Special Session FO-8
Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Programme Chair:
Andreas LENDLEIN, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Members:
Guillermo A. AMEER, Northwestern University, USA
Mitsuhiro EBARA, NIMS, Japan
Yakai FENG, Tianjin University, China
Ken GALL, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jeffrey M. KARP, Harvard Medical School, USA
Pavel A. LEVKIN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Duncan J. MAITLAND, Texas A&M University, USA
Pier Paolo POMPA, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
U. Gianfranco SPIZZIRRI, University of Calabria, Italy
Nicola TIRELLI, University of Manchester, UK
Andreas LENDLEIN, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Members:
Guillermo A. AMEER, Northwestern University, USA
Mitsuhiro EBARA, NIMS, Japan
Yakai FENG, Tianjin University, China
Ken GALL, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jeffrey M. KARP, Harvard Medical School, USA
Pavel A. LEVKIN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Duncan J. MAITLAND, Texas A&M University, USA
Pier Paolo POMPA, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
U. Gianfranco SPIZZIRRI, University of Calabria, Italy
Nicola TIRELLI, University of Manchester, UK
Guillermo A. AMEER, Northwestern University, USA
Marc BEHL, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Marcelo CALDERON, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Aranzazu DEL CAMPO, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany
Andrew DOVE, University of Warwick, UK
Mitsuhiro EBARA, NIMS, Japan
Yakai FENG, Tianjin University, China
James HENDERSON, Syracuse University, USA
Weimin M. HUANG, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Katharina LANDFESTER / Frederik R. WURM, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Pavel A. LEVKIN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Duncan MAITLAND, Texas A&M University, USA
Phillip B. MESSERSMITH, Northwestern University, USA
Jie SONG, University of Massachusetts, USA
Nicola TIRELLI, University of Manchester, UK
Thomas WILSON, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ryo YOSHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan
Marc BEHL, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Marcelo CALDERON, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Aranzazu DEL CAMPO, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany
Andrew DOVE, University of Warwick, UK
Mitsuhiro EBARA, NIMS, Japan
Yakai FENG, Tianjin University, China
James HENDERSON, Syracuse University, USA
Weimin M. HUANG, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Katharina LANDFESTER / Frederik R. WURM, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Pavel A. LEVKIN, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Duncan MAITLAND, Texas A&M University, USA
Phillip B. MESSERSMITH, Northwestern University, USA
Jie SONG, University of Massachusetts, USA
Nicola TIRELLI, University of Manchester, UK
Thomas WILSON, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ryo YOSHIDA, University of Tokyo, Japan
This Special Session succeeds the successful focused session A-15 of CIMTEC 2012 whereby concentrates on biomedical applications.
Smart polymeric materials, which have the ability to response to an external stimulus e.g. by moving actively, found their way into several application areas such as packaging, textiles, or aerospace. These materials are as an enabling technology of high scientific and technological significance especially for biomedical applications. In general two categories of such intelligent materials can be distinguished: shape-memory polymers and shape-changing polymers. The progress in material chemistry, characterization techniques, computer-aided modeling, as well as in the understanding of biomaterial tissue interaction enables scientists today to develop active polymer systems in a knowledge based approach. Fundamental research is directed to the application of other stimuli different from heat (e.g. electric current, humidity, light, or alternating magnetic fields), to enable more complex movements on demand, to memorize even other macroscopic properties different from shape, or to realize the effect in polymer systems whose structural characteristics match those of tissue. A strategy aiming at soft smart materials is the creation of swollen polymer systems. On the other hand the creation of composites can be used to strengthen soft materials or to integrate additional functionalities resulting in multifunctionality, which is necessary to fulfill the challenging and complex demands of biomedical products based on smart polymers. A longterm goal is the integration of the different functionalities on the molecular level. The combined expertise of chemists, physicists, biologists, pharmacologists, and materials engineers in interdisciplinary approaches is required to encounter the challenges of innovative material concepts, which will be presented, discussed, and published to foster the scientific exchange of this growing community.
Smart polymeric materials, which have the ability to response to an external stimulus e.g. by moving actively, found their way into several application areas such as packaging, textiles, or aerospace. These materials are as an enabling technology of high scientific and technological significance especially for biomedical applications. In general two categories of such intelligent materials can be distinguished: shape-memory polymers and shape-changing polymers. The progress in material chemistry, characterization techniques, computer-aided modeling, as well as in the understanding of biomaterial tissue interaction enables scientists today to develop active polymer systems in a knowledge based approach. Fundamental research is directed to the application of other stimuli different from heat (e.g. electric current, humidity, light, or alternating magnetic fields), to enable more complex movements on demand, to memorize even other macroscopic properties different from shape, or to realize the effect in polymer systems whose structural characteristics match those of tissue. A strategy aiming at soft smart materials is the creation of swollen polymer systems. On the other hand the creation of composites can be used to strengthen soft materials or to integrate additional functionalities resulting in multifunctionality, which is necessary to fulfill the challenging and complex demands of biomedical products based on smart polymers. A longterm goal is the integration of the different functionalities on the molecular level. The combined expertise of chemists, physicists, biologists, pharmacologists, and materials engineers in interdisciplinary approaches is required to encounter the challenges of innovative material concepts, which will be presented, discussed, and published to foster the scientific exchange of this growing community.
Session Topics
FO-8.1 Shape-memory and shape-changing polymers for biomedical applications
FO-8.2 Light-sensitive polymers for biomedical applications
FO-8.3 Smart composites for biomedical applications
FO-8.4 Biomedical applications based on degradable, stimuli-responsive polymers
FO-8.5 Smart, swollen systems for biomedical applications
FO-8.6 Smart polymers in biomedical applications