TITLE: Control of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers by New Methods and Materials Design 
SPEAKER: Prof. Yue Zhao, CIC Fellow, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

TIME:July 7 (Tuesday) AM9:30 
LOCATION: 518Meeting Room， Chemistry Building A (化学A楼518会议室) 
INVITER: Prof. Yongfeng ZHOU(周永丰教授)
 

Abstract: I will report on our recent studies on polymers that are responsive to a variety of stimuli such as light, ultrasound and carbon dioxide. We have developed new methods and materials design to make polymers respond to stimuli in a controllable or predictable manner, or in a way to exhibit a useful function. The studies which I will discuss include 1) near-infrared light-sensitive polymer micelles and hydrogels, 2) ultrasound- and light-controllable shape-memory and healable polymers, 3) CO2-switchable polymers, and 4) liquid crystalline block copolymers for oriented self-assemblies.