The purpose of Telluride Workshop on Polymer Physics (formerly called Polymers: Theory vs. Experiment) is to provide a forum for intensive discussions of rapidly developing areas of polymer science that have high technological and theoretical interest. The meeting is designed to have a balanced representation of active theoretical and experimental polymer scientists and includes both senior researchers and young researchers who are just beginning their careers but have interesting new results to present. Some effort is made to obtain representation from abroad, although no special funds are made available for financing foreign travel. Participation in the meeting is limited by the requirement that each attendee presents an invited talk. The selection of about 20 to 30 attendees is made through joint agreement of a conference committee composed of members with a range of interests.
The small scale of the meeting fosters strong interactions during the lectures and extensive discussions about the presented research and the planning of future research during the hikes and other activities in the afternoon break between the morning and evening lectures. Many participants form groups in town after the evening lectures to socialize and to further discuss research / disagreements in a friendly environment. This informal organization has led to a collegial and productive set of meetings.
Participants:
Jack Douglas, Numerical Path-Integration Computation of the Transport Properties of Polymers and
Nanoparticles
Jacek Dudowicz, Reflections on Glass Formation in Polymers
Adi Eisenberg, Puzzles Posed by Block Copolymer Vesicles
Karl Freed, Protein Folding: Interrelation between Secondary and Tertiary Structure Determination
Jan Genzer, Computer Simulation of Controlled Radical Polymerization in Bulk and on Surfaces
Steve Granick, Surface-Challenged Polymers and Amphiphilic Colloids
Marina Guenza, Bridging Time Scales in the Dynamics of Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules
Ferenc Horkay, Biopolymer Solutions and Gels: Structural and Thermodynamic Properties
Ed Kramer, Santa Barbara, Corralling Block Copolymer Monolayers
Sanat Kumar, Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites: Insights from Experiments and Theory
Tim Lodge, U. Minnesota, Polymers in Ionic Liquids, and Vice Versa
Jim Martin,Structure and Dynamics of Particle Suspensions in Triaxial Magnetic Fields
M. Muthukumar, U. Mass., Amherst, Packaging of Biological Macromolecules
Monica Olvera, Northwestern, Structures and Symmetries in Self-Assembly
Steve Sibener, Dynamics, Photodynamics, and Nanostuctures for Polymer/Molecular Thin Films
Grant Smith, Self-Assembly of Polymeric Core-Shell Nanomaterials
Alexei Sokolov, Role of Solvents in Dynamics and Stability of Biological Macromolecules
Mohan Srinivasarao, Condensation Fabrication of Micro-structured Organic Polymer Films: What can
Cloud Physics Teach Us about the Mechanistic Aspects?
Shi-Qing Wang, Are Polymeric Liquids Solid or Fluid: Examining the Experimental and Theoretical
Foundations of Polymer Rheology and Viscoelasticity
Gerard Wong, Illinois - Urbana, Electrostatics of Strongly Charged Polymers in Aqueous Media
Telluride Middle-High School
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