AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Biomaterial Interfaces Tuesday Sessions

Session BI+AS-TuA
Characterization of Biointerfaces

Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 2:00 pm, Room 23
Moderator: L. Meagher, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Australia


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2:00pm BI+AS-TuA1 Invited Paper
Surface Characterization Meets Cells and Proteins
B.D. Ratner, University of Washington
2:40pm BI+AS-TuA3
Using Binary Solvent Mixtures Produces High Graft Density Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Layers
A.R. Arcot, Aalto University, Finland, S. Zhang, R.L. Meyer, R. Ogaki, Aarhus University, Denmark, P. Kingshott, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
3:00pm BI+AS-TuA4
Adsorption Behavior of Serum Albumin on Nanocrystalline Apatites
K. Fears, D. Burden, C. Love, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, D. Day, Missouri University of Science and Technology, T. Clark, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
4:00pm BI+AS-TuA7
Quantitative Characterization of Cells in Biofilms and on Surfaces
A.C. Areias, C. Sousa, G.P. Mendes, University of Minho, Portugal, P. Mack, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK, S. Lanceros-Méndez, University of Minho, Portugal, D.Y. Petrovykh, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
4:20pm BI+AS-TuA8
Antimicrobial Multilayers and Their Analysis by Laser Desorption Postionization Mass Spectrometry
M. Blaze, C. Bhardwaj, A. Akhmetov, L. Hanley, University of Illinois at Chicago
4:40pm BI+AS-TuA9
Combining Colloidal Probe Atomic Force and Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy to Study the Mechanics of Biopolymer Films
R.P. Richter, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain; Joseph Fourier University, France; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany, S. Attili, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany, V. Borisov, Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’Environnement et les Materiaux, France
5:00pm BI+AS-TuA10
Surface Modification of Silicone Hydrogels through Adsorption of Diblock Copolymers
Y.J. Huo, S.S. Perry, University of Florida
5:20pm BI+AS-TuA11 Invited Paper
Microfluidic Devices for High-Throughput Quantitation in Biology: From Biophysics to Diagnostics
S. Maerkl, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland