Travel Support for International Speakers for a Symposium on Simulation of Hybrid Interfaces and Polymeric Materials at the 240th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA

这笔赠款支持国际演讲者在混合界面和多组分聚合物材料模拟研讨会上的部分旅费，该研讨会由高分子材料科学与工程分部(PMSE)和化学中的计算机分部(COMP)在2010年8月22-26日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的第240届美国化学学会(ACS)全国会议上主办。以及具有计算和实验背景的化学家在欧洲和亚洲会见他们的国际同行，就(生物)有机-无机界面和聚合物材料模拟领域的最新进展和研究想法交流知识。与会者和普通观众之间的互动将为国际合作提供机会。研讨会由16个受邀演讲和9个来稿演讲组成，分四个半天的会议组织。广泛的影响研讨会特别旨在更好地了解纳米尺度上的离子、离子-偶极、偶极-偶极、氢键、电子供体-受体和圆周率堆积相互作用，这些相互作用决定了生物工程材料、能量转换和存储材料以及聚合物纳米复合材料中的界面自组装过程。共同赞助美国化学学会的两个分部--聚合物科学与工程和化学中的计算机，将使实验和计算/理论社区更加紧密。很大一部分国际演讲者将把更多的知识转移到美国，并支持在国际范围内进行思想交流。

This grant supports partial travel expenses of international speakers in the Symposium Simulation of Hybrid Interfaces and Multi-Component Polymeric Materials, hosted by the Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) and by the Division of Computers in Chemistry (COMP) at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), August 22-26, 2010, in Boston, MA.Intellectual MeritThe purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum for U.S. chemical engineers, materials scientists, and chemists with computational and experimental backgrounds to meet their international counterparts in Europe and Asia to exchange knowledge about latest advancements and research ideas in the area of simulation of (bio)organic-inorganic interfaces and polymeric materials. Interactions among the participants and the general audience will provide opportunities for international collaboration. The symposium consists of 16 invited and nine contributed presentations organized in four half-day sessions.Broader ImpactsThe symposium particularly aims at better understanding of ionic, ion-dipole, dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonding, electron donor-acceptor, and pi-stacking interactions at the nanometer scale which determine interfacial self-assembly processes in bioengineered materials, energy conversion and storage materials, as well as in polymer nano-composites. The co-sponsorship of two ACS Divisions, Polymeric Science and Engineering and Computers in Chemistry, will bring experimental and computational/theoretical communities closer together. The significant fraction of international speakers will transfer more knowledge to the U.S. and support the exchange of ideas on an international scale.