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Upcoming Meetings:
April 4–7, 17th Intl. Conf. on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials, Endorsed
April 25–29, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting, MRS
May 9–13, E-MRS 2011 Spring Meeting/IUMRS ICAM 2011; E-MRS/MRS Bilateral Conf on Energy, E-MRS, IUMRS, MRS
June 26–1, 7th Intl. Dendrimer Symp., Managed by MRS
June 27–1, 3DMR, Endorsed
July 4–7, MC10, Endorsed
To list an event in the Calendar, contact Robin Nazaruk, Materials Research Society,
506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573; 724-779-2756;
fax 724-779-8313; MeetingsCalendar@mrs.org.
See the January 2011 MRS BULLETIN for March 2011 Calendar entries.
For updates, access http://www.mrs.org.
▼ identifies a new or revised entry this month. “Endorsed” identifies events endorsed by MRS.
Meetings sponsored by the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) or its adhering bodies are denoted by the following acronyms.
A-MRS Australian Materials Research Society
Africa-MRS African Materials Research Society
B-MRS Brazil Materials Research Society
C-MRS Chinese Material Research Society
E-MRS European Materials Research Society
MRS Materials Research Society
MRS-AR Materials Research Society of Argentina
MRS-I Materials Research Society of India
MRS-J Materials Research Society of Japan
MRS-Korea Materials Research Society of Korea
MRS-R Materials Research Society of Russia
MRS-S Materials Research Society of Singapore
MRS-T Materials Research Society of Taiwan
SMM Sociedad Materiales de Mexico
For more information on IUMRS, see http://www.iumrs.org.
APRIL 2011
4–5 ▼ Sample Prep 2011, San Diego, CA. Sample Prep 2011 Program Committee; 617-232-7400, ext. 211; SUBMIT@knowledgefoundation.com; http://www.knowledgefoundation.com/viewevents.php?event_id=252&act=evt.
4–7 17th Intl. Conf. on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials, Cambridge, UK. Claire Garland, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Pl., London, W1B 1NT, UK; 44-20-7470-4800; fax 44-20-7637-4266; claire.garland@iop.org; http://www.msm2011.org. Endorsed.
5–6 NanoManufacturing Conf. and Exhibits, Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Society of Manufacturing Engineers; 800-733-4763; service@sme.org; www.sme.org/nanomanufacturing.
5–7 ▼ 7th Intl. Conf. and Exhibition on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies (CICMT 2011), San Diego, CA.
Jackki Morris-Joyner; 305-382-8433; jmorris@imaps.org; http://www.imaps.org/ceramics.
7–8 ▼ 3rd Intl. Materials Education Symp., Cambridge, UK. http://www.grantadesign.com/symposium/cambridge.
9–13 Experimental Biology, Washington, DC. FASEB, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814; http://experimentalbiology.org/content/exhibits.aspx.
13–14 European Symp. on Biomaterials and Related Areas (EURO BioMat 2011), Jena, Germany. Anja Mangold, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V., Senckenberganlage 10, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany; 49-69-75306-747; fax 49-69-75306-733; biomat@dgm.de; http://www.dgm.de/dgm/biomat.
13–16 Society For Biomaterials 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL. Society For Biomaterials; 856-439-0826; info@biomaterials.org; http://2011.biomaterials.org.
16–21 2011 Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Technical Conf., Chicago, IL. SVC, 71 Pinon Hill Pl. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122-1914; 505-856-7188; fax 505-856-6716; svcinfo@svc.org; http://www.svc.org.
18–19 12th Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conf., Clearwater, FL. http://www.wamicon.org.
25–29 2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086, USA; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; http://www.mrs.org. MRS.
26–29 ▼ 11th United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/The Intl. Union of Applied Chemistry (UNESCO/IUPAC) Workshop and Conf. on Functional Polymeric Materials and Composites, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Harald Pasch, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa; 27-21-12-808-3173; hpasch@sun.ac.za; http://academic.sun.ac.za/UNESCO/Conferences/Conference2011/index.htm.
30–3 ▼ American Physical Society (APS) April Meeting 2011, Anaheim, CA. abs-help@aps.org; www.aps.org/meetings/april/index.cfm.
MAY 2011
1–6 219th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting, Montreal, Canada. The Electrochemical Society, 65 South Main St., Bldg. D, Pennington, NJ 08534-2839; 609-737-1902; fax 609-737-2743; ecs@electrochem.org; www.electrochem.org/meetings/biannual/219/219.htm.
1–6 CLEO: 2011, Baltimore, MD. OSA Customer Service; 202-416-1907; custserv@osa.org; www.cleoconference.org.
