Guest Lecture: Rienk Eelkema (TU Delft)
About this event
- Category
- Educational
- Organizer
- Lecture Committee
- Date and time
- Dec 12, 2023 15:00 - 17:00
- Location
- BB 5161.0253
Dear CB-Members,
We hereby proudly announce the second LeCo-event of the year. We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming guest lecture on the 12th of December by Rienk Eelkema, TU Delft. Join us for a unique chance to dive deep into the world of Chemical Reaction Networks in Soft Materials and Biomedical Applications (more information can be found below).
Event Details:
Date: 12th of December 2023
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Location: BB 5161.0253
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with fellow CB-members. Make sure not to miss out on this unique opportunity and sign up now, we hope to see you there!
- The Lecture Committee
More information:
Chemical Reaction Networks in Soft Materials and Biomedical Applications
Rienk Eelkema, TU Delft
Living systems use biochemical reaction networks to interact with their environment, for signaling, and to create dynamic functions driven by the conversion of chemical energy. In the presentation, I will show attempts to introduce such concepts to non-living chemical systems and soft materials. I will show how to design fuel-driven chemical reaction networks and how to use these to change the interactions between polymers, how to render such materials responsive to external signals, and how to use elements of these networks to make responsive materials for biomedical applications including combined radio-chemotherapy.
References:
J. Boekhoven, W.E. Hendriksen, G. J. M. Koper, R. Eelkema & J. H. van Esch; “Transient Assembly of Active Materials Fueled by a Chemical Reaction” Science 2015, 349, 1075-1079.
B. Klemm, R. W. Lewis, I. Piergentili, R. Eelkema, "Temporally programmed polymer - solvent interactions using a chemical reaction network” Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6242
R. W. Lewis, A. Muralidharan, B. Klemm, P.E. Boukany, R. Eelkema "Nucleophile responsive charge-reversing polycations for pDNA transfection" Polymer Chem. 2023, 14, 1591-1601
A. G. Denkova, H. Liu, Y. Men, R. Eelkema; "Enhanced cancer therapy by combining radiation and chemical effects mediated by nanocarriers” Adv. Therap. 2020, 3, 1900177
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