232nd ECS Meeting Call for Papers by The Electrochemical Society

232nd ECS MEETING October 1-5, 2017

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

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Abstract Submission Deadline: April 21, 2017

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232nd ECS MEETING National Harbor, MD

October 1-5, 2017

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

Meeting Information General Information The 232nd ECS Meeting will be held in National Harbor, Maryland, USA from October 1-6, 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. 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, and exhibits. The unique blend of electrochemical and solid state science and technology at an ECS 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 232nd ECS Meeting, you must submit an original meeting abstract for consideration via the ECS website, no later than April 7, 2017. 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 2017, 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—All full papers and posters presented at ECS meetings are eligible for submission to the online proceedings publication, ECS Transactions (ECST). The degree of review to be given each paper is at the discretion of the symposium organizers. Some symposia will publish an “enhanced” issue of ECST, which 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 there will be an “enhanced” ECST issue. In the case of symposia publishing “enhanced” issues, submission of a full-text manuscript to ECST is mandatory and is required in advance of the meeting. Some symposia will publish a “standard” issue of ECST, for which all authors are encouraged to submit their full-text papers. Please see each individual symposium listing in this Call for Papers to determine if there will be a “standard” ECST issue. Upon completion of the review process, papers from the “standard” issues will be published shortly after their acceptance. Once published, papers will be available for sale through the ECS Digital Library and through the ECS Online Store. 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. ECS Journals–Authors presenting papers at ECS meetings, and submitting to ECST, are also encouraged to submit to the Society’s technical journals: the 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. “Instructions to Authors” are available from the ECS website. If publication is desired elsewhere after presentation, written permission from ECS is required.

Short Courses Four short courses will be offered on Sunday, October 1st, 2017 from 0900-1630h. Short courses require advance 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, 2) Fundamentals of Electrochemistry: Basic Theory and Kinetic Methods, 3) Operation and Exploitation of Electrochemical Capacitor Technology, and 4) Battery and Battery Material Development Using Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Registration opens June 2017. Technical Exhibit The 232nd ECS Meeting will include a Technical Exhibit, featuring presentations and displays by over 40 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 Casey Emilius at 1.609.737.1902, ext. 126 for further details. Sponsorship Opportunities ECS biannual meetings offer 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 Interface, the Meeting Program, meeting signage, and on the ECS website. In addition, sponsorships are available for the plenary, meeting keepsakes and other special events. These opportunities include additional recognition, and may be customized to create personalized packages. Advertising opportunities for the Meeting Program as well as in Interface magazine are also available. Please contact Casey Emilius at 1.609.737.1902, ext. 126 for further details. For Symposium Sponsorship opportunities, contact John Lewis at 1.609.737.1902, ext. 120. Sponsorship packages are listed on page 6. Meeting Registration All participants—including authors and invited speakers—are required to pay the appropriate registration fees. Hotel and meeting registration information will be posted on the ECS website as it becomes available. The deadline for discounted early-bird registration is August 25, 2017. Hotel Reservations The 232nd ECS Meeting will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center. 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 25, 2017 or until it sells out. Letter of Invitation In May 2017, 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 Monday, June 19, 2017. 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. Contact Information If you have any questions or require additional information, contact ECS.

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232nd ECS MEETING National Harbor, MD

October 1-5, 2017

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

Symposium Topics and Deadlines A— Batteries and Energy Storage

I02— Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 11 (IMCC 11)

A01— Battery and Energy Technology Joint General Session

K— Organic and Bioelectrochemistry

A02— Battery Characterization: Symposium in Honor of Frank McLarnon

K01— Bioelectrochemistry for Green Processes

A03— Battery Student Slam 2

K L— Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, 01 and Photoelectrochemistry

A04— Li-ion Batteries

L01— Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry General Session

A05— Battery Materials: Beyond Li-Ion A06— Advanced Manufacturing Methods for Energy Storage Devices A07— Fast Electrochemical Processes and Devices

L02— Photocatalysts, Photoelectrochemical Cells and Solar Fuels 8 L03— Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry of Ionic Liquids 6 L04— Spectroelectrochemistry 4

B— Carbon Nanostructures and Devices

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

L05— Bioelectroanalysis L06— Fundamental Aspects of Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

C01— Corrosion General Session

L07— Computational Electrochemistry

C02— Light Alloys 5

L08— Advanced Techniques for In Situ Electrochemical Systems

C03— State-of-the-Art Surface Analytical Techniques in Corrosion 3: In Honor of Hugh Isaacs

L09— Multi-electron Redox Systems for Next Generation Batteries

C04— Coatings and Inhibitors

L10— Education in Electrochemistry M— Sensors

C05— Corrosion in Concrete Structures

M01— Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems General Session

D— Dielectric Science and Materials

M02— Practical Implementation and Commercialization of Sensors 2

D01— Semiconductors, Dielectrics, and Metals for Nanoelectronics 15: In Memory of Samares Kar D02— Photovoltaics for the 21st Century 13

Z— General Z01— General Student Poster Session Z02— Nanotechnology General Session

E— Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition

7th International Electrochemical Energy Summit: Human Sustainability – Energy, Water, Food, and Health

E01— Fundamentals of Electrochemical Growth from UPD to Microstructures 4 E02— Current Trends in Electrodeposition - An Invited Symposium E03— Electrochemical Science and Engineering on the Path from Discovery to Product

Z03— Energy-Water Nexus Z04— The Brain and Electrochemistry Z05— Sensors for Food Safety, Quality, and Security

E04— Electrochemical Processing from Non-aqueous Solvents

Important Dates and Deadlines*

E05— Mechanics and Metallurgy of Electrodeposited Thin Films F— Electrochemical Engineering F01— Electrochemical Engineering General Session F02— Electrochemical Separations F03— Electrochemical Conversion of Biomass F04— Alkaline Electrolyzers G— Electronic Materials and Processing G01— 15th International Symposium on Semiconductor Cleaning Science and Technology (SCST 15) G02— Atomic Layer Deposition Applications 13 G03— Semiconductor Process Integration 10 G04— Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface Materials 3 G05— Oxide Memristors H— Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems H01— State-of-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors (SOTAPOCS 60) H02— Low-Dimensional Nanoscale Electronic and Photonic Devices 10 H03— Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 7 I— Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion I01— Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 17 (PEFC 17)

