Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberflächen und Grenzflächen (SAOG)

Groupe Suisse de Travail Surfaces and Interfaces (GSSI)

Swiss User Group Surfaces and Interfaces

next meeting:

25nd Annual Meeting

Université de Fribourg - Institut de Physique Pérolles

Friday 23 January, 2009

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The 25th annual meeting, taking place at the Université de Fribourg, will cover both keynote and poster presentations in the field of applied surface and interface science. The organizers hope to attract interest as usual from academic institutions, as well as from industry. In parallel to the scientific presentations an industrial exhibition will be organized. The Charmey price will be awarded to a young candidate based on his/her recent Ph.D. thesis.

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"25 years of Surface Science"

keynote speakers will be announced soon

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here is the programme of the last meeting in January 2008 :

"Liquid meets solid"

8.45 - 9.30 h. Registration

9.25 h. Welcome - Hans Jörg Mathieu

Morning Session - chairman: A. Dommann

9.30 h. I-1 invited lecture: Michael Grunze, Univ. Heidelberg, Germany

The solid /water interface- as perceived by Ulva spores

10.10 h. O-1 R. Heeb, S. Lee, Nagaiyanallur V. Venkataraman, N. D. Spencer

Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LSST), D-MATL, ETH Zurich

The Solid-Liquid Interface in Aqueous Lubrication - Importance of Surface Chemistry and Structural Features

10.25 h. O-2 K. Nygard[1], D. K. Satapathy[1], O. Bunk[1], F. Pfeiffer[1,2], C. David[1], and J. F. van der Veen[1,3]

[1] Research Department of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland [2] EPF Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland [3] ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Dynamic effects in diffractive x-ray imaging of confined colloidal suspensions

10.40 - 11.10 h. Coffee Break

11.10 h. I-2 invited lecture: Manfred Heuberger, EMPA St. Gallen, Switzerland

Structural forces at solid-liquid interfaces

11.50 h. O-3 U. Gonzenbach, A. Studart, L. J. Gauckler, I. Akartuna and E. Tervoort

Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, Department Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Foams derived from particle suspensions

12.05 h. O-4 D. D. Masciarelli[1], M. Schär[1], R. Ferrini[1], and L. Zuppiroli[1], S. Chappellet[2], and M. Pauchard[2]

Spin-coated opal films on flexible organic substrates

[1] Laboratoire d'Optoélectronique des Matériaux Moléculaires, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

[2] Functional Optical Materials, ILFORD Imaging Switzerland GmbH, 1723 Marly Switzerland

12.20 h. O-5 A. M. Popa[1], J. Polesel-Maris[1], R. Pugin[1], J. A. Hubbell[2], H. Heinzelmann[1]

[1] Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique, Neuchatel, Switzerland

[2] Laboratoire de medecine regenerative et de pharmacobiologie, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Force spectroscopy in liquid media - an AFM study of nanostructured surfaces functionalized with responsive molecules

12.35 - 14.00 h. lunch in the entrance hall + coffee

Poster session during the lunch break (1 - 11)

P-1. D. M. Spori[1], A. Mühlebach[2], Stefan Zürcher[1], T. Drobek[1], N. D. Spencer[1]

[1] Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland

Beyond the Lotus Effect...

P-2Patrick Huber[1], Thomas Geue[1], Marcus Textor[2]

[1] Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETH Zurich & Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI

[2] Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich

X-ray scattering on ordered colloidal assemblies

P-3. D. K. Satapathy[1]1, O. Bunk[1]1, K. Jefimovs1, A. Diaz[2], F. Pfeiffer[1,3], Christian David[1] H. Guo[4], G. H. Wegdam[4], J. F. van der Veen[1,5]

[1] Research department of synchrotron radiation and nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland

[2] European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043 Grenoble, France

[3] EPFL Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

[4] Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1018 XE Amsterdam

[5] ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Electrostatic trapping of a colloidal monolayer in confinement

P-5. Tobias Balmer[1], Hugo Christenson[2], Nicholas D. Spencer[1] and Manfred Heuberger*[1,3]

[1] Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

[2] School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

[3] Empa, Materials Science & Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Adsorption of Water on Mica in Nitrogen and in a Non-Polar Liquid

P-6 R. Fink, B. Graf, P. Müller, K. Petukhov

Univ. Erlangen, Germany

What is special about ultrathin ferrofluidic films?

P-7. E. Fuchsberger[1], T. Balmer[2], D. K. Satapathy[1], M. Dierolf[1], O. Bunk[1] F. Pfeiffer[1], C. David[1], M. Heuberger[3], J. F. van der Veen[1]

[1] Departement of Synchrotron radiation and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland

[2] Departement of materials, ETH, Wolfgang-Pauli-Street 8093, Zürich, Switzerland

[3] Advanced Fibers, Materials Science Technology, Empa, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

X-ray reflectivity and surface force studies of ordering phenomena in confined fluids

P-8. S. Kayser[1], T. Grehl[1], D. Rading[1], E. Niehuis[1], D. Breitenstein[2], B. Hagenhoff[2], H. H. Brongersma[3]

[1] ION-TOF GmbH, Heisenbergstr. 15, 48149 Münster, Germany

[2] Tascon GmbH, Heisenbergstr. 15, 48149 Münster, Germany

[3] Calipso BV, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Top atomic layer characterisation by low energy ion scattering (LEIS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS): A comparison of two complementary techniques

P-9. S. Kaufmann, P. Spycher, M. Textor and E. Reimhult

ETH Zurich, Department of Materials, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, ETH Hönggerberg HCI F537, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Structure of self-assembled polymer brush supported membranes and patterning of supported lipid bilayers

P-10. S. Radice[1], P. Kern[2], R. Dittmann[1], H. Dietsch[3], S. Mischler[4], J. Michler[1]

[1] Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research EMPA, CH - 3602 Thun / CH - 8600 Dübendorf

[2] Hoffmann Neopac AG, CH - 3672 Oberdiessbach, Switzerland

[3] Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials (FriMat), CH - 1700 Fribourg; Switzerland

[4] Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), IMX-LMCH, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Coatings with surface structuring in the micro- and nano- range by electrophoretic deposition and sintering of TiO2-polystyrene composite particles

P-11. C. Perrino, S. Lee, N. D. Spencer

ETH Zurich, Department of Materials, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, ETH Hönggerberg HCI F537, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Surface modification with carbohydrate-based graft copolymers: impact on biomimetic lubrication and biofouling

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Afternoon Session - chairman: Paul Muralt

14.00 h. I-3 invited lecture: Suzi Jarvis, Univ. College Dublin, Irland

Interactions at the membrane-fluid interface

14.40 h. O-6 E. Amstad[1], I. Bilecka[2], S. Zürcher[1,3], M. Niederberger[2], M. Textor[1], E. Reimhult[1]

[1] BioInterfaceGroup, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

[3] SuSoS AG, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Stabilization of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

14.55 h. O-7 J. VandeVondele, F. Schiffmann

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland

The functionalized solid/liquid interface in dye sensitized solar cells

15.10 h. O-8 M. Lekka[1], A. J. Kulik[2], P. Laidler[2], L. Forro[2]

[1] Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, PL-31-342 Kraków, Poland

[2] EPFL, Institute of Physics of Complex Matter, Nanomechanics and Biostructures, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Atomic Force Microscopy used to detect cancerous cells (Lectin - oligosaccharide interaction)

15.25 - 15.55 h. Coffee/Tea Break

15.55 h. O-9 M. Enache[1], N. Wintjes[1], J. Lobo-Checa[1], M. Stöhr[1], J. Hornung[2], F. Diederich[2], T. A. Jung[3].

[1] Department of Physics, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland

[2] Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH-Zürich, Hönggerberg, HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

[3] Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Control over supramolecular assemblies by rational modification of alkoxy substituents on prophyrine derivates.

16.10 h. I-4 invited lecture: Jeffrey A. Hubbell, M. A. Swartz, S. T. Reddy, A. van der Vlies, E. Simeoni, D. Rothenfluh, D. Velluto, C. P. O'Neil, EPFL Lausanne, Institute of Bioengineering, Switzerland

Physicochemical and Biological Assembly in Colloidal Mesophases for Drug and Antigen Delivery

16.50 h. closing of the meeting

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Exhibition in the entrance hall 9.00 -16.00 h

List of Exhibitors (14)

Kurt Lesker Ltd

Ion-Tof, Münster (D)

Ferrovac GmbH (CH)

Physical Electronics, Ismaning (D)

Pfeiffer-Vacuum, Zürich (CH)

Oerlikon-Leybold AG, Zürich (CH)

Omicron, Taunusstein (D)

Omnilab AG, Mettmenstetten (CH)

Lot-Oriel, Romanel (CH)

Specs GmbH, Berlin (D)

Newport Spectra-physics

Meili Kryotech, Zillis (CH)

Kratos Analytical, Manchester (UK) - Hofheim (D)

VAT, Haag (CH)

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ORGANISING COMITTEE

Chair: H.J. Mathieu. EPFL

Exhibition: Paul.Muralt@EPFL.ch

Treasurer: H.-P. Haerri, METAS Bern-Wabern

A. Dommann, CSEM Neuchâtel

K.-H. Ernst, EMPA Dübendorf

P. Gröning, EMPA Thun

N. Spencer, ETHZ

Please note that the conference fee of CHF 80.00 or Euro 50.00 includes a free lunch, coffee/tea and the abstract booklet.

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Registration Form (DEADLINE 12.1.2008)

email: Hansjoerg.Mathieu@EPFL.ch