U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Chemistry of Metal-Polymer Systems/July 1989/Lawrenceville, NJ

该奖项将资助由弗吉尼亚大学的James N.Demas教授和日本冈崎分子科学研究所的Hitoshi Ohtaki教授联合举办的“金属-聚合物体系的化学”研讨会。与会者将于1989年7月23日至28日在新泽西州劳伦斯维尔举行会议，讨论金属在聚合物合成中的作用；大分子系统中的电子转移；金属络合物与大分子之间的相互作用；以及涉及金属络合物的分子组装、聚合物薄膜和表面。日本和美国的聚合物科学水平都很高。这次研讨会将汇聚两国在高分子金属络合物各个领域的专家。将寻求每个选定专题的基本和应用方面的平衡，预计这些讨论将对两国金属/聚合物体系的化学进展作出重要贡献。研讨会将讨论的问题应有助于澄清使用有机金属化合物生产人造聚合物的详细催化机制；聚合物中的电子传导机制；使用微探针研究金属物种与聚合物的微观相互作用；以及表面在涉及聚合物的化学反应中的作用。对这些问题的理解对于聚合物的生产以及有机电子器件的制造和使用具有重要意义。

This award will support a seminar on "Chemistry of Metal-Polymer Systems," organized jointly by Prof. James N. Demas, University of Virginia, and Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki, of the Institute for Molecular Sciences, Okazaki, Japan. Participants will meet in Lawrenceville, N.J., from July 23 to 28, 1989, to discuss the roles of metals in polymer synthesis; electron transfer in macromolecular systems; interactions between metal complexes and macromolecules; and molecular assemlies, polymer films and surfaces involving metal complexes. The state of polymer science is at a high level in both Japan and the U.S. This seminar will bring together experts from both countries in various areas of macromolecule metal complexes. A balance between basic and applied aspects of each of the chosen topics will be sought, and the discussions are expected to contribute importantly to progress in the chemistry of metal/polymer systems in both countries. Questions to be addressed in the seminar should help clarify the detailed mechanism of catalysis in the production of man-made polymers using organometallic compounds; mechanisms of electronic conduction in polymers; the use of microprobes to study microscopic interactions of metal species with polymers; and the role of surfaces in chemical reactions involving polymers. Understanding of these questions may have important implications in polymer production and the fabrication and use of organic electron devices.