AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division Thursday Sessions

Session NS-ThA
Biological Nanomaterials

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 2:00 pm, Room 203
Moderator: Nancy Burnham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute


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2:20pm NS-ThA2 Invited Paper
Biologically-Inspired Reversible Adhesives: Where Are We Now?
Stanislav Gorb, Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel, Germany
3:00pm NS-ThA4
Ultrastable Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle Design for Membrane Assembly and Triggered Release
E. Amstad, M. Textor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Erik Reimhult, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
3:40pm NS-ThA6
Nanoscale Electrical Interaction between Carbon Nanotubes and DNA
Yunhao Cao, Y. Xu, Vanderbilt University
4:00pm NS-ThA7 Invited Paper
Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials: From Heterogeneous Catalysis to Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
Weiwei Gao, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
4:40pm NS-ThA9
Perfluoropentane Filled Boron Doped Hollow Silica Microspheres for Ultrasound Guided Surgery
Alexander Liberman, H.P. Martinez, Z. Wu, S.L. Blair, Y. Kono, R.F. Mattrey, A.C. Kummel, W. Trogler, University of California, San Diego