2012 Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

2012年戈登固态化学研究会议（GRC）由固态和材料化学计划资助，将于2012年7月22日至27日在科尔比索耶学院举行。本次会议的重点是能源和环境应用材料的设计和性能。本次会议强调了我们在生产足够的能源同时维护环境所面临的挑战。化石燃料替代品的可持续发展是一项具有挑战性的奋进。为了面对这一基本问题，新化合物的设计，现有材料的优化以及对结构和物理性质之间关系的理解需要多学科方法，其中固态化学是基石。为此，会议汇集了各种各样的科学家，讨论固态化学的最新进展和挑战。明确鼓励演讲者和海报展示者强调各种当前主题的进展，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。固态化学是一个多学科领域，其重要性不仅随着新材料的发现而不断增加，而且还通过对现代技术所能实现的固体的各种性质的更深入理解而不断增加。该领域的重要性和范围不断增长，以应对持续的挑战，以了解，控制和预测固体的结构和性质，并需要合成具有增强物理性能的新材料。非排他性本次会议将直接影响所有与会者通过提供一个开放的气氛，交流思想的前沿固态化学。GRC提供了在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在会议期间能够互动。演讲者将向他们的同事传达未发表的和前沿的信息，目的是通过此次披露激发所有与会者的广泛讨论，并逐步推进该领域的发展。GRC的包容性，合议的气氛，并强调分享以前未公布的信息，使创新方法的培养，以解决我们的世界面临的最重要的挑战。这一战略是GRC的一个标志，80多年来一直为科学界服务，促进科学进步。为代表性不足的群体提供了特别资金。这次会议的目的是促进学术界、工业界和政府实验室的研究人员之间的思想交流和建立伙伴关系。许多年轻的科学家沿着更资深和杰出的科学家一起被列入该计划，他们承诺使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 Speakers and poster presenters are explicitly encouraged to emphasize advances, unpublished results, new and risky ideas on a variety of current topics.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.