*NEW* A Link to the 8th African MRS meeting (2015) available here: program
The program for the 8th African Materials Research Society biennial Conference is in development. The following is a preliminary outline:
- Materials for Energy and Sustainability
- Solar energy - photovoltaics
- Electrochemistry – batteries, fuel cells,
- Catalysis, CO2 abatement, thermoelectrics, other energy sources
- Materials for Life, Health and the Environment
- Biomaterials, sustainable materials, polymers, drug delivery
- Nanobiology, nanomedicine, imaging and biosensors
- Basic Materials and NanoScience:
- Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization and functionalization
- 1 and 2D materials – NWs, NTs, graphene, TMDs and more
- Condensed matter physics, magnetics and nanoelectronics
- Computational Materials Science
- Fundamental ab-initio computation
- Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and mesoscale methods
- Finite element, phase field and statistical mechanical approaches
- Metallurgy, Foundry, Processing and Infrastructure
- Extraction, foundry and materials processing
- Metallurgy – alloys, hard materials
- Cement, concrete and clays
- Materials Education and Networking
- Education, curriculum development, web-based and distance learning
- International research and teaching collaborations, schools and networks
- Workshops/schools.
- Crystallography Workshop
- Solar Energy Workshop
- Biomaterials Workshop
- Career Building - successful resumes, proposals, presentations and publications