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length scales, including nanowires, hier- Preview: 2010 Materials archical and composite materials, group- IV semiconductor nanostructures, aero- Research Society gels and aerogel-inspired materials, ERURQDQGERURQFRPSRXQGVDUWL¿FLDOO\ Fall Meeting & Exhibit DOLJQHGFU\VWDOOLQHWKLQ¿OPVDQGQDQR- Hynes Convention Center and structures, and group-VIII inorganic Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts materials, with applications in electronic, Meeting: November 29–December 3 optoelectronic, nanophotonics, energy, Exhibit: November 30–December 2 and sensing devices. www.mrs.org/F10 Materials for Energy covers research related to magnetocalorics and magnetic cooling and novel fuel cell materials and concepts as well as advanced Li batteries; polymer-based materials as 2010 t FALL MEETING Meeting Chairs nanocomposites, nanostructures, and smart materials; transparent conducting oxides; and thermoelectric materials for power generation and cooling. Biological and Environmental Ap- plications of Materials centers on synthesis, assembly, and applications of biological and bioinspired materials with a focus on the forefront of bio-mineraliza- Ana Claudia Arias Robert F. Cook Clemens Heske Shu Yang tion and biomimetics; multiscale mechan- Palo Alto Research National Institute University of University of Center of Standards and Nevada, Las Vegas Pennsylvania ics; materials synthesis and assembly for Technology imaging, sensing, and therapeutics; and applications to nanobiotechnology and he Materials Research Society will research applied to photonics, electron- their health and environmental safety. Thold its 2010 Fall Meeting at the ics, displays, photovoltaics, and bioelec- Materials Exploration focuses on in Hynes Convention Center and the Shera- tronics. Materials such as organic semi- situ characterization approaches using ton Boston Hotel in Boston, Mass., No- conductors, diamond, rare-earths, advanced imaging and scattering tech- vember 29–December 3, 2010. The meet- transition metals, doped nitrides, oxides, niques, synchrotron radiation, and methods ing will include a technical program, liquid crystals, and organic–inorganic to study the structure–property relation of tutorials, a plenary session, an awards composites are included in the program. HYROYLQJWKLQ¿OPVQRYHOGHYHORSPHQWV ceremony, an equipment exhibit, poster Challenges in large-scale processing of in scanning probe micro scopy, materials sessions, a career center, funding semi- emerging materials or printable devices, issues in art and archaeology, and materials nars, and other special activities. Sympo- as well as low-temperature processing education and outreach from kindergarten sium proceedings will be published on and reliability, will be addressed. to graduate school. the MRS Web site, where they will be Materials for Infrastructure and In addition to the technical sympo- available free online to MRS members. Mechanical Applications addresses re- sia, Symposium X will feature lunchtime The increasingly cross-disciplinary search on materials for mechanical ap- lectures aimed at a broad audience to worldwide activity on materials research plications at all length scales, including provide meeting attendees with an over- culminates every year in the MRS Fall advanced intermetallic alloys, new steel view of leading-edge topics. Speakers Meetings. Symposium organizers from designs, bulk metallic glasses, ceramic, include John Rogers of the University of around the world have created a program metal and composite materials for nucle- Illinois at Urbana/Champaign presenting of 49 symposia that addresses leading- ar power applications, behavior at micro- a talk on materials and mechanics for edge research and captures the extraor- and nanoscales and in harsh environ- bio-integrated electronics and Eberhard dinary progress in materials science and ments, microelectromechanical systems, Umbach of Karlsruhe Institute of Tech- technology, featuring an exciting mix of and harnessing instabilities in soft materi- nology, on new concepts for energy re- well-established and popular topics. The als. search in Germany and Europe. Sympo- symposia are organized into the follow- Materials Processing and Device sium X will open on Monday with a ing six clusters. Fabrication focuses on synthesis, fab- special panel presentation about the Materials for Information Process- rication, assembly, and integration of a NOVA series, Making Stuff—a four-part ing covers fundamentals on materials broad range of materials at different PBS prime-time television series devel-

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oped in cooperation with MRS. The Don’t Miss these SUPER SUNDAY events at the panel will include David Pogue, the se- 2010 MRS Fall Meeting t Sunday, November 28 ries host and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. 7 TUTORIAL SESSIONS—FREE to meeting attendees Poster sessions, an integral feature of Running throughout the day, the tutorials offer a variety of topics to MRS meetings, will be held during the complement the scientific sessions. Subjects range from polymer- evenings. The meeting chairs will award based nanocomposites, to microfluidics and optical biosensing, to magnetic cooling machines and their potential for energy efficiency, the best posters during each session with and so much more! prizes of up to $500. Winning posters will be displayed prominently through- WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP— COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Persuasion out the week. This Workshop will focus on the fundamentals of responsible negotiations and conflict resolution. Attendees will use self- Special sessions and events examination to discover personal negotiating styles and develop The Plenary Session will be held in the alternatives to agreement that build self-confidence and enhance preparation. Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel on Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m., at which MASTERING SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS WORKSHOP— Christopher P.J. Barty of Lawrence FREE to meeting attendees Learn how to choose the very best communication tools to take your Livermore National Laboratory will scientific presentations to the next level—and to successfully present a talk on “Creating Star Power communicate the results both to peers and to the general public. on Earth—The Path to Fusion at the Na- MAKING STUFF DAY AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: tional Ignition Facility.” Explorations in Materials Science and Engineering The Awards Ceremony will convene A day of professional development in education outreach is being on Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the Grand Ball- planned at the Museum of Science, Boston. Enjoy materials science room of the Sheraton Boston Hotel, at demonstrations, hands-on activities, and special stage performances ... and at the same time learn about some of the challenges, which the Von Hippel Award, Turnbull strategies and resources behind creating effective and creative Lectureship, MRS Medal, and Graduate education outreach programs for the general public. A public Student Awards will be presented. The presentation by David Pogue, host of Making Stuff, the new NOVA ceremony will be followed by the Von series on materials, is also on tap for the afternoon. Hippel Award address by L. Eric Cross FRED KAVLI DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP IN of The Pennsylvania State University on NANOSCIENCE—FREE to meeting attendees “Flexoelectric Composites—The Cutting World-renowned nanoscience expert Charles Lieber, Harvard University, will present his Kavli lecture at 7PM in the Sheraton Hotel, Edge for New Lead-Free Piezoceramics.” Grand Ballroom. David D. Awschalom of the Univer- sity of California, Santa Barbara, is the For more information on SUPER SUNDAY events, visit recipient of the David Turnbull Lec- www.mrs.org/f10_supersunday SUPER SUNDAY tureship. He will present his lecture, “Semiconductor Spintronics and Quan- tum Information Processing,” on Tues- day, Nov. 30 at 5:15 p.m. in the Grand tinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience, clude Mastering Science Presenta- Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel. will present the award talk at 7:00 p.m. tions, by Greta Zenner Peterson, who is MRS Medalist Walter A. de Heer The Women in Materials Science education director of the MRSEC at the of Georgia Institute of Technology will and Engineering Breakfast will feature University of Wisconsin, Madison and present the award talk on Thursday, Dec. Jennifer Stancil, executive director of chair of the MRS NISE Subcommittee; 2 in Symposium X, on epitaxial gra- Educational Partnerships at WQED, and the NSF Broader Impacts, by Sue phene for 21st-century electronics. Pittsburgh, on the topic of girls in science, Whitsett, the Einstein Distinguished A number of exciting events will take technology, engineering, and mathemat- Educator Fellow with the NSF Division place on SUPER SUNDAY, Nov. 28. ics: inspiring the next generation of sci- of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. Events include tutorials (plus one tutor- entists. Government agency seminars Jennifer Larese, the outreach coordi- ial on Monday afternoon), professional will be held, including representatives nator for NOVA, will present a talk on development including the Women’s from the National Science Foundation how to host Science Cafes. Professional Development Workshop, (NSF), the Department of Energy, and the In addition, a Science as Art compe- and Making Stuff Education and Out- National Institutes of Health, which will tition will be held. The competition is reach activities at the Boston Museum of offer attendees information on funding open to all registered meeting attendees. Science. Charles Lieber of Harvard Uni- opportunities in materials research. Prizes of up to $400 will be awarded. versity, recipient of the Fred Kavli Dis- Additional instructional seminars in- The deadline for entries is Oct. 18.

