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Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions
Dynamics in Complex Fluids and Solutions
February 21-26, 2010
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
Ventura, CA
Chair:
Lynn M. Walker

Vice Chairs:
Norman Wagner & Andrey Dobrynin

The Gordon Research Conference on Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions explores the frontiers of research about complex solutions of charged, macromolecular and colloidal systems and their interfaces. This conference has a strong interdisciplinary tradition bringing together materials scientists, engineers, physicists, chemists and biochemists. The conference attracts industrial, government and academic scientists to a stimulating set of presentations and discussions. The program highlights the exciting impact of colloidal, macromolecular and polyelectrolyte solutions on materials and on the traditional subject areas of self-assembly and nanostructures. The conference will present the latest exciting results of top researchers in the colloid, polymer and polyelectrolyte fields. Poster sessions will also provide a mechanism for presentation and discussion of the work of conference participants; participants are strongly encouraged to present a poster and should contact the vice chairs for details. Short highlights of select posters will be presented during the oral program.

Contributors
SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 8:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmCOLLOIDAL INTERACTIONS
Discussion Leader: Phil Sullivan (Schlumberger)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Steve Granick (University of Illinois)
"Janus colloids"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Monica Olvera de la Cruz (Northwestern)
"Asymmetric Interactions and Assembly of Positive and Negative Charged Nanoparticles in Water"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPARTICLE ASSEMBLY
Discussion Leader: Darrell Velegol (Penn State University)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Ilona Kretzschmar (City College of New York)
"Patchy particles in fields and gradients"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am Keith Johnston (University of Texas Austin)
"Multifunctional Nanoclusters"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Marjolein Dijkstra (Utrecht)
"Self-assembly of colloidal particles: Predicting and designing new structures"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMANIPULATION OF COLLOIDS WITH FLOW
Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Fowler (Syngenta)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm Patrick Doyle (MIT)
"Advances in microfluidic technologies to synthesize complex microparticles"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm Wilson Poon (University of Edinburgh)
"Dynamics and self assembly in bacterial suspensions"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmATTRACTIVE COLLOIDS AND GELS
Discussion Leader: Alan Nakatani (Dow)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Dimitris Vlassopoulos (FORTH)
"Glassy dynamics and flow control in soft interpenetrating colloids"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am Victor Breedveld (Georgia Tech)
"Structure and dynamics of colloidal microgel suspensions: softness matters"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Surita Bhatia (University of Massachusetts)
"Large-Scale Structures in Gels and Glasses"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmIONS IN POLYMERS
Discussion Leader: Thomas Epps (Delaware)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm Nitash Balsara (Berkeley)
"Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Batteries and Fuel Cells"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm Robert Weiss (Akron)
"Rheology of Ionomers"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCOMPLEX FLUID STRUCTURE CONTROL
Discussion Leader: Walter Richtering (Aachen)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Patrick Spicer (Procter & Gamble)
"Designing Complex Fluid Microstructure"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am Carlos Rinaldi (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez)
"Magnetic Nanoparticles as Probes and Actuators in Complex Fluids"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Julian Eastoe (University of Bristol)
"Surfactant Modifiers for Carbon Dioxide"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMACROMOLECULES IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS
Discussion Leader: Michael Rubinstein (University of North Carolina)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm Christos Likos (Düsseldorf)
"Behavior of branched polymers in confinement and under shear flow"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm Shiyong Liu (University of Science & Technology China)
"Responsive Polymer-Based Multifunctional Chemosensors"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMACROMOLECULES IN ELECTRIC FIELDS
Discussion Leader: Charles Schroeder (University of Illinois)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Gary Slater (Ottawa)
"Electroosmotic flow: coating capillary walls with neutral and charged polymers"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am James Schneider (Carnegie Mellon University)
"DNA Surfactants: Rapid Electrophoretic DNA Separations and Self-Assembly Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Christian Holm (Stuttgart)
"Electrophoretic motion of charged macromolecules"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
8:00 pm - 9:30 pmFUTURE TRENDS
Discussion Leader: Eric Kaler (Stony Brook)
8:00 pm - 8:40 pm Benjamin Chu (Stony Brook)
"A Perspective on Future Trends"
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
 
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