Workshop on Future Directions in Solid State Chemistry; Davis, CA; October 12-14, 2001

2001年固态化学未来方向研讨会将讨论目前的状况和未来可能的挑战和机遇，特别是在跨学科研究领域。固态化学研讨会将于2001年10月12-14日在加州戴维斯大学举行。这是NSF赞助的第二个固态化学研讨会。第一次研讨会（Journal of Solid State Chemistry 149，3-8，2000）集中讨论了固态化学学科核心的未来机遇和挑战。 这第二个研讨会将解决的挑战和未来的机遇，在界面的固态化学与其他学科在生物和物理科学。2001年固体化学研讨会的重点是跨学科领域的研究与教育的结合，将产生非常广泛的影响。鉴于当代材料科学和教育中的大多数重要问题显然是多学科的，这是一个特别及时的冒险。八个主题领域集中在研究和教育的整合是在固态化学和（1）纳米科学，（2）生物学，（3）理论和凝聚态物理学，（4）分子和大分子材料，（5）地球，行星和环境科学，（6）跨学科和研究生教育，（7）能量储存和转换，（8）国家设施。预计讨论结果的发表将有利于整个材料科学界。

The 2001 Workshop on Future Directions in Solid State Chemistry will deal with the present status and likely future challenges and opportunities, especially in interdisciplinary research areas. The Solid State Chemistry Workshop which will take place at the University of California Davis from October 12-14, 2001. This is the second NSF sponsored Solid-State Chemistry workshop. Discussions at the first workshop (Journal of Solid State Chemistry 149, 3-8, 2000) centered on future opportunities and challenges at the core of the solid-state chemistry discipline. This second workshop will address the challenges and future opportunities at the interfaces of solid-state chemistry with other disciplines in both the biological and physical sciences. %%%With a focus on the integration of research with education in interdisciplinary areas, the 2001 Workshop on Solid State Chemistry will have a very broad impact. It is a particularly timely venture given that most of the important issues in contemporary materials science and education are clearly multidisciplinary. Eight topical areas focused on the integration of research and educaion are at the interfaces between solid-state chemistry and (1) nanoscale science, (2) biology, (3) theory and condensed matter physics, (4) molecular and macromolecular materials, (5) earth, planetary, and environmental science, (6) interdisciplinary and graduate education, (7) energy storage and conversion, and (8) national facilities. Publication of the results of the discussions is anticipated for the benefit of the whole materials science community.