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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nLiving organisms produce remarkable polymeric fibe
 rs that self-assemble from biomolecular building blocks. Employing a cross
 -disciplinary approach\, our group has harnessed advanced material charact
 erization techniques\, including confocal Raman spectroscopy\, electron mi
 croscopy (FIB-SEM and TEM-EDX) and synchrotron X-ray diffraction\, as well
  as traditional biochemical approaches to investigate the fabrication of a
  number of high-performance bio-fibers\, including the mussel byssus\, vel
 vet worm slime fibers and mistletoe viscin fibers. Elucidation of the phys
 ical and chemical forces driving assembly of such materials provides desig
 n principles for inspiring “green” polymer processing methods\, as well as
  for fabrication of soft hierarchically structured materials for biomedica
 l applications (e.g. tissue scaffolds\, surgical adhesives). Our comparati
 ve studies have identified several novel assembly mechanisms\, which may h
 ave relevance in this realm. In this talk\, I will highlight recent result
 s from our investigations.\n\nBio:\n\nProf. Matthew Harrington received hi
 s Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the l
 ab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fello
 wship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Depart
 ment of Biomaterials\, where he later became a research group leader in 20
 10. In August 2017\, he joined the Department of Chemistry at 91ֱ�� Unive
 rsity as assistant professor in Green Chemistry. His research is focused o
 n understanding biochemical structure–function relationships in protein-ba
 sed biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the 
 development of high-performance bio-inspired materials.\n\n \n
DTSTART:20190521T170000Z
DTEND:20190521T183000Z
LOCATION:Room 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\
 , 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: Matthew J. Harrington - Biological and Bi
 o-inspired Materials Processing
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