U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Molecular Recognition and Separation in Nano-structured Media

该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2000年12月20日至22日在亚利桑那州图森举行的关于纳米结构介质中的分子识别和分离的美日研讨会。联合组织者是亚利桑那大学的Henry Freiser教授和日本大阪大学的Watarai教授。在分离有机化合物(生物、手性和非手性)和金属离子及其物种方面需要高选择性，许多实际分离和传感器应用中遇到的困难和复杂的基质突显了这一领域最近研究的一个主要焦点是在分子水平上排序的纳米结构分离介质的设计表征，以解决从极其复杂的基质中选择性分离和传感目标分析物的问题，如天然产品、生物流体和废物，用于回收和修复。这些介质包括有序的层状材料、薄膜、分子印迹聚合物以及有序的分子组装胶束、囊泡和树枝状大分子。本次研讨会致力于纳米结构材料设计的最新进展，以及它们在各种分离和传感问题中的分子识别效率。将强调界面和界面现象在分子识别中的作用。纳米结构介质的研究处于前沿，包括新的合成方法，如组合和定向合成，基本了解纳米结构介质用于分离、检测和传感的有效性，使用各种光谱和分离技术，在非常小的体积中检测和分离极低浓度的分析物，包括单分子，以及对界面现象的详细检查。研讨会组织者特别努力让年轻的研究人员既作为参与者又作为观察员。与日本专家在这一领域交换想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进他们自己的工作，并将为未来的合作项目奠定基础。预计将提供有关会议记录的信息。爱思唯尔和克鲁沃学术出版社都表示有强烈的兴趣出版它们。

9909994FreiserThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Molecular Recognition and Separation in Nano-structured Media, to be held in Tucson, Arizona from December 20-22, 2000. The co-organizers are Professors Henry Freiser at the University of Arizona, and Professor Hitoshi Watarai at Osaka University in Japan. The need for high selectivities in separations of organic compounds (biological, chiral and achiral) and metal ions and their species in underscored by the difficult and complex matrices encountered in many practical separation and sensor applicationsA major focus of recent research in this area is the design characterization of nano-structured separation media that are ordered at the molecular level to address selective separation and sensing of target analytes from extremely complex matrices such as natural products, biological fluids, and wastes for recovery and remediation. Such media involve ordered layered materials, thin films, molecularly imprinted polymers, and the organized molecular assemblies micelles, vesicles and dendrimers. This symposium is dedicated to the latest advances in the design of nano-structure materials and their molecular recognition efficacies in a variety of separation and sensing problems. The role of the interface and interfacial phenomena in molecular recognition will be emphasized. Research in nano-structured media is at the cutting-edge and includes novel synthetic approaches such as combinatorial and directional synthesis, fundamental understanding of the efficacies of the nano-structure media for separation, detection, and sensing employing a variety of spectroscopic and separation techniques, the detection and separation of extremely low concentrations of analytes in very small volumes including single molecules, and a detailed examination of interfacial phenomena. The 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. It is expected that information on proceedings of the meeting will be available. Both Elsevier and Kluwer Academic Publishers have indicated a strong interest in publishing them.