The solid /water interface- as perceived by Ulva spores

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

[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

Structural forces at solid-liquid interfaces

Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, Department Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Foams derived from particle suspensions

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

[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

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

Interactions at the membrane-fluid interface

[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

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland

The functionalized solid/liquid interface in dye sensitized solar cells

[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)

[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.

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

16.50 h. closing of the meeting

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

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