U.S.-India International Research Experience for Students in Self-Assembling Stimuli-Responsive Biomimetic Polymers

美印学生自组装刺激响应仿生聚合物国际研究经验

• 批准号: 1132079
• 负责人: SARAH MORGAN
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1132079&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; India; International; Research; Experience

1132079Morgan University of Southern Mississippi U.S.-India International Research Experience for Students (IRES) in Self-Assembling Stimuli-Responsive Biomimetic Polymers Professor Sarah Morgan, University of Southern Mississippi School of Polymers & High Performance Materials (SPHPM) will launch a 3-year IRES program with Professor Veena Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D), Center for Polymer Science & Engineering. The IRES builds on an existing collaboration between Morgan and Choudhary in nanomaterials and will allow US graduate and undergraduates to conduct research at IIT-D that focuses on the design of biomimetic stimuli-responsive self-assembling polymers for potential application in biomaterials or controlled release applications. The collaboration involves the design of polymers for architectures capable of mimicking biological response through controlled radical polymerization techniques. This project combines IIT-D strengths in design and analysis of biomaterials with SPHPM expertise in controlled polymer synthesis, solution and surface analysis, and development of self-assembling polymeric structures. The investigators will explore two biomimetic systems- 1) the structural factors in synthetic biomimetic polymers that affect protein binding in polymers, and 2) the encapsulation and release behavior of pH-responsive polymersomes to determine self-assembling properties of polymers as a function of processing and environmental conditions. Web technology will facilitate the exchange of data and ideas, accelerate the research process, as well as the development of new materials for application in sensing and diagnostics. This is a unique opportunity for under-represented groups at the University of Southern Mississippi to participate in international research at one of India's premier institutes of technology. US students participate in international research to a much lesser degree than students from other countries, and among minorities, there are significantly fewer participants. Apart from conducting laboratory research with IIT-D mentors, IRES students will experience a strong cultural program while in India and will have the opportunity to visit local polymer businesses along with research centers established by leading multinational companies in order to gain some appreciation of the global research enterprise.

1132079南密西西比大学美国印度国际学生研究经验（IRES）在自组装刺激性响应性的生物模仿聚合物教授莎拉·摩根教授，密西西比大学聚合物与高性能材料学院（SPHPM）将在Veena Indering of Choudharary Interner of Choudharary Intern＆Inter Inter of Inter of Inter of Inter of Inter of Choudhi choudhi，In Inder Inter of Inter of Inter Inter（In India）中心（SPHPM）。 IRE建立在纳米材料中Morgan和Choudhary之间的现有合作的基础上，并将使我们毕业和本科生在IIT-D进行研究，该研究重点介绍了仿生刺激性反应性自组装聚合物的设计，以在生物材料或受控释放应用中使用。 该协作涉及针对能够通过受控的自由基聚合技术模仿生物反应的架构的设计。 该项目结合了生物材料的设计和分析中的IIT-D优势，并在受控聚合物合成，溶液和表面分析以及自组装聚合物结构的开发方面结合了SPHPM专业知识。 研究人员将探索两个仿生系统-1）影响聚合物中蛋白质结合的合成仿生聚合物的结构因子，以及2）2）pH响应性聚合物体的包封和释放行为，以确定聚合物的自组合性能作为处理和环境条件的功能。 Web技术将促进数据和思想的交换，加速研究过程，并开发用于感应和诊断的新材料。 这是密西西比州南部大学的代表性不足的团体的独特机会，可以在印度一项首屈一指的技术学院参加国际研究。 美国学生比其他国家 /地区的学生参与国际研究的程度要小得多，在少数民族中，参与者的参与程度大大少。 除了与IIT-D导师进行实验室研究外，IRES的学生还将在印度期间体验强大的文化计划，并有机会访问当地聚合物业务，以及由领先的跨国公司建立的研究中心，以便对全球研究企业表示赞赏。