Symposium on Block Copolymers as Nanoscale Materials; ACS Meeting; September 10-14, 2006; San Francisco, CA

该提案旨在为2006年9月10-14日在加州旧金山举行的美国化学学会秋季全国会议上的嵌段共聚物纳米级材料研讨会寻求支持。嵌段共聚物（bcp）的自组装成有序的纳米级元素阵列，以及化学操作bcp组成块的能力，在快速发展的纳米技术领域开辟了许多应用。当人们考虑到单个嵌段的化学性质可以被定制以执行特定功能时，例如，化学反应性、生物活性、导电性或可降解性，就可以认识到嵌段共聚物的多功能性。在制备嵌段共聚物的合成策略的多样性打开了大量的应用，其中嵌段共聚物可以使用。随着该领域的快速发展，需要专门讨论bcp作为首要纳米结构材料的重要作用的研讨会。本次提议的研讨会将解决这一需求，并将提供一个论坛，重点介绍bcp的一些最新进展和应用，包括薄膜，杂化材料，液晶和半晶体系统，以及纳米多孔支架和模板。共邀请（并确认）了19位国际知名演讲者，介绍他们在纳米尺度BCP领域的最新研究成果。来自五个不同国家的五位国际特邀演讲者也将参加研讨会；这可以极大地增强研讨会的影响，并利用来自不同国家的研究人员之间的国际合作。国家科学基金会已要求提供财政支持（$3,000）以支持上述研讨会。我们的主要目标是将BCP作为纳米材料研究的最新发展带给更广泛的受众，并且通过更高的研究生，博士后研究人员和年轻教师的出席，可以实现更高的影响。因此，NSF将专门为研究生、博士后研究人员和年轻教师提供约400美元的旅行奖励，以支持他们参加拟议的研讨会。将优先考虑第一次参加全国会议和属于代表性不足群体的研究生。四个旅行奖将专门为在研讨会上作口头报告的年轻教师保留。

This proposal seeks support for symposium on Block Copolymers as Nanoscale Materials at the Fall ACS national meeting in San Francisco, CA, Sept 10-14, 2006. The self-assembly of Block copolymers (BCPs) into ordered arrays of nanoscopic elements and the ability to chemically manipulate the constituent blocks of the BCPs have opened numerous applications in the rapidly growing area of nanotechnology. The versatility of block copolymers can be appreciated when one considers that the chemistry of the individual blocks can be tailored to perform a specific function, for example, chemical reactivity, biological activity, conductivity or degradability. The diversity in synthetic strategies in preparing block copolymers opens a plethora of applications where block copolymers can be used. With the rapid development of the field, a symposium that specifically addresses the important role that BCPs play as a premiere nanostructured material is needed. This proposed symposium will address this need and will provide a forum to highlight some of the latest advances in the development and applications of BCPs, including thin films, hybrid materials, liquid crystalline and semi-crystalline systems, and nanoporous scaffolds and templates. A total of 19 international renowned speakers have been invited (and confirmed) to present their most recent research in the field of BCP as nano scale materials. Five international invited speakers form fiver different countries will also participate the symposium; this could dramatically enhance the impact of the symposium and harness international collaboration between researchers from different countries. Financial support ($3,000) has been requested from NSF to support the aforementioned symposium. It is our primary goal to bring the most recent development of the BCP as nanomaterials research to the broader audience and higher impact could be achieved with a higher graduate students, post-doc researchers and young faculty attendance. Therefore, funding support from NSF will be specifically used to provide travel awards at ~ $400 each to support graduate students, post-doc researchers and young faculty to attend the proposed symposium. Priority will be given to graduate students who are attending their first national meeting and who belong to the underrepresented groups. Four travel awards will be reserved specifically for young faculty who will be giving oral presentations at the symposium.