Yoshiki Chujo , Kyoto University, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, JP, 615-8510 | Kenneth Wynne | Kathryn Uhrich | Chang-Sik Ha

This symposium deals with new hybrid materials based on organic polymers, especially focuses on the application as biological or biomedical materials. The combination of organic polymers and inorganic materials such as metal nanoparticles or silica offers a variety of functional nano-hybrid materials. These nano-hybrid materials were prepared by some leading groups, and have attracted particular attention, since the variations among their matrices allow a room for extensive design of new materials in the next generation. Some nano-hybrid materials indeed show interesting biological or biomedical applications. To date, however, such frontier research has been localized only in traditional fields such as polymer chemistry, biology, and materials science. An exchange of knowledge has not been effectively promoted as a consequence. If the development of these nano-hybrid materials is to progress, it should be essential to gather researchers to present and discuss their various results. The proposed symposium should provide such an excellent occasion to use nano-hybrid materials for biological or biomedical applications, which should be very important for our future life.