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Versaw, Brooke Ann (2023) Thermally and Mechanically Responsive Platforms for Functional Polymeric Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2hwm-af78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04272023-220317123
Abstract
Connecting a polymer’s reactivity or properties to its working environment is a grand challenge in polymer chemistry. Research towards this goal is driven both by a fundamental interest in mimicking nature’s ability to create surfaces that adapt to their surroundings and a practical desire to tailor the properties of materials to the wide-ranging contexts where they find use. This thesis investigates the development of polymers that exhibit productive changes in physical properties or chemical reactivity under an applied environmental stimulus.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | polymer chemistry, polymer mechanochemistry, stimuli-responsive polymers, stimuli-responsive materials | |||||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | |||||||||
| Division: | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | |||||||||
| Major Option: | Chemistry | |||||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | |||||||||
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| Defense Date: | 24 April 2023 | |||||||||
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| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:04272023-220317123 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04272023-220317123 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/2hwm-af78 | |||||||||
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| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | |||||||||
| ID Code: | 15146 | |||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | Brooke Versaw | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 15 May 2023 20:17 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2023 21:45 |
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