This presentation will describe strategies for creating functional polymeric materials that provide amplified responses to specific stimuli. One approach employs end-capped polymers that depolymerize completely from head-to-tail when the end-cap is removed from the polymer in response to a stimulus. Demonstrated applications of these polymers include shape-shifting materials, plastics that are easily recycled, self-powered pumps, point-of-care diagnostics, as well as controlled release chemistry.

Polymeric materials with amplified responses to specific applied signals

248th National Meeting (2014)

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