Conference Program
 
INTERFACES, CHEMISTRY AT

July 7-12, 2002
Connecticut College
New London, CT

Chair:
Dennis C. Prieve

Vice Chair:
Gabor A. Somorjai

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:10 pmBioInterfacial Chemistry
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmDeborah Leckband (Illinois)
"Annealing Soft Interfaces with Reversible, Molecular Zippers"
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Mann (Kent State)
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmPaul S. Cremer (Texas A&M)
"Using Microfluidics and Spatially Addressed Arrays on Biochips to Probe Ligand-Receptor Interactions on Phospholipid Bilayers"
Discussion Leader: Matt Trau (Queensland)
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:15 pmFunctionalized Interfaces for Biological Applications
9:00 am - 9:50 amNicholas D Spencer (ETH Zurich)
"Surface Functionalization and Structuring for Biological Applications"
Discussion Leader: Maria Santore (U Mass)
9:50 am - 10:20 amBrief Overviews of Selected Posters
10:20 am - 10:35 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:25 amJoanna Aizenberg (Lucent)
"Nanopatterned Organic Interfaces as High-Definition Templates for Inorganic Crystallization"
Discussion Leader: Brian Pethica (Princeton)
11:25 am - 12:15 pmMichael Tarlov (NIST)
"DNA Microdiagnostic Systems"
Discussion Leader: Robert D Tilton (Carnegie Mellon)
12:15 pm - 12:30 pmPhotograph
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:10 pmBiomolecular Materials
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmJan Hoh (Johns Hopkins)
"Unstructured Polypeptides: a New Player in Cellular Mechanics"
Discussion Leader: Marjorie Longo (UC Davis)
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmJames W Schneider (Carnegie Mellon)
"Sequence-Specific Nucleic Acid Separations Using PNA Amphiphiles"
Discussion Leader: Dennis Discher (U Penn)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSelf-Assembly of Colloidal Particles on Surfaces
9:00 am - 9:50 amDavid Weitz (Harvard)
"Crystalization and Gelation of Colloidal Particles"
Discussion Leader: David Marr (Colorado Mines)
9:50 am - 10:20 amBrief Overviews of Selected Posters
10:20 am - 10:50 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:40 amClemens Bechinger (Konstanz)
"Fluctuation-Induced Order in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Systems"
Discussion Leader: John Walz (Yale)
11:40 am - 12:30 pmJohn L. Anderson (Carnegie Mellon)
"2D Assembly of Colloids by Electrohydrodynamics"
Discussion Leader: Eric Kaler (Delaware)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:10 pmSelf-Assembly of Nano Particles on Surfaces
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmCharles M Lieber (Harvard)
"Nanowire- and Nanotube-Based Nanostructures"
Discussion Leader: Norio Ise (Kyoto)
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmSara A Majetich (Carnegie Mellon)
"Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles"
Discussion Leader: Eli Ruckenstein (SUNY Buffalo)
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmColloidal Forces: New Insights I
9:00 am - 9:50 amHans-Jürgen Butt (Mainz)
"Confined liquids: Solvation Forces in Liquid Alcohols between Solid Surfaces"
Discussion Leader: William Ducker (Virginia Tech)
9:50 am - 10:20 amBrief Overviews of Selected Posters
10:20 am - 10:50 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:40 amDavid Grier (Chicago)
"The Guiding Light: Colloidal Kinetics, Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Holographic Optical Tweezer Arrays"
Discussion Leader: Eva Sevick-Muraca (Texas A&M)
11:40 am - 12:30 pmKyle Vanderlick (Princeton)
"Forces between Surfaces at Controlled Potentials"
Discussion Leader: Michelle Gee (Melbourne)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:10 pmColloidal Forces: New Insights II
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmSimon Biggs (Newcastle, Australia)
"Non-Equilibrium Colloid Interaction Forces Studies Using the AFM Colloid Probe Technique"
Discussion Leader: Olga Vinogradova (MP Mainz)
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmMathias Bostrom (Australian Nat'l U)
"Dispersion Forces and Specific Ion Effects: Why DLVO Is Wrong for Biology"
Discussion Leader: Clay Radke (Berkeley)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCharge Effects in Nonaqueous Media I
9:00 am - 9:50 amIan Morrison (E-Ink)
"Charging of Particles in Nonpolar Media"
Discussion Leader: Dave Dunstan (Melbourne)
9:50 am - 10:20 amBrief Overviews of Selected Posters
10:20 am - 10:50 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:40 amRoger Horn (U So Australia)
"Detection of Electrostatic Force between Charged Surfaces in a Nonpolar Liquid"
Discussion Leader: John Green (DuPont)
11:40 am - 12:30 pmJan Czarnecki (Syncrude)
"Stability of Water in Crude Oil Emulsions: Phase Transitions in Steric Stabilization Layers?"
Discussion Leader: Mike Bevan (Illinois)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:10 pmCharge Effects in Nonaqueous Media II
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmRalph Kornbrekke (Lubrizol)
"Charging and Colloidal Stability in Low Dielectric Liquids"
Discussion Leader: Rich Webber (E-Ink)
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmLee White (Carnegie Mellon)
"High Frequency Electrokinetics in Low Dielectric Fluids"
Discussion Leader: John Texter (Strider)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 pmBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

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