Symposium
Editors, A.Guiseppi-Elie
and K. Levon
Wiley-VCH, 2002, pp. 1-185
ISBN 3-527-30476-2
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Preface
This text is
intended for scientists, engineers and other technical personnel who
seek a current assessment of the rapidly growing field of macromolecule-metal
complexes. The book is the result of technical contributions to the
9th International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal Complexes (MMC-9)
sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC), the Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society (POLY,
ACS) and Polytechnic University. Organized by the Herman F. Mark Polymer
Research Institute and held at Polytechnic University's Metrotech
Center, Brooklyn, NY in August 19-23, 2001, the symposium featured
four plenary addresses. The keynote address was delivered by Professor
Eli Pearce, the President American Chemical Society, Polytechnic University,
spoke on a "Strategy Plan for the American Chemical Society". The
other Plenary addresses were delivered by Prof. Victor Kabanov (Moscow
State University, Russian Academy of Sciences; "Cooperativity Effects
in Polyelectrolyte Complexation"), Prof. Alan MacDiarmid (Nobel Laureate
in Chemistry, 2000, Univ. of Pennsylvania; "Synthetic Metals: a Novel
Role for Organic Polymers") and Prof. Eishun Tsuchida (Waseda University;
"Human Serum Albumin Incorporating Lipidhemes as an Oxygen Infusior."
Thematically,
the book is organized according to the topical conferences of the
symposium. The symposium focused on the role of metal ions, complexes
and metallic clusters in macromolecular systems wherein the polymeric
materials were either natural or synthetic organic, or synthetic inorganic.
The symposium addressed new directions such as supramolecular assemblies,
bio-related applications, organic and inorganic chemistry. Conferences
were held addressing such important contemporary issues as macromolecular-metal
complexes in green chemistry and polyelectrolytes and polymer batteries.
For the first time at this MMC symposium, a conference was dedicated
to macromolecule-metal complexes formed from inherently conductive
polymers with the potential for metal-like conductivity. Other conferences
addressed electronic, magnetic and optical properties of macromolecule-metal
complexes and a conference was dedicated to bio-related applications
and one to physical properties of macromolecule-metal complexes.
The symposium
chairs were Prof. E. Tsuchida, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169, Japan, Prof. Kalle Levon, Polymer Research Institute, Polytechnic
University, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA and Prof. Yoshi
Okamoto, Polymer Research Institute, Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech
Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA. The first MMC symposium was held in
Beijing in 1985. The series of conferences have been successfully
held every two years. The MMC-8 was held at Waseda University in Tokyo
in 1999 and MMC-10 will be held along the Volga River in Russia.
Kalle Levon
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
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