US-Japan Joint Seminar: Controlled Synthesis and Performance of New Functional Macromolecules

该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于1999年12月12日至15日在加州伯克利举行的“新型功能性大分子的受控合成和性能”美日研讨会。联合组织者是加州大学伯克利分校的Jean M. J. Frechet教授和日本京都大学的Shiro Kobayashi教授。研讨会将集中讨论精密聚合物合成，这是美国和日本都非常感兴趣的话题。本课题涵盖了定义良好的大分子及其相关材料的控制合成的新领域。本次研讨会将对目前常规方法难以获得的功能大分子合成新方法的发展产生非常重要的影响。这部分是因为控制大分子合成的策略将从各种角度进行探索，包括：乙烯基或开环聚合中的传播中心的精确控制；使用重复的逐步方法；以及生物系统的体外应用。虽然会议将集中在聚合物科学的合成方面，但它对聚合物和材料科学的总体影响将被广泛感受到。这一研究领域引起了工业界和学术界的极大兴趣。此外，具有高度控制结构的大分子在先进技术，靶向递送系统，先进分离或分子识别介质，生物模拟，超分子组装，传感器，分子设备等方面的应用越来越多。各种各样的化学家、物理学家、生物学家、健康科学家、工程师、材料科学家等都在使用、开发和研究新型大分子、大分子组件、纳米级实体和设备，他们都将受益于新型高度控制的工程功能聚合物材料的可用性。研讨会的组织者特别努力让年轻的研究人员作为参与者和观察员参与。与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。研讨会结束后，预计这些报告将发表在《高分子科学、纯粹与应用化学》杂志的特刊上

This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Controlled Synthesis and Performance of New Functional Macromolecules, to be held in Berkeley, California from December 12-15, l999. The co-organizers are Professors Jean M. J. Frechet at the University of California, Berkeley and Shiro Kobayashi at Kyoto University in Japan. The seminar will focus on precision polymer synthesis, a topic of very significant interest both in the U.S. and in Japan. This topic covers the new area of controlled synthesis of well-defined macromolecules and related materials. The seminar will have a very significant influence on the development of novel approaches to the synthesis of functional macromolecules that are not readily obtained by the current conventional methods. This is in part because the strategies for the controlled synthesis of macromolecules will be explored from a variety of points of view including: the precise control of propagating centers in vinyl or ring-opening polymerizations; the use of repetitive stepwise approaches; and the in vitro use of bio-systems. Though the meeting will focus on the synthetic side of polymer science, its impact on polymer and material science in general will be widely felt.This research area has drawn much interest both in industrial and academic circles. In addition, macromolecules with highly controlled architecture are finding increasing applications in advanced technologies, targeted delivery systems, media for advance separations or molecular recognition, biological mimics, supramolecular assemblies, sensors, molecular devices, etc. Novel macromolecules, macromolecular assemblies, nanoscale entities and devices are used, developed and studied by a great variety of chemists, physicists, biologists, health scientists, engineers, materials scientists, etc., all of whom will benefit from the availability of novel highly controlled engineered functional polymeric materials. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Following the seminar, it is anticipated that the presentations will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure and Applied Chemistry.***