N : Frontier of Smart-interfaces
Organizers:
Representative
| Prof. Michinari Kohri | Chiba University |
Correspondence
| Prof. Yuji Higaki | Oita University | y-higaki@oita-u.ac.jp |
| Dr. Tsukuru Masuda | University of Tokyo | masuda@bis.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
Co-Organizers
| Prof. Dr. Mizuo Maeda | RIKEN |
| Prof. Yukio Nagasaki | Tukuba University |
| Prof. Madoka Takai | University of Tokyo |
| Prof. Atsushi Takahara | Kyushu University |
| 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. 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 |
| Prof. Hirobumi Shibata | Chiba Institute of Technology |
| Prof. Tadashi Nakaji | University of Toyama |
| Prof. Toshiki Sawada | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Dr. Ryo Ishihara | Juntendo University |
| Dr. Yukiya Kitayama | Osaka Prefecture University |
| Prof. Dr. 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. Toru Yoshitomi | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) |
Scope:
The interfaces formed from soft materials such as polymers, biomolecules, colloids, and liquid crystals exhibit dynamic physical properties, and their structure changes significantly depending on the external environment. de Gennes named this dynamic interface "soft interface" about 20 years ago. Quantitative analysis of soft interfaces is difficult due to the dynamic nature and complexity of living organisms, and are a frontier field where many challenges remain. In recent years, the progress of science and technology related to material synthesis and analysis has been remarkable, and many researchers are working on elucidating soft interfaces and developing materials using them by various approaches. Thus, it is expected that new viewpoints and academics disciplines will be emerged by broadening the scope of soft interfaces in various aspects such as molecular design, 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