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Career services, student events, different scattering methods to nano- Hotels in Boston and networking opportunities materials characterization, what param- MRS will host a Career Center for meet- eters can be extracted from each method, The 2010 MRS Fall Meeting will be ing attendees, to be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2 and also what are the limitations of each held at the Hynes Convention Center at the Hynes Convention Center. Services method discussed for nanomaterials and Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, include access to current job postings, a characterization. Each session will in- Massachusetts. For your convenience, UHVXPH¿OHIRUSURVSHFWLYHHPSOR\HUV clude practical examples and also tips special room rates have been arranged and onsite interview opportunities. and tricks on how to collect and interpret at the hotels listed below. Rooms are Gold and Silver Graduate Student the data. Invited instructors include limited at these rates, so make your Awards will be presented during the Thomas Proffen of Los Alamos Na- reservation early. Your patronage of the Awards Ceremony to graduate students tional Laboratory and Andrew Payzant ofﬁcial hotels enables MRS to secure the meeting space at a greatly reduced whose academic achievements and cur- of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sci- cost. Check the MRS Web site for more rent materials research display a high ences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. information: www.mrs.org/F10. level of excellence and distinction. 7KHZRUNVKRSZLOOFRQFOXGHZLWKD¿HOG Graduate students and members of trip to tour PANalytical’s Applications Sheraton Boston Hotel MRS University Chapters are invited to Laboratory where attendees can see the Deadline: November 8, 2010 attend the student mixer, and chapter latest developments in x-ray diffraction Tel: 617-236-2000 RI¿FHUVDQGIDFXOW\DGYLVRUVDUHLQYLWHG laboratory systems. Roundtrip transporta- Single ...... $181 + tax to attend a meeting of MRS University tion and refreshments will be provided. Double ...... $191 + tax Chapter representatives to compare On Nov. 30, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., a Boston Marriott Copley Place notes on recent activities and brainstorm re-training session will be held for evalu- Deadline: October 22, 2010 new projects and issues of common con- ators for the Accreditation Board for En- Tel: 617-236-5800 cern. Those interested in starting new gineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET). Single ...... $175 + tax chapters are also welcome. Details will Double ...... $192 + tax be available on the MRS Web site. For more information Boston Park Plaza See the following pages for additional Deadline: November 19, 2010 Other events coinciding with information on the MRS award recipi- Tel: (617) 426-2000 the meeting ents and the plenary speaker. Single ...... $164 + tax MRS is holding the X-Ray Scattering The deadline to pre-register for the Double ...... $164 + tax Methods for Characterization of meeting is November 12, 2010, 5:00 p.m. Westin Copley Place Nanomaterials Workshop in Boston on (EST). International travelers are re- Deadline: October 29, 2010 Dec. 3. The aim of this workshop is to minded to allow ample time to obtain a Tel: (617) 262-9600 give the attendees insight into valuable visa, if necessary. For additional details Single ...... $178 + tax characterization tools to help unravel about the meeting, contact MRS Mem- Double ...... $198 + tax nanostructural parameters of samples ber Services, Materials Research Soci- Hilton Boston Back Bay and/or devices by using x-ray diffraction ety, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA Deadline: October 22, 2010 and scattering techniques. The workshop 15086-7573, USA; e-mail info@mrs. Tel: (617) 236-1100 will start with a brief history of nano- org, tel. 724-779-3003, and fax 724-779- Single/Double ...... $178 + tax materials and their main applications 8313. Details of various events and ac- Triple/Quad ...... $198 + tax given by Z.L. Wang of Georgia Institute tivities will be published in the Program Embassy Suites Boston of Technology, and continue with