Sunday PM | Macromolecular Fabrication |
Discussion Leader: Bill Prest, Xerox
- 7:30-8:15 - George Whitesides, Harvard - "Fabrication at Small Dimensions"
Discussion Leader: Mary Galvin, U. Del.
- 8:15-9:00 - Nathan Lewis, Cal Tech - "Arrays of Conductively Filled Polymers for Use as an Electronic Nose Vapor Detector"
Monday AM | Self-Assembling Systems |
Discussion Leader: Jim Brady, Hercules
- 8:30 - Conference Photo
- 9:00-9:45 - Robert Corn, U. of Wisc. - "DNA Computations on Surfaces: Towards Programmable Self-Assembly"
- 9:45-10:30 - John Rabolt, U. Del, - "New Materials and Protocols for Patterning at the Molecular Level: Effects of Domain Size on the Orientation of Liquid Crystalline Adlayers"
- 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break
Discussion Leader: Chris Lantman, Flex Products
- 10:45-11:30 - Paula Hammond, MIT, - "Micron to Nanometer Control of Polymer Assembly at Surfaces and Interfaces"
- 11:30-12:15 - Sanat Kumar, Penn. State, - "Thermodynamics of Associating Polymers"
Monday PM | Biosensing and Biosensors |
Discussion Leader: Michael Jaffe, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and Medical Devices.
- 7:30-8:15 - Linda Griffith, MIT , - "Synthetic Polymers for Control of Receptor-Mediated Cell Behavior"
- 8:15-9:00 - Michael Heller, Nanogen - "Electric Field Assisted Self-Assembly of DNA Polymers On Microchips: Research and Diagnostic Applications"
Tuesday AM | Adhesion, Composites and Coatings |
Discussion Leader: Dave Moll, Dow
- 9:00-9:45 - Gilbert Walker, U. Pitt. - "Adhesion and surface reconstruction dynamics of polymer film surfaces probed by atomic force microscopy"
- 9:45-10:30 - Judith Harrison, Naval Academy , - "Adhesion, friction, and wear of anchored hydrocarbon molecules on diamond"
- 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break
Discussion Leader: Peter Green, U.T., Austin
- 10:45-11:30 - Judy Riffle, Virginia Tech - "Materials Design for Polymeric Composites in the U. S. Infrastructure"
- 11:30-12:15 - Rose Ryntz, Visteon Automotive Systems - "Controlling Olefin Interphases to Optimize Painted Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO) Properties"
Tuesday PM | Heterogeneous Interfaces |
Discussion Leader: Tom Seery, U. Conn
- 7:30-8:15 - A. Karim, NIST, - "Phase Separation of Polymers on Heterogeneous Surfaces"
- 8:15-9:00 - Tom Russell, U. Mass, - "Controlled Interfacial Interactions: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous"
Wednesday AM | Charged Polymers and Electro-Optic Systems |
Discussion Leader: Zhenan Bao, Lucent
- 9:00-9:45 - M. Rubner, MIT - "Polyelectrolyte multilayers - building structure and creating applications one molecular layer at a time"
- 9:45-10:30 - Anne Mayes, MIT, - "Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Solid-State, Rechargeable Batteries"
- 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break
Discussion Leader: Dilip Gersappe, SUNY Stonybrook
- 10:45-11:30 - Larry Dalton, USC, - "New Insights into Condensed Matter Theory: Lessons Learned From Electro-Optic Polymers"
- 11:30-12:15 - Monica Olvera de la Cruz, NWU, - "Polyelectrolytes: Ion Condensation and Conformation"
Wednesday PM | Extending Size Scales |
Discussion Leader: Nora Beck Tan, ARL
- 7:30-8:15 - Julia Kornfield, Cal. Tech. - "Extending Nanostructure to Macrostructure"
- 8:15-9:00 - Barry Bauer, NIST, - "Dendrimers: Polymers of Unique Dimension"
Thursday AM | Synthesis, Structure and Simulation |
Discussion Leader: Chris Christensen, Dow
- 9:00-9:45 - Jimmy Mays, U. of Alabama, - "Synthesis of Macromolecules with Diverse Architectures"
- 9:45-10:30 - Sam Gido, U. Mass , - "Controlling Morphology and Long Range Order with Graft Copolymer Molecular Architecture"
- 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break
Discussion Leader: David Pine, UCSB
- 10:45-11:30 - Gerrit ten Brinke, U. of Groningen, - "Ordering of Supramolecular Polymer Materials: Theory, Simulations & Experiments"
- 11:30-12:15 - Isaac Sanchez, U. T. at Austin, - "Polymer Collapse near an Lower Critical Solution Temperature: Monte Carlo Simulation"
Thursday PM | Ordering in Non-biological and Biological Systems |
Discussion Leader: Annelise Barron, NWU
- 7:30-8:15 - Jeff Moore, U. of Illinois, - "Conformational Order of Non-Biological Oligomers in Solution"
- 8:15-9:00 - Cyrus Safinya, UCSB , - "DNA-Membrane Self-Assemblies: From Biophysics to Biomedical Applications"
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