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Abstract
AbstractThis proposal seeks funds to organize an inaugural two-day workshop to encourage collaborationbetween the research communities that use electromagnetic fields (in particular microwaveradiation and lasers) for materials synthesis. The audience is expected to comprise of graduatestudents, researchers, and faculty from academia, industry, and government laboratories. Thisworkshop will foster focused scientific discussions towards identifying underlying mechanismsthat are responsible for the far-from-equilibrium effects of electromagnetic fields (e.g., lowtemperature crystallization) that have been observed by both microwave and laser communities,but to this day remain un-explained. By bringing these communities together for the first time,this workshop will provide an interactive platform for cross-pollinating advances made by bothcommunities as well as to explore ideas to bring them closer scientifically. The continuing goalwill be to establish a multidisciplinary community spanning experimental andtheoretical/computational research groups by organizing regular meetings, initiatingcollaborations, and conceiving transformative research proposals that will lead to answers to thelongstanding questions in the field.Proceedings from the workshop will be presented as an invited review article in a future issue ofthe Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin. A special symposium on the workshop topic hasalso been planned for a future (tentatively Fall 2018) MRS meeting. These discussions have beenconfirmed with Dr. Gopal Rao, Editor of MRS Bulletin.By getting both microwave and laser communities to interact and share knowledge, we expectthe workshop will launch research efforts that lead to improved understanding of howelectromagnetic fields, in particular their low temperature, non-thermal effects, can produce far from-equilibrium phase transitions in materials, which cannot be achieved through conventionalmaterials synthesis methods. Advancing the understanding of these non-thermal phasetransformations under electromagnetic fields will accelerate technology development in DoD ???relevant areas, including multifunctional ceramics for protective armor, and materials forbatteries and fuel cells. From an industrial standpoint, processing advanced materials usingelectromagnetic fields can have a smaller energy footprint compared to conventional synthesisand as such will have a profound impact on society. These materials will additionally find use indiverse areas like sustainable infrastructure, transportation, clean energy, water management,healthcare.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 21, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141712422
Entities
People
- Baby Jayan
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy