Self-Assembled Biomaterials

Friday, November 12, 2010: 8:30 AM
Canyon B (Hilton)

Description:
Papers within this session will highlight work involving the design and molecular self-directed assembly of biomaterials. Relevant topics include materials that use biological and/or artificial molecules that are designed a priori to self-assemble into tailorable micro- and nanostructures. Relevant topics will include therapeutic drug delivery, intelligent and responsive structures, tissue scaffolding, degradable structures, recognitive structures, etc. The predictable and tailorable control of material morphology in the development of functional biomaterials will be a leading theme within this session.


Sponsor:
Bionanotechnology


Chair:
Esmaiel Jabbari
Email: jabbari@engr.sc.edu

Co-Chair:
Geoffrey D. Bothun
Email: bothun@egr.uri.edu




8:50 AM
(746b) Self-Assembled Peptide-Amphiphile/Lipid Mixtures
Anju Gupta, Amir N. Shirazi, Deendayal Mandal, Keykavous Parang and Geoffrey D. Bothun


9:10 AM
(746c) The Fractal Self-Assembly of the Silk Protein Sericin for Biomaterial Development
Tejas Khire, Joydip Kundu, Subhas C. Kundu and Vamsi K. Yadavalli



9:50 AM
(746e) Theoretical Modeling of the Weaving of Clathrin Into Nanoscale Baskets
Shafigh Mehraeen, Nicholas Cordella, Jee Soo Yoo and Andrew J Spakowitz


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