The Solid State Chemistry GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes an array of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The conference will feature presentations and discussions at the frontiers of solid state chemistry, ranging from design and synthesis of materials to development and understanding of their properties and potential applications. One theme will be materials discovery, encompassing strategic exploratory solid state synthesis as well as efforts enabled by machine learning and automation. A second thread will be advanced characterization, which increasingly makes it possible to determine the local structures, disorder, and dynamics that can be critical to a material’s function. Oral and poster presentations will focus on a broad range of materials, including functional oxides and chalcogenides, mixed-anion compounds, low-dimensional materials, high-entropy alloys, hybrid metal halides, magnets, thermoelectrics, and materials at the interface of crystallinity and disorder. This wide coverage will enable discussion of applications in areas such as electrochemical energy storage, quantum computing, and advanced optics.
This conference will provide opportunities for networking and mentorship among researchers of varying career stages and work environments, including research universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, national laboratories, and industry. This multidisciplinary conference welcomes chemists, physicists, and materials scientists working on both experimental and theoretical aspects of solid state chemistry. All attendees will be invited to participate and actively engage in discussion in all components of the program.