2–5 ▼ Intl. Symp. on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, New York, NY. Engineering Conf. Intl., 32 Broadway, Ste. 314, New York, NY 10004; 212-514-6760; fax 212-514-6030; nfo@engconfi http://www.engconfintl.org/11as.html.
2–6 International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 2011), San Diego, CA. Mary Gray; 703-266-3287; icmctf@mindspring.com. http://www.avs.org/conferences/ICMCTF.
5–6 ▼ Plasma Etch and Strip in Microelectronics 4th Intl. Workshop (PESM 2011), Mechelen, Belgium. Denis Shamiryan, IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium; 32-16-28-80-29; fax 32-16-28-12-14; Denis.Shamiryan@www.pesm2011.be.
9–13 E-MRS 2011 Spring Meeting/ IUMRS ICAM 2011, including E-MRS/ MRS Bilateral Conf. on Energy, Nice, France. European Materials Research Society; 33-3-88-10-63-72; fax 33-3-88-10-62-93; emrs@emrs-strasbourg.com; www.emrs-strasbourg.com/ICAM2011. E-MRS, IUMRS, MRS.
12–15 Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science Congress, Antalya, Turkey. Secretariat; 90-262-605-1309; info@apmas2011.org, www.apmas2011.org.
15–18 The ConFab, Las Vegas, NV. Jo-Ann Pellegrini; 650-946-3169; joannp@pennwell.com; www.theconfab.com.
18–19 ▼ 2011 Spring Symp “Sustainability of Materials,” Schenectady, NY. Raul Rebak, GE Global Research; 518-387-4311; rebak@ ge.com; www.asmeasternny.org/spring-symposium.html.
18–20 ▼ METAL 2011, Brno, Czech Republic. Katerina Sanetrnikova; 420-595-227-121; info@metal2011, com; http://www.metal2011.com.
20–25 XXVI Congress of the Intl. Society for the Advancement of Cytometry, Baltimore, MD. Roya Jaseb, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814; 301-634-7017; fax 301-634-7014; isac@faseb.org; http://www.isac-net.org.
22–26 Compound Semiconductor Week, Berlin, Germany. Oksana Bondarenko, LayTec GmbH, Seesener Str. 10-13, Berlin, 10709, Germany; 49-0-30-39-800-80-33; fax 49-0-30-39-800-80-80; bondarenko@laytec.de; http://conference.vde.com/csw2011/Pages/Homepage.aspx.
22–27 ▼ 11th Intl. Conf. on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials (ICFPAM), Pretoria, South Africa. Walter W. Focke, University of Pretoria, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Menlo Park, Pretoria, 0102, South Africa; 27-21-12-420-3728; fax 27-21-12-420-2516; walter.focke@up.ac.za; http://www.icfpam.co.za.
22–27 Society for Information Display (SID) 2011, Los Angeles, CA. 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008; 408-879-3901; fax 408-879-3833; offiwww.sid.org.
23–26 Advanced Aerospace Materials and Processes Conf. and Exposition (AeroMat) 2011, Long Beach, CA. ASM Intl., Member Service Center, 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, OH 44073-0002, USA; 800-336-5152; fax 440-338-4634; customerservice@www.asminternational.org/content/Events/aeromat.
28–2 ▼ 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, New Orleans, LA. American Crystallographic Association, PO Box 96, Ellicott Sta., Buffalo, NY 14205-0096; 716-898-8690; fax 716-898-8695; aca@hwi.buffalo.edu; http://www.amercrystalassn.org.
29–31 2nd Intl. Symp. Frontiers in Polymer Science, Lyon, France . customer-service-polymer11@elsevier.com, http://www.frontiersinpolymerscience.com.
29–3 ▼ Syntactic and Composite Foams III, Cetraro (Calabria), Italy. Engineering Conf. Intl., 32 Broadway, Ste. 314, New York, NY 10004; 212-514-6760; fax 212-514-6030; info@engconfintl.org; www.engconfintl.org/11af.html.
JUNE 2011
5–9 16th Intl. Conf. on Solid- State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers ‘11), Beijing, China . China Intl. Conf. Center for Science and Tech, Rm. 60742, Unit 7, Suyuan Apt., Beijing Friendship Hotel No.1, Zhongguanchuan Nandajie, Beijing,100873, China; fax 86-10-62174126; info@transducers11-beijing.org; http://transducers11-beijing.org.
5–10 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM), Detroit, MI . 22ndNAM@gmail.com; http://22nam.org.
6–10 ▼ 7th Intl. Symp. on Molecular Mobility and Order in Polymer Systems, St. Petersburg, Russia. A.A. Darinskii, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi Pr. 31, St. Petersburg, RF-199004, Russia; 7-812-328-56-01; fax 7-812-328-68-69; adar@imc.macro.ru; http://www.onlinereg.ru/mmops2011.
7–9 ▼ Nanotech China, Shanghai, China. Jim Wang, Rm. 304, Hall 9, No. 1623, Yunchuan Rd., Baoshan District, Shanghai, PC 201901, China; 86-21-56436721; fax 86-21-56436721; jim.wang@nanotechchina.org; http://www.nanotechchina.org/index.php.
12–18 11th Intl. Conf. on Applications of Nuclear Techniques, Crete, Greece. http://www.crete11.org.
13–16 ▼ Clean Technology 2011 Conf. and Expo, Boston, MA. Sarah Wenning, 696 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Ste. 423, Danville, CA 94526; 925-353-5004; fax 925-886-8461; wenning@techconnect.org; www.techconnectworld.com/Cleantech2011.
13–17 ▼ 42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Atlanta, GA. abs-help@aps.org; http://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DAMOP11.
17–20 Glass Performance Days Finland, Tampere, Finland . Jorma Vitkala, Glaston Finland/GPD, Vehmaistenkatu 5, Tampere, 33730, Finland; 358-10-500-6216; Jorma.Vitkala@gpd.fi; http://gpd.fi.
19–25 12th World Conf. on Titanium (Ti-2011), Beijing, China . Hongkang Zhu, Ti-2011 Secretariat, No. 96, Weiyang Rd., Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710016, China; 86-29-86266570; fax 86-29-86231101; sec@ti-2011.com; www.ti-2011.com.
21–24 ▼ 4th IEEE Intl. NanoElectronics Conf. (INEC), Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. Sophie Li, INEC 2011 Secretariat; 886-2-8226-1010, ext. 108; fax 886-2-8226-2785; 2011inec@gmail.com; http://www.inec2011.org.tw/index.html.
21–24 17th Conf. on Insulating Films on Semiconductors, Grenoble, France . Gilles Reimbold, CEA - Léti - MINATEC - Nanotec division,17 rue des martyrs, Grenoble cedex 9, F-38054, France; 33-4-38-78-41 11; infos2011@cea.fr; http://www.minatec.com/infos2011.
22–24 ▼ Electronic Materials Conf. 2011, Santa Barbara, CA. TMS Meeting Services, 184 Thorn Hill Rd., Warrendale, PA 15086-7514; 800-759-4TMS; fax 724-776-3770; mtgserv@tms.org; http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Specialty/EMC11/home.aspx.
26–30 ▼ Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVII: Emerging Frontiers, Seattle, WA. Engineering Conf. Intl., 32 Broadway, Ste. 314, New York, NY 10004; 212-514-6760; fax 212-514-6030; info@engconfintl.org; http://www.engconfintl.org/11am.html.
26–1 7th Intl. Dendrimer Symp., Gaithersburg, MD . Materials Research Society; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; www.mrs.org. Managed by MRS.
26–1 ▼ 17th Biennial Intl. Conf. of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Chicago, IL. John Borg, Marquettte University, 1515 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233; fax 414-288-7790; aps2011@marquette.edu; http://www.marquette.edu/aps2011.
26–1 ▼ Intl. Conf. on Luminescence (ICL’11), Ann Arbor, MI. http://sitemaker.umich.edu/icl2011/home.
26–1 Intl. Conf. on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2011), Suntec, Singapore . ICMAT2011 Secretariat Office, Meeting Matters Intl., 25 Hindoo Rd., Singapore, 209116; 65-6341-7229; fax 65-6341-7269; icmat2011@meetmatt.net; http://www.mrs.org.sg/icmat2011. MRS-S
27–1 2011 Collaborative Conf. on 3D and Materials Research (3DMR), Jeju Island, South Korea. http://www.acknol.org/3DMR. Endorsed.
27–1 ▼ Semiconductor Technology for Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors, Hong Kong, China. Engineering Conf. Intl., 32 Broadway, Ste. 314, New York, NY 10004; 212-514-6760; fax 212-514-6030; info@engconfintl.org; http://www.engconfintl.org/11ax.html.
JULY 2011
4–7 10th Intl. Conf. on Materials Chemistry (MC10), Manchester, UK . RSC Events, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Rd., Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK; 44-1223-432380/432254; fax 44-1223-423623; http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/MC10/index.asp. Endorsed.
10–14 ▼ 9th Intl. Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim9), Cairns, Australia. Materials Australia; pacrim9@austceram.com; http://www.austceram.com/pacrim9.asp.
