Intelligent biointerface: remote control for hydrophilic-hydrophobic property of the material surfaces by temperature

Teruo Okano; Akihiko Kikuchi

doi:10.1117/12.237120

26 April 1996 Intelligent biointerface: remote control for hydrophilic-hydrophobic property of the material surfaces by temperature

Teruo Okano, Akihiko Kikuchi

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Proceedings Volume 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237120
Event: 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials, 1996, Lyon, France

Abstract

Considerable research attention has been focused recently on materials which change their structure and properties in response to external stimuli. These materials, termed `intelligent materials', sense a stimulus as a signal (sensor function), judge the magnitude of this signal (processor function), and then alter their function in direct response (effector function). Introduction of stimuli-responsive polymers as switching sequences into both artificial materials and bioactive molecules would permit external, stimuli-induced modulation of their structures and `on-off' switching of their respective functions at molecular levels. Intelligent materials embodying these concepts would contribute to the establishment of basic principles for fabricating novel systems which modulate their structural changes and functional changes in response to external stimuli. These materials are attractive not only as new, sophisticated biomaterials but also for utilization in protein biotechnology, medical diagnosis and advanced site-specific drug delivery system.

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Teruo Okano and Akihiko Kikuchi "Intelligent biointerface: remote control for hydrophilic-hydrophobic property of the material surfaces by temperature", Proc. SPIE 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, (26 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237120

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