Nature-Inspired Soft Matter for a Sustainable Tomorrow

INVITED · MAR-W57 · ID: 2762186

Presentations

  • Biofabrication with microbial cellulose via soft templating and aerotaxis

    ORAL · Invited

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    Presenters

    • Orlando J Rojas

      University of British Columbia

    Authors

    • Orlando J Rojas

      University of British Columbia

    • Xin Shu

      University of British Columbia

    • Yi Lu

      University of British Columbia

    • Zhangmin Wan

      University of British Columbia

    • Mahyar Panahi-Sarmada

      University of British Columbia

    • Tianyu Guo

      University of British Columbia

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  • Replacing Polymer Chemistry with Biopolymer Nanomorphology: Sustainable Hierarchical Networks in Polymer Substitutes

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Nature Materials 18:1315, 2019, Nature Comm. 12:2834, 2021, Langmuir 40:5923, 2024, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 4:101732, 2023

    Presenters

    • Orlin Velev

      North Carolina State University, NC State University, College of Engineering

    Authors

    • Orlin Velev

      North Carolina State University, NC State University, College of Engineering

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  • Soft Materials with Concentric Layers: Drawing Inspiration from Onions, Arteries, Pufferfish and Pearls

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: B. C. Zarket and S. R. Raghavan
    Onion-like multilayered polymer capsules synthesized by a bioinspired inside-out technique.
    Nature Communications, 8, 193 (2017)

    K. C. DeMella and S. R. Raghavan
    Catalyst-loaded capsules that spontaneously inflate and violently eject their core.
    Langmuir, 35, 13718-13726 (2019)

    S. H. Ahn, M. Rath, C.-Y. Tsao, W. E. Bentley and S. R. Raghavan
    Single-step synthesis of alginate microgels enveloped with a covalent polymeric shell: A simple way to protect encapsulated cells.
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 18432-18442 (2021)

    S. N. Subraveti and S. R. Raghavan
    A simple way to synthesize a protective "skin" around any hydrogel.
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 37645-37654 (2021)

    K. C. DeMella, S. N. Subraveti, K. J. Perry, S. P. Karna and S. R. Raghavan
    Capsules as miniature factories: On-demand synthesis in pre-packaged capsules enabled by switching on a catalytic reaction.
    Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2110191 (2022)

    B. C. Zarket, H. Wang, S. N. Subraveti and S. R. Raghavan
    Multilayer tubes that constrict, dilate, and curl in response to stimuli.
    Soft Matter, 17, 4180-4190 (2021)

    M. Rath, A. Fear, T. J. Woehl and S. R. Raghavan
    Pearl-like sheen in soft capsules: An unusual optical effect that is reversibly induced by temperature.
    Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2213107 (2023)

    Presenters

    • Srinivasa R Raghavan

      University of Maryland

    Authors

    • Srinivasa R Raghavan

      University of Maryland

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  • Invited Talk: Redox-active Polymers for Organic Batteries

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: 1. Oka, S. S.; Thakur, R. M.; Wang, C.; Scrudder, C.; Vidyaprakash, V.; Lagoudas, D. C.; Boyd, J. G.; Green, M. J.; Lutkenhaus, J. L., Fast-Charging Carbon Fiber Structural Battery Electrodes Using an Organic Polymer Active Material. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2024, 171 (7), 070505. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad570a
    2. Alessandri, R.; Li, C.-H.; Keating, S.; Mohanty, K. T.; Peng, A.; Lutkenhaus, J. L.; Rowan, S. J.; Tabor, D. P.; de Pablo, J. J., Structural, Ionic, and Electronic Properties of Solid-State Phthalimide-Containing Polymers for All-Organic Batteries. JACS Au 2024, 4 (6), 2300-2311. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00276
    3. Mitra Thakur, R.; Ma, T.; Shamblin, G.; Oka, S. S.; Lalwani, S. M.; Easley, A. D.; Lutkenhaus, J. L., Recyclable Organic Radical Electrodes for Metal-Free Batteries. ChemSusChem 2024, e202400788. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400788

    Presenters

    • Jodie L Lutkenhaus

      Texas A&M University College Station

    Authors

    • Jodie L Lutkenhaus

      Texas A&M University College Station

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