2017 Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems GRC

非技术和技术摘要：这个新的戈登研究会议（GRC）的重点是复杂的主动和自适应材料系统的新兴领域，并得到了材料研究的NSF部门的生物材料和聚合物计划的支持。 它将在确定这一广泛的跨学科主题的关键研究领域方面发挥重要作用，并帮助指导新的科学工作。 有待探索的领域包括能够感知、驱动、能量收集、运动、自我修复和自我组织的自适应材料。 需要操纵与仿生系统相关的能量消耗元件的动态行为，这将需要在建模和合成方面取得新的进展。 该GRC的结果将涉及一种整体系统方法，以创建通过消耗或转换能量来执行有用功能的材料/设备。 这次会议可以帮助制定下一代以自我维持方式运行的节能设备的设计规则。 它还将汇集一个广泛多样的群体，其中包括年轻的研究人员在他们的职业生涯开始，以及更有经验的和资深的参与者。 这些群体之间的互动可能对新科学家的职业生涯产生持久的影响。 将鼓励博士后研究人员和研究生展示海报，以促进广泛的讨论和科学互动。

NON-TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This new Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is focused on the emerging area of complex active and adaptive material systems and is being supported by the Biomaterials and Polymers Programs of the NSF Division of Materials Research. It will serve an important role in pinpointing critical research areas in this broad, interdisciplinary topic and helping guide new scientific efforts. Areas to be explored include adaptive materials that are capable of sensing, actuation, energy harvesting, locomotion, self-repair, and self-organization. The need to manipulate the dynamic behavior of energy-consuming elements related to biomimetic systems will necessitate new advances in both modeling and synthetic efforts. Outcomes of this GRC would involve a whole-systems approach to creating materials/devices that perform useful functions by consuming or transducing energy. The meeting could help formulate design rules for the next generation of energy-efficient devices that operate in a self-sustained manner. It will also bring together a broadly diverse group that includes young researchers at the beginning of their careers as well as more experienced and senior participants. Interactions among these groups could have a lasting influence on the careers of new scientists. Postdoctoral researchers and graduate students will be encouraged to present posters to promote extensive discussions and scientific interactions.