June 24, 2001 Sunday afternoon |
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2:00 pm | Arrival and registration |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
June 24, 2001 Sunday pm, 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Biological thin films |
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| Matthew Tirrell, Discussion Leader |
7:30 pm | Steven Boxer, Stanford University
Patterning, dynamics and high resolution imaging of fluid supported bilayer membranes |
8:30 pm | David Needham, Duke University Lipid monolayers at air/water and oil/water interfaces: new insights from micropipet studies
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June 25, 2001 Monday am, 9:00am - 12:30 pm | Single molecule phenomena |
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| Maria Santore, Discussion Leader |
9:00 am | Julio Fernandez, Mayo Clinic
The micromechanics of single proteins studied with atomic force microscopy |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Conference photo |
10:30 am | Evan Evans, Boston University
Probing strengths of molecular anchoring and material cohesion in biolipid membranes |
11:30 am | Gilbert Walker, University of Pittsburgh
Forced dynamics of single polymer chains and infrared near-field microscopy |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
June 25, 2001 Monday pm, 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Surface patterning and manipulation |
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| Milan Mrksich, Discussion Leader |
7:30 pm | Jürgen Rühe, Universität Freiburg
DNA-microarrays and surface-attached films to promote cell adhesion |
8:30 pm | William Ducker, Virginia Tech
Enzyme-catalyzed nanolithography |
June 26, 2001 Tuesday am, 8:30am - 12:30 pm | Reflective polymer systems |
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| Gero Decher, Discussion Leader |
8:30 am | Poster session through coffee break |
| Thomas P. Russell, Discussion Leader |
10:30 am | E.L.Thomas, MIT
Visible wavelength block copolymer tuneable reflectors |
11:30 am | Andrew Ouderkirk, 3M
Giant birefringent interference structures: A new degree of freedom in optical design |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
June 26, 2001 Tuesday pm, 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Colloidal crystals |
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| Discussion Leader |
7:30 pm | Andrew Lyon, Georgia Tech
Overpacked colloidal crystals from deformable hydrogel particles |
8:30 pm | David Pine, University of California, Santa Barbara
Emulsion and colloidal templating of photonic crystals |
June 27, 2001 Wednesday am, 9:00am - 12:30 pm | Photonic band gap materials |
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| Nicholas Abbott, Discussion Leader |
9:00 am | Business meeting |
9:15 am | Sanford Asher, University of Pittsburgh
Crystalline colloidal array self-assembled smart chemical sensing materials and photonic crystal optoelectronic switches |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am | Ray Baughman, Honeywell/GE
Photonic crystals by self-assembly and nano-molding: From novel lasers to "Green Technology" colorants and optical switches |
11:35 am | Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University
Bioinspired materials from inorganic nanoparticles and DNA |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
June 27, 2001 Wednesday pm, 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Molecular electronics |
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| Avi Ulman, Discussion Leader |
7:30 pm | Jim Heath, University of California, Los Angeles
Molecular electronics architectures, devices, and circuits |
8:15 pm | Ananth Dodabalapur, Lucent Technologies
The versatile organic transistor |
9:00 pm | Roundtable discussion on research challenges in organic thin films |
June 28, 2001 Thursday am, 9:00am - 12:30 pm | Electroactive devices from organic solids |
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| Mary Galvin, Discussion Leader |
9:00 am | Cherie Kagan, IBM
Solution deposition and patterning of organic and organic-inorganic thin film transistors |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am | Paul Drzaic, Eink, Inc.
Microencapsulated electrophoretic materials: An enabling technology for flexible, large area displays |
11:30 am | Jocelyn Simpson Harrison, NASA
Development of electroactive polymers for aerospace applications |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
June 28, 2001 Thursday pm, 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Self-assembly and polymer brushes |
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| Gero Decher, Discussion Leader |
7:30 pm | Yuri Lvov, Louisiana Tech
Nano-assembly by alternate adsorption of polyions, proteins and inorganic particles: From planar films to microtemplates |
8:30 pm | Nily Dan, Drexel University
The effect of charge regulation on the interactions between adsorbed
polyelectrolyte layers |