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SUMMARY:Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Polymers
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Christoph Weder\, Adolphe Merkle Institute\, Fribourg Sw
 itzerland\nMotivated by the persistent desire to develop new materials\, w
 hich offer currently unavailable functions\, research focused on the creat
 ion of polymers with tailored properties has evolved into an important fie
 ld at the interface of chemistry\, materials science\, physics\, and other
  disciplines. Due to their dynamic\, stimuli-responsive nature\, non-coval
 ent interactions represent a versatile design element for the creation of 
 stimuli-responsive polymers whose properties can be changed on command. In
  this presen­ta­tion several materials that rely on this general design 
 approach will be discussed. Interactions that will be covered include hydr
 ogen-bonds\, p-p stacking\, and metal-ligand binding. These were used to a
 ssemble small molecules\, supramolecular polymers\, nanoparticles and mixt
 ures of these building blocks\, to create healable\, mechanically adapting
 \, mechanoresponsive\, and other functional polymers\, including multi-sti
 muli multi-responsive systems.\n \n\n	Nature Communications 2016\, 7\, 10
 995.  \n	Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016\, 45\, 342.\n	J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017\, 139\
 , 4302.\n	Macromolecules 2017\, 50\, 8845.\n	Macromolecules 2018\, In Pres
 s. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00733\n	J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018\, 140\, 1584
 .\n\nBio:\nChristoph Weder is Professor for Polymer Chemistry and Material
 s and Director of the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) at the University of 
 Fribourg (Switzerland). He also directs the Swiss National Center of Compe
 tence in Research Bio-Inspired Materials. Chris studied Chemistry at ETH Z
 urich where he also earned his doctoral degree in Polymer Science. After a
  postdoctoral stay at MIT\, he held positions at ETH Zurich and Case Weste
 rn Reserve University\, before joining the AMI in 2009. Chris’ current r
 esearch efforts are focused on stimuli-responsive polymers and nanomateria
 ls. He co-authored some 250 research papers and book chapters and is co-in
 ventor of twenty patents. Chris has mentored about 70 PhD students and pos
 tdoctoral researchers. He serves as an Associate Editor of ACS Macro Lette
 rs and is a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences and a Fellow
  of the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymer Chemistry.\n 
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