Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 APS March Meeting

Volume 53, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session Index

Session W25: Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks II	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DBP Chair: Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley Room: Morial Convention Center 217

Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W25.00001: Design of Responsive Peptide-based Hydrogels as Therapeutics Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W25.00002: Synchrotron x-ray diffraction study on the size distribution and mechanical stability of microtubules by microtubule-associated-protein (MAP) tau M.C. Choi, U. Raviv, H. Miller, M. Gaylord, E. Kiris, D. Ventimiglia, L. Wilson, M.W. Kim, S. Feinstein, C.R. Safinya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W25.00003: Effect of Mg Ions on Microrheological Properties of F-actin Solution across Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition Jun He, Michael Mak, Yifeng Liu, Jay Tang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W25.00004: The stability of cellulose Tongye Shen, S. Gnanakaran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W25.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W25.00006: Transient Binding and Viscous Dissipation in Semi-flexible Polymer Networks Oliver Lieleg, Mireille Claessens, Andreas Bausch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W25.00007: : Microtubule Self- Assembly YongSeok Jho, M.C. Choi, O. Farago, MahnWon Kim, P.A. Pincus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W25.00008: Direct Observation of Early-Time Hydrogelation in $\beta $-Hairpin Peptide Self-Assembly Tuna Yucel, Joel Schneider, Darrin Pochan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W25.00009: Loop Closure Dynamics of Flexible and Semi-flexible Polymer Jen-Fang Chang, Yeng-Long Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W25.00010: Equilibrium Size Distribution of Twisted Biopolymer Bundles Gregory Grason, Robijn Bruinsma Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W25.00011: The Dependence of Actin Filament Assembly on Linking Agent Concentration Lam Nguyen, Qi Wang, Wei Yang, Linda Hirst Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W25.00012: Dimensional percolation of sheared nano-rod dispersions and consequences for highly anisotropic property tensors M. Gregory Forest, Xiaoyu Zheng, Ruhai Zhou, Richard Vaia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W25.00013: Polymer Crystallization-Driven Gelation of an Ionic Liquid David Hoagland, John Harner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:30PM - 5:42PM		W25.00014: Avalanches, hardening and softening in dense cross-linked actin networks Jan Astrom, Sunil Kumar, Ilpo Vattulainen, Mikko Karttunen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:42PM - 5:54PM		W25.00015: Crystal aggregation in kidney stones; a polymer aggregation problem? J. Wesson, A. Beshensky, P. Viswanathan, W. Zachowicz, J. Kleinman Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 APS March Meeting

Volume 53, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session Index

Session W25: Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks II

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