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Pi-Conjugated Polymer Materials and Hybrids: Synthesis, Macromolecular Assemblies, and Nanostructures, at the ACS National Meeting, August 2007, Boston, MA
Symposium on Pi-Conjugated Polymers and Hybrids: Synthesis, Macromolecular Assemblies, and Nanostructures
The Symposium was held at the last American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, August 2007, Boston, MA. The organizers of this meeting were: Rigoberto C. Advincula (University of Houston), Klaus Muellen (Max Planck Insitute for Polymer Research), and Suresh Valiyaveettil (National Univ. of Singapore). The objective of this symposium was to bring together the most up-to-date and important research in the fundamental field of pi-conjugated (conducting) polymers and their hybridization with inorganic and metal nanomaterials. The major topics of this symposium focused on the following a) New linear and dendrimeric conjugated polymer architectures, b) Hybrid-conjugated polymer nanomaterials synthesis, c) Blends of conjugated polymers and nanomaterials, d) Conjugated polymer nanostructures, e) Macromolecular assemblies of conjugated polymers and nanomaterials, and f) Properties, applications, and devices. The sponsoring organization/division is mainly the ACS Polymer Division.
Invited, oral, and poster contributions were submitted and organized as well as invited national and international speakers . The topics above will feature new developments of the field. Factors that contributed to the success of this meeting are as follows: 1) a national and international venue for the meeting in which participants were able to attend other symposia and network, 2) previous successful conferences by the organizer, 3) the organizers invited well-known international and US scientists, 4) broad advertisement of the symposium, 5) and funding from a number of sources including NSF and industry. Again, a most important factor and reason was the high significance of the topic. The conference was also advertised through a website as well as a number of fliers were distributed at the ACS meetings prior to the Boston 2007 meeting.
Highlight: This symposium was invited to be a part of the Presidential thematic programming at the ACS in Boston, under the "Material Innovations: from Nanotech to Biotech and Beyond!" theme that was organized though the office of Katie Hunt, President of the ACS. A total of 19 invited speakers, 28 oral contributions, and 26 posters were given.
Themes. The final topics in this symposium have been divided as follows:
- Section 1: Macromolecular Architectures
- Section 2: Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites
- Section 3: Hybridization of Nanomaterials
- Section 4: Self-Assembly and Thin Films
- Section 5: Structure-Property Relationships
- Section 6: Fabrication and Devices
- Section 7: Bio-Related Concepts
- Section 8: Materials Processing
