E-MRS 1999 Spring Meeting Includes Eclectic Blend of Materials Topics
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E-MRS1999 Spring Meeting Includes Eclectic Blend of Materials Topics The E u r o p e a n Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 1999 Spring Meeting was "held June 1-4, 1999, in Strasbourg, France, at the Palais de la M u s i q u e et des Congres. The meeting included 16 technical symposia, poster sessions, and an exhibit comprising 32 exhibitors. About 1,500 papers were scheduled for presentations (oral and posters) and total atten* dance was over 1,000. The meeting was chaired by Peter Glasow (Erlangen, Germany) and Gabriel Crean (University College, Ireland). The materials areas covered included electronic materials; optical materials and properties such as photo-excited processes and applications, molecular optoelectronics, ab initio approaches to microelectronics materials, and process modeling; as well as surface engineering and computational materials science. Several symposia were organized and conducted in conjunction with other European societies including the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), Societe Francaise du Vide (SFV), E u r o p e a n Physical Society C o n d e n s e d Matter Division (EPS), Deutsche Materialwissen schaftliche Gesellschaft (German Ma terials Society), Plasma and Ion Surface Engineering Committee, UK (PISE), and the European Photonics Association.
Plenary Session A plenary Session was held on Wednesday morning, June 2, during which no other sessions were held. The Session included a short allocution at the beginning by then E-MRS president HansUlrich Habermeier. Subsequently, five invited plenary talks were presented by Speakers from Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland, and Ireland. The first plenary talk was given by L. Samuelson (Lund Univer sity, Sweden) who discussed nano-optics of self-organized quantum dots, concentrating on InP quantum dots in GalnP and GaAs. In order to study nano-optics, new spectroscopic and microscopic tools are being developed, such as the use of micro probe luminescence, so that physical prop erties of individual quantum dots can now be studied. This has also become possible due to better growth techniques of quan tum dots such as the Stranski-Krastanow growth mode. Samuelson made reference to Single molecule spectroscopy, a new field that is quickly gaining strength, to understand materials properties at the nano- and molecular-scales. K. Zweibel's (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA) plenary talk was
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a focus on magnetoresistance. He also indicated that the Tc for magnetites is currently low for applications and a new generation of ferromagnetic oxides with T c > 500 K w a s n e e d e d . M. Valakh (Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Ukraine) closed the plenary Session with a talk about materials research in Ukraine, particularly electronic materials. Considering the current economic Situa tion in Ukraine, most recent research has focused on functional materials for use in areas such as Information technologies, optoelectronics, and sensors.
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