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11/10/2011 – Steve presented a talk entitled Polymer Modified Nanoparticles as Nanomedicines at the Developmental Therapeutics Retreat for the University of Colorado Cancer Center

10/24/2011 – Steve presented a talk entitled Smart MRI Contrast Agents Based Upon Polymer Modified Nanoparticles at the Stimuli-Responsive Materials Symposium at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS

10/19/2011 – Congratulations to Liping for successfully completing her Materials seminar

09/30/2011 – Good luck to Melissa who leaves today for her Fulbright Fellowship in Israel

09/27/2011 – Congratulations to Patrizia for successfully completing her 560 seminar

08/31/2011 – Steve presented a talk entitled RAFT Polymerization for the Surface Modification of Nanoparticles at the National ACS Meeting in Denver, CO

08/31/2011 – Congratulations to Melissa who received a poster award at the National ACS Meeting in Denver, CO

08/31/2011 – Liping, Melissa, Patrizia and R.P. all presented posters at the National ACS Meeting in Denver, CO

08/24/2011 – Steve was co-PI on a proposal entitled Gadolinium Nanoparticles for Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy of Prostate Cancer which was funded by the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

08/24/2011 – Steve was awarded a subcontract from a proposal entitled Molecular Targeting of Plaque Angiogenesis in Diabetes that was funded by the NIH

08/01/2011 – Welcome to our newest group members Mallory Faust, Kimberly Anderson and Matt Hartle, who have joined the group to do senior research projects

05/23/2011 – Steve was appointed to the board of the International Consensus of Experts in Ablative Technology

04/01/2011 – Congratulations to Melissa who was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship

04/01/2011 – Willa’s paper entitled Synthesis of Gadolinium Nanoscale Metal Organic Framework with Hydrotropes: Manipulation of the Particle Size and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Capabilities was accepted for publishing in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

03/01/2011 – The review article Polymer Modified Gadolinium Nanoparticles for Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cancer Therapy was accepted for publishing in NanoLIFE

01/12/2011 – Welcome to our newest group members Chixia Tian, Patrizia Smith and R.P. Oates

Boyes Research Group

The modification of surfaces with polymers represents a critical step in the development of a wide variety of next generation technologies including hybrid solar cells, anti-fouling membranes, nanomedicines, electronic devices and sensors. Progress in these technologies is critically dependent upon the ability to prepare and attach well-defined, multi-functional polymers in a controlled manner. The Boyes Research Group studies the use of living radical polymerization techniques to modify a wide variety of surfaces, both on the macro and nano scales, to produce multifunctional materials for a range of advanced applications.

Current research projects within our laboratory include:

1) Multifunctional Nanomedicines - nanomedicines show incredible potential in improving the early diagnosis and therapeutic outcome of cancer and other advanced diseases, such as tuberculosis, inflammation and HIV/AIDS, while increasing the quality of life of the patient. Our group focuses on the use of nanotechnology to prepare novel, multifunctional, and well-defined nanomedicines, which offers revolutionary potential for the entire discipline of medicine, especially in diagnostics, drug delivery, and patient therapy.

2) Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Solar Cells - the integration of nanotechnology with developing renewable energy technologies is one avenue that will have a great impact on how quickly the use of renewable energy can expand. We focus on the synthesis of metallic and semiconducting nanoparticles to allow control over their shape, size, and surface properties and the development of methods for the assembly and ordering of these optimized nanoparticles for potential application in hybrid polymer-nanoparticle photovoltaic devices.

3) Stimuli Responsive Polymer Brushes - the advent of living radical polymerization techniques allows for unprecedented control over the physical and chemical properties of polymer brushes. We have developed novel surface initiated living radical polymerization techniques for the preparation of stimuli responsive polymer brushes.


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