Conference: Diffusion Fundamentals IV - A Multidisciplinary Conference on the Fundamentals of Diffusion and its Applications; Troy, NY, August 21 - 24, 2011

会议：扩散基础 IV - 扩散基础及其应用的多学科会议；

• 批准号: 1138436
• 负责人: Marc-Olivier Coppens
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1138436&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Diffusion; Fundamentals; IV; Multidisciplinary

AbstractPI: CoppensProposal ID: 1138436 This Project is concerned with The Diffusion Fundamentals IV conference which will assemble internationally renowned authorities and beginning researchers across a broad range of disciplines, to discuss recent progress on diffusion. While chemical engineering related scientific research, including nanoporous materials for molecular separations and catalysis, is a major area of interest, the conference will be uniquely multidisciplinary, with presentations varying from the physics of diffusion and biomedical applications to the geosciences. The presentations will cover astounding progress in nano- and Multiscale theory, combined with sophisticated experimental characterization and new capabilities to control diffusion thanks to new synthesis techniques. New fundamental insights and applications of nano-confinement and surface barrier effects on thermodynamics and molecular transport drive the recent excitement in diffusion fundamentals. Interdisciplinary discussions on diffusion are expected to translate to transformational research in individual and crosscutting disciplines, in chemical engineering, geosciences, medicine, and beyond. An international conference that unites experts and students is timely. It will be the first time that the conference is held outside Europe, at Rensselaer in Troy, NY, after successful meetings in Leipzig, L'Aquila and Athens, starting with the 2005 celebration of Einstein's famous article on Brownian motion. The intellectual merit of the proposed research is related to properly accounting for, or even controlling diffusion from micro- to macroscopic length scales, is essential to a range of applications, from chemical engineering to groundwater monitoring, climate studies, controlled delivery of pharmaceutics and the propagation of diseases. A century after Perrin, Einstein, Knudsen and Langevin, there is a revival of fundamental interest in diffusion. This is partly due to the ability to synthesize materials with well-controlled and novel nanostructures (leading to interesting confinement effects, anomalous diffusion, etc?), partly to advanced characterization methods that provide qualitatively new insights and unprecedented quantitative precision (PFG NMR, various spectroscopic and scattering methods), and partly to multiscale theoretical and computational methods that allow us to bridge length and time scales for proper experimental interpretation and practical applications, from zeolite membranes to physiology and geology. The Diffusion Fundamentals IV conference will cover this progress in a unique manner, bringing together people for whom thematic professional forums would not suffice. The intellectual merit, with uncompromising focus on science, will foster collaborations, multidisciplinary research, as well as progress in individual thematic areas.The broader impacts of the proposed research include the phenomenon of diffusion is one of the most important fundamental physical phenomena, with boundless applications, not only in chemical engineering and the aforementioned broad scientific areas, but also in sociology, business and finance. It is also an area of great educational interest, and allows demonstrating physical concepts linked to materials science, chemical engineering and biology. Participants will benefit from presentations and discussions during the conference, within their own disciplines and across traditional borders. The conference will stimulate junior researcher participation, interactions, and new domestic and international collaborations by keeping the student registration fee low ($200) and allowing ample time for poster presentations, associated to invited talks by US and world experts.

摘要PI：CoppensProposal ID：1138436该项目涉及扩散基本原理IV会议，该会议将汇集国际知名权威和广泛学科的初级研究人员，讨论扩散方面的最新进展。虽然化学工程相关的科学研究，包括用于分子分离和催化的纳米多孔材料，是一个主要的兴趣领域，但会议将是独特的多学科，从扩散物理学和生物医学应用到地球科学的演讲。演讲将涵盖纳米和多尺度理论的惊人进展，结合先进的实验表征和新的能力，以控制扩散由于新的合成技术。新的基本见解和应用纳米限制和表面势垒效应的热力学和分子输运驱动最近的兴奋扩散的基本原理。关于扩散的跨学科讨论有望转化为化学工程、地球科学、医学等单个学科和交叉学科的变革性研究。一个将专家和学生团结在一起的国际会议是及时的。这将是该会议首次在欧洲以外的地方举行，在纽约特洛伊的伦斯勒举行，此前在莱比锡、拉奎拉和雅典举行了成功的会议，从2005年庆祝爱因斯坦关于布朗运动的著名文章开始。拟议研究的知识价值涉及适当说明，甚至控制从微观到宏观长度尺度的扩散，这对一系列应用至关重要，从化学工程到地下水监测，气候研究，药物的控制交付和疾病的传播。在佩兰、爱因斯坦、努森和朗之万之后的世纪，人们对扩散的基本兴趣又重新抬头。这部分是由于合成具有良好控制和新颖纳米结构的材料的能力（导致有趣的限制效应，异常扩散等），部分是先进的表征方法，提供了定性的新见解和前所未有的定量精度（PFG NMR，各种光谱和散射方法），部分是多尺度的理论和计算方法，使我们能够桥接长度和时间尺度，以进行适当的实验解释和实际应用，从沸石膜到生理学和地质学。扩散基础四会议将以独特的方式涵盖这一进展，将专题专业论坛不够的人聚集在一起。该项目的学术价值，以及对科学的坚定关注，将促进合作、多学科研究以及个别主题领域的进展。拟议研究的更广泛影响包括扩散现象是最重要的基本物理现象之一，具有无限的应用，不仅在化学工程和上述广泛的科学领域，而且在社会学、商业和金融领域。它也是一个非常有教育意义的领域，可以展示与材料科学，化学工程和生物学相关的物理概念。与会者将受益于会议期间的演讲和讨论，在自己的学科和跨越传统边界。会议将通过保持学生注册费低（200美元）并允许有足够的时间进行海报展示，与美国和世界专家的邀请演讲相关，来刺激初级研究人员的参与，互动和新的国内和国际合作。