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

智力优势。该项目的目标是研讨会，“纳米结构聚合物材料用于器件制造的机会”。该研讨会关注的是令人兴奋的纳米结构聚合物领域，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。新的聚合物材料和由这些新材料制造的器件在诸如用于先进光刻的聚合物、低介电绝缘体、用于分级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中显示出巨大的改进潜力。例如，对改进的信息技术-广泛包括计算、储存、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。新技术进步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学的理解。本次研讨会的主题的重要性是显而易见的高影响力的出版物在该领域的数量，高影响力的一般科学文章涵盖先进的纳米结构聚合物的新兴需求。讲习班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，将为未来的发展和全新的方向指明方向。总的来说，社会已经意识到先进聚合物材料的重要性，以及该领域的发展对确保美国竞争力和全球生活质量问题的影响。这一领域的研究人员分享他们的成果并确定新材料和设备开发的未来问题是很重要的。讲习班组织者成功地招募了15名该领域的世界级专家，就他们的最新工作发表演讲。还将有一个贡献海报会议，让其他与会者，包括学生和年轻的科学家，介绍他们的最新成果。本次研讨会的一个重要目标是为学生和年轻科学家提供一个机会，与该领域的一些顶级专家进行科学讨论。组织者致力于确保我们吸引和参与多元化的与会者，其中包括大量女性和代表性不足的少数民族。

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.