Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings

Overview

Current advances in polymer chemistry and polymeric coatings have resulted in a rapid development of a new area of “smart” materials and polymers. They play the most significant role due to their resemblance to biological systems and numerous research efforts focused on mimicking the bio-world. This course will give you an advanced understanding of the creation, design, and use of these intelligent polymeric materials.

When and Where

This course will meet online for six (6) webcast sessions of 90-minutes each.

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Key Topics

• Stimuli-responsiveness defined
• Physical and chemical responsiveness
• Structure-property relationships
• Design of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
• Multi-Component Polymer Systems and Heterogeneity
• Stratification, Signaling, and Self-Healing

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How you will benefit from this course

• Understand the fundamentals of stimuli-responsive polymers
• Learn the latest developments in how stimuli-responsive polymers are created and employed
• Improve your ability to advance your own scientific work

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Course Instructor

Marek W. Urban is a Professor, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, and also Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Coatings and Films.

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Agenda

What is Stimuli-Responsiveness?

• Fundamental Polymer Properties Required in the Design of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
• Polymer Responses to Internal and External Stimuli

Physical and Chemical Responsiveness; Reversible vs. Irreversible Responses

• Polymer responses to chemical and physical stimuli
• pH, ionic environments, temperature, electric/magnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation

Structure-Property Relationships in Stimuli-Responsive Polymers

• chemical structure vs. stimuli – response relationships
• multi-dimensional and heterogeneous responses

Design of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers

• Directional responses and structural changes
• Film Formation

Multi-Component Polymer Systems and Heterogeneity

• The influence of nanoparticles
• Nanotechnology and stimuli-responsive materials
• Mimicking Mother Nature
• New synthetic directions and strategies

Stratification, Signaling, and Self-Healing in Heterogeneous Polymeric Systems; Recent Advances

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Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed at scientists with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of polymer chemistry and/or polymeric coatings.

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System Requirements

You need a high-speed connection to the Internet and an up-to-date version of your Web browser (Internet explorer is preferred). For the audio portion of the live session, we will use a telephone conference call for attendees from the U.S. and Canada. You will need a phone near your computer capable of making long distance phone calls to a 1-800 number. A hands-free or speaker phone is highly recommended.

International attendees may have access to a toll-free global call-in number or use VOIP, depending on their country. An ACS staff member will contact you to complete these arrangements. Please contact us at shortcourses@acs.org if you have any questions.

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Course Fees

Note: Each participant must register individually for this course.

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