a short and Exhibit Guide available on site. The at Logan Airport history of the x-ray scattering methods MRS Web site can be accessed for up- Tel: (617) 567-5000 given by Robert L. Snyder of Georgia GDWHGLQIRUPDWLRQRQFRQ¿UPHGWDONVDQG Single ...... $129 + tax Institute of Technology. Then leading details of special events, for more infor- Each additional person $10 experts on each scattering method will mation on obtaining a visa, and for pre- State and local taxes are give a practical tutorial on how to apply registration: www.mrs.org/F10. currently at 14.45% 2010 MRS FALL MEETING REGISTRATION RATES Pre-Registration On-Site Registration Before 5:00 p.m. (EST), November 12, 2010 Member $455 $555 Student Member $110 $140 Nonmember $555 $655 Student Nonmember $135 $165 Unemployed/Retired $135 $165

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describing the phenomenology of that family across the phase diagram. These articles are still widely used in calculations on the system, which remains one L. Eric Cross of the most important piezoelectric ceramic systems. These phenomenologi- to receive cal calculations also allowed Cross to unambiguously separate intrinsic and 2010 Von Hippel Award extrinsic (domain wall and phase bound- ary) contributions to the dielectric and piezoelectric response of ferroelectrics. His careful electric measurements at low he 2010 Von Hippel Award, the research, is the corrective mirror used in WHPSHUDWXUHVFRQ¿UPHGWKHLPSRUWDQFH TMaterial Research Society’s highest the Hubble space telescope. Positioning of extrinsic contributions to the elasto- honor, will be presented to L. Eric Cross, of the mirror using six electrostrictive dielectric properties, and were pivotal in Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Elec- actuators enabled the Hubble to achieve molding the physical understanding of trical Engineering, Materials Research LWVRULJLQDOGHVLJQVSHFL¿FDWLRQV the properties of ferroelectric materials. Institute, The Pennsylvania State Uni- In addition to the practical results His long-term, extraordinarily fruitful versity. Cross is being recognized “for evolving from his work on relaxors, collaboration with Robert Newnham of his imposing leadership in the science Cross has provided the field with a Penn State resulted in numerous other and applications of ferroelectric materi- VRXQGVFLHQWL¿FEDVLV+HUHFRJQL]HG breakthroughs, including the develop- als.” Cross will accept the honor during that at certain temperatures, these mate- ment of piezoelectric-polymer compos- the awards ceremony at the 2010 MRS rials, unlike classical ferroelectrics, are ites and their application to sonar and Fall Meeting, in Boston, on Wednesday, comprised of “nanopolar” regions whose biomedical ultrasound. December 1, in the Grand Ballroom of nature and extent change with electric Cross has guided several generations the Sheraton Boston Hotel, where he will ¿HOG7KLVHQDEOHGKLPWRGH¿QHRQHRI of graduate students through his labora- present his award lecture, “Flexoelectric the earliest “nano” materials, as well tory; he has graduated at least 59 PhD Composites—The Cutting Edge for New as to lay the foundation for a school of students and many of his students are Lead-Free Piezoceramics.” thought that is generically applicable to WKHPVHOYHVOHDGHUVLQWKH¿HOGDVZHOO &URVVLVDOHDGLQJH[SHUWLQWKH¿HOG many types of complex materials. For as in industry, national laboratories, and of ferroelectric materials. This covers a H[DPSOHUHFHQW¿QGLQJVLQWKH¿HOGRI in key government positions throughout diverse set of materials and phenomena colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) man- the world. His educational impact is not including ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, ganites and related “highly correlated” limited to the mentoring of his gradu- ferroelastics, and more recently the novel electron systems have revealed the nano- ate students: Innumerable scientists and class of materials termed “relaxor ferro- scale coexistence of highly conducting professionals have been taught the basics electrics” (for which he was awarded the regions with insulating regions, through of ferroelectricity and relaxor behavior MRS Medal in 1992). These materials an electronic phase separation scenario. through his classic tutorial lectures. exhibit a rich, hierarchical spectrum of It is also believed that the extent and The strong leadership provided by phase transitions, the underpinning phys- connectivity of these two phases can be Cross during his career has made a ics of which was elegantly elucidated by changed through the application of elec- GH¿QLQJFRQWULEXWLRQWRWKHVFLHQWL¿F Cross and his co-workers, and a unique WULFDQGRUPDJQHWLF¿HOGVDQDORJRXVWR VWDQGLQJRIWKH¿HOGRIIHUURHOHFWULFLW\ signature of their polar state, including the behavior of “relaxor” ferroelectrics. In the early stages of his career, he was a frequency dependence of the dielectric Many physicists now refer to these ma- UHVSRQVLEOHIRULQWURGXFLQJWKH¿HOGRI response, large usable electrostrictive co- terials as “relaxor-like” correlated sys- electroceramics into conferences such as HI¿FLHQWVDQGWKHJUDGXDOGHYHORSPHQW tems. the International Meeting on Ferroelec- of a macroscopic spontaneous polariza- Cross has also made major contribu- tricity; the International Symposium on tion. His fundamental measurements on tions to the development and applica- Applications of Ferroelectrics; and the these systems led to the development of tion of phenomenological descriptions International Symposium on Integrated numerous practical devices such as elec- of ferroelectrics. He was the first to Ferroelectrics; he was deeply involved in trostrictive actuators which show little correctly report the spontaneous polar- the inaugural MRS meeting, held at the hysteresis in the strain response, and are ization of BaTiO3 (the materials used Pennsylvania State University in 1973, therefore ideal for a number of applica- for billions of capacitors produced an- where he chaired the National Confer- WLRQVUHTXLULQJDUHWXUQWRD¿GXFLDOSRVL- nually). Similar careful measurements ence on Phase Transitions and Their tion. One of the most visible applications in the lead zirconate titanate family re- Applications in Materials Science. To- of these devices, based on Cross’s early sulted in a series of highly cited articles gether with Kiyoshi Okazaki of Shonan

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Institute of Technology, he founded the and served as director of the Materials Defense Science Research Board, and U.S.-Japan Meetings on Dielectric and Research Laboratory from 1985 to 1989. became a permanent U.S. representative Piezoelectric Ceramics which were the He is the author of more than 600 articles for ferroelectricity in the International ¿UVWRIWKHLUNLQGWRSURYLGHPHDQLQJIXO LQVFLHQWL¿FMRXUQDOV Union of Pure and Applied Physics interactions and visits between “ferro- Cross is a fellow of MRS, the Amer- (IUPAP) Engineering in 1983. electricians” of both countries. ican Physical Society, the American The MRS Von Hippel Award includes Cross completed his education at the Ceramic Society, the Institute of Electri- a $10,000 cash prize, honorary member- University of Leeds, receiving a BSc cal & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and ship in MRS, and a unique trophy—a degree in 1948 and a PhD degree in 1952. the American Optical Society. He has mounted ruby laser crystal, symbolizing On completion of two research fellow- received numerous Honorary Doctorates the many faceted nature of materials re- ships at the University of Leeds in 1961, from universities around the world, and search. The award recognizes those he accepted a position as senior research his many awards include the MRS Medal qualities most prized by materials scien- associate at the Pennsylvania State Uni- in 1992, membership into the National tists and engineers—brilliance and orig- versity, where he was appointed associ- Academy of Engineering in 1983, and inality of intellect, combined with vision ate professor in 1964, Professor of Solid key awards and prizes from the IEEE that transcends the boundaries of con- State Science in 1964, and Professor of and American Ceramics Society. He YHQWLRQDOGLVFLSOLQHVDVH[HPSOL¿HGE\ Electrical Engineering in 1968. Cross serves on many key national and inter- the life of Arthur von Hippel (http:// assumed his present position in 1985, national advisory boards, including the vonhippel.mrs.org).

