2001 Gordon Research Conference on Condensed Matter Physics; New London, CT; June 17-22, 2001

戈登凝聚态物理会议旨在将世界各国领导人、青年研究人员和各级学生聚集在一起，介绍和讨论令人振奋的新成果，以及凝聚态物理不同子领域之间的相互关系。涵盖的主题从量子电子学和输运到软凝聚态物质和生物物理学。在今年的会议上，由于对有机分子、它们的性质和组装的兴趣，不同的领域被联系在一起。通过应用栅电极绝缘掺杂金属和超导的有机晶体方面取得了戏剧性的新结果，这为人们对碳基系统中的输运提供了新的见解。在有机晶体上的结果将与纳米管、聚合物和DNA的结果进行比较。然后在溶液中考虑DNA中的传输，并导致对其介电性质以及它可以被操纵和自组装成各种结构的方式的理解。介绍了生物系统中的信息内容及其价值。然后还讨论了与玻璃和颗粒状材料有关的受挫填充和堵塞问题。会议提供讲座，但强调讲师和学生之间有大量的正式和非正式讨论时间。戈登凝聚态物理会议旨在将世界各国领导人、年轻的研究人员和各级学生聚集在一起，介绍和讨论在新的电子、结构、有机和生物材料物理的前沿领域取得的令人兴奋的新成果。参与者将来自学术界、工业界和政府实验室。有机晶体、聚合物和生物材料最近被证明是具有可控性质的电导体，可用于数据存储、发光、计算、迁移率和有趣的新结构。这些材料为基础科学以及潜在和现有的应用带来了新的见解。它们还说明了有机和无机体系的相对优势。学生的参与受到了用于正式和非正式讨论的大量时间以及海报会议的鼓励，在海报会议上，学生展示他们的结果，作为与更资深研究人员互动的焦点。

The Gordon Conference on Condensed Matter Physics is aimed at bringing together world leaders, young investigators and students at all levels to present and discuss exciting new results and the inter-relations between the diverse subfields in condensed matter physics. The topics covered range from quantum electronics and transport to soft condensed matter and biophysics. In this years conference the different areas are tied together by an interest in organic molecules their properties and assembly. Dramatic new results on insulting organic crystals doped metallic and superconducting by applying a gate electrode lead to new insights into transport in carbon based systems. The results on organic crystals are to be compared/contrasted with those of nanotubes, polymers and DNA. Transport in DNA is then considered in solution and leads to an understanding of its dielectric properties and the way it can be manipulated and self assembled into various structures. The information content and its value in biological systems is presented. Problems of frustrated packings and jamming are then discussed also in relation to the glasses and granular materials. The conference provides lectures, but emphasizes a large amount of time for formal and informal discussions between lecturers and students. The students are encouraged to participate directly by presenting posters on their work to serve as a focal point for interaction with more senior researchers.The Gordon Conference on Condensed Matter Physics is aimed at bringing together world leaders, young investigators and students at all levels to present and discuss exciting new results in forefront areas of the physics of new electronic, structural, organic and biological materials. The participants will be from academe, industry and government labs. Organic crystals, polymers, and biological materials have very recently been shown to be electrical conductors with controllable properties useful for data storage, light emission, computation, mobility and interesting new structures. These materials bring new insight into both fundamental science and potential and present applications. They also illustrate the relative advantages of organic and inorganic systems. Student participation is encouraged both by the large amount of time devoted to formal and informal discussion as well as poster sessions where the students present their results as a focal points for interaction with more senior researchers.