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Synergistic Physicochemical Properties of Macromolecule-Metal Complexes Laurence A. Belfiore, Colorado State University, DMR 0320980. Where are we going? Biological Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes and Metal-Mediated Synthetic Macromolecules
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Synergistic Physicochemical Properties of Macromolecule-Metal ComplexesLaurence A. Belfiore, Colorado State University,DMR 0320980 Where are we going? Biological Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes and Metal-Mediated Synthetic Macromolecules Development of biocompatible polymers with spontaneously aligned nanotubes that will accelerate bone cell growth Broader Impacts: Textbook Development Physical Properties of Macromolecules 831 pages completed as of 07/11/2007 Under contract with John Wiley publishing Expected release date; September 2008 International Collaborations Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), Strasbourg, France (JM Guenet) Thermoreversible gelation in amorphous polymers that form complexes with visible-photon-emitting lanthanides for soft-matter photonic applications (smart gels) Biomaterials Group, University of Trento (Claudio Migliaresi) Applications of macromolecule-metal complexes in Tissue Engineering; regeneration and accelerated growth of bone cells on surface-modified carbon nanotubes that are aligned in block copolymer domains via metal coordination
Laurence A. Belfiore, Colorado State University, DMR 0320980Empirical Correlation of Tg-Enhancement w/ Ligand Field Stabilization Energies (LFSE); where have we been? below Tg above Tg 6-coordinate < Tg 5-coordinate > Tg Co2+ < Ni2+ < Ru2+ Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Poly(L-histidine)