Materials by Design: A Proposal for an NSF-Sponsored Workshop to be held in the University of California, Santa Barbara; Thursday, March 17 through Saturday 19, 2011.

TECHNICALA研讨会将于2011年3月在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校举行，主题为设计材料，由材料研究部门(固体和材料化学和凝聚态物理)、化学部门(高分子、超分子和纳米化学)和数学和物理科学局(多学科活动办公室)的项目支持。固体和材料化学的研究跨越了从组成原子到成键，再到扩展材料的物理性质的全方位探索。与材料的物理性质和功能行为的密切联系是固体和材料化学家区别于其他化学、物理和材料科学从业者的关键方面：一种独特的方法，包括无机和有机材料研究，包括晶体和非晶态材料，并在最深层次进行探索。目标通常是在能够实现给定应用的材料中实现所需的物理特性。在这种情况下，我们使用术语设计材料(MBD)指的是寻求通过设计为特定应用创造新材料的研究。这些材料的范围从溶液法制备的纳米颗粒，到小分子和聚合物先进的电子材料，再到有机/无机杂化材料、块状氧化物、主族化合物和金属间化合物。MBD的中心目标之一是广泛使用在多个长度尺度上应用的计算技术，以了解和预测新材料的性质。显然，MBD的愿景需要包容，并将在很大程度上依赖于与凝聚态物理(CMP)和材料科学的相关学科的合作，这将在本研讨会上讨论。非技术研讨会为来自化学、凝聚态物理、理论和材料科学学科的初级和高级研究人员提供机会，聚集在一起讨论共同推进材料设计概念的新机制。研讨会的结果将是更好的材料发现方法，以及恢复美国在这一领域的卓越地位的途径。

TECHNICALA workshop, to be held in the University of California Santa Barbara in March 2011 on the topic of Materials by Design, is supported by programs in the Division of Materials Research (Solid State and Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics), Division of Chemistry (Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry), and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities). Research in Solid State and Materials Chemistry spans the full spectrum of exploration from constituent atoms, to bonding, to physical properties in extended materials. The strong links to physical properties and the functional behavior of materials is a key aspect that distinguishes solid state and materials chemists from other practitioners of chemistry, physics, and materials science: a unique approach that includes inorganic and organic materials research, incorporating both crystalline and amorphous materials, and probed at the deepest level. The goal is frequently to achieve the desired physical properties in materials that enable a given application. In this context, we employ the term Materials by Design (MbD) to refer to research that seeks to create new materials for specific applications by design. The materials may range from solution-prepared nanoparticles, to small-molecule and polymer advanced electronic materials, to organic/inorganic hybrid materials, bulk oxides, main-group compounds, and intermetallics. One of the central goals of MbD is to make extensive routine use of computational techniques applied at multiple length scales to understand and predict new materials properties. Clearly, a vision for MbD needs to be inclusive and would rely heavily on collaboration with allied disciplines within Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) and Materials Science which will be discussed at this workshop.NON-TECHNICALThe workshop offers the opportunity for junior and senior researchers from the disciplines of chemistry, condensed matter physics, theory and materials science to come together and discuss new mechanisms for working together to advance the concept of Materials by Design. The outcome of the workshop will be better approaches to materials discovery and a path to restoring the US to a position of preeminence in this area.