Functional Polymeric Materials Based on Main‐Group Elements

Functional Nanostructures Based On Polymeric Templates

Project Objectives. The molecular self-assembly of diblock copolymers provides a simple, robust route to create well-defined arrays of functional nanostructures. In recent work, funded by the NSF Partnership in Nanotechnology: Functional Nanostructures program, we developed techniques by which diblock copolymer thin-films can be transformed into robust nanoporous array templates, and then with ...

Modeling of Slot Waveguide Sensors Based on Polymeric Materials

Slot waveguides are very promising for optical sensing applications because of their peculiar spatial mode profile. In this paper we have carried out a detailed analysis of mode confinement properties in slot waveguides realized in very low refractive index materials. We show that the sensitivity of a slot waveguide is not directly related to the refractive index contrast of high and low materi...

Advanced polymeric scaffolds for functional materials in biomedical applications

Advancements in the biomedical field are driven by the design of novel materials with controlled physical and bio-interactive properties. To develop such materials, researchers rely on the use of highly efficient reactions for the assembly of advanced polymeric scaffolds that meet the demands of a functional biomaterial. In this thesis two main strategies for such materials have been explored; ...

Polymeric triple-shape materials.

Shape-memory polymers represent a promising class of materials that can move from one shape to another in response to a stimulus such as heat. Thus far, these systems are dual-shape materials. Here, we report a triple-shape polymer able to change from a first shape (A) to a second shape (B) and from there to a third shape (C). Shapes B and C are recalled by subsequent temperature increases. Whe...

Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials