Symposium M: Solution Synthesis of Inorganic Functional Materials—Films, Nanoparticles, and Nanocomposites

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Solution Synthesis of Inorganic Functional Materials—Films, Nanoparticles, and Nanocomposites

Developments of solution processing methods for the synthesis of functional inorganic materials have opened up new avenues to achieve enhanced and/or novel functionalities in these materials. These routes, such as sol-gel, metallo-organic decomposition, polymer-assisted deposition, hydrothermal, citrate/nitrate/hybrid route, chemical-bath deposition, etc., provide cost-effective fabrication of high-quality thin films, nanocomposites, nanoparticles, and nano-structures of inorganic materials. Such materials are attractive for applications in electronics, sensors, actuators, memory devices, magnetic sensors, spintronics, thermoelectrics, energy storage, anti-reflective coatings, etc., due to the possibility of reducing their fabrication cost and large-area deposition.

The symposium will focus particularly on the functional inorganic materials and techniques that offer improved properties, low-cost/low-temperature synthesis, and advanced processing that will probably impact cost-effective technologies. Various aspects, such as growth mechanisms; fabrication of high-quality thin films, nanocomposites, ceramics, porous networks, heterostructures, and nanoparticles (oxide, carbide, and nitride materials); self-assembly of single and multiphase materials; advanced characterization techniques; and application of these materials in forefront technologies will be discussed. The materials will cover ferroelectrics, magnetics, multiferroics, semiconductors, superconductors, optically functional materials, and thermoelectrics. Discussions of topics related to materials science, chemical engineering, and physics will promote information exchanges between researchers from universities, national laboratories, and industries for the advancement of these materials and processes.

Session topics will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Metal-oxide, carbide, and nitride films
  • Dielectric and ferroelectric oxides
  • Multiferroic oxides, heterostructures, and thin films
  • Nanocomposite multifunctional materials
  • Solution-based patterning and self-assembly
  • Magnetic nanoparticles, thin films, composites, and applications
  • Superconducting materials
  • Optically functional materials
  • Films and nanostructures for energy applications
  • Structure-property relations and engineered materials

A joint session with Symposium AAA: Superconducting Materials–From Basic Science to Deployment is being considered.

Invited Speakers Include:

Takeshi Araki (Superconductivity Research Lab, Japan), Lourdes Calzada (Inst. de Ciencia Materiales de Madrid CSIC, Spain), Paul G. Clem (Sandia National Labs), Hongyou Fan (Sandia National Labs), Yanfeng Gao (Shanghai Inst. of Ceramics, China), Steven George (Univ. of Colorado), Yuval Golan (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel), Teruo Izumi (ISTEC, Superconductivity Research Lab, Japan), Kazumi Kato (National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan), Dong Pyo Kim (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Korea), Y. Lin (Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China), Sanjay Mathur (Univ. of Cologne, Germany), Xavier Obradoros (Inst. de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona CSIC, Spain), Beng Ong (Inst. of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore), Jeffrey M. Pietryga (Los Alamos National Lab), Yoshiyuki Sugahara (Waseda Univ., Japan), Masahide Takahashi (Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan), Xiaoli Tan (Iowa State Univ.), Robert C. Tenent (National Renewable Energy Lab), Marlies K. Van Bael (Hasselt Univ., Belgium), Isabel Van Driessche (Univ. Gent, Belgium).

Symposium Organizers

Menka Jain
University of Connecticut
Institute of Materials Science and Dept. of Physics
Unit 3046, 2152 Hillside Rd., Storrs, CT 06269
Tel 860-486-4090, Fax 860-486-3346, menka.jain@uconn.edu

Quanxi Jia
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MPA-CINT
MS K771, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Tel 505-667-2716, Fax 505-665-9030, qxjia@lanl.gov

Teresa Puig
Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC
Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Tel 34-93-580-1853 x-308, Fax 34-93-580-5729, teresa.puig@icmab.es

Hiromitsu Kozuka
Kansai University
Dept. of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
Tel 81-6-6368-1121 x-5865, Fax 81-6-6388-8797, kozuka@kansai-u.ac.jp 

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