the materials science and engineering communities. These activities have led to several seminal discoveries in science David D. Awschalom and engineering, including long-lived electron spin coherence in semiconduc- selected for tors, macroscopic transport of coherent spin states, electrical spin injection into 2010 David Turnbull semiconductors, ultrafast manipulation of electron and nuclear spins, engi- Lectureship neered magnetic heterostructures, and the discovery of the spin-Hall effect. His temporally and spatially resolved experi- he Materials Research Society’s award at the 2010 MRS Fall Meeting in ments explore the spin degrees of free- TDavid Turnbull Lectureship rec- Boston, where he will deliver his award dom in a wide variety of semiconductor ognizes the career of a scientist who has lecture, “Semiconductor Spintronics and heterostructures and nanometer-scale made outstanding contributions to Quantum Information Processing,” on systems. This work has generated new understanding materials phenomena Tuesday, November 30 at 5:15 p.m. in probes of fundamental spin interactions and properties through research, writ- the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Bos- IRUWKHVFLHQWL¿FFRPPXQLW\DQGRSHQHG LQJDQGOHFWXULQJDVH[HPSOL¿HGE\ ton Hotel. the possibility of future technologies David Turnbull of Harvard University. Awschalom has been one of the key based on the spin degree of freedom. In This year David D. Awschalom of the contributors to the understanding of co- addition to semiconductor spintronics, University of California, Santa Barbara, herent spin phenomena in a wide range these discoveries have made this tech- has been selected to give the 2010 Turn- of semiconductor materials, including nology attractive for the implementation bull Lecture. Awschalom is cited “for semiconductor heterostructures and of quantum computing in the solid state. pioneering achievements and leadership TXDQWXPGRWV+HSLRQHHUHGWKH¿HOGRI Awschalom’s success is based on his per- LQHVWDEOLVKLQJWKH¿HOGRIVHPLFRQGXF semiconductor spintronics, and contin- sistent efforts toward the integration of tor spintronics, including fundamental ues to play a leading role in the discipline the materials science, physics, and elec- discoveries of spin transport and coher- by inventing new femtosecond spatially trical engineering communities that have ence in the solid state, developing new resolved semiconductor spectrosco- created new opportunities for research experimental techniques and materials pies, and developing submicron-scale DQGWHFKQRORJ\LQWKHHPHUJLQJ¿HOGV engineering for spin-based quantum spin-based systems. His engineering of solid-state spintronics and quantum information science, and for excellence of electrically and magnetically doped computation. in communication through lecturing and semiconductors to explore electron spin In a series of publications, starting writing.” He will be presented with the transport have had a dramatic impact in in 1996, Awschalom has demonstrated

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ways to detect and control the spin- a way to manipulate spin-coherence op- sition at UCSB where he is currently coherence of carriers, magnetic impu- tically, in a few hundred femtosecond a Professor of Physics, Electrical and rities, and nuclear spins in a variety of time frame. Together with Hideo Ohno Computer Engineering, and the Peter J. semiconductors and nanostructures by of Tohoku University, he reported on the Clarke Director of the California Nano- the development and use of femtosec- ¿UVWHOHFWULFDOVSLQLQMHFWLRQIURPDIHUUR systems Institute. He has published more ond time-resolved Faraday/Kerr rotation magnet into a semiconductor in 1999. than 300 articles, made over 700 invited spectroscopies. In 1996, Awschalom And recently, he and his students ob- presentations, and he has been awarded showed coherent transfer of angular mo- served the spin Hall effect in the solid four patents. Awschalom is the found- menta from optically generated carriers state. ing editor of the AIP Virtual Journal of to magnetic spins and their terahertz spin A wschalom’s major contributions to Nanoscience and Technology, the editor precession, which paved the way to a the area of spintronics include his con- of the Handbook of Spintronics (Spring- series of discoveries regarding the genera- siderable devotion to educating students er), and he has served as a member of tion, transport, detection, and manipula- and young researchers in this emerging the editorial board of Nanotechnology tion of spin-coherence of various spins area of research. He has organized and (Institute of Physics) and Nano Letters in semiconductors. He then showed that participated in several international (American Chemical Society) and is appropriate doping can enhance the life- “Spintech” schools on spintronics and currently a member of the editorial time of carrier spin-coherence by orders quantum information technology, in- board of Physics Reports. He has also of magnitude and the carrier spin-coher- tended to give students a broad overview been awarded numerous lectureships in ence can be spatially dragged by apply- RIWKH¿HOGDVSUHVHQWHGE\LWVOHDGLQJ universities throughout the world. LQJH[WHUQDOHOHFWULF¿HOGVZKLFKZDVDQ researchers. He has also received the Among his many professional hon- LPSRUWDQW¿QGLQJIRUWKHIXWXUHGHYLFH UCSB Chancellors award for under- ors, Awschalom was named MRS Out- usage of spin-coherence. This observa- graduate research, and the UCSB Fac- standing Young Investigator (1992) and tion was made possible by Awschalom’s ulty Lecturer Award “for a combination received the International Union of Pure invention of a technique called “reso- of outstanding research contributions, and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Magne- QDQWVSLQDPSOL¿FDWLRQ´LQZKLFKFDUULHU VFKRODUVKLSVFLHQWL¿FOHDGHUVKLSEURDG tism Prize (2003); the Oliver E. Buckley spins are excited synchronously in phase contributions to enriching the intellectual Prize, American Physical Society (2005); by successive polarized optical pulses. stature of UCSB, and for his outstanding the Agilent Technical Europhysics Prize, He then demonstrated that continuous role as a teacher and mentor.” European Physical Society (2005); and coherent spin sourcing is possible using After receiving his PhD degree in the Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, Ameri- semiconductor heterostructures. The physics at Cornell University in 1982, can Association for the Advancement same optical technique was shown to be Awschalom joined the IBM T.J. Watson of Science (2006). He is a fellow of the applicable to perform all optical nuclear Research Center as a postdoctoral fel- American Physical Society, the Ameri- magnetic resonance in semiconductor low. He was appointed to the permanent can Association for the Advancement of quantum wells. Demonstration of the use staff at IBM in 1984, and as manager Science, and a member of the American of the optical Stark effect to manipulate of the Nonequilibrium Physics Group Academy of Arts and Sciences and the carrier spins in semiconductors provided in 1989. In 1992, he assumed his po- National Academy of Sciences.

