2020 Polymer Networks Group Conference

技术和非技术简介该奖项为参加第25届聚合物网络小组会议的学生提供部分支持，该会议将于2020年5月17-21日在马里兰州波托马克市举行。这次会议为不同学科的科学家和工程师提供了一个论坛，让他们聚集、介绍和讨论目前在聚合物网络和凝胶的合成、表征和应用方面的理论和基础方面的研究和进展。聚合物网络小组是一个国际组织，旨在促进对聚合物网络的跨学科研究，涵盖所有类型的形成网络的聚合物系统的实验和理论/计算。讨论的具体领域包括：中性和聚电解质凝胶，凝胶中的相变，响应性凝胶，聚合物网络中的结构-性质关系，自组装和纤维形成，有机凝胶，凝胶中的纳米结构，传输和动态性质，网络形成，结构和动态性质的计算建模和模拟，交联体的新型化学，表面和界面，凝胶作为生物材料，以及聚合物网络和凝胶的应用。特别关注聚合物网络和凝胶将使学生在不同的领域工作，如化学家，物理学家和工程师更广阔的视野。学生将有多种学习机会，包括听课和参加问答环节，以及与他们的同学和该领域更知名的科学家进行非正式互动和讨论。此外，许多学生可能会选择在会议上张贴海报，这将使他们有机会与来自学术界、工业界和国家实验室的该领域的广泛专家深入讨论自己的研究。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACTThis award provides partial support for student attendance at the 25th Polymer Networks Group Meeting, which will be held May 17-21, 2020 in Potomac, MD. This meeting provides a forum for scientists and engineers across disciplines to gather, present, and discuss current research on the theoretical and fundamental aspects and advances in the synthesis, characterization and application of polymer networks and gels. The Polymer Networks Group is an international organization aimed at promoting interdisciplinary studies of polymer networks, encompassing both experiment and theory/computation across all types network-forming polymeric systems. Specific areas to be discussed include: Neutral and Polyelectrolyte Gels, Phase Transition in Gels, Responsive gels, Structure-property relationships in polymer networks, Self-Assembly and Fiber Formation, Organogels, Nanostructures in Gels, Transport and Dynamic Properties, Computational Modeling and Simulation of Network Formation, Structure and Dynamic Properties, Novel Chemistry of Crosslinking, Surfaces and Interfaces, Gels as Biomaterials, andApplications of Polymer Networks and Gels.The specific focus on polymer networks and gels will give students working in different topical areas as chemists, physicists, and engineers a broader perspective of the field. There will be multiple learning opportunities for the students including attending lectures and participating in the question and answer sessions, and informal interactions and discussion with their fellow students and more established scientists in the field. In addition, many students may choose to give a poster at the meeting, which will give them an opportunity to engage in in-depth discussion of their own research with a broad audience of experts in the field from academia, industry, and national laboratories.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.