The three winners of the 2017 PJ ZEON Award have been announced by the Society of Polymer Science Japan (SPSJ) as follows: Shohei Ida (The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan) for the contribution 'End-crosslinking of Controlled Telechelic Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) toward a Homogeneous Gel Network with Photo-induced Self-healing', Vol. 49, No. 2, 2017. Junpei Kuwabara (The University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) for the contribution 'Direct Arylation Polycondensation for the Synthesis of Bithiazole-based Conjugated Polymers and Their Physical Properties', Vol. 49, No. 1, 2017. Kazuyuki Takata (The Kansai University, Suita, Japan) for the contribution 'Analysis of the Sol-to-gel Transition Behavior of Temperature-responsive Injectable Polymer Systems by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer', Vol. 49, No. 9, 2017. Ida, Kuwabara, and Takata received their award certificates and medals at an award ceremony held in conjunction with the SPSJ annual meeting in May 2018 in Nagoya. Each winner also received a cash prize of 300,000 JP yen and gave an invited talk based on their respective papers. On behalf of the editors and editorial board of Polymer Journal, I wish to congratulate Ida, Kuwabara, and Takata on this honor in recognition of their excellent papers [1–3]. I hope the award will provide encouragement to these young researchers for their bright future careers. Academic profiles of the winners can be found below this announcement. The PJ ZEON Award started since 2005 as the successor of The PJ Paper Award, which started since 1992. This PJ ZEON Award is open to all of the first author of papers published in Polymer Journal [4] who is under 38 years of age. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions papers and many applications for the 2018 PJ ZEON Award. Each year the SPSJ selects up to three most outstanding papers published by young authors in Polymer Journal, as recommended by the selection committee and board of directors of the SPSJ. Those who are interested should go to the SPSJ website (http://main.spsj.or.jp//c5/pj/ pj.htm) for further information. Finally, we express our sincere appreciation to the Zeon Corporation for their generous sponsorship of this award.

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2017年Polymer Journal优秀论文PJ ZEON奖

日本高分子科学学会 (SPSJ) 公布了 2017 年 PJ ZEON 奖的三名获奖者如下：Shohei Ida（滋贺县大学，日本彦根）的贡献“受控遥爪聚合物的末端交联（ N-异丙基丙烯酰胺）朝向具有光诱导自我修复的均质凝胶网络'，卷。49, No. 2, 2017. Junpei Kuwabara（筑波大学，日本筑波）的贡献“Direct Arylation Polycondensation for the Synthesis of Bithiazole-based Conjugated Polymers and their Physical Properties”，Vol. 49, No. 2, 2017。49, No. 1, 2017。 Kazuyuki Takata（日本吹田关西大学）的贡献“通过荧光共振能量转移分析温度响应可注射聚合物系统的溶胶-凝胶转变行为”，卷。2017 年第 9 期第 49 期。Ida、Kuwabara 和 Takata 在 2018 年 5 月在名古屋举行的 SPSJ 年会期间举行的颁奖典礼上获得了他们的获奖证书和奖牌。每位获奖者还获得了 300,000 日元的现金奖励，并根据各自的论文进行了邀请演讲。我代表 Polymer Journal 的编辑和编委，祝贺 Ida、Kuwabara 和 Takata 获得这一荣誉，以表彰他们的优秀论文 [1-3]。我希望该奖项能够为这些年轻的研究人员的未来职业生涯提供鼓励。获奖者的学术简介可以在本公告下方找到。PJ ZEON 奖自 2005 年开始设立，作为自 1992 年开始设立的 PJ 论文奖的继任者。该 PJ ZEON 奖面向所有在 Polymer Journal [4] 上发表论文的第一作者，年龄在 38 岁以下。我们期待收到您提交的论文和 2018 年 PJ ZEON 奖的许多申请。SPSJ 每年都会根据 SPSJ 的评选委员会和董事会的推荐，选出最多三篇由年轻作者在 Polymer Journal 上发表的最杰出论文。有兴趣的人应该到 SPSJ 网站 (http://main.spsj.or.jp//c5/pj/pj.htm) 获取更多信息。最后，我们衷心感谢吉翁公司对本奖项的慷慨赞助。SPSJ 每年都会根据 SPSJ 的评选委员会和董事会的推荐，选出最多三篇由年轻作者在 Polymer Journal 上发表的最杰出论文。有兴趣的人应该到 SPSJ 网站 (http://main.spsj.or.jp//c5/pj/pj.htm) 获取更多信息。最后，我们衷心感谢吉翁公司对本奖项的慷慨赞助。SPSJ 每年都会根据 SPSJ 的评选委员会和董事会的推荐，选出最多三篇由年轻作者在 Polymer Journal 上发表的最杰出论文。有兴趣的人应该到 SPSJ 网站 (http://main.spsj.or.jp//c5/pj/pj.htm) 获取更多信息。最后，我们衷心感谢吉翁公司对本奖项的慷慨赞助。