US-Federal Republic of Germany Joint Seminar on Current Developments in Polymer Science; Grossen Ledder, FRG; September 9-14, 1990

该奖项支持大约10名年轻人的参与 美国聚合物科学家参加联合研讨会， 来自德国的联邦共和国的合作者。 几 工业参与者预计，在自己的费用。 的 会议由Dale S.皮尔森大学 加州的圣巴巴拉和埃德温L。麻省理工学院的托马斯 德国塑料研究所的Joachim Wendorff，达姆施塔特， 和应用与宏观经济系的汉斯·克里奇尔多夫 分子化学，汉堡大学。 将担任工作坊 在科隆附近的一个小村庄举行，并将以参观结束 马克斯·普朗克聚合物研究所（Max Planck Institute for Polymer） 在美因茨，联邦德国的研究。 这是一个重要的新设施， 这表明了德国政府和科学界的强烈兴趣。 聚合物科学的共同体。 在此之前的双边会议上， （三年多前和不同的参与者） 产生了一些联合研究项目、出版物和 在德国和美国的休假安排。 会议的规模特别有利于发起密切合作， 在那些没有经历过 以前有机会见面。 讲习班的主要目标是解决关键领域的问题， 聚合物科学通过一个良好的平衡计划，包括 来自化学、物理、材料科学和 工程. 演讲将平均分配给 聚合物合成和改性，聚合物表征，以及 聚合物理论 将特别强调两个领域： 电活性聚合物的合成研究， 促进了物理学和化学之间的密切合作 社区，以及更普遍但迅速扩大的地区， 聚合物理论 理论概念的进展， 超级计算机可用性的增加正在产生重大影响 聚合物科学家看待大分子行为的方式。 在 此外，与会者还将审查几个领域的进展情况， 包括在以前的会议，如液晶聚合物， 自组织系统，以及聚合物界面和表面。 德国 聚合物动力学和表面表征的研究是 世界上最好的，因为他们有优秀的中子设施 X射线散射研究和一些顶尖的人。

This award supports the participation of approximately ten young U.S. polymer scientists in a joint workshop with potential collaborators from the Federal Republic of Germany. Several industrial participants are expected, at their own expense. The meeting was co-organized by Dale S. Pearson of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Edwin L. Thomas of MIT together with Joachim Wendorff of the German Plastics Institute, Darmstadt, and Hans Kricheldorf from the Department of Applied and Macro- molecular Chemistry, University of Hamburg. The workshop will be held in a small village near Cologne, and will conclude with a tour and panel discussion at the new Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research at Mainz, FRG. This is a major new facility which indicates the strong interest of the German government and scientific community in polymer science. Prior bilateral meetings in this field (over three years ago and with different participants) resulted in a number of joint research projects, publications and arrangements for sabbaticals in Germany and the U.S. The small size of the meeting is particularly conducive for initiating close professional relationships among people who have not had an opportunity to meet before. The primary objective of the workshop is to address critical areas of polymer science through a well balanced program that includes contributions from chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering. Presentations will be about evenly divided among polymer synthesis and modification, polymer characterization, and polymer theory. Particular emphasis will be given to two areas: synthetic research on electroactive polymers, a topic that has fostered intense collaboration between the physics and chemistry communities, and the more general but rapidly expanding area of polymer theory. Advances in theoretical concepts coupled with the increased availability of supercomputers are having a major impact on the way polymer scientists view macromolecular behavior. In addition, the participants will review progress in several areas included in previous meetings, such as liquid crystalline polymers, self-organizing systems, and polymer interfaces and surfaces. German research in polymer dynamics and surface characterization is among the best in the world due to their excellent facilities for neutron and X-ray scattering studies and some top-notch people.