12th International Conference on Martensitic Transformations: An Integrated Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling Approach; Santa Fe, CA; June 29-July 5, 2008

技术：计划采用综合方法合成、表征和模拟马氏体相变。为进一步实现这一目标，国际马氏体联合会将于2008年6月29日至7月5日在新墨西哥州圣达菲帮助组织第十二届马氏体相变国际会议(ICOMAT-08)。这个会议每三年举行一次，从一个大洲移动到另一个大洲。主要集中在基础科学以及马氏体相变(无扩散，一阶)相变和显微组织在形状记忆及相关合金中的技术应用。这一重要课题的学术价值包括各类材料的马氏体相变科学和技术、包括耦合位移/扩散相变在内的各种位移相变、马氏体材料的时效和回火、形状记忆、铁性和多铁性材料以及与磁弹性、铁电性和磁性形状记忆合金有关的方面。参与者还将讨论从运动学基础、结构、热力学、机构和动力学的一系列主题。将讨论多尺度建模的新理论方法和新兴的实验方法，如三维成像和微结构表征。在许多这样的材料中，应变可以耦合到其他自由度，例如极化、磁化和洗牌模式。因此，本次会议将重点介绍含马氏体铁素体材料的共同特征。非技术性：将有来自世界各地的300多名研究人员参加会议。重要的是，许多来自美国的学生、博士后和年轻教职员工(包括女性和少数族裔)将参加会议。它还将作为教育宣传和多学科研究培训的论坛。将有大约30场受邀演讲，150场贡献演讲和大约100张海报演示文稿。会议记录将由TMS以两卷(书)的形式出版，将分发给来自世界各地的参与者。有关详情，请浏览以下网址：http://cnls.lanl.gov/ICOMAT/

TECHNICAL: An integrated approach to synthesis, characterization and modeling of martensitic transformations planned. To further this goal PI will help organize the 12th International Conference on Martensitic Transformations (ICOMAT-08) during June 29 - July 05, 2008 in Santa Fe, NM. This conference is held every three years and moves from one continent to another. The main focus is on fundamental science as well as on the technological applications of martensitic (diffusionless, first order) phase transitions and microstructure in shape memory and related alloys. The intellectual merit of this important topic encompass science and technology of martensitic transformations across all classes of materials, diverse displacive transformations including coupled displacive/diffusional transformations, aging and tempering of martensitic materials, shape-memory, ferroic and multiferroic materials with aspects relevant to magnetoelastics, ferroelectrics and magnetic shape memory alloys. Participants will also address topics ranging from fundamentals of kinematics, structure, thermodynamics, mechanisms and kinetics. Novel theoretical approaches of multiscale modeling and emerging experimental methods such as three dimensional imaging and characterization of microstructure will be addressed. In many of these materials strain may couple to other degrees of freedom such as polarization, magnetization and shuffle modes. Thus, common features of ferroic materials with martensites will be highlighted in this conference. NON-TECHNICAL: There will be over 300 researchers participating in the conference from around the world. Importantly, many students, postdocs and young faculty (including women and minorities) from the US will attend the conference. This will also serve as a forum for educational outreach and multidisciplinary research training. There will be about 30 invited talks, 150 contributed talks and about 100 poster presentations. The proceedings will be published by TMS as two volumes (books) which will be given to participants from around the world. Other details can be found at the web-site: http://cnls.lanl.gov/ICOMAT/