10–15 ▼ 9th Intl. Conf. on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-9), Glasgow, UK. Secretariat, Congrex UK Ltd., 4B 50 Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, Glasgow, G4 9TH, UK; 44-141-331-0123; fax 44-141-331-0234; info@icns9.org; www.icns9.org.
10–15 ▼ Intl. Symp. on Ionic Polymerizations, Akron, OH. Judit E. Puskas, University of Akron, Dept. of Polymer Science, Akron, OH 44325-3909; 330-972-6203; fax 330-972-5290; jpuskas@uakron.edu; http://www.rubber.org/iupac-ip11-akron.
18–22 7th Intl. Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011), Vancouver, BC, Canada . info@iciam2011.com; www.iciam2011.com.
24 Carbon Materials for Energy Storage and Generation, Shanghai, China . Shaun Gamble; carbonworkshop2011@elsevier.com; http://www.elsevierscitech.com/conferences/carbon/workshop/index.html.
24–26 ▼ Cements Division/Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. American Ceramic Society, 600 N. Cleveland Ave., Ste. 210, Westerville, OH 43082; 866-721-3322; fax 301-206-9789; customerservice@ceramics.org; http://ceramics.org/dates-deadlines/cements-divisionacbm-annual-meeting.
24–30 19th Intl. Conf. on Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE-19), Shanghai China. Ing Kong , RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic, 3001, Australia; icce19@icce-nano.org; www.icce-nano.org.
AUGUST 2011
1–5 ▼ 7th Intl. Conf. on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC’ 2011), Quebec City, Canada. THERMEC Secretariat, Conferium Conf. Services, 580 Grande-Allee Est., bur. 140, Quebec, G1R 2K2, Canada; 418-522-8182; fax 418-529-7548; secretariat@thermec2011.ca; www.thermec2011.ca.
1–5 10th Intl. Conf. on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS-10) and e-ICSOS-10, Hong Kong . Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong; 852-3442-7844; fax 852-3442-0538; icsos10@cityu.edu.hk; http://go.cityu.hk/icsos10.
7–11 Microscopy and Microanalysis 2011, Nashville, TN . Nicole Guy, Hachero Hill, Inc., 11260 Roger Bacon Dr., Ste. 402, Reston, VA 20190; 703-964-1240, ext. 14; nicoleguy@mindspring.com; www.msa.microscopy.org.
8–10 Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD) Conf. and Exposition 2011, Minneapolis, MN . Member Service Center, ASM Intl., 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, OH 44073-0002; 800-336-5152; fax 440-338-4634; customerservice@asminternational.org; www.asminternational.org/content/Events/mpmd.
14–18 XX Intl. Materials Research Congress (IMRC) 2011, Cancun, Mexico . Webmaster@mrs-mexico.org.mx; www.mrs-mexico.org.mx/imrc2011. SMM, MRS.
22–26 24th Intl. Conf. on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors (ICANS 24), Nara, Japan . www.icans24.org/index.html.
28–2 Microscopy Conf. 2011, Kiel, Germany . Wolfgang Jager; 49-431-880-6177; wj@tf.uni-kiel.de; www.mc2011.de.
29–1 ▼ 2011 Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense and Security (NANO-DDS) Conf., Brooklyn, NY. Greg Recine, SciCode LLC, 83 Sylvan St., Rutherford, NJ 07070; admin@nano-dds.com; www.nano-dds.com/2011.
31–3 ▼ Intl. Conf. on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying (INCOME 2011), Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Aleksandra Stojicic; 381-11-2185–437, 2636–994; fax 381-11-2185–263; income@mrs-serbia.org.rs; http://www.mrs-serbia.org.rs/income2011/income2011.html.
SEPTEMBER 2011
4–8 22nd European Conf. on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nitrides (Diamond 2011), Bavaria, Germany . www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com.
5–9 ▼ YUCOMAT 2011, Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Aleksandra Stojicic; 381-11-2636-994; its@itn.sanu.ac.rs; www.mrs-serbia.org.rs. Endorsed.
11–16 Intl Conf. on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM) 2011, Cleveland, OH . Barbara Kakiris, NASA Glenn Conf. Liaison, 21000 Brookpark Rd., MS 3-5, Cleveland, OH 44135; 216-433-2513; fax 216-977-7133; Barbara.L.Kakiris@nasa.gov; www.icscrm2011.org.
19–23 ▼ E-MRS 2011 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland. European Materials Research Society, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg Cedex 02, 67037 BP 20, France; 33-0-3-88-10-63-72; fax 33-0-3-88-10-62-93; emrs@emrs-strasbourg.com. E-MRS.
20–22 ▼ HI TEMP 2011 Conference, Boston, MA. Ms. Fumi Akimaru, 1-781-272-5353; hitemp2011@netzsch.com; www.hitemp2011.com.
27–29 Intl. Thermal Spray Conf. and Exposition (ITSC) 2011, Hamburg, Germany . DVS—German Welding Society, Aachener Str. 172, Dusseldorf, 40223, Germany; http://www.dvs-ev.de/call4papers/index.cfm?vid=46.
OCTOBER 2011
2–6 Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies 2011 (FACSS 2011), Reno, NV . Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, PO Box 24379, Santa Fe, NM 87502, USA; 505-820-1648; facss@facss.org; http://facss.org.
2–7 4th Intl. Conf. on Electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals and Applications (EPD 2011), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico . Engineering Confs. Intl., 32 Broadway, Ste. 314, New York, NY 10004; 212-514-6760; info@engconfintl.org; http://www.engconfintl.org/11ab.html.
2–7 XXXV Intl. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management Symp., Buenos Aires, Argentina . Ricardo Carranza, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; 54-11-6772-7488; fax 54-11-6772-7362; carranza@cnea.gov.ar; www.cnea.gov.ar/mrs2011. Endorsed.
9–12 ▼ Intl. Congress and Exhibition (Euro PM2011), Barcelona, Spain. European Powder Metallurgy Association, Talbot House, Market St., Shrewsbury, SY1 1LG, UK; 44-1743-248899; info@epma.com; www.epma.com/pm2011.
16–20 ▼ Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII, San Jose, CA. The Optical Society, 2010 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-416-1907; fax 202-416-6140; custserv@osa.org.
16–20 Materials Science and Technology 2011 Conf. and Exhibition (MS&T’11), Columbus, OH . Meeting Services, TMS, 184 Thorn Hill Rd., Warrendale, PA 15086; 724-776-9000, ext. 243; mtgserv@tms.org.
30–2 ▼ Unified Intl. Technical Conf. on Refractories (UNITECR 2011), Kyoto, Japan. Yoko Yoshii, c/oThe Technical Association of Refractories, Japan, New Ginza Bldg., 7-3-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,104-0061, Japan; 81-3-3572-0705; fax 81-3-3572-0175; unitecr-info@tarj.org; www.unitecr2011.org.
30–4 ▼ American Vacuum Society (AVS) 58th Intl. Symp. and Exhibition, Nashville, TN. American Vacuum Society, 125 Maiden Ln., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10038; 212-248-0200; fax 212- 248-0245; www.avs.org/inside.event.aspx.
31–2 26th Materials Information Society (ASM) Heat Treating Society Conf. and Exposition, Cincinnati, OH . ASM Member Service Center, 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, OH 44073-0002; 440-338-5151, ext. 0; fax 440-338-4634; memberservicecenter@asminternational.org; http://hts.asminternational.org/content/Events/Heattreat/index.jsp.
NOVEMBER 2011
7–10 Intl. Symp. on Clusters and Nanostructures (ISCAN-2011), Richmond, VA . Puru Jena, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 842000, Richmond, VA 23284-2000; 804-828 8991; pjena@vcu.edu; www.iscan.vcu.edu. Endorsed.
27–1 Fray Intl. Symp., Cancun, Mexico. Florian Kongoli, Flogen Technologies Inc., 1255 Laird Blvd., Ste. 388, Mont-Royal, QC, H3P2T1, Canada; 514-344-8786 ext. 220; fax 514-344-0361; fkongoli@flogen.com; www.flogen.com/FraySymposium.
28–2 2011 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086, USA; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; www.mrs.org/F11. MRS.
DECEMBER 2011
11–15 2nd Nano Today Conf., Waikoloa Beach, HI. 2nd Nano Today Conf. Secretariat, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Ln., Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK; 44-1865-843051; nanotoday2011@elsevier.com; www.nanotoday-conference.com.
11–15 ▼ 4th Intl. Conf. on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, Waikoloa, HI. Elsevier; customerservice-CMOBT11@elsevier.com; www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com.
11–15 6th Intl. Symp. on Surface Science and Nanotechnology (ISSS-6), Tokyo, Japan. Susumu Fukatsu, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo,153-8902, Japan; 81-3-5454-6754; fax 81-3-5454-6998; isss6@sssj.org; www.sssj.org/isss6.
12–16 6th Intl. African-MRS Conf. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. info@www.Africamrs.org. Africa-MRS, Endorsed.
APRIL 2012
9–13 2012 MRS Spring Meeting,
San Francisco, CA. Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; www.mrs.org/Spring2012. MRS.
