11:20am Nanostructured interfaces for drug delivery. Mucosal delivery is the most important (mouth, etc.). Have to overcome mucous layer. Oral delivery is very hard because of high pressure and flow. Want to go into intestines and stay there for awhile while drug is delivered. Normal drugs only deliver 2-3% of their dose, the rest just …
Category Archive: General
Nov 16 2009
AVS Conference notes (unedited): Day 3
10:40am Ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) study of hot electrons in Cu film. Lots of questions, mostly because this paper is kind of full of crap and nobody knows what he's talking about. He can't answer the questions, and is trying to intimidate. Lots of people filing in at the end. 11:00am XPS of fuel …
Nov 11 2009
AVS Conference notes (unedited): Day 2
8:40am My talk. Nobody came. 9:00am Fe3O4 termination. STM below the Velway temperature. This is another talk about residual water vapor effects on samples in a UHV chamber. Is this very interesting? Clean the damn sample. Regular termination is tetrahedral Fe, metal insulator transition. People filed at the end of my talk to see THIS? …
Nov 09 2009
AVS Conference notes (unedited): Day 1
8:20am YZrO2 dental platelets. Puts tension on the tooth and closes the cracks. Thanks for the life story about how you made the process. He ultimately gets some phase and site that he wants. Many many years from application, but a good idea. 8:40 Ag clusters on TiO2. At least this is a science talk, …
Oct 19 2009
Political Parties
I guess I feel fortunate that I rarely meet people without a real education. I spend nearly all my time on a college campus, or with friends and family who have all been to college, and are all more or less reasonable and informed people. Although some pseudo-intellectualism occasionally pops up, I've found that educated …