Travel Support for the 13th IACIS and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Conference in New York, New York - June 14-19, 2009

这个团体旅行项目是为美国化学会（ACS）国家胶体和表面化学部门和国际胶体和界面科学家协会主办的联合会议而进行的。赞助者将与五位演讲者一起参加在纽约举行的第13届IACIS和第83届ACS胶体和表面科学会议。这两场会议将于2009年6月14日至19日在哥伦比亚大学校园联合举行。智力价值：许多主题影响纳米技术在1414计划；主题是：(1)界面和界面：热力学，结构和吸附，包括；(2)颗粒系统，包括：流变学和软物质物理；(3)表面活性剂。更广泛的影响：在过去的几年里，一年一度的会议在美国各地的大学校园轮流举行。联合主办这些会议提供了一个独特的机会，可以从全球大量的研究人员中汲取经验，从而确保一个论坛能够提出各种各样的想法。参加会议确保了研究思想的相互交流，可能会导致该领域的更大进步。PI正在申请外国旅费，以提供四名会议主持人从挪威、澳大利亚、日本和英国前往纽约的国际旅费。

CBET-0852358SomasundaranThis group travel project is for a combined meeting being held under the sponsorship of the National Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists. The sponsors along with five presenters will participate in the 13th IACIS and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Conference in New York. The two meetings will be held jointly on the campus of Columbia University during the week of June 14-19, 2009. Intellectual Merit: Many of the topics impact on nanotechnology in the 1414 program; the topics are: (1) Interfaces and Interphases: Thermodynamics, Structures and Adsorption including: (2) Particulate Systems including: Rheology and Soft Matter Physics (3) Surface Active Agents. Broader Impact: The annual conference has been held over the past several years at university campus locations rotated throughout the United States. The joint hosting of the meetings presents a unique opportunity to draw from a large group of researchers globally, thereby insuring a forum in which a very diverse set of ideas will be presented. Attendance at the conference insures cross fertilization of research ideas potentially leading to greater advances in the fields.The PI is requesting foreign travel money to provide international travel for four conference presenters to travel from Norway, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom to New York City.