Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
November 26-30, 2001

Technical Symposia

The Author Index is available in PDF.
A full search of the technical program including abstracts can be performed via the Personal Scheduler

The Abstracts Book is available here

Symposia descriptions from the call for papers are available here

CLUSTER 1 - Inorganic Electronic Materials And Devices
Symposium A	Materials Issues in Novel Si-Based Technology [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium B	Materials Science of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices IV [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium C	Ferroelectric Thin Films X [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium D	Polarization Dynamics in Ferroic Materials [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium E	Materials for High Temperature Superconductor Technologies [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium F	Spintronics [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium G	Thermoelectric Materials 2001 -- Research and Applications [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 2 - Photonic/Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Symposium H	Progress in Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic Applications [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium I	GaN and Related Alloys [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium J	Materials Engineering for Solid State Lighting [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium K	Microphotonics -- Materials, Physics, and Applications [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 3 - Thin Films And Surfaces
Symposium L	Thin Films -- Stresses and Mechanical Properties IX [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium M	Surface Science and Thin-Film Growth in Electrolytes [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium N	Current Issues in Heteroepitaxial Growth -- stress relaxation and self assembly [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium O	Complex Oxide Heteroepitaxy [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium P	Advances in Surface Engineering -- Fundamentals and Applications [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 4 - Materials Science, Processing And Evaluation
Symposium Q	Rapid Prototyping Technologies -- Tissue Engineering to Conformal Electronics [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium R	Electrically Based Microstructural Characterization III [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium S	Combinatorial and Artificial Intelligence Methods in Materials Science [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium T	Statistical Mechanical Modeling in Materials Research [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium U	Advanced Fibers, Plastics, Laminates and Composites [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 5 - Nanoscale Materials And Processes
Symposium V	Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials IV [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium W	Nanoparticulate Materials [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium Y	Nanopatterning -- From Ultralarge-Scale Integration to Biotechnology [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium Z	Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium AA	Self Assembly Processes in Materials [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 6 - Organic / Biological Materials And Devices
Symposium BB	Organic Optoelectronic Materials, Processing, and Devices [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium CC	Advances in Liquid Crystalline Materials and Technologies [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium DD	Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium EE	Electroactive Polymers and Their Applications as Actuators, Sensors, and Artificial Muscles [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium FF	Physical Characterization of Biological Materials and Systems [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium GG	Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium HH	Bio-Inspired Materials -- Moving Towards Complexity [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 7 - Materials And Society
Symposium II	Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium JJ	Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]
Symposium KK	Design, Characteristics, and Properties of Cementitious Materials [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

CLUSTER 8 - General
Symposium X	Frontiers of Materials Research [View HTML][View Abstracts PDF]

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