Dear Colleagues,
we would like to draw your attention to the Symposium on Multiscale Mechanics of Polymers, Soft Matter and Network Materials, which we will organize during the 9th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling
(MMM 2018), to take place in Osaka, Japan, October 28 -November 2, 2018,
http://mmm2018.jp/
The abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2018. Please see more details below.
Regards, Alexey Lyulin
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Dr. Alexey V. Lyulin
Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter
Department of Applied Physics
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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Multiscale Mechanics of Polymers, Soft Matter and Network Materials
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Organizers
Alexey Lyulin ([log in to unmask]), Kees Storm ([log in to unmask])
Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Erik van der Giessen ([log in to unmask]
), Patrick Onck ([log in to unmask])
Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Hansohl Cho ([log in to unmask]), Turab Lookman ([log in to unmask])
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Meredith Silberstein ([log in to unmask])
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Symposium Description
Polymers and soft matter have been of critical importance in a broad variety of engineering and biological contexts at a wide range of scales. Recently, there have also
been tremendous progresses in advanced functional network materials (e.g. vitrimers, hydrogels), that achieve excellent performance (e.g. toughness, self-healing) through the designs of atomistic, molecular and supramolecular structures within reversible or
double networks. The multi-scale and multi-physical processes in these materials are strongly coupled, often resulting in highly nonlinear and emergent phenomena. To elucidate the coupled behaviors in these materials across the scales, multi-scale mechanical
modeling approaches are essential.
The main goal of this Symposium is to bring together scientists and engineers from a broad variety of engineering, physics and chemistry disciplines to discuss state-of-the-art
in the emerging fields of multi- scale mechanics of polymers, soft matters and network materials.
We welcome combined approaches of theoretical modeling, experimentation and computation that address (1) structure-property-function relationships, (2) macroscopic mechanical
properties and their connections to micromechanical features (3) multi-scale interplays between geometry, topology and mechanics, (4) multi-physically coupled phenomena, e.g. electromagnetic fields, biological processes, chemical reactions and deformations
in polymers, soft matter and network materials, and (5) advanced/additive manufacturing processes for these materials (e.g. electrospinning, 3D printing).
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Topics
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Mechanics and rheology of polymers and network materials
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Stimuli-responsive polymers, polymeric composites, hydrogels, vitrimers, cellular materials, foams and mechanical meta-materials for new applications in engineering
and biological contexts
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Multiscale computational methods: molecular simulations (classical molecular dynamics simulations, Monte-Carlo methods), coarse-graining strategies, continuum simulations
(non-conventional finite elements), ab-initio or density functional for polymers and soft materials
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Mechanochemistry and multi-physically coupled deformations in polymers and soft materials
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Invited Speakers
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology
Masao Doi, Beihang University and the University of Tokyo
Maurizio Fermeglia, University of Trieste
Jian Ping Gong, Hokkaido University
Ludwik Leibler, ESPCI Paris
Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University
Jerry H. Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology