Workshop: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities in Electronic and Photonic Materials

非技术性描述：材料对社会进步至关重要，早期文明通常以特定的材料命名（例如“青铜时代”和“铁器时代”）。作为我们现代文明基础的物质材料太多样化了，不能仅举几例。然而，电子和光子学抓住了影响我们生活各个方面的关键技术和行业，如计算，通信和医疗保健。因此，光子和电子材料的进步在催化革命性变革和改造技术平台方面带来了无可置疑的社会效益。为期两天的研讨会汇集了在代表先进电子和光子材料的几类材料方面进行研究的领先专家。在电子和光子材料领域工作的科学家和研究人员为新材料的发现开发合成方法，表征技术和计算方法，具有提供变革性科学和社会影响的潜力。在电子和光子材料领域接受过培训的年轻研究人员对于确保国家在对国家安全，经济增长和可持续社会发展至关重要的领域的竞争优势也至关重要。技术说明：该研讨会汇集了领先的专家，讨论电子和光子材料广泛领域的当前挑战和未来机遇。拟议的研讨会有三个目标：（一）更好地了解科学界认为电子和光子材料研究的当前前沿和未来机会;（二）评估研究界解决国家和社会重要性科学问题的准备情况;（三）确定电子和光子材料研究的差距和新领域。研讨会的具体范围包括外延生长材料（半导体，氧化物和混合材料），货车德瓦尔斯材料，聚合物/柔性材料和超材料。有效的材料开发需要在计算、合成、表征和原型器件演示方面的综合努力。讲习班的参加者包括所有这些领域的专家。研讨会的总结报告可供研究人员、决策者和公众参考。正在讨论的材料平台为推进通信、信息处理、医疗保健和清洁能源技术带来了巨大的希望。在这些研究领域接受培训的年轻研究人员对于持续推动经济增长，确保国家安全的竞争优势以及为可持续社会发展提供解决方案至关重要。

Nontechnical description: Materials are so essential to societal advance that early civilizations are often named after a particular material (e.g. "Bronze age' and "Iron age"). Pivotal materials at the foundation of our modern civilization are far too diverse to name just a few. Electronics and photonics, nevertheless, capture the key technologies and industries that influence every aspect of our lives such as computing, communications, and health care. Advances in photonic and electronic materials thus bring unquestionable societal benefits in catalyzing revolutionary changes and transforming the platform that technologies are built on. The two-day workshop brings together leading experts performing research in several classes of materials that are representative of advanced electronic and photonic materials. Scientists and researchers working in the areas of electronic and photonic materials develop synthetic methods, characterization techniques and computational methods for new materials discovery, with potential for delivering transformative scientific and societal impacts. Young researchers trained in the field of electronic and photonic materials are also vital for ensuring the nation's competitive advantage in areas critical to national security, economic growth, and sustainable societal development. Technical description: This workshop brings together leading experts to discuss the current challenges and future opportunities in the broad field of electronic and photonic materials. The goal of the proposed workshop is threefold: (i) to better understand what the scientific community views as current frontiers and future opportunities for electronic and photonic materials research; (ii) to assess the readiness within the research community to address scientific questions of national and societal importance; and (iii) to identify gaps and new areas for research in electronic and photonic materials in the near-future. The specific scope of the workshop covers epitaxially grown materials (semiconductors, oxide, and hybrid materials), van der Waals materials, polymeric/flexible materials, and metamaterials. Effective material development requires integrated efforts in computation, synthesis, characterization, and prototypical device demonstration. Workshop participants include experts in all these areas. A report summarizing the workshop serves to inform fellow researchers, policy makers, and the general public. The material platforms under discussion hold substantial promise for advancing communications, information processing, health care, and clean energy technologies. Young researchers trained in these research areas are vital for continually driving economic growth, ensuring competitive advantages in national security, and providing solutions for sustainable societal development.