AVS 52nd International Symposium
    Biomaterial Interfaces Monday Sessions

Session BI-MoM
BioMaterials and Neutrons (BioMaN) I

Monday, October 31, 2005, 8:20 am, Room 313
Moderator: M. Grunze, Universität Heidelberg, Germany


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8:20am BI-MoM1
Neutron Scattering Tutorial
J.K. Zhao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
8:40am BI-MoM2
Compositional Depth Profiles of Biomaterial Interfaces by Specular Neutron Reflection
C.F. Majkrzak, S.K. Krueger, U. Perez-Salas, N.F. Berk, National Institute of Standards and Technology
9:00am BI-MoM3
Neutron Scattering and Diffraction for Molecular-Scale Characterization of Biomimetic Membranes
M. Loesche, Johns Hopkins University and CNBT at the NIST Center for Neutron Research
9:20am BI-MoM4
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Protein Resistance: Characterizing Water/Surface and Protein/Surface Interactions by In Situ Neutron Reflectometry
R. Dahint, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, M. Skoda, F. Schreiber, Universität Tübingen, Germany, M. Himmelhaus, M. Grunze, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
9:40am BI-MoM5 Invited Paper
Soft Interfaces on the Nanometer Scale - How Neutrons Contribute to a Deeper Understanding on the Supramolecular Level
R. Steitz, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Germany, C. Czeslik, Universität Dortmund, Germany, H. Haas, MediGene AG, Germany, P. Riccio, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
10:20am BI-MoM7 Invited Paper
Design & Structural Characterization of Amphiphilic 4-Helix Bundle Peptides Vectorially-Oriented at Soft Interfaces
J.K. Blasie, J. Strzalka, S. Ye, T. Xu, E. Nordgren, University of Pennsylvania, S. Satija, National Institute of Standards and Technology, I. Kuzmenko, T. Gog, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00am BI-MoM9 Invited Paper
Structural Analysis of Phospholipid Membranes and Toxin Assault
T.L. Kuhl, C.E. Miller, T. Gog, K. Kjaer, J. Majewski, University of California, Davis