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

该基金支持参加混合界面和多组分聚合材料模拟研讨会的国际演讲者的部分旅费，该研讨会由聚合材料科学与工程学部（PMSE）和化学计算机学部（COMP）主办，将于2010年8月22日至26日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的第240届美国化学会（ACS）全国会议上举行。研讨会的目的是为具有计算和实验背景的美国化学工程师，材料科学家和化学家提供一个论坛，以与欧洲和亚洲的国际同行交流有关（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思想。与会者和一般观众之间的互动将为国际合作提供机会。研讨会由16位受邀嘉宾和9位受邀嘉宾组成，分为四个半天会议。更广泛的影响本次研讨会特别旨在更好地理解离子、离子-偶极子、偶极子-偶极子、氢键、电子供体-受体和π -堆叠相互作用，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。ACS的两个部门，聚合科学与工程和化学计算机的共同赞助，将使实验和计算/理论社区更紧密地联系在一起。相当一部分国际演讲者将把更多的知识传递给美国，并支持国际范围内的思想交流。

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.