2017 Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems GRC

非技术和技术总结：这次新的戈登研究会议（GRC）的重点是复杂的活性和自适应材料系统的新兴领域，由美国国家科学基金会材料研究部门的生物材料和聚合物项目提供支持。它将在这个广泛的、跨学科的主题中明确关键的研究领域并帮助指导新的科学努力方面发挥重要作用。有待探索的领域包括能够感知、驱动、能量收集、运动、自我修复和自组织的自适应材料。操纵与仿生系统有关的耗能元件的动态行为的需要将需要在建模和合成方面取得新的进展。该GRC的成果将涉及一种通过消耗或转换能量来创造材料/设备的整体系统方法。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化的团体，其中包括职业生涯初期的年轻研究人员，以及更有经验和资深的参与者。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。鼓励博士后研究人员和研究生展示海报，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.