WORKSHOP: 2017 Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Growth and Assembly: From atomic to hierarchical assemblies in crystal growth

您的社会不断受益于各种先进材料的发展，以解决应用中的技术挑战，从超合金涡轮叶片，太阳能电池，微电子到疟疾等人类疾病的新疗法。这些材料是由化学、物理、材料科学和工程等不同背景的科学家开发的。新材料通常是在这些学科的边界上开发出来的，戈登晶体生长研究会议的目的是将这些不同背景的顶尖科学家聚集在一起，以促进交叉受精。为了促进更广泛的影响，会议的形式强调与年轻科学家（即学生和博士后）的互动和积极参与，以教育新一代的研究人员，这些研究人员将不得不在不断变化的世界中应对未来材料的挑战，其中（一些）资源变得越来越稀缺。美国国家科学基金会材料研究部（DMR）承认会议的重要性，通过其跨领域活动计划为一些参与者提供注册费和/或旅费补贴。第2部分：技术概述晶体生长和组装戈登研究会议和研讨会是致力于基本的原子和纳米尺度的物理和化学的知识和理解，这是核心的成核和晶体的生长为广泛的技术阵列。这种知识和理解是开发先进材料的必要条件，这些材料的应用范围从高温合金涡轮叶片、太阳能电池、微电子到疟疾等病理疾病的新疗法。2017年的会议特别关注超材料的自组装，这是一类新的材料，有望形成从能量收集到自我修复材料等新应用的基础。本次会议在NSF材料研究部（DMR）的支持下，聚集了代表结晶领域主要领域的顶尖科学家，并使他们彼此接触，更重要的是，与该领域的下一代研究人员接触，以促进晶体生长社区内更广泛的推广。为了实现这一更大的目标，会议力求为我们多样化的学生群体提供一种共同的语言；提高我们的学生/博士后参与者的舒适度；并且，通过这些努力，通过对材料组装原则的共同兴趣来发展一个紧密编织的社区。与此同时，由研究生和博士后研究人员组织的戈登研究研讨会有助于新一代科学家的积极参与。

PART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYOur society continuously benefits from the development of a wide range of advanced materials to solve technological challenges in applications ranging from super-alloy turbine blades, solar-cells, microelectronics to new therapeutics for human diseases such as malaria. Such materials are developed by scientists with diverse backgrounds including chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering. Novel materials are often developed at the boundaries of these disciplines and the aim of the Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Growth & Assembly, is to bring together leading scientists from these different backgrounds in order to stimulate cross-fertilization. In an effort to promote broader impact, the format of the meeting emphasizes interaction with and active participation of young scientists, i.e., students and post-docs, in order to educate a new generation of researchers that will have to meet future materials challenges in a changing world where (some) resources become increasingly scarce. NSF's Division of Materials Research (DMR) acknowledges the importance of the conference by supporting stipends for registration fee and/or travel support for some participants through its Cross-Cutting Activities Program.PART 2: TECHNICAL SUMMARYThe Crystal Growth & Assembly Gordon Research Conference and Seminar is dedicated to the knowledge and understanding of the fundamental atomic and nanoscale physics and chemistry that are central to the nucleation and growth of crystals for a wide array of technologies. Such knowledge and understanding is needed to develop advanced materials for applications ranging from super-alloy turbine blades, solar-cells, microelectronics to new therapeutics for pathological diseases such as malaria. The 2017 conference has a particular focus on the self-assembly of meta-materials, a new class of materials that is expected to form the basis of novel applications, ranging from energy harvesting to self-healing materials. This conference, with support from NSF's Division of Materials Research (DMR), gathers leading scientists representing the major areas in the field of crystallization and brings them into contact with each other and, more importantly, with the next generation of researchers in the field to promote broader outreach within the crystal growth community. With respect to this larger goal, the meeting seeks to provide a common language for our diverse student body; to raise the comfort-level of our student/postdoc participants; and, through these efforts, to develop a tightly-woven community held together by a common interest in the principles of materials assembly. The accompanying Gordon Research Seminar that is dedicated to and organized by graduate students and post-doctoral researchers aids in the active participation of this new generation of scientists.