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- CM01: Exploring Nanoscale Physical Properties Of Materials Via Local Probes
- CM02: In Situ TEM Characterization Of Dynamic Processes During Materials Synthesis And Processing
- CM03: Investigating Nanostructures With X-Rays—Fundamentals And Applications
- CM04: In Situ And Operando Characterization Of Materials And Devices By X-Ray And Neutron
- CM05: Strain Localization; Avalanches And Intermittent Deformation Mechanisms
- CM06: Frontiers In Functional Imaging In Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy
- EN01: Solid-Solid Interfaces In Batteries; Energy Storage And Conversion—Diagnostic And Modeling
- EN02: Advances In Perovskite Solar Cell Devices And Applications
- EN03: Superconducting Materials—From Basic Science To Applications
- EN04: Advanced Materials For Carbon Capture And Other Important Gas Separations
- EN05: Field-Responsive Composites For Sustainable Energy
- EN06: Safer And More Energy-Dense Rechargeable Batteries
- EN07: Issues; Challenges And Opportunities In Actinide Materials
- EN08: Low-Cost Tandem Photovoltaic Cells
- EN09: Materials And Systems For Grid Energy Storage—Redox Flow Batteries
- EN10: Thermoelectric Materials; Devices And Applications
- EN11: Nanomaterials For The Water And Energy Nexus
- EN12: Hierarchical Materials For Nuclear Waste Management
- EN13: Capacitive Energy Storage—Fundamentals; Materials And Devices
- EN14: Materials Science And Device Engineering For Safe And Long-Life Electrochemical Energy Storage
- EN15: Novel Materials Physics Of Perovskite Semiconductors
- EN16: Combining Materials; Technologies And Societal Awareness To Harvest Natural And Human-Made Energy Sources
- EN17: Fundamental Materials Science To Enable The Performance And Safety Of Nuclear Technologies
- EN18: Multiscale Designing And Constructing Photocatalytic Materials For Solar Fuels
- EN19: Novel Inorganic Semiconductors For Optoelectronics And Solar Energy
- EN20: Deposition; Transformation And Reaction At Functional Interfaces For Electrochemical Energy Systems
- EN21: Next-Generation Solid-State Super Ion Conductors
- EP01: Materials For Beyond The Roadmap Devices In Logic; Memory And Power
- EP02: Excitonic Materials—Physics; Characterization And Devices
- EP03: Materials And Processes For Nonlinear Optics And Nonlinear Photonics
- EP04: Reliability And Materials Issues Of Semiconductor Optical And Electron Devices And Materials
- EP05: Emerging Light-Emitting Materials And Devices—Halide Perovskite And Low-Dimensional Nanoscale Emitters
- EP06: Materials; Devices And Systems For Machine Learning And Neuromorphic Computing
- EP07: Phase-Change Materials And Their Applications—Memories; Photonics; Displays And Non-von Neumann Computing
- EP08: Advanced Polymer Semiconductors—Key Properties And High-Performance Electronics
- LN01: Materials Science To Empower Quantum Information Technologies
- LN02: Artificial Intelligence For Materials Development Forum
- MA01: Advanced Materials For Analog And Digital Functional Printing
- MA02: Organic Electronics—Processing; Microstructure And Multifunctioning
- MA03: Directed Matter—Atom-by-Atom Assembly With Electron Beams And Scanning Probes
- MA04: Advances In Additive Manufacturing—Materials; Processes And Devices
- MA05: Dynamic Materials And Textiles For Next-Generation Clothing
- NM01: Nanomaterials And Devices By Cluster Beam Deposition
- NM02: Active Colloids With Order
- NM03: Rational Designed Hierarchical Nanostructures For Photocatalytic Systems
- NM04: Porous Materials And Nanocomposites For Catalysis
- NM05: Colloidal Nanoparticles—From Synthesis To Applications
- NM06: Nanodiamonds—Synthesis; Characterization; Surface Chemistry And Applications
- NM07: Nanoscale Magnetic Structures And Materials
- NM08: Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals And 2D Soft Material Systems
- NM09: Novel Approaches And Material Platforms For Plasmonics And Metamaterials
- NM10: Nanometallic Materials By Design
- NM11: Deformable Atomically Thin Materials—Mechanics; Materials And Devices
- NM12: Transitioning Quantum Dots From Benchtop To Industry
- NM13: Functionalization Of Topological Materials
- SM01: Soft Materials; Sensors; Electronics; Displays And Actuators—Functional Components For Soft Machines And Robots
- SM02: Immune Modulatory Materials—From Design To Translational Applications
- SM03: Engineered Functional Biointerfaces—From Electronics And Nanomaterials To Biocircuits And Bionanomaterials
- SM04: Understanding And Controlling The Structure And Function Of Biomolecules At Material Interfaces
- SM05: Biomaterials For Tissue Interface Regeneration
- SM06: The Future Of Neuroengineering—Relevant In Vivo Technology
- SM07: Functional (Bio)polymers In Energy And Environment Applications
- SM08: Smart Hydrogels And Living Materials
- X: Featuring MRS Award Talks
Types
- Oral
- Poster
Clusters
- CM
- EN
- EP
- LN
- MA
- NM
- SM
- X.
Composition & Microstructure - Bulk Techniques
- Acoustic Emission
- Activation Analysis
- Calorimetry
- Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (Dlts)
- Differential Thermal Analysis (Dta)
- Electron Spin Resonance
- Gas Chromatography
- Mössbauer Effect
- Neutron Scattering
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Nmr)
- Porosimetry
- Spectroscopy
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (Tga)
- X-Ray Diffraction (Xrd)
- X-Ray Tomography
Composition & Microstructure - Chemical Element
- Actinide
- Ag
- Al
- As
- Au
- B
- Ba
- Be
- Bi
- Br
- C
- Ca
- Cd
- Ce
- Cl
- Co
- Cr
- Cs
- Cu
- Er
- Eu
- F
- Fe
- Ga
- Gd
- Ge
- H
- Hf
- Hg
- I
- In
- Ir
- K
- Lanthanide
- Li
- Mg
- Mn
- Mo
- N
- Na
- Nb
- Nd
- Ni
- O
- P
- Pb
- Pd
- Pt
- Pu
- Rare-Earths
- Ru
- S
- Sb
- Sc
- Se
- Si
- Sn
- Ta
- Te
- Ti
- U
- V
- W
- Xe
- Zn
- Zr
Composition & Microstructure - Features
- Additives
- Chemical Composition
- Crystallographic Structure
- Defects
- Dislocations
- Grain Boundaries
- Grain Size
- Interatomic Arrangements
- Macromolecular Structure
- Microstructure
- Morphology
- Porosity
- Second Phases
- Texture
- interface
- nanostructure
- shape Memory
- twins
Composition & Microstructure - Material Type
- 2D Materials
- Alloy
- Biological
- Biomaterial
- Blend
- Bone
- Carbon Dioxide
- Cellular (Material Type)
- Ceramic
- Clathrates
- Coal
- Composite
- Compound
- Crystalline
- Diamond
- Fluid
- Geologic
- Graphene
- Ii-Vi
- Iii-V
- Intercalated
- Metal
- Methane
- Nanoscale
- Nitride
- Nuclear Materials
- Organic
- Organometallic
- Oxide
- Polymer
- Steel
- Thin Film
- Tissue
- Water
- biomimetic
- glass
- mesoscale
- metamaterial
- microscale
- perovskites
- quantum Materials
- responsive
Composition & Microstructure - Near Surface Techniques
- Auger Electron Spectroscopy (Aes)
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (Eels)
- Electron Microprobe
- Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (Exafs)
- Infrared (Ir) Spectroscopy
- Ion Beam Analysis
- Nano-Indentation
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Rutherford Backscattering (Rbs)
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (Stem)
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (Stm)
- Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (Sers)
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (Tem)
- X-Ray Fluorescence
- X-Ray Reflectivity
- atom Probe Microscopy
- atom Probe Tomography
Composition & Microstructure - Surface Techniques
- Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (Iss)
- Mass Spectroscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (Sem)
- Scanning Probe Microscopy (Spm)
- Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (Sims)
- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Xps)
Miscellaneous - Measurements
- Metrics
- Metrology
- Standards
- combinatorial
- in Situ
Non-technical - Commerce
- Economics
Non-technical - Education
- Education
- Informal Education
- Outreach
Non-technical - Government Interactions
- Government Policy And Funding
Non-technical - Society
- Environment
- Material Availability
- Society
- Sustainability
Performance - Computing
- data
- informatics
- simulation
Performance - Functionality
- thermoelectric
- Absorbent
- Adhesive
- Art
- Barrier Layer
- Biomedical
- Catalytic
- Devices
- Dielectric
- Dispersant
- Display
- Dopant
- Efficiency
- Electronic Material
- Energetic Material
- Energy Generation
- Energy Storage
- Environmentally Protective
- Ferroelectric
- Ferromagnetic
- Fluidics
- Infrastructure
- Insulator
- Ion-Exchange Material
- Ionic Conductor
- Joining
- Laser
- Lifecycle
- Lighting
- Lubricant
- Magnetic
- Memory
- Metallic Conductor
- Microelectronics
- Optical
- Optoelectronic
- Packaging
- Passivation
- Photovoltaic
- Piezoelectric
- Semiconducting
- Sensor
- Spintronic
- Storage
- Structural
- Superconducting
- Sustainability
- Transparent Conductor
- Transportation
- Waste Management
- actuation
- aerospace
- extreme Environment
- functional
- microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
- nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)
- photonic
- plasmonic
- purification
- tunable
Performance - Material Form
- Aerogel
- Amorphous
- Biofilm
- Cellular (Material Form)
- Coating
- Colloid
- Crystal
- Fiber
- Filamentary
- Film
- Foam
- Fractal
- Layered
- Liquid
- Liquid Crystal
- Mixture
- Nanostructure
- Particulate
- Paste
- Polycrystal
- Powder
- Slurry
- Zeolite
- complex
- fabric
- flexible
- heterogenous
- heterostructure
- hierarchical
- hybrid
- membrane
- metal-organic Framework (MOF)
- molecular
- quantum Dot
- stretchable
- supramolecular
- synthetic
- topological
Performance - Theory
- Kinetics
- Simulation
- modeling
Properties - Chemical
- Adhesion
- Adsorption
- Corrosion
- Ion-Solid Interactions
- Reactivity
- Surface Chemistry
Properties - Magnetic
- Magnetic Properties
- Magnetooptic
- Magnetoresistance (Magnetic)
Properties - Mechanical
- Ductility
- Elastic Properties
- Embrittlement
- Fatigue
- Fracture
- Hardness
- Internal Friction
- Strength
- Superplasticity
- Toughness
- Tribology
- Viscoelasticity
Properties - Radiation
- Holography
- Luminescence
- Optical Properties
- Photoemission
- Radiation Effects
Properties - Thermal
- Specific Heat
- Thermal Conductivity
- Thermal Stresses
- Vapor Pressure
- thermodynamics
Properties - Transport
- Absorption
- Dielectric Properties
- Diffusion
- Electrical Properties
- Electromigration
- Electron-Phonon Interactions
- Electronic Structure
- Ferroelectricity
- Hall Effect
- Magnetoresistance (Transport)
- Metal-Insulator Transition
- Photoconductivity
- Photoreflectance
- Piezoresponse
- Thermally Stimulated Current
- Thermionic Emission
- Thermoelectricity
Synthesis & Processing - Assembly
- Biological Synthesis (Assembly)
- Biomimetic (Assembly)
- Bonding
- Brazing
- Cluster Assembly
- Cold Isostatic Pressing (Cip)
- Hot Isostatic Pressing (Hip)
- Hot Pressing
- Infiltration (Assembly)
- Powder Metallurgy
- Self-Assembly
- Soldering
- Solvent Casting
- Welding
Synthesis & Processing - Chemical Reaction
- Biological Synthesis (Chemical Reaction)
- Biomimetic (Chemical Reaction)
- Carbonization
- Chemical Reaction
- Chemical Substitution
- Chemical Synthesis
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (Cvd) (Chemical Reaction)
- Combinatorial Synthesis
- Combustion Synthesis
- Electrochemical Synthesis
- Environmentally Benign
- Flame Synthesis
- Hydrogenation
- Hydrothermal
- Infiltration (Chemical Reaction)
- Intercalation
- Laser-Induced Reaction
- Oxidation
- Photochemical
- Plasma-Enhanced Cvd (Pecvd) (Chemical Reaction)
- Pyrolysis
- Reactive Ball Milling
- Sol-Gel
- Solution Deposition
- Spray Pyrolysis
- Surface Reaction
Synthesis & Processing - Deposition
- 3D Printing
- Atomic Layer Deposition
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (Cvd) (Deposition)
- Electrodeposition
- Epitaxy
- Ink-Jet Printing
- Ion Plating
- Ion-Beam Assisted Deposition
- Ion-Implantation
- Liquid-Phase Epitaxy (Lpe)
- Lithography (Deposition)
- Metalorganic Deposition
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy (Mbe)
- Physical Vapor Deposition (Pvd)
- Plasma Deposition
- Plasma-Enhanced Cvd (Pecvd) (Deposition)
- Plating
- Screen Printing
- Spray Deposition
- Sputtering
- Vapor Phase Epitaxy (Vpe)
- additive Manufacturing
Synthesis & Processing - Growth
- Crystal Growth
- Flux Growth
- Nucleation & Growth
Synthesis & Processing - Removal
- Freeze Drying
- Laser Ablation
- Laser Decomposition
- Lithography (Removal)
- Purification
- Reactive Ion Etching
- Spray-Drying
- focused Ion Beam (FIB)
Synthesis & Processing - Transformation
- Annealing
- CMP (chemical Mechanical Processing)
- Casting
- Cold Working
- Cryomilling
- Densification
- Directional Solidification
- Electron Irradiation
- Extrusion
- Forging
- Ion-Beam Processing
- Laser Annealing
- Mechanical Alloying
- Microwave Heating
- Neutron Irradiation
- Phase Equilibria
- Phase Transformation
- Polymerization
- Powder Processing
- Rapid Solidification
- Recycling
- Sintering
- crystallization
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