The conference focuses on the formation mechanisms, morphology, molecular structure, and properties of compounds formed between solvent molecules and/or small molecules with synthetic polymers and biopolymers, proteins, and supramolecular polymers (self-organized systems), taking into account both fundamental aspects and the application potential. The bulk state, solutions, and systems formed at surfaces/interfaces will be considered, with a particular emphasis on scattering characterization methods using X-rays and neutrons. So far POLYSOLVAT-16 is the only conference dealing with polymer-solvent molecular compounds and related systems. This is clearly an important contribution to physical chemistry and to materials chemistry.

Contact:
Dr. Stefano Pasini <s.pasini@fz-juelich.de>
Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS)  at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Lichtenbergstraße  1, 85748 Garching, Germany

E-mail: jcns-workshop@fz-juelich.de