Conference on Conjugated Polymer Materials and Hybrids: Synthesis, Macromolecular Assemblies, and Nanostructures in association with the ACS Natl Meeting in Boston, MA in Aug 2007

鉴于人们对纳米科学和技术及其光电应用的兴趣，对共轭聚合物和杂化纳米材料的关注是及时的。本次研讨会将与2007年8月在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的第234届美国国家化学学会(ACS)会议同时举行，将涵盖一系列基础或技术性质的材料主题。这次会议的主要目的是聚集科学家、学生和研究人员，报告共轭聚合物材料特别是杂化材料的新发展。这些主题包括：共轭聚合物合成、新型杂化结构和组合物、纳米结构、自组装和定向自组装、结构-性质关系、光物理和光化学表征、薄膜和器件。首先，重点将放在发现有机共轭聚合物和无机-金属纳米颗粒之间的独特和协同作用上。会议还将重点介绍这些材料的新表征方法以及树状大分子、嵌段共聚物和两亲性结构的设计和合成。最近报道的一些新的有趣的课题包括：1)接枝到量子点纳米颗粒上的共轭聚合物的能量传递机制，2)用层层组装制备的胶体纳米颗粒和共轭聚合物，3)共轭聚合物和纳米颗粒的原位单分子光谱表征，4)纳米颗粒-树枝状大分子及其电聚合。

The focus on conjugated polymer and hybrid nanomaterials is timely, given the interest in nanoscale science and technology and their electro-optical applications. This symposium, to be held in conjunction with the 234th National American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Boston, MA, August 2007, will cover a range of materials topics which are fundamental or technological in nature. The major aims of this conference is to bring together scientists, students, researchers to report on the new debelopments in conjugated polymer materials in particular hybrid materials. These topics include: conjugated polymer synthesis, new hybrid structures and compositions, nanstructures, self-assembly and directed self assembly, structure-property relationships, photo-physical and photo-chemical characterization, thin films, and devices. Primarily, the emphasis will be on discovery of unique and synergistic interactions between the organic conjugated polymer and the inorganic-metal nanoparticle. The conference will also highlight new characterization methods of these materials as well as the design and synthesis of dendrimer, block copolymer, and amphiphilis structures. Some of the new interesting topics that have been reported recently includes: 1) energy transfer mechanism in conjugated polymers grafted to quantum dot nanoparticles, 2) colloidal nanoparticles and conjugated polymers prepared using the layer-by-layer assemblies, 3) in-situ single molecule spectroscopy characterization of conjugated polymers and nanoparticles, 4) nanparticle-dendrimers and their electropolymerization.