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Complex Fluids

Gordon Research Conference

May 3 - 8, 1998
Chair Erich Sackmann
Vice Chair Thomas A. Witten
Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco
Via Giovanni Pascoli
Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy
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Conference Program

Sunday, May 3rd

Evening Session (19:30 - 22:00)

Discussion Leader: William Gelbart
  • Erich Sackmann - Welcome/IntroductoryRemarks
  • Jacob Klein - Rheology of Polymer Brushes
  • Hermann Gaub - Measurement of Molecular Forces by AFM

Monday, May 4th

Morning Session (9:00 - 12:30)

Discussion Leader: M. E. Cates
  • Françoise Brochard-Wyart - Dewetting and Wetting of Deformable Surfaces
  • Ludwik Leibler - Contact Line Deformation of Soft Polymer Films
  • Heinrich M. Jaeger - Metal Nanodroplets on Copolymer Films

Poster Presentation Group I (16:00 - 17:30)

Evening Session (17:30 - 19:30)

Discussion Leader: Thomas Witten
  • Hans-Gunther Döbereiner - Vesicle Shapes and Shape Transitions
  • Sam Safran - Interaction of Proteins with Soft Interfaces

Tuesday, May 5th

Morning Session (9:00 - 12:30)

Discussion Leader: Udo Seifert
  • Alexander N. Semenov - Structures in Multi-Block Copolymers
  • Stephen Mann - Morphosynthesis of Inorganic Materials with Biomimetic Form
  • Wilson Poon - Formation of Gels by Irreversible Aggregation of Colloidal Particles

Poster Presentation Group I (16:00 - 17:30)

Evening Session (17:30 - 19:30

Discussion Leader: Avinoam Ben-Shaul
  • Joachim Rädler - Spreading of Lipid Membranes and Single Polymer Diffusion
  • Didier Long - Electrophoresis of Polyelectrolytes and Polyampholytes

Wednesday, May 6th

Morning Session (9:00 - 12:30)

Discussion Leader: Robijn Bruinsma
  • Bryan Toole - Control of Extracellular Matrix Morphogenesis by Macromolecules
  • Evan Evans - Nanoscale Dynamics of Cell Deformation and Adhesion
  • Daniel A. Hammer - Dynamics and Phase Behavior of Adhesive Biocolloids

Poster Presentation Group II (16:00 - 17:30)

Evening Session (17:30 - 19:30)

Discussion Leader: V. Adrian Parsegian
  • Pierre-Giles de Gennes - On a New Muscle Model
  • David Lu - Dynamics of Charge Transport in Membrane Systems

Thursday, May 7th

Morning Session (9:00 - 12:30)

Discussion Leader: Reinhard Lipowsky
  • David Weitz - Nematic Emulsions
  • N. N. - Short Oral Contributions - to be announced

Poster Presentation Group II (16:00 - 17:30)

Evening Session (17:30 - 19:30)

Discussion Leader: J. F. Joanny
  • Jacques Prost - Chemomechanical Shape Changes and Motions of Soft Shells Driven by Ion Fluxes
  • Michael Rubinstein - Adsorption of Polyampholytes

Contributors

The chairs would like to acknowledge financial support from the Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) program of the European Commission. Additional financial support from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) and from the Technische Universität München is also gratefully acknowledged.

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