APPENDIX C
HOT TOPICS LIST
Biomaterials
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Tissue engineering
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Molecular architecture
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Protein analogs
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Biomimetics
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Contemporary diagnostic systems
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Advanced controlled-release systems
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Bone materials
Ceramics
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Sol-gel-derived materials
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Self-assembled materials
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Integrated micromagnetics
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Multilayer ferrite processing
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Three-dimensional nanoporous silicates
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Microwave dielectrics
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Electrophoretic preparation of thin films
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MEMS heat engines
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Single-crystal high-authority ferroelectrics
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AlN/Diamond heat dissipation for power electronics
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Films and coatings (thermal barrier coatings, diamondlike carbon, hydroxyapetite)
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Carbon Nanotubes
Composites
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Polymer matrix composites
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Large integrated structures
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Ambient temperature curing (electron beams)
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Design and testing protocols
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Ceramic matrix composites
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Oxide composites
- Nonoxide composites and fibers
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Metal matrix composites
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Particle-reinforced alloys
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Continuous fiber
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Metals
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High-temperature structural intermetallics
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Amorphous (bulk), quasicrystalline, and nanostructured materials (high-strength materials)
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Theory and modeling of atomic bonding, crystal structure interfaces, phase diagrams, phase transformations, and properties
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Giant Magnetoresistance and related materials
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Hydrogen-absorbing materials applications for batteries and hydrogen storage
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Advanced processing of materials to net shape (metallic alloys)
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Quantitative understanding and modeling of plastic deformation (polycrystalline materials)
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Quantitative understanding of structure evolution and plastic deformation of polycrystalline metallic alloys
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Integrated of models of structure evolution, plastic deformation, composition, and processing (concurrent product–process design)
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Integrated of dimensional scales from atomic clusters to test coupons to final products
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Net shape, or novel processing of metallic alloys
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Next generation of high temperature alloys
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Surface treatments to enhance structural performance
Electronic and Optical–Photonic Materials
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Deep ultraviolet and electron lithography
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Systems-on-a-chip
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Copper metalization and other interconnects
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Sub-micron plasma processing
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Semiconductor equipment
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Holographic storage materials
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Organic transistors, organic lasers, and LEDs
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Photonic band-gap materials
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Blue-green lasers (gallium nitride materials)
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Semiconductor processing
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Interconnects
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Magnetic storage
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Widegap lasers and display
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Nanomaterials
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Semiconductor Equipment
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Wireless
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Fibers
Superconducting Materials
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High-temperature superconductors
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High-temperature superconductor synthesis
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Processing of highly textured, dense bulk forms for wire and energy storage
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Magnetic phase diagrams and properties
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Statistical mechanical modeling of transport and critical phenomena
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Modeling of optical and electronic properties
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Experimental measurement of flux transport mechanisms
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Physical properties (other than magnetic)
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Development of fluxoid imaging technology
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Thin-film deposition processes
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Epitaxial and patterning techniques
Polymers
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Controlled polymerization
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Metallocene polymerization of olefins
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Living free-radical polymerization
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Atom transfer radical polymerization
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Dendrimer polymerization
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Biologic synthesis
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Supercritical CO2 as a polymerization medium
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Multicomponent systems
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Blends or alloys
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Block and graft copolymers
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Nanocomposites
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Macrocomposites
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Thin-film laminates
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Interfaces
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Biomedical polymers
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Implants
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Drug delivery
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Electronic–Photonic
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Conducting polymers
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Polymers for display devices
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Resist materials
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Electroluminescent
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Separation media
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Membranes
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Molecular recognition
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Barrier materials
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Modified-atmosphere packaging
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Coatings
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Theory and modeling
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Molecular simulation
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Monte Carlo techniques
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Conformations
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Scaling theory
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Processing
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Rheology
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Flow instabilities
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Computer modeling
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New processes
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Catalysts
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Selective oxidation
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Solid acid–base catalysis
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Environmental catalysis
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Catalyst characterization
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Combinatorial catalysis
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Asymmetric catalysts