Porous Polymers Michael S Silverstein Department of Technion

Porous Polymers Michael S. Silverstein, Department of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Materials Engineering, Neil R. Cameron, Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, UK Neil B. Mc. Keown, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Marc A. Hillmyer, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN The purpose of the Symposium was to bring together the various disparate communities that work on porous polymeric materials. The Symposium was able to present topics that had similar underlying themes but originated in a variety of research areas with very different perspectives. Some of the sessions focused on particular size scales while other sessions focused on specific synthesis methodologies such as aerogels and poly. HIPE. The applications for porous polymers that were discussed included low-k dielectrics, membranes, catalysis, absorbents, patterning, drug delivery, chromatography, structural materials, and tissue engineering. This session brought these diverse research communities together so that they could learn from each other in a venue that specifically focused on porous polymers, from fundamentals to applications. The interaction between these very different research groups quite naturally led to the exchange of novel ideas that will ultimately produce technologies of benefit to society. The PMSE Division Symposium was held at the 238 th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, August 16 -20, 2009.