US-Poland Workshop: Interfacial Phenomena at the Nanoscale: Fluids and Soft Matter, Poznan, Poland, June 19-23, 2012

#1133244Szleifer这是一项国际旅行补助金，用于支持美国与会者参加2012年6月19日至23日在波兰波兹南举行的为期四天的“纳米尺度的界面现象：流体和软物质”会议，该会议将在波兰艺术与科学学院举行。拟议的会议是先前在波兹南(2006年)、格但斯克(2008年)和克拉科夫(2010年)成功举行的三次波兰/美国会议的后续行动和基础。这次会议的目的是鼓励美国和波兰在这一领域的研究人员之间更紧密的科学联系和长期的研究合作。研讨会将有17名美国参与者和15-20名波兰人参加，在初级、中期和高级研究人员之间以及在实验和理论之间取得平衡，双方的兴趣相似或互补。此外，来自波兰的这些领域的年轻研究人员将参加会议，提交海报论文，并在整个会议期间与更资深的与会者互动。会议旅行奖还提供资金，支持波兰研究人员后续访问美国，以促进通过在会议上接触而发起的研究合作。智力价值：会议的主题将代表软硬材料、生物材料、聚合物、聚合、自组装、复杂流体、微乳液、表面科学、界面现象、催化、胶体、吸附、粘合、流变学、计算纳米科学和薄膜等领域的前沿研究。参与者是这些领域的领先研究人员，目的是提供这些领域当前研究的概况，并探索研究合作的富有成效的未来可能性。预计会议将加强与会者之间现有的个人和机构合作，并启动新的合作。例如，我们知道一些美国参与者(GrzyBowski教授、Gubbins教授、Matyjaszewski教授和Radosz教授)正在进行合作。这些人和其他参与者计划访问波兰的其他学术中心(例如克拉科夫、格但斯克、瓦尔萨瓦)，讨论未来的项目。这些项目将丰富两国的研究和教育基础设施。项目预算包括波兰年轻研究人员在会议结束后一年前往美国的旅行资金，以促进在会议上发起的合作。这些资金将提供给研究生和博士后。

#1133244SzleiferThis is an International Travel grant that provides support for U.S. participants to attend a four day Conference on "Interfacial Phenomena at the Nanoscale: Fluids and Soft Matter," to be held in Poznan, Poland on June 19-23, 2012, at the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. The proposed Conference is a follow-up to and builds upon three earlier and successful Polish/USA Conferences held in Poznan (2006), Gdansk (2008) and Krakow (2010). The purpose of the Conference is to encourage closer scientific contacts and long-term research collaboration between researchers in this area between the U.S. and Poland. The Workshop will involve 17 U.S. participants and 15-20 from Poland, with a balance between junior, mid-career and senior researchers, and between experiment and theory, with similar or complementary interests on the two sides. In addition, young researchers in these areas from Poland will attend the meeting, present poster papers, and interact with the more senior participants throughout the meeting. The conference travel award also provides funds to support follow-up visits to the US by Polish Researchers to promote research collaborations initiated through contacts made at the Conference.Intellectual Merit:The topic of the Conference will represent cutting edge research in the areas of soft and hard materials, bio-materials, polymers, polymerization, self assembly, complex fluids, microemulsions, surface science, interfacial phenomena, catalysis, colloids, adsorption, adhesion, rheology, computational nanoscience, and thin films. The participants are leading researchers in these areas, and the objective is to provide a survey of current research in these areas and to explore fruitful future possibilities for research collaboration.Broader impact. The Conference is expected to strengthen existing and initiate new individual and institutional collaboration among the participants. For example, we know that some US participants have ongoing collaboration (Professors Grzybowski, Gubbins, Matyjaszewski, and Radosz). These and other participants plan to visit other academic centers in Poland (for example, Krakow, Gdansk, Warszawa) to discuss future projects. Such projects will enrich the research and education infrastructure of both countries. The project budget includes funds for travel by young Polish researchers to the U.S. during the year following the conference to facilitate collaborations initiated at the conference. These funds will be available to graduate students and postdocs.