AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Biological, Organic, and Soft Materials Focus Topic Tuesday Sessions

Session BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA
Plasma-deposited Polymer and Organic Surfaces in Biological Applications

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 1:40 pm, Room 201
Moderator: E.R. Fisher, Colorado State University


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1:40pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA1 Invited Paper
High Throughput Surface Chemical Analysis of Polymer Microarrays: Wettability, Protein Adsorption and Cell Response Correlations
M. Taylor, A.J. Urquhart, The University of Nottingham, UK, Y. Mei, D.G. Anderson, R. Langer, MIT, M.C. Davies, M.R. Alexander, The University of Nottingham, UK
2:20pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA3 Invited Paper
Plasma Medicine
A. Fridman, Drexel University
3:00pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA5
Plasma Polymer Patterning of PDMS for Microfluidic Application
S. Forster, A.G. Pereira-Medrano, M. Salim, P.C. Wright, S.L. McArthur, University of Sheffield, UK
4:00pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA8 Invited Paper
Plasma Etching for Selective Removal of PMMA from nm-scale PS/PMMA Block Copolymers for Lithographic Applications
A.E. Wendt, Y.H. Ting, C.C. Liu, X. Liu, H.Q. Jiang, F.J. Himpsel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.F. Nealey, University of Wisconsin, Madison
4:40pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA10
Correlation of Macroscopic Surface Qualities of Poly-Parylene with Plasma-Specific Parameters
G. Franz, F. Rauter, M. Häge, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
5:00pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA11
Plasma Processing of Nanostructured Polymeric Surfaces for the Development of Immunosensors
A. Valsesia, P. Colpo, I. Mannelli, G. Ceccone, F. Rossi, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy
5:20pm BO+PS+AS+BI+SS-TuA12
Use of Multivariate Analysis Techniques to Predict Cellular Response to Plasma Polymerized pNIPAM
J.E. Fulghum, K. Artyushkova, A. Lucero, H.E. Canavan, University of New Mexico