Conferences
19–22 September 2022, Strasbourg, France
14th International conference on Polymer-solvent Complexes and Intercalates and 1st conference on Next-Generation of (Macro)-Molecular Self-Assembled Systems (POLYSOLVAT-14)
The topic of this series of international conferences was originally cantered on polymer systems that are obtained through the co-organization of polymer chains or macromolecules with solvent molecules. These systems, which are also designated as polymer-solvent molecular compounds, crystallosolvates, intercalates, etc., typically form through molecular recognition (intercalates) and/or through specific molecular interactions (complexes). The former six conferences were, therefore, entitled Polymer-solvent Complexes and Intercalates. It, however, turned out that more and more other systems, such as supramolecular polymers (self-assembled systems) and proteins complexes, entered the conversation, as the scientists clearly shared common concerns, and in many cases, similar scientific approaches. The broader range of systems presented in this series of conferences was renamed POLYSOLVAT, which conveys the general idea of specific interactions of large molecules with smaller ones. Ever since, POLYSOLVAT has been sponsored by IUPAC as one of its kind. POLYSOLVAT-14 will focus on the formation mechanisms; the morphology; the molecular structure; and the properties of compounds from synthetic polymers, biopolymers, proteins, and supramolecular polymers. The bulk state, the solutions, and the systems formed at surfaces/interfaces will be considered.
