Third International Workshop on Current Problems in Complex Fluids: Self-Assembling Systems; Oaxaca, Mexico, July 10-14, 2001

这个美国-墨西哥奖项将支持一个关于复杂流体中当前问题的研讨会，特别强调自组装系统。该讲习班将于2001年7月10日至14日在墨西哥瓦哈卡举行，同时举行一次重要的统计物理学国际会议--STATPHYS 21，由加州大学洛杉矶分校的Charles M.Knobler博士和墨西哥国立自治大学(UNAM)物理研究所的Carmen Varee博士以及UNAM和圣路易斯·波托西自治大学的同事共同组织。这项活动由国际项目部和国家自然科学基金会化学部共同支持。研讨会将讨论自组装系统和相关领域的当前发展，并有助于促进美国和墨西哥研究界之间的联合研究倡议。复杂流体领域是一个多学科的研究领域，由于各种技术应用以及与纳米级和仿生材料的联系，在过去十年中引起了越来越多的关注。各种各样的材料都属于这一类别，它们都有共同的属性，这对试图描述和表征它们很有用。

0103788KnoblerThis U.S.-Mexico award will support a workshop on current problems in complex fluids with a particular emphasis on self-assembling systems. The workshop, which will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, July 10-14, 2001 in conjunction with a major international meeting on statistical physics, STATPHYS 21, is being co-organized by Dr. Charles M. Knobler, UCLA and Dr. Carmen Varea, of the Institute of Physics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and colleagues at UNAM and at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi. This activity is being jointly supported between the Division of International Programs and the Chemistry Division of NSF.The workshop will discuss current developments in the field of self-assembling systems and related areas and help to stimulate joint research initiatives between the US and Mexican research communities. The area of complex fluids is a multidisciplinary research area that has attracted increased attention over the past decade due to a variety of technological applications as well as connections to nanoscale and biomimetic materials. A variety of materials fall under this category, sharing common properties useful in attempts to describe and characterize them.