Meeting abstract submission opens........................................................January, 2017 Meeting abstract submission deadline................................................... April 21, 2017 Notification to Corresponding Authors of abstract acceptance or rejection.........................................................May 29, 2017 Technical Program published online.................................................................June 2017 Meeting registration opens......................................................................................June 2017 ECS Transactions submission site opens for “enhanced” and “standard” issues...................................June 16, 2017 Travel Grant application deadline...............................................................June 19, 2017 Meeting Sponsor and Exhibitor deadline (for inclusion in printed materials)..................................................... June 30, 2017 ** ECS Transactions submission deadline for “enhanced” issues............................................................................................July 14, 2017 Travel Grant approval notification......................................................... August 4, 2017 Hotel and Early-Bird meeting registration deadlines...........August 25, 2017 232nd ECS Meeting – National Harbor, MD................................October 1-6, 2017 ECS Transactions submission deadline for “standard” issues...................................................................................October 22, 2017 *a full schedule of dates and deadlines may be found at http://www.electrochem.org/ symposium-organizer-info#232 ** see page 6 for details on Symposium Sponsorship packages

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2017 HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY – ENERGY, WATER, FOOD, AND HEALTH The ECS Electrochemical Energy Summit (E2S) brings together policy makers and researchers as a way of educating attendees about the critical issues of energy needs and the pivotal research in electrochemical energy that will impact our planet’s sustainability. The Summit is designed to facilitate interactions and foster an exchange between leading policy makers, researchers and energy experts. The 7th International ECS Electrochemical Energy Summit take place on October 2-4 and will focus around Human Sustainability – Energy, Water, Food, and Health. The program will include three distinct symposia, each focusing on these important topics: Energy-Water Nexus; The Brain and Electrochemistry; and Sensors for Food Safety, Quality, and Security.

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Energy-Water Nexus All Divisions, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee

The development of clean, affordable energy and the availability of safe and affordable clean water are two of society’s greatest challenges. The need for clean water for energy generation and the need for energy to produce clean water compound the challenges. With respect to this energy-water nexus, basic sustenance are at risk in major regions of the human population. There is a direct correlation between energy use, productivity and the standard of living. If the world population is to stabilize, the standard of living in developing nations must raise, which, in turn, implies that energy use must also rise. The cost of energy is a significant fraction of the total cost of the gross domestic product (GDP) an increase in the cost of energy correspondingly leads to a reduction in other GDP factors and, therefore, a loss in standard of living. This effect is particularly harmful in developing nations that already have an undesirably low GDP. However, energy production and use also directly impacts the environment and the availability of safe and affordable water. Thermoelectric power generation alone consumes approximately 40% of the freshwater withdrawal in the United States. Similarly, the US water infrastructure consumes 13-18% of total municipal electricity usage; that portion is projected to increase with increasing water scarcity, population growth, and corresponding contamination of water resources. In addition, cleaner energy alternatives (e.g., biofuels) will significantly increase water demands thus adversely affecting food supplies. Future water supplies will rely increasingly on nontraditional sources and water reuse (e.g., impaired water, brackish water and desalinated sea water), the treatment of which will demand significantly more energy and increased attention to public assurance of safety. As currently managed, domestic wastes and wastewaters require high energy expenditures for treatment and disposal. Moreover, increased stresses on fresh water tend to lead to greater water pollution, creating an unsustainable feedback loop. Therefore, the increasing global demands for both energy and water pose formidable challenges to these interconnected infrastructure systems. Furthermore, global utilization of energy has been demonstrated to be responsible for the majority of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, thereby, the changing climate, adversely affecting global environment. Moreover, climate change is a critical factor driving enhanced weather extremes, resulting in less water availability in arid regions that can least afford it. It has been predicted that this energywater-climate negative trifecta will have a severe impact on water and food availability for most of Africa and central Asia–almost half the world’s population—by 2025. This, combined with the fact that 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and effective forms of sanitation; more children die each year from diarrhea than AIDS and malaria combined; should make energy efficient solutions to safe and effective sanitation a global priority. The symposia will start with a society-wide plenary session to both describe the critical nature of this global societal issue and introduce major governmental and other programs focused on funding solutions 4

to address it. This will then be followed by focused symposia on the role of electrochemistry in addressing clean energy and global water and sanitation needs in the context of the energy-water nexus. Papers are requested on all aspects of the energy-water nexus with particular emphasis on technologies that cogenerate energy and clean water or provide low-energy solutions to water treatment or disinfection, such as microbial fuel cells and photocatalytic water purification; scaling of technology from micro-sensors to determine water purity to municipal water treatment; and the fundamentals of electrochemistry at the nanobio interface, electrodialysis, and ion exchange membranes.

Z04

The Brain and Electrochemistry All Divisions, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee

A Society-wide Symposium is convened at the juncture of electrochemistry, the brain and the nervous system. Brain disorders that include psychiatric, neurodegenerative and developmental conditions, represent an enormous burden of disease, in terms of economic cost to society of more than $100B. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) it has been estimated that more than 30% of all disease burden is due to brain disorders. This symposium will provide a forum for the discussion of research and developments on the brain, the central (CNS) and the peripheral nervous systems (PNS). How can the central and the peripheral nervous systems be viewed and studied in terms of electrical circuits and electrochemical reactions and methods? Topics include unresolved questions in brain function and neurological dysfunction; CNS and PNS monitoring and different ways to activate the nervous system including electrical neurostimulation, optogenetics, magnetogenetics and other novel approaches; simulation and modeling of neural circuits; electrochemical measurements and methods of neurochemistry; novel neural interfaces materials stability and biocompatibility of implantable devices. The symposium will be opened with a session of invited talks on policy consideration, followed by invited and contributed technical papers.

