NZ Nano and Microfluidics Workshop
Monday June 8 2009
Supported by:
Venue:
Room RHLT3
Rutherford House
Pipitea Campus of Victoria University, Wellington
Programme
9.30 – 9.40 Welcome
9.40 – 10.00 Dr Chiara Neto, The University of Sydney
Nanoscale Studies of the Flow and Stability of Liquid Films
10.00 – 10.20 Volker Nock, The University of Canterbury
Flow-Based Polymer Delivery, Polymerization and Imprint Removal
10.20 – 10.40 Mark Hunter, Victoria University of Wellington
Microfluidics and Magnetic Resonance
10.40 – 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.00 – 11.20 Nat Lund, Industrial Research Limited
Effective Slip on Rough, Heterogeneous Surfaces
11.20 – 11.40 Dr Barry Cox, The University of Woollongong
Boundary Layer Flow in a Nanotube with a Permeable Navier Slip Boundary
11.40 – 12.00 Dr Shaun Hendy, Industrial Research Limited
The Motion of Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
12.00 – 12.20 Dr Mathieu Sellier, The University of Canterbury
Marangoni-Assisted Mixing in Coalescing Droplets
12.20 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 1.50 Dr Bryon Wright, The University of Auckland
Developing Microfluidics Projects at the University of Auckland Microfabrication Laboratory
1.50 – 2.10 Andrea Bubendorfer, Industrial Research Limited
Microfluidic Fabrication and Applications at IRL
2.10 – 2.30 Dr Justin Hodgkiss, Victoria University of Wellington
Using Microfluidic Devices to Synthesize Polymer Nanoparticles for Solar Cells
2.30 – 2.50 Geoff Smith, Victoria University of Wellington
Low-Cost Microfluidic Separation of Magnetic Particles
2.50 – 3.20 Tea and Coffee
3.20 – 3.40 Dr Anne Barnett and Hans van der Voorn, Izon Science
Pressure-Driven Flow in Nanopores
3.40 – 4.00 Dr Mike Arnold, Industrial Research Limited
Applications of High Electric Fields within a Nanopore
4.00 – 4.20 Dr Geoff Willmott, Industrial Research Limited
Nanofluidics: Pores, Particles, Probes and Pipes
4.20 – 5.00 Discussion
5.00 Close
Lunch and refreshments will be provided free of charge by the MacDiarmid Institute
Dinner: Following the workshop, there will be an informal dinner to which all are welcome, at your own expense.
Contact:
Geoff Willmott
Wk: +64 4 9313220
Mob: +64 21 567034
