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Structure, properties and application of biomaterials, biosensors and bioelectronics
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The symposium (FB) will include discussions on functional biomaterials and biosensors inspired from the fields of nanotechnology, chemistry, cell and molecular biology, and medicine. Biomaterials are constituents that are intended to interrelate with the biological system either as a part of medical device or to replace or repair any injured organs or tissues. Biomaterials can be derived either naturally or synthetically.The symposium will emphasize biomaterials design and applications to regenerative engineering, with an emphasis on the regeneration of complex tissues and organs. We will also emphasize the importance of clinical translation by facilitating discussions between clinicians, engineers, and medical device companies. Materials scientists, industry and investment professionals, government employees, biotechnology experts, professors, students (undergraduate/graduate), early career scientists, and medical practitioners will be interested in attending this symposium. This transdisciplinary symposium is in line with the objectives of the AAAFM by contributing to the education and training of the next generation of materials researchers, providing opportunities for career and professional development, and helping to broaden the impact of materials science. The following topics will be include in this symposium (but will not be limited to)
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Structure, properties and potential applications of composite materials to electronics, sensors, energy, environmental, and information devices
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Composites have been used extensively in industriessuch as marine and transportation for more than 50years. Yet in some industries, composites are just nowbecoming a primary material of choice.The use of composites in the building industry isgrowing rapidly.Traditional benefits offered by composites are beingrecognized and utilized to address design limitationsand can be used to reduce life cycle environmental andcost impacts.Control of structures and characterization of physical, chemical, and electrical properties for advanced composite materials have been under active research for potential application to electronics, sensors, energy, environmental, and information devices. This symposium will provide a unique platform to facilitate the scientists, researchers, academicians, industrialists and students to share the recent advancements and the challenges in technological development of composite materials and their applications.
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Biocatalysts, environmental, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis incorporating both fundamental and applied studies
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Catalysis, as a key and enabling technology, plays a critical role in fields ranging from energy, environment, petrochemistry and agriculture to health care. The key for successful catalysis is to develop highly efficient catalysts with high selectivity to enable profits. In the field of chemical industry and industrial research, catalysis plays an imperative role. Different catalysts are in continual progress to attain economic, political and environmental desire. When using a catalyst it can swap a polluting chemical reaction with a more environmentally friendly alternative. Today, and in the future, this can be vital for the chemical industry. In addition, it’s important for a company/researcher to pay attention to market development. Some of the large chemical processes that use catalysis today are the production of methanol and ammonia. This symposium aims to assemble the leading researchers in this direction and discuss the emerging discovery and development of novel catalysts for selective catalysis, covering but not limited to single atoms, clusters, particles, crystalline defects, heterogeneous crystalline interfaces, metal-organic frameworks, and hierarchical structures. In situ spectroscopic and microscopic techniques and theory/modeling will also be included to highlight their importance in mechanistic understanding and catalyst design.
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Science and Engineer of materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion, storage utilization and policy
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Energy storage and conversion devices continue to be rich areas for scientific and engineering studiesthat incorporate novel features and functions in intelligent and interactive modes, represent a radical advance in consumer products, such as wearable electronics, healthcare devices, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, smart household, and space satellites. However, there are still grand challenges in fundamental research and understanding to accelerate energy storage and conversion devices to commercial reality, which include new materials and structures with high ionic conductivity, tailored mixed electron/ion conductivity, novel interface engineering methodologies, new device concepts, efficient and scalable techniques for materials and system-level integrations. This AAAFM-UCLA symposium is intend to provide a forum for scientists and engineers working in energy storage and conversion devices from materials, characterizations, devices and system integrations to communicate recent progress on current technologies and to exchange ideas about next-generation solutions.
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Synthesis, assembly, characterization, applications, theory, and simulation of materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales
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Low-dimensional nano and 2D materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) monolayers, have become the focus of intense research due to their unique physical and chemical properties. This symposium of AAAFM-UCLA focuses on rapid progresses in low-dimensional nano and 2D materials and their heterostructures from new strategy of material synthesis, fundamental research on physical, chemical, and mechanical properties and to varieties of applications including electronics, optoelectronics, and photonics. We invite researchers to contribute original research work that are related to fundamentals and applications of low-dimensional nano and 2D materials.
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Thin-film synthesis, structure, characterization, physical properties synthesis, characterization, and applications.
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Tailoring the mechanical performance and reliability of materials requires to understand the interplay of deformation mechanisms and microstructure across all length scales. The recent advances in small-scale mechanical testing complemented by in-situ microscopy and diffraction techniques, microstructure characterization methods ranging from atomistic insights to 3-dimensional tomography as well as simulation methods bridging the scales from atomistic to continuum provide access to all relevant length scales for designing and optimizing materials and material systems. The 2018 Gordon Conference on “Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior” will be the platform to discuss progress and limitations of experimental and computational nano- and micromechanical methods, current understanding of deformation, fatigue and fracture mechanisms with a focus on small length scales, and to exchange ideas on interlinking different approaches to enhance the mechanical properties of thin films, coatings and bulk materials. Newest developments in testing methods, lab on chip concepts, exposure to environmental conditions as well as modeling approaches will be a central part of the meeting.
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