Symposium on "Surface, Interface, and Coating Materials" Symposium, 256th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts; 19-23 August 2018

表面涂层是影响所有技术领域的基本材料过程，对许多商业产品和工业制造过程至关重要，包括涂料，建筑，化学，化妆品和药物配方。因此，它是我们国家繁荣和福利的各个方面的关键。材料表面和界面在许多研究领域中也占有重要地位，是目前最活跃的交叉学科之一。该基金支持在第256届美国化学会（ACS）全国会议上举行的关于“表面、界面和涂层材料”主题的研讨会。本次研讨会涵盖了与表面、界面和涂层应用直接相关的高分子材料的化学、物理和工程方面的最新进展。研讨会是真正的跨学科，鼓励不同领域之间的交流和合作。这里讨论的研究将为表面和界面研究的未来方向以及工业应用的下一代涂层材料奠定基调。它还将为来自学术界和工业界的科学家（包括研究生、博士后和初级教员）提供一个多学科的平台，以交流来自不同领域的信息，并根据工业界的需求确定基础研究的新趋势。本次研讨会将重点讨论新的化学和材料的发展，这些化学和材料可以使表面和界面的物理化学性质适应不同的应用。特别关注功能化表面，如超疏水表面、防污表面、防腐蚀表面和智能涂层材料。研讨会还将包括新的分析工具的发展，以表征新的表面和界面，以及理论和计算机模拟的发展，以帮助全面了解界面现象。研讨会分为三个具体的重点领域：(1)与表面相关的新化学合成、物理和工程；(2)生物材料与复合材料界面研究；(3)涂层材料的研究与应用。目标是：(1)强调表面和界面的设计、合成和表征方面的最新进展；(2)将实验室产生的技术转化为工业应用；(3)促进产业界和学术界不同学科的科学家和研究人员之间的对话和思想交流；(4)为资深和年轻研究者提供展示最新研究成果的机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Coatings of surfaces is a fundamental materials process which impacts all areas of technology and is critical to many commercial products and manufacturing processes in industry, including coating, construction, chemical, cosmetic and drug formulation. As such it is key to all aspects of our national prosperity and welfare. Surface and interface of materials also play important roles in many research areas and is one of the most active cross-disciplinary topics. This grant supports a symposium on the topic of "Surface, Interface, and Coating Materials" at the 256th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. This symposium covers the recent advances in chemistry, physics and engineering of polymeric materials directly related to surface, interface and coating applications. The symposium is truly interdisciplinary, encouraging crosstalk and collaborations among different fields. Research discussed here will set the tone for future directions in surface and interface research, together with the next generation coating materials for industrial applications. It will also provide a multidisciplinary platform for scientists, including graduate students, postdocs and junior faculties, from both academia and industry to exchange information from different areas, and identify the emerging trends in fundamental research based on the needs of industry.This symposium will focus on the development of new chemistry and materials that enables tailoring physicochemical properties of surface and interface for diverse applications. Particular attention will be given to functionalized surfaces, such as super-hydrophobic surface, anti-fouling surface, anti-corrosion surface and smart coating materials. The symposium will also include the new analytical tools developed to characterize novel surface and interface, as well as the theories and computer simulations developed to help comprehensively understand the interfacial phenomena. The symposium is divided into three specific focus areas: (1) new chemical synthesis, physics and engineering related to surfaces; (2) study of interface in biomaterials and composite materials; (3) coating materials research and applications. The objectives are: (1) to highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis and characterization of surface and interface; (2) to translation of technologies generated in lab to industrial applications; (3) to promote dialogues and to exchange ideas among scientists and researchers across different disciplines, from both industry and academia; and (4) to provide opportunities for both senior and young investigators to present their most updated research results.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.