Congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 2012 International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials! The three winners were chosen by an independent panel and they are: Young-Jin Kim (University of Tsukuba), Heather A. Pearson (University of Southern Mississippi) and William L. A. Brooks (University of Florida).
From left to right: Young-Jin Kim, Heather A. Pearson and William L. A. Brooks
Journal of Materials Chemistry Best Poster Award Winner: Young-Jin Kim from Takao Aoyagi’s group
“‘On-Off’ Switchable Drug Release Platform Using Temperature-Responsive Smart Nanofiber”
Soft Matter Best Poster Award Winner: Heather A. Pearson from Marek Urban’s group
“Switchable Polyelectrolyte Tethers on Polymeric Substrates: A New Platform for Covalent Attachment of Multilayers (CAM) with Responsive Bioactive Components”
Polymer Chemistry Best Poster Award Winner: William L. A. Brooks from Brent Sumerlin’s group
“Accelerated Synthesis of Responsive Polymers by Microwave-Assisted RAFT Polymerization”
The 2012 International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials was held October 21 – 23 2012 at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa, CA. The symposium covered the design, synthesis, characterization, and understanding of the physical, chemical, and applied principles of stimuli-responsive materials and devices.
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