Travel Support for the 5th International Zeolite Membrane Meeting (IZMM 2010), Loutraki-Greece

该提案要求为参加2010年5月23日至26日在希腊卢特拉基举行的第五届国际沸石膜会议（IZMM 2010）的美国与会者提供部分旅行支持。所请求资金的一部分将允许来自美国的全体会议和特邀发言者出席会议并介绍分子筛膜领域的最新发展。IZMM 2010是一系列成功的IZMM会议的延续，其中包括在日本义阜市（1998年），荷兰Purmerend（2001年），科罗拉多州Breckenridge（2004年）和西班牙萨拉戈萨（2007年）。在这次重点会议上，来自世界各地学术界和工业界的科学家将有机会展示、分享和讨论他们关于沸石膜的最新发现和想法，并确定该领域未来的挑战。将讨论沸石薄膜作为膜、纳米和微反应器在化学、石化和生物炼制工业中的应用，以及作为燃料电池和电子设备的组件。重点将放在技术和科学的挑战，应该克服进一步的商业发展的沸石膜为基础的产品，以解决重要的社会和技术问题。预计IZMM会议将产生重大影响。它将有助于确定这一快速发展领域未来的研究挑战，它将为年轻的教师和研究生提供展示他们的工作并在国际社会中建立自己的手段，它将促进国际合作的形成。

0968848TsapatsisThis proposal requests partial travel support for participants from the USA to attend the 5th International Zeolite Membrane Meeting (IZMM 2010), held between May 23-26, 2010 in Loutraki-Greece. A part of the requested funds will allow plenary and invited speakers from the USA to attend the meeting and present recent developments in the field of molecular sieve membranes. IZMM 2010 is the continuation of a successful series including the IZMM conferences at Gifu Japan (1998), Purmerend The Netherlands (2001), Breckenridge Colorado (2004), and Zaragoza Spain (2007). In this focused meeting the scientists from both academia and industry all around the world will be given the opportunity to present, share, and discuss their recent findings and ideas about zeolite membranes, as well as to identify the future challenges of the field. Emerging applications of zeolite films as membrane, nano and micro-reactors for applications in the chemical, petrochemical and biorefinery industry and as components of fuel cells and electronic devices will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the technological and scientific challenges that should be overcome for further commercial development of zeolite film based products to solve important societal and technological problems. The IZMM conference is expected to have significant impact. It will allow to identify the future challenges for research in this rapidly evolving field, it will provide the means for young faculty and graduate students to present their work and establish themselves in the international community and it will catalyze the formation of international collaborations.