Opportunities for Nanostructured Polymeric Materials for Device Fabrication: A Multidisciplinary Workshop, Amherst, MA

智力上的功绩。该项目的目标是“纳米结构聚合物材料用于器件制造的机会”研讨会。研讨会关注的是纳米结构聚合物这一令人兴奋的领域，这些聚合物在实现先进器件制造方面具有越来越重要的意义。由这些新材料制成的新型聚合物材料和器件在先进光刻用聚合物、低介电绝缘体、用于分层图案化的嵌段共聚物自组装、光电子学、光子带隙现象、能量转换和生物技术等领域显示出显著改进的潜力。例如，对改进的信息技术--广泛包括计算、存储、信息显示和收集--的需求正在以爆炸性的速度增长，这种技术的创造和使用正在迅速成为世界经济的一个主要组成部分。同样，先进的纳米结构聚合物是能量转换和存储设备的关键部件。新进展背后的一个关键方面是新材料、新器件和对器件操作的基本物理的理解。这一研讨会主题的重要性从该领域影响较大的出版物数量中可见一斑，其中影响较大的一般科学文章涵盖了新出现的需求所需的先进纳米结构聚合物。研讨会将为这些重要研究领域之间的专门知识交流提供一个论坛，通过这种交流，将产生未来发展的方向和全新的方向。总的来说，社会已经意识到先进聚合物材料的重要性，以及该领域的发展将在确保美国竞争力和世界范围内的生活质量问题上产生的影响。对于这一领域的研究人员来说，分享他们的结果并确定新材料和设备开发的未来问题是很重要的。研讨会主办方已成功招募了15名该领域的世界级专家来讲授他们的最新工作。还将有一个海报发布环节，让其他与会者，包括学生和年轻科学家，展示他们的最新成果。这次研讨会的一个重要目标是为学生和年轻科学家提供与该领域一些顶尖专家进行科学讨论的机会。组织者致力于确保我们吸引和吸引不同的与会者，其中有相当数量的妇女和代表不足的少数群体。

Intellectual Merit. The goal of the project is the workshop, "Opportunities for Nanostructured Polymeric Materials for Device Fabrication". The workshop is concerned with the exciting area of nanostructured polymers that have increasingly important implications in enabling advanced device fabrication. New polymeric materials and devices fabricated from these new materials are demonstrating potential for dramatic improvements in areas such as polymers for advanced lithography, low dielectric insulators, block copolymer self assembly for hierarchical patterning, opto-electronics, photonic bandgap phenomena, energy conversion and biotechnology. For example, the demand for improved information technology - broadly encompassing computing, storage, information display and collection - is increasing at an explosive rate and creation and use of this technology is rapidly becoming a dominant component of the world economy. Similarly, advanced nanostructured polymers are key components in energy conversion and storage devices. One critical aspect underlying new advancements is new materials, devices and understanding of the underlying physics of device operation. The importance of the subject matter of this workshop is evident by the number of high impact publications in the area, with high impact general science articles covering advanced nanostructured polymers for emerging needs. The workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of expertise between these important areas of research, and that through such exchange, directions for future developments and entirely new directions will be generated.Broader Impact. Society, in general, has realized the importance of advanced polymeric materials and the impact that developments in the field will have in ensuring US competitiveness and world-wide quality of life issues. It is important for researchers in this area to share their results and determine future issues for the development of new materials and devices. The workshop organizers have successfully recruited 15 world-class experts in the field to give lectures on their latest work. There will also be a contributed poster session to allow for other attendees, including students and younger scientists, to present their latest results. An important goal of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for students and younger scientist to engage in scientific discussions with some of the top experts in this field. The organizers are committed to ensuring that we attracting and engage a diverse set of attendees with a significant number of women and underrepresented minorities represented.