Self-assembly block and graft copolymers based on proteins like fibroin and synthetic polymers for three-dimensional printing

• Grant number: 14/03335-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Sidney José Lima Ribeiro
• Grantee: Sybele Saska Specian
• Supervisor: Bradley D. Olsen
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/07947-8 - Construction of scaffolds using rapid prototyping and functionalized composites based on bacterial cellulose., BP.PD

Abstract

The aim this stage/study is to develop by self-assembly methods block and graft copolymers based on proteins like silk fibroin and synthetic polymers which could be biocompatible, thermoplastic and that could be used to prepare polymeric membranes or three-dimensional printing. (AU)