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.

5–9YUCOMAT 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.

19–23E-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

http://accelrys.com/

Materials Studio; Pipeline Pilot

ACS Publications Booth 114

http://pubs.acs.org/

Journals

Advanced Research Systems, Inc. Booth 213

http://www.arscryo.com/

Closed and Open Cycle Cryogenic Systems;

Cryogenic Probe Station

Agilent Technologies Booth 500

http://www.agilent.com/find/nano

Atomic Force and Scanning Electron Microscopes;

Nanoindentation and Nanomechanical Testing Systems;

Microwave Network Analyzers

AIST-NT, Inc. Booth 328

http://www.aist-nt.com/

Atomic Force Microscopes; AFM-Raman;

SPM Accessories

AIXTRON SE Booth 508

http://www.aixtron.com/

MOCVD and CVD Equipment; ALD, AVD and CVD

Equipment; PECVD Equipment

AJA International, Inc. Booth 307

http://www.ajaint.com/

Sputtering Systems; Sputter Sources;

Sputter Targets

American Institute of Physics Booth 102

http://www.aip.org/

Physics Journals; Online Hosting;

Conference Proceedings

Anasys Instruments Corp. Booth 519

http://www.anasysinstruments.com/

Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy (nanoIR);

Nanoscale Thermal Analysis (nano-TA);

VESTA Local Thermal Analysis System

Angstrom Engineering Inc. Booth 426

http://www.angstromengineering.com/

Vacuum Deposition Systems; PVD Thin Film

Systems; CVD Thin Film Systems

Annealsys Booth 219

http://www.annealsys.com/

RTP; RTCVD; Annealing; MOCVD; Spray-CVD; LPCVD

APP Co., Ltd. Booth 128

http://www.applasma.com/

Atmospheric Plasma Equipment; Surface Treatment;

Thin Film Coating

Applied Surface Technologies Booth 503

http://www.co2clean.com/

CO2 Snow Jet Cleaning; Surface Cleaning;

Substrate Cleaning

Arradiance, Inc. Booth 119

http://www.arradiance.com/

Atomic Layer Deposition Equipment;

Engineered Thin Film Deposition Service;

Advanced Technology Microchannel Plates

Asylum Research Booth 313

http://www.asylumresearch.com/

Cypher AFM; MFP-3D AFM; Atomic Force/Scanning

Probe Microscopes

Biolin Scientific, Inc. Booth 207

http://www.biolinscientific.com/

Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation

Monitoring; Farfield Dual Polarization

Interferometer; Attension Theta Optical Tensiometer

BioLogic USA Booth 117

http://www.bio-logic.us/

Electrochemical Instruments; Rapid Kinetics and

Spectroscopy; Electrophysiology and Photosynthesis

Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc. Booth 518

http://www.bluewavesemi.com/

Substrate Wafer Heaters; Thin Films & Coating Materials

and R&D Services;PVD & CVD Deposition Systems

Bruker Booth 301

http://www.bruker.com/

X-Ray Diffraction & Fluorescence Instruments;

Raman Spectroscopy; Atomic Force Microscopy

Cambridge University Press Booth 118

http://www.cambridge.org/us

Books; Journals

Carbolite, Inc. Booth 120

http://www.carbolite.us/

Furnaces; Ovens; Incubators

CETR Booth 515

http://www.cetr.com/

Universal Nano+Micro+Macro Materials Testers

Chemat Technology, Inc. Booth 101

http://www.chemat.com/

Spin Coating; Dip Coating; Coating Equipment;

Chemical Precursors

CrystalMaker Software Ltd. Booth 325

http://www.crystalmaker.com/

CrystalMaker; CrystalDiffract; SingleCrystal

CSM Instruments Inc. Booth 208

http://www.csm-instruments.com/

Scratch Testers; Indentation/Hardness Testers;

Tribology

DTRA/SCC-WMD (RD-CB) Booth 107

http://www.dtra.mil/rd/cbt

Government; Research; Chem-Bio

Dune Sciences, Inc. Booth 226

http://www.dunesciences.com/

Electron & Microscopy; Optical; Sample Preparation

Ecopia Corp. Booth 205

http://www.ecopia21.co.kr/

Variable Temperature Hall Effect Measurement

System; Probe Station; Heat Treatment System

eDAQ, Inc. Booth 229

http://www.edaq.com/

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy;

Electrochemistry Systems; Data Recorders

Electron Microscopy Booth 419

Sciences/Diatome U.S.

http://www.emsdiasum.com/

Microscopy Supplies; Material Specimen Preparation

Elsevier Booth 104

http://www.elsevier.com/

Books; Journals; Electronic Products

FEI Company Booth 414

http://www.fei.com/

Scanning Electron Microscopes; Transmission Electron

Microscopes; DualBeam SEM/FIB Microscopes

First Nano, A Division of CVD Booth 517

Equipment Corporation

http://www.firstnano.com/

CVD Equipment; Gas/Chemical Delivery Systems;

Gas Abatement Systems

Fischione Instruments Booth 308

http://www.fischione.com/

Electron Microscope Accessories; Sample Preparation

FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. Booth 417

http://www.dimatix.com/

Materials Deposition Printer; Materials Deposition

Cartridge; Other Printheads and Systems

Gatan, Inc. Booth 200

http://www.gatan.com/

Materials Characterization; Nanotechnology;

Photovoltaics

Gateway Analytical Booth 431

http://www.gatewayanalytical.com/

Analytical, Characterization,

Testing & Consulting Services

HeatWave Labs Inc. Booth 415

http://www.cathode.com/

Substrate Heaters; Dispenser Cathodes;

Electron Guns

Hielscher USA, Inc. Booth 220

http://www.hielscher.com/

Ultrasonic Mixers; Dispersion Technology;

Sonochemistry

Hummingbird Scientific Booth 203

http://www.hummingbirdscientific.com/

TEM Specimen Holders

Huntington Mechanical Booth 501

Laboratories, Inc.

http://www.huntvac.com/

Vacuum Chambers; Vacuum Feedthroughs;

Vacuum Hardware

Hysitron, Inc. Booth 412

http://www.hysitron.com/

TI 950 TriboIndenter®; PI 95 TEM PicoIntenter®;

TS 75 TriboScope®

Integrated Dynamic Electron Booth 227

Solutions, Inc.

http://www.phaseplate.com/

TEM; DynamicTEM; Lasers

Integrated Dynamics Engineering Booth 121

http://www.ideworld.com/

Vibration Isolation; EMI Cancellation; Acoustic Isolation;

Microscope Tables

Janis Research Company, Inc. Booth 309

http://www.janis.com/

Micromanipulated Probe Stations; Cryostats;

Cryocoolers

JASCO Booth 225

http://www.jascoinc.com/

Spectroscopy Instrumentation; Chromatography

Instrumentation; Raman; Nanomaterials

Characterization; FT-IR Microscopy

JEOL USA, Inc. Booth 201

http://www.jeolusa.com/

TEM; SEM; NMR

KD Scientific Booth 435

http://www.kdscientific.com/

Syringe Pumps; Syringes; Laboratory Research

Instruments; Fluid Handling Instruments;

Electro Spinning Instruments

KP Technology Ltd. Booth 217

http://www.kelvinprobe.com/

Scanning Kelvin Probe; UHV Kelvin Probe;

Controlled Atmosphere Kelvin Probe

Kurt J. Lesker Company Booth 401

http://www.lesker.com/

Pure Targets and Materials; Vacuum Components; Thin

Film Deposition Systems; Target Bonding Services;

UHV Manipulation

Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. Booth 304

http://www.lakeshore.com/

Hall Effect Measurement Systems; Probe Stations;

Cryogenic Instruments and Sensors

Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) Booth 527

http://www.ma-tek.com/

Materials Analysis; Failure Analysis;

