1 Title

 

The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Response-Driven Polymeric Films (MRSEC)

 

2 Website

 

http://www.usm.edu/mrsec/

3 Description

 

No useful activities. A few outside links are present.

 

The scientific objective of the Center is to understand responses of biological systems, development of synthetic routes for macromolecular chain responses, development of environmental stimuli functions enabling their film formation and analysis, development of techniques for predicting environmental responses, and understanding formation processes in polymeric films. IRG-1 focuses on design, synthesis, and understanding of molecular processes in biomaterials, self-assembling amphipatic protein films, response-driven water-soluble macromolecules that mimic biosystems, and liquid crystals as well as environmentally compliant ‘smart’ molecules. A scientific understanding of film formation and structures that develop as a result of it, while central to the demand for the production of films with process-driven and response-driven performance, will be essential in exploiting breakthroughs in emerging technologies. For that purpose films or film substrates that possess responsive and graded molecular entities are the research focus of IRG-2. Processes and stimuli-response entities forming films as well as chemico-physical and environmental conditions leading to film formation are investigated on molecular levels. Another objective of IRG-2 is the development of new characterization techniques.

4 Comments

 

Nuggets http://www.usm.edu/mrsec/research/nuggets.htm

On-Line Resources http://www.usm.edu/mrsec/edu_outreach/online_resources.htm

5 Date

12/18/05

6 Reviewer

Eric Brutke (John M. Rusin 1/5/06)