Travel Support for Students, Post-Docs, and Young Faculty to Attend the Symposium on ?(Bio)Polymer-Directed Mineralization? at ACS meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-27, 2007

BMAT（2500美元）和POL（1500美元）资助学生、博士后和年轻教师参加2007年3月25日至27日在ACS全国会议上举行的“（生物）聚合物定向矿化”研讨会。智力优势：矿化生物组织在长度尺度上表现出从纳米到米的分层组织。这些组织几乎总是包括生物聚合物基质和无机盐的复合材料。它们通常具有卓越的结构、机械和光学性能，为新型坚韧和轻质工程混合材料提供了灵感。晶体成核和生长的控制对于多种应用至关重要，包括催化，轻质结构材料，生物医学设备和光电子学。本次研讨会汇集了20位受邀的国际专家，分享他们在以下主题上的最新成果：*从自然中吸取的教训-生物矿化机制和结构*生物和合成聚合物模板的合成和组装*由生物或合成聚合物引导的矿化*聚合物介导的纳米颗粒合成和组织*在模式化聚合物模板上的矿化*从微观到宏观尺度的多孔无机固体的构建*（生物）矿物的光学、结构和机械特性*聚合物控制矿化的计算机建模这些领域的研究不仅对创造新的工程材料有影响，而且对治疗应用于愈合和修复哺乳动物硬组织也有影响。更广泛的影响：研讨会组织者将使用所有奖金来促进研究生、博士后和年轻教师的出席，否则他们可能无法参加。将优先考虑第一次参加全国ACS会议的学生和那些在科学领域未被充分代表的群体。所有与会者都将有机会了解生物复合材料领域的最新发展。

DMR/BMAT-0714708 (Shu Yang, University of Pennsylvania)$4000 from BMAT ($2500) and POL ($1500)Travel Support for Students, Post-Docs, and Young Faculty to Attend the Symposium on "(Bio)Polymer-Directed Mineralization" at the ACS National Meeting, March 25-27, 2007.INTELLECTUAL MERIT: Mineralized biological tissues exhibit hierarchical organization on length scales ranging from nanometers to meters. These tissues are almost always composites involving biopolymer matrices and inorganic salts. They frequently possess remarkable structural, mechanical, and optical properties that provide an inspiration for new tough and lightweight engineered hybrid materials. Control of crystal nucleation and growth is critically important for a diverse range of applications, including catalysis, lightweight structural materials, biomedical devices, and optoelectronics. This symposium brings together a group of 20 invited international experts to share their recent results on such topics as* Lessons from nature - biomineralization mechanisms and structures* Synthesis and assembly of biological and synthetic polymer templates* Mineralization directed by biological or synthetic polymers* Polymer-mediated nanoparticle synthesis and organization* Mineralization on patterned polymer templates* Construction of porous inorganic solids from micro- to macro-scale* Optical, structural, and mechanical properties of (bio)minerals* Computer modeling of polymer controlled mineralizationResearch in there areas has implications not only for creation of new engineering materials but also for therapeutic applications in healing and repair of mammalian hard tissues.BROADER IMPACT: The symposium organizers will use all of the funds awarded to facilitate attendance by graduate students, postdoctorals, and younger faculty giving oral presentations who might otherwise not be able to attend. Priority will be given to students who will attend their first national ACS meeting and to those in groups underrepresented in science. All of these attendees will have access to the latest developments in the field of bioinspired composite materials.