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December 1-5, 2003 Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel Boston, MA MRS Symposium L: Continuous Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials This symposium will focus on recent advances in nanostructured and nanophase materials and their applications. Nanostructured materials consist of domains of less than 100 nm and include atom clusters and cluster assemblies, one- and two-dimensionally-modulated layers and three-dimensional structures. The term "nanophase" refers to structures comprised of domains or particles of a single material that are typically less than 100 nm, whereas the term "nanocomposite" refers to a composite of more than one nanophase. Nanoscale materials can be engineered as homogeneous or porous ceramics, metals, metal oxides, semiconductors, organic polymers, or as composite materials containing these components. Rapid progress has been made over the last two decades or so; and industrial applications for these structures as bulk materials, devices, components, sensors, and coatings in a broad spectrum of areas are in sight. This symposium will bring together scientists from many disciplines to present and discuss recent advances in the synthesis, processing, characterization, and properties of nanostructured and nanophase materials and their application. The following research areas will be covered in oral and poster presentations: ·
Physical and chemical synthesis and processing Invited speakers include: C.J. Brinker (Sandia National Labs), H. Hahn (Darmstadt Univ., Germany), C.-W. Park (ANP, Korea), M.P. Pileni (Univ. of Paris, France), D. Pine (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), R. Roy (Pennsylvania State Univ.), E.L. Thomas (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Yuri D. Tretyakov (Moscow State Univ., Russia), and D. Wilson (Nanotechnologies). Symposium
Organizers James
Watkins John
C. Parker
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