2011 Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference & Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

该奖项由固态和材料化学计划资助，将资助学生、博士后和年轻教师参加2011年7月17-22日在缅因州比德福德的新英格兰大学举行的戈登薄膜和晶体生长机制研究会议。这次会议关注的是对结晶和有序化理解产生影响的新进展。与会者试图测量、理解和控制三个相互关联的领域(A)基本界面过程；(B)晶体结构；以及通过前两个领域，(C)材料功能。该程序大致按照这个顺序处理这些主题中的每一个。戈登会议的特别优势在于它强调界面过程和晶体生长机制。戈登研究会议提供了一个独特的论坛，将专家、青年科学家和学生围绕特定主题聚集在一起，披露未发表的数据，挑战和讨论新想法，并推动科学和创新的前沿。如果没有这些重要的会议，就不会有新的合作和产生的新想法。在27位受邀的演讲者和会议主席中，组织者包括7名女性和1名西班牙裔。此外，还讨论了将参与范围扩大到代表性不足的群体的计划。学生、博士后和青年科学家将通过智力交流和国际参与从这次会议中受益。

TECHNICALThis award supported by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program will provide funds for students, post docs and young faculty to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms to be held July 17-22, 2011 at University of New England, Biddeford, ME. This conference focuses on new developments that impact understanding of crystallization and ordering. Attendees seek to measure, understand, and control three interrelated arenas (a) fundamental interfacial processes; (b) crystalline architectures; and through the first two, (c) materials function. The program addresses each of these topics approximately in this order. The particular strength of this Gordon Conference is its emphasis on interfacial processes the mechanisms of crystal growth.NON TECHNICALThe Gordon Research Conferences provide a unique forum to bring together experts, young scientists, and students around a particular thematic topic to disclose unpublished data, to challenge and discuss novel ideas, and to push the frontiers of science and innovation forward. New collaborations can be formed and new ideas generated that would not otherwise occur if not for these important conferences. The organizers have included 7 female and 1 Hispanic out of the 27 invited speakers and conference chairs. Also, plans to broaden participation to underrepresented groups are discussed. Students, post docs and young scientists will benefit from this conference through intellectual exchange and international participation.