Travel Support for Scientists to Participate in 2017 ACS Symposium
Abstract
Summary: The Division of Polymer Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will organize a symposium on "Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization" (CRP) at the ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2017. Our symposium will include one tutorial and seven regular sessions with a total of approximately eighty lectures and an additional poster sessions. This symposium will allow the exchange and dissemination of information among researchers from various countries and many U.S. academic, governmental, and industrial laboratories who have made many of the most important recent advances in the field of CRP. Topics to be covered include: (1) mechanisms of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), stable free radical-mediated polymerization, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and other CRP techniques; (2) biomaterials; (3) materials for electronics and energy applications; (4) hybrid materials; (5) complex architectures; and (6) industrial aspects of CRP. Intellectual merit: Synthesis and characterization of new materials from macromolecules with precisely controlled dimensions, topologies, and functionalities have become one of the most important goals of contemporary synthetic polymer chemistry. For many years, control of molecular architecture and functionalities in radical polymerization was difficult. However, recent advances in the area of CRP have allowed the most commercially relevant polymers to be prepared by convenient radical polymerization processes. In addition to allowing the preparation of polymers with well-defined molecular weights and functionality, CRP has provided access to a number of (co)polymers, many of which were previously inaccessible, and that may be applied to a wide variety of emerging materials fields. Recent advances in the CRP area have led to new materials and a dramatic increase in knowledge of fundamental structure-property relationships. Broader impact: CRP has become one of the most rapidly developing areas of polymer and materials science. This field has the potential to impact many advanced technologies and enable unprecedented advances in biomedical materials, optoelectronics, environmentally related areas and may allow new examples of coatings, lubricants, adhesives, surfactants, dispersants and health and beauty products. As in the case of the previous ACS symposia on CRP, we plan to edit proceedings with major lectures presented at the meeting. The proceedings from the meetings have been published in the ACS Symposium Series, volumes 685 (1998), 768 (2000), 854 (2003), 944 (2006), 1023/1024 (2009), 1100/1101 (2012), 1187/1188 (2015). They have attracted significant interest from academic and industrial laboratories. A poster session will allow researchers and students to share their findings in the field of CRP, which will be of particular importance for the studentsÕ career advancement. Early career educators will benefit significantly by attending and presenting at the symposium and will be able to incorporate the newest discoveries in the fields of polymer and material science in their courses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 11, 2018
- Source ID
- W911NF1710185
Entities
People
- Haifeng Gao
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Notre Dame