2007 Gordon Research Conference on Elastomers, Networks, and Gels, July 15-20, 2007, New London, NH

2007 年戈登弹性体、网络和凝胶研究会议，2007 年 7 月 15-20 日，新罕布什尔州新伦敦

• 批准号: 0710962
• 负责人: H. Henning Winter
• 金额: $ 0.4万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0710962&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2007; Gordon; Research; Conference; Elastomers

The goal of the Gordon Research Conference on Elastomers, Networks, and Gels is to bring together scientists whose interests range from polymer gels to molecular gels, from hydrogels to biomedical gels, and from chemical synthesis of network materials to rheological and structural properties. This conference was previously known as the GRC on Elastomers. The broadening of the conference to include networks and gels results from a recognition of the maturity of the field of "elastomers" and the need to rejuvenate the conference without losing its identity with crosslinked materials. In the spirit of this broadened perspective, the 2007 conference will be organized to emphasize fundamentals of chemical and physical networks as they may apply to novel network systems, to biomedical systems, and to industrial elastomers.The conference will be held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, from July 15-20, 2007.The PI is highly qualified both technically and organizationally to carry out this organization. He has published widely his original work on networks and gels and has participated frequently in the present conference. In addition, he has served as the technical program chair for the "Kunststoffkolloquium" at the University of Stuttgart (1969, 1971) and the Chairman of the 1989 meeting of the Polymer Processing Society in Amherst (Co-chair with Mike Malone).Elastomers, Networks and Gels are important materials both in industry and in the burgeoning activities of the biological sciences. In addition, in spite of the nominal age of crosslinked networks or elastomers as a field of endeavor, there are many new and exciting activities and findings going on in the field. Not only is industry finding novel materials, such as liquid crystalline elastomers, but the advent of electrolytic gels such as DNA gels and their relevance to biological systems has resulted in a resurgence of work in the specific area of gels. Furthermore, nanoscience has made possible new approaches to understanding reinforcement of elastomers and this permits unresolved problems in rubber reinforcement, such as the mechanisms of the Payne and Mullins Effects, to be re-investigated. This GRC brings these areas of knowledge together in a way that promotes interaction among the researchers in the different fields and cements the interactions by providing sessions on theory and simulation that are relevant to all elastomers, networks, and gels.Intellectual merit of the proposed activityThe general theme of this GRC brings experts together with vastly different areas of knowledge. There is no better place than a Gordon Conference to debate the synthesis, physics, and biology concepts that are common to molecular and supra-molecular network materials and their applications. This stimulates new ideas and promotes interaction among researchers that are otherwise separated due to their specialization.Broader impacts of the proposed activityThe proposed program is very diverse with respect to the science covered as well as issues of gender and ages of speakers. Knowledge of network behavior is advanced for the classical chemical networks and elastomers. Much less understood are physical gels as they occur in biology. The GRC will help in the transfer of knowledge from the more established field of elastomers and networks to biological gels. In reverse, concepts of biology are expected to infuse new ideas into network research in general.

戈登弹性体、网络和凝胶研究会议的目标是将兴趣范围从聚合物凝胶到分子凝胶、从水凝胶到生物医学凝胶、从网络材料的化学合成到流变学和结构特性的科学家聚集在一起。该会议以前称为弹性体 GRC。会议的范围扩大到包括网络和凝胶，是由于认识到“弹性体”领域的成熟性以及在不失去其与交联材料的特征的情况下使会议焕发活力的需要。本着这种拓宽视野的精神，2007年会议的组织重点将是强调化学和物理网络的基础知识，因为它们可能适用于新型网络系统、生物医学系统和工业弹性体。会议将于2007年7月15日至20日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院举行。PI在技术和组织上都具有出色的组织能力。他广泛发表了有关网络和凝胶的原创作品，并经常参加本次会议。此外，他还担任斯图加特大学“Kunststoffkolloquium”的技术项目主席（1969 年、1971 年）以及 1989 年阿默斯特聚合物加工协会会议的主席（与 Mike Malone 共同主持）。弹性体、网络和凝胶是工业和新兴生物科学活动中的重要材料。此外，尽管交联网络或弹性体作为一个努力领域的名义年龄，该领域仍然有许多新的、令人兴奋的活动和发现正在进行。工业界不仅在寻找液晶弹性体等新型材料，而且 DNA 凝胶等电解凝胶的出现及其与生物系统的相关性也导致了凝胶特定领域的研究复兴。此外，纳米科学使理解弹性体增强的新方法成为可能，这使得橡胶增强中尚未解决的问题（例如佩恩效应和马林斯效应的机制）得以重新研究。该 GRC 将这些领域的知识汇集在一起​​，促进不同领域研究人员之间的互动，并通过提供与所有弹性体、网络和凝胶相关的理论和模拟课程来巩固互动。拟议活动的智力价值 该 GRC 的总体主题将不同知识领域的专家聚集在一起。没有比戈登会议更好的地方来辩论分子和超分子网络材料及其应用常见的合成、物理和生物学概念了。这激发了新的想法，并促进了由于专业化而分散的研究人员之间的互动。拟议活动的更广泛影响拟议的计划在所涵盖的科学以及演讲者的性别和年龄问题方面非常多样化。对于经典化学网络和弹性体，网络行为的知识得到了提高。人们对生物学中出现的物理凝胶的了解要少得多。 GRC 将有助于将知识从更成熟的弹性体和网络领域转移到生物凝胶。相反，生物学概念有望将新思想注入到一般网络研究中。