Explores the behavior, properties, and applications of polyelectrolyte hydrogels, including swelling, deformation, stress-strain behavior, and mechanical properties, as well as self-healing and assembly processes.
Explores polymer synthesis basics, including step and radical chain polymerization, molecular weight control, copolymerization, and crosslinked polymers for microengineering.
Covers the introduction to fluorescence in microscopy, labeling techniques, specificity of markers, multi-color imaging, and factors affecting fluorescence properties.
Explores sequence control in polymers, focusing on biological polymer synthesis, monomer sequence distribution, and strategies to enhance control over synthetic polymer sequences.