2013 Soft Condensed Matter Physics GRC/GRS

该奖项将支持2013年8月18日至23日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦科尔比索耶学院举行的软凝聚态物理戈登研究会议：生物软物质：动态和结构复杂性戈登研究研讨会。新材料的研究一直是软物质物理学的重要组成部分，但目前它正处于中心阶段。宽范围的长度尺度是软物质的一个决定性特征。由此产生的结构灵活性使软物质物理学成为研究以结构复杂性为特征的新合成材料的主要学科。软物质系统还具有广泛的特征时间尺度，使它们成为具有新颖和有趣的动态复杂性的新材料的沃土。热波动的重要性是统一这两个方向的主题。在软物质物理学中发展的基本原理，如自组装的统计力学，越来越多地应用于生物系统。相反，生物启发的方法可以用于构建和理解具有各种应用的新型软物质材料。这次戈登研究会议将汇集来自凝聚态物理和其他学科的广泛从业者和专家，以评估最先进的技术，并通过富有成效的协同作用推进它。最近在生物学启发的新材料领域的新实验数据方面的发展以及新的理论进展使这次会议非常及时。已经计划了一个特别会议来强调软物质物理学和其他研究团体之间的联系。2013年软凝聚态物质戈登研究会议将汇集一批杰出的、多样化的研究前沿科学家，并将特别努力包括年轻的科学家和学生。专门为初级参与者、学生和博士后设计的为期两天的戈登研究研讨会将在主要会议之前举行。本次研讨会将提供入门讲座，并有机会在仅限同行的环境中进行简短的谈话，以及指导部分。组织者做出了巨大的努力，让演讲者和参与者中代表性不足的群体的成员都参与进来。

SUMMARYThis award contributes support for a combined Gordon Research Conference on Soft Condensed Matter Physics: Bio-Soft Matter: Dynamical and Structural Complexity and Gordon Research Seminar to take place August 18 - 23, 2013, at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. The study of new materials has always been an important part of the physics of soft matter but currently it is taking center stage. A wide a range of length scales is a defining characteristic of soft matter. The resulting structural flexibility makes soft matter physics a prime discipline for the study of newly synthesized materials characterized by structural complexity. Soft matter systems also have a wide range of characteristic time scales making them a fertile ground for new materials with novel and interesting dynamical complexity. The importance of thermal fluctuations is a theme that unifies these two directions. Fundamental principles developed in soft matter physics, such as the statistical mechanics of self-assembly, are increasingly applied to biological systems. Conversely, bio-inspired approaches can be applied to construct and understand novel soft matter materials with various applications.This Gordon Research Conference will bring together a wide range of practitioners and experts from condensed matter physics and other disciplines to assess the state-of-the-art and advance it through fruitful synergies. Recent developments in terms of new experimental data that has become available in the area of biologically inspired new materials as well as new theoretical advances make this a timely conference. A special session has been planned to highlight the connections between soft matter physics and other research communities. The 2013 Soft Condensed Matter Gordon Research Conference will bring together an outstanding and diverse group of scientists at the forefront of research, and will make a special effort to include younger scientists and students. Specifically designed for junior participants, students and postdocs, a two-day Gordon Research Seminar will be held just before the main conference. This seminar will provide introductory lectures, and an opportunity for short talks in a peer-only environment, as well as a mentorship component. The organizers have made a strong effort to involve members of underrepresented groups among speakers and participants alike.