Visit to Japan to Promote Polymer-Based Nanotechnology

请求提供资金，以便于2006年7月对日本进行为期一个月的访问，与当地从事聚合物纳米结构（嵌段共聚物、反应性聚合物凝胶、生物聚合物、液晶聚合物）研究的小组以及从事同步加速器x射线散射研究的小组建立联系。此外，我还会就当前的研究活动举办研讨会。访问的机构包括东京大学、东京都大学、京都大学和日本同步加速器SPring-8。

Funds are requested to allow a one month visit to Japan in July 2006 to establish links with groups there working on polymer nanostructures (block copolymers, responsive polymer gels, biopolymers, liquid crystal polymers) as well as groups working with synchrotron x-ray scattering. In addition, I will give seminars on current research activities. Institutions to be visited include University of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Kyoto University and the Japanese sycnhrotron, SPring-8.