AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Biomaterial Interfaces Division Thursday Sessions

Session BI+AS-ThA
Biomolecules and Biophysics at Interfaces

Thursday, November 2, 2017, 2:20 pm, Room 12
Moderators: Stephanie Allen, The University of Nottingham, UK, Markus Valtiner, TU Bergakademie Freiberg


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2:20pm BI+AS-ThA1 Invited Paper
Engineering and Imaging Excitons for Brain Imaging of Modulatory Neurotransmitters
M. Landry, Abraham Beyene, University of California at Berkeley
3:00pm BI+AS-ThA3
Neurotrophin-like Peptides at the Interface with Gold Nanoparticles As New Nanoplatform for CNS Disorders
Cristina Satriano, P. Di Pietro, N. Caporarello, C.D. Anfuso, G. Lupo, University of Catania, Italy, A. Magrì, National Council of Research (IBB-CNR), Italy, D. La Mendola, University of Pisa, Italy, E. Rizzarelli, University of Catania, Italy
4:00pm BI+AS-ThA6
Controlling and Probing the Orientation of Immobilized Protein G B1 on Gold Nanoparticles Using Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Yung-Chen Wang, D.G. Castner, University of Washington, Seattle
4:20pm BI+AS-ThA7
Angiogenin Peptides and Gold Nanoparticles for Modulated Angiogenesis Processes
L.M. Cucci, C. Satriano, E. Rizzarelli, University of Catania, Italy, Diego La Mendola, University of Pisa, Italy
5:00pm BI+AS-ThA9
Exploiting Protein-Polyelectrolyte Interactions to Control and Tune Protein Immobilization at Interfaces. Applications in Biocatalysis and Separation Technology
C. Dupont-Gillain, A. Bratek-Skicki, Aurélien vander Straeten, UC Louvain, Belgium
5:20pm BI+AS-ThA10
Determination of Confined Molecular Structure by using X-ray-Surface Force Apparatus (XSFA) Study in Bio-interface Application
Hsiu-Wei Cheng, M. Valtiner, Technical University Freiberg, Germany, C. Merola, Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany, K. Schwenzfeier, Technical University Freiberg, Germany, M. Mezger, H. Weiss, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
6:00pm BI+AS-ThA12
Direct Quantification of the Hydrophobic-to-Hydrophilic Transition of Interaction Forces
Laila Moreno Ostertag, T. Utzig, P. Stock, Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany, M. Valtiner, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany