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

2001年固体化学未来方向研讨会将讨论固体化学的现状和未来可能面临的挑战和机遇，特别是在跨学科的研究领域。固体化学研讨会将于2001年10月12日至14日在加州大学戴维斯分校举行。这是美国国家科学基金会赞助的第二次固态化学研讨会。第一次研讨会（Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 149, 3-8, 2000）的讨论集中在固态化学学科核心的未来机遇和挑战上。第二次研讨会将讨论固态化学与生物和物理科学中其他学科的界面所面临的挑战和未来的机遇。由于注重跨学科领域的研究与教育的结合，2001年固体化学研讨会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。八个聚焦于研究和教育整合的主题领域位于固态化学与(1)纳米科学，(2)生物学，(3)理论和凝聚态物理，(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)能源储存和转换，以及(8)国家设施之间的界面。讨论结果的发表有望使整个材料科学界受益。

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.