Thursday, 17 May 2007: 8:40 AM-11:50 AM
207 (Pfahler Hall)
Functional Organic Materials
The objective of this session is to provide opportunities to present and discuss recent advances, challenges and prospects in the design and development of organic functional materials. This session will span the fields of organic, surface science, analytical chemistry and materials science. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: organic materials, electroactive polymers, thin polymer films, optoelectronics, and functional surfaces
Organizer:Caroline L. Schauer
Presider:Caroline L. Schauer
8:40 AM224Optical and Electrochemical Approaches for the Local Deposition of Conducting Polymers Bearing Oligonucleotides
Sabine Szunerits
9:10 AM225Amphiphilic Macromolecules for Drug Delivery and Targeted Cellular Interactions
Kathryn E. Uhrich, Jinzhong Wang
9:30 AM226Computational design of single-chain four-helix bundle proteins that bind non-biological cofactors
Andreas Lehmann, Gretchen M. Bender, H. Christopher Fry, Don Engel, Michael J. Therien, William F. DeGrado, Jeffery G. Saven
9:50 AM227Characterization of Self-assembled Monolayers of Oligo(ethylene Oxide) Disulfides: Implications for Sustained Protein Resistance Properties
David Vanderah, Mark Rocco, Marlon Walker, Kenneth Rubinson
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM228Structure and function of synthetic collagen biomaterials
Mabel A. Cejas, William A. Kinney, Cailin Chen, Gregory C. Leo, Brett A. Tounge, Danielle Lawrence, Michael D'Andrea, Jeremy G. Vinter, Pratik P. Joshi, Bruce E. Maryanoff
10:50 AM229Changes in physical and optical properties of biopolymer thin films in response to aqueous metal ion solutions
Matthew Cathell, Caroline Schauer
11:10 AM230The Synthesis and Characterization of Water Soluble Polydiacetylenes (PDAs)
Zhong Li, Frank W. Fowler, Joseph W. Lauher
11:30 AM231The importance of optics in the cosmetics industry
Steven R. Carlo

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