2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Biomaterials I

This session deals with cutting edge developments in biomaterials design, synthesis, and application, broadly defined

Chair

Jessica O. Winter, The Ohio State University

Co-Chair

Angela K. Pannier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Presentations

08:30 AM

(15a) Shaped Films of Ionotropic Hydrogels Fabricated Using Templates of Patterned Paper
Malancha Gupta, Paul J. Bracher, George M. Whitesides

08:55 AM

(15b) Development of a Hydrolytically Degradable PEG Hydrogel with Tunable Degradability and Solute Release
Silviya L. Petrova, Jennie B. Leach

09:20 AM

(15c) Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Hyperthermia Applications
Samantha A. Meenach, J. Zach Hilt, Kimberly W. Anderson

09:45 AM

(15d) Non-Synthetic Polymer Biomodification Using Gold Nanoparticles
Craig D. Buckley, Kathleen A. Vermeersch, J. T. Westerfield, Jessica O. Winter

10:10 AM

(15e) In Vivo Evaluation of Amorphous Nano Tricalcium Phosphate in Flexible Composites and Injectable Bone Cements
Oliver Schneider, Tobias J. Brunner, Stefan Loher, Franz E. Weber, Brigitte von Rechenberg, Wendelin J. Stark

10:35 AM

(15f) Nanotextured Titanium for An Improved Bone-Implant Interface
Joshua R. Bush, Barada K. Nayak, Lakshmi S. Nair, Mool C. Gupta, Cato T. Laurencin