2010 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior; held July 25-30, 2010.

2010年戈登薄膜和小尺度机械行为研究会议；

• 批准号: 0958630
• 负责人: Thomas Balk
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0958630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2010; Gordon; Research; Conference; Thin

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on "Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior" will be held from July 25 to 30, 2010, at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Financial support will help defray the conference fees and travel costs for invited speakers and discussion leaders as well as graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty members. The intellectual merit is based on the fact that the topic of the conference is highly trans-disciplinary, involving scientists with backgrounds in materials science and mechanics as well as colleagues from neighboring areas including condensed matter physics, electrical engineering and even biology. It is well established that the mechanical behavior of materials changes when they are geometrically confined to a small scale in at least one dimension. This may affect elastic, plastic and time-dependent deformation as well as degradation mechanisms such as fracture, fatigue and wear. The fundamental mechanisms and scientific understanding of these changes, however, require continued investigation and are the subject of many research projects. The study of small scale mechanical behavior has benefitted from fundamental studies of physical mechanisms linked to materials science and engineering reaching towards modern applications ranging from optical and microelectronic devices and nano- or micro-electrical mechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) to devices for energy production and storage. This research area has always taken advantage of recent progress in atomistic and micromechanical modeling, as well as materials characterization and in-situ measurements at small length scales. As such, the study of small scale mechanical behavior has fertilized many aspects of research in the fields of materials science and applied mechanics.Previous meetings have always led to intense discussions of new and unexpected results and observations, and in many cases new research and collaborations between attendees have been initiated. The 2010 Conference will continue to cover topics of lasting significance to the field such as elasticity, plastic deformation, and fracture in small structures. In addition, it will highlight topics of growing importance. Particularly, emerging topics in the area of energy conversion and storage, such as materials for batteries, will be highlighted.This GRC will have a broad impact on knowledge dissemination, stimulation of new ideas and research collaborations. At previous GRC meetings on this topic, more than 100 international experts on the subject came together, with backgrounds in the areas described above and with a large portion of participants coming from Europe and Asia. Typically, more than half of the participants are students or young researchers from academia, national laboratories, and industry. The meeting brings these young scholars into direct contact with experts in the unique atmosphere of a GRC, stimulating not only their specific research interests but even more importantly integrating them into a scientific community. We will make a strong effort to invite speakers and discussion leaders and to support students who are diverse in background, gender, and race. Also, it is anticipated that all invited speakers will be presenting for the first time at this GRC. After each oral presentation, there will be ample time for questions and in-depth discussions. For this, the discussion leaders are very important and will be carefully chosen. They are either speakers from previous GRC meetings who can provide an overarching perspective and/or very experienced people who have done distinguished work and are adept at posing stimulating questions. It is further planned to have summary discussions at the end of each session.

戈登研究会议(GRC)将于2010年7月25日至30日在缅因州沃特维尔的科尔比学院举行，主题为“薄膜和小规模机械行为”。财政支持将帮助支付特邀演讲者和讨论负责人以及研究生、博士后和初级教职员工的会议费和旅费。学术上的优势是基于这样一个事实，即这次会议的主题是高度跨学科的，有材料科学和力学背景的科学家，以及来自凝聚态物理、电气工程甚至生物学等邻近领域的同事。众所周知，当材料的几何尺寸限制在至少一维的小范围内时，材料的力学行为会发生变化。这可能会影响弹性、塑性和随时间变化的变形以及断裂、疲劳和磨损等退化机制。然而，这些变化的基本机制和科学理解需要继续研究，并且是许多研究项目的主题。小规模机械行为的研究得益于与材料科学和工程相关的物理机制的基础研究，这些基础研究涉及从光学和微电子设备、纳米或微电子机械系统(NEMS/MEMS)到能量生产和存储设备的现代应用。这一研究领域一直利用原子和细观力学建模以及材料表征和小尺度原位测量的最新进展。因此，对小尺度力学行为的研究丰富了材料科学和应用力学领域的许多方面的研究。以往的会议总是导致对新的和意想不到的结果和观察结果的激烈讨论，在许多情况下，与会者之间开始了新的研究和合作。2010年会议将继续讨论对该领域具有持久意义的主题，如弹性、塑性变形和小型结构的断裂。此外，它还将突出日益重要的主题。特别是能量转换和存储领域的新兴课题，如电池材料，将对知识传播、新想法的激发和研究合作产生广泛的影响。在以前关于这一主题的全球资源中心会议上，100多名国际专家聚集在一起，他们具有上述领域的背景，大部分与会者来自欧洲和亚洲。通常，超过一半的参与者是来自学术界、国家实验室和工业界的学生或年轻研究人员。会议让这些年轻学者在GRC独特的氛围中与专家直接接触，不仅激发了他们特定的研究兴趣，更重要的是将他们融入了一个科学社区。我们将努力邀请演讲者和讨论领袖，并支持不同背景、性别和种族的学生。此外，预计所有受邀演讲者将首次在本次GRC上发言。每次口头陈述后，将有充足的时间提问和深入讨论。为此，讨论带头人非常重要，将精心挑选。他们要么是以前GRC会议上的演讲者，他们可以提供总体观点，要么是非常有经验的人，他们做出了杰出的工作，并善于提出激动人心的问题。还计划在每届会议结束时进行总结讨论。