L : Frontier of Smart-interfaces
Organizers:
Representative
| Prof. Yuji Higaki | Oita University |
Correspondence
| Dr. Toru Yoshitomi | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | [email protected] |
| Dr. Keiichi Imato | Hiroshima University | [email protected] |
Co-Organizers
| Prof. Mizuo Maeda | RIKEN |
| Prof. Atsushi Takahara | Kyushu University |
| Prof. Yukio Nagasaki | Tukuba University |
| Prof. Madoka Takai | University of Tokyo |
| Prof. Akihiko Kikuchi | Tokyo University of Science |
| Prof. Yoshiko Miura | Kyushu University |
| Prof. Takeshi Serizawa | Tokyo Insitute of Technology |
| Prof. Yasuhiko Iwasaki | Kansai University |
| Prof. Yu Hoshino | Kyushu University |
| Prof. Syuji Fujii | Osaka Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Daisuke Suzuki | Shinshu University |
| Prof. Takuya Yamamoto | Hokkaido University |
| Prof. Shin-ichi Yusa | University of Hyogo |
| Prof. Michinari Kohri | Chiba University |
| Prof. Keitaro Yoshimoto | The University of Tokyo |
| Prof. Akihiro Kishimura | Kyushu University |
| Prof. Kazuaki Matsumura | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| Dr. Hironobu Takahashi | Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Dr. Hirobumi Shibata | Chiba Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Tadashi Nakaji | University of Toyama |
| Dr. Toshiki Sawada | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Dr. Ryo Ishihara | Juntendo University |
| Dr. Yukiya Kitayama | Osaka Prefecture University |
| Prof. Jun Nakanishi | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) |
| Prof. Masao Kamimura | Tokyo University of Science |
| Dr. Shunsuke Tomita | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
Scope:
The interfaces produced by soft materials such as polymers, biomolecules, colloids, and liquid crystals exhibit dynamic physical properties, and their structure and properties significantly depend on the external environment. DeGennes named this dynamic interface "soft interface" about 30 years ago. Quantitative analysis of soft interfaces is difficult due to the dynamic nature and complexity of living organisms, thereby the “soft interface” is yet a frontier field of science where many challenges remain. Since the progress of science and technology related to new materials and analysis has been remarkable, the emergence of new soft interfaces, new insights of soft interfaces, and development of new technology under the understanding of them remains very active. Thus, it is expected that new academic disciplines will be emerged by broadening the scope of soft interfaces in various aspects such as molecular design, material synthesis, molecular recognition, biomaterial development, measurement method development, and simulation. In this symposium, we will promote soft interface research and aim to stimulate research and expand networks among researchers through lectures by young researchers in addition to top scientists.
Topics:
1. Polymer
2. Interface
3. Self-organization
4. Biointerface
5. Biomaterial