Reliability Testing

Metrohm USA, Inc. Booth 224

http://www.metrohmusa.com/

Electro Chemical Systems; Impedance

Characterizations; Sensors; EQCM

Microtrac Inc. Booth 125

http://www.microtrac.com/

Particle Analyzer; Image Analysis; Nanotechnology

MMR Technologies, Inc. Booth 407

http://www.mmr.com/

Hall Effect Measurement Systems; Seebeck Effect

Measurement Systems; Variable Temperature

Microprobe Systems

MTI Corporation Booth 319

http://www.mtixtl.com/

Muffle & Tube Furnace; Battery Research Equipment;

Single Crystal

NanoAndMore USA Inc. Booth 204

http://www.nanoandmore.com/

AFM Probes; Digital Optical Microscopes;

Digital Holographic Microscopes

Nanofactory Instruments AB Booth 215

http://www.nanofactory.com/

STM-TEM Systems; AFM-TEM Systems;

TEM Nanoindentation

Nanounity Booth 428

http://www.nanounity.com/

AFM; SPM; SEM; Confocal Raman; X-ray Diffraction

National Electrostatics Corp. Booth 403

http://www.pelletron.com/

MeV Accelerators; RBS/PIXE/AMS; Ion Beam Components

National Nanotechnology Booth 105

Infrastructure Network

http://www.nnin.org/

Nanofabrication; Nanotechnology

NBM Design, Inc. Booth 427

http://www.nbmdesign.com/

Pulsed Laser Deposition; Custom Systems;

Deposition Technology

Neaspec GmbH Booth 228

http://www.neaspec.com/

Aperturless NSOM/SNOM; Nanoscale Infrared

Spectroscopy; Raman Spectroscopy

Neocera, LLC Booth 513

http://www.neocera.com/

Pulsed Laser Deposition; Pulsed Electron Deposition

Netzsch Instruments N.A. LLC Booth 521

http://www.netzsch-thermal-analysis.com/

Thermal Analysis; Thermal Conductivity;

Thermal Expansion; Calorimetry

NIST/MSD Booth 113

http://www.nist.gov/srm

Standard Reference Materials; Data and Calibration Services

Nor-Cal Products, Inc. Booth 306

http://www.n-c.com/

Vacuum Components & Chambers;

Flanges & Fittings; Valves

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Booth 230

http://www.oerlikon.com/leyboldvacuum

Thin Film PVD Coating Systems; Vacuum Equipment;

Leak Detectors

Omicron NanoTechnology USA Booth 312

http://www.omicron-instruments.com/

UHV SPM; Surface Science Instrumentation; MBE

Organic Spintronics S.R.L. Booth 122

http://www.organic-spintronics.com/

Thin Film Deposition Processes; Thin Film

Deposition Sources; Thin Film Deposition Systems

OSA—The Optical Society Booth 112

http://www.osa.org/

Publishing; Optical Materials

Oxford Instruments Booth 505

http://www.oxford-instruments.com/

Etching, Deposition and Growth Systems

PANalytical Inc. Booth 506

http://www.panalytical.com/

X-ray Diffraction (XRD); Computed Tomography (CT);

Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS);

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)

Park Systems Inc. Booth 520

http://www.parkafm.com/

Atomic Force Microscopes

Physical Electronics Booth 420

http://www.phi.com/

Scanning Auger; XPS; ESCA; TOF-SIMS;

Materials Analysis; Surface Analysis

Plasma-Therm LLC Booth 218

http://www.plasmatherm.com/

Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Plasmaterials, Inc. Booth 316

http://www.plasmaterials.com/

Sputtering Targets; Backing Plates;

Evaporation Materials

Protochips, Inc. Booth 214

http://www.protochips.com/

Microscopes, Electron Microscopy & Instrumentation;

