Travel Support for Scientists to Participate ACS Symposium "Next-Generation Renewable Polymers", San Diego, CA March 25-29, 2012

技术：可再生聚合物的发展是由经济和战略需要驱动的，以减少国家对石油基产品的依赖。它也受到减少碳足迹的环境目标的推动。这次研讨会的目的是讨论从可再生生物质中开发下一代聚合物的最新进展。从生物质的起点出发，该项目将包括新单体的开发、合成和聚合、天然聚合物的化学改性、结构性质关系，以及具有新分子结构、功能和组成的材料的合成和表征的新概念。申请资金用于支付受邀演讲者的旅费/注册费，受邀演讲者包括研究生和博士后。“下一代可再生聚合物”研讨会将于2012年3月25日至29日在加州圣地亚哥举行的ACS美国化学学会会议上举行。可再生聚合物的发展是由经济和战略需要驱动的，以减少国家对石油基产品的依赖，如今天广泛使用的大量合成聚合物（如聚乙烯、聚丙烯）。它还受到减少碳足迹的环境目标的推动。对这些目标的追求导致了越来越多的努力，从生物质中开发新的可再生单体（构建块），以及它们的聚合（链状端到端连接）产生具有理想终端性能的聚合物，这些聚合物在使用后，可以依次分解成可重复使用（可再生）的材料。自然发生的（生物质）来源的例子是植物油，糖，纤维素衍生物。这次研讨会的目的是讨论从可再生生物质中开发下一代聚合物的最新进展。申请资金用于支付受邀演讲者的旅费/注册费，受邀演讲者包括研究生和博士后。“下一代可再生聚合物”研讨会将于2012年3月25日至29日在加州圣地亚哥举行的ACS美国化学学会会议上举行。

TECHNICALThe development of renewable polymers is driven by the economic and strategic need to reduce the nation's dependence on petroleum based products. It is also driven by the environmental goal of reducing the carbon footprint. This symposium is being organized to cover the latest progress in developing next generation polymers from renewable biomass. Stemming from the biomass starting point, the program will include new monomer development, synthesis and polymerization, the chemical modification of natural polymers, structure property relationships, and new concepts on the synthesis and characterization of materials with new molecular architectures, functionalities and compositions. The request for funding is to cover travel/registration costs of invited speakers which include graduate students and postdocs. The symposium, "Next-Generation Renewable Polymers", will be held at the ACS American Chemical Society Meeting in San Diego CA, March 25-29, 2012.NONTECHNICALThe development of renewable polymers is driven by the economic and strategic need to reduce the nation's dependence on petroleum based products such as the vast array of synthetic polymers (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene) in widespread usage today. It is also driven by the environmental objective of reducing the carbon footprint. The pursuit of these goals has led with increasing effort to the development of new renewable monomers (building blocks) from the biomass, and their polymerizations (chain-like end to end attachments) to yield polymers with desirable end properties, which after usage, can in turn be broken down into the reusable (renewable) materials. Examples of naturally occurring (biomass) sources are vegetable oils, sugars, cellulose derivatives. This symposium is being organized to cover the latest progress in developing next generation polymers from renewable biomass. The request for funding is to cover travel/registration costs of invited speakers which include graduate students and postdocs. The symposium, "Next-Generation Renewable Polymers", will be held at the ACS American Chemical Society Meeting in San Diego CA, March 25-29, 2012.