Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks

Professor Costas S. Patrickios earned his PhD in 1993 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Between 1994 and 1996, Dr Patrickios served as post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Sussex, and then (1996-1997) as Lecturer at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He joined the Department of Natural Science (now Department of Chemistry) at the University of Cyprus in 1998. His research has been focused on the preparation and characterization of amphiphilic polymer conetworks based on interconnected amphiphilic block copolymers synthesized using the living / controlled polymerization techniques group transfer polymerization (GTP), atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. He is currently the Chair of the Polymer Networks Group (PNG), an international organization promoting research on polymer networks and gels.

Thirty Years of Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

Poly(N-vinylimidazole)-
based Nanostructured Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

Designing Multi-component
Biodegradable/Biocompatible Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks for Biomedical Applications;

Cleavable Dimethacrylate-end-linked Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks Prepared Using Degradable, Hemiacetal Ester Group-containing Bifunctional Initiators;

Structural Studies on PEO-b-PPO-based Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

Structure and Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Polymer Co-network Hydrogels with Controlled Structures;

Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks From Telechelic Macromonomers Using Thiol–Norbornene Chemistry;

Bimodal Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks: Interfacial Phenomena and Applications;

Ultra-stretchable and Multi-responsive Tough Hydrogels Crosslinked by Triblock Copolymer Micelles;

Double-network Hydrogels Comprising an Ionic Amphiphilic Polymer First Co-network;

Theoretical Approaches to Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

Silicone Hydrogel Soft Contact Lenses: An Industrial Application of Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

New Approaches Towards the Design of Tough Amphiphilic Polymeric Co-networks;

Biocatalytically-active Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks;

Functional Membranes Based on Amphiphilic Polymer Co-networks