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SUMMARY:Seminar - Functional soft materials to interface with biology: from non-invasive mechanochemical drug delivery to miniaturized soft robotic actuators
DESCRIPTION:Non-invasive\, localized delivery and activation of chemical reactions and chemical release deep inside body is still challenging. In this talk\, I will cover how soft materials with energy transduction capabilities can address these challenges. In the first part\, I will showcase our efforts in developing soft materials that facilitate mechanochemistry\, a chemical process initiated by mechanical stress\, with biocompatible focused ultrasound assisted by acoustically-active proteins. To address the challenges of targeted delivery within the body\, in the second part of the talk\, I will discuss the development of cell-mimicking miniaturized soft actuators based on molecularly anisotropic polymer networks made by liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) with the goal to achieve untethered microrobots to navigate inside body for localized payload delivery. \nBiography of the speaker: \nDr. Yuxing Yao is a Resnick postdoctoral scholar in Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology working with Prof. Mikhail G. Shapiro. Dr. Yao received his B.S. in Chemistry from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University. His research focuses on developing soft functional materials to interface with Biology. Yuxing’s work has been recognized by Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award (Previous awardees: Yi Cui (Stanford)\, Jing Kong (MIT)) and DSM Science & Technology Award Finalist (4 ppl. nationwide under the ACS Div. of Polymer Chemistry). \nAll are welcome.
URL:https://ece.hku.hk/events/seminar-functional-soft-materials-to-interface-with-biology-from-non-invasive-mechanochemical-drug-delivery-to-miniaturized-soft-robotic-actuators/
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