AVS 46th International Symposium
    Biomaterial Interfaces Group Tuesday Sessions

Session BI-TuA
Characterization of Biomaterial Interfaces

Tuesday, October 26, 1999, 2:00 pm, Room 613/614
Moderator: M. Grunze, University of Heidelberg


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2:00pm BI-TuA1 Invited Paper
Surface Characterization of Biomaterials with Protein Layers
H.J. Griesser, CSIRO Australia
2:40pm BI-TuA3
Surface-plasmon Field-enhanced Fluorescence Spectroscopy and -Microscopy for the Evaluation of the Hybridization Reaction of Oligonucleotides
W. Knoll, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany and Stanford Univ., D. Kambhampati, T. Liebermann, T. Neumann, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany
3:00pm BI-TuA4
Characterization of Supported Biomimetic Films Using Broadband Vibrationally Resonant Sum-Frequency Generation
K.A. Briggman, T. Petralli-Mallow, L.J. Richter, A.L. Plant, J.C. Stephenson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
3:20pm BI-TuA5 Invited Paper
Biosensors in Biomaterials Research
K.I. Lundström, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
4:00pm BI-TuA7
Direct Probing of the Surface Ultrastructure and Molecular Interactions of Living Microbial Cells with Atomic Force Microscopy
Y.F. Dufrene, C.J.P. Boonaert, P.G. Rouxhet, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
4:20pm BI-TuA8
Contact Mechanical Properties of Confined NIPAM Films at the Biomaterial Interfaces
R. Luginbuehl, M.D. Garrison, Y.V. Pan, R.M. Overney, B.D. Ratner, University of Washington
4:40pm BI-TuA9
Novel Biomaterials through Tailoring of Solid Surfaces
J. Rühe, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
5:00pm BI-TuA10
Photoisomerization and Photo-induced Alignment of Ordered Polymer Ultrathin Films Containing DNA and Polypeptide Layers: Possibilities for Optobioelectronic Substrates
R.C. Advincula, Y. Wang, E. Fells, E. Wallace, University of Alabama at Birmingham