Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials

1.    Novel step-growth and chain-growth condensation polymerizations

2.    Stimuli-responsive smart polymers

3.    Topology adjustment: linear, grafted, branch, hyperbranched, star-shaped

       and dendritic structures

4.    Controlled self-assembly and biofunctionalization

 

 Controlled Formation of Hydrogels

1.    General Strategies for controlled formation of (hybrid) hydrogels

2.    (Multi-layered) microgels/nanogels and hydrogel microcapsules

3.    Stimuli-responsive smart hydrogels and biofunctionalized hydrogels

 

 Drug Carriers

1.    Polymer/drug conjugates

2.    Micelles, capsules & hollow spheres

3.    Microgels/nanogels & scaffolds

 Tissue Engineering

1.    Manufacture and modification of polymeric scaffolds

2.    Repairand regeneration of bone, cartilage, spinal cord

       and intervertebral disk