2019 Crystal Growth and Assembly GRC/GRS

2019年戈登晶体生长和组装研究会议(GRC)：有序材料组装力学理解中的新范式，2019年戈登晶体生长和组装研究研讨会(GRS)分别于2019年6月23日至29日和6月22日至23日在缅因州比德福德的新英格兰大学举行。我们的社会不断受益于各种先进材料的开发，以解决从高温合金涡轮叶片、太阳能电池、微电子到疟疾等人类疾病的新疗法等应用中的技术挑战。这种材料是由具有不同背景的科学家开发的，包括化学、物理、材料科学和工程学。新材料通常是在这些学科的边界上开发出来的，戈登晶体生长和组装研究会议的目的是将来自不同背景的领先科学家聚集在一起，以刺激交叉受精。为了促进更广泛的影响，会议的形式强调与青年科学家，即学生和博士后的互动和积极参与，以培养新一代研究人员，他们将不得不在不断变化的世界中迎接未来的材料挑战，因为在这个世界上，(一些)资源越来越稀缺。美国国家科学基金会材料研究部的固态和材料化学计划以及土木工程、机械和制造业司的先进制造计划创新支持津贴，用于支付注册费和/或旅费，以支持参加这次会议的一些早期参与者，因为它与他们的计划范围相关。晶体生长和组装戈登研究会议和研讨会致力于了解对晶体成核和生长至关重要的基本原子和纳米级物理和化学的知识和理解。这些知识和理解是开发用于各种应用的先进材料所必需的。2019年会议特别关注材料组装的基本机制，会议将突出晶体生长和组装中的非经典路径。这次会议得到了NSF材料研究部的固态和材料化学项目以及土木、机械和制造创新部门的先进制造项目的支持，聚集了代表结晶和组装领域主要领域的顶尖科学家，并使他们相互接触，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拓展。对于这一更大的目标，会议寻求为我们多样化的学生群体提供共同语言；提高我们学生/博士后参与者的舒适度；并通过这些努力，发展一个由对材料组装原则的共同兴趣而紧密联系在一起的社区。随之而来的戈登研究研讨会是由研究生和博士后研究人员致力于并组织的，有助于这一新一代科学家的积极参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Crystal Growth and Assembly: New Paradigms in the Mechanistic Understanding of Ordered Materials Assembly, and the 2019 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Crystal Growth and Assembly are being held at the University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, on June 23-29 and June 22-23, 2019, respectively.Our 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 Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program in the Division of Materials Research and the Advanced Manufacturing Program in the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation support stipends for registration fee and/or travel support for some early-career participants at this conference because of its relevance to their programmatic scope.The Crystal Growth and 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 that are used in a diverse range of applications. The 2019 conference has a particular focus on the fundamental mechanisms of materials assembly with sessions that will highlight nonclassical pathways in crystal growth and assembly. This conference, with support from NSF's Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program in the Division of Materials Research and the Advanced Manufacturing Program in the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, gathers leading scientists representing the major areas in the fields of crystallization and assembly, 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.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.