2009 ACS Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials; held August 16-20, Washington, D.C.

2009年ACS刺激响应聚合物材料研讨会将于2009年8月16日至20日在华盛顿特区举行的第238届ACS全国会议暨博览会期间举行。高分子刺激响应材料是一个涉及化学、材料科学、物理学、生物科学和工程学的多学科研究领域。本次研讨会的目的是汇集在这个多样化和快速发展的研究领域工作的科学家，通过口头报告、海报和面对面的交流来分享他们重要和令人兴奋的研究进展。本次研讨会将重点介绍新化学合成、新策略制定、新工具表征和新理论/模型来理解刺激响应聚合物材料，以及由这些材料制成的新设备，包括传感器、致动器和智能给药系统。会议将邀请来自世界各地学术界和工业界的杰出研究人员介绍他们的前沿研究课题，并讨论该领域的潜在机遇和重大挑战。将大力鼓励年轻研究人员，包括研究生和博士后研究人员，以及妇女和来自代表性不足的少数群体的研究人员参与。如果成功，本次研讨会将有助于(1)确定开发新型刺激响应聚合物的各种新策略；(2)促进此类材料的新应用；(3)加强跨学科研究；(4)培养这一多元化领域的新一代研究人员。

The 2009 ACS Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Materials Symposium will be held August 16-20, 2009, in Washington D.C. during the 238th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Stimuli-responsive polymeric materials is a multidisciplinary research field involving chemistry, material science, physics, biological science, and engineering. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scientists working in this diverse and fast-growing research field to share their important and exciting research advances through oral presentations, posters, and face-to-face communication. This symposium will emphasize new chemistry to synthesize, new strategies to formulate, new tools to characterize, and new theories/models to understand the stimuli-responsive polymeric materials, as well as new devices made of such materials including sensors, actuators, and smart drug delivery systems. A number of prominent researchers worldwide from academia and industry will be invited to present their cutting-edge research topics and discuss the potential opportunities and grand challenges in this field. The participation of young researchers, including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as women and those from underrepresented minority groups, will be strongly encouraged. If successful, this symposium will help to (1) identify various new strategies to develop novel stimuli-responsive polymers; (2) stimulate new applications of such materials; (3) strengthen interdisciplinary research; and (4) train the new-generation researchers in this diverse field.