Call for Papers for the Symposium
Polymer and Materials for Defense against Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
American Chemical Society National Meeting,
Washington, DC
August 28 to September 1, 2005
Topics of Interest (Other Related Topics will be Considered) are: materials used for sensing, collecting, concentrating, detecting and decontaminating chemical weapons, biological weapons, nuclear related chemicals, toxic industrial chemicals, bio-toxins, and other materials that might be related to terrorism or homeland defense; examples of these types of methods or materials include surfactant or phospholipid based decontamination, environmentally green decontamination, molecularly imprinted materials, sol-gels and related materials, modified porous silicon, modified metal surfaces such as gold, nano-structured oxides; applications of these materials to sensing and detecting systems such as SAW detectors and mass spectrometers; molecular recognition materials.
One poster session and 4 oral sessions are planned. Oral sessions include: Chemical and biological agent detection, materials for decontamination and protection, and biological decontamination. Deadline for Abstracts April 25, 2005. Both a standard ACS abstract and Polymer Preprint are required for all papers. Abstracts should be submitted through OASys, the ACS online abstract submittal system, available at the ACS meetings page (http://www.acs.org). Upon abstract submission, a record number will be assigned, which must be used to submit a preprint (this ensures that abstract and preprint are linked). Information about the National ACS meeting in Washington, DC can also be found at http://www.polyacs.org/main/natlmeet.shtml
If you are interested in presenting a poster or a paper, please contact:
G. E. Lawson, Chemical/Biological Defense Center, Naval Surface Warfare Division, Code 54, Building 1480, Dahlgren, VA 22448, 540-284-0616, fax 540-653-8223, e-mail: glenn.lawson@navy.mil
J. G. Reynolds, Deputy Director of Science and Technology, Forensic Science Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P. O. Box 808, L-178, Livermore, CA 94551, 925-422-6028, fax 925-423-9014, e-mail: reynolds3@llnl.gov
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