November 27 - December 4, 2020
November 27 - December 4, 2020 (Virtual)
2020 MRS Spring/Fall Meeting

Symposium Sessions

Topical Clusters

  • Broader Impact (F.)
  • Characterization and Theory (S.)

Symposium F.BI01 - Early-Career Development—Insights from Academia and Industry

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Symposium F.EL01 - Diamond and Diamond Heterojunctions—From Growth to Applications

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Symposium F.EL02 - Emerging Light-Emitting Materials and Devices—Halide Perovskites, Quantum Dots and Other Nanoscale Emitters

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Symposium F.EL03 - Emerging Low-Dimensional Chalcogenides for Electronics and Photonics

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Symposium F.EL04 - Beyond Graphene 2D Materials—Synthesis, Properties and Device Applications

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Symposium F.EL05 - Putting Photons to Work—Progress in Photomechanical Materials and Applications

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Symposium F.EL06 - Contacting Materials and Interfaces for Optoelectronic Devices

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Symposium F.EL07 - Coulomb Interactions in Functional Organic Materials and Devices—A Curse or a Blessing?

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Symposium F.EL08 - Frontiers of Halide Perovskites—Linking Fundamental Properties to Devices (Includes Symposium S.CT02—Halide Perovskites—From Lead-Free Materials to Advanced Characterization and Deposition Approaches)

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Symposium F.EN01 - Emerging Dielectric Materials—Applications in Energy Transmission, Storage and Conversion

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Symposium F.EN02 - Silicon for Photovoltaics

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Symposium F.EN03 - Overcoming the Challenges with Metal Anodes for High-Energy Batteries

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Symposium F.EN04 - Beyond Lithium-Ion Batteries—Materials, Architectures and Techniques (Includes Symposium S.EN07—Next-Generation Electrical Energy Storage—Beyond Intercalation-Type Lithium Ion, and Symposium S.NM08—2D Atomic and Molecular Sheets—Electronic and Photonic Properties and Device Applications)

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Symposium F.EN06 - Advancement of Lithium-Based High-Energy Density Batteries at Multiple Scales, Factoring in Safety

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Symposium F.EN07 - Innovative Materials and Cell Design, Processing and Manufacturing Strategies for Solid-State Batteries

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Symposium F.EN08 - Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management

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Symposium F.EN09 - Developing In Situ and Operando Methodology for Observation of Energy Conversion, Storage and Transport Processes in Materials and Devices

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Symposium F.FL01 - Bioelectronic Materials for Neural Interfaces—Stimulation, Sensing, Power and Packaging

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Symposium F.FL02 - Advanced Neural Interfacing Materials, Devices and Microsystems

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Symposium F.FL03 - Flexible, Wearable Electronics and Textiles

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Symposium F.GI01 - Special Symposium on Materials Approaches for Tackling COVID-19

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Symposium F.MT01 - Advanced In Situ Characterization of Materials Kinetics

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Symposium F.MT02 - Multimodal, Functional and Smart Scanning Probe Microscopies for Characterization and Fabrication

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Symposium F.MT03 - Frontiers of Imaging and Spectroscopy in Electron Microscopy

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Symposium F.MT04 - Using Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling to Study Soft Materials and Interfaces

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Symposium F.MT05 - Advancing Materials Characterization Through Atom Probe Tomography

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Symposium F.MT06 - Strain and Defect-Driven Transport Properties in van der Waals Solids

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Symposium F.MT07 - Data Science and Automation to Accelerate Materials Development and Discovery

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Symposium F.NM01 - Nanophotonics—Emerging Hybrid Platforms, Materials and Functions

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Symposium F.NM02 - Advanced Linear/Nonlinear, Tunable and Quantum Materials for Metasurfaces, Metamaterials and Plasmonics (Includes Symposium S.EL03—Novel Approaches and Material Platforms for Enhanced Light–Matter Interaction, Plasmonics and Metasurfaces)

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Symposium F.NM03 - Nanotubes, Graphene and Related Nanostructures

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Symposium F.NM04 - Material Systems for Manipulating and Controlling Magnetic Skyrmions

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Symposium F.NM05 - Emerging Materials for Quantum Information Technologies

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Symposium F.NM06 - Spin Dynamics in Materials for Quantum Sensing, Optoelectronics and Spintronics

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Symposium F.NM07 - Progress in Neuromorphic Computing Materials, Devices and Systems (Includes Symposium S.EL08—Neuromorphic Materials and Devices for Bioinspired Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

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Symposium F.SF01 - Materials for Extreme Conditions (MEC)

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Symposium F.SF02 - Bulk Metallic Glasses

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Symposium F.SF03 - New Frontiers in the Design, Fabrication and Application of Metamaterials

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Symposium F.SF04 - Solution-Processed Semiconductors and Devices for Form-Free Displays, Logic and Sensors

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Symposium F.SF05 - Advanced Materials for Additive Manufacturing

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Symposium F.SF06 - High-Entropy and Compositionally Complex Alloys

