Carbides, Nitrides and Related Materials in Earth, Planetary, and Materials Science

碳、碳化物和氮化物是太阳星云中最早的结晶相。人们对碳化物和氮化物越来越感兴趣，它们是地幔中的次要配件，是难熔元素的保留物，也是全球碳和氮循环的参与者。同时，含有Si、C、O、N等元素的非晶态材料(如聚合物衍生陶瓷)是一类很有前途的新型材料，可能应用于火花塞和电池等领域。关于地质、行星和材料科学以及固态化学中的碳化物、氮化物和相关材料的研讨会可以促进这一领域的研究，并建立这些社区之间的联系，因为他们对这些材料的兴趣越来越大。到目前为止，尽管这些材料很重要，但从事这些材料工作的不同社区之间没有很好的沟通，特别是在材料科学-地球科学的前沿。该团队希望将这些不同的社区聚集在一起，促进更长期的合作，并确定未来研究的方向。研讨会将为学生和博士后提供跨学科边界的新前沿研究的第一手体验。短期的结果可能是在《科学》或《自然》等广泛的期刊上发表科学评论，总结令人兴奋的新共性、发现和机会。更长期的成果将是联合研究和一批精通材料科学和地球科学基本概念的年轻人。为了解决能源、可持续发展、关键资源和气候变化等更广泛的问题，这种交叉是必要的。对新技术材料的影响可能是巨大的。

Carbon, carbides, and nitrides are among the earliest crystalline phases in the solar nebula. There is increasing interest in carbides and nitrides as minor accessories in the Earth's mantle as retainers of refractory elements and as participants in the global carbon and nitrogen cycles. At the same time, amorphous materials containing Si, C, O, N and other elements (e.g. polymer derived ceramics) are a promising new class of materials with possible applications from spark plugs to batteries. A workshop on carbides, nitrides and related materials in geological, planetary, and materials science, and solid state chemistry could catalyze research in this field and establish the links between these communities, bundled by their growing interest in these materials. Until now, in spite of their importance, the diverse communities who work on these materials have not communicated well with each other, especially across the materials science-geoscience frontier. This team hopes to bring these diverse communities together to promote longer-term collaboration and to determine directions for future research. The workshop will give students and postdocs a first-hand experience of nascent frontier research across borders of disciplines. A short term outcome might be a scientific review in a broad journal such as Science or Nature, summarizing exciting new commonalities, findings and opportunities. A longer term outcome will be joint research and a cadre of young people conversant in basic concepts of both materials science and geoscience. Such crossover is needed to address broader problems of energy, sustainability, critical resources, and climate change. Impact on new technological materials could be substantial.