Solid State Chemisty of Inorganic Materials VII to be held at the MRS Fall Meeting; Hynes Convention Center; Boston, MA; December 1-5, 2008

近年来，由于人们广泛认识到新材料的发现和研究所涉及的技术重要性和科学挑战，以及来自其他学科的科学家看到了在这一领域进行令人兴奋的研究的机会，人们对固态化学作为一门学科的兴趣经历了爆炸式的增长。2008年无机材料固态化学研讨会是一个重要的国际会议。会议的目标是促进对固态化学领域感兴趣的广泛研究人员的合作和信息交流，这些领域涉及的问题包括新型合成方法、晶体化学、新型材料的电子、磁性和光学性质、计算固态化学、纳米级材料的化学、表面和界面/催化、固态离子、微孔材料和框架结构、介电材料、无机/有机杂化材料和复合材料。这些主题在重要应用的新材料的制备和表征中起着关键作用。NSF的资助对象包括学生、博士后学者、早期职业教师、美国资深会议主席和特邀演讲者。本次会议的目的是将来自不同背景的研究人员聚集在一起，讨论固态化学领域的最新进展和挑战，旨在促进思想交流，并在学术，工业和政府研究人员之间建立牢固的关系。来自学生、博士后学者和早期职业教师的国际知名演讲者和海报展示将强调技术进步，展示未发表的作品，以及讨论固态化学社区内出现的新思想和未来方向。演讲者代表学术、工业和政府实验室，将有强有力的国际参与。在固态化学各个领域工作的顶尖科学家有望引起该领域许多研究人员的兴趣。当前需要强调的前沿包括合成、表征和研究新型无机固体化合物的性质。该领域影响了整个固态化学领域和许多材料化学研究，因为它涵盖了所有材料类型和各种各样的可开发性质。因此，这次固态化学的MRS研讨会将吸引那些对推进新技术具有重要意义的各类化合物的研究人员的兴趣。

Interest in solid-state chemistry as a discipline has undergone explosive growth in recent years due to the broadly based recognition of the technological importance and scientific challenges involved in the discovery and study of new materials, and due to the influx of scientists from other disciplines who see the opportunities for performing exciting research in this area. The 2008 MRS Symposium PP on Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials is a major international meeting. The goal of the conference is to facilitate collaborations and information exchange across a broad spectrum of researchers with interests in solid-state chemistry areas that address issues such as novel synthesis methods, crystal chemistry, electronic , magnetic and optical properties of new classes of materials, computational solid state chemistry, chemistry of nano-scale materials, surfaces and interfaces/catalysis, solid state ionics, microporous materials and framework structures, dielectric materials inorganic/organic hybrid materials, and composite materials. These topics play key roles in the preparation and characterization of novel materials for important applications. The NSF support will go to students, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty, as well as senior U.S. session chairs and invited speakers.%%%The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds to discuss the latest advances and challenges in the area of solid-state chemistry with the intent to promote an exchange of ideas and to build strong relationships among academic, industrial, and government researchers. Internationally known speakers and poster presentations from students, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty will emphasize technical advances, the presentation of unpublished work, and the discussion of new ideas and future directions emerging within the solid-state chemistry community. The speakers represent academic, industrial, and government laboratories, and there will be strong international participation. Leading scientists working in various areas of solid-state chemistry are expected to draw the interest of many researchers in the field. Current frontiers to be highlighted include synthesizing, characterizing, and investigating the properties of novel classes of inorganic solid compounds. The area impacts the entire field of solid-state chemistry and much of materials chemistry research since it spans all materials types and a wide variety of exploitable properties. As a result, this MRS symposium on solid-state chemistry will draw the interest of those working on diverse classes of compounds important to advancing new technologies.