38th New England Workshop on Complex Fluids

Friday, March 13, 2009
Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

8:45–9:25 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
9:30–10:00 a.m. Prof. Andrey Dobrynin, University of Connecticut
"Conformations of Molecular Brushes: From Flory Theorem to Fingering Instability"
10:00–10:30 a.m. Prof. Jonathan Rothstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"The Dynamics and Stability of Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelle Solutions in Strong Extensional Flows"
10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee I
11:00–12:00 p.m. Sound Bites Session I

Ye Xu, Eric Dufresne, Yale University
"Measuring stress during crack formation using traction force microscopy"

Donald Aubrecht, John Heyman, Sarah Köster, David Weitz; Harvard University
"Antibody screening with droplets"

Krishna Sigdel, Germano S. Iannacchione; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Calorimetric study of the isotropic–smectic-A phase transitions in liquid crystal+acetone binary mixtures"

Paul Beales, T. Kyle Vanderlick; Yale University
"Tuning the adhesion between lipid vesicles via membrane-anchored nucleic acid functionalities"

Eli Sloutskin, P.J. Lu and D.A. Weitz; Harvard University
"Nucleation of non-compact crystals: Hard colloids and copper"

Nora Bennani, Stephan A. Koehler; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Liquid dispersion within draining foams"

Anatoli Serghei, T.P. Russell; University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Polymer nanofluidics: molecular dynamics during capillary flow"

Benoit Vianay, H. Guillou; Institut Néel – CNRS Grenoble (France)
"Single cell spreading on microfabricated protein array"

Sang-Kee Eah, Brian C. Surjanhata, Matthew N. Martin; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Nano-drum: Free-standing film of nanoparticles"

Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University
"Layered nanotubes from electrostatic assembly"

Jon Celli, Imran Rizvi, Adnan Abu-Yousif, Conor Evans, Tayyaba Hasan; Wellman Center for Photomedicine (MGH/HMS)
"Studying the effects of tumor microenvironment on migration, assembly and therapeutic efficacy in a 3D model of ovarian cancer"

Jin Gyu Park, Carl Schreck, Corey S. O'Hern, Eric R. Dufresne; Yale University
"Packing of non-spherical dumbbell particles with controlled geometry"

Carl Schreck, JinGyu Park, Eric Dufresne, Corey O'Hern; Yale University
"Jamming in systems of 2D monodisperse anisotropic particles: simulations"

David Vader, Andy Stein, Thomas Deisboeck, Dave Weitz; Harvard University
"3D cell traction force microscopy based on collagen fiber tracking"

Ajay Negi, Chinedum Osuji; Yale University
"Dynamics of internal stresses and scaling of strain recovery in aging colloidal gels"

Dipti Sharma, University of Massachusetts Lowell
"A solution of backlight bleed drawback of LCDs can be seen by long range ordered nematic domain of liquid crystal 8CB"
12:00–1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30–2:00 p.m. Prof. Susan Zhou, Worcester Polytech
"Combining Aptamer Technique with Nanotechnology for Ultrasensitive Small Molecule and Protein Detection"
2:00–2:30 p.m. Prof. David Hoagland, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Polymer Solutions and Gels Based on Ionic Liquids"
2:30–3:30 p.m. Sound Bites Session II

Eleanor Millman, Jerome Fung, Kamilia Kaczor, Vinothan Manoharan; Harvard University
"Dynamics of virus assembly"

Cecile Mejean, Andrew W. Schaefer, Paul Forscher, Eric R. Dufresne; Yale University
"Probing mechanotransduction in aplysia growth cone using holographic optical tweezers"

Emily Gardel, Adeline Perro, Vinothan N. Manoharan; Harvard University
"Engineering patchy particles through a site protection route"

Woo-Sik Jang, Jodie Lutkenhaus; Yale University
"Polymer nanotubes"

Mark Peterson, Mount Holyoke College
"Elasticity theory and geometry"

Guy German, V. Bertola; Yale University
"Yield stress drops"

Haiyun Lu, Thomas P. Russell; University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Relaxation and glass transition dynamics of polystyrene thin films floating on ionic liquid surface"

Guo-Jie Gao, M. Shattuck, J. Blawzdziewicz, C. S. O'Hern; The City College of New York, Yale University
"Comparison of mechanically stable frictionless granular packings in simulations and experiments of gravitational deposition"

Nidhi Khurana, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, E. Wajnryb; Yale University
"Nonlinear dynamics of ordered particle arrays in parallel wall channels"

Jun He, Jay Tan; Brown University
"Effects of probe size, surface chemistry and depletion on microrheology of actin network"

Hyeran Kang, Vivek Shenoy, Jay X. Tang; Brown University
"Analysis of the trajectories of microspheres driven by actin tails"

Holger Kress, Eric R. Dufresne; Yale University
"Single cell stimulus-response measurements with optically manipulated microsources"

Jason Forster, JinGyu Park, Vinod Saranathan, Heeso Noh, Hui Cao, Richard O. Prum, Eric R. Dufresne; Yale University
"Structural color of biological and biomimetic amorphous nanostructures"

Chia Wei Hsu, Francis W. Starr; Wesleyan University
"Liquid-liquid phase transitions: network interpenetration and DNA-functionalized nanoparticles"

James Wilking, Michael Brenner, David Weitz; Harvard University
"Rheology of 'Bugs in Jell-O'"

Jason Merrill, Sunil K. Sainis, Eric R. Dufresne; Yale University
"A test of pairwise additivity in colloidal electrostatics at low ionic strength"

Manesh Gopinadhan, Chinedum O. Osuji, Evan Beach, Paul Anastas; Yale University
"Reversibly interacting polymer-surfactant complexes: Binding strength and phase behavior"
3:30–4:00 p.m. Coffee and Cookies
4:00–4:30 p.m. Prof. Mark Borden, Columbia University
"Lipid-Coated Microbubbles: Fundamentals and Biomedical Applications"
4:30–5:00 p.m. Prof. Svetlana Sukhishvili, Stevens Institute of Technology
"Responsive Layer-by-Layer Polymer Assemblies"