Symposia & Program

K : Frontier of Smart-interfaces

Organizers:

Representative

Prof. Syuji Fujii

Osaka Institute of Technology

Correspondence

Dr. Yukiya Kitayama	Osaka Prefecture University	[email protected]
Prof. Yuji Higaki	Oita University	[email protected]

Co-Organizers

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. 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
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
Dr. Keiichi Imato	Hiroshima University

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". 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.Softinterface
5.Biomaterial