American Chemical Society Symposium on Polymer Diffraction Methods; Orlando, FL; April 7-11, 2002

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH

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Abstract

This award provides partial support for travel expenses for participants in a symposium entitled "Polymer Diffraction Methods" to be held at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Orlando, FL, during the week of April 7-1, 2002. The symposium is sponsored by the Polymer Division of ACS, and is chaired by John Blackwell (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH) and Kenn H. Gardner (DuPont Central Research, Wilmington, DE.). It seeks to explore the latest research advances and to review the state of the art in structure analysis for polymers at the molecular level. There will be three full days for oral presentations by 36 invited speakers, plus a poster session with 7 contributions. The symposium will be truly international, with speakers from France (7), UK (6), Japan (2), Spain (2), Germany (1), Canada (1), Italy (1), Korea (1) and Russia (1), as well as from the USA 914). In addition to inviting the leading researchers in the field the organizers have also made deliberate efforts to include presentations by younger scientists: new faculty still establishing their careers (3) and highly promising postdoctoral research associates (7), whose participation as vital to the long-term continuity of research in the field. Polymer diffraction techniques provide the basis of much of our structural understanding of this important class of materials.