文档介绍：Electroactive Nanostructured Polymers anic-anic
Hybrid Materials
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty
of
Drexel University
by
Yi Guo
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements of the degree
of
Doctor of Philosophy
September 13th 2007
© Copyright 2007
Yi Guo. All Rights Reserved.
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DEDICATIONS
This work is dedicated to my parents, Mr. Daxun Guo and Mrs. Zongying
Lu, and my wife, Shan Li for their encouragement, support and love.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Throughout my PhD years at Drexel University, I feel so fortunate to have met many
knowledgeable individuals who have given me lots of valuable guidance, assistance, and
support. Without their help, it is impossible for me to finish my doctorate journey. I would
like to express my sincere gratitude to them.
First, my most genuine appreciation is given to my dissertation and research advisor Dr.
Yen Wei, for his tremendous efforts in directing me to plish several challenging
projects. I am deeply impressed with his inspiration, vision, knowledge, and energy. From
fundamental to frontier scientific landscapes, what I have learned from him is way beyond
what words can express.
I would like to thank Dr. Peter I. Lelkes, the other mentor of mine, for his precious
guidance and patience with my work in tissue engineering. His enthusiasm and sparkling
ideas have significantly broadened my horizons and helped to extend my interest to multi-
disciplinary area.
My thanks are also given to my oral candidacy and/or mittee members,
Dr. Karl Sohlberg, Dr. Sally Solomon, Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Robert Hutchins, Dr. Jean-
Claude Bradley, Dr. Guoliang Yang, Dr. Shu Yang and Dr. Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner
for their time, comments, and encouragement.
I am grateful to my research collaborators. I am indebted to Dr. Shuxi Li for his
instructions and selfless sharing of hands-on experiences, and Dr. Mengyan Li for her
patient traini