Accelerating our Understanding of Supramolecular Chemistry in Aqueous Solutions: A Workshop Proposal

水在许多自然化学和生物过程以及工业和技术应用中起着核心作用。更全面地了解水和水溶液的化学性质，有望对包括绿色化学、环境修复、大气科学、生物科学、生物医学研究和药物开发在内的广泛领域产生重要影响。为了帮助我们建立对水溶液的认识，杜兰大学的Bruce Gibb博士、宾夕法尼亚州立大学的Paul Cremer博士、印第安纳大学的Amar Flood博士和加州大学欧文分校的David Mobley博士共同组织了一个名为“加速我们对水溶液超分子化学的理解”的研讨会。​它汇集了研究水和水溶液的物理科学家和研究非共价力和分子间相互作用的超分子化学家。指导报告和分组讨论会议的安排是为了促进两组科学家之间的知识和经验的快速交流，产生新的想法和观点，并形成新的合作努力。研讨会的长期目标是通过弥合大规模现象和发生在分子/超分子水平上的化学事件之间的知识差距，进一步了解水溶液的化学。

Water plays a central role in many natural chemical and biological processes as well as industrial and technological applications. A fuller understanding of the chemistry of water and aqueous solutions is expected to have important impacts on a wide range of fields including green chemistry, environmental remediation, atmospheric science, biological sciences, biomedical research, and pharmaceutical development. To help build up our knowledge of aqueous solutions, Dr. Bruce Gibb of Tulane University, Dr. Paul Cremer of Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Amar Flood of Indiana University, and Dr. David Mobley of the University of California, Irvine co-organize a workshop entitled "Accelerating our Understanding of Supramolecular Chemistry in Aqueous Solutions." This workshop, to be held on May 31-June 4, 2015 in Virginia, is jointly supported by the Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program, the Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods (CTMC) Program, and the Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms A (CSDM-A) Program of the NSF Division of Chemistry. It brings together physical scientists who study water and aqueous solutions and supramolecular chemists who investigate non-covalent forces and intermolecular interactions. Tutorial presentations and breakout discussion sessions are scheduled to facilitate a rapid exchange of knowledge and experiences between the two groups of scientists, the generation of new ideas and perspectives, and the formation of new collaborative efforts. The long-term goal of the workshop is to further understand the chemistry of aqueous solutions through bridging the knowledge gap between bulk-scale phenomena and the chemical events occurring at the molecular/supramolecular level.