International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials; Phoenix, AZ; May 29 - June 3, 2005

这笔赠款为将于2005年5月29日至6月3日在亚利桑那州凤凰城Squaw Peak的Pointe Hilton度假村举行的无机材料固-固相变国际会议(PTM2005)提供支持。会议的主要目标是聚集新的和成熟的研究人员，讨论与材料中固体到固体相转变的基本机制和原则有关的最新研究方向。来自世界各地领先机构的不同专家小组将在会议上提交一系列受邀的论文。这些论文大多倾向于理论和实验的批判性比较，新的实验方法和结果，或新的理论发展和范式。NSF的所有资金都用于支付研究生和博士后研究人员参加会议的注册或旅费，让他们有机会与该领域的顶尖专家分享他们的研究经验。会议论文将通过会议赞助商矿物、金属和材料学会以一卷的形式出版。本次无机材料固-固相变会议，PTM2005，沿袭了1981年在卡内基梅隆、1987年在剑桥大学、1994年在内马科林林地和1999年在日本京都举行的国际固-固相变会议的传统。会议的具体目标是：(A)讨论在了解无机材料固-固相变基本方面的最新进展；(B)向研究人员提供适用于理解固-固相变的新的实验、数学、理论和计算技术的综述；(C)提出理论和实验之间的关键比较；(D)比较陶瓷、金属和矿物中相变的基本方面；(E)为参与相变实际应用的人提供机会熟悉该领域的新发展；以及(F)提供一个轻松的氛围，让科学家可以与来自许多国家的同事讨论他们的工作。自上次PTM会议以来，出现了新的实验和模拟技术的爆炸性增长，这些技术提供了对固-固相变的新颖描述、材料结构的量化和对以前未知的相变现象的观察。将来自世界各地的顶尖专家聚集在一起讨论这些最新发展，将把这一领域的基本知识提升到尽可能高的技术水平。来自世界各地的顶尖研究人员、博士后研究人员和研究生的参与，结合完整会议记录的出版，将在世界范围内传播固-固相变的最新发展。利用国家科学基金会的资金支持研究生和博士后研究人员，帮助培训材料相变这一重要领域中受过高等教育的研究人员。

This grant provides support to the International Conference on Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials (PTM2005) to be held May 29 - June 3, 2005, at the Pointe Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak in Phoenix, AZ. The primary goal of the conference is to bring together new and established researchers to discuss foremost emerging research directions related to the fundamental mechanisms and principles governing solid-to-solid phase transformations in materials. A series of invited papers will be presented at the conference from a diverse group of experts from leading institutions around the world. Most of these papers are oriented towards a critical comparison of theory and experiment, new experimental approaches and results, or new theoretical developments and paradigms. All of the NSF funds are used to pay registration or travel expenses for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to attend the conference, allowing them an opportunity to share their research experience with leading experts in the field. The conference papers will be published in one volume through the conference sponsor, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. This Conference on Solid-to-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials, PTM2005, follows the tradition of the International Solid-to-Solid Phase Transformation Conferences held at Carnegie Mellon in 1981, Cambridge University in 1987, Nemacolin Woodlands in 1994 and Kyoto, Japan, in 1999. Specific goals of the conference are: (a) to discuss current developments in understanding fundamental aspects of solid-to-solid phase transformations in inorganic materials; (b) to provide researchers with a survey of new experimental, mathematical, theoretical and computational techniques applicable to the understanding of solid-to-solid phase transformations; (c) to present critical comparisons between theory and experiment; (d) to compare fundamental aspects of phase transformation in ceramics, metals and minerals; (e) to provide those who are involved in practical applications of phase transformations an opportunity to familiarize themselves with new developments in the field; and (f) to provide a relaxed atmosphere in which scientists can discuss their work with colleagues from many countries. The period since the last PTM Conference has seen an explosion of new experimental and simulation techniques that provide novel descriptions of solid-solid phase transformations, quantification of material structures and observation of transformation phenomena previously unknown. Bringing together leading experts from around the world to discuss these latest developments will elevate the fundamental knowledge in this field to the highest possible technical level. The participation of leading researchers, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students from around the world, combined with the publication of full conference proceedings, will disseminate the latest developments in solid-solid phase transformations worldwide. Use of the NSF funds to support graduate students and post-doctoral researchers assists in the training of highly educated researchers in the important field of phase transformations in materials.