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<CENTER><TABLE WIDTH=90% border=0 cellpadding=5><TD> <B><FONT SIZE=4>Transducer-active Polymers:</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=2>
</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080">Responsive Materials in
Chemical and Biological Sensors, Actuators, and Controlled
Release.</FONT></TD></TABLE></CENTER>
<H2 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>Fall ACS National
Meeting</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080">
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Washington DC</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080">
<IMG SRC="gifs/tbullet.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=12 X-SAS-UseImageWidth
X-SAS-UseImageHeight ALIGN=bottom> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>August 20 -
25, 2000</FONT><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0
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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=2>Symposium
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Papers</FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"><IMG
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X-SAS-UseImageHeight ALIGN=bottom>Session 1 -- Controlled Release
(Wednesday 23rd A.M.)</FONT></B></P>
<P>A. Guiseppi-Elie, G. E. Wnek, and N. F. Sheppard Jr.,
<I>Organizers</I></P>
<P>Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, <I>Presiding</I></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>8:30 - 8:40 a.m. </B><I>Introductory Remarks.</I>
</P>
<P><B>8:40 - 9:10 a.m. </B>(<I>Invited</I>) Molecular Dynamics of
pH-Sensitive Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid). <B>P. Bures</B>,
N. A. Peppas</P>
<P><B>8:40 - 9:10 a.m. </B> Electrorelease of Divalent Cations from
Electroconductive Hydrogels. <B>E. Iwuoha</B>, A. M. Wilson, D.
Narinesingh, A. Guiseppi-Elie</P>
<P><B>9:35 - 10:0 a.m. </B> Synthetic Peptide/Poly(ethylene
oxide)/Poly(pyrrole) Macromolecular Complexes. Responsive Systems for
Peptide Drug Delivery. <B>I. M. Khan</B>, S. Thorpe, K. P. Pemawansa
</P>
<P><B>10:00 - 10:15 a.m. </B><I> .Break</I></P>
<P><B>10:15 - 10:40 a.m. </B> Nanoporous Polymers for Controlled
Absorption and Release of Organic Molecules. <B>D. Li</B></P>
<P><B>10:40 - 11:05 a.m. </B>Electroactive hydrogels for the
construction of clinically important biosensors. <B>S. Brahim</B>, D.
Narinesingh, A. Guiseppi-Elie</P>
<P><B>11:05 - 11:30 a.m. </B>Volume transition of polyacrylate
hydrogels induced by monovalent-divalent cation exchange in
physiological salt solutions. <B>F. Horkay</B>, P. J. Basser, I.
Tasaki<B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"> </FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"> </FONT></B></P>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"><IMG SRC="gifs/tbullet.gif"
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ALIGN=bottom>Session 2 -- Synthesis and Characterization
(Wednesday 23rd P.M.)</FONT></B></P>
<P>A. Guiseppi-Elie, G. E. Wnek, and N. F. Sheppard Jr.,
<I>Organizers</I></P>
<P>Gary E. Wnek, <I>Presiding</I></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>1:30 - 1:40 a.m. </B><I> Introductory Remarks.</I>
</P>
<P><B>1:40 - 2:10 a.m. </B>(<I>Invited</I>) Artificial muscle systems
for biomedical applications. <B>T. A. Zawodzinski Jr., </B>M. Mann,
P. Haridoss, S. Paddison</P>
<P><B>2:10 - 2:35 p.m. </B>Dimensional changes as a function of
charge transfer in doped trans-polyacetylene: a density functional
study. G. Sun, <B>M. Kertesz</B>, J. Kurti, R. H. Baughman</P>
<P><B>2:35 - 3:00 p.m. </B>Mechanical responses approaching stress,
strain, and time scale properties of muscle using anisotropic liquid
crystalline elastomers (LCEs). <B>D. L. Thomsen III</B>, P. Keller,
R. Pink, J. Naciri, D. Shenoy, B. R. Ratna</P>
<P><B>3:00- 3:15 p.m. </B><I>Break </I></P>
<P><B>3:15 - 2:40 p.m. </B>Toward new actuating devices: Synthesis
and electrochemical studies of
poly(11,23-bis([2,2'-bithiophen]-5-yl)-26,28-dimethoxycalix[4]arene-25,27-diol).
<B>H-H. Yu</B>, A. E. Pullen, B. Xu, T. M. Swager</P>
<P><B>3:40 - 4:05 p.m. </B>Morphology and ordering behavior study of
a novel organometallic diblock copolymer:
poly(isoprene)-b-poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane). <B>Z. Chen</B>, N.
Vaidya, T-H. Cheong, M. D. Foster, R. P. Quirk</P>
<P><B>4:05 - 4:30 p.m. </B>Synthesis of highly sensitive polymer
fluorescent chemosensors for transition metals. <B>Y. Zhang</B>, C.
B. Murphy, S. Chatterjee, W. E. Jones Jr.</P>
<P><B>4:30 - 4:55 p.m. </B>Two-dimensional conjugated polymer
assemblies: Interchain spacing for control of photophysics. <B>D. T.
McQuade</B>, J. Kim, T. M. Swager.</P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"> </FONT></B></P>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"><IMG SRC="gifs/tbullet.gif"
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ALIGN=bottom>Session 3 -- New Materials and Processes (Thursday 24th
A.M.)</FONT></B></P>
<P>A. Guiseppi-Elie, G. E. Wnek, and N. F. Sheppard Jr.,
<I>Organizer</I></P>
<P>, <I>Presiding</I></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>8:30 - 8:40 a.m. </B><I>Introductory Remarks.</I>
</P>
<P><B>8:40 - 9:10 a.m. </B>(<I>Invited</I>) Transducer active thin
films by electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly. <B>S. K.
Tripathy</B>, S-H. Lee, J. Kumar, J. Kim, F. F. Bruno, L. A.
Samuelson</P>
<P><B>9:10 - 9:35 a.m. </B>Environmentally responsive polymer brush
layers for switchable surface properties. <B>S. Minko</B>, M. Stamm,
E. Horeshnik, D. Usov, A. Sidorenko</P>
<P><B>9:35 - 10:00 a.m. </B>Vapor sorption mechanisms in plasma
polymerized thin-film sensor materials. <B>D. H. Weinkauf</B>, S. P.
Russell</P>
<P><B>10:00 - 10:15 a.m. </B><I> Break</I></P>
<P><B>10:15 - 10:40 a.m. </B>A New Silica/Polyaniline Composite with
Interesting Electrochemical and Optical Properties. <B>L.
Chigirinskaya</B>, K. Levon</P>
<P><B>10:40 - 11:05 a.m. </B>Chemically sensitive nanoparticles
developed from rapid expansion of supercritical solutions. D. Pestov,
N. Levit, D. Colby, <B>G. Tepper</B></P>
<P><B>11:05 - 11:30 a.m. </B>Synthesis of conductive elastomeric
foams using supercritical carbon dioxide: The effect of ethanol
cosolvent on the impregnation of the foam with oxidant. <B>S. L.
Shenoy</B>, I. Kaya, D. Cohen, C. Erkey, R. A. Weiss</P>
<P><B>11:30 - 11:55 a.m. </B>Polyaniline-based electrorheological
fluid for semi-active damper. <B>H. J. Choi, </B>J. W. Kim , H. G.
Lee* and S. B. Choi*</P>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"><IMG SRC="gifs/tbullet.gif"
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ALIGN=bottom>Session 4 -- DNA-based Genosensors (Thursday 24th
P.M.)</FONT></B></P>
<P>A. Guiseppi-Elie, G. E. Wnek, and N. F. Sheppard Jr.,
<I>Organizer</I></P>
<P>Gary Tepper, <I>Presiding</I></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>1:30 - 1:40 p.m. </B>(<I>Invited</I>) Introductory
Remarks.</P>
<P><B>1:40 - 2:10 p.m. </B>Polyaniline based chemical transducers
with sub-micron dimensions. <B>A. G. MacDiarmid</B>, W. E. Jones Jr.,
I. D. Norris, M. A. El-Sherif, F. K. Ko</P>
<P><B>2:10 - 2:35 p.m. </B>DNA conformation switching using a
templated conducting polymer. <B>R. Nagarajan</B>, S. K. Tripathy, J.
Kumar, F. F. Bruno, L. Samuelson</P>
<P><B>2:35 - 3:00 p.m. </B>DNA doped polypyrrole: synthesis and
application. V. Misoska, W. E. Price, S. F. Ralph, <B>G. G.
Wallace</B>, N. Ogata</P>
<P><B>3:00 - 3:15 p.m. </B><I> Break</I></P>
<P><B>3:15 - 3:40 p.m. </B>Low-density arrays of DNA-doped
polypyrrole. <B>M. Gheorghe</B>, C. Lei, A. Guiseppi-Elie</P>
<P><B>3:40 - 4:05 p.m. </B>DNA Immobilization and Bioelectronic
Detection Based on Conducting Polymers. <B>C. Lei</B>, M. Gheorghe,
A. Guiseppi-Elie</P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"> </FONT></B></P>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#808080"><IMG SRC="gifs/tbullet.gif"
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ALIGN=bottom>Session 5 -- Posters (Sci-Mix and Joint POLY.PMSE Poster
Session) (Tuesday 22nd P.M.)</FONT></B></P>
<P>A. Guiseppi-Elie, G. E. Wnek, and N. F. Sheppard Jr.,
<I>Organizer</I><BR>
</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exploitation of A Novel Artificial Muscle Material for
Controlled Drug Delivery. <B>K. He</B>, M. J. Madou</P>
<P>Elaboration of conducting polymer nanostructures : Applications as
responsive materials in gas sensors and biosensors. <B>S. M.
Demoustier-Champagne</B>, P-Y. Stavaux, M. Delvaux</P>
<P>Electroresponsive Phosphate Cellulose Suspension. <B>H. J.
Choi</B>, S. G. Kim, J. W. Kim, M. S. Jhon</P>
<P>One-step direct immobilization of acid phosphatase in mesoporous
silica sol-gel materials. <B>Q. Feng</B>, J. Xu, M. Lin, H. Dong, Y.
Wei</P>
<P>Simultaneous immobilization of oxidase/peroxidase in the
mesoporous sol-gel silicate matrix. <B>H. Dong</B>, J. Xu, Q. Feng,
Y. Wei</P>
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