28–3 2012 55th SVC Annual Technical Conf., Santa Clara, CA. Society of Vacuum Coaters, 71 Pinon Hill Pl. NE, Albuquerque, NM 7122; 505-856-7188; fax 505-856-6716; www.svc.org/ConferencesExhibits/Future-Meetings.cfm.
JUNE 2012
1–6 XXVII Congress of the Intl. Society for the Advancement of Cytometry (CYTO 2012), Leipzig, Germany. ISAC, isac@faseb.org, www.cytoconference.org/pages/FutureCYTOCongress.aspx.
3–8 SID 2012, Boston, MA. The Society for Information Display, 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008; 408-879-3901; fax 408-879-3833; offiwww.sid.org.
JULY 2012
8–13 XIV Intl. Conf. on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter (PHONONS 2012), Ann Arbor, MI. Kevin Pipe; pipe@umich.edu; www.phonons2012.com.
16–20 ▼ 2nd Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications (2GCMEA),Long Beach, CA. Materials Research Society; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=24741&DID=275226. Managed by MRS.
NOVEMBER 2012
26–30 ▼ 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA. Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086; 724-779-3003; fax 724-779-8313; info@mrs.org; www.mrs.org/fall2012. MRS. □
2011 MRS SPRING MEETING EXHIBITORS
Moscone West Level 1
Tuesday, April 26
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, April 27
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 28
10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Accelrys, Inc. Booth 408
Materials Studio; Pipeline Pilot
ACS Publications Booth 114
Journals
Advanced Research Systems, Inc. Booth 213
Closed and Open Cycle Cryogenic Systems;
Cryogenic Probe Station
Agilent Technologies Booth 500
Atomic Force and Scanning Electron Microscopes;
Nanoindentation and Nanomechanical Testing Systems;
Microwave Network Analyzers
AIST-NT, Inc. Booth 328
Atomic Force Microscopes; AFM-Raman;
SPM Accessories
AIXTRON SE Booth 508
MOCVD and CVD Equipment; ALD, AVD and CVD
Equipment; PECVD Equipment
AJA International, Inc. Booth 307
Sputtering Systems; Sputter Sources;
Sputter Targets
American Institute of Physics Booth 102
Physics Journals; Online Hosting;
Conference Proceedings
Anasys Instruments Corp. Booth 519
Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy (nanoIR);
Nanoscale Thermal Analysis (nano-TA);
VESTA Local Thermal Analysis System
Angstrom Engineering Inc. Booth 426
Vacuum Deposition Systems; PVD Thin Film
Systems; CVD Thin Film Systems
Annealsys Booth 219
RTP; RTCVD; Annealing; MOCVD; Spray-CVD; LPCVD
APP Co., Ltd. Booth 128
Atmospheric Plasma Equipment; Surface Treatment;
Thin Film Coating
Applied Surface Technologies Booth 503
CO2 Snow Jet Cleaning; Surface Cleaning;
Substrate Cleaning
Arradiance, Inc. Booth 119
Atomic Layer Deposition Equipment;
Engineered Thin Film Deposition Service;
Advanced Technology Microchannel Plates
Asylum Research Booth 313
Cypher AFM; MFP-3D AFM; Atomic Force/Scanning
Probe Microscopes
Biolin Scientific, Inc. Booth 207
Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation
Monitoring; Farfield Dual Polarization
Interferometer; Attension Theta Optical Tensiometer
BioLogic USA Booth 117
Electrochemical Instruments; Rapid Kinetics and
Spectroscopy; Electrophysiology and Photosynthesis
Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc. Booth 518
Substrate Wafer Heaters; Thin Films & Coating Materials
and R&D Services;PVD & CVD Deposition Systems
Bruker Booth 301
X-Ray Diffraction & Fluorescence Instruments;
Raman Spectroscopy; Atomic Force Microscopy
Cambridge University Press Booth 118
Books; Journals
Carbolite, Inc. Booth 120
Furnaces; Ovens; Incubators
CETR Booth 515
Universal Nano+Micro+Macro Materials Testers
Chemat Technology, Inc. Booth 101
Spin Coating; Dip Coating; Coating Equipment;
Chemical Precursors
CrystalMaker Software Ltd. Booth 325
CrystalMaker; CrystalDiffract; SingleCrystal
CSM Instruments Inc. Booth 208
Scratch Testers; Indentation/Hardness Testers;
Tribology
DTRA/SCC-WMD (RD-CB) Booth 107
Government; Research; Chem-Bio
Dune Sciences, Inc. Booth 226
Electron & Microscopy; Optical; Sample Preparation
Ecopia Corp. Booth 205
Variable Temperature Hall Effect Measurement
System; Probe Station; Heat Treatment System
eDAQ, Inc. Booth 229
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy;
Electrochemistry Systems; Data Recorders
Electron Microscopy Booth 419
Sciences/Diatome U.S.
