Travel Support for Younger Scientists to Attend International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization IP'11, July 10-15, 2011, Akron, OH.

离子聚合国际研讨会是在聚合物化学领域就这一重要主题举行的一次重要的世界会议。下次会议(IP？？11)将于2011年7月10日至15日在俄亥俄州阿克伦举行。联合组织者是阿克伦大学的Judit Puskas教授和南密西西比大学的Robson Storey教授。技术摘要：离子聚合在合成橡胶、润滑油和燃料添加剂、树脂、增粘剂和粘合剂、工程塑料、建筑密封剂以及最近的生物医用聚合物等领域有着重要的应用。对活性聚合的动力学和机理的理解导致了聚合物合成控制领域的一场持续革命，它最先是在离子聚合领域开创的。离子聚合是一个复杂的过程，因为生长的离子和它的反离子之间存在多种缔合状态，反应条件对链在这些状态之间的分配有很强的影响。离子聚合领域仍然是科学努力的一个具有挑战性和潜力的领域。研讨会将探讨所有类型的离子聚合及其产生的材料的最新发展。非技术摘要：离子聚合国际研讨会为该领域内的思想和专业知识交流提供了一个重要论坛，并有助于促进全新的研究方向。对这一过程尤为关键的是年轻科学家的参与。因此，IP？？11将包括一个由年轻的演讲者和讨论领袖组成的特别会议--《冉冉升起的明星》。这将通过促进我们未来的领导人在这一重要技术领域的专业和科学发展，加强研讨会对整个科学界的积极和更广泛的影响。使用所要求的资金，将向这些年轻科学家中的一些人颁发旅行奖励。

The International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization is a major world gathering on this important topic within the field of polymer chemistry. The next meeting (IP??11) will be in Akron, OH, on July 10-15, 2011. The co-organizers are Professor Judit Puskas (U. of Akron) and Professor Robson Storey (The U. of Southern Mississippi). TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:Ionic polymerizations find critical applications in the fields of synthetic rubber, lubricating oil and fuel additives, resins, tackifiers, and adhesives, engineering plastics, architectural sealants, and more recently, bio-medical polymers. The kinetic and mechanistic understanding of living polymerizations, which has led to an ongoing revolution in polymer synthetic control, was pioneered first in the area of ionic polymerizations. Ionic polymerizations are complex processes due to multiple states of association between the growing ion and its counterion and the strong effect of reaction conditions on the partitioning of the chains among these states. The field of ionic polymerization remains a challenging and fertile area of scientific endeavor. The symposium will explore latest developments across the broad horizon of all types of ionic polymerizations and their resulting materials.NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:The International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization provides a critical forum for the exchange of ideas and expertise within this field and helps foster entirely new research directions. Especially critical to this process is the involvement of younger scientists. Therefore, IP??11 will include a special session entitled ?gRising Stars,?h consisting of younger speakers and discussion leaders. This will enhance the positive, broader impact of the symposium on the scientific community as a whole, by promoting the professional and scientific development of our future leaders in this important technical area. Travel awards will be made to a number of these younger scientists using the requested funds.