Discovering Materials Through Synthesis and Characterization Toward Functional Applications

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.

This meeting is oversubscribed. If space becomes available and you have been accepted, you will be notified.