US-Japan Joint Seminar: Controlled Synthesis and Performance of New Functional Macromolecules

该奖项支持美国科学家参与美国- 1999年12月12日至15日在加州伯克利举行的日本新功能高分子的控制合成和性能研讨会。 主办单位是Jean M. Frechet和日本京都大学的Shiro小林。 该研讨会将重点关注精密聚合物合成，这是美国和日本都非常感兴趣的话题。 本主题涵盖了定义明确的大分子和相关材料的控制合成的新领域。该研讨会将对开发新的方法来合成功能性大分子产生非常重要的影响，这些功能性大分子不容易通过目前的常规方法获得。 这在一定程度上是因为大分子的控制合成策略将从各种角度进行探讨，包括：乙烯基或开环聚合中繁殖中心的精确控制;重复逐步方法的使用;以及生物系统的体外使用。 虽然会议将集中在聚合物科学的合成方面，但它对聚合物和材料科学的影响将是广泛的，这一研究领域引起了工业界和学术界的极大兴趣。 此外，具有高度受控结构的大分子在先进技术、靶向递送系统、用于先进分离或分子识别的介质、生物模拟物、超分子组装体、传感器、分子器件等中的应用越来越多。健康科学家、工程师、材料科学家等，所有这些人都将受益于新型高度可控的工程化功能聚合物材料的可用性。 研讨会的组织者作出了特别努力，让年轻的研究人员既参加研讨会，又作为观察员参加。 与日本专家在这一领域的想法和数据交流将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。 研讨会结束后，预计将在《高分子科学、纯化学和应用化学杂志》特刊上发表这些发言。

This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Controlled Synthesis and Performance of New Functional Macromolecules, to be held in Berkeley, California from December 12-15, l999. The co-organizers are Professors Jean M. J. Frechet at the University of California, Berkeley and Shiro Kobayashi at Kyoto University in Japan. The seminar will focus on precision polymer synthesis, a topic of very significant interest both in the U.S. and in Japan. This topic covers the new area of controlled synthesis of well-defined macromolecules and related materials. The seminar will have a very significant influence on the development of novel approaches to the synthesis of functional macromolecules that are not readily obtained by the current conventional methods. This is in part because the strategies for the controlled synthesis of macromolecules will be explored from a variety of points of view including: the precise control of propagating centers in vinyl or ring-opening polymerizations; the use of repetitive stepwise approaches; and the in vitro use of bio-systems. Though the meeting will focus on the synthetic side of polymer science, its impact on polymer and material science in general will be widely felt.This research area has drawn much interest both in industrial and academic circles. In addition, macromolecules with highly controlled architecture are finding increasing applications in advanced technologies, targeted delivery systems, media for advance separations or molecular recognition, biological mimics, supramolecular assemblies, sensors, molecular devices, etc. Novel macromolecules, macromolecular assemblies, nanoscale entities and devices are used, developed and studied by a great variety of chemists, physicists, biologists, health scientists, engineers, materials scientists, etc., all of whom will benefit from the availability of novel highly controlled engineered functional polymeric materials. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Following the seminar, it is anticipated that the presentations will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure and Applied Chemistry.***