AVS 52nd International Symposium
    Biomaterial Interfaces Friday Sessions

Session BI+SS-FrM
Biomaterials Surface Characterization

Friday, November 4, 2005, 8:20 am, Room 311
Moderator: S.L. McArthur, University of Sheffield, UK


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8:20am BI+SS-FrM1
Charge Injection Barriers and Gap States at the L-Cysteine/Au Interface
M.M. Beerbom, R. Gargagliano, R. Schlaf, University of South Florida
8:40am BI+SS-FrM2
Injection into Vacuum and Alignment of Biological Molecules for Electron Diffraction
D. Starodub, R.B. Doak, J.C.H. Spence, U. Weierstall, K. Schmidt, G. Hembree, Arizona State University
9:00am BI+SS-FrM3
Chemical Interaction Analysis of Adhesive Biomaterial-Hard Tissue Interfaces
Y. Nakayama, Toray Research Center, Inc., Japan, Y. Yoshida, K. Suzuki, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan, B. Van Meerbeek, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
9:20am BI+SS-FrM4
Evaluation of Residues on Implant Surfaces by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
V. Frauchiger, R. Luginbuehl, Dr. H.C. Robert Mathys Foundation
9:40am BI+SS-FrM5
Characterisation of Analyte / Matrix Interaction for MALDI / TOF Targets Using Spatially Resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
A.J. Roberts, D.J. Surman, S.J. Hutton, Kratos Analytical Ltd, UK, M. Resch, SDG, Germany, E. Raptakis, O. Belgacem, Kratos Analytical Ltd, UK
10:00am BI+SS-FrM6
In Situ Sum Frequency Generation Characterization of Adsorbed Alpha-helical Peptides
N.T. Samuel, University of Washington, K. McCrea, Polymer Technology Group, L.J. Gamble, University of Washington, R.S. Ward, Polymer Technology Group, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
10:20am BI+SS-FrM7
Molecular Level Studies on Interfacial Protein and Peptide Structures Using SFG
Z. Chen, University of Michigan
10:40am BI+SS-FrM8
Using Ellipsometry and Textured Surfaces to Enhance Infrared Response of Adsorbed Biomaterials
D.W. Thompson, J.A. Woollam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00am BI+SS-FrM9
Understanding the Elasticity of Fibronectin Fibrils: A Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Study
N.I. Abu-Lail, T. Ohashi, R. Clark, H. Erickson, S. Zauscher, Duke University
11:20am BI+SS-FrM10
Protein-Solvent Interactions in Surface-Grafted ELPs Measured by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
A. Valiaev, D.W. Lim, S. Schmidler, A. Chilkoti, S. Zauscher, Duke University
11:40am BI+SS-FrM11
Developments of Flexible Tethers to Measure Antibody-Antigen Interactions using AFM
Z. Suo, F. Terán Arce, R. Avci, E. Smith, K. Thiltges, B. Spangler, Montana State University