Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings and Interfaces (PacSurf 2018)
    Biomaterial Surfaces & Interfaces Wednesday Sessions

Session BI-WeE
Biomolecule/Material Interactions and Medical Applications

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 5:40 pm, Room Naupaka Salon 6-7
Moderator: Buddy D. Ratner, University of Washington


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5:40pm BI-WeE1 Invited Paper
Engineered Biointerfaces – Organisation and Functionalisation of Proteins at Surfaces
Jenny Malmstrom, University of Auckland, New Zealand
6:20pm BI-WeE3
Tunable Thermal Transport and Reversible Thermal Conductivity Switching in Topologically Networked Bio-Inspired Materials
J. Tomko, University of Virginia, A. Pena-Francesh, H. Jun, Pennsylvania State University, M. Tyagi, National Institute of Standards and Technology, B. Allen, M. Demirel, Pennsylvania State University, Patrick Hopkins, University of Virginia
7:00pm BI-WeE5
Design Principles and Potential Applications of Cyclic Peptide Polymer-based Nanomaterials
Kenan Fears, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
7:40pm BI-WeE7
Metal Oxides and Bone Healing
H. Nygren, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, C. Zhang, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden, Per Malmberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
8:00pm BI-WeE8
Thin Films, Coatings and Surface Solutions for Medical Devices
Shahram Amini, Johnson Matthey Inc.
8:20pm BI-WeE9
Effects of Metal Implants on Bone Healing Analysed by Transcriptomics
Håkan Nygren, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, C. Zhang, M. Arif, M. Uhlen, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
8:40pm BI-WeE10
Synthesis and Characterization of Reactively Sputtered Platinum Group Metal Oxides for Stimulating and Recording Applications
G.V. Taylor, N. Page, A. Marti, R. Paladines, Rowan University, A. Fones, Johnson Matthey Inc., UK, S.D. Tint, Johnson Matthey Inc., H. Hamilton, Johnson Matthey Inc., UK, S. Amini, Johnson Matthey Inc., Jeffrey Hettinger, Rowan University