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

Session BI+NS-WeM
Biomaterials and Nanomaterials Fabrication & In Honor of Dave Castner's 65th Birthday: Multitechnique Bio-Surface Characterization I

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 8:00 am, Room 12
Moderator: Caitlin Howell, University of Maine


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8:00am BI+NS-WeM1
Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of an Antibacterial Coating from an Essential Oil-Derived Precursor
Michelle Mann, E.R. Fisher, Colorado State University
8:20am BI+NS-WeM2
Transition Metal Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots with Tunable Electronic Properties by Bacterial Precipitation: Synthesis and Applications
K.E. Marusak, Y. Feng, E. Ngaboyamahina, Y. Cao, J.T. Glass, L. You, Stefan Zauscher, Duke University
8:40am BI+NS-WeM3 Invited Paper
Plasma Surface Modification of 2D and 3D Constructs: Creating and Evaluating New Materials for Biomedical Applications
Ellen Fisher, Colorado State University
9:20am BI+NS-WeM5 Invited Paper
The Ins and Outs of Functionalized Natural Materials for Applications in Drug Delivery and Separations
Norma Alcantar, R. Toomey, Z. Veisi, University of South Florida, A. Cardenas-Valencia, M. Cardenas, SRI International, R. Falahat, Moffitt Cancer Center, T. Peng, F. Guo, University of South Florida
11:00am BI+NS-WeM10
Combinatorial Material Chemistry-Topography Screening: The ChemoTopo Chip
Britta Koch, University of Nottingham, UK, A. Vasilevich, N. Beijer, J. de Boer, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, M.R. Alexander, The University of Nottingham, UK
11:20am BI+NS-WeM11
Combining Surface Analytical and Computational Techniques to Investigate Orientation Effects of Immobilized Proteins
Elisa Harrison, G. Interlandi, D.G. Castner, University of Washington, Seattle
11:40am BI+NS-WeM12
Characterizing the Tumor Microenvironment and Tumor Progression
Blake Bluestein, University of Washington, F. Morrish, D. Hockenbery, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, L.J. Gamble, University of Washington
12:00pm BI+NS-WeM13
Observing the Molecular Mechanisms of Insect Adhesion by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
J.E. Fowler, Oregon State University, S.N. Gorb, Kiel University, Germany, T. Weidner, Aarhus University, Denmark, Joe Baio, Oregon State University