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</style><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US">Polysolvat<b> </b></span><span lang="EN-US">is a series of successful international conferences held every two years. </span></font></p><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN-US">The next edition </span><b><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#ff2600">Polysolvat-16</font> will be organized by JCNS of </span></b></font><b style="text-align: start;"><font face="Helvetica">Forschungszentrum Jülich</font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background: white;"> </span>on <b>October 6th to 9th 2026 in Tutzing, Germany</b></font></span></p><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><b><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></b></p><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><b><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;">Save the date!</font></b></p><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Helvetica"> </font></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The conference focuses on the formation mechanisms, morphology, molecular structure, and properties of compounds formed between solvent molecules, small molecules, synthetic polymers, biopolymers, proteins, and supramolecular polymers. It considers both fundamental aspects and application potential as well as characterization through neutron and other scattering techniques. The conference will include invited lectures, oral presentations, and poster presentations. Topics covered include:</p><p class="p1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Helvetica"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Structure and morphology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Dynamics and simulations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Gels and aerogels<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Scattering techniques and labelling<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">External fields<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: -28.65pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">- </span></span><!--[endif]--></font><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px;">Applied systems</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>Further information will be available shortly on the conference website.</div><div><br></div>On behalf of the organizers<br><div>
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