Support for a Workshop on Self-assembled Photonic Materials at Pacifichem; Honolulu, HI; December 15-20, 2005

技术.将于2005年12月15日至20日在夏威夷的檀香山举行一次关于“自组装光子材料”的讲习班。该研讨会为研究人员提供了一个跨学科的论坛，以研究与光子学领域超分子化学利用有关的复杂科学和技术问题，包括原型设备配置，如计算机，传感器和数据存储组件。还将讨论在太阳能转换中使用自组织系统的最新发展。研讨会的总体目标是为聚合物，材料科学，化学工程，表面科学和生物研究人员之间的直接互动提供一个论坛，以探索光子材料纳米科学中新的跨学科研究活动/问题。该研讨会的重点是使用自组装和自组织来形成设计的光子材料，并按主题分为几个部分。这些课程的重点是使用自过程来形成光子材料，光化学能量转换系统，混合材料和生物光子材料。所要求的资金将用于支持学生和初级教师参加讲习班。参加研讨会将增加他们在该领域的知识，并帮助他们吸收来自主要太平洋沿岸国家（如美国，加拿大，墨西哥，日本，中国，澳大利亚等）的新想法和成果。实验室和世界其他地方。它还将帮助这些和其他美国参与者确定该领域未来研究的优先方向。

Technical. A workshop on "Self-Assembled Photonic Materials" will be held in Honolulu, HI, December 15-20, 2005. The workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers to examine complex scientific and technological issues pertaining to utilization of supramolecular chemistry in the field of photonics, including prototype device configurations such as components for computers, sensors, and data storage. Latest developments in the use of self-organizing systems in solar energy conversion will also be discussed. The overarching goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for direct interaction between polymer, materials science, chemical engineering, surface science, and biological researchers in order to explore new interdisciplinary research activities/issues in the nanoscience of photonic materials. The workshop focuses on the use of self-assembly and self-organization to form designed photonic materials, and is thematically divided into several sessions. These sessions focus on the use of self-processes to form photonic materials, photochemical energy conversion systems, hybrid materials, and biophotonic materials.Non-technical. This requested funds will be used to support students and junior faculty to attend the Workshop. Participating in the workshop will increase their knowledge of the field and help them assimilate new ideas and results from leading Pacific Rim (e.g. USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Australia, etc.) laboratories and elsewhere in the world. It will also help these and other U.S. participants to identify priority directions for future research in the field.