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

该补助金支持国际演讲者在混合界面和多组分聚合物材料的研讨会模拟的部分差旅费，由聚合物材料科学与工程（PMSE）和计算机化学（COMP）在美国化学学会（ACS），2010年8月22日至26日，在波士顿的第240届全国会议的部门主办，该研讨会的目的是为美国化学工程师，材料科学家和具有计算和实验背景的化学家提供一个论坛，以满足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路的知识。与会者和一般观众之间的互动将为国际合作提供机会。 研讨会包括16个特邀报告和9个投稿报告，分四个半天举行。更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、电子给体-受体和π-堆积相互作用，这些相互作用决定了生物工程材料、能量转换和储存材料中的界面自组装过程，以及聚合物纳米复合材料。 两个ACS部门的共同赞助，聚合物科学与工程和计算机化学，将使实验和计算/理论界更紧密地联系在一起。 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.