2012 Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

由固体化学和材料化学计划资助的2012年戈登固体化学研究会议(GRC)将于2012年7月22-27日在科比-索耶学院举行。本次会议的重点是能源和环境应用材料的设计和性能。这次会议突出了我们在生产足够的能源同时维护环境方面所面临的挑战。化石燃料替代品的可持续发展是一项具有挑战性的努力。面对这一根本问题，新化合物的设计、现有材料的优化以及对结构和物理性质关系的理解需要以固体化学为基础的多学科方法。为此，会议聚集了不同的科学家，讨论固体化学的最新进展和挑战。明确鼓励演讲者和海报主持人在各种当前主题上强调进展、未发表的结果、新的和有风险的想法。组织者强烈鼓励积极参与讨论和参与海报会议，这为展示新的和令人兴奋的研究提供了一个极好的机会。固体化学是一个多学科领域，其重要性不仅随着新的材料类别的发现而不断增加，而且随着对现代技术使固体的各种性质成为可能的更深入的了解而不断增加。该领域的重要性和范围随着理解、控制和预测固体的结构和性质以及合成具有增强物理性能的新材料的需求而不断增长。这次会议将提供一个开放的环境，就固体化学的前沿交换意见，从而直接影响所有与会者。GRC提供了在其每次会议上培养开放式与会者的框架。有时间进行非正式讨论，提供膳食的方式确保所有与会者都能在会议期间互动。预计演讲者将向他们的同事传达未公布的和前沿的信息，目的是这一披露将在所有与会者中激发广泛的讨论，并逐步推动这一领域的发展。全球资源中心的包容性和合议性氛围，以及对分享以前未发表的信息的重视，使我们能够培养创新的方法，以应对我们世界面临的最重要的挑战。这一战略是GRC的一个标志，八十多年来一直服务于科学界，促进了科学的进步。对于代表性不足的群体，有特别的资金。这次会议的目的是促进学术界、产业界和政府实验室的研究人员之间的思想交流和伙伴关系的建立。许多更年轻的科学家以及更资深和杰出的科学家都被包括在这个项目中，他们承诺让演讲和讨论代表该领域的新方向。

TECHNICALThe 2012 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Solid State Chemistry funded by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program will be held at Colby-Sawyer College July 22-27, 2012. The focus of this conference is the design and properties of materials for energy and environment applications. This conference highlights the challenges that we face in producing enough energy while maintaining our environment. Sustainable development of alternatives to fossil fuels is a challenging endeavor. To face this fundamental issue, the design of new compounds, the optimization of existing materials and the understanding of the relationship of structure and physical properties require a multidisciplinary approach in which Solid State Chemistry is the bedrock. To this end, the conference brings together a diverse array of scientists to discuss the latest advances and challenges in Solid State Chemistry. Speakers and poster presenters are explicitly encouraged to emphasize advances, unpublished results, new and risky ideas on a variety of current topics. The organizers strongly encourage active contribution to discussions and participation in poster sessions, which offer an excellent opportunity for presenting new and exciting research. Solid State Chemistry is a multidisciplinary field whose importance continues to increase not only with the discovery of new classes of materials, but also through a deeper understanding of the diverse properties of solids made possible by modern techniques. The importance and scope of the field has grown in response to the continuing challenge to understand, control, and predict the structures and properties of solids and the need to synthesize new materials with enhanced physical properties.NON TECHNICALThis meeting will directly impact all of the attendees by providing an open atmosphere for exchange of ideas on the cutting edge of Solid State Chemistry. GRC provides the framework for fostering an open attendees at each of its meetings. There is time for informal discussion and the manner with which the meals are provided ensures that all participants can interact during the meeting. The speakers are expected to convey unpublished and cutting edge information to their colleagues with the objective that this disclosure will stimulate expansive discussion among all attendees and progressively advance the field. The inclusive, collegial atmosphere of the GRC, and the emphasis on sharing previously unpublished information, enables the cultivation of innovative approaches to address the most important challenges facing our world. This strategy is a hallmark of GRC and has served the scientific community and facilitated the advancement of science for over eight decades. There is special funding for underrepresented groups. The intent of this meeting is to promote the exchange of ideas and the building of partnerships between researchers from the academic world, industry and government laboratories. Many younger scientists are included in the program along with more senior and distinguished scientists, promising to make the presentations and discussions representative of new directions in the field.