U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Advanced Materials Based on Macromolecules/October 1990/Tokyo, Japan

该奖项将支持6名美国科学家参加由美日合作科学计划主办的题为“基于大分子的先进材料”的联合研讨会。会议的重点将集中在聚合物合成方面的最新进展，这些进展为聚合物结构的控制提供了新的水平，并为光学、电子、生物医学和高强度材料的未来发展奠定了基础。之前的美日在聚合物合成领域的研讨会为两国的研究小组提供了交流想法和信息的机会，在几个案例中导致了合作研究项目和互访。预计本次会议也会有类似的结果。研讨会将讨论的具体主题包括聚合物链结构控制的最新进展，聚合物材料和导电聚合物、液晶聚合物、辐射敏感聚合物、生物和医学聚合物以及复合材料中聚合物的光学性能进展。研讨会将于1990年10月29日至11月2日在日本东京举行。联合主办方是马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校聚合物科学与工程系David A.Tirrell教授和日本东京早稻田大学聚合物化学系Eishun Tuchida教授。先进材料是电子、通信、航空航天、汽车和医疗保健等行业当前和预期发展的基础。美国和日本正在对基于大分子的先进材料进行大量研究。本次研讨会将重点介绍两国在聚合物合成方面的最新进展，这些进展为未来材料的发展指明了方向。

This award will support the participation of six U.S. scientists in a joint seminar entitled "Advanced Materials Based on Macromolecules," to be held under the auspices of the U.S.- Japan Cooperative Science Program. The focus of the meeting will be on recent advances in polymer synthesis that provide new levels of control of polymer structure and that underlie future developments in optical, electronic, biomedical, and high-strength materials. Previous U.S.-Japan seminars in areas of polymer synthesis served as opportunities for research groups in the two countries to share ideas and information, and in several cases led to cooperative research projects and exchange visits. Similar results are expected from the present meeting. Specific topics to be discussed at the seminar include recent advances in the control of polymer chain structure, advances in optical properties of polymeric materials and in conducting polymers, liquid crystalline polymers, radiation-sensitive polymers, polymers in biology and medicine, and polymers in composite materials. The seminar will be held October 29 - November 2, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. The co-organizers are Professor David A. Tirrell, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Professor Eishun Tsuchida, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Advanced materials underlie current and projected developments in electronics, communications, aerospace, automotive, and health care industries, among others. Considerable research on advanced materials based on macromolecules is being carried out in the United States and Japan. This seminar will highlight recent advances in polymer synthesis in the two countries that point the way to future materials development.