| Posted: November 21, 2008 |
Conference will spotlight the rapidly emerging field of self-healing materials |
| (Nanowerk News) The rapidly emerging field of self-healing materials will be spotlighted at the Second International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, set for June 28-July 1, 2009, in Chicago. |
| The Web site for the conference states that its scope will encompass “all classes of self-healing materials, including polymers, ceramics, metals, and composites, while biomaterials and bio-inspiration serve as model systems that guide research in the emergent field of self-healing.” |
| The conference will feature focus sessions, special symposia, and submitted abstracts. General topics include areas such as self-healing polymers, microvascular systems, and self-healing coatings and paints, while the special symposia are being organized in a variety of areas, including self-healing supramolecular polymers, numerical analysis tools for self-healing, and mechanochemically active polymers. |
| “The ICSHM provides a high-level international platform for the field of self-healing materials. We expect to attract a diverse, multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers from around the world, not only reporting on the current state-of-the-art, but also the future of self-healing materials systems,” said Scott White of the University of Illinois, the Beckman Institute, and general co-chair of the conference along with Ian Bond from the University of Bristol in England. |
| The deadline for abstract submission is Jan. 5, 2009, while early fee registration can be done until March 4, 2009. |
| The first International Conference on Self Healing Materials was held in the Netherlands in 2007 and included more than 200 self-healing researchers from around the world. |
| Source: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology |
