Question: how do you plan to create this material, and what experiments will you test?

Judith McCann answered on 20 Jun 2011:

Because it is made out of polymer (which are long chains made up on monomer units) the materials are really versatile. There are already several monomers which are approved by the government for use in the human body (test have shown zero side effects). so the monomers can be interchanged and used in different quantities to give materials of different properties and structure.

Overall the plan is the make a polymer which proteins can be attached-the proteins would be broken down by a specific enzyme (specialized to the disease we aim to treat) and then this would release a positive charge. With enough positive charges the chains of the polymer would push away from each other (as the charges repel) making the material swell. This can be used to release drugs or to make the materials solid

We can be test on the strength and elastic nature of the material. We have a few different kinds of microscope here to get a really good look at what we’ve made and there are some dye i really want to try later on.

Sorry, just realised I done a really long and in-depth answer, if you want me to clear anything up, let me know!!