Microscopy Supplies; Material Specimen Preparation
Elsevier Booth 104
Books; Journals; Electronic Products
FEI Company Booth 414
Scanning Electron Microscopes; Transmission Electron
Microscopes; DualBeam SEM/FIB Microscopes
First Nano, A Division of CVD Booth 517
Equipment Corporation
CVD Equipment; Gas/Chemical Delivery Systems;
Gas Abatement Systems
Fischione Instruments Booth 308
Electron Microscope Accessories; Sample Preparation
FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. Booth 417
Materials Deposition Printer; Materials Deposition
Cartridge; Other Printheads and Systems
Gatan, Inc. Booth 200
Materials Characterization; Nanotechnology;
Photovoltaics
Gateway Analytical Booth 431
Analytical, Characterization,
Testing & Consulting Services
HeatWave Labs Inc. Booth 415
Substrate Heaters; Dispenser Cathodes;
Electron Guns
Hielscher USA, Inc. Booth 220
Ultrasonic Mixers; Dispersion Technology;
Sonochemistry
Hummingbird Scientific Booth 203
TEM Specimen Holders
Huntington Mechanical Booth 501
Laboratories, Inc.
Vacuum Chambers; Vacuum Feedthroughs;
Vacuum Hardware
Hysitron, Inc. Booth 412
TI 950 TriboIndenter®; PI 95 TEM PicoIntenter®;
TS 75 TriboScope®
Integrated Dynamic Electron Booth 227
Solutions, Inc.
TEM; DynamicTEM; Lasers
Integrated Dynamics Engineering Booth 121
Vibration Isolation; EMI Cancellation; Acoustic Isolation;
Microscope Tables
Janis Research Company, Inc. Booth 309
Micromanipulated Probe Stations; Cryostats;
Cryocoolers
JASCO Booth 225
Spectroscopy Instrumentation; Chromatography
Instrumentation; Raman; Nanomaterials
Characterization; FT-IR Microscopy
JEOL USA, Inc. Booth 201
TEM; SEM; NMR
KD Scientific Booth 435
Syringe Pumps; Syringes; Laboratory Research
Instruments; Fluid Handling Instruments;
Electro Spinning Instruments
KP Technology Ltd. Booth 217
Scanning Kelvin Probe; UHV Kelvin Probe;
Controlled Atmosphere Kelvin Probe
Kurt J. Lesker Company Booth 401
Pure Targets and Materials; Vacuum Components; Thin
Film Deposition Systems; Target Bonding Services;
UHV Manipulation
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. Booth 304
Hall Effect Measurement Systems; Probe Stations;
Cryogenic Instruments and Sensors
Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) Booth 527
Materials Analysis; Failure Analysis;
Reliability Testing
Metrohm USA, Inc. Booth 224
Electro Chemical Systems; Impedance
Characterizations; Sensors; EQCM
Microtrac Inc. Booth 125
Particle Analyzer; Image Analysis; Nanotechnology
MMR Technologies, Inc. Booth 407
Hall Effect Measurement Systems; Seebeck Effect
Measurement Systems; Variable Temperature
Microprobe Systems
MTI Corporation Booth 319
Muffle & Tube Furnace; Battery Research Equipment;
Single Crystal
NanoAndMore USA Inc. Booth 204
AFM Probes; Digital Optical Microscopes;
Digital Holographic Microscopes
Nanofactory Instruments AB Booth 215
STM-TEM Systems; AFM-TEM Systems;
TEM Nanoindentation
Nanounity Booth 428
AFM; SPM; SEM; Confocal Raman; X-ray Diffraction
National Electrostatics Corp. Booth 403
MeV Accelerators; RBS/PIXE/AMS; Ion Beam Components
National Nanotechnology Booth 105
Infrastructure Network
Nanofabrication; Nanotechnology
NBM Design, Inc. Booth 427
Pulsed Laser Deposition; Custom Systems;
Deposition Technology
Neaspec GmbH Booth 228
Aperturless NSOM/SNOM; Nanoscale Infrared
Spectroscopy; Raman Spectroscopy
Neocera, LLC Booth 513
Pulsed Laser Deposition; Pulsed Electron Deposition
Netzsch Instruments N.A. LLC Booth 521
Thermal Analysis; Thermal Conductivity;
Thermal Expansion; Calorimetry
NIST/MSD Booth 113
Standard Reference Materials; Data and Calibration Services
Nor-Cal Products, Inc. Booth 306
Vacuum Components & Chambers;
Flanges & Fittings; Valves
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Booth 230
Thin Film PVD Coating Systems; Vacuum Equipment;
Leak Detectors
