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 11: Molecular Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials Il: Inorganic Biomaterials Last time: hydrogel applications: molecular imprinting and responsive drug delivery Today biomineralization and biomimetic inorganic/organic composites Inorganic biomaterials Reading L A. Estroff and A D. Hamilton, ' At the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry

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

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 9: Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Last Day: Physical hydrogels Structure and chemistry Toda polyelectrolyte hydrogels, complexes, and coacervates rolyte multilayer theory of swelling in ionic hydrogels Reading S.K. De et aL., 'Equilibrium swelling and kinetics of pH-responsive hydrogels: Models experiments, and simulations

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

Example: HIV-1 DNA vaccine delivered with boosters to elevate Ab titers2: Mechanical and electrical devices that can provide digitized release typically require larger devices and surgical implantation(e.g. Pharm. Res. 1, 237(1984); also have high cost

Lecture 3: Degradable Materials with Biological Recognition Last time: Theory of hydrolytic polymer erosion Enzymatic degradation of polymers Designing Biodegradable Macromolecules Today: Biological recognition in vivo Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: cell adhesion/migration Reading: S.E. Sakiyama-Elbert and J.A. Hubbell, 'Functional Biomaterials: Design of Novel

Biological recognition in vivo Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: adhesion/migration peptides Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: enzymatic recognition and cytokine Reading S.E. Sakiyama-Elbert and J.A. Hubbell, Functional Biomaterials: Design of Novel