Workshop to identify and explore the grand challenges in experimental soft condensed matter science; Arlington, VA; January 2016

这次研讨会将汇聚来自世界各地的研究人员，以确定和探索实验软凝聚态科学中的重大挑战。软物质的研究包含了大量的主题。它包括但不限于液晶、聚合物、胶体、泡沫和其他复杂流体、颗粒物质、流体力学、流变学、图案形成、超材料、自组装、活性物质、堵塞和玻璃、表面活性剂、生物物质的某些方面、膜和纳米材料。本质上，它包括凝聚态物质中不一定需要使用量子力学进行研究的任何领域。它在物理、化学、化学和机械工程、材料科学和应用数学方面都有自己的家。它对远至最大尺度的天体物理学和最小尺度的核物理等科学领域都有影响。这次研讨会的结果将在一份正式报告中公布，它将捕捉到这一快速增长的研究领域的兴奋和希望。

This workshop will bring together researchers from around the world to identify and explore the grand challenges in experimental soft condensed matter science. The study of soft matter embraces a vast array of topics. It includes, but is not limited to, liquid crystals, polymers, colloids, foams and other complex fluids, granular matter, fluid mechanics, rheology, pattern formation, meta-materials, self assembly, active matter, jamming and glasses, surfactants, some aspects of biological matter, membranes and nano-materials. In essence, it includes any area in condensed matter that does not necessarily require for its investigation the use of quantum mechanics. It has a home in physics, chemistry, chemical and mechanical engineering, materials science and applied mathematics. It has implications for areas of science as far afield as astrophysics on the largest scales and nuclear physics at the smallest. This workshop, whose results will appear in a formal report, will capture the excitement and promise of this rapidly growing field of research.