8:30-10:00 a.m. Friday February 11, 2005          Plaza Room		Nano- & Microtechnology Chair: Rebekah A. Drezek — Rice University Co-chair: Michael J. McShane — Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
	Temperature-Sensitive Stealth Nanoparticles as Intelligent Therapeutic Systems
		D.E. Owens III and N.A. Peppas – UT Austin
	High Resolution Optical Imaging of Pre-cancer with Structured Illumination– An Integrated Approach
		M.S. Rahman1, K. Sokolov1, T. Tkaczyk2, M. Descour2 and R. Richards-Kortum1 – 1UT, Austin and 2University of Arizona at Tucson
	Nanoshells as Near Infrared Absorbers to Enhance Laser Tissue Welding
		A. Gobin1, D.P. O’Neal2, D.M. Watkins2, N.J. Halas1, R.A. Drezek1 and J. West1 – 1Rice University and 2Nanospectra Biosciences LLC, Houston
	Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Property, Water-Solubility
		W.W. Yu1, X. Peng2 and V.L. Colvin1 – 1Rice University and 2University of Arkansas, Fayettesville, AR
	Nanostructural Ultrathin Films and Surfaces: Synthesis, Characterization and Bioapplications
		R.C. Advincula – University of Houston
	Neural Cell Survival and Electrical Activation on Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Substrates
		A. Liopo, M.P. Stewart, J. Hudson, J.M. Tour and T.C. Pappas – UTMB Galveston and Rice University