Materials in a New Era

The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled "Materials in a New Era," was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum was designed to launch the report entitled Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow 's Technology. That report, part of the decadal survey series, Physics in a New Era, reviews some of the outstanding accomplishments in materials research over the last decade. It indicates some emerging areas and conveys the true excitement in the field from a perspective of basic science and potential societal impact.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Abstract
• Executive Summary & Summary of Articles
• Keynote Address: Unlocking Our Future
• I: Materials and the Federal Role
• II: Materials R&D in a Changing World
• III: Materials Education and Infrastructure
• IV: Materials R&D-A Vision of the Scientific Frontier
• List of Participants
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