Request for Supplemental Funds for the 18th International Conference on II-VI Compounds and Related Materials

科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）计划通过建立有效整合教育和研究的中心，为提高为少数民族服务的机构的研究能力提供支持。CREST促进了新知识的发展，提高了个别教师的研究生产力，扩大了在科学、技术、工程和数学学科中历史上代表性不足的学生的存在。纽约城市大学（CUNY）城市学院的CREST低维系统界面设计和工程组装中心要求国家科学基金会支持第18届II-VI化合物和相关材料国际会议。II-VI半导体化合物是由元素周期表第2族或第12族的金属组成的。会议的范围涵盖了合成技术、新物理现象的研究和创新设备的开发。具体的主题将包括II-VI及其相关化合物的生长、表征、结构、物理和器件。大会自成立以来，对现代科学技术作出了重大贡献。自会议开始以来，在医学、军事或成像领域对材料的生长和特性以及新设备的设计和实施方面进行了突破性的研究。最近基于II-VI化合物的太阳能电池的战略重要性和具有相关制造特性的新材料的开发增加了这一领域的活动，具有巨大的潜力，并导致全世界对会议的兴趣激增。本次会议将为来自两个CREST中心（纽约市立大学和波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校）的研究人员提供一个独特的论坛，以扩大和促进中心的合作，并允许CREST中心的学生和教师在独特的全球研究环境中进行互动。通过提供旅行支持和学生演讲比赛，鼓励学生参与。

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. CREST promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.The CREST Center for Interfase Design and Engineered Assembly of Low-Dimensional Systems at City University of New York (CUNY) City College requests National Science Foundation support for the 18th International Conference on II-VI Compounds and Related Materials.II-VI semiconductor compounds are composed of a metal from either group 2 or 12 of the periodic table. The scope of the conference spans synthesis techniques, investigation of new physical phenomena and innovative device development. Specific topics that will be covered include growth, characterization, structure, physics and devices of II-VI and related compounds. This conference has been a significant contributor of modern science and technology since it was established. Ground breaking research in the growth and characterization of materials and design and implementation of new devices of interest in medical, military or imaging domains has been carried out since the conference began. The recent strategic importance of solar cells based on II-VI compounds and the development of new materials with related fabrication properties have increased activity in this field with enormous potential, and has led to a surge in interest in the conference worldwide.This conference will provide a unique forum for researchers from two CREST Centers (CUNY and University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) to expand and promote the Centers' collaborations and allow CREST Center students and faculty to interact in a unique global research environment. Student participation will be encouraged through the availability of travel support and a student presentation competition.