COLLWednesday, April 9, 2008

9:00 AM-12:15 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 224, Oral
Surface Chemical Aspects of Tribology
Biosurfaces
Organizers:Andrew J. Gellman
Gustavo S. Luengo
9:00 AMA novel low-friction surface for biomedical applications: Modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) with poly(ethylene glycol)-dopa-lysine
Kanika Chawla, Seunghwan Lee, Nicholas D. Spencer, Phillip B. Messersmith
9:40 AMLubrication of the oral interface by saliva
Jeroen HH. Bongaerts, Damiano Rossetti, Gleb E. Yakubov, Lubica Macakova, Jason R Stokes
10:05 AMMechanical and chemical properties of the superficial layer of natural cartilage
Rowena Crockett, Claudio Dora, Walter Born, Heinz Troxler
10:30 AMTriboelectricity of hair tresses: A tribological point of view
M. Fougere, C. Guerret-Piecourt, C. Pailler-Mattei, H. Zahouani
10:55 AMHard and soft nanojunctions: Structure and dynamics
Uzi Landman, Jianping Gao
11:35 AMVibro-acoustic signature of human skin during friction
H. Zahouani, R. Vargiolu, A. Lebot

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008