Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004
228^th ACS National Meeting

Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia

PROGRAM CHAIR

R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802

Tel: (814) 863‑1973; Fax: (814) 865‑7846; E-mail: rxn@psu.edu

Submit abstracts via Online Abstract Submittal System (OASYS) at www.acs.org/meetings

Deadline for submission of 150‑words abstract is April 15, 2004.

Identify your symposium of interest and input your abstract as part of that symposium.

Tentative Listing of Symposia

Langmuir Lectures

R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802

Tel: 814-863‑1973; Fax: 814-865‑7846; E-mail: rxn@psu.edu

Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy in Biomaterial Science

Jeremy Gilbert, Bioengineering Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

Tel: 315-443-2105; E-mail: gilbert@ecs.syr.edu

Applications of Porous Materials in Environmental Problems

Teresa J. Bandosz, Department of Chemistry, The City College of City University of New York, NY 10031, USA

Tel: 212-650-6017; Fax: 212-650-6107; E-mail: tbandosz@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu

Advanced Analytical Techniques to Determine Structural and Property Relationships in New Materials

Karol Putyera, Shiva Technologies Inc., 6707 Brooklawn Parkway. Syracuse NY 13211

Tel: 315-432-9900; E-mail: kputyera@shivatec.com

Synthesis and Structure of Organic and Inorganic Oxide Composites

Stu Soled, Corp Research Lab Exxon Research & Engineering Co, Annadale, NJ 08801

Tel: 908-730-2577; E-mail: slsoled@erenj.com

Catalysis by Metal Oxides: Comparison Between Bulk Mixed Oxides, Supported Oxides, Oxide Clusters, Organometallic Oxides and Oxide Single Crystals

Miguel A. Banares, Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica, CSIC, Campus Cantoblanco, E-28049-Madrid, Spain.

Tel + 34-91-585-4788/4879; Fax: + 34-91-585-4760; E-mail: mbanares@icp.csic.es

Israel Wachs, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethleham, PA

Phone: 610-758-4274; Fax: 610-758-5057; E-mail: iew0@lehigh.edu

Vadim Guliants, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, ERC 678, PO Box 210171, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0171

Tel: 513-556-0203; Fax: 513-556-3473; E-mail: Vadim.Guliants@UC.edu

Gerhard Mestl, NanoScape AG, Frankfurter Ring 193 A, 80807 Munich, Germany
Tel: +49-(0)-89-2180-7608, Fax: +49-(0)-89-2180-7622; E-mail: gerhard.mestl@nanoscape.de

Nanostructures Based on Layered Transition Metal Chalcogenides

Gilles Berhault, Laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry, UMR 6503 - 7B- CNRS, University of Poitiers, Chemistry Building, 40, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86000 Poitiers, France

Tel: +33 549 45 39 51; Fax: +33 549 45 38 99; E-mail: gilles.berhault@univ-poitiers.fr

Surface Energy Characterization of Fibers, Fillers and Paper

D. Steven Keller, Empire State Paper Research Institute, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210

Tel: 315-470-6907; Fax: 315-470-6945; E-mail: dskeller@syr.edu

Ian D. Morrison, Cabot Corporation, 157 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821

Tel: 978-670-6950; Fax: 978-663-4028; E-mail: Ian_Morrison@Cabot-Corp.com

Surface Chemistry and Cell Biology

R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802

Tel: 814-863‑1973; Fax: 814-865‑7846; E-mail: rxn@psu.edu

Complex Fluids

Nily Dan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Tel: 215-895-6624; Fax: 215-895-5837; E-mail: dan@cbis.ece.drexel.edu

Poster Session: Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry

R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802

Tel: (814) 863‑1973; Fax: (814) 865‑7846; E-mail: rxn@psu.edu