Lecture 8: Physical Hydrogels Last Day Overview of biomedical applications of hydrogels Structure of covalent hydrogels Thermodynamics of hydrogel swelling Today Bonding in physical hydrogels Structure and thermodynamics of block copolymer hydrog Reading

Hydrogels in drug delivery Control of drug release kinetics by hydrogel structure6, Release from stable hydrogels is controlled by diffusion of solute through the network Diffusion is described by Fick,s second law

Lecture 12: Organic templating of inorganic materials and bone biomimesis Last time interfacial biomineralization and biomimetic inorganic chemistry Today biological strategies for inorganic templating by organic materials Biomimetic

Lecture 6: Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Engineering Last time: enzymatic degradation of solid polymers Engineering biological recognition of polymers Toda Designing polymers for tissue engineering Reading

Lecture 13: Molecular Devices Last time biological strategies for inorganic templating by organic materials Biomimetic organic template materials Biomimesis of bone Today Reading V Vogel, 'Reverse engineering: Learning from proteins how to enhance the performance

Lecture 7: Hydrogel Biomaterials: Structure and Physical Chemistry Last Day: programmed/regulated/multifactor controlled release for drug delivery and tissue engineering

engineering intracellular delivery Drug targeting Today biosensor device classes Detection methods Overview of biosensor technology Classes of biosensor devices External analysis/detection

Biodegradable Solid Polymers Spring 2003 Issued Day 1 Day 3 1. The chemical structure of a new degradable polymer, poly (ethylene glycol)-b-polylysine-b- poly (D, L-lactide)

Biodegradable Solid Polymers Spring 2003 Issued Day 1 5 points/problem(20 points total) 1. The chemical structure of a new degradable polymer, poly(ethylene glycol)-b-polylysine-b- poly (D, L-lactide), is shown below a. Based on chemical structure al

1. An early study in the development of peptide-presenting biomaterials showed that polymer surfaces bearing RGD peptides at a density equivalent to -10 peptides per each cell was sufficient to promote cell attachment, spreading and subsequent cell growth. In contrast, when whole