Meeting in Boston, where he will also give an award talk on “Epitaxial Gra- phene for 21st-Century Electronics.” Walter A. de Heer De Heer will give his presentation on Thursday, December 2 at 12:15 p.m. named in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston Hotel. 2010 MRS Medalist Since 2000, de Heer has been a pio- neer in research on graphene, which is QRZDPDMRU¿HOGLQPDWHULDOVUHVHDUFK He has extensively researched the physical properties of epitaxial graphene, with he Materials Research Society has his pioneering contributions to the science important results on its electronic and Tnamed Walter de Heer, Regents Pro- and technology of epitaxial graphene.” spectroscopic properties, the manipula- fessor of Physics at the Georgia Institute De Heer will be recognized during the WLRQRIWKHHOHFWULFVWUXFWXUHE\LQÀXHQFH of Technology, as an MRS Medalist “for awards ceremony at the 2010 MRS Fall of the substrate, and the interpretation of

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different properties of single and multi- WHUQLQJ,QKLV¿UVWJUDSKHQHSURSRVDO on the demonstrations of the large-scale layer graphene. It was known for some in 2001 to a government agency, he rea- patterning of epitaxial graphene tran- time that research on graphene could be soned that graphene-based electronics sistor arrays on a single epitaxial gra- SHUIRUPHGRQH[IROLDWHGJUDSKHQH¿OPV could overcome the problems of carbon phene chip. The concepts and methods but de Heer was able to demonstrate the nanotubes, while retaining their essential developed by de Heer have also been fabrication and patterning of epitaxial advantageous features. By 2003, de Heer adopted by IBM to produce 100 GHz graphene on wafer surfaces (e.g., SiC), and his team had the required experi- transistors. thus opening the way for the use of gra- mental evidence to support the concept De Heer received a PhD degree in phene for applications in electronics. of epitaxial graphene as a new electronic physics from the University of Califor- During his early career, de Heer dis- material. This data was also the basis for nia, Berkley in 1985, where he continued covered the electronic shell structure in WKH¿UVWJUDSKHQHHOHFWURQLFVSDWHQWWKDW as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1987, he ac- alkali clusters (1983) and intra-molec- ZDV¿OHGLQDQGLVVXHGLQ cepted a position at the Ecole Polytech- ular spin relaxation in clusters (1990). After proposing graphene-based elec- nique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzer- He later turned his attention to the study tronics, de Heer has since relentlessly land. Since 1996, he has been Professor of carbon nanotubes, where he discov- pursued the science and technology of of Physics (since 2008, Regents Profes- HUHGWKHLU¿HOGHPLWWLQJSURSHUWLHVDQG epitaxial graphene. sor of Physics) at Georgia Institute of DSSOLHGWKLVHIIHFWWRÀDWSDQHOGLVSOD\V Industry has recognized the impor- Technology. He has published more than (1996). In 1998 he discovered that car- tance of epitaxial graphene on silicon 100 articles, with a total of 17,000 cita- bon nanotubes are ballistic conductors, carbide. Major programs in Europe, tions. De Heer is a fellow of the Ameri- which is their single most important Asia, and the United States are now can Physical Society and received the electronic property and indicates the uniquely focused on this new material. IBM Faculty Fellowship Award in 2007 feasibility of carbon-based electronics. The Carbon Electronics for RF Applica- and 2008, and the Sigma Xi Sustained By 2001, de Heer had recognized the tions (CERA) of the Defense Advanced Research Award in 2008. IXQGDPHQWDOÀDZVLQFDUERQQDQRWXEH Research Projects Agency is based on de electronics related to contacts and pat- +HHU¶VSLRQHHULQJZRUNDQGVSHFL¿FDOO\

