You are invited to participate in a Symposium on "Stimuli Responsive Polymers" at the ACS National Spring Meeting in New Orleans, LA (April 6-10, 2008).

The objective of this symposium is to bring together established experts, scientists at the beginning of their careers, and students from different disciplines, to share most up-to-date research focused on the design, synthesis, processing and application of stimuli-responsive polymers. We are soliciting contributions from all areas of research that involve stimuli-responsive polymers, including but not limited to:

- Mechanoresponsive Materials
- Responsive Polymers for Bio-Applications
- Polymers with Unusual Sensing Capabilities
- Polymers that Respond to Electromagnetic Radiation.

Abstracts and preprints are due on October 28 and have to be submitted through the OASYS website: http://oasys.acs.org/acs/235nm/oasys.htm.

A template for the 2-page POLY preprint can be downloaded at: http://uweb.txstate.edu/science/polymerpreprints/.

For further information on the symposium visit: http://macromolecules.case.edu/NewOrleansMeeting.htm. ÊPlease contact us if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Rigoberto Advincula, University of Houston, radvincula@uh.edu
Stuart J. Rowan, Case Western Reserve University, stuart.rowan@case.edu
Oren A. Scherman, Cambridge University, oas23@cam.ac.uk
Christoph Weder, Case Western Reserve University, christoph.weder@case.edu