Conference Proposal: Third International Symposium on Nanoporous Materials by Alloy Corrosion

该奖项将提供资金支持美国研究生、博士后学者和早期职业研究人员参加2019年2月24日至28日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行的第三届合金腐蚀纳米多孔材料国际研讨会。研讨会上的演讲和讨论/合作将突出纳米多孔材料合成和性能的新方面，并制定指导原则，概述该领域在催化、燃料电池、等离子体器件和传感器等应用领域的未来方向。研讨会将提供一个难得的机会，将不同的工业和学术研究人员聚集在一个共同的环境中，这将促进研究合作和确定纳米多孔材料的新技术机会。关键成果将是一篇描述该领域未来方向的期刊文章，以及对年轻研究人员有关纳米多孔材料职业机会的教育。总的来说，纳米多孔金属和纳米多孔材料跨越了许多基础科学领域，具有广泛的应用前景。充分认识纳米多孔材料的有用特性和开发有助于控制这些特性的合成策略将对广泛的应用产生重大影响。为此目的，会议将促进信息共享和协作，这在会议之外是不可能实现的。这次会议影响的关键之一是研究生和早期职业科学家的有针对性的参与。青年科学家讲座、夜间海报会议以及知名科学家和年轻研究生之间的共同氛围将对年轻与会者未来的职业生涯产生重要而持久的影响。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The award will provide funding in support of participation by U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and early-career researchers at the Third International Symposium on Nanoporous Materials by Alloy Corrosion on February 24-28, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA. The presentations and discussion/collaboration fostered at the symposium will highlight new aspects of nanoporous materials synthesis and properties, as well as develop the guiding principles that will outline future directions for the field in applications such as catalysis, fuel cells, plasmonic devices, and sensors. The symposium will provide a rare opportunity to bring together a diverse group of industrial and academic researchers in a common setting under conditions that will promote research collaboration and identification of new technological opportunities for nanoporous materials. Key outcomes will be a journal article describing future directions for the field, and education of young researchers about career opportunities related to nanoporous materials. Nanoporous metals and nanoporous materials, in general, span many fields of basic science and they see utility in a broad range of applications. Full realization of the useful properties of nanoporous materials and development of synthesis strategies that facilitate control of those properties would create substantial impact over a broad range of applications. To this end, the conference will facilitate information sharing and collaboration that would not be possible outside of the meeting. One of the keys to the impact of this meeting is the targeted involvement of graduate students and early career scientists. The combination of young scientist talks, nightly poster sessions, and a communal atmosphere between established scientists and young graduate students will have an important and lasting impact on the future careers of the younger attendees.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.