It is with great pleasure that we invite you to a conference titled "Polymer Brushes as Biomimetic Materials" by Oleg V. Borisov, from the Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux, France. The event will take place on 29^th May 2025, at 15:00, in Conference Room 0.57 at the University of Madeira, Campus of Penteada.

Abstract: Polymer brushes (arrays of macromolecules anchored at solid-liquid interfaces) resemble supramolecular structures that are widespread in living nature. Comprehensive theoretical and experimental studies of well-defined model systems can provide important information underlying bio-lubrication, molecular recognition and cell adhesion, selective transport of molecules across biological membranes etc. Here we aim to overview results of theoretical and computational modelling of (i) structural and tribological properties of surfaces modified with macromolecules architecturally mimicking proteoglycan aggrecan; (ii) interaction of polyelectrolyte brushes with amphiphilic protein-like nanocolloids; (iii) selective transport of nanocolloidal particles through mesopores filled with polymer brush mimicking nucleopore complex . Ultimately, these theoretical insights may have important implication for development of high-performance biomimetic functional polymer materials.

Short bio of Oleg Borisov:
Oleg Borisov graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and obtained his PhD in 1986 at the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is currently the Research Director (DR1 CNRS) at the Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM) UMR 5254 CNRS, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France.
Area of Expertise: Theoretical physical chemistry of polymers and colloids: polymers in solutions and at interfaces, adsorption, polymer brushes, branched polymers, polyelectrolytes, polymer-colloid and polymer-protein interactions, self-assembly."

Space is limited, so please be sure to complete your registration as soon as possible.

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