| Sunday 6 February 2000 | Colloids |
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| Discussion Leader: Tim Lodge |
| 7:30 PM | Chip Zukoski, University of Illinois - Nanoparticle phase behavior: Characterization with and without depletion interactions |
| 8:30 PM | Seth Fraden, Brandeis University - The role of entropy in the phase behavior of mixtures of rods and spheres |
| Monday 7 February 2000 | Colloids |
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| Discussion Leader: Nitash Balsara |
| 9:00 AM | Sharon Glotzer, NIST - Emergence of nanoscale dynamical structure in glass-forming liquids and polymers |
| 10:00 AM | David A. Weitz, Harvard University - Relaxations in colloidal glasses and gels |
| 11:20 AM | Erik K. Hobbie, NIST - Internal dynamics of entropic colloidal gels |
| 4:30 PM | Poster Session I |
| Monday 7 February 2000 | Polyelectrolytes |
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| Discussion Leader: David Hoagland |
| 7:30 PM | Manfred Schmidt, University of Mainz - New polyelectrolyte architectures: Synthesis and properties |
| 8:30 PM | Giovanni Nisato, Philips Electronics - Polyelectrolyte dendrimers: Structure and interactions |
| Tuesday 8 February 2000 | Polyelectrolytes |
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| Discussion Leader: Jack Douglas |
| 9:00 AM | Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina - Solutions of hydrophobic polyelectrolytes |
| 10:00 AM | Arun Yethiraj, University of Wisconsin - Liquid state theory for polyelectrolyte solutions |
| 11:20 AM | Francisco Solis, Northwestern University - Strong coupling approach to polyelectrolyte theory |
| Tuesday 8 February 2000 | Micelles |
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| Discussion Leader: Paul Dubin |
| 7:30 PM | Jan Skov Pedersen, Risoe National Laboratory - Scattering from neutral and charged wormlike micelles: Experiments and Monte Carlo simulations |
| 8:30 PM | Francoise Winnik, McMaster University - Responsive hydrophobically-modified polymers: pH/temperature controlled micellation in water and adsorption on liposome surface |
| Wednesday 9 February 2000 | Gels and Complex Fluids |
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| Discussion Leader: Sanat Kumar |
| 9:00 AM | Alice Gast, Stanford University - Micromechanics of magnetorheological fluids |
| 10:00 AM | Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Kyoto Institute of Technology - Characterization of gelation by dynamic light scattering |
| 11:20 AM | William Gelbart, UCLA - DNA condensation and DNA ejection: How to learn from viruses |
| 4:30 PM | Poster Session II |
| Wednesday 9 February 2000 | Biopolymers and Membranes |
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| Discussion Leader: Helmut Strey |
| 7:30 PM | Fred MacKintosh, University of Michigan - Biopolymers, membranes, and twisted ribbons: self assembled microstructures and their characterization |
| 8:30 PM | Andy Marcus, University of Oregon - Structure and dynamics of complex fluids using new approaches to fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy |
| Thursday 10 February 2000 | Surfaces |
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| Discussion Leader: Maria Santore |
| 9:00 AM | Claudine Williams, College de France - Adsorption of polyelectrolytes on neutral surfaces |
| 10:00 AM | Robert D. Tilton, Carnegie Mellon University - Sculpting adsorbed polymer layers via polymer-surfactant complexation |
| 11:20 AM | Steve Granick, University of Illinois - A watered-down view of polymer surface diffusion |
| Thursday 10 February 2000 | BioMEMS |
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| Discussion Leader: Eric Amis |
| 7:30 PM | David C. Duffy, Gamera Bioscience - Microfabricated polymeric systems for bioanalytical and biomedical applications |
| 8:30 PM | Andrea Chow, Caliper Technologies - Exploiting colloidal forces and polyelectrolyte solutions in bioMEMS |