Workshop on Fe-Pnictide and Related Superconductors: College Park, MD; November 16-17, 2008

该奖项提供了部分支持？铁磷族化合物及相关超导体研讨会最近在日本发现的铁磷属元素化物材料（铁加上砷、氮、磷、锑或铋的化合物）的高温超导性，导致了世界范围内对这些新型超导材料的研究急剧增加;自1987年发现氧化铜（铜酸盐）超导体以来，第一类新的过渡金属基高Tc超导体。它们含有铁作为活性电子元素的事实对大多数超导专家来说是一个巨大的惊喜，因为铁的磁性传统上被认为是超导性的完全对立面。研究这些新材料的工作正在以几乎前所未有的速度进行。该研讨会将使美国研究人员能够快速有效地加快这些新的和技术上重要的材料。 强烈鼓励研究生和本科生参加。在会议开始前将举行一次辅导会议，旨在教育这一新领域的年轻科学家。NSF的资金将主要用于支持各种各样的美国学生，博士后和初级教师，否则他们将无法参加研讨会。

This award provides partial support for the ?Workshop on Fe-Pnictide and Related Superconductors.? The recent discovery in Japan of high-temperature superconductivity in the iron pnictide materials (compounds of iron plus arsenic, nitrogen, phosphorus, antimony, or bismuth) has led to a dramatic surge of worldwide research on these novel superconducting materials; the first new class of transition metal based high-Tc superconductors since the discovery of the copper oxide (cuprate) superconductors in 1987. The fact that they contain iron as the active electronic element is a great surprise to most superconductivity experts, since the magnetism of iron has traditionally been thought to be the complete antithesis of superconductivity. The work on these new materials is proceeding at an almost unprecedented pace. This workshop will allow U.S. researchers to rapidly and efficiently get up to speed on these new and technologically significant materials. Graduate and undergraduate students will be strongly encouraged to attend. A tutorial session will be held just before the conference begins, geared towards educating young scientists in this new field. The NSF funds will be used predominantly to support a diverse group of U.S. students, postdocs and junior faculty who would not otherwise be able to attend the workshop.