Omicron NanoTechnology USA Booth 312
UHV SPM; Surface Science Instrumentation; MBE
Organic Spintronics S.R.L. Booth 122
Thin Film Deposition Processes; Thin Film
Deposition Sources; Thin Film Deposition Systems
OSA—The Optical Society Booth 112
Publishing; Optical Materials
Oxford Instruments Booth 505
Etching, Deposition and Growth Systems
PANalytical Inc. Booth 506
X-ray Diffraction (XRD); Computed Tomography (CT);
Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS);
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Park Systems Inc. Booth 520
Atomic Force Microscopes
Physical Electronics Booth 420
Scanning Auger; XPS; ESCA; TOF-SIMS;
Materials Analysis; Surface Analysis
Plasma-Therm LLC Booth 218
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Plasmaterials, Inc. Booth 316
Sputtering Targets; Backing Plates;
Evaporation Materials
Protochips, Inc. Booth 214
Microscopes, Electron Microscopy & Instrumentation;
Nanotechnology; Biological, Biomedical & Bio-related
Radiant Technologies, Inc. Booth 317
Ferroelectrics; Multiferroics; Piezoelectrics
Renishaw Inc. Booth 212
Raman Microscopes; Spectrometers
RHK Technology, Inc. Booth 206
SPM Universal Controls; UHV STM; UHV AFM/STM
Rigaku Americas Corporation Booth 421
X-ray Diffraction Systems; Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Systems
RKI Instruments, Inc. Booth 234
Photoelectron Spectrometer
Rocky Mountain Vacuum Tech, Inc. Booth 318
Vacuum Systems; Vacuum Components
Seki Technotron USA Booth 516
Microwave Plasma CVD Systems; Hot Filament CVD
Systems; Plasma CVD Systems
Semicore Equipment Inc. Booth 221
Sputtering Systems; Evaporation Systems;
Custom PVD Systems & Components
Solartron Analytical (AMETEK) Booth 425
ModuLab MTS; 1260 Impedance Analyzer;
Cryostats & Furnaces
SonoPlot, Inc. Booth 329
Printed Electronics; Silver Ink
South Bay Technology, Inc. Booth 405
Ion Beam Sputter Deposition and Etch;
Reactive Ion Etcher; Plasma Cleaner/Trimmer
SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH Booth 507
PHOIBOS Energy Analyzer; SPM 150 Aarhus;
JT-STM; FE-LEEM P90
SPEX SamplePrep LLC Booth 216
Mixer/Mills; Freezer/Mills; X-Press
SPI Supplies, Division Booth 509
of Structure Probe, Inc.
Supplies for Electron Microscopy; Plasma Etching
Systems; TEM Membrane Grid
Springer Booth 100
Books; Journals; E-Books
STAIB Instruments, Inc. Booth 512
RHEED; Spectrometers; Surface Analysis
SURFACE Systems & Technology Booth 504
GmbH & Co. KG
PLD Systems; UHV Cluster Tools;
Nanomechanical Heating & Cooling Systems
SVT Associates, Inc. Booth 324
Molecular Beam Epitaxy; Pulsed Laser Deposition;
Atomic Layer Deposition
Taylor & Francis–CRC Press Booth 108
Books; Journals; Online Products
TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. Booth 525
Genesys™ Programmable AC/DC Power Supplies
Ted Pella, Inc. Booth 413
Vacuum Coaters; Calibration; Microscopy Sample
Preparation & Supplies/Accessories
TETRA GmbH Booth 429
Material Tester; Tribometer; Force Sensor
Toshima Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Booth 416
Sputtering Targets
ULVAC Technologies, Inc. Booth 418
Seebeck Coefficient; RTP Annealing Furnace;
Thermal Diffusivity
United Mineral & Chemical Corporation Booth 327
MBE Source Materials; Effusion Cells;
Cracker Sources; Deposition Equipment
VG Scienta, Inc. Booth 514
Surface Analysis Systems & Components;
UHV Systems & Components; Valves;
Sample Manipulators
Wiley Booth 106
Books; Journals; Databases
WITec Instruments Corp. Booth 202
Confocal Raman Microscopy; Scanning Near-Field;
Raman AFM
XEI Scientific, Inc. Booth 524
De-contaminators for SEMs; De-contaminators for TEMs; Lower-Power RF Supply
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Calendar. MRS Bulletin 36, 223–227 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2011.44
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