exhibiting Heat-Activated Transition to Silica Aerogels for Structure Protection During Catastrophic Wildfire; Eric Appel, Stanford University, USA

11:00-11:30 Multiresponsive Hydrogels as Smart Materials in Microfluidic Applications; Brigitte Voit, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany

11:30-12:00 Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Network; Christoph Weder, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

LUNCH BUFFET RUSSIAN RIVER

PM SESSION  MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND HYBRID STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; Session Chair: Cassandra Callmann

1:30-2:00 Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brush Coatings in Photocatalysis; Christian W. Pester, University of Delaware, USA

2:00-2:30 Responsive Laser Written Liquid Crystal Optical Elements; Stephen Morris, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2:30-3:00 Responsive Polymers and Gold Nanoparticles: A Convenient Combination with Potential Use in Cancer Therapy; Angel Licea-Claveríe, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Mexico

3:00 – 3:30                      COFFEE BREAK                    

PM SESSION      PHOTOCHEMICAL AND BIOINSPIRED APPROACHES TO RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; Session Chair: Austin Evans

3:30-4:00 Self-Oscillating Polymer Materials; Gels, Vesicles, Micelles, Coacervates, Linear Polymers Exhibiting Life-Like Autonomous Behaviors; Ryo Yoshida, The University of Tokyo, Japan

4:00-4:30 Directing Phase Separation and Thermo-Mechanical Properties through Photopolymerization; Allan Guymon, University of Iowa, USA 

4:30-5:00 Smart Nanostructured Interfaces: Biologically Inspired to Biologically Applied; Rana Ashkar, Virginia Tech, USA 

5:00 Closing Remarks     Marek W. Urban, Brent S. Sumerlin, Ying Yang