PMSESunday, 28 August 2005

8:25 AM-11:45 AM Grand Hyatt -- Independence Ballroom F--G, Oral
Biologically Enabled and Bio-Inspired Polymers
Bio-Inspired Synthesis and Properties
Organizer, Presidings:Ulrich Wiesner
Shu Yang
8:25 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:30 AMCombining biological and chemical strategies for the structure-based design of advanced materials
Kristi L. Kiick
9:00 AMDirected motion and cargo transport in polymer gel based device inspired from locomotion mechanism in earthworms
Hitesh Arora, Lilit Yeghiazarian, Surbhi Mahajan, Hooisweng Ow, Claude Cohen, Ulrich Wiesner
9:15 AMSynthetic graft copolymers tailored for biology
Bryan Parrish, Kurt Breitenkamp, Rebecca Breitenkamp, Matthew Kade, Todd Emrick
9:45 AMFRET-based quantum dot protein nanosensors
Igor L. Medintz, Ellen R. Goldman, Aaron R. Clapp, Hedi Mattoussi
10:00 AMNovel organic-inorganic hybrid reactive adhesives for potential dental applications
Solomon Praveen, Shuxi Li, Kenneth Boberick, Joshua Davis, Brett Zuckman, George Baran, Yen Wei
10:15 AMIntermission
10:45 AMNature as a model for new concepts in supramolecular polymer chemistry
Virgil Percec
11:15 AMPolycarbonates and polycarbonate-co-esters synthesized from carbon dioxide and their biocompatibilities
Ghahee Kim, Yongtaek Hwang, Hyun-Chul Kim, Jong-Seong Kim, Moonhor Ree, Heesoo Kim
11:30 AMCalcium triggered control of nanoparticle formation in a calmodulin-elastin fusion
Bumjoon Kim, Ashutosh Chilkoti

Biologically Enabled and Bio-Inspired Polymers -- Next Session

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The 230th ACS National Meeting, in Washington, DC, Aug 28-Sept 1, 2005