Polymers and Liquid Crystals Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts on August 19-23, 2007 (Abstracts)
Abstract
This grant was used to provide partial travel assistance for 5 invited speakers for a POLY Division symposium titled "Polymers and Liquid Crystals" at the Fall 2007 ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA (Aug. 19-23, 2007). The co-organizers of this symposium were the Pt (CU Boulder) and Prof. C. Allan Guymon (University of Iowa). The focus of this symposium was to showcase new research and application directions in the area of liquid crystal (LC)-containing and LC-based polymer systems. LCs provide the ability to readily control order and anisotropy in polymer materials, and thereby amplify or modify specific properties. LC components also offer the ability to control polymer architecture on the nanometer scale to generate organic nanomaterials with enhanced chemical and physical properties. Such materials are of direct interest to the ONR because of their promise as new types of functional coatings, enhanced water purification membranes, catalysts, tissue engineering scaffolds, and micro-actuators for advanced, future U.S. Navy operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 20, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA475541
Entities
People
- Douglas L Gin
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder