SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Materials and Biomaterials |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Buddy Ratner (Univ. Washington)
"Ionic and Recognition Surfaces to Precision-Control Proteins at Interfaces: A New Paradigm for Biomaterials" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Paula Hammond (MIT)
"Building Nanostructures from the Bottom Up: New Approaches in Multilayer Assembly" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Bio-Inspired Systems |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Monica Olvera de la Cruz (Northwestern Univ.)
"Charge Induced Pattern Formation on Surfaces of Cylindrical Micelles of Cationic-Anionic Peptide-Amphiphiles" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Martien Cohen-Stuart & Renko de Vries (Univ. Wageningen)
"Theory and Simulations of Proteins Complexing with Polyelectrolytes" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Pierre Schaaf & Jean-Claude Voegel (Institut Charles Sadron / INSERM U595)
"Polyelectrolyte Films: From Basics to Biological Applications" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Nano-Structured Ion-Containing Polymers |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | William Risen (Brown Univ.)
"Chemical Phenomena in Inorganic Aerogels That Comprise Ion-Containing Polymers" |
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Karen Winey (Univ. Pennsylvania)
"Ionomer Morphologies - Using Nanoparticles to Move Toward a Thorough Understanding" |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | From Self-Assembly to Controlled Assembly of Ion-Containing Polymers |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Adi Eisenberg (McGill Univ.)
"Self-Assembly of Charged Block Copolymers" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Christian Holm (Frankfurt Inst. Adv. Studies)
"Electrostatic Self-Assembly: From Multilayers to Bundle Formations" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Olga Vinogradova (Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research)
"Mechanical Properties of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Microcapsules" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Synthesis of Ion-Containing Polymers with Controlled Architecture |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Jimmy Mays (Univ. Tennessee)
"Model Polyelectrolytes Based on Poly(cyclohexadiene)" |
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Kenneth Wagener (Univ. Florida)
"The Synthesis of Precision Ionomer Structures" |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Structure and Dynamics in Complex Ion-Containing Systems |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Gary Wnek (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
"Electrostatic Polymer Processing: Influence of Mobile and Fixed Ions" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Karel Prochazka (Charles University, Prague)
"Structure and dynamics of self-assembled polymeric amphiphiles studied by light scattering and fluorescence techniques" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Nick Kotov (Univ. Michigan)
"Nanocolloid Superstructures with Polymeric Molecular Springs" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Ionomeric Membrane Materials |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Steven Holdcroft (Simon Fraser Univ.)
"Model Polymers for the Systematic Study of Proton Conducting Membranes" |
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Shulamith Schlick (Univ. Detroit)
"ESR Methods for Assessing the Stability of Ionomer Membranes Used in Fuel Cells: From The Mysterious Island to Membrane-Derived Radicals" |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Polyelectrolyte Multilayers |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Svetlana Sukhishvili (Stevens Inst. Tech.)
"Excess Charge and Hydrogen Bonding in Novel Stimuli-Responsive Films" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Joe Schlenoff (Florida St. Univ.)
"Polyelectrolyte vs. Antipolyelectrolyte Behavior: the two Personae of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Alain M. Jonas, A. Pallandre, B. Nysten & H. Alem (Univ. Cath. de Louvain)
"Confined Polyelectrolyte Multilayers" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Polyelectrolytes on Surfaces |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Roland Netz (Tech. Univ. Munich)
"Pulling Polyelectrolytes from Surfaces" |
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Jürgen P. Rabe (Humboldt Univ.)
"Assembly, Manipulation and Properties of Charged Polymers on Solid Substrates" |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |