The symposium continued the two-decade tradition of symposia on nano-mechanical behavior of materials at the Society's fall meetings. The proceedings reflect the particular interest this year on using
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This volume includes sixty-two papers presented in the MRS Symposium A, Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology 2012, which took place on April 9-13, 2012, in San Franci
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Symposia H, 'Organic Photovoltaic Devices and Processing' and I 'Fundamental Processes of Solar Harvesting in Excitonic Solar Cells' were held at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting.
Symposium O, Compound Semiconductors for Generating, Emitting and Manipulating Energy was held November 28 December 2 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Energy is arguably the most
Rapid progress has occurred in the field of responsive polymers that can provide, receive, and respond to signals from their environment including interactions with synthetic molecules, biological spe
Symposium Z, Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures was held November 27 December 2 during the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Metal oxides represent an assorted and appealing class of
Symposium BB, Functional Nanowires and Nanotubes, was held November 27 December 2 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Semiconductor nanowires are filamentary crystals with a diamete
Symposium TT, Microelectromechanical Systems Materials and Devices V, held from November 28 30, 2011 at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, explored the fabrication, integration, chara
This volume contains the proceedings of Symposia LL and MM of the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting, held November 28 December 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. Synthetic and Biological Gels (Symposium LL) focused on a
Symposium N, Diamond Electronics and Biotechnology Fundamentals to Applications V was held at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, November 28 December 2, 2011. This volume contains sub
Symposium B, Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies, was held April 26 29 at the 2011 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. Direct conversion of solar energy to electricity b
The 20 selected papers in this collection represent a cross-section of the basic materials properties and technological applications of the materials that were reported at the symposium. The topics in
The symposium which gave rise to these proceedings addressed theoretical and computational aspects of simulating, modeling, optimizing, and designing semiconductor materials. The 18 papers cover defec
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This collection documents the political and territorial changes within and between states bordering the Red Sea, or linked with it, including islands and European colonies. This period corresponds wit
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