E-MRS Seeks Nominations for Board of Delegates
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Materials Research Activities in Europe Course on Crystal Growth Held at International School of Erice, Italy The Ettore Majorana International Center in Erice, Sicily is well known for its activity in promoting scientific culture, international conferences, and schools. Every year the school program includes some specific courses devoted to materials science. The subject of the 13th course of the International School of Crystallography, held in September 1987, was "Crystal Growth in Science and Technology." The aim of the school was to stress the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, reviewing on an advanced tutorial level selected fundamental principles of crystal growth and analyzing important crosslinks between a variety of basic and applied aspects. Twenty-six selected lecturers, members of the main research institutions of the United States and Europe, covered the main aspects of crystal growth science and its applications in industrial crystallization. The two-week course was attended by more than 100 young scientists working on different crystal growth problems in both basic research and industry. There were particularly lively discussions about new ceramic superconductors, advanced technologies for epitaxial layer preparation, and innovative methods for low-cost, high-perfection large semiconducting compound crystals. Crystal shaping processes, dendritic growth and analysis of twinning formation were the
of research and development covering crystalline solar cells as well as thin-film techniques. The conference program will cover the following subjects: 1. Materials research—fundamental studies on materials, theories, diagnostics, low-cost feedstocks, sliced sheets, and ribbons. 2. Crystalline devices—silicon and other semiconductors. 3. Thin-film devices—amorphous silicon, alternative cells and thin-film deposition on crystalline substrates. 4. Applications and system Eighth European Photovoltaic development—systems and their components, including array structures, control Solar Energy Conference to and storage; utility interface issues, inbe Held in Florence, Italy cluding power quality; appropriate sysThe Eighth European Photovoltaic So- tems for remote uses, maximizing energy lar Energy Conference will be held May 9- output, including energy efficient equip13, 1988 in Florence, Italy. Sponsored by ment and appliances; market analyses; the Commission of the European Com- and system modeling. munities, the conference will cover all as5. Tests and trials—performance rating pects of the photovoltaic activities from of cells, modules, arrays, and simulators; laboratory devices to whole photovoltaic test procedures, norms and standards; systems, materials research to economic calibration of sensors and PV devices; and market analysis, and university re- systems monitoring techniques; and exsearch to industrial production. Progress periences with data acquisition systems. in storage techniques has been added to 6. Advanced storage for photovoltaics— the list of subjects for invited and contrib- new batter
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