US-Brazil Workshop on Functional and Nanomaterials; Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2009

[0856278] duran, Randolph s .这项美洲计划奖由数学和物理科学部化学共同资助，将于2009年8月在巴西坎皮纳斯州立大学（UNICAMP）举办为期两天的功能和纳米材料研讨会。研讨会的组织者是：米格尔·加西亚-加里贝（加州大学洛杉矶分校）、兰迪·杜兰（佛罗里达大学佛罗里达分校）、詹姆斯·布朗（莫尔豪斯学院）、罗纳尔多·皮利（UNICAMP）和何塞·里韦罗斯（圣保罗州立大学）。来自美国和巴西的科学家将讨论他们研究的新兴方面。参与者将包括来自佛罗里达大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校、路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族联盟（LSAMP）计划、UNICAMP和USP的学生和教师。主题将包括纳米尺度的生物分子图谱技术、材料动力学、材料中的电子传输和光收集材料。还计划开设一个为期一天的纳米材料短期课程。这项活动的主要目的是促进材料科学和凝聚相动力学前沿的联合研究合作。拟议的2008年研讨会和相应的短期课程将尝试开发一个理解和设计新一代复杂材料所必需的结构和功能的综合观点。材料动力学的观点也允许实验家和理论家之间的无缝合作，具有广泛的专业知识和兴趣。一个关键目标是确定涉及两国本科生、研究生和研究人员的合作项目。

Abstract 0856278Duran, Randolph S.This Americas Program award, with co-funding from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of Chemistry, will provide support for a two-day workshop on functional and nanomaterials at the Brazilian State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in August 2009. The organizers of the workshop are: Miguel Garcia-Garibay (UCLA) Randy Duran (Univ. Florida, UF) James Brown (Morehouse College), Ronaldo Pilli (UNICAMP) and Jose Riveros (Univ. Sao Paulo, USP). Scientists from the US and Brazil will discuss emerging aspects of their research. Participants will include students and faculty from UF, UCLA, the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority (LSAMP) Program, UNICAMP, and USP. Topics will include biomolecule patterning techniques at the nanoscale, dynamics of materials, electronic transport in materials, and light harvesting materials. A 1-day short course on nanomaterials is also planned. The main purpose for this activity is to foster joint research collaborations at the frontier of materials science and condensed phase dynamics. The proposed 2008 workshop and the corresponding short course will attempt to develop an integrated viewpoint of structures and functions necessary to understand and design a new generation of complex materials. A perspective on materials dynamics also allows for a seamless collaboration between experimentalists and theorists with a broad range of expertise and interests. A key goal is to identify collaborative projects involving undergraduate and graduate students and researchers from both countries.