Overview

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EST
Surfaces play an important role in almost all aspects of our lives. Understanding and controlling surfaces and surface interactions can be critical to the success of many biomaterials including biosensors, bioimplants, and drug delivery constructs. It is critical to know as much as possible about a surface in order to both understand the interactions that occur and to be able to design surfaces that promote successful interactions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) are two powerful surface analytical methods that have been proven to provide valuable, quantitative and spatial (mapping) information about both biomaterial surfaces as well as biological surfaces/interfaces. In order to maximize the information gained from these methods, it is important to not only understand how the tools work, but also how to properly handle and prepare samples and how to optimize an experimental plan.

Webinar Objectives/Topics

  • Sample handling and preparation when working with UHV equipment
  • How to avoid common surface contaminants
  • Experimental design (How to optimize samples, what controls to include, how to conserve time and money)
  • Can you analyze this? (How to mount and analyze non-standard and challenging samples)
  • XPS background, instrumentation and data collection (Examples from real world samples and how to analyze the data)
  • ToF-SIMS background, instrumentation and data collection (Examples from real world samples and how to analyze the data)

Presenters

Lara J. Gamble, Research Associate Professor
NESAC/BIO, Dept of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Dan J. Graham, Senior Research Scientist
NESAC/BIO, Dept of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Who Should Attend

This webinar is intended for researchers, students, technologists and others involved in research with biomaterial and biological surfaces who are looking to gain an understanding or broaden their knowledge on how XPS and ToF-SIMS can help in characterizing biological and biomaterial surfaces and interactions. The course will be beneficial to a large audience, from young scientists to engineers, as various aspects from instrumentation through best practices for sample handling, data collection and data analysis will be discussed in the context of characterizing organic materials with XPS and ToF-SIMS.

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Platform: Zoom

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