Solid state inorganic materials encompass a vast array of compounds. The functional properties associated with these materials involve a host of technologically important applications, such as superconductivity, energy storage, gas storage, etc. The syntheses, thorough characterization, and theoretical analyses are crucial for advances in the field, as well as in the design of superior materials. Thus it is vital that established scientists, junior faculty, postdoctoral associates, and students involved in solid state chemistry research interact with the larger materials community. The Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting is an important forum for this community. Building on a 16 year tradition, symposium EE ? Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VIII ? is the eighth biennial symposium at the Fall MRS meeting. The topical areas to be addressed include: Novel Synthetic Methods; Theoretical Studies and Computational Modeling; Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage; Magnetic, Electronic and Optical Properties of Materials; and Nanomaterials and Porous Solids. Funding from the Solid State and Materials Chemistry program will be provided to junior faculty, post-doctoral associates, and students to attend and present their research at this meeting.
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The MRS meeting is an international forum bringing together experts from many disciplines to share and discuss important issues of fundamental and applied material science and technology. A prestigious and diverse list of invited speakers will cover these scientific areas with the intent by the organizers to establish an important forum for accelerating understanding in solid state chemistry systems. The symposium allows established scientists as well as newcomers to share their results and ideas. The symposium also allows experimentalists to meet with theorists, and academic science to interact with applied technologies. Registration and travel support is requested for junior faculty, post-doctoral associates, and students to attend the meeting and present their research.
Solid state inorganic materials encompass a vast array of compounds. The functional properties associated with these materials involve a host of technologically important applications, such as superconductivity, batteries, microporous materials, etc. The syntheses, thorough characterization, and theoretical analyses are crucial for advances in the field, as well as in the design of superior materials. Thus it is vital that established scientists, junior faculty, post-doctoral associates, and students involved in solid state chemistry research interact with the larger materials community. There is no better opportunity for these interactions than the national Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting. Building on a 16 year tradition, symposium EE – Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VIII – is the eighth biennial symposium at the Fall MRS meeting. The symposium allowed established scientists as well as newcomers to share their results and ideas. The symposium also allowed experimentalists to meet with theorists, and academic science to interact with applied technologies. Solid-state chemistry plays a central role in the discovery and understanding of novel materials. Over a four-day span, a wide range of interesting materials topics was discussed. A few of the many highlights are given here. Novel synthetic methods on a diverse range of materials were discussed by a number of invited and contributed talks. K. Prassides (Durham University) described fullerene superconductivity, whereas S. Hwu (Clemson University) and J. Wiley (Univ. New Orleans) spoke about low temperature methods for synthesizing new and novel materials, specifically salt inclusion compounds and perovskite materials. Solid-state materials and energy played a prominent role in the symposium. D. Gregory (Glasgow Univ.) spoke about the use of nitrides for energy processing, conversion, and storage, whereas G. Snyder (Cal. Tech.) discussed his recent research on thermoelectrics. An excellent presentation was given by A. Prieto, a junior faculty member at Colorado State University, who spoke about her work on electrodeposition as a synthetic tool for energy materials. An additional session focused on the fascinating pnictide superconductors. D. Johrendt (Munich Univ.) discussed lattice effects on new pnictide superconductors, whereas M. Johannes (NRL) examined these iron based materials from a theoretical standpoint. Theory was also featured during the invited presentations of A. Rappe (Penn), who discussed molecular dynamics in dielectric materials. Nano and microporous chemistry were also emphasized in the presentations by S. Kitagawa (Kyoto), who spoke about soft porous crystals, and T. Bein (Munich Univ.), who discussed his recent research on oriented nano-scale films of metal-organic frameworks. In addition to the invited and contributed talks, the symposium had over 125 poster presentations. Finally, symposium proceedings were published – Volume 1309 ‘Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials VIII’, eds. P. Shiv Halasyamani, Simon J. Clarke, David G. Mandrus, and Kyoung-Shin Choi.
