U.S. - France Cooperative Research: Interfacial Architecture of Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Block Copolymers

这三年的美国奖-法国在材料研究方面的合作研究包括 明尼苏达大学的Matthew Tirrell和明尼苏达大学的Catherine Amiel-Guenoun 法国国家生物化学中心生物聚合物化学物理实验室 科学研究在Thiais，法国. 该奖项提供旅行支持和生活 Tirrell博士和一名研究生的费用。 研究的目的是研究 亲水-疏水嵌段吸附产生的界面结构 固体表面上的共聚物。 一个特殊的新系统，称为聚恶唑啉-聚异丁基乙烯基醚，是研究计划的基础。 合作需要 同时应用两种实验方法的优点：小角度 法国研究人员进行的中子散射和表面力测量 由美国队指挥。

This three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research in materials research involves Matthew Tirrell of the University of Minnesota and Catherine Amiel-Guenoun of the Laboratory for the Chemical Physics of Biopolymers at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Thiais, France. The award provides travel support and living expenses to Dr. Tirrell and a graduate student. The objective of the research is to study the interfacial structures generated by adsorption of hydrophilic-hydrophobic block copolymers on solid surfaces. A particular novel system, known as polyoxazoline- polyisobutylvinlether, is the basis of the research program. The collaboration takes advantage of the simultaneous application of two experimental methods: small angle neutron scattering performed by the French investigators and surface force measurement conducted by the American team.