The purpose of the course is to familiarize PhD students with the subject of modern surfaces coated with polymers of different chain topologies. In the course of the lectures, attention will be paid to the possibilities of obtaining and modifying various types of polymer surfaces with potential applications in biology and medicine. The main techniques of forming polymeric layers, methods of their characterization and applications in tissue engineering and as antifouling and antibacterial materials, among others, will be discussed .
Lecture topics:
1. Polymers - basic concepts, definitions, topology and microstructure of chains, methods of synthesis
2. Polymer layers on solid substrates (2D) -methods of preparation (physical and chemical), methods of structural analysis and selected physicochemical properties
3.Layers of star polymers -relationships between preparation methods, structure and properties of star polymers in the form of thin films
4.Discussion of potential applications of polymeric layers in the field of biology and medicine, with particular emphasis on layers for cell sheet culture, as well as those acting as antibacterial and antifouling ones
5. Perspectives of the development of polymer surfaces for biomedical applications - the evolution of tissue engineering platforms from 2D to 3D .
- Teacher: Agnieszka Kowalczuk