Optofluidic Inc. Robert Hart博士：Advanced Surface Characterization of Particles

时间：2015年10月14日（星期三）下午15：00
地点：材料科学与工程学院25号楼331会议室

报告摘要：
     A new technique to characterize particles down to 50 nanometers  was developed by Optofluidics and is based on technology from Cornell  University.  Whether a particle sticks to a neighbor, sticks to a wall,  adsorbs proteins or crashes out of solution are all related to surface  properties.  NanoTweezer Surface uses a laser to push particles against a  reference surface and measure the interaction strength between the  two.  It can measure individual particles and build the statistics from  the ground up.  It is far superior to zeta potential and we believe it  will become the standard way to test nanoparticle formulations and  lot-to-lot variations as well as a forensic tool for finding out what  went wrong in a preparation.

附报告人简介：
      Robert Hart, Ph.D. is CEO of Optofluidics, Inc., a four year old  Cornell spinout.  In this capacity, Robert oversees corporate  partnerships, product development and fundraising.  He has played a  central role in bringing in over $6M of funding including federal grants  and private investments.  Robert and CCO Bernardo Cordovez were  selected for Life Science Startup of the year in 2012 by the Greater  Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies.  Robert attained his  Biomedical Engineering doctorate from Drexel University under Dr. Moses  Noh and Dr. Ryszard Lec and completed his post doc at the University of  Pennsylvania under Dr. Haim Bau.  Robert was also the Valedictorian for  Drexel’s class of 2010.  Robert has a broad background in  microfabrication, microfluidics, nanomanipulation and molecular biology  and is supported by a cross-disciplinary team at Optofluidics.