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Symposium F.SF07 - Processing Structure–Property Relationship of Advanced Intermetallic-Based Alloys for Structural and Functional Applications

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Symposium F.SF08 - Defect-Dominated Plasticity and Chemistry in Metals and Alloys

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Symposium F.SM01 - Lessons from Nature—From Biology to Bioinspired Materials

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Symposium F.SM02 - Hydrogel Technology for Humans and Machines

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Symposium F.SM03 - Materials and Mechanics Challenges in Haptics for Human-Machine Interfaces

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Symposium F.SM04 - Degradable and Self-Healing Electronic Materials for Biological Interfaces

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Symposium F.SM05 - Brain-Inspired Information Processing—From Novel Material Concepts for Neuromorphic Computing to Sensing, Manipulation and Local Processing of Biological Signals

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Symposium F.SM06 - Biofabrication for Emulating Biological Tissues

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Symposium F.SM07 - Biomaterials for Studying and Controlling the Immune System

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Symposium F.SM08 - Regenerative Engineering and Synthetic Biology

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Symposium S.CT01 - Artificial Intelligence for Material Design, Processing and Characterizations

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Symposium S.CT03 - Expanding the Frontiers of Actinide Materials Science Through Experiment and Theory

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Symposium S.CT04 - Tailored Interphases for High Strength and Functional Composites—Advances in Experiments, Simulations and AI-Based Design

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Symposium S.CT05 - Defects, Order and Disorder in Structural and Functional Fluorite-Related Compounds

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Symposium S.CT07 - Micro-Assembly Technologies and Heterogeneous Integration—Fundamentals to Applications

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Symposium S.CT08 - Crystallization via Nonclassical Pathways in Synthetic, Biogenic and Geologic Environments

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Symposium S.EL01 - Surfaces and Interfaces in Electronics and Photonics

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Symposium S.EL02 - Advanced Manufacturing of Mixed Dimensional Heterostructures

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Symposium S.EL04 - Materials for Nonlinear and Nonreciprocal Photonics

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Symposium S.EL05 - Scalable Photonic Material Platforms—Applications and Manufacturing Advances

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Symposium S.EL06 - Photonic Materials for Information Processing and Computing

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Symposium S.EL07 - Fundamental Mechanisms and Materials Discovery for Brain-Inspired Computing—Theory and Experiment

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Symposium S.EL09 - Phase-Change Materials for Electronic and Photonic Nonvolatile Memory and Neuro-Inspired Computing

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Symposium S.EL12 - Ferroic Materials and Heterostructures for Electronics and Data Storage

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Symposium S.EL13 - Processing, Microstructure and Multifunctioning of Organic Semiconductors

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Symposium S.EL14 - New Materials Design for Organic Semiconductors Through Multimodel Characterization and Computational Techniques​

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Symposium S.EL15 - Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials, Devices and Systems

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Symposium S.EN01 - Next Steps for Perovskite Photovoltaics and Beyond

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Symposium S.EN02 - Caloric Materials for Sustainable Cooling Applications

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Symposium S.EN05 - Low-Cost Aqueous Rechargeable Battery Technologies

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Symposium S.EN06 - Rational Designed Hierarchical Nanostructures for Photocatalytic System

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Symposium S.EN08 - Multivalent-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage

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Symposium S.EN09 - Flow-Based Open Electrochemical Systems

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Symposium S.EN11 - Materials, Modeling and Technoeconomic Impacts for Large-Scale Hydrogen and Energy Applications

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Symposium S.EN12 - Materials for Safe and Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Storage

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Symposium S.NM01 - Nanodiamonds—Synthesis, Properties and Applications

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Symposium S.NM04 - Nanosafety

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Symposium S.NM05 - 1D Carbon Electronics—From Synthesis to Applications

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Symposium S.NM06 - Theory and Characterization of 2D Materials—Bridging Atomic Structure and Device Performance

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Symposium S.NM07 - Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials Out of Equilibrium

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Symposium S.NM09 - Layered van der Waals Heterostructures—Synthesis, Physical Phenomena and Devices

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Symposium S.NM10 - Synthesis, Properties and Applications of 2D MXenes

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Symposium S.NM11 - Topological and Quantum Phenomena in Oxides and Oxide Heterostructures

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Symposium S.NM12 - Synthesis and Control of Dirac or Topological Materials

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Symposium S.SM01 - Organ-on-a-Chip—Toward Personalized Precision Medicine

Symposium S.SM03 - Flexible, Stretchable Biointegrated Materials, Devices and Related Mechanics

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Symposium S.SM04 - Fundamental Materials, Devices and Fabrication Innovations for Biointegrated and Bioinspired Electronics

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Symposium S.SM06 - Soft Organic and Hybrid Materials for Biointerfacing—Materials, Processes and Applications

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Symposium S.SM07 - Bioinspired Synthesis and Manufacturing of Materials

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Symposium S.SM08 - Emerging Strategies and Applications in Drug Delivery

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Symposium S.SM09 - Advances in 3D Printing for Medical Applications

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