Intensity Lasers. Currently, he is the co- chair of the International Committee on Christopher P.J. Barty Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers. Before his arrival at LLNL in 2000, to give MRS plenary Barty had been Director of Laser Science for a privately funded research organiza- address on the tion at the University of California at San Diego, Director of Advanced Technology U.S. National for a Silicon Valley laser company, and had served as a member of the Applied Ignition Facility Physics and Electrical Engineering Fac- ulty at Stanford University. At LLNL, hristopher P.J. Barty, chief tech- grees, each with honors, in chemistry, Barty has served as the chief scientist for Cnology officer for the National physics, and chemical engineering from the Laser Science and Technology Pro- Ignition Facility and Photon Science North Carolina State University. He has JUDPDQGZDVWKHDUFKLWHFWDQGWKH¿UVW Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore published more than 200 articles and program director of the mission-based, National Laboratory, will deliver the presented over 200 invited talks, span- Photon Science and Applications Pro- plenary address at the 2010 Materials ning topics in lasers, optics, materials gram. Research Society Fall Meeting in the science, medicine, chemistry, engineer- His technical interests include develop- Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Boston ing, and physics. He was elected a fellow ment of new optical capabilities for Hotel. His presentation is titled, “Creating of the Optical Society of America for his fusion energy drivers, directed energy Star Power on Earth—The Path to Fusion pioneering work on intense short-pulse systems, nuclear photo-science, high- at the National Ignition Facility.” lasers and x-ray applications. Barty has energy-density science, fast ignition, His academic background includes founded both the biennial international and laser-based x-ray applications of PhD and MS degrees in applied physics meeting on Ultrafast Optics and the relevance to national security-related from Stanford University and BS de- International Conference on Ultrahigh missions.

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M. Albrecht (Institute for Crystal 17th International Conference on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials to be held in April 2011 http://msm2011.org Growth, Germany) on cathodolumines- cence, H. Amano (Meijo University, he 17th international conference on Conference sessions will concen- Japan) on aluminium gallium nitride, TMicroscopy of Semiconducting trate on key topics including state-of- G.A. Botton (McMaster University, Materials will be held at Churchill Col- the-art studies in high-resolution imag- Canada) on electron microscopy of lege, University of Cambridge, UK on ing and analytical electron microscopy; buried clusters and epitaxial nanowires, April 4–7, 2011. This meeting, chaired advanced scanning electron, scanning A. Delobbe (Orsay Physics, France) on by Thomas Walther and Tony Cullis of ion, and scanning probe application; improved focused ion beam instrumen- the University of Sheffield and Paul novel epitaxial layer phenomena; the tation, and V. Grillo (University of Midgley of the University of Cambridge, properties of quantum nanostructures 0RGHQD,WDO\ RQDQQXODUGDUN¿HOG will focus on the latest developments in (i.e., quantum wells, wires, and dots), imaging. the study of the structural, electronic, III-nitride developments; GeSi/Si for The abstract deadline is December and optical properties of semiconductors advanced devices; metal-semiconductor 10, 2010. For further details and infor- by the application of transmission and and oxide-semiconductor contacts; and mation on abstract submission and reg- scanning electron microscopy and scan- silicides and the important effects of de- istration, access the conference Web site ning probe microscopy as well as ion- vice processing treatments. http://msm2011.org or send an e-mail to and x-ray–based methods. &RQ¿UPHGLQYLWHGVSHDNHUVLQFOXGH [email protected].

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