Travel Support to the 6th International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals, and Melts (BORATE 2008), Osaka, Japan, August 17 - 23, 2008

非技术描述：这笔助学金将资助十名本科生和研究生参加第六届国际会议上的硼酸盐玻璃、晶体和熔体。这次三年一度的会议将于2008年8月18日至22日在日本兵库市白鹭Himeji举行。这些学生来自全国几所高校，他们将发表演讲，并成为会议的正式成员。这一活动给美国公众带来了许多好处。硼酸盐玻璃具有多方面的实际用途，提高了人们的生活水平。这方面的例子包括与天然牙齿非常匹配的牙科植入物、高度稳定的硼硅酸盐玻璃中安全的放射性废物存储以及高锂含量的硼酸盐玻璃，这些玻璃是新一代固态电池材料的极佳候选者。参加会议的学生将能够从来自20多个国家的科学家那里了解该领域的最新进展。技术描述：会议的技术内容将非常集中和及时。将介绍的论文包括：硼酸盐玻璃和熔体的中短程有序；结构和物理性质；计算机模拟和建模；相分离和不均匀；新光谱技术；硼酸盐的EPR、XAFS、XPS、IR、核磁共振和衍射研究；新型硼酸盐玻璃和晶体；矿物晶体；局部热性质；硼酸盐体系的热力学；硼酸盐和硼硅酸盐玻璃的工业应用；生物医学应用；光学性能和材料；超级离子系统和离子导电性。此外，在会议之前，这些学生将参观Spring8同步辐射实验室(会议的赞助商)和一家现代日本玻璃公司。由于会议不会同时举行，学生们将能够完全沉浸在当前硼酸盐科学的方方面面。此外，学生的总体参与度很高，这使得我们将带来的学生与来自其他国家的学生之间可能会进行重要的科学对话。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:This grant will support ten students, at the undergraduate and graduate level, to attend the Sixth International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals, and Melts. This triennial meeting will take place August 18-22, 2008 at Egret Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. These students, from several colleges and universities across the nation, will make presentations and be full participating members of the conference. There are a number of advantages for the American public that result from this activity. Borate glasses have manifold practical uses and improve our standard of living. Examples of this include dental implants that closely match natural teeth, safe radioactive waste storage within highly stable borosilicate glasses, and high lithium containing borate glasses that are excellent candidates for new generations of solid state battery materials. Students attending the meeting will be able to learn the latest advances within the field from scientists from over 20 nations.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:The technical content of the meeting will be well focused and timely. Papers will be presented on: Short and intermediate range order in borate glasses and melts; Structure and physical properties; Computer simulation and modeling; Phase separation and inhomogeneities; New spectroscopic techniques; EPR, XAFS, XPS, IR, NMR, and diffraction studies of borates; Novel borate glasses and crystals; Mineralogical crystals; Local thermal properties; Thermodynamics of borate systems; Industrial applications of borate and borosilicate glasses; Biomedical applications; Optical properties and materials; Superionic systems and ionic conductivity. In addition, before the conference, these students will visit the Spring8 Synchrotron Radiation Lab (a sponsor of the conference) and a modern Japanese Glass Company. Since the meeting will not have concurrent sessions the students will be able to fully immerse themselves in all aspects of the current science of borates. Furthermore, overall student participation is high making it likely that significant scientific dialogue will take place between the students we will bring and their counterparts from other nations.