Print Email Facebook Twitter Stimuli Sensitive Polymer Materials For Signal Transduction Title Stimuli Sensitive Polymer Materials For Signal Transduction Author Breve, T. (TU Delft ChemE/Advanced Soft Matter) Contributor Eelkema, R. (promotor) van Esch, J.H. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-03-22 Abstract Smart materials are materials that are capable of responding in a programmable and predictive manner. Such materials respond to a broad variety of internal and external triggers and modulate one or more material properties accordingly. Common material responses are controlled release, color changes, morphological changes or changing the mechanical properties of the bulk material. Well known examples of smart materials in our life are chromoactive materials in sunglasses or windows that change color or transparency when subjected to (sun)light, self-healing concrete and plastics or shape memory materials being responsive to heat. Smart materials often reside in a stationary phase, where built-in molecular functionality can respond autonomously to a changing environment. A material’s response can be triggered by many different stimuli having a chemical nature (e.g. pH, salts and metals), biochemical nature (e.g. peptides, nucleic acids, metabolites and polysaccharides) or a physical nature (e.g. temperature, light, magnetic field and pressure). Materials constructed from polymers, particles or gels can be used for applications such as self-healing, sensing, tissue engineering and drug delivery. Smart materials described in this thesis are designed to respond to signaling molecules, UV light, gamma-radiation or mechanical force. In the following subsections these triggers will be discussed in detail. Subject responsive materialssignal transductioncucurbit[7]urilhydrogel contractionsmart hydrogel To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:da8543c4-e407-473c-80e1-6d0c0add180f ISBN 978-94-6421-690-5 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 T. Breve Files PDF PhD_thesis_Tobias.pdf 7.61 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:da8543c4-e407-473c-80e1-6d0c0add180f/datastream/OBJ/view