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Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Toward Active Materials

February 15 - 16, 2014
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Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is unpublished, cutting edge research from both applied and fundamental studies of colloids and polymers. Submissions from the following areas are encouraged: environmental nanotechnology, rheology of complex fluids, electrokinetics, microfluidics, colloidal hydrodynamics, interfacial phenomena, and closely related fields.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Lecture
Discussion Leader: Kathleen Stebe (University of Pennsylvania)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Menachem Elimelech (Yale University)
"Membranes Incorporating Surface-Tailored Nanomaterials: Potential for Greater Sustainability at the Water-Energy Nexus"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmActive Colloidal Materials: Structure and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Stephanie Hooker (NIST)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Joseph McDermott (Harvard University)
"Electrocratic Dispersions in Low-Dielectric Liquids"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Helene Monteillet (Wageningen University)
"Ultrastrong Anchoring Yet Barrier-Free Adsorption of Composite Microgels at Liquid Interfaces"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Sepideh Razavi (City College of New York)
"Dynamics of Janus Particle Adsorption to Liquid-Liquid Interfaces"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Vinita Yadav (Pennsylvania State University)
"Active Bone-Crack Detection, Targeting and Repair Using Ion Gradients"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amMechanics and Rheology of Soft Materials
Discussion Leader: Sharon Walker (University of California - Riverside)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Michelle Calabrese (University of Delaware)
"Effect of Micellar Topology (Branching) on Steady Shear Rheology"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Charlotte Pellet (ESPCI ParisTech)
"Dynamics and Rheology of Soft Microgel Suspensions Through the Glass and Jamming Transitions"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Mark Wilson (San Diego State University)
"Structure and Rheological Properties of Self-Associating Polymer Networks"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am John Riley (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Adsorption of Responsive Polymer-Brush Grafted Nanoparticles and Forces Between Adsorbed Layers"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentoring Session: "I Have a PhD, Now What?"

Panel Discussion:

  • Jack Burgman (PPG)
  • Menachem Elimelech (Yale University)
  • Stephanie Hooker (NIST)
  • Kathleen Stebe (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Sharon Walker (University of California - Riverside)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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