Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Biomedical Applications . CHEM 259AA
Stimuli-responsive chemistries and materials are programmed to react in thepresence of changes in their surrounding environment to produce a measurablle output, such as a change in shape, release of active moiety, assembly, or mechanical output. Examples of stimuli can include electric field, magnetic, thermal, light,** mechanical, pH, ROS, enzyme, glucose, and others (e.g. salts, solvents, electron beam). We will discuss the properties, design, and applications of these stimuli-responsive materials that have aided the development of active-, as opposed to passive, biomaterials for the advancement of biomedicine. This 2-unit course makes use of modern scientific literature to discuss the topics at hand.
No Prerequisites
1 - 4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeGraduate students only
Level LimitLetters and science
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Lectures and reading intensive, he does his best to simplify concepts to an extent. He does tend to talk extremely fast but is nice about repeating himself. You need to make sure you're at lectures to get participation points. DO THE READING.
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I dont know why my mans gets so much slander, taught 142B and 110L. Makes you dig deep into the material and will have challenging test questions, but has generous curve. Overall a nice guy who makes you work with peers.
The exam is super difficult. He tried to improve the level of the class by letting students learn by themselves or drop the class. Not even as caring about students as other biochemistry professors, but you have to take this class anyway if you want to get a degree at UCSB, while he will be your worst enemy to let you get that. DONT TRY THIS CLASS!
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