Nanotechnology; Biological, Biomedical & Bio-related

Radiant Technologies, Inc. Booth 317

http://www.ferrodevices.com/

Ferroelectrics; Multiferroics; Piezoelectrics

Renishaw Inc. Booth 212

http://www.renishaw.com/

Raman Microscopes; Spectrometers

RHK Technology, Inc. Booth 206

http://www.rhk-tech.com/

SPM Universal Controls; UHV STM; UHV AFM/STM

Rigaku Americas Corporation Booth 421

http://www.rigaku.com/

X-ray Diffraction Systems; Small Angle X-ray Scattering

Systems

RKI Instruments, Inc. Booth 234

http://www.rkiinstruments.com/

Photoelectron Spectrometer

Rocky Mountain Vacuum Tech, Inc. Booth 318

http://www.rmvac.com/

Vacuum Systems; Vacuum Components

Seki Technotron USA Booth 516

http://www.sekicvdsolutions.com/

Microwave Plasma CVD Systems; Hot Filament CVD

Systems; Plasma CVD Systems

Semicore Equipment Inc. Booth 221

http://www.semicore.com/

Sputtering Systems; Evaporation Systems;

Custom PVD Systems & Components

Solartron Analytical (AMETEK) Booth 425

http://www.solartronanalytical.com/

ModuLab MTS; 1260 Impedance Analyzer;

Cryostats & Furnaces

SonoPlot, Inc. Booth 329

http://www.sonoplot.com/

Printed Electronics; Silver Ink

South Bay Technology, Inc. Booth 405

http://www.southbaytech.com/

Ion Beam Sputter Deposition and Etch;

Reactive Ion Etcher; Plasma Cleaner/Trimmer

SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH Booth 507

http://www.specs.com/

PHOIBOS Energy Analyzer; SPM 150 Aarhus;

JT-STM; FE-LEEM P90

SPEX SamplePrep LLC Booth 216

http://www.spexsampleprep.com/

Mixer/Mills; Freezer/Mills; X-Press

SPI Supplies, Division Booth 509

of Structure Probe, Inc.

http://www.2spi.com/

Supplies for Electron Microscopy; Plasma Etching

Systems; TEM Membrane Grid

Springer Booth 100

http://www.springer.com/

Books; Journals; E-Books

STAIB Instruments, Inc. Booth 512

http://www.staibinstruments.com/

RHEED; Spectrometers; Surface Analysis

SURFACE Systems & Technology Booth 504

GmbH & Co. KG

http://www.surface-tec.com/

PLD Systems; UHV Cluster Tools;

Nanomechanical Heating & Cooling Systems

SVT Associates, Inc. Booth 324

http://www.svta.com/

Molecular Beam Epitaxy; Pulsed Laser Deposition;

Atomic Layer Deposition

Taylor & Francis–CRC Press Booth 108

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/

Books; Journals; Online Products

TDK-Lambda Americas Inc. Booth 525

http://www.us.tdk-lambda.com/hp

Genesys™ Programmable AC/DC Power Supplies

Ted Pella, Inc. Booth 413

http://www.tedpella.com/

Vacuum Coaters; Calibration; Microscopy Sample

Preparation & Supplies/Accessories

TETRA GmbH Booth 429

http://www.tetra-ilmenau.de/

Material Tester; Tribometer; Force Sensor

Toshima Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Booth 416

http://www.material-sys.com/

Sputtering Targets

ULVAC Technologies, Inc. Booth 418

http://www.ulvac.com/

Seebeck Coefficient; RTP Annealing Furnace;

Thermal Diffusivity

United Mineral & Chemical Corporation Booth 327

http://www.umccorp.com/

MBE Source Materials; Effusion Cells;

Cracker Sources; Deposition Equipment

VG Scienta, Inc. Booth 514

http://www.vgscienta.com/

Surface Analysis Systems & Components;

UHV Systems & Components; Valves;

Sample Manipulators

Wiley Booth 106

http://www.wiley.com/

Books; Journals; Databases

WITec Instruments Corp. Booth 202

http://www.witec-instruments.com/

Confocal Raman Microscopy; Scanning Near-Field;

Raman AFM

XEI Scientific, Inc. Booth 524

http://www.evactron.com/

De-contaminators for SEMs; De-contaminators for TEMs; Lower-Power RF Supply