D-1 : Frontier of Smart-interfaces

Organizers:

Representative
・ Dr. Ryo Ishihara Juntendo University
Correspondence
・ Dr. Tsukuru Masuda The University of Tokyo [email protected]
・ Dr. Toru Yoshitomi National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) [email protected]
Organizers
・ Prof. kazuaki Matsumura Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
・ Dr. Hironobu Takahashi Tokyo Women's Medical University
・ Prof. Hirobumi Shibata Chiba Institute of Technology
・ Prof. Tadashi Nakaji University of Toyama
・ Dr. Toshiki Sawada Tokyo Institute of Technology
・ 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
・ Dr. Keiichi Imato Hiroshima University
・ Prof. Yukio Nagasaki Tukuba University
・ Prof. Madoka Takai The 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. Yuji Higaki Oita 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 still remain. Advancements in science and technology related to new material creation and physical property analysis show no signs of waning. New soft interfaces are continually emerging, and new insights into these interfaces are progressively being elucidated. Based on these understandings, material development is actively pursued. Thus, it is expected that new academic fields will be emerged by broadening the scope of soft interfaces in various aspects such as molecular design, material synthesis, molecular recognition, biomaterial development, measurement methods, 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