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Third Workshop on Future Directions of Solid State Chemistry:

The Status of Solid State Chemistry and its Impact in the Physical Sciences

May 18-20, 2006, Sponsored by the NSF

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Inorganic Chemistry,

Solid State Chemistry

Materials,

Nanocomposites

Nanoscience

• The Polychalcogenide Flux Method
• Hydrothermal Synthesis
• Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Analysis
• Electron Crystallography

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Collaborators and Outreach:

Research	Simon Billinge's web page (Local structure from diffraction)	Tim Hogan's Charge transport Laboratory	Bhanu Mahanti's web page (solid state theory)	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
A link to a Thermoelectric Company and Introduction to Thermoelectrics More about Thermoelectrics MSU's Crystallography Service	DOES X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY TELL THE WHOLE STORY? Look into PDF Analysis! Problems solved by PDF (see recent papers)	· Charge transport characterization of electronic materials · Pulsed laser Deposition of novel electronic materials and quantum well structures Professor Harold Schock's Engine Research Laboratory	· Physics of self-assembly of surfactants · Quantum particles in micro-porous media · Novel narrow-gap semiconductors (thermoelectrics)
Research Projects .  What We DO	Downloads Dr. Yoshi Matsushita's Database of Chalcogenide Structures	NSF-NIRT (Nanocrystallography)	Today's Searches 1. Chalcogenide Applications	2. Intermetallics Applications 3. Thermoelectric Applications

Funding · Office of Naval Research · National Science Foundation · Department of Energy

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