2024 Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

2024固体化学戈登研究会议暨戈登研究研讨会

• 批准号: 2401291
• 负责人: Arthur Mar
• 金额: $ 2.9万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2401291&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2024; Solid; State; Chemistry; Gordon

Non-Technical SummaryThe 2024 Solid State Chemistry Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) are supported in part by the NSF Division of Materials Research (Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program). They take place at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, with the GRC (July 21-26, 2024) featuring discussion of cutting-edge research from the best scientists worldwide at all stages of career, and the associated GRS (July 20-21, 2024) directed to training younger scientists to present their research. The topics discussed under the scientific theme of "Diverse Approaches to Functional Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Data-Driven Discoveries" are important for fulfilling NSF's missions to promote the progress of science (e.g., to discover better materials by gaining a deeper understanding of how their properties are controlled by their structure); to advance national health, prosperity, and welfare (e.g., to solve critical problems in energy and sustainability); and to secure the national defense (e.g., to develop robust systems for energy self-sufficiency). To address these challenges, the unique format of these meetings promotes unencumbered exchange of unpublished research results and exploration of new ideas through diverse viewpoints from scientists in academia, industry, and government laboratories. The relatively remote location of these meetings ensures that participants are free from distractions and promotes informal interactions between early career and more experienced researchers to help grow the scientific community. In the GRS, graduate students and postdocs learn from peer mentors to present research ideas in a professional setting, acquire confidence, develop leadership skills, and consider potential career paths. The programs for these meetings reflect a strong commitment to diversity initiatives, ensuring that participants from traditionally underrepresented groups are given opportunities to present their research, that they receive registration and travel support, and that those with special needs are appropriately accommodated. An open forum called the "Power Hour" is scheduled within the GRC to promote discussion about challenges in diversity and inclusion in the scientific community.Technical SummarySolid state chemistry focuses on the synthesis, structure, properties, and applications of materials with extended structures. It contributes to significant advances in fundamental scientific knowledge, through initiatives connected with NSF's "Big Ideas," including Quantum Leap (e.g., quantum and magnetic materials, superconductors), Harnessing the Data Revolution (e.g., high-throughput materials discovery through machine learning), and Mid-scale Research Infrastructure (e.g., in situ and in operando characterization). It makes broad impacts to confront critical problems in energy, sustainability, and societal needs, including batteries, solar cells, lasers, magnets, light-emitting diodes, hard materials, superconductors, and catalysts. The fundamental goal of solid state chemistry is to design better materials with greater control and predictability, by developing relationships connecting composition and structure to the properties and function of materials. At the Solid State Chemistry GRC and GRS, researchers are invited to share their diverse approaches to solve this problem, by proposing new creative synthetic routes, applying more powerful characterization tools, and developing data-driven methods to discover new materials. Different perspectives are offered from scientists at all stages of career in academic, industrial, and national laboratories. The scope is expanded to new classes of materials, such as topological solids, high-entropy alloys, hybrid materials, and mixed-anion compounds. To encourage deeper scientific inquiry, the format of both meetings includes ample opportunities for discussion during the oral and poster presentations. The “no publication” policy fosters open communication and many networking activities provide opportunities to initiate collaborations, promote learning, and maximize use of shared infrastructure.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.

2024年固态化学戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）部分由NSF材料研究部（固态和材料化学计划）支持。 他们发生在科尔比-索耶学院在新伦敦，NH，与GRC（2024年7月21日至26日）具有从最好的科学家在职业生涯的各个阶段的前沿研究的讨论，和相关的GRS（2024年7月20日至21日）针对培训年轻的科学家提出他们的研究。 在“功能材料的多样方法：合成，表征和数据驱动的发现”的科学主题下讨论的主题对于履行NSF促进科学进步的使命非常重要（例如，通过更深入地了解材料的性质如何受其结构控制来发现更好的材料）;促进国民健康、繁荣和福利（例如，解决能源和可持续性方面的关键问题）;以及确保国防安全（例如，发展强大的能源自给自足系统）。 为了应对这些挑战，这些会议的独特形式促进了未发表的研究成果的不受阻碍的交流，并通过学术界，工业界和政府实验室的科学家的不同观点探索新的想法。 这些会议相对偏远的位置确保了与会者不受干扰，并促进了早期职业和更有经验的研究人员之间的非正式互动，以帮助发展科学界。 在GRS中，研究生和博士后从同行导师那里学习，在专业环境中提出研究思路，获得信心，培养领导能力，并考虑潜在的职业道路。 这些会议的计划反映了对多样性倡议的坚定承诺，确保传统上代表性不足的群体的参与者有机会展示他们的研究，他们获得注册和旅行支持，以及那些有特殊需要的人得到适当的照顾。 一个名为“Power Hour”的公开论坛计划在GRC内举行，以促进对科学界多样性和包容性挑战的讨论。技术概述固态化学专注于具有扩展结构的材料的合成，结构，性质和应用。 它有助于基础科学知识的重大进步，通过与NSF的“大想法”，包括量子飞跃（例如，量子和磁性材料，超导体），利用数据革命（例如，通过机器学习进行高通量材料发现），以及中等规模研究基础设施（例如，在现场和在操作表征中）。 它对能源，可持续性和社会需求方面的关键问题产生了广泛的影响，包括电池，太阳能电池，激光，磁铁，发光二极管，硬质材料，超导体和催化剂。 固态化学的基本目标是通过开发将组成和结构与材料的性能和功能联系起来的关系，设计具有更大控制和可预测性的更好材料。 在固态化学GRC和GRS，研究人员被邀请分享他们解决这个问题的不同方法，提出新的创造性合成路线，应用更强大的表征工具，并开发数据驱动的方法来发现新材料。不同的观点提供了从科学家在学术，工业和国家实验室的职业生涯的各个阶段。 范围扩大到新的材料类别，如拓扑固体，高熵合金，混合材料和混合阴离子化合物。 为了鼓励更深入的科学探究，两次会议的形式都包括在口头和海报介绍期间进行讨论的充分机会。 该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。