Preview: 1995 MRS Spring Meeting
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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
Preview: 1995 MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, California April 17-21,1995 Meeting Chairs: Marcia H. Grabow, AT&T Bell Laboratories George M. Pharr, Rice University Jeffrey Y. Tsao, Sandia National Laboratories
Discussions of a wide range of interdisciplinary materials research topics, including microelectronics and optoelectronics, magnetic and electrical properties of novel materials, and carbon-and polymer-based materials, will electrify the halls of the San Francisco Marriott during the 1995 MRS Spring Meeting. The meeting offers about 2200 oral and poster presentations in 26 topical symposia. Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, Symposium W, will give researchers an opportunity to share findings on fuel cells, batteries, catalytic materials, and other materials for next generation vehicles. Reducing emissions is the theme of Symposium Y, Materials for Environmental Protection and Control of Air Quality. Presentations will address catalytic and separation technologies to reduce release of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and chlorinated hydrocarbons. Symposium S, Electronic Packaging Materials Science VIII, is structured around national technology road maps and federal programs for integrated circuits and electronic packaging. Included in this symposium is a presentation Wednesday at noon by Carol M. Browner, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on "Environmental Issues in the Electronics Industry." Modeling and Simulation of Thin-Film Processing, Symposium R, has joint sessions planned with Symposium P, Rapid Thermal and Integrated Processing, and Symposium T, Materials Reliability in Microelectronics. Modeling of temperature and process control will be shown for a variety of deposition techniques. Failure mechanisms modeled include electromiMRS BULLETIN/FEBRUARY 1995
gration and stress migration. Other topics covered include film topography and etching, film growth, and silicon processing. Symposium D, Materials—Fabrication and Patterning at the Nanoscale, will examine the miniaturization limits of current electronic device patterning methods, and the role of proximal probe techniques to leap beyond these limits for circuits with critical dimensions below 100 nm. Thin Films for Integrated Optics Applications, Symposium U, covers ferroelectric liquid crystals, nonlinear organics, self-assembly, epitaxial oxide waveguides, and Er-doped thin films. Hard and soft materials will interface in Symposium J, Hard Coatings for Plastic Substrates—Materials, Processes and Properties. Such coatings are sought for wear resistance, corrosion protection, adhesion, and optical properties. Coatings explored include diamondlike composites, amorphous carbon, silicon carbide, and ion-beam modified surfaces. Medicine is providing a growing niche for materials, as exemplified by Symposium Z, Polymers in Medicine and Pharmacy. Polymers can be used for orthopaedic applications, for reconstructive surgery, or for artificial ligament anchors. As ves
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