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Sensors for Food Safety, Quality, and Security Sensor Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee

The quality, safety and security of our food is of paramount importance to every man, women and child of the United States. As many as 48 Million Americans become ill annually due to food borne illness. This symposium will provide a forum for the discussion of research and development in the field of sensors for the detection of food borne pathogens, toxic molecules, ingredients, and other substances relevant to food safety. This symposium will be composed of a one

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2017 HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY – ENERGY, WATER, FOOD, AND HEALTH day concurrent oral session and poster session. The oral session will consist of five invited presentations by government, institutions and commodity organizations involved in insuring the safety, quality and security of our food in the United States. All submitted abstracts will be considered for presentation in the concurrent poster session. The invited speakers will lead an open discussion session at the end of the day and serve as judges of posters submitted to this symposium. Cash awards for the best posters will be given by the Sensor Division. Decision of the invited speaker judges will be final. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: (1) sensors for the detection of food borne pathogens on fresh produce; (2) sensors for the detection of food borne pathogens in food matrices such as peanut butter, pizza and other processed food; (3) sensors for food quality (bruises, smell, sugar content, allergens, residual pesticides); and (4) sensors for food safety (contamination detection by pathogenic bacteria, spores, viruses, pesticides). Both laboratory and in-the-field detection and sensing techniques are encouraged. All transduction methods are of interest in this symposium including optical imaging (visual, infrared, hyperspectral, fluorescent, luminescent, etc.), electrochemical (potentiometric, amperometric, conductometric), acoustic (microcantilever, quartz crystal microbalance, surface acoustic wave), gravimetric and combinations thereof. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for each of these symposia. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Z03 – Eric D. Wachsman, University of Maryland, email: ewach@umd. edu; Andy M. Herring, Colorado School of Mines, email: aherring@Mines. EDU; Ramaraja P Ramasamy, University of Georgia, email: rama@uga. edu; Gerardine Botte, Ohio University, email: botte@ohio.edu. Z04 – Lili Deligianni, IBM, email: lili@us.ibm.com; Christina Bock, National Research Council of Canada, email: christina.bock@nrc. ca; Johna Leddy, Univesity of Iowa, email: johna-leddy@uiowa.edu; Larry Nagahara, Sensor NIH, email: larry.nagahara@nih.gov; Shelley Minteer, University of Utah, email: minteer@chem.utah.edu; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@csuohio. edu; Diane Smith, San Diego State University, email: dksmith@ mail.sdsu.edu; Janine Mauzeroll, McGill University, email: janine. mauzeroll@mcgill.ca. Z05 – Bryan Chin, Auburn University, email: CHINBRY@auburn. edu; A. Simonian, Auburn University, email: als@eng.auburn.edu; J. Choi, Lousiana State University, email: choi@ece.lsu.edu; Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, University of Georgia, email: rama@uga.edu; Nianqiang Wu, West Virginia University, email: nick.wu@mail.wvu.edu; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@csuohio. edu; Peter Hesketh, Georgia Tech, email: peter.hesketh@me.gatech.edu.

2017 E2S Organizing Group Chair

Eric Wachsman, University of Maryland

Organizers

Bryan Chin, Auburn University

Lili Deligianni, IBM Corporation Research Center

Christina Bock, National Research Council of Canada

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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, super capacitors, photovoltaics, and fuel cells including aqueous, non-aqueous, polymer electrolytes, solid electrolytes, and flow systems. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Marca Doeff, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, email: mmdoeff@lbl.gov; Wei Wang, PNNL, email: Wei.Wang@pnnl.gov; Mani Manivannan, West Virginia University, email: amanivan@wvu.edu; Sri Narayan, University of Southern California, email: sri.narayan@usc.edu.

Battery Characterization: Symposium in

of Frank McLarnon A02 Honor Battery Division

This symposium honors Dr. Frank McLarnon on the occasion of his retirement from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory after thirtyeight years of research, teaching, advising and collaborating with numerous students, postdocs, scientific staff, professors and visitors from all over the world. This symposium will focus on topics relevant to science and technology of rechargeable batteries to which Frank devoted his entire career and made several remarkable contributions: (i) application of advanced optical techniques to study electrode-electrolyte interfaces and mass transport phenomena in batteries, (ii) study of metal electrodeposition processes in batteries, (iii) characterization of electrodes and degradation modes in rechargeable batteries. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Robert Kostecki, Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab, email: r_kostecki@ lbl.gov; Dominique Guyomard, Univ. of Nantes, email: dominique. guyomard@cnrs-imn.fr; Kristina Edstrom, Uppsala Univ., email: kristina.edstrom@kemi.uu.se; Martin Winter, University of Muenster, email: martin.winter@uni-muenster.de; Yasuhiro Fukunaka, Kyoto University, email: hirofukunaka@yahoo.co.jp; Minoru Inaba, Doshisha University, Japan, email: minaba@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.

A03

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Battery Student Slam 2 Battery Division

This is the second special symposium of this series; the first one was held during the 231st ECS Meeting in New Orleans in May 2017. This special symposium is dedicated to battery students that research and develop the advancement of batteries and contribute to the discovery and optimization of battery materials for Li-ion batteries and beyond Li-ion systems. In this second bi-annual symposium which is called the ‘Battery Student Slam II’, we offer an opportunity for students to present flash oral presentations of their work in a 10 minute time slot. All students enrolled at any valid degree-granting institution may submit an abstract that covers the presentation. Of particular interest are new materials and designs, performance studies, and modeling of all types of batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells, including aqueous, non-aqueous, polymer electrolytes, solid electrolytes, and flow systems. It would be preferred for students to submit their papers to this symposium instead of other symposia that call-for-papers sponsored by the Batteries and Energy Storage Division. Awards for the top three slam presentations will be given and are judged by the symposium organizers. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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 Muldoon, Toyota Research Institute of North America, email: john. muldoon@tema.toyota.com; Brett Lucht, University of Rhode Island, email: blucht@chm.uri.edu; Christopher Johnson, Argonne National Laboratory, email: cjohnson@anl.gov.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Division

In recent years, lithium-ion batteries are being used for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and full electric vehicle (EV) applications. Lithium ion batteries have reached a milestone where the performance cost ratio has reached historically high values. 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 not limited to: (1.) anode design, characterization, and performance; (2.) cathode design, characterization and performance; (3.) electrolyte development and characterization; (4.) novel electrode processing and cell design; (5.) electrode interfacial studies and diagnostic techniques; (6.) Materials, electrode, and cell modeling; (7.) elucidation of aging and failure modes and mechanisms; and (8.) performance and safety of cells and battery packs. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Shirley Meng, University of California at San Diego, email: shmeng@ ucsd.edu; Jie Xiao, University of Arkansas, email: jiexiao@uark.edu;

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Neeraj Sharma, School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, email: neeraj.sharma@unsw.edu.au; Yi-Chun Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, email: yichunlu@mae.cuhk.edu.hk.

Battery Materials: Beyond Li-Ion

Division, Physical and Analytical A05 Battery Electrochemistry Division While lithium-ion batteries are utilized as a core technology for numerous energy storage applications, there is a ceiling in energy density due to the limited capacity inherent with intercalation electrodes. Research interest in battery chemistries that store energy using non-intercalation chemistries, such as the beyond lithium ion systems lithium-sulfur (Li/S) and lithium-air (Li/air) has remained high with recent developments in electrode formation, catalysts, and specialized electrolytes. Further, multivalent (Mg, Ca, Al) based systems, electrochemically active organic molecules (polymers, oligomers, molecular species), as well as Na-ion systems are gaining momentum as alternatives based on factors that include raw materials cost and the ability to use metal anodes to increase energy density. For this symposium, all subjects on these batteries are solicited. In particular, topics could include the discovery of new active materials and electrolytes, the optimization and improvement of standard materials, and new methods to discover and isolate active materials. Additional areas of interest include new cell designs, electrochemical and cost modeling, physical and electrochemical characterization methods and new concepts. Finally a special focus session on understanding the electrochemical mechanisms associated with these new battery chemistries is anticipated. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Jack Vaughey, Argonne National Laboratory, email: vaughey@anl.gov; Yangchuang Xing, University of Missouri, email: xingy@missouri. edu; Kyle C Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, email: kcsmith@illinois.edu; Christopher Rhodes, Texas State University, email: cprhodes@txstate.edu.

Advanced Manufacturing Methods for Energy

Devices A06 Storage Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

Energy efficient, high-speed, and smart manufacturing methods are rapidly being developed for the production of advanced energy storage electrodes and full cells, including the integration of 3-D printing and additive manufacturing processes. Novel coating architectures are being designed that include patterned electrodes with 2-D and 3-D features, and electrode processing methodologies are being developed that significantly reduce or eliminate the amount of organic solvent, or completely eliminate the liquid phase altogether. Cell manufacturing methods and associated componentry are being researched that significantly reduce the mass of inactive material (binders, separators, current collectors, etc.). When combined, these technologies reduce both the operating and plant capital expenditures while simultaneously improving cell performance, energy density, and power density. Papers are solicited for introducing: (1) new lower-cost component manufacturing processes; (2) strategies for simplifying cell production; (3) advanced electrode architectures with higher performance; (4) novel inactive cell components and assembly 8

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methods; (5) introduction of new binder components to cells; and (6) improved electronic coordination of cells. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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 Wood, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, email: wooddl@ornl.gov; Greg Krumdick, Argonne National Laboratory, email: gkrumdick@ anl.gov; Sri Narayan, University of Southern California, email: sri. narayan@usc.edu.

Fast Electrochemical Processes and Devices

Division, Energy Technology Division, A07 Battery Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

The goal of this symposium is to address all aspects of fast electrochemical response behavior (tens of seconds or less) associated with energy storage. Topics include electrochemical capacitor research, development, and real-world applications, including: (1) double-layer and/or pseudocapacitance, (2) rate-enabling nanostructured carbons; (2) materials that exhibit primarily faradaic pseudocapacitance, including metal oxides, nitrides, other advanced inorganic materials, and electroactive 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 at the cell- and system level. The program will consist of both invited and contributed papers that address one or more of the above topics. A special session featuring “young investigators” (tenured faculties with no more than 5 years after PhD, non-tenured young faculties, postdocs, etc) is also planned. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Jeffrey Long, Naval Research Laboratory, email: jeffrey.long@nrl. navy.mil; Christopher Johnsoin, Argonne National Laboratory, email: cjohnson@anl.gov; Roseanne Warren, University of Utah, email: roseanne.warren@utah.edu; Thierry Brousse, Universite de Nantes, email: thierry.brousse@univ-nantes.fr; Daniel Belanger, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, email: belanger.daniel@uqam.ca; Wataru Sugimoto, Shinshu University, email: wsugi@shinshu-u.ac.jp; Pawel J. Kulesza, University of Warsaw, email: pkulesza@chem.uw.edu.pl; Andrea Balducci, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, email: andrea. balducci@kit.edu.

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B—Carbon Nanostructures and Devices 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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: 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

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Corrosion General Session 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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Sannakaisa Virtanen, University of Erlangen, email: virtanen@ww.unierlangen.de; Masayuki Itagaki, Tokyo University of Science, email: itagaki@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp.

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Light Alloys 5 Corrosion Division

This symposium will provide a forum for discussion of recent results related to corrosion and corrosion prevention of aluminum, magnesium, titanium and their alloys. Papers are invited on a broad range of fundamental and applied topics including: the influence of metallurgical factors on local corrosion processes, environmental fracture, corrosion behavior of advanced light metals and alloys, modeling and prediction of corrosion damage accumulation. Papers on corrosion prevention are also solicited. Examples of topics in this regard include: environmentally friendly coatings and inhibitors, and corrosion protection in atmospheric or marine exposure. New thinking and new insights on localized corrosion and cracking mechanisms and corrosion protection mechanisms is especially encouraged. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Rudy Buchheit, Ohio State University, email: buchheit.8@osu.edu; Geraint Williams, Swansea University, email: geraint.williams@swansea. ac.uk; Nick Birbilis, Monash University, email: nick.birbilis@monash. edu; Sannakaisa Virtanen, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, email: virtanen@ww.uni-erlangen.de.

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State-of-the-Art Surface Analytical Techniques in Corrosion 3: In Honor of Hugh Isaacs Corrosion Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This symposium will be focused on the state-of-the-art application of surface and interface analysis methods to environment-material interactions. Papers are solicited involving the current or potential application of in situ and ex situ surface- or interface-sensitive analysis methods to studies of surface oxides, thin films and environmental/materials interactions. The symposium will focus on both fundamental aspects of the methods and practical applications, especially those involving new or advanced materials. Papers addressing the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of growth and breakdown of films; adsorption/absorption phenomena; the interaction of aqueous components and inhibitors with oxides and metals; the role of chemical composition, structure, physical defects, chemical inhomogeneities, stresses, transport properties, and electronic properties are welcomed. An important aspect of this series will be new methods, advances in instruments or analyses, and current experimental limitations. Papers concerned with liquid or gaseous interactions with metals, semiconductors, ceramics, protective coatings, and composites at macro, micro, and nano-scales are encouraged. Keynote speakers will present tutorials covering the recent advances, advantages and limitations of both new and well established techniques, as well as relating these to important scientific and technological questions. The symposium will address issues related to probe and determine environmental effects as well as important experimental and analytical considerations.

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A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Dev Chidambaram, University of Nevada, Reno, email: dcc@unr.edu; Philippe Marcus, CNRS-ENSCP (UMR 7045), email: philippe.marcus@ chimie-paristech.fr; Paul M. Natishan, Naval Research Laboratory, email: natishan@nrl.navy.mil; James J. Noel, University of Western Ontario, email: jjnoel@uwo.ca; Donald Roeper, EXCET, Inc, email: donald.roeper.ctr@nrl.navy.mil.

Coatings and Inhibitors

C04 Corrosion Division

Papers are invited on all topics related to advances in metallic, inorganic, organic and composite coatings for the corrosion protection of metallic substrates. Suitable topics would include: pretreatments, conversion coatings, sacrificial coatings, barrier coatings, adhesion promotion, selfhealing coatings, chromate-replacement, smart-release inhibitor systems and novel inhibitors generally. Papers providing mechanistic insights into the action of functional coating components such as: novel galvanizing alloys, novel inhibitors, ion-exchange pigments, micro-encapsulated inhibitors and reagents, electrically conducting polymers and nanopigments are particularly encouraged. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Neil McMurray, University of Swansea, email: h.n.mcmurray@swansea. ac.uk; Michael Rohwerder, Max Planck Institute fur Chemische Energiekonversion, email: rohwerder@mpie.de; Rudolph G. Buchheit, Ohio State University, email: buchheit.8@osu.edu; Ingrid Milosev, Jozef Stefan Institute, email: ingrid.milosev@ijs.si.

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Corrosion in Concrete Structures Corrosion Division

This symposium is a forum for discussion on both fundamental and applied aspects of corrosion in concrete structures. The symposium is aimed at a more detailed understanding of corrosion mechanisms of reinforcing steel and degradation mechanisms of concrete structures exposed to various environments. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: (1) corrosion mechanisms of reinforcing materials; (2) passivation and oxide formation on rebar; (3) degradation mechanisms of concrete structures; (4) electrochemical techniques for corrosion in concrete structures; (5) corrosion monitoring; (6) life time prediction; (7) mathematical modeling involving finite element method; (8) exposure tests in various environments; and (9) corrosion protection methods. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format. 10

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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; Hideki Katayama, National Institute of Materials and Science, email: KATAYAMA.Hideki@nims.go.jp; Mark E. Orazem, University of Florida, email: meo@che.ufl.edu.

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

15: In Memory of Samares Kar D01 Nanoelectronics Dielectric Science and Technology Division III-V, SiC, GaN, and Other High Mobility 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 Wear-out, SILC; NBTI and PBTI; TDDB. High-k Gate Dielectrics for High Mobility Channels: High-k Gate Dielectrics on III-V Compounds, SiC, GaN, 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 obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Durga Misra, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 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.

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Photovoltaics for the 21st Century 13 Energy Technology Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

This symposium provides a forum for terawatt-capable solar-to-electrical conversion technologies that have the potential to scale to meet the global energy demand and become an impactful source of energy in the

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21st century. The path to achieving terawatt scale photovoltaics focuses primarily on device efficiency and costs, driven in part by the choice and availability of materials, device architecture and manufacturing processes. Also important to the life cycle cost of photovoltaics is intermittency and consideration of the module and cell end-of-life. 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 silicon wafer to thin-films and emerging technologies. Sample topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Applications of electrochemistry in metallization of crystalline silicon solar cells for lower costs and/or higher efficiency; 2. Scalable and green solution-based processing technologies enabled by electrochemistry for thin film solar cells; 3. Emerging perovskite solar cells: device architecture and materials towards scalable manufacturing, durability and photovoltaic performance; 4. Earth-abundant solar materials: synthesis and properties; 5. Investigations of device degradation and reliability for current and future deployable systems; 6. Cost-effective approaches to recycle current and future solar cells and modules; 7. Sustainable practices in solar cell and module fabrication such as waste treatment; 8. Innovative applications that match the characteristics of solar electricity without storage. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Thad Druffel, University of Louisville, email: thad.druffel@louisville. edu; Meng Tao, Arizona State University, email: meng.tao@asu.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, Las Vegas, email: ravisv@unr.edu; Jea Gun Park, Hanyang University, email: parkjgl@hanyang.ac.kr; Hiroki Hamada, Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, email: hamada.hiroki77@jp.panasonic.com.

electrodeposited films/structures - specific to the surface morphology, structure and chemical composition; 5. Stress evolution in electrodeposited films; 6. Modelling. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Natasa Vasiljevic, University of Bristol, email: N.Vasiljevic@bristol. ac.uk; S. Brankovic, University of Houston, email: SRBrankovic@ uh.edu; G.Stafford, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), email: gery.stafford@nist.gov; P. Allongue, Ecole Polytechnique, France, email: philippe.allongue@polytechnique.fr; N. Dimitrov, Binghamton University - SUNY, email: dimitrov@binghamton.edu; M. Innocenti, University of Florence, Italy, email: minnocenti@unifi.it.

E—Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition

The path from discovery, invention, and scientific understanding to wellengineered products and processes is complex, and involves integration of a wide range of skills and perspectives. This is particularly true in electrochemical engineering, where the development of viable processes in energy, environment, health care, or information technology requires understanding molecular mechanisms, tailoring new materials, and integrating data over a wide range of scales in order to scale-up, design, and develop manufacturing methods to produce reliable devices and products at low cost. A clear understanding and creative application of the fundamentals are essential to successfully address these challenges. The goal of this symposium is to draw together the collective interests of scientists and engineers skilled in moving along the path from ideas to profits. The reduction to routine use of the approaches presented here will define essential engineering methods for emerging electrochemical applications for which increased predictability is of high importance. Of interest are reusable engineering methods that have emerged from diverse applications such as nano-bio-micro-devices, photovoltaic converters, batteries, biomedical devices, etc. Such methods might

Fundamentals of Electrochemical Growth

UPD to Microstructures 4 E01 from Electrodeposition Division

This symposium provides a forum for discussions about different fundamental aspects of electrochemical phase formation including nucleation and growth, epitaxial growth, electrochemical properties, structure and morphology of electrodeposited films, oxides and alloys of fundamental and technological interest (such as renewable energy, catalysis, optics, magnetism, electronics, etc.) Original papers are solicited in the areas of 1. Nucleation and growth; 2. Epitaxial deposition of (ultra)thin films and alloys; 3. Electrodeposition kinetics and mechanisms; 4. Electrochemical and physical properties of 11

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Symposium E02 Invited Electrodeposition Division

The symposium will provide a forum for the presentation of new and exciting research of interest to the electrodeposition community. This will be a single half-day session comprised of 40-minute invited lectures. Our intent is to highlight the most recent and perhaps controversial research topics and to promote discussion in these areas. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Giovanni Zangari, University of Virginia, email: gz3e@virginia.edu.

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Electrochemical Science and Engineering on the Path from Discovery to Product Electrodeposition Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

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include examples of exploratory work that target the need for detailed fundamental understanding down to the molecular level; methods for early establishment of engineering goals for a proposed product; examples of manipulating solution chemistry and cell materials to meet production realities; methods for guiding discovery of novel materials and predicting their interactions with other cell components; development of process control methods for insuring quality at the atomic scale; mathematical modeling of continuum and/or stochastic behavior of cell components as well as entire systems including prediction of behavior at multiple scales; estimating unknown parameters, quantifying uncertainty, and linking the pieces to optimize an overall system. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Richard Alkire, University of Illinois, email: r-alkire@illinois.edu; L. T. Romankiw, IBM Corporation, email: romankiw@ibm.com; D. T. Schwartz, University of Washington, email: dts@uw.edu.

Electrochemical Processing from

Solvents E04 Non-aqueous Electrodeposition Division

Although water is usually the solvent of choice, a lot of electrochemical processes use non-aqueous solvents. Electrodeposition is done from molecular solvents, ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, liquescent salts, liquid metal salts, molten salts and supercritical fluids. This symposium is designed to cover the area of electrochemical technology involving electroplating, electroless deposition, composite plating and electroprecipitation of metals and metal compounds from such nonaqueous solvents. Contributions covering the use of electrodeposition and electroless deposition from non-aqueous solvents are particularly encouraged. Topics include but are not limited to: • Advances in electrochemical processing of materials from nonaqueous solvents • Synthesis of (composite) materials from non-aqueous solvents for a range of applications. • In situ characterization of such deposition processes (e.g. scanning probe or electron microscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, in-situ TEM) • Contributions that address the understanding of the speciation in non-aqueous solvents and their relation with the electrodeposition, electroless or electroprecipitation process A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Jan Fransaer, KU Leuven, email: jan.fransaer@mtm.kuleuven.be; Philip N Bartlett, University of Southampton, email: P.N.Bartlett@soton. ac.uk; Andrew P Abbott, University of Leicester, email: apa1@le.ac.uk; Yasuhiro Fukunaka, Kyoto University, email: hirofukunaka@yahoo. co.jp.

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Mechanics and Metallurgy of Electrodeposited Thin Films Electrodeposition Division

Today’s applications of electrodeposited films span many areas of our society. These involve decorative applications, coatings for corrosion protection, improved wear and tear, high temperature resistant coatings as well as electrodeposited films with special applications in energy sector, and areas of semiconductor devices, magnetic disk drive manufacturing, and MEMS/NEMS fabrication. Some of the common goals that electrodeposition faces is addressing these diverse and challenging applications are control of the deposit structure, its texture, grain size distribution, stress, grain boundary composition and quality, film fracture toughness and defect density. For further successful application of electrodeposition in many other areas it is crucial that links between fundamental processes such as nucleation, additive adsorption, deposition rate, pH, temperature, anion choice, and resulting mechanical and metallurgical properties of electrodeposited thin films are identified and phenomenologically described. This symposium brings together researchers in different areas of electrodeposition with the intent to discuss the current state of the art in understanding the link between the fundamental processes and resulting properties of electrodeposited films. Contributions are sought but not limited to the papers investigating electrodeposition process leading to better texture and grain size distribution control, stress and fracture control, grain boundary quality and resistivity control, and better magnetic and optical properties. Both, experimental and theoretical papers as well as contribution involving simulations and atomistic calculations are welcomed in an effort to forge a stronger link between the experiential parameters and resulting properties of electrodeposit. The symposium will include invited review, tutorial papers and contributed papers. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Stanko Brankovic, University of Houston, email: srbranko@central. uh.edu; Giovanni Zangari, University of Virginia, email: gz3e@virginia. edu; Elizabeth Podlaha, Northeastern University, email: e.podlahamurphy@neu.edu.

F—Electrochemical Engineering Deposition

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Electrochemical Engineering General Session Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical 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

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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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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; Hui Xu, Giner Inc., email: hxu@ginerinc.com; Douglas Riemer, Hutchinson Technology, email: douglas.riemer@hti.htch.com.

Electrochemical Separations

Electrochemistry and Electrochemical F02 Industrial Engineering 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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Hui Xu, Giner Inc., email: hxu@ginerinc.com; Peter N. Pintauro, Vanderbilt University, email: pn.pintauro@Vanderbilt.edu; Jay F. Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon University, email: whitacre@andrew.cmu.edu; Meagan Mauter, Carnegie Mellon University, email: mauter@cmu.edu; Yoram Oren, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, email: yoramo@ exchange.bgu.ac.il.

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industrial waste. Presentations related to development of electrocatalysts or other materials, as well as complete systems, for the electrochemical conversion of biomass are relevant. Kinetics and electrochemical conversion mechanisms are also of interest. This topic will focus on electrochemical conversion of all forms of biomass, including algae and lignocellulosic materials. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Luis Diaz-Aldana, Idaho National Laboratory, email: luis.diazaldana@inl.gov; Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York, email: ebiddinger@che. ccny.cuny.edu; John Staser, Ohio University, email: staser@ohio.edu; Ramaraja P Ramasamy, University of Georgia, email: rama@uga.edu; Plamen B. Atanassov, University of New Mexico, email: plamen@unm. edu; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@ csuohio.edu.

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Alkaline Electrolyzers Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Energy Technology Division

Alkaline electrolyzers may offer significantly improved performance over those using acid electrolytes. Non-precious metal catalysts have sufficient stability to be used in alkaline media, leading to lower system cost. This symposium covers all aspects of alkaline electrolyzers (water, ammonia, urea, and alcohol electrolyzers). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (1) electrocatalysts and fundamental mechanistic aspects of redox processes; (2) alkaline electrolytes (liquid alkaline electrolytes); (3) advanced electrode materials and structures; (4) cell and system design, including reactant and product flow, heat transfer, and stack level materials corrosion; (5) electrochemical performance and cell characterization; (6) modeling and simulation of electrochemical phenomena and processes; and (7) applications. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Gerardine Botte, Ohio University, email: botte@ohio.edu; Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University, email: s.mukerjee@neu.edu; Lauren Fay Greenlee, University of Arkansas, email: greenlee@uark.edu.

Electrochemical Conversion of Biomass Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Energy Technology Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

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G—Electronic Materials and Processing

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15th International Symposium on Semiconductor Cleaning Science and Technology (SCST 15) Electronics and Photonics Division

This symposium is a forum to present and discuss the latest results on the science and technology of surface cleaning in semiconductor device manufacturing. This symposium has been organized under the auspices of the Electrochemical Society every other year since 1989. It covers a wide range of topics related to the science and technology of contaminants removal, atomic layer etching, and surface conditioning of elemental and compound semiconductors such as Si(SOI), SiC, Ge, SiGe, III-V, II-VI and non-semiconductors such as sapphire, glass, ITO, plastic surfaces; cleaning media, including non-aqueous cleaning methods and tools; FEOL and BEOL cleaning operations and pattern collapse prevention; integrated cleaning; cleaning of 3D structures and 3D stacked ICs, cleaning of MEMS; DUV and EUV masks; high-k and porous low-k dielectrics; post-CMP cleaning; wafer bevel cleaning/polishing; photoresist and residue removal, characterization, evaluation, and monitoring of cleaning; correlation with device performance; cleaning of equipment and storage/handling hardware; cleaning related issues specifically in the case of 450mm wafers and ultra-thin wafers. Also, surface cleaning and conditioning topics involved in large-area electronics and photonics, both non-organic and organic TFT technology, compound semiconductor device processing, 2D (graphene, metal dichalcogenides), 1D (nanowires, nanotubes) and 0D (nanodots) material systems cleaning, surface conditioning related aspects of self-assembly-monolayer processing as well as other issues within the broadly understood scope of this symposium. Only original, non-commercial in nature contributions will be accepted for presentation. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Jerzy Ruzyllo, Penn State University, email: jruzyllo@psu.edu; Takeshi Hattori, Hattori Consulting, email: x.hattori@gmail.com; Paul Mertnes, IMEC, email: mertensp@imec.be; Anthony Muscat, University of Arizona, email: Muscat@erc.arizona.edu; Rich Novak, Novak Consulting, email: richnovak@aol.com; Koichiro Saga, Sony Corp., email: Koichiro.Saga@jp.sony.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 twelve years, this symposium has earned a leading position among the meetings where ALD is discussed. Call for Papers 14

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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. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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, email: f.roozeboom@ tue.nl; Stefan De Gendt, IMEC, email: Stefan.Degendt@imec.be; Jolien Dendooven, Ghent University, email: Jolien.Dendooven@UGent. be; Jeffrey W. Elam, Argonne National Laboratory, email: jelam@anl. gov; Oscar Van Der Straten, IBM Corporation Research Center, email: ovander@us.ibm.com; Mr. Craig H. Huffman, Micron Semiconductor, email: chuffman@micron.com; Chanyuan Liu, University of Maryland, email: chanyuan.liu@gmail.com.

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Semiconductor Process Integration 10 Electronics and Photonics Division

The tenth symposium on Semiconductor Process Integration will provide a forum for reviewing and discussing all aspects of process integration. This symposium name is changed from ULSI Process Integration to Semiconductor Process Integration in order to expand the symposium areas. Contributed papers are solicited in the following areas. Device Technologies: Trends in nanoscaled technologies on DRAM, SRAM, flash memory, high density logic/low power, RF, mixed analog/ digital, high voltage, process integration yield, 3D integration, advanced SOI single and multi-gate; 2) Front-end-of-line Integration : Gate dielectrics (ultra-thin, high-k) and dual gates, stacks (barriers) electrode/ dielectrics for memory capacitors and transistors, source-drain and channel processing, rapid thermal processing, novel isolation schemes, ultrashallow junction, plasma processing aspects, transistor process/device integration issues; 3) Back-end-of-line Integration: CMP issues, low-k dielectrics, multilevel integrated structures, copper interconnects and barriers, air-gap structures, metal fill technologies, optical interconnects, alternative metallization schemes, 3D integration novel packaging concepts for TSV based technologies and SIPs; 4) Alternative Channel Technologies: Ge, III-V technologies, alternative high mobility substrates (sSOI, sSi, SiGe, GeOI…), hybrid integration, new channel materials; 5) Emerging Technologies: Novel memory elements, emerging devices, carbon nanotubes, 2D materials, vertical integration, grapheme devices, polymer electronics, spin and quantum devices. • 232nd ECS Meeting • National Harbor, MD • October 1-5, 2017 • www.electrochem.org

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An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Junichi Murota, Tohoku University, email: murota@riec.tohoku.ac.jp; Cor L. Claeys, IMEC, email: c.claeys@ieee.org; Hiroshi Iwai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, email: iwai.h.aa@m.titech.ac.jp; Meng Tao, Arizona State University, email: meng.tao@asu.edu; Simon Deleonibus, CEA-LETI, email: simon.deleonibus.1992@ieee.org; Andreas Mai, IHP, email: mai@ihp-microelectronics.com; Kenji Shiojima, University of Fukui, email: shiojima@u-fukui.ac.jp; Mr. Patrick Chin, IQE plc, email: pchin@iqep.com.

Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface

3 G04 Materials Electronics and Photonics Division, Energy

Technology Division, High Temperature Materials 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. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork, email: c.odwyer@ucc.ie; Jr Hau He, KAUST, 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 15

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Oxide Memristors High Temperature Materials Division, Dielectric Science and Technology Division, Electronics and Photonics Division

Recently, there has been much interest in resistive switching devices (i.e. memristors) for non-volatile memory applications, bio-inspired logic operations, signal processing, etc. Memristors are a new exciting area which was for many years strongly driven by mostly electronic engineers. However, the electrochemistry and materials architectures require attention as these form the base to engineer the charge transport properties and connect those to the memristive performance metrics of the devices. This symposium is dedicated to understand the defect chemical processes and kinetics, making of memristive materials and device designs and novel in-operando techniques to connect electronic/atomistic to transport relevant changes during memristive operations. Advances on in-operando characterization techniques for resistive switching processes defining spatial, temporal and the energetic extent of switching processes are also of particular interest. The symposium will explore the interdisciplinary nature of memristor research with topics on (but not limited to) memristor theory and modeling, functional materials and devices, bio-inspired computing paradigms, ionic and electronic conduction in memristive devices, non-volatile information storage via ions and electrons. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Jennifer Rupp, ETH Zurich, email: jennifer.rupp@mat.ethz.ch; Jason D. Nicholas, MSU, email: jdn@msu.edu; Joshua Yang, University of Massachusetts, email: jjyang@umass.edu; Stephen Nonnenmann, University of Massachusetts, email: ssn@engin.umass.edu.

H—Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems

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State-of-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors (SOTAPOCS 60) Electronics and Photonics Division

Compound semiconductors are a significant enabler of numerous optoelectronic, high-speed, power, and sensor devices. The SOTAPOCS 60 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,

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(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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Jennifer Hite, Naval Research Laboratory, email: jennifer.hite@nrl. navy.mil; Travis J. Anderson, Naval Research Laboratory, email: travis. anderson@nrl.navy.mil; Robert Lynch, University of Limerick, email: robert.lynch@ul.ie; Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork, email: c.odwyer@ucc.ie; Steve H. Kilgore, NXP Semiconductor, email: steve. kilgore@nxp.com; Erica A. Douglas, Sandia National Laboratories, email: edougla@sandia.gov.

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Low-Dimensional Nanoscale Electronic and Photonic Devices 10 Electronics and Photonics Division, Dielectric Science and Technology Division

The 10th LDMEPD symposium will address the most recent developments in nanoscale electronic and photonic materials, devices, properties and systems. The symposium will encompass methods for growing low dimensional 1D and 2D materials, processing, devices, fabrication, reliability, characterization methods, and physical properties attributed to low dimensional materials and structures. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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 Wisconsin, email: jin@chem.wisc.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; Sang-Woo Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, email: kimsw1@skku.edu.

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power

7 H03 Technologies Electronics and Photonics Division, Dielectric Science and Technology 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 16

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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 chipscale integration; power converters and power amplifiers; packaging and thermal management; and, cooling of power chips and modules. 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 obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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; Noboru Ohtani, Kwansei Gakuin University, email: ohtani.noboru@kwansei.ac.jp; Balaji Raghothamachar, Stony Brook University, email: Balaji.raghothamachar@stonybrook.edu; Krishna Shenai, LoPel Corporation, email: kshenai@yahoo.com.

I—Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion

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Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 17 (PEFC 17) Energy Technology Division, Battery Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

This international symposium is devoted to all aspects of research, development, and engineering of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) and electrolyzers, 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. In order to encourage active participation of new and talented researchers in the field, we intend to award Student/Postdoc Travel Grants of at least $600 plus free registration in support of outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Awards will be made based on originality of the work and importance to the field. To be considered for the award, an

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abstract for an oral or poster presentation as well as a manuscript for the symposium proceedings must be submitted by the respective deadlines. If you would like to apply for the travel grant, please submit your abstract, your proceedings manuscript (required), your resume, your publication list, and a support letter from your advisor to Karen Swider-Lyons (karen. lyons@nrl.navy.mil) before the deadline for the proceedings manuscript. Student Poster Prizes of a total of $3000 will be awarded with a $1000 top prize. Students who want to participate should submit an abstract for a poster contribution to the ECS and send a copy of their abstract to Jim Fenton (jfenton@fsec.ucf.edu). 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: Fuel