AiMES 2018 Call for Papers by The Electrochemical Society

2018 ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting

CANCUN MEXICO September 30-October 4, 2018 Moon Palace Resort

Call for Papers 234th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society

XXXIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica

11th Meeting of the Mexico Section of The Electrochemical Society with the Technical Co-Sponsorship of Sociedade Brasileira de Eletroquímica e Eletroanalítica (SBEE), Sociedad Iberoamericana de Electroquimica (SIBAE), and the Asociación Colombiana de Electroquímica (ACEQ)

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 30, 2018 www.electrochem.org/aimes18cfp

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AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SOLID STATE SCIENCE

CANCUN MEXICO

September 30-October 4, 2018 Meeting Information

General Information AiMES 2018, a joint meeting between ECS and SMEQ, will be held in Cancun, Mexico from September 30 – October 4, 2018 at the Moon Palace Resort. This international conference will bring together scientists, engineers, and researchers from academia, industry, and government laboratories to share results and discuss issues on related topics through a variety of formats, such as oral presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, tutorial sessions, short courses, professional development workshops, a career fair, and exhibits. The unique blend of electrochemical and solid state science and technology at an AiMES Meeting provides an opportunity and forum to learn and exchange information on the latest scientific and technical developments in a variety of interdisciplinary areas. Abstract Submission To give an oral or poster presentation at the AiMES 2018 Meeting, you must submit an original meeting abstract for consideration via the ECS website, https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/aimes2018/cfp.cgi no later than March 30, 2018. Faxed, e-mailed, and/or late abstracts will not be accepted. Meeting abstracts should explicitly state objectives, new results, and conclusions or significance of the work. Once the submission deadline has passed, the symposium organizers will evaluate all abstracts for content and relevance to the symposium topic, and will schedule all acceptable submissions as either oral or poster presentations. In May 2018, Letters of Acceptance/Invitation will be sent via email to the corresponding author of all accepted abstracts, notifying them of the date, time, and location of their presentation. Regardless of whether you requested a poster or an oral presentation, it is the symposium organizers’ discretion to decide how and when it is scheduled. Paper Presentation Oral presentations must be in English; LCD projectors and laptops will be provided for all oral presentations. Presenting authors MUST bring their presentation on a USB flash drive to be used with the dedicated laptop that will be in each technical session room. Speakers requiring additional equipment must make written request to meetings@electrochem.org at least one month prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements may be worked out, subject to availability, and at the expense of the author. Poster presentations must be displayed in English, on a board approximately 3 feet 10 inches high by 3 feet 10 inches wide (1.17 meters high by 1.17 meters wide), corresponding to their abstract number and day of presentation in the final program. Meeting Publications ECS Meeting Abstracts—All meeting abstracts will be published in the ECS Digital Library (www.ecsdl.org), copyrighted by ECS, and all abstracts become the property of ECS upon presentation. ECS Transactions— Select symposia will be publishing their proceedings in ECS Transactions (ECST). Authors presenting in these symposia are strongly encouraged to submit a full-text manuscript of their presentation. The degree of review to be given to each paper is at the discretion of the symposium organizers. All issues of ECST will be available for sale at the meeting, through the ECS Digital Library, and through the ECS Online Store. Please see each individual symposium listing in this Call for Papers to determine if your symposium will be publishing an ECST issue. Please visit the ECST website (www.ecsdl.org/ECST) for additional information, including overall guidelines, deadlines for author submissions and editor reviews, author and editor instructions, a downloadable manuscript template, and more. ECSarXiv – All authors are encouraged to submit their full-text manuscripts, posters, slides, or data sets to ECS’s new preprint service, ECSarXiv. For more information on this new offering, please visit http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv. ECS Journals–Authors presenting papers at ECS meetings, and submitting to ECST or ECSarXiv, are also encouraged to submit to the Society’s technical journals: Journal of The Electrochemical Society and ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. Although there is no hard deadline for the submission of these papers, it is considered that six months from the date of the symposium is sufficient time to revise a paper to meet the stricter criteria of the journals. Author instructions are available from http://ecsdl.org/site/ecs/manuscript_submissions.xhtml.

Short Courses Two short courses will be offered on Sunday, September 30, 2018 from 09001630h. Short courses require advanced registration and may be cancelled if enrollment is under 10 registrants in the respective course. The following short courses are scheduled: 1) Basic Impedance Spectroscopy and 2) Fundamentals of Electrochemistry: Basic Theory and Kinetic Methods. The deadline for short course registration is September 24, 2018. Technical Exhibit The AiMES 2018 Meeting will include a Technical Exhibit, featuring displays by dozens of manufacturers of instruments, materials, systems, publications, and software of interest to meeting attendees. Coffee breaks are scheduled in the exhibit hall along with evening poster sessions. Interested in exhibiting at the meeting with your company? Exhibitor opportunities include unparalleled benefits and provide an extraordinary chance to present your scientific products and services to key constituents from around the world. Exhibit opportunities can be combined with sponsorship items and are customized to suit your needs. Please contact Ashley Moran at 1.609.737.1902, ext. 121 for further details. Meeting Registration All participants—including authors and invited speakers—are required to pay the appropriate registration fees. ECS members receive generous discounts on meeting registration. Hotel and meeting registration information will be posted on the ECS website as it becomes available. The deadline for discounted earlybird registration is August 27, 2018. Hotel Reservations The AiMES 2018 Meeting will be held at the Moon Palace in Cancun. Please refer to the meeting website for the most up-to date information on hotel availability and information about the blocks of rooms where special rates have been reserved for participants attending the meeting. The hotel block will be open until August 27, 2018 or until it sells out. Letter of Invitation In May 2018, Letters of Invitation will be sent via email to the corresponding author of all accepted abstracts, notifying them of the date, time, and location of their presentation. Anyone else requiring an official letter of invitation should email abstracts@electrochem.org; such letters will not imply any financial responsibility of ECS. Financial Assistance ECS divisions and sections offer travel grants to students, postdoctoral researchers, and young professionals to attend ECS biannual meetings. Applications are available online at www.electrochem.org/travel-grants and must be received no later than the submission deadline of June 18, 2018. Additional financial assistance is very limited and generally governed by symposium organizers. Individuals may inquire directly to organizers of the symposium in which they are presenting to see if funding is available. For general travel grant questions, please contact travelgrant@electrochem.org. Sponsorship Opportunities AiMES 2018 offers a wonderful opportunity to market your organization through sponsorship. Sponsorship allows exposure to key industry decision makers, the development of collaborative partnerships, and potential business leads. ECS welcomes support in the form of general sponsorship at various levels. Sponsors will be recognized by level in the meeting program, meeting signage, and on the ECS website. In addition, sponsorships are available for the plenary, meeting keepsakes and other special events. ECS also offers specific symposium sponsorship opportunities, through which your company can help directly support speakers and students through a variety of options. Advertising opportunities for the Meeting Program as well as in Interface magazine are also available. Please contact Ashley Moran at 1.609.737.1902, ext. 121 for further details.

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Symposium Topics and Deadlines A— Batteries and Energy Storage

A01— Battery and Energy Technology Joint General Session A02—Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials, and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries—in Honor of Michel Armand A03— Fast Electrochemical Processes and Devices (Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries) 2 A04—Lithium—Ion Batteries A05—Beyond Lithium—Ion Batteries A06—Electrolytes and Interfaces in Lithium Ion Batteries A07—Battery Safety and Failure Modes A08—Physicochemical Modelling of Novel Components and Devices for Energy Storage: from Atomistic Level to Macroscopic Processes B— Carbon Nanostructures and Devices

B01—Carbon Nanostructures: From Fundamental Studies to Applications and Devices C— Corrosion Science and Technology

C01—Corrosion General Session C02—Pits & Pores 8: Nanomaterials – Fabrication, Properties, and Applications C03—Corrosion Protection C04—Passivity and Localized Corrosion C05—Electrochemical Techniques in Corrosion Research D— Dielectric Science and Materials

D01—Semiconductors, Dielectrics, and Metals for Nanoelectronics 16 D02—Photovoltaics for the 21st Century 14 D03—Processing Materials and Integration of Damascene and 3D Interconnects 9 D04—Nonvolatile Memories 6 D05—Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3 D06—Surface Characterization and Manipulation for Electronic Applications E— Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition

E01—Magnetic Materials Process and Devices 15 E02—Electroless Deposition 5 E03—Electrodeposition for Energy Application 4 E04—Electroplating of Reactive Metals and Alloys for Energy Storage E05—Electrodeposition for Manufacturing F— Electrochemical Engineering

F01—Electrochemical Engineering General Session F02—Electrochemical Separations 2 F03—Electrochemical Treatment of Contaminated Water, Soil, and Air: State of the Art and Trends in Research and Technology of Environmentally Oriented Electrochemical Approaches F04—Characterization of Electrochemical Reactors: Fluid Dynamics and Current Distribution G— Electronic Materials and Processing

G01—Semiconductor Wafer Bonding: Science, Technology, and Applications 15 G02—Atomic Layer Deposition Applications 14 G03—SiGe, Ge, and Related Compounds: Materials, Processing, and Devices 8 G04—Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface Materials 4 G05—Materials, Formulation, and Processes for Semiconductor, 2.5 and 3D Chip Packaging, and High Density Interconnection PCB H— Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems

H01—State—of—the—Art Program on Compound Semiconductors 61 (SOTAPOCS 61) H02—High Purity and High Mobility Semiconductors 15 H03—Thin Film Transistor Technologies 14 (TFTT 14) H04—Low—Dimensional Nanoscale Electronic and Photonic Devices 11

H05—Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 8 H06—Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices 4 H07—Electronic, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Technology, Applications, and Emerging Devices 1 I— Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion

I01—Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers 18 (PEFC&E 18) I02—Solid State Ionic Devices 12 J—Luminescence and Display Materials, Devices, and Processing

J01—Luminescence and Display Materials: Fundamentals and Applications J02—Visible and Infrared Phosphor Research and Applications K— Organic and Bioelectrochemistry

K01—Electrochemical and Coupled Interfacial Chemical Reactions Relevant to Stimulation and Measurements in Brain Tissue K02—Electron Transfer Activation in Organic and Bioorganic Systems: From Unraveling Electrode Mechanisms to Directing Synthesis of High—Value Products L—Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry

L01—Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry General Session L02—Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 21 L03—Electrode Processes 11 L04—Photocatalysts, Photoelectrochemical Cells, and Solar Fuels 9 L05—Electroactive and Redox Active Polymers 2 L06—Chemically Modified Electrodes M—Sensors

M01—Chemical Sensors 14: Chemical and Biological Sensors and Analytical Systems M02—Wearable Sensors and Systems 1—and— Microfabricated and Nanofabricated Systems for MEMS/NEMS 14 Z—General

Z01—General Student Poster Session Z02—Nanotechnology General Session Z03—Electrochemical Energy Summit: Sustainable and Responsible Supply of Energy Storage Materials, Components, and Devices

Important Dates and Deadlines Meeting Abstract Submission Opens..................................................December 2017 Meeting Abstracts Submission Deadline..........................................March 30, 2018 Notification to Corresponding Authors of Abstract Acceptance or Rejection...............................................................May 2018 Technical Program Published Online.................................................................May 2018 Meeting Registration Opens....................................................................................June 2018 ECS Transactions Submission Site Opens for Enhanced Issues..................................................................................................June 1, 2018 Travel Grant Application Deadline............................................................ June 18, 2018 ECS Transactions Submission Deadline for Enhanced Issues.............................................................................................June 29, 2018 Meeting Sponsor and Exhibitor Deadline (For Inclusion in Printed Materials)..........................................................June 20, 2018 Travel Grant Approval Notification......................................................August 10, 2018 Hotel and Early Bird Meeting Registration Deadlines..........August 27, 2018 AiMES 2018 Meeting – Cancun, Mexico.........................Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2018

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Symposium Sponsorship and Speaker Support In addition to general meeting and packaged sponsorship options, ECS offers specific symposium sponsorship. By sponsoring a symposium you will be directly supporting the scientists who make the meeting possible. Sponsorships offset travel expenses, registration fees, complimentary proceedings, and/or host receptions for invited speakers, researchers, and students.

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For more information regarding symposium sponsorship please contact Corporate Programs Manager, Ashley Moran, at Ashley.Moran@electrochem.org or call 609.737.1902 ext. 121

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A—Batteries and Energy Storage

A01

Battery and Energy Technology Joint General Session Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

Papers are solicited on the fundamental and applied aspects of energy storage and energy conversion not covered by other symposia at this meeting. Of particular interest are new materials and designs, performance studies, and modeling of all types of batteries, supercapacitors, photovoltaics, and fuel cells including aqueous, non-aqueous, polymer electrolytes, solid electrolytes, and flow systems. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Marca Doeff, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, email: mmdoeff@ lbl.gov; Nobuyuki Imanishi, Mie University, Japan, email: imanishi@ chem.mie-u.ac.jp; Xingcheng Xiao, General Motors Global R&D Center, email: xingcheng.xiao@gm.com; Philippe Poizot, University of Nantes, email: Philippe.Poizot@cnrs-imn.fr; Mani Manivannan, Global Pragmatic Materials, email: manigpm1@outlook.com; Sri Narayan, University of Southern California, email: sri.narayan@usc.edu.

A02

Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials, and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries - in Honor of Michel Armand Battery Division, Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This symposium is held to honor Dr. Michel Armand for his outstanding and inspiring contributions to the field of battery electrochemistry with major industrial applications. The organizers would like to invite contributions on topics related to Dr. Armand ’s main scientific expertise, mostly on : polymer electrolytes, ionic liquid electrolytes, new electrolyte salts, conductive layer-coated electrode materials, electrode materials for organic batteries, metal/electrolyte interfaces, full cells made with previous materials and/or electrolytes, anode metal based rechargeable batteries, and any innovative cell design and chemistry. Interface studies that concern non-metal electrodes are directed towards the Electrolyte and Interface Symposium. Cell chemistries dealing with Li/O2, Li/S, flow, Na-ion, and multivalent-ion batteries are directed towards the Beyond Lithium Ion Symposium. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Dominique Guyomard, CNRS IMN, email: Dominique.Guyomard@ cnrs-imn.fr; V. Di Noto, Universita’ degli Studi di Padova, email: vito. dinoto@unipd.it; Teofilo Rojo, Universidad del Pais Vasco, email: trojo@ cicenergigune.com; Maria Forsyth, Deakin University, email: maria. forsyth@deakin.edu.au; Philippe Poizot, CNRS IMN, email: philippe. poizot@cnrs-imn.fr; Karim Zaghib, Hydro-Quebec, email: Zaghib. Karim@ireq.ca.

A03

Fast Electrochemical Processes and Devices (Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries) 2 Battery Division

Electrochemical capacitors (i.e., “supercapacitors” or “ultracapacitors”) are emerging as an attractive energy-storage solution for new technologies with challenging power/energy requirements. The goal of this symposium is to address all aspects of electrochemical capacitor research, development, and real-world applications, including: (1) double-layer and/or pseudocapacitance aspects of nanostructured carbons; (2) materials that exhibit primarily faradaic pseudocapacitance, including metal oxides, nitrides, other advanced inorganic materials, and conducting polymers; (3) characterization methods that elucidate the physical structures and fundamental electrochemical processes of new electrode materials and architectures; (4) optimization of practical electrochemical capacitor components, including current collectors, electrodes, electrolytes, separators and packaging; (5) performance of new device designs (symmetric and asymmetric), and hybrid systems that combine electrochemical capacitors with other power sources (e.g., batteries, fuel cells); (6) theory and modeling as tools for performance prediction and materials and device design; and (7) application tests of electrochemical capacitors in real-world conditions. The program will consist of both invited and contributed papers that address one or more of the above topics. A special session for young investigators (tenured faculties with no more than 5 years after PhD, non-tenured young faculties, postdocs, etc.) to present their newest studies is also planned. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Daniel Belanger, Universite du Quebec, email: belanger.daniel@uqam. ca; Jeffrey W. Long, Naval Research Laboratory, email: jeffrey.long@ nrl.navy.mil; Thierry Brousse, Université de Nantes, email: thierry. brousse@univ-nantes.fr; Andrea Balducci, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, email: andrea.balducci@uni-jena.de; Patrice Simon, Universite Paul Sabatier, email: simon@chimie.ups-tlse.fr; Wataru Sugimoto, Shinshu University, email: wsugi@shinshu-u.ac.jp; Nae-Lih(Nick) Wu, National Taiwan University, email: nlw001@ntu.edu.tw; Hugo Armando Mosqueda, Universidad Tecnologica de tula Tepeji, email: Hugo. mosquedalt@uanl.edu.mx.

Lithium-Ion Batteries

A04 Battery Division

Lithium-ion batteries have been the workhorses in portable electronic devices such as cellular phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras. In recent years, lithium-ion batteries are being used for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and full electric vehicle (EV) applications. This symposium is a forum for discussion on both fundamental and applied aspects of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Specific areas to be covered include but are not limited to: (1.) anode design, characterization, and performance; (2) cathode design, characterization and performance; (3) novel electrode processing and cell design; (4) diagnostic techniques; (5) multiscale - material, electrode, and cell modeling; (7) performance characteristics of cells and battery packs and (8) recycling and life cycle analysis. Papers on Electrolytes and Interfaces or Battery Safety and Failure Modes should be directed to the symposia concerning those topics, rather than this one. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/).

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Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Shirley Meng, University of California, San Diego, email: shirleymeng@ ucsd.edu; Jan Allen, Army Research Lab, email: jan_all@yahoo.com; Feng Lin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, email: fenglin@vt.edu; Minoru Inaba, Doshisha University, email: minaba@ mail.doshisha.ac.jp; Guoying Chen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, email: GChen@lbl.gov.

Beyond Lithium-Ion Batteries

Division, Energy Technology Division, A05 Battery Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division Lithium ion batteries are the current state-of-the-art rechargeable battery, and therefore are used to power virtually all portable electronics, powertools, and plug-in hybrid and full electric vehicles. Nevertheless, the demands for higher energy and power capability in these applications, particularly for electric vehicles, continue to fuel research in other battery chemistries that possess high theoretical specific and volumetric energy densities. Another important goal is the development of new chemistries that provide cost-effective, highly cyclable stationary energy storage for grid-scale and distributed renewable energy sources. This symposium welcomes presentations on new concepts, materials, and designs to advance these ‘beyond Li-ion’ chemistries, including lithium-air, lithium-sulfur, new flow batteries, sodium and magnesium chemistries. The topics include, but are not limited to, materials synthesis, electrode processing, safety issues, modeling and simulation, testing and evaluation, characterization and diagnosis. Topics on electrolytes specifically for Beyond Li-ion chemistries are welcomed here instead of the ‘Electrolytes and Interfaces’ symposium. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Bryan McCloskey, University of California, Berkeley, email: bmcclosk@berkeley.edu; Dongping Lu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, email: Dongping.Lu@pnnl.gov; Jian Liu, University of British Columbia, email: jian.liu@ubc.ca; Marina Yakovleva, FMC Corporation, email: marina_yakovleva@fmc.com; Pawel J. Kulesza, Uniwersytet Warszawski, email: pkulesza@chem.uw.edu.pl.

A06

Electrolytes and Interfaces in Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Division

The organizers would like to invite contributions that provide better understanding of the mechanism of electronic and ionic transport phenomena across electrode-electrolyte interfaces and solid-state interphases in lithium-ion batteries. The underlying principles that govern these phenomena is inextricably linked to our ability to sense and monitor electrode surface processes in situ, in real time, and with adequate spatial and temporal resolution. A better understanding of the elementary processes involved in the formation of the electrolyte/electrode interface and charge transfer kinetics in relation to solvent, salt, additive and electrode material is crucial to the further optimization of Li ion batteries. This symposium will focus on both the fundamental and applied aspects of the electrolyte and interfaces for Li and Li-ion batteries.. Papers that leverage advances in experimental and theoretical modeling approaches to characterize and describe the mechanism of electrolytes or interfacial phenomena and their impact on the electrochemical performance of the materials, composite electrodes, and energy storage systems are welcome. Electrolyte and interface studies that primarily concern other 6

cell chemistries including Li/O2, Li/S, and Mg ion are directed towards the Beyond Lithium Ion Symposium. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Brett L. Lucht, University of Rhode Island, email: blucht@chm.uri.edu; T. Richard Jow, United States Army Research Laboratory, email: taiguang. richard.jow@us.army.mil; Jie Xiao, University of Arkansas, email: jiexiao@uark.edu; Kang Xu, United States Army Research Laboratory, email: conrad.k.xu.civ@mail.mil.

A07

Battery Safety and Failure Modes Battery Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

The severity of an energetic battery safety incident has the potential to make high specific energy battery chemistries an at-risk technology for some applications. As such, improvements in cell and battery safety design without compromising performance continues to be a major focus for researchers, manufacturers and users across all sectors of the energy storage marketplace. Better understanding of battery failure mechanisms will further enable regulatory agency approval and public acceptance of early deployment of advanced battery energy storage systems for high reliability applications. The goal of this symposium is to address battery safety from the perspective of materials and cell level design improvements which reduce the severity of an energetic safety incident. Specific topics and areas to be discussed in this symposium include but are not limited to (1) improvements in safety design from materials engineering; (2) advancements in electrode architecture design; (3) cell designs that enhance safety features; (4) safety of large-size cells; (5) novel cell structures that provide inherent safety; (6) advanced system and cell diagnostic and prognostic protocols and tools to alleviate or prevent battery safety incidents; (7) analyses that can improve understanding of battery failure mechanisms and hazards; and (8) other safety features that are not covered by the above or in other symposia. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Thomas P. Barrera, LIB-X Consulting, email: thomas.barrera@gmail. com; Chao-Yang Wang, Penn State University, email: cxw31@psu. edu; Yo Kobayashi, Central Research Institute of Electric Power, Japan, email: kobayo@criepi.denken.or.jp; Bor Yann Liaw, Idaho National Laboratory, email: Boryann.Liaw@inl.gov.

A08

Physicochemical Modelling of Novel Components and Devices for Energy Storage: from Atomistic Level to Macroscopic Processes Battery Division, Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

In recent years, batteries and supercapacitors have gained a paramount interest because of their unique roles within energy storage. These devices are comprised of multiple components forming intricate networks with hierarchical architectures at different levels, where kinetics and transport

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phenomena occur from atomistic interactions to macroscopic processes. First-principle modelling has enormously contributed to the understanding of the underlying physicochemistry of these systems, and the optimization of their electrochemical performances. Thus, this symposium will focus on physicochemical modelling relevant to account for properties, kinetics and transport of all battery chemistries and types of supercapacitors at atomistic, nanometric, microscopic, mesostructural and macroscopic scales. All subjects on deterministic and stochastic modelling are solicited. Of particular interest are Monte Carlo methods, quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, continuum and multiscale modelling, control and optimization. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: P. B. Balbuena, Texas A&M University, email: balbuena@tamu.edu; J. Vazquez-Arenas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, email: jgva@ xanum.uam.mx; A. A. Franco, Universite de Picardie Jules Verne-Institut Universitaire de France-CNRS, email: alejandro.franco@u-picardie.fr; S. J. Paddison, University of Tennessee, email: spaddison@utk.edu; Shelley D. Minteer, University of Utah, email: minteer@chem.utah.edu.

B—Carbon Nanostructures and Devices

Corrosion General Session

C01 Corrosion Division

Oral and poster presentations concerning all aspects of corrosion and associated phenomena in liquid and gaseous phases are welcome. Theoretical analyses, experimental investigations, descriptions of new techniques for the study of corrosion, and analyses of corrosion products and films are of interest. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Sannakaisa Virtanen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, email: virtanen@ww.uni-erlangen.de; Masayuki Itagaki, Tokyo University of Science, email: itagaki@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp.

C02

Carbon Nanostructures: From Fundamental

to Applications and Devices B01 Studies Nanocarbons Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This broad symposium will include both fundamental and applied studies of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and related materials. Papers are invited in the areas of chemistry, physics, and materials science. Relevant topics include the synthesis and preparation of nanocarbon samples, and characterization of their mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrochemical, optical, or electronic properties. Also welcome are papers concerning nanocarbon applications in areas such as electrochemistry, electronic and opto-electronic devices, sensing, energy conversion and storage, and biomedicine. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Slava V. Rotkin, Lehigh University, email: rotkin@lehigh.edu; Hiroshi Imahori, Kyoto University, email: imahori@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp; Olga V. Boltalina, Colorado State University, email: olga.boltalina@colostate. edu; David E. Cliffel, Vanderbilt University, email: d.cliffel@vanderbilt. edu.

C—Corrosion Science and Technology

Pits & Pores 8: Nanomaterials – Fabrication, Properties, and Applications Corrosion Division, Luminescence and Display Materials Division

The symposium is aimed at the fabrication of all kinds of porous structures, their physical and chemical properties as well as their applications. The symposium is a continuous attempt to integrate the diverse research in different fields such as localized metal corrosion, semiconductor electrochemistry, deposition into pores, matrix materials, optical spectroscopy and characterization of magnetic properties in order to develop a highly transdisciplinary approach to the topic. Emphasis will be on pit and pore formation, porous-structure/surface-property relations, work relevant to the formation of advanced materials and their characterization, and applications of these materials in different areas of science such as biomedicine, energy storage and conversion, optics and magnetism. The symposium brings together scientists from various research fields such as material science, electrochemistry, physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. Of special interest in this symposium but not exclusive is experimental as well as theoretical work dealing with: • dissolution processes and critical factors for maintaining pit and pore growth • growth kinetics, stability, morphology of pit and pore structures and their chemistry • porous templates and material deposition into pores • self-organization and self-assembly • transport processes within pores and porous structures • analogies and differences between localized corrosion of metals and semiconductors • pore morphology and interface chemistry effects on physical properties • passivation of porous surfaces • optical characterization of porous materials, nanoparticles, and composites • magnetic characterization of nanoparticles and composites • technical, biological and medical applications of porous structures

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An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: P. Granitzer, Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Austria, email: petra.granitzer@uni-graz.at; R. Boukherroub, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRI), email: rabah.boukherroub@iri.univ-lille1.fr; D.J. Lockwood, National Research Council Canada, email: david.lockwood@ physics.org; H. Masuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University, email: masudahideki@tmu.ac.jp; Sannakaisa Virtanen, University of Erlangen, email: virtanen@ww.uni-erlangen.de.

Corrosion Protection

Division, Sociedad Mexicana de C03 Corrosion Electroquímica (SMEQ) Papers are invited on all topics related to advances in inhibitors, coatings and surface treatments for corrosion protection of metals and alloys. Suitable topics would include: organic and inorganic coatings, chemical conversion treatment, sacrificial anode, galvanic protection and novel inhibitors. Of particular interest are papers on smart coatings and coatings capable of self-repair or self-healing. Also papers focusing on advanced characterization techniques and new approaches for accelerated corrosion testing are invited. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: H. Neil McMurray, Swansea University, email: h.n.mcmurray@swan. ac.uk; Nick Birbilis, Monash University, email: nick.birbilis@monash. edu; Masayuki Itagaki, Tokyo University of Science, email: itagaki@ rs.noda.tus.ac.jp; Ricardo Orozco Cruz, Universidad Veracruzana, email: rorozco@uv.mx; Francisco J. Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, email: fxavier@unam.mx.

Passivity and Localized Corrosion

C04 Corrosion Division

Papers are invited on all topics related to recent progress in formation, breakdown and properties of various passive films on metals and alloys. The symposium will highlight fundamental studies using novel physicochemical and electrochemical methods for characterizations of passive films on practical and advanced materials at macro, micro and nano-scales. Other topics of special interest in the symposium are functional materials based on oxides; oxide films for corrosion protection; formation and applications of nanostructured oxide layers; and oxide layers for dielectric, electrocatalytic and photocatalytic applications. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Shinji Fujimoto, Osaka University, email: fujimoto@mat.eng.osaka-u. ac.jp; Jamie Noel, University of Western Ontario, email: jjnoel@uwo. ca; Eiji Tada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, email: tada.e.aa@m.titech. ac.jp.

C05

Electrochemical Techniques in Corrosion Research Corrosion Division

This symposium will focus on recent progress in electrochemical techniques in corrosion research. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scientists from various research fields regarding corrosion science and engineering. Contributions related to both fundamental and applications are encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: (1) development of electrochemical methods, (2) transient techniques including impedance measurement, (3) combination of electrochemical and other analytical methods, (4) scanning probe technique for surface analysis, (5) numerical simulation for corrosion phenomena, (6) anodic and cathodic reaction mechanisms in corrosion, (7) mass transfers in corrosion, (8) corrosion monitoring, and (9) corrosion sensors. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Masayuki Itagaki, Tokyo University of Science, email: itagaki@rs.noda. tus.ac.jp; Dev Chidambaram, University of Nevada, Reno, email: dcc@ unr.edu.

D—Dielectric Science and Materials Semiconductors, Dielectrics, and Metals for

16 D01 Nanoelectronics Dielectric Science and Technology Division, Electronics and Photonics Division

The following are indicative topical areas to be covered by the symposium: SiGe, SiGe:C, Ge, GeSn, and III-V High Mobility Channels; SiC and GaN Channels: Surface/Interface Modeling; Band Offsets; Surface Cleaning, Surface Passivation; High-k Gate Dielectrics; Contact Engineering; Transistor Characteristics. 2-D Semiconductors and Applications: MoS2, WSe2, Other Metal Dichalcogenides, Graphene, Silicene, Germanene: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling; High-k Gate Dielectrics; Ohmic Contacts; Transistor Characteristics. Volatile and Non-Volatile Memory: Resistive RAM; Ferroelectric RAM; Phase-Change RAM; Magnetic RAM; Conductive-Bridging RAM; Spin-Transfer Torque RAM; Flash Memories. Interfaces, Traps, and Reliability: Semiconductor/Dielectric, Dielectric/Dielectric, Dielectric/Metal Interfaces; Interface and Bulk Dielectric Defects/Traps; Electrical Characterization, Dielectric Wearout, SILC; NBTI and PBTI; TDDB. High-k Gate Dielectrics for High Mobility Channels: High-k Gate Dielectrics on Si, SiGe, Ge, III-V Compounds, SiC, etc. High-k Dielectrics on Nanowires, Nanotubes, and Graphene. Nanoelectrincs and Nanotechnology: FinFET, Multi-gate MOSFETs, Nanotubes, Nanowires, Quantum Dots, Spintronics, Plasmonics, Tunnel FETs. Metal Gate Electrodes Metals and Ohmic Contacts: Threshold and Flat Band Voltage Control, Metal Gate Electrodes for Transistors with Alternative Substrates, Metal Contacts to Nanowires, Nanotubes, Graphene, MoS2, etc. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers:

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Durga Misra, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), email: dmisra@njit.edu; Stefan De Gendt, IMEC, email: Stefan.DeGendt@ imec.be; Michel Houssa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, email: michel. houssa@fys.kuleuven.be; Koji Kita, University of Tokyo, email: kita@ adam.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Dolf Landheer, G-Camria Co, email: dlandheer@ gmail.com; Sven Van Elshocht, IMEC, email: sven.vanelshocht@imec. be; Shadi Dayeh, University of California San Diego, email: sdayeh@ ucsd.edu.

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Technology Division, Dielectric Science and D02 Energy Technology Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

This symposium provides a forum for solar-to-electrical conversion technologies which are terawatt-capable, i.e. they can reach a scale comparable to the global energy demand and have the potential to become an impactful source of energy in the 21st century. In addition to lowering the cost and improving the efficiency, major barriers to terawatt solar photovoltaics include availability of natural resources such as raw materials and electricity, recycling of end-of-life solar modules and cells, innovative approaches for solar electricity storage and transport, innovative applications for the less predictable solar electricity, among others. Electrochemical and solid-state sciences have major roles to play in removing many of these barriers to terawatt solar photovoltaics. This symposium invites contributions in both current and emerging areas of solar photovoltaic research and covers a whole spectrum of cell technologies from 1st generation wafer-Si to 2nd thin-films to 3rd generation. Sample topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Applications of electrochemistry in cell fabrication for lower cost and/or higher efficiency; 2. Emerging perovskite and Earth-abundant solar materials: their synthesis and properties; 3. Scalable and green solution-based processing technologies for cell fabrication; 4. Cost-effective approaches to recycle current and future solar cells and modules; 5. Sustainable practices in solar cell and module fabrication such as waste treatment; 6. Innovative applications which match the characteristics of solar electricity without storage. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: M. Tao, Arizona State University, email: meng.tao@asu.edu; Thad Druffel, University of Louisville, email: thad.druffel@louisville.edu; James M. Fenton, University of Central Florida, email: jfenton@fsec.ucf. edu; Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky, email: zhichen@engr.uky.edu; Vaidyanathan Ravi Subramanian, University of Nevada Reno, email: ravisv@unr.edu; Jea Gun Park, Hanyang University, email: parkjgl@ hanyang.ac.kr; Hiroki Hamada, Kinki University, email: hamakichi@ sannet.ne.jp.

D03

Processing Materials and Integration of Damascene and 3D Interconnects 9 Dielectric Science and Technology Division, Electrodeposition Division, Electronics and Photonics Division

This symposium focuses on issues pertinent to advances in traditional damascene interconnects and new materials and integration methods for 3D interconnects. An emerging technology or device architecture called 3D integration is based on the system performance gains that can be achieved by stacking and vertically interconnecting distinct device layers. The 3D concept of replacing long 2D interconnects with shorter vertical (3D) interconnects has the potential to alleviate the well-known interconnect (RC) delay problem facing the semiconductor industry today. Additional benefits of the 3D process include reduced die size and the ability to optimize distinct technologies (analog, logic, RF, etc.) on separate vertically interconnected layers. An application area where large performance gains can be obtained is high-density device/sensor arrays where processing power is placed within each individual device. Damascene copper interconnects, introduced at the 0.25 µm node, have spanned six technology nodes, and are expected to be used for the foreseeable future. Despite the history of success, there are several new challenges including: increases in effective resistivity, electromigration and stress migration resistance, and the integration of porous low-k dielectrics and air-gaps. This symposium topic will bring together researchers to discuss the challenges and solutions to extend damascene copper interconnects well beyond the 45 nm node. The aim of this symposium is to discuss the proposed architectures and applications of 3D integration, and the various enabling materials and processes that are required to bring the technology into full commercialization. Broadly, the enabling process technologies include: wafer/die thinning, wafer/die bonding, and vertical interconnect fabrication. Each of these process technologies will leverage novel materials, and much of the emphasis of this symposium will be on the materials science of these 3D integration materials. Ideally, this symposium will bring together researchers to discuss the various merits of the presented 3D device architectures, materials, and fabrication methodologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (1.) methods to reduce increases in effective resistivity; (2.) methods to mitigate electromigration and stress migration issues; (3.) advanced barrier /seed processes including ALD and electroless films; (4.) porous low-k ILDs and air gap processing (including deposition and etching); and (5.) novel electrodeposition and CMP processes. (5.) 3D process integration methodologies; (6.) 3D design and architectures; (7.) simulation and modeling of 3D integrated devices; (8.) materials and techniques for die and wafer bonding; (9.) processing and handling of thin wafers and dice; (10.) materials for temporary die and wafer bonding; (11.) vertical interconnect fabrication technology; (12.) materials for vertical interconnects: insulators, barriers, and metals; (13.) reliability of 3D interconnects; (14.) novel test and measurement of 3D integrated devices; (15.) thermal management in 3D integrated devices; (16.) epitaxial and recrystallization approaches to 3D integration; and (17 ) 3D integration of heterogeneous materials, (18) thermomechanical reliability and electromigration in 3D integrated devices. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Kazuo Kondo, Osaka Prefecture University, email: Kkondo@ chemeng.osakafu-u.ac.jp; T. Ritzdorf, Semitool, Inc, email: tritzdorf@ semitool.com; John C. Flake, Louisiana State University, email: john.

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flake@gmail.com; Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Tohoku University, email: koyanagi@bmi.niche.tohoku.ac.jp; Oana M. Leonte, Berkeley Polymer Technology, email: odleonte@comcast.net; Gangadhara S. Mathad, S/C Tech Consulting USA, email: swami_mathad@hotmail.com; Peter Georg Ramm, Fraunhofer IZM-M, email: peter.ramm@emft.fraunhofer. de; Fred Roozeboom, Eindhoven University of Technology & TNO Eindhoven, email: f.roozeboom@tue.nl; Yaw S. Obeng, National Institute of Standards and Technology, email: yaw.obeng@nist.gov.

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Science and Technology Division, D04 Dielectric Electronics and Photonics Division Nonvolatile Flash memory has followed the scaling evolution of the semiconductor roadmap, however, there is increasing concern about scalability into the next decade. At the same time, many new memory storage mechanisms and materials are showing promise as potential replacement of Flash. The symposium will address the recent developments in nonvolatile memory devices such as FeRAM, MRAM, ReRAM, PRAM, STTRAM, Flash memory and other emerging new nonvolatile memories such as atomic switching and nano-gap devices and their related materials and technologies. The program will consist of both invited and contributed papers. Papers will cover both practical issues and fundamental studies, and are solicited in the following suggested areas: (1.) advanced devices, device structures and performances, and device design; (2.) memory related materials and their growth and deposition processes; (3.) device fabrication processing; (4.) structure analyses, and material and process characterization; (5.) device functional characterization, device physics, and modeling; (6.) system applications; and (7.) other related technologies. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Shoso Shingubara, Kansai University, email: shingu@kansai-u.ac.jp; Zia Karim, Aixtron, email: z.karim@aixtron.com; Kiyoteru Kobayashi, Tokai University, email: kkbys@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp; Blanka Magyari-Kope, Stanford University, email: blankamk@stanford.edu; Hisashi Shima, AIST, email: shima-hisashi@aist.go.jp; Yuta Saito, AIST, email: yuta-saito@aist.go.jp; Jea Gun Park, Hanyang University, email: parkjgl@hanyang.ac.kr; Gennadi Bersuker, Aerospace Corporation, email: gennadi.bersuker@aero.org.

D05

Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3 Dielectric Science and Technology Division, Electronics and Photonics Division

This symposium is aimed at bringing together the technical community working and interested in the patterning of films used in the fabrication of sub-45 nm devices and integrated circuits. Both etching and plasma enhanced deposition processes are included. Suggested topics include: (1.) new reactor technologies and plasma sources; (2.) processes for etching high- and low-k films including reactor contamination management; (3.) plasma patterning of noble metals for FeRAMs, MDRAMs, and TMR elements for nonvolatile memories; (4.) plasma surface modification and mechanisms of k-value degradation; (6.) mechanisms, measurement, and control of damage, including VUV device damage from HDP plasmas in etching and deposition. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than 10

June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: D. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: dennis.hess@chbe. gatech.edu; Gangadhara S. Mathad, S/C Tech Consulting USA, email: swami_mathad@hotmail.com; Manfred Engelhardt, email: manfred. engelhardt@online.de; Oana M. Leonte, Berkeley Polymer Technology, email: odleonte@comcast.net; Peter Mascher, McMaster University, email: mascher@mcmaster.ca; Uros Cvelbar, Jozef Stefan Institute, email: uros.cvelbar@ijs.si.

D06

Surface Characterization and Manipulation for Electronic Applications Dielectric Science and Technology Division, Electronics and Photonics Division

The properties of interfaces underpin many of the advances and emerging applications in electronics. From studies of charge transport in molecular electronics to interactions between biomolecules in bioelectronics sensing, the ability to understand and control interfacial properties is more important than ever. This symposium aims to address interfacial properties in a variety of electronic applications, where the functionalization of interfaces is demonstrated and characterized in order to advance understanding and to enable new devices and device applications. Abstracts are solicited for areas of research related to molecular electronics, chemically modified surfaces, new surface characterization tools and their applications, novel electronic devices, and theoretical work relevant to surfaces, interfaces, and electronic applications thereof. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Christina Hacker, NIST, email: Christina.hacker@nist.gov; Yaw Obeng, NIST, email: yaw.obeng@nist.gov.

E—Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition

E01

Magnetic Materials Process and Devices 15 Electrodeposition Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

Magnetic thin films play important roles in data recording systems,sensors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and other devices. New knowledge continues to be acquired in magnetic film processing including: film nucleation and growth, structure of deposits, stress and micromagnetics of films, thermal and magnetic annealing, electrochemical and electroless plating systems,etching, process chemistry, tool design, process control, etc. Our understanding of the correlations between deposition parameters,film composition, structure, properties and device performance also continues to improve. The purpose of the symposium is to bring together electrochemists, physicists, engineers, and device designers who are working in the area of magnetic thin-film technology to review the present state of the field and to point out fruitful new areas for research. Materials of interest include Fe, Co, Ni and their alloys, as well as laterally patterned, laminated, or compositionally modulated structures, including nanowires and self-organized films.

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The symposium will further cover subjects specific to the fabrication of thin-film heads, microelectromechanical systems, micromotors,and other magnetic devices as well as magnetic materials for inductors and transformers in RF devices, magnetic oxides, and ferroelectrics. The symposium will include invited review or tutorial papers and contributed papers. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: W. Schwarzacher, U. Bristol, email: W.Schwarzacher@bristol.ac.uk; Johna Leddy, University of Iowa, email: johna-leddy@uiowa.edu; Stanko Brankovic, University of Houston, email: srbranko@uh.edu.

E02

Electroless Deposition 5 Electrodeposition Division

The research achievements in the area of electroless deposition have contributed to numerous developments and applications for variety of industries. Applications of electroless deposition are found in the electronics, energy conversion, aerospace, biomedical, automotive and aerospace industries. In addition, new applications in the area of metallization of polymers, ceramics and fabrics, production of various powders, corrosion and wear resistant coatings, decorative and catalytic surfaces etc. are being developed. Electroless deposition is also very attractive for the field of nanotechnology. The aim of this symposium is to bring together scientists, researchers and engineers in order to review and discuss the latest developments and to suggest the future directions in the field of electroless deposition. The papers of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Galvanic or displacement deposition 2. Autocatalytic deposition 3. Mechanistic aspects and kinetics of electroless deposition 4. Surface activation for electroless deposition 5. Metallization of non-conductive surfaces via electroless deposition 6. Applications for electronics, energy device, aerospace, automotive, biomedical etc. industries 7. Deposition of semiconductors from chemical baths 8. Electroless deposition and nanotechnology Materials of interest include thin or thick films and powders of metals, alloys or compounds (e.g. oxides, salts, polymers). No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Stojan Djokic, Elchem Consulting Ltd., email: sdjokic@telus.net; Luca Magagnin, Politecnico di Milano, email: luca.magagnin@polimi.it.

Electrodeposition for Energy Application 4

Division, Battery Division, Energy E03 Electrodeposition Technology Division Materials synthesis via electrodeposition (or electrochemical deposition) has been attracted wide interest from various energy-related areas including energy conversion (e.g. solar cells) and storage (batteries and capacitors). This symposium will provide opportunities for discussions of state-ofthe-art and original researches related with all aspects of electrodeposition in viewpoints of processes (e.g. cathodic, anodic, electroless, and other novel approaches), materials (e.g. metals, semiconductors, thin 11

films, nanostructures, etc.), and applications (e.g. solar cells, batteries, capacitors, and other energy-related applications). No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Natasa Vasiljavic, U. Bristol, email: N.Vasiljevic@bristol.ac.uk; Stanko Brankovic,, email: srbrankovic@uh.edu; Kang Xu, United States Army Research Laboratory, email: conrad.k.xu.civ@mail.mil.

E04

Electroplating of Reactive Metals and Alloys for Energy Storage Electrodeposition Division, Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

This symposium will cover all aspects of electrochemically active materials, ranging from their modeling and syntheses and characterization to various applications in functional electrodes (electrochemical energy conversion and storage, sensors, actuators, micro/nanoelectronics, electrochromic devices, etc.). The materials under discussion include, but are not limited to electrodeposition of refractive metals and their alloys, metals and alloys more negative than hydrogen reversible potential, electrodeposition of metals for battery applications and others. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Philippe Vereecken, IMEC, email: Philippe.Vereecken@imec.be; Daniel Steingart, Princeton University, email: steingart@princeton.edu.

E05

Electrodeposition for Additive Manufacturing Electrodeposition Division Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

Electrodeposition and other electrochemical processes have been widely used in manufacturing, ranging from the traditional surface finishing to electrodeposition of functional materials and devices, as well as electromachining. It has been recently explored toward additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, where free-standing 3D objects with arbitrary shapes are formed in a layer-by-layer fashion. Furthermore, electrochemical methods are also employed for surface coating or polishing of structures or parts manufactured with other additive manufacturing processes. Papers are solicited in areas where electrodeposition and electrochemical engineering is related to additive manufacturing. Topics of particular interest include, but not limited to, additive formation of metallic or polymer materials and structures, cathodic and anodic processes for surface finishing of 3D structures, processes and machines for subtractive machining and additive electrodeposition, microstructure and properties of materials, controllability and scalability of processes, as well as applications of related electrochemical processes. Both experimental investigation and theoretical studies are of interest. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Qiang Huang, University of Alabama , email: qhuang@eng.ua.edu; Maria Inman, Faraday Technology Inc., email: Mariainman@ faradaytechnology.com.

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F—Electrochemical Engineering

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Electrochemical Engineering General Session

Electrochemistry and Electrochemical F01 Industrial Engineering Division

Papers are solicited in areas of industrial electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering that are not covered by other symposia at this meeting. Of particular interest are papers concerning: design, operation, testing, and/or modeling of industrial electrochemical systems; electrochemical waste treatment technologies; methods for electrosynthesis; electrolytic recovery of process materials; new electrode materials; new electrochemical cell designs; and electrocatalysis. Presentations on industrially significant areas, such as chlor-alkali and fluorine production; manufacture of aluminum and other metals; the use of electrochemical methods in pulp and paper bleaching; and generation of environmentally-friendly bleaching chemicals and other active oxidants are also encouraged. Papers may contain both theoretical and experimental work, and papers dealing with either area will be considered. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Venkat R. Subramanian, University of Washington, email: vsubram@ uw.edu; Doug Riemer, Hutchinson Technology, email: Douglas.Riemer@ hti.htch.com; John A. Staser, Ohio University, email: staser@ohio.edu.

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Electrochemical Separations 2 Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

There is a growing need to develop and understand technologies that can efficiently and effectively segregate and collect ionic species in gas, water or other liquids using electrochemical approaches. Key applications include gas (e.g., O2, CO2, H2) separation, water desalination, ultrapure water production, food and wine industry, selective ion removal from waste streams, treatment of produced and process water from the oil & gas industry, flow batteries, and sensors. This symposium intends to address the common technical and fundamental threads found in these technologies by focusing on topics including (but not limited to): materials and techniques for electrochemical deionization, electrochemically motivated membrane-based selective ion separation techniques, sea and brackish desalination technologies, and reversible flow batteries based on either solvated species or slurries of active materials, non-aqueous solvents separations, ionic liquid membrane separations. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Hui Xu, Giner Inc., email: hxu@ginerinc.com; Jay F. Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon University, email: whitacre@andrew.cmu.edu; Ingrid Fritsch, University of Arkansas, email: ifritsch@uark.edu.

Electrochemical Treatment of Contaminated Water, Soil, and Air: State of the Art and Trends in Research and Technology of Environmentally Oriented Electrochemical Approaches Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

The Electrochemical Society (ECS) is an international scientific association that promotes research and technology development in all the fields related to electrochemical science. In the case of applied electrochemistry, it is interesting to note that over the last few decades, many electrochemical approaches have been worked out for the remediation of environmental problems and some of them have actually become technologies that are now the most popular choice to deal with an important number of environmental challenges. In this context, a growing number of research groups all around the world are working not only on improvements or innovations on current electrochemical technologies, but also on the exploration of novel approaches for the electrochemical remediation of a wide variety of old and new environmental problems that involve polluted water, soil and air. The goal of the proposed symposium is therefore to bring together scientists, engineers and other professionals to present their findings and discuss future trends and directions on the development of electrochemical technologies for environmental problems. In addition to the electrochemical water treatment processes that include direct and indirect pollutant degradation, as well as electrochemically induced physical separation, the presentations that are expected for this symposium will deal with mature technologies and novel approaches for the treatment of recalcitrant pollutants in air and soil. In this way, and not limited to, papers dealing with the design, construction and evaluation of electrochemical reactors for the treatment of organic and inorganic pollutants in different phases, operation parameter assessment and optimization, electrode arrangement studies for soil electrochemical treatment, air disinfection and purification using electro- and photoelectrochemical based technologies, and integration of chemical, physical or biological purification and/or disinfection technologies with electrochemical operations; are all welcome. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Juan Manuel Peralta Hernandez, Universidad de Guanajuato, email: juan. peralta@ugto.mx; Plamen B. Atanassov, University of New Mexico, email: plamen@unm.edu.

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Characterization of Electrochemical Reactors: Fluid Dynamics and Current Distribution Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Energy Technology Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

Electrochemical engineering is of great academic and industrial importance and requires efficient and well characterised and designed purpose built reactors and cells; this includes components such as electrodes, electrolyte compartments and stacks. Special emphasis has been focused on the design of green electrochemical engineering processes that minimises environmental impact and promotes long term sustainability.

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This symposium addresses the most relevant progress made in electrode manufacturing and cell design as well as their characterisation in terms of flow dispersion, mass transport and current and potential distribution. It aims to cover areas from traditional fundamental concepts to cutting edge technologies and cell design, linking world class leading research from the electrochemical community. Of particular interest are the studies of novel green catalytic process and materials able to use low energy and the construction of efficient electrochemical cells with high space-time yield. Topics include but are not limited to: • Basic principles and mathematical models for electrochemical process • Electrode materials • Electrode manufacturing • Electrochemical cell and reactor stack design • Model of flow dynamics within the electrochemical reactor • Mass transport processes • Current and potential distribution; theory and practice • Electrochemical reactors and their performance • Case studies An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: John A. Staser, Ohio University, email: staser@ohio.edu; Jose Luis Nava, Universidad de Guanajuato, email: jlnm@ugtomx.onmicrosoft.com.

G—Electronic Materials and Processing

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Semiconductor Wafer Bonding: Science, Technology, and Applications 15 Electronics and Photonics Division

Semiconductor wafer bonding continues to evolve as a crucial technology extending new integration schemes and disseminating new product architectures in such diverse areas as high quality siliconon-insulator (SOI) materials for microelectronics device applications (high performance CMOS logic platforms, bipolar, BiCMOS, power), strained Si layers by process-induced methodologies as well as built in strain in the bonded wafer, Si-Ge, germanium-on-insulator (GeOI), three-dimensional (3D) device integration, Si on quartz and Si on glass for active matrix addressed thin film displays, III-V compound semiconductor heterostructures, bonding to flexible substrates, and bonded heterostructures for microelectronics, photonics, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), biotechnologies, optronics, photovoltaic and many others. During recent years layer transfer by wafer bonding and exfoliation techniques have sufficiently matured not only to make their mark on the commercial semiconductor substrate market but also to extend to 3D integration of various materials and devices. In addition, new techniques of transfers (laser lift off, spallation, etc) have been developed. This symposium, sponsored by the Electronics Division of the Society, brings together materials, device and process engineers from these and related interdisciplinary areas. The fifteenth symposium solicits original theoretical and experimental papers that document new developments and cover the full range of basic science, process technologies, and product applications of semiconductor wafer bonding (direct, anodic, thermo-compression, eutectic, adhesive bonding). Besides permanent bonding, temporary wafer bonding technique deserves also to be discussed regarding all the 13

recent development in many 3D applications. Fundamental aspects of interest include surface preparations for bonding, film transferring, low temperature bonding, surface activation at bonding interfaces, bonding techniques, novel material composites to synthesize heterostructures. Presentations characterizing currently utilized materials and processes, as well as novel approaches to new materials systems and modeling and process simulations are encouraged. Practical aspects of interest include innovative developments in product architecture and new integration and processing schemes for microelectronics, photonics, MEMS, microtechnologies, nanotechnologies and other relevant applications. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Chuan Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University, email: tancs@ntu.edu.sg; Chuan Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University, email: tancs@ntu. edu.sg; Tadatomo Suga, University of Tokyo, email: suga@pe.t.u-tokyo. ac.jp; Helmut Baumgart, Old Dominion University, email: hbaumgar@ odu.edu; Frank Fournel, CEA Grenoble, email: frank.fournel@cea.fr; Mark Goorsky, University of California Los Angeles, email: goorsky@ seas.ucla.edu; Karl D. Hobart, Naval Research Laboratory, email: karl. hobart@nrl.navy.mil; Roy Knechtel, X-FAB MEMS Foundry GmbH, email: roy.knechtel@xfab.com.

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and Photonics Division, Dielectric G02 Electronics Science and Technology Division

Continued progress in nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing requires precise, conformal coatings of thin film materials. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) enables the deposition of ultra-thin, highly conformal coatings over complex, 3D topographies with precise control over both thickness and composition. Consequently, ALD has become the technology of choice for a large variety of applications beyond microelectronics. Over the last thirteen years, this symposium has earned a leading position among the meetings where ALD is discussed. This symposium offers an excellent forum for sharing cutting edge research on both existing and emerging ALD applications, as well as fundamental aspects of ALD technology. Contributions are solicited in the following areas: (1.) semiconductor CMOS applications: development and integration of ALD high-k oxides and metal electrodes with conventional and high-mobility channel materials; (2.) volatile and non-volatile memory applications: extendibility, Flash, MIM, MIS, RF capacitors, etc.; (3.) interconnects and contacts: integration of ALD films with Cu and low-k materials; (4.) fundamentals of ALD processing: reaction mechanisms, in-situ measurement, modeling, theory; 5.) new precursors and delivery systems; (6.) optical and photonic applications; (7.) coating of nanoporous materials by ALD; (8.) MLD and hybrid ALD/MLD; (9.) ALD for energy conversion applications such as fuel cells, photovoltaics, etc.; (10.) ALD for energy storage applications; (11.) productivity enhancement, scale-up and commercialization of ALD equipment and processes for rigid and flexible substrates, including roll-to-roll deposition; (12.) Atomic Layer Etching (‘reverse ALD’) and related topics aiming at self-limited etching; (13) area-selective ALD. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Fred Roozeboom, Eindhoven University of Technology & TNO Eindhoven,

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email: f.roozeboom@tue.nl; Stefan De Gendt, IMEC, email: Stefan. Degendt@imec.be; Jolien Dendooven, Universiteit Gent, email: Jolien. Dendooven@UGent.be; Jeffrey Elam, Argonne National Laboratory, email: jelam@anl.gov; Oscar van der Straten, IBM Corporation Research Center, email: ovander@us.ibm.com; Craig H. Huffman, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, email: chuffman@micron.com; Chanyuan Liu,, email: chanyuan.liu@gmail.com.

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SiGe, Ge, and Related Compounds: Materials, Processing, and Devices 8 Electronics and Photonics Division

The Eighth International SiGe, Ge, & Related Compounds: Materials, Processing, and Devices Symposium is part of the AiMES 2018, the G03 Symposium, to be held from September 30 – October 4, 2018, Cancun, Mexico. This meeting will provide a forum for reviewing and discussing materials and device related aspects of SiGe, Ge, and Related Compounds (e.g. SiC). There are 10 areas of interest for the Symposium described below: 1. Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors Device physics, process technology, modeling, reliability, circuit applications (analog, digital, and RF to mm-wave). 2. FET Technology Advanced CMOS, Compound Semiconductor Devices (III-V, Group IV), 2-D Materials FET, TFET, FDSOI, FinFETs, Nanowire FETs, Negative-Capacitance FET, and Oxide TFTs, Ferroelectric FETs. 3. Optoelectronics Detectors, Waveguides, Quantum cascade structures, Photovoltaic cells, Photoluminescence, Electroluminescence, Integration with CMOS electronics, Ge buffers for III-V Optoelectronics on Si, monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs). 4. Epitaxy Pre-epi surface preparation of Si, SiGe and Ge; Growth of Group IV epitaxial layers: graphene, Si, Ge, SiC, SiGe, SiGe:C, GeSn, SiGeSn. Epitaxial growth of other materials on Si or Ge such as III-V’s; Novel growth techniques and precursors; Selective growth; Novel in-situ doping approaches; Quantum wire/dot growth. 5. Emerging Applications Nano-structured devices, quantum computing, THz devices, electromechanical properties of SiGe layers, MEMs, TFTs, amorphous SiGe layer applications. 6. Processing All aspects of processing including diffusion, diffusion suppression, oxidation, strain, thermal mixing, defects, Si and Ge intermixing, Oxidation and Nitridation, Cleaning and etching of SiGe, Ge, and SiGeC films. 7. Strain Engineering Relaxed SiGe buffer layers, pseudomorphic SiGe, superlattices, embedded SiGe, Ge condensation, SSOI, SGOI substrates, global strain, local / process-induced strain, strain characterization, strain modeling & simulation, defects, manufacturing issues. 8. Surfaces and Interfaces High K interface, Metal Contact, Interfacial electrical properties and its characterization. Electro-mechanical properties of SiGe layers, MEMs, TFTs, 9. Related Compounds Deposition, processing, characterization and devices of and with related compounds, such as SiC, 2D materials (graphene, silicene, germanene, h-BN, transition metal dichalcogenides), semiconducting metal oxides 10. Metrology and Characterization Nanoscale characterization of composition, strain, defectivity, crystallinity, doping, dimensions, morphology, band structure, mobility... of Group IV (incl. C and Sn alloys) and III/V on Si as well as 2D materials. 14

11. Evening Workshop A Panel of experts will discuss issues related to a topic in SiGe, Ge, or Related Compounds An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: David Harame, Global Foundries, email: david.harame@globalfoundries.com; Qizhi Liu, Globalfoundries, email: qizhi.liu@globalfoundries.com.

Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface

4 G04 Materials Electronics and Photonics Division, Energy Technology Division

Today’s electronics are smaller and more powerful than ever, leading to ever increasing thermal challenges. Approximately 90% of the world’s electricity is generated by heat energy, typically operating at 30-40% efficiency, losing roughly 15 terawatts of power in the form of heat to the environment. Heat sinks and liquids can be used to provide cooling. Advances in thermoelectric materials and devices with high Seebeck coefficients and figures of merit offer possible routes for thermal management, but also waste heat harvesting and power generation. Thermal interface materials importantly help to transfer heat from hot spots to the cooling hardware, and advances in both thermoelectric materials and interface materials are required. This symposium will address the most recent developments in thermoelectric and thermal interface materials and strategies for modern devices and applications. Papers on both practical and fundamental issues are solicited on topics related to thermoelectric material growth, analysis, processing, and applications, as well as thermal interface material applications and properties. The symposium will address basic and applied research and development, which will include the following areas of particular interest: (1) advances in bulk and nanoscale growth methods; (2) advances in device processing of thermoelectric and thermal interface materials; (3) power generation and energy harvesting and scavenging; (4) refrigeration and cooling; (5) semiconductor materials, growth, and processing; (6) phonon engineering and transport; (7) in situ and ex situ examination; (8) modeling of nanoscale effects in modern thermoelectric materials; (9) bismuth chalcogenides; (10) inorganic clathrates; (11) group IV and related compounds; (12) oxide and transition metal silicides, properties, and processing; (13) advanced thermoelectric materials; and (14) high ZT materials and devices. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork, email: c.odwyer@ucc.ie; Jr Hau He, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, email: jrhau. he@kaust.edu.sa; Kafil M. Razeeb, Tyndall National Institute, email: kafil.mahmood@tyndall.ie; Renkun Chen, University of California, San Diego, email: rkchen@ucsd.edu; Jaeho Lee, University of California Irvine, email: jaeholee@uci.edu; Scott A. Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University, email: scb@msu.edu; Yue Wu, Iowa State University, email: yuewu@iastate.edu.

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Materials, Formulation, and Processes for Semiconductor, 2.5 and 3D Chip Packaging, and High Density Interconnection PCB Electronics and Photonics Division, Dielectric Science and Technology Division

This symposium focuses on issues pertinent to advances in semiconductor interconnects beyond the 20 nm technology node as well as novel materials and integration methods for 2.5D and 3D interconnects. An emerging technology or device architecture called 2.5D and 3D integration is based on the system performance gains that is achieved by chip stacking and vertically interconnecting distinct device layers. The 2.5D or 3D concept replaces a long 2D interconnects with shorter vertical (3D) interconnects, which has the potential to alleviate the well-known interconnect (RC) delay problem that limits the semiconductor industry today. Additional benefits of the 3D process include reduced die size and the ability to optimize distinct technologies (analog, logic, RF, etc.) on separate vertically interconnected layers. Since electrochemical processes are the ultimate solution to create smaller size and lower cost devices, both practical and fundamental aspects of electrochemical processes are of high demand. Ideally, this symposium will bring researchers together to discuss various aspects of device architecture, novel materials, chemical formulation, packaging approaches and nano-scale fabrication methodologies. Topics of interest in 2.5D and 3D integration include, but are not limited to: (1.) 2.5D and 3D process integration methodologies; (2.) 2.5D and 3D design and architectures; (3.) simulation and modeling of 2.5D and 3D integrated devices; (4.) materials and techniques for die and wafer bonding; (5.) processing and handling of thin wafers; (6.) materials for temporary die and wafer bonding; (7.) vertical interconnect fabrication technology; (8.) materials for vertical interconnects: insulators, barriers, and metals; (9.) reliability of 2.5D and 3D interconnects; (10.) novel test and measurement of 2.5D and 3D integrated devices; and (11.) thermal management in 2.5D and 3D integrated devices. Damascene interconnects using copper or cobalt, introduced at the 1020 nm node, are expected to be used for the foreseeable future. However, continuous improvements and innovations are necessary to adapt this technology to aggressive scaling demands. Fan-Out and Fan-In Waferlevel packaging also has advanced considerably through the introduction of novel materials and packaging technologies. This symposium will also provide an avenue for pertinent discussion to: (1.) methods to reduce effective interconnect resistivity; (2.) methods to mitigate electromigration and stress migration issues; (3.) advanced barrier/seed/plating processes including ALD, CVD and electroless deposition; (4.) porous low-k ILDs and air-gap based processing; (5.) novel electrodeposition and CMP processes; (6.) advanced substrates and packaging, high speed and optical packaging, wireless and micro CSP; (7.) chip-package interconnection; flip-chip; fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP); (C4) technology, Pbfree C4s, wire bonding, and compliant chip-package interconnections. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: WeiPing Dow, National Chung Hsing University, email: dowwp@dragon. nchu.edu.tw; Gangadhara S. Mathad, S/C Tech Consulting USA, email: swami_mathad@hotmail.com; Kazuo Kondo, Osaka Prefecture University, email: kkondo828@gmail.com; Masanori Hayase, Tokyo University of Science, email: mhayase@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp; Mitsumasa

Koyanagi, Tohoku University, email: koyanagi@bmi.niche.tohoku. ac.jp; Fred Roozeboom, Eindhoven University of Technology & TNO Eindhoven, email: f.roozeboom@tue.nl; R. Akolkar, Case Western Reserve University, email: rohan.akolkar@case.edu; Silvia Armini, IMEC, email: Silvia.Armini@imec.be; Yasuhiko Takeno, Global Net Corp., email: take@global-net.co.jp; Lingyun (Lucy) Wei, Dow Chemical Company, email: lucywei@dow.com.

H—Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems State-of-the-Art Program on Compound

61 (SOTAPOCS 61) H01 Semiconductors Electronics and Photonics Division

Compound semiconductors are a significant enabler of numerous optoelectronic, high-speed, power, and sensor devices. The SOTAPOCS 61 symposium will address the most recent developments in inorganic compound semiconductor technology, including traditional III-V materials, III-nitrides, II-VI materials, silicon carbide, diamond, and other emerging materials. Papers on both practical and fundamental issues are solicited. The following areas are of particular interest: (1) advances in bulk and epitaxial growth techniques, (2) advances in device processing, (3) novel electronic, optoelectronic, and sensor devices, (4) Schottky and ohmic contact technology, (5) dielectric properties and passivation, (6) wafer bonding and packaging, (7) in situ and ex situ process monitoring, (8) materials characterization and wafer level testing and mapping, (8) process-induced defects, (10) reliability and device degradation mechanisms, and (11) demonstration of state-of-the-art devices and applications. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Travis J. Anderson, Naval Research Laboratory, email: travis.anderson@ nrl.navy.mil; Jennifer Hite, Naval Research Laboratory, email: jennifer. hite@nrl.navy.mil; Erica A. Douglas, Sandia National Laboratories, email: edougla@sandia.gov; Steve Kilgore, NXP Semiconductor, email: steve.kilgore@nxp.com; Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork, email: c.odwyer@ucc.ie.

High Purity and High Mobility

15 H02 Semiconductors Electronics and Photonics Division The 15th High Purity and High Mobility Semiconductor symposium, which is an extension of the previous High Purity Silicon symposium, provides a forum for discussion of the latest developments in the growth, characterization, device processing, and applications of high purity and high mobility semiconductor materials in either bulk or epitaxial form. The emphasis is on the control and prevention of impurity incorporation, characterization and detection of defects and impurity states in high purity and high mobility semiconductors for superior device performances. Device and circuit aspects related to the use of devices on high quality and advanced silicon wafers will also be addressed. Special attention will be given to alternative and high-mobility substrates and their material and device aspects.

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Contributed papers are solicited in the following main areas: 1. High purity bulk growth techniques • Czochralski (Cz), Float Zone, Magnetic Cz and other novel growth techniques • progress in polysilicon manufacturing, influence of poly quality on the purity of monocrystals • impact of auxiliaries like e.g. quartz, graphite, furnace parts and gas media purity on crystal properties • modeling of crystal growth processes and intrinsic grown-in point defects 2. Impurity related and intrinsic bulk defects • point defect mechanisms and clustering, influence of doping concentrations, carrier lifetime behavior • oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, transition metals and their gettering • defect engineering and control, denuded zone (DZ) formation, gettering in thin wafers • structural and electrical/optical properties of extended defects and their control • group IV doping effects • Ab initio calculations of point and extended defect properties 3. Diagnostic techniques • lifetime and impurity level studies, spectroscopic techniques, spreading resistance probing, Hall-effect • contamination detection and monitoring in handling and packaging high purity semiconductor materials • characterization techniques relevant to the assessment of impurities and defects 4. Advanced and alternative substrates and materials • epitaxial fabrication techniques, epi layer processing, interaction with substrate properties • bulk and interface defect control and characterization • Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), Germanium-on-Insulator (GeOI), III-V-on-Insulator, wafer bonding and Ge condensation • Strained layers on silicon and high-mobility substrates 5. Device and integration aspects • radiation and high energy particle detectors, avalanche photodiodes, strip- and pixel detectors, infrared components, power devices, radiation hardening of materials and devices; photonic components • flexible electronics and 3D integration • device physics, noise performance, low temperature operation, reliability aspects • material solutions for high-frequency RF applications An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Eddy R. Simoen, IMEC, email: simoen@imec.be; Oleg Kononchuk, SOITEC, email: Oleg.Kononchuk@soitec.com; Osamu Nakatsuka, Nagoya University, email: nakatuka@alice.xtal.nagoya-u.ac.jp; Cor L. Claeys, IMEC, email: c.claeys@ieee.org.

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Thin Film Transistor Technologies 14 (TFTT 14) Electronics and Photonics Division

This is the 28th year anniversary of the symposium, which is sponsored by the Electronics and Photonics Division. The tradition of the symposium is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) and related fields. It provides a rare opportunity for synergistic interactions among those working in TFTs, other high-tech fields, or related products or research areas. Papers deal with all aspects of fabrication processes, materials, devices, designs, characterization, and applications of TFTs are solicited. Topics to be addressed in this symposium are: Advanced Structures, Advanced Processing Techniques, Thin Film Materials, Device Physics, Characterization, and Reliability, Applications. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizer: Yue Kuo, Texas A&M University, email: yuekuo@tamu.edu.

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Low-Dimensional Nanoscale Electronic and Photonic Devices 11 Electronics and Photonics Division

The 11th LDMEPD symposium will address the most recent developments in nanoscale (1D, 2D) transparent, electronic, photonic materials, and devices. The symposium will encompass low dimensional and transparent novel materials and devices, processing, device fabrication, reliability, and many other related topics related to fundamental science and applied properties and application of low dimensional and nanoscale materials. Papers on both practical issues and fundamental studies are solicited. The symposium will consist of both invited and contributed papers. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: YuLun Chueh, National Tsing Hua University, email: ylchueh@mx.nthu. edu.tw; Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork, email: c.odwyer@ucc. ie; Jr Hau He, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, email: jrhau.he@kaust.edu.sa; Motofumi Suzuki, Kyoto University, email: m-snki@me.kyoto-u.ac.jp; Song Jin, University of WisconsinMadison, email: jin@chem.wisc.edu; Sang-Woo Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, email: kimsw1@skku.edu; Johnny Chung Yin Ho, City University of Hong Kong, email: johnnyho@cityu.edu.hk; Zhiyong Fan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, email: eezfan@ust. hk; Qiliang Li, George Mason University, email: qli6@gmu.edu; Gary W Hunter, NASA, email: gary.w.hunter@nasa.gov; Kuniharu Takei, Osaka Prefecture University, email: takei@pe.osakafu-u.ac.jp; Jyh-Ming Wu, National Tsing-Hua University, email: wujm@mx.nthu.edu.tw.

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 8 Electronics and Photonics Division

There is a great deal of interest in developing GaN and SiC material and device technologies for power switching and power amplifier applications. You are hereby invited to contribute a paper to this new symposium. The symposium will cover a wide range of topics related to these technologies and their applications: bulk and thin film growth and characterization of materials; defect characterization and reduction techniques; growth chamber design and modeling; doping and carrier lifetime control techniques; high-frequency low-loss power magnetic materials; novel power devices and device structures; power device fabrication technologies; chip-scale capacitor, inductor and transformer structures and fabrication technologies; novel physical mechanisms including micro plasma and current filamentation; short-term and longterm device degradation and failure mechanisms; novel accelerated stress testing and lifetime prediction methodologies; device characterization and modeling for performance and reliability; manufacturing cost and yield improvement approaches; homogeneous and heterogeneous chip-scale integration; power converters and power amplifiers; packaging and thermal management; and, cooling of power chips and modules. Development of AlN and Ga2O3 materials for power devices will also be covered. Poster sessions may be scheduled, and a panel discussion will cover the most critical issues on this topic. A whole session covering selected student papers will be organized and a Best Student Paper award is planned to be given at the symposium. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Michael Dudley, Stony Brook University, email: Michael.dudley@ stonybrook.edu; Mietek Bakowski, Acreo AB, email: Mietek.Bakowski@ acreo.se; Krishna Shenai, LoPel Corporation, email: kshenai@yahoo. com; Noboru Ohtani, Kwansei Gakuin University, email: ohtani.noboru@ kwansei.ac.jp; Balaji Raghothamachar, Stony Brook University, email: Balaji.raghothamachar@stonybrook.edu.

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Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices 4 Electronics and Photonics Division, Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

Research on microfluidic and nanofluidic devices has increased tremendously over the past decade. These systems are finding potential technological applications ranging from biomedical devices to chemical and biological reactors, environmental monitoring and micro-cooling systems. The 3rd International Symposium sponsored by the Electronics and Photonics Division/ Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Sensor Division of the Electrochemical Society brings together researchers in materials, devices and process engineers and related interdisciplinary areas, and seeks to capture the state-of-the art in the microfluidics and nanofluidics technologies. This symposium offers a new interdisciplinary and international platform, and aims to contribute towards advancing the fundamental understanding of the challenges and issues. Original contributions are solicited that cover all fundamental and applied aspects including the transport phenomena, device/system fabrication and integration, and the applications of microfluidic and nanofluidic systems.

All oral presentations will be grouped into topical sessions. Invited Keynote speakers will present critical perspectives covering recent advances and future directions in the diverse field of microfluidic and nanofluidic devices. Authors who wish to present a paper in the Symposium must submit an electronic abstract in English to the Electrochemical Society Headquarters. The authors are also required to send an electronic copy of the abstract to the Symposium Organizers with their indication of preference for verbal or poster presentation, and advise if the submission is a student presentation. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Sang Woo Joo, Yeungnam University, email: swjoo@yu.ac.kr; Xiangchun Xuan, Clemson University, email: xcxuan@clemson.edu; Shizhi Qian, Old Dominion University, email: sqian@odu.edu; Helmut Baumgart, Old Dominion University, email: HBaumgar@odu.edu; P. Vanysek, Northern Illinois University, email: pvanysek@gmail.com.

Electronic, Thermal, and Electrochemical

of Metal Organic Frameworks H07 Properties (MOFs): Technology, Applications, and

Emerging Devices 1 Electronics and Photonics Division, Energy Technology Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

During recent years research on electronic and electrochemical properties of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) based thin film materials and applications has created a new research field for specific functionalization of interfaces and surfaces. The work of various international research groups has contributed to discoveries of new physicochemical properties of MOFs with high application potentials. MOF synthesis and characterization have been supported by recent advances in theoretical models leading to better understanding of the fundamental materials science of MOFs. Today, highly porous and layered MOF materials have been successfully integrated into new technological applications ranging from microelectronics to sensors, batteries and photovoltaic devices as well as to functional thin film materials in the field of electrochemistry, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, magnetism, data storage as well as to photo-/electrocatalysis chemical reactors and gas storage. The 1st International Symposium sponsored by the Electronics and Photonics Division of the Electrochemical Society brings together researchers in chemistry, materials science, physics, devices and process engineers and related interdisciplinary areas, to seek and capture the stateof-the art in MOF based fundamental aspects and latest technological applications. This symposium offers a new interdisciplinary and international platform, and aims to contribute towards advancing the fundamental understanding of the layered MOF thin films and aiming to improve technological applications thereof. Original contributions are solicited that cover all fundamental and applied aspects including electronic, thermal and electrochemical transport properties and phenomena, device/ system fabrication and integration of MOF thin films into emerging technological device applications. All oral presentations will be grouped into topical sessions. Invited Keynote speakers will present critical reviews covering recent advances and future directions in the diverse field of fundamental and applied MOF properties. Authors who wish to present a paper in the Symposium must submit an electronic abstract in English to the Electrochemical Society

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Headquarters. The authors are also required to send an electronic copy of the abstract to the Symposium Organizers with their indication of preference for verbal or poster presentation, and advice if the submission is a student presentation. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Engelbert Redel, KIT Univeristy, email: engelbert.redel@kit.edu; Helmut Baumgart, Old Dominion University, email: hbaumgar@odu. edu; Gunther Wittstock, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, email: Gunther.Wittstock@uni-oldenburg.de; Christof Woell, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology, email: christof.woell@kit.edu; Jinxuan Liu, Dalian University of Technology, email: jinxuan.liu@dlut.edu.cn; Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kyoto University, email: kitagawa@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp; Mark D. Allendorf, Sandia National Laboratories, email: mdallen@ sandia.gov.

I— Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion

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Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers 18 (PEFC&E 18) Energy Technology Division, Battery Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

This international symposium is devoted to all aspects of research, development, and engineering of polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolyzers (PEFC&Es), as well as low-temperature direct-fuel cells using either anion or cation exchange membranes. The intention is to bring together the international community working on the subject and to enable effective interactions between research and engineering communities. The symposium is structured as six different sections covering diagnostic techniques and systems design/components for both acid and alkaline fuel cells; catalysts, membranes and ionomers for acid fuel cells; catalysts and membranes for alkaline fuel cells; and direct-fuel acid fuel cells; included are also other polymer membrane based electrochemical devices like electrochemical hydrogen pumps, etc., but excluding CO2 electrochemical reduction and photochemical water splitting, which are covered by other Symposia. Abstracts for oral or poster contributions must be submitted to the Symposium via the ECS website. The symposium supports students and postdoctoral participation to encourage development of new and talented researchers in the field. Student/Postdoc Travel Grants are awarded to encourage broad participation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows new to the topic research areas. To be considered for an award, an abstract for an oral or poster presentation as well as a manuscript for the symposium proceedings must be submitted to the ECS by the respective deadlines. After the manuscript submission is submitted to the ECS, prospective awardees should email their abstract, proceedings manuscript, resume, publication list, and a support letter from their advisor to Dr. Karen SwiderLyons (karen.lyons@nrl.navy.mil). Additionally, student Poster Prizes of a total of $3000 will be awarded to posters with the best technical and visual quality, as selected by a technical panel at the conference. Students who have submitted abstracts to the ECS and want to be eligible for a poster award should send a copy of their accepted abstract to Professor Jim Fenton (jfenton@fsec.ucf.edu). 18

A Short Course on fundamental catalysis and how it can be applied to low-temperature fuel cell diagnostics and kinetic studies may be held the Sunday of the meeting (instructors: T. J. Schmidt and H. A. Gasteiger). Please check the ECS meeting website periodically for announcement of/ details about this course. Section A: Diagnostics/Characterization Methods, MEA Design/ Model Organizers: F. N. Büchi, H.A. Gasteiger, A. Weber, P. Shirvanian Presentations related to acid and alkaline fuel cells that discuss: 1. novel gas diffusion medium substrates and micro-porous layer designs; 2. modeling and diagnostic methods to characterize mass- and heat-transport related phenomena, and water management in cells and membrane electrode assemblies; 3. CO2 tolerance modeling of anion-exchange membrane fuel cells; 4. in-situ measurement or visualization (X-ray tomography, neutron imaging, etc.); 5. advanced ex-situ characterization methods (TEM, STM); 6. AC-impedance methods; and 7. electrode and MEA electrochemical modeling. Section B: Cells, Stacks and Systems Organizers: K. Swider-Lyons, J. Fenton, T. Fuller, K. Shinohara Presentations related to acid and alkaline fuel cells and other electrochemical energy conversion devices that discuss cells, stacks and systems for: 1. hydrogen or hydrogen-reformate fuel cells; 2. directfuel fuel cells (DMFC, borohydride, etc.); 3. alkaline (membrane) fuel cells; 4. portable fuel cells; 5. new cell and stack structures, including new types of bipolar plates and flow fields; 6. degradation of fuel cell components and the influence of degradation products on component and system performance, including corrosion of bipolar plates and BOP, and degradation of sealing materials and other components; 7. electrochemical hydrogen compression; 8. balance-of-plant (BOP) components; 9. design and specifications of complete power systems in the context of transportation and stationary power generation applications as well as for micro-fuel cell systems; and 10. components and systems for other electrochemical energy conversion devices such as electrochemical hydrogen pumps, etc. Section C: Cation-Exchange Membrane Performance and Durability Organizers: P. N. Pintauro, D. Jones Presentations related to acid fuel cells that discuss: 1. advanced cationexchange membranes and ionomers (PFSAs, hydrocarbon-based, etc.); 2. high-temperature polymer membranes; 3. physico-chemical properties of fuel cell membranes; 4. structural and microscopic characterization of membranes and ionomers; 5. degradation/aging of membranes (chemical and mechanical); 6. molecular modeling of membrane properties; and 7. ionomer properties and characterization. Section D: Catalyst Activity/Durability for Hydrogen(-Reformate) Acidic Fuel Cells Organizers: H. Uchida, P. Strasser, C. Coutanceau, S. Mitsushima, Y.T. Kim Presentations related to acidic fuel cells that discuss: 1. fuel cell electrocatalysts for hydrogen and hydrogen-reformate fuel cells (PEMFC, PAFC, etc.); 2. novel catalyst supports; 3. degradation of fuel cell electrocatalysts and catalyst supports; and 4. ab-initio computational studies of catalytic mechanisms and for the design of novel catalysts. Section E: Materials for Alkaline Fuel Cells and Direct-Fuel Fuel Cells Organizers: T. J. Schmidt, R. Mantz, S. R. Narayanan, Vijay Ramani Presentations related to alkaline fuel cells and direct-fuel acid fuel cells that discuss: 1. electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction in alkaline fuel cells; 2. catalysts for direct-borohydride applications; 3. novel anion-exchange membranes; 4. degradation mechanisms of anion-exchange membranes; and 5. catalysts for the direct electrooxidation of alternative fuels (e.g., methanol, ethanol, ammonia, etc.) in both alkaline and acidic fuel cells.

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Section F: Polymer-Electrolyte Electrolysis Organizers: B. S. Pivovar, K. Ayers, H. Xu Presentations related to low-temperature, polymer electrolyte water electrolysis for hydrogen and oxygen production (specifically excluding approaches that are primarily focused on photoelectrochemical water splitting or CO2 electrochemical reduction, as these areas are covered by other Symposia dedicated specifically to these topics): 1. electrocatalysts for hydrogen reduction and oxygen evolution including performance and durability; 2. polymers, membranes, and electrodes for electrolysis applications; 3. transport media and bipolar plates; 4. balance-of-plant (BOP) components; 5. degradation of electrolysis components and the influence of degradation products on system performance and lifetime; and 6. design and specifications of complete electrolysis systems in the context of hydrogen generation applications as well as intermittent or load following applications. Since the number of time slots for oral presentations is limited, we would very much appreciate it if research groups that submit several abstracts could seek a reasonable balance between oral and poster contributions. If you are submitting multiple abstracts for oral contribution to the same Section, please be aware that we might have to limit the number of oral presentations to one per research group per Section, which means that we might have to move oral contributions into the Poster Session, depending on how closely the papers overlap. Therefore, if you are submitting more than one oral contribution to one Section, we will have to down-select and you should send a prioritized list of your contributions to the Section’s Section Lead Organizer (indicated above for each Section). We appreciate your cooperation in this regard. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Dr Deborah J. Jones, CNRS, email: Deborah.Jones@univ-montp2. fr; Hubert Gasteiger, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, email: hubert.gasteiger@tum.de; Hiroyuki Uchida, University of Yamanashi, email: h-uchida@yamanashi.ac.jp; Thomas J. Schmidt, Paul Scherrer Institut, email: ThomasJustus.Schmidt@psi.ch; Felix Buechi, Paul Scherrer Institut, email: felix.buechi@psi.ch; Karen E. Swider-Lyons, Naval Research Laboratory, email: karen.lyons@nrl.navy.mil; Bryan S. Pivovar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, email: bryan. pivovar@nrel.gov; Peter N. Pintauro, Vanderbilt University, email: pn.pintauro@vanderbilt.edu; Vijay K. Ramani, Washington University in St. Louis, email: ramani@wustl.edu; James M. Fenton, University of Central Florida, email: jfenton@fsec.ucf.edu; Peter Strasser, Technical University Berlin, email: pstrasser@tu-berlin.de; Katherine E. Ayers, Proton Energy Systems, Inc., email: kayers@protononsite.com; Adam Z. Weber, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, email: azweber@ lbl.gov; Thomas F. Fuller, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: tom. fuller@chbe.gatech.edu; Robert A. Mantz, United States Army Research Office, email: robert.a.mantz@us.army.mil; Hui Xu, Giner Inc., email: hxu@ginerinc.com; Christophe Coutanceau, University of Poitiers, email: christophe.coutanceau@univ-poitiers.fr; Shigenori Mitsushima, Yokohama National University, email: mitsushima-shigenori-hp@ ynu.ac.jp; Sri Narayan, University of Southern California, email: sri. narayan@usc.edu; Pezhman Shirvanian, Tennessee Technological University, email: pshirvanian@gmail.com; Yong-Tae Kim, Pusan National University, email: yongtae@pusan.ac.kr; Y. Gochi-Ponce, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, email: yadira.gochi@tectijuana.edu.mx.

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Solid State Ionic Devices 12 High Temperature Materials Division, Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

Solid-state electrochemical devices, such as batteries, fuel cells, membranes, and sensors, are critical components of technologically advanced societies in the 21st century and beyond. The development of these devices involves common research themes such as ion transport, interfacial phenomena, and device design and performance, regardless of the class of materials or whether the solid state is amorphous or crystalline. The intent of this international symposia series is to provide a forum for recent advances in solid-state ion conducting materials and the design, fabrication, and performance of devices that utilize them. Papers are solicited on all aspects of solid state ionic devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), solid-state batteries and microbatteries, chemical sensors, supercapacitors, ion transport membranes, thermal energy converters, and electrochromic devices. Specific topics include device design and performance, modeling and characterization of defect equilibria; ionic and electronic transport; heterogeneous electrocatalysis at electrode surfaces and interfaces; novel synthesis and processing; and, materials characterization and structural and crystallographic investigations. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Enrico Traversa, email: traversa.enrico@gmail.com; Cortney Kreller, LANL, email: ckreller@lanl.gov; Jagjit Nanda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, email: nandaj@ornl.gov.

J—Luminescence and Display Materials, Devices, and Processing Luminescence and Display Materials:

and Applications J01 Fundamentals Luminescence and Display Materials Division This symposium will focus on physical and chemical aspects of luminescence in both organic and inorganic materials and will address current and emerging technical and scientific issues in luminescence. Presentations at this meeting will include photoluminescent materials, cathodoluminescent materials, electroluminescent materials, scintillators, persistent phosphors, laser materials, and their applications. This can include fundamental studies, incorporating characterization techniques of advanced luminescent materials and theoretical studies on luminescent processes. Papers can also discuss the application of various luminescent materials in practical systems. This symposium will also feature sessions around luminescent materials for energy reduction and renewable energy sources. Such topics include, but are not limited to experimental and theoretical works on fluorescent lighting, OLEDs, white and colored LEDs, quantum cutting for solar cells, and related upconversion/ downconversion processes. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Mikhail Brik, University of Tartu, email: brik@fi.tartu.ee; Madis

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Raukas, Osram Sylvania, email: madis.raukas@osram.com; Marco Bettinelli, Universita degli Studi di Verona, email: marco.bettinelli@ univr.it; Alok M. Srivastava, General Electric Global Research, email: srivastava@ge.com.

Visible and Infrared Phosphor Research and

J02 Applications Luminescence and Display Materials Division

This symposium will focus on recent trends in visible and infrared phosphor research and applications covered in the focus issue of the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. In the area of LED phosphors, this symposium will include topics on narrow band nitride phosphors, temperature dependence of LED phosphors and their maintenance behavior including their performance under high flux, phosphors activated by transition metal ions, namely Mn4+, novel synthesis methods, phosphors in glass, and prediction of host systems by first principles theories. Theory and experiments concerning extraction of light from LED and phosphor platelets with photonic structures will be covered in this symposium. In the area of infrared phosphors, topics on broad band emission in response to blue LED excitation through both single and multiphoton emissions will be explored. The talks on infrared phosphors will focus on theory, measurement and synthesis methods. In a related technology, phosphors for solar cell application, involving both upconversion and down conversion phosphors to utilize solar spectrum in UV and IR regions, where Si is mostly transparent, will also be explored. In the area of quantum dots, talks will focus on experiments and fundamentals of light emissions from these materials, and their applications from biology to medicine. All the contributing authors to the focus issue will be invited to this symposium. They will be encouraged to speak on their recent activities on the focus topics outside their publication in the focus issue. Individual contributors are encouraged to present abstracts on topics outlined in this call-for-papers. All the talks will be for twenty five minutes followed by five minutes of discussion. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Kailash Mishra, Retired, email: kailash5652@gmail.com; John Collins, Wheaton College, email: jcollins@wheatonma.edu; Anant A. Setlur, General Electric Global Research, email: setlur@crd.ge.com; Alan Piquette, OSRAM, email: Alan.Piquette@Osram.com.

K—Organic and Bioelectrochemistry Electrochemical and Coupled Interfacial

Reactions Relevant to Stimulation K01 Chemical and Measurements in Brain Tissue

tissue stimulation are welcome. Contributions focusing on electrochemical and chemical reactions relevant to -and not necessarily conducted inbrain tissue are also appropriate. Papers describing recent advances in fast and steady-state methods with focus on mechanisms of molecularlydriven brain tissue stimulation as well as those leading to the challenges of tissue death often encountered at the tissue-electrode interface are also of interest. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: M.bayachou@ csuohio.edu; James D. Burgess, Augusta University, email: jamburgess@ augusta.edu; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry. edu; David E. Cliffel, Vanderbilt University, email: d.cliffel@vanderbilt. edu.

Electron Transfer Activation in Organic and

Systems: From Unraveling Electrode K02 Bioorganic Mechanisms to Directing Synthesis of HighValue Products Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

This symposium will focus on molecular systems that stem from the organic or biological realms where electron transfer activation is of paramount importance. Papers looking at mechanisms of activation of small and large molecules at an electrode surface with implications on coupled reactions in solutions are of interest. Advances using hyphenated methods such as spectroelectrochemical and related techniques, or complementary tools such as computational methods to determine the mechanisms of electrode reactions with coupled reactions in solutions would be a good fit. Other contributions on electrochemical reactions focusing on molecular systems that are biologically relevant and using electron transfer to monitor chemical change (as in sensing) or to effect change (as in electrosynthesis of high value products) are also sought. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Diane K. Smith, San Diego State University, email: dksmith@mail.sdsu. edu; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@ csuohio.edu; Graham T. Cheek, United States Naval Academy, email: cheek@usna.edu; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@ berry.edu; Mercedes Teresita Oropeza Guzman, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo Tecnologico en Electroquimica, email: oropeza1@yahoo.com.

Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This symposium seeks papers and contributions in the general area of electrochemistry and interfacial measurements relevant to brain tissue electrical stimulation, as well as electrochemical monitoring of analytes relevant to brain chemistry. Papers looking at method development to study electrochemical and coupled chemical reactions related to brain

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L—Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry

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Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry General Session Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

This symposium address all aspects of physical and analytical electrochemistry from fundamentals to new practical applications. The symposium invites papers on new theoretical and experimental approaches that may lead to improved merits of analytical techniques as well as as papers concerning any aspect of physical electrochemistry. Papers are solicited, but not limited to the following topics of interests: (1) New electroanalytical techniques, including hyphenated techniques, to provide new method that the present established techniques cannot easily solve; (2) Novel electrode materials including nanostructured carbon, semiconductors, and metals which offer advantages and new opportunities for electroanalysis; (3) Novel design and applications of electrochemical biosensors and bioanalytical devices for clinical diagnostics; (4) Novel applications of electrochemistry in environmental monitoring and quality control. (5) New advances in ion-selective electrode. (6) Electrogenerated chemiluminescence in analytical sciences. Contributed papers will be programmed in related order, depending on the titles and contents of the submitted abstracts. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Andrew C. Hillier, Iowa State University, email: hillier@iastate.edu; Margarita Stoytcheva, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, email: margarita@ iing.mxl.uabc.mx.

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Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 21 Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

This symposium will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum to present the latest research on systems involving molten salts and ionic liquids. Papers on basic and applied research in all areas of chemistry, engineering, electrochemical systems, and physics related to molten salts and ionic liquids are solicited. The topics will include: 1) Power & Energy Applications (e.g. batteries, fuel cells, semiconductors, photovoltaics, and phase change energy storage); 2) Rare Earth and Nuclear chemistry (e.g. lanthanides, actinides, radioisotopes, nuclear reprocessing); 3) Electrodeposition (e.g. deposition of alloys, characterization of electroactive species, and surface characterization); 4) Reactions (e.g. catalysis, synthesis, oligomerizations, and polymerizations); 5) Separations (e.g. selective extractions and biphasic systems); 6) Solute and Solvent Properties (e.g. structural investigations, thermal properties, dynamics, and stability of ionic liquids and molten salts); 7) Biomass applications (e.g. dissolution, modification, and/or reactions utilizing biomass), 8) Materials (e.g. polymer blends, active coatings, and corrosion 21

studies); and 9) New ionic liquids and molten salt mixtures (e.g. liquid clathrates, binary and ternary melts, and task specific ionic liquids). Keynote lectures will be presented by invited speakers. A poster session will be planned. Student participation is highly encouraged, and it is anticipated that some funds will be available for student and young scientist support. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: W. Matthew Reichert, University of South Alabama, email: reichert@ southalabama.edu; Robert A. Mantz, United States Army Research Office, email: robert.a.mantz@us.army.mil; Paul Chappell Trulove, United States Naval Academy, email: trulove@usna.edu; Luke Michael Haverhals, US Naval Academy, email: luke.haverhals@gmail.com; Elizabeth J. Biddinger, City College of New York, email: ebiddinger@ che.ccny.cuny.edu; Hugh C. De Long, United States Army Research, email: hugh.c.delong.civ@mail.mil; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Minoru Mizuhata, Kobe University, email: mizuhata@kobe-u.ac.jp; Mikito Ueda, Hokkaido University, email: mikito@eng.hokudai.ac.jp; Adriana Ispas, TU Ilmenau, email: Adriana. Ispas@tu-ilmenau.de; Andreas Bund, Technische Universitat Ilmenau, email: Andreas.Bund@tu-ilmenau.de.

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Electrode Processes 11 Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

This symposium will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrode processes. Topics of interest include: novel electrode processes that may lead to new technologies or unique materials; well-ordered systems (structure, adsorbates, and deposits on single-crystal surfaces); properties of electrodeposits, nanometer-scale structures, theory, modeling; dynamics, thermodynamics, heterogeneous reactions, e.g., inorganic and organic electrocatalysis; industrial processes, fuel cells, and batteries. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Andrew C. Hillier, Iowa State University, email: hillier@iastate.edu; Jie Xiao, University of Arkansas, email: jiexiao@uark.edu.

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Photocatalysts, Photoelectrochemical Cells, and Solar Fuels 9 Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Sensor Division

This symposium will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum to present the latest research on photocatalysts, photoelectrochemical cells and solar fuels. Topics of interest include but not limited to: (1) photocatalysts or photoelectrochemical cells; (2) synthesis and characterization of solar energy materials; (3) plasmonic nanostructures for solar energy devices; (4) solar thermal panels and solar reactors; (5) structures and devices for water splitting; (6) electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), carbon dioxide reduction and nitrogen fixation, (7) capture or conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels; (8) conversion of renewable energy resources to fuels (hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, ammonia and other fuels);

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(9) photocatalytic disinfection and environmental remediation; (10) simulation and modeling of materials, interfaces, devices and systems for solar energy applications; and (11) corrosion and durability of solar energy materials and devices. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Nianqiang Wu, West Virginia University, email: nick.wu@mail.wvu. edu; Pawel J. Kulesza, Uniwersytet Warszawski, email: pkulesza@chem. uw.edu.pl; Jae-Joon Lee, Dongguk University, email: jjlee@dongguk.edu; Eric L. Miller, United States Department of Energy, email: Eric.Miller@ ee.doe.gov; Vaidyanathan Ravi Subramanian, University of Nevada Reno, email: ravisv@unr.edu; Tetsu Tatsuma, University of Tokyo, email: tatsuma@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Heli Wang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, email: Heli.Wang@nrel.gov; Mani Manivannan, Global Pragmatic Materials, email: manigpm1@outlook.com.

L05

Electroactive and Redox Active Polymers 2 Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division

This symposium will focus on: (1) the discovery and development of novel or high performance electroactive and redox polymers and their nano-composites for energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and solar cells), (2) novel techniques to study electrode/polymer interfaces, redox kinetics and charge transport processes inside the polymers and nano-composites, (3) theoretical analysis and modelling of these processes; (4) chemistries involved in the charge transport, and materials synthesis and degradation; (5) other emerging applications of the materials to water purification, sensors and sustainable electronic devices; and (6) progress of engineering production and processing of the materials. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Junhua Jiang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, email: junhua_j@yahoo.co.uk; Andy M. Herring, Colorado School of Mines, email: aherring@Mines.EDU; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Shelley D. Minteer, University of Utah, email: minteer@chem.utah.edu.

L06

Chemically Modified Electrodes Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division

This symposium is focused on methods for preparing modified interfaces, applications of modified interfaces, and characterization of modified interfaces, particularly those used for heterogeneous redox processes. Topics of interest include (1) modification by molecular self-assembly, (2) modification by electrostatic assembly, (3) heterogeneous catalysis, and (4) redox catalysis. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/).

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; David E. Cliffel, Vanderbilt University, email: d.cliffel@vanderbilt.edu.

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M01

Chemical Sensors 14: Chemical and Biological Sensors and Analytical Systems Sensor Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This symposium will provide a forum for the broad discussion of research and development in the field of chemical sensors (gas, liquid and other types), including molecular recognition surfaces, transduction methods and integrated and microsensor systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (1) development of new selective molecular recognition surfaces and materials, (2) sensor and analytical systems for safety and security, (3) novel methods for signal amplification and detection, (4) sensor arrays for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes, (5) micro total analysis systems, (6) physics and chemistry of sensors and sensor materials, synthesis/fabrication and characterization of novel compositions (7) novel sensor concepts, design, modeling, and verification; (8) sensor arrays, and electronic noses and tongues; (9) physical, chemical and biological/biomedical sensors and actuators, such as gas, humidity, ion and molecular sensors, their system integration and actuating functions, (10) optical sensors and fiber optic sensors, (11) wireless sensors and (12) emerging technologies and applications including nanosensors and sensors leveraging nanotechnology and (13) harsh environment sensors. All transduction methods are of interest for this symposium (e.g., electrochemical, resistive, capacitive, optical, acoustic, gravimetric, thermal). The goal of this symposium is to present the broadest possible coverage of modern chemical sensing progress and to highlight the present state of the art relative to basic and applied areas. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Alexsandr Simonian, NSF, email: asimonia@nsf.gov; Raluca I. Van Staden, National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry, email: ralucavanstaden@gmail.com; Petr Vanysek, Northern Illinois University, email: petr.vanysek@gmail.com; Sushanta Mitra, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, email: skmitra@uwaterloo.ca; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@csuohio. edu; Rangachary Mukundan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, email: mukundan@lanl.gov; Pengyu Chen, Auburn University, email: pengyuc@aubuern.edu; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu.

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Wearable Sensors and Systems 1 -and-

Z—General

and Nanofabricated Systems M02 Microfabricated for MEMS/NEMS 14 Sensor Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This symposium will focus on all aspects of wearable sensors/devices (micro and macro) and MEMS/NEMS technology including micro/ nanomachining, fabrication processes, packaging, and the application of these structures and processes to the miniaturization of chemical sensors, physical sensors, biosensors, miniature chemical analysis systems and microfluidic devices. Particular emphasis should be placed on processes and potential applications of these devices. The following is a partial list of topics to be solicited: 1. Fabrication and processing of nano/microsystems 2. Nanomaterials for sensors and actuators 3. Novel methods of processing at the nano/microscale 4. Fabrication methods for microfluidic devices 5. Applicable of these devices to environmental and biological studies 6. Integration of micro/nanofabricated sensors into arrays 7. Reliability and Packaging for NEMS/MEMS. 8. Sensors for gait and balance analysis 9. Cutting-edge sensors to capture healthcare related signals, such as sweat-based sensors, alcohol sensors, blood related sensors, and mood biosensors 10. 3D printed sensors 11. Prosthetics 12. Applications of wearable technologies for healthcare purposes and implantable sensors 13. Wired and wireless sensor systems: signals, transceivers, and interfaces 14. Optical sensors, chemical and gas sensors, fluidics and biosensors, acoustic and ultrasound sensors 15. Physical sensors: temperature, mechanical, magnetic, and other sensors 16. New systems or technologies for addressing challenges associated with every aspect of mining wearable data, such as data processing, accessing, sharing, and analysis 17. Energy harvesting and ultralow power sensors An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are strongly encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than June 29, 2018. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Ajit Kholsa, Ajit Khosla, email: khosla@gmail.com; Sheikh Ali Akbar, Ohio State University Libraries, email: akbar.1@osu.edu; Jessica Koehne, Ames Research Center, email: jessica.e.koehne@nasa.gov; Peter J. Hesketh, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: peter.hesketh@ me.gatech.edu; Milad Navaei, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: milad.navaei@gtri.gatech.edu; Praveen Kumar Sekhar, Washington State University, email: praveen.sekhar@wsu.edu; Dong Joo Kim, Auburn University, email: dkim@auburn.edu; Jin-Woo Choi, Louisiana State University, email: choijw@lsu.edu; Shelley D. Minteer, University of Utah, email: minteer@chem.utah.edu; P. Vanysek, Northern Illinois University, email: pvanysek@gmail.com; Paul Chappell Trulove, United States Naval Academy, email: trulove@usna.edu; Rudra Pratap, Indian Institute of Science, email: pratap@cense.iisc.ernet.in.

Z01

General Student Poster Session All Divisions, Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica (SMEQ)

This poster session provides a forum for graduate and undergraduate students to present research results of general interest to ECS. The purpose of this session is to foster and promote work in both electrochemical and solid-state science and technology, and to stimulate active student interest and participation in ECS. A competition for the best posters in both the wet chemistry and solid state areas will be part of the session. Cash prizes will be given to the presenting student author on each winning paper; the amounts are awarded at the discretion of the organizers and judges. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Venkat R. Subramanian, University of Washington, email: vsubram@ uw.edu; Kalpathy B. Sundaram, University of Central Florida, email: kalpathy.sundaram@ucf.edu; Vimal H. Chaitanya, New Mexico State University, email: vimalc@nmsu.edu; Pallavi Pharkya, Lam Research Corporation, email: pallavi.pharkya@gmail.com; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Ricardo Galvan Martinez, UV, email: rigalvan@uv.mx.

Z02

Nanotechnology General Session All Divisions, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee

The emergence of nanotechnology as a major field of research has touched almost every scientific discipline. The number of applications for materials that are prepared on a nanometer scale has been expanding rapidly. The advancement of these applications is made possible by the new methods of preparation and characterization of materials and composites on a nanometer scale. Examples include catalysts for fuel cell, battery and supercapacitor applications, semiconductors for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion, and chemical and biological sensors. This symposium will focus on critical issues and state-of-the art developments in the science and technology of nanostructured materials for a broad spectrum of applications. Papers are solicited in all areas related to materials including metals, ceramics, semiconductors, composites, molecular electronics, and organic compounds and polymers, and to devices including fuel cells, batteries, photovoltaic cells, supercapacitors, molecular/nano electronics, chemical and biological sensors, actuators, etc. Areas of interest include: heterogeneous functional materials for energy systems; semiconductor and metal nanoparticles and metal/semiconductor nanocomposites; size quantization effects in semiconductor nanoparticles; fundamentals of nucleation and growth of nanoparticles/nanowires/ nanotubes; novel synthesis methods of nanostructured materials; processing of nanostructured materials; advanced characterization techniques for nanostructured materials; modeling and tailoring of nanostructured materials; nanocomposites and interfacial phenomena; photo-induced charge separation and interfacial charge transfer; photoelectrochemistry of nanostructured films; photo-catalysis and environmental applications; nano-ionics; nanostructured catalysts for fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries and supercapacitors; nanostructured sensor surfaces; and biological applications of nanomaterials.

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September 30-October 4, 2018

No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: Oana M. Leonte,, email: odleonte@comcast.net; Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky, email: zhichen@engr.uky.edu; Christina Bock, National Research Council of Canada, email: christina.bock@nrc.ca; Jessica Koehne, Ames Research Center, email: jessica.e.koehne@nasa.gov.

Z03

Electrochemical Energy Summit: Sustainable and Responsible Supply of Energy Storage Materials, Components, and Devices All Divisions, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee

Increasing energy demands, environmental impacts, and aging infrastructure have advanced technologies to address societal needs. Increased demand for energy storage arises from its use in electronics, transportation and from the increased implementation of renewable energy. While the implementation of energy storage is advancing, its increased demand poses new challenges relating to the supply of energy storage materials, components and devices.

This summit discusses the need and solutions to achieve a sustainable and responsible supply chain for energy storage. The summit consists of invited speakers and a panel discussion with experts from the electric vehicle industry, processing chain such as mining and brine as well as materials, components and device manufacturing. Poster and oral paper contributions are solicited describing the role electrochemistry can play in establishing a sustainable and responsible supply chain for energy storage. Solicited abstracts are not limited to electrochemical technologies for the supply chain such as desalination to process raw materials, but may also encompass the energy demand of producing energy storage materials and components, as well as papers related to recycling of energy storage materials, components and devices. No issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors are strongly encouraged to submit a full text preprint, slides, or other presentation-related materials to the new preprint server, ECSarXiv (http://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/). Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: C. Bock, National Research Council of Canada, email: Christina.Bock@ nrc.ca; Marca M. Doeff, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, email: MMDoeff@lbl.gov; Luis A. Diaz Aldana, Idaho National Laboratory, email: luis.diazaldana@inl.gov.

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