Title
Biology As A Source Of Excitable Media For Complex And Reconfigurable Hydrogels
Conference Dates
July 21-24, 2019
Abstract
Background. Information theorists note the anticorrelation between genetic and morphological diversity (prokaryotes with the greatest genetic diversity display the least morphological diversity). Biologists note that a comparatively small set of component biopolymers (e.g., collagen, cellulose and chitin) are responsible for an enormous diversity in mesoscale structure. Both these information science and biological analyses emphasize the importance of “excitable” media: mesoscale structure emerges in response to the set of spatiotemporal cues that induce interactions among “excitable” components. We hypothesize that stimuli-responsive self-assembling biological polymers (i.e., excitable media) can be guided to form complex but reconfigurable hydrogel structures if the stimuli that cue their polymer-polymer interactions can be controllably imposed.
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Recommended Citation
Gregory Payne, "Biology As A Source Of Excitable Media For Complex And Reconfigurable Hydrogels" in "Colloidal, Macromolecular and Biological Gels II", Samiul Amin, Manhattan College, USA Saad Khan, North Carolina State University, USA Srini Raghavan, University of Maryland College Park, USA Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2019). https://dc.engconfintl.org/cmb_gels_ii/38