Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials (eBook)

Marek W. Urban is internationally recognized scientist and scholar in the area of stimuli-responsive polymeric materials and polymer spectroscopy. He is a professor of polymer science and engineering in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi and director of Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). He has authored over 300 research papers, three books, and edited 8 American Chemical Society Advances in Chemistry Series books. He chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Films and Coatings and is the recipient of numerous awards. Current focus of his research is on stimuli-responsive polymeric materials that mimic nature and molecular level processes that govern their behavior.

Preface

SYNTHETIC AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ADVANCED STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS
Introduction
Controlled Free Radical Polymerization of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Colloidal Dispersions
Summary

BIOLOGICAL- AND FIELD-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS: EXPANDING POTENTIAL IN SMART MATERIALS
Introduction
Biologically Responsive Polymer Systems
Field-Responsive Polymers
Conclusions

SELF-OSCILLATING GELS AS STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS
Introduction
Methodology
Results and Discussions
Conclusions

SELF-REPAIRING POLYMERIC MATERIALS
Introduction
Damage and Repair Mechanisms in Polymers
Summary

STIMULI-DRIVEN ASSEMBLY OF CHROMOGENIC DYE MOLECULES: A VERSATILE APPROACH FOR THE DESIGN OF RESPONSIVE POLYMERS
Introduction
Excimer-Forming Sensor Molecules
Fluorescent Mechanochromic Sensors
Thermochromic Sensors
Chemical Sensing with Excimer-Forming Dyes
Summary and Outlook

SWITCHABLE SURFACE APPROACHES
Introduction
Electroactive Materials
Photoresponsive Materials
pH-Responsive Materials
Thermoresponsive Materials
Switchable Surfaces Based on Supramolecular Shuttles
Switchable Surfaces Comprising DNA and Peptide Monolayers
Summary

LAYER-BY-LAYER SELF-ASSEMBLED MULTILAYER STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC FILMS
Introduction
Fabrication of Multilayer Polymer Coatings
Response of Multilayer Polymer Coatings to External Stimuli
Conclusion and Outlook

PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS
Introduction
The Photorefractive Effect in Polymers
The Two-Beam Coupling Effect
High-Performance Photorefractive Polymers
Experimental Techniques
Conclusions

PHOTOCHROMIC RESONSES IN POLYMER MATRICES
Introduction
Photochromic Polymeric Systems
Photochromic Systems
Outlook of Photochromic Materials

COVALENT BONDING OF FUNCTIONAL COATINGS ON CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS: THE ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH
Introduction
Electrodeposited Coatings
Electrografted Coatings
Compounds Requiring an Anodic Process
Compounds Requiring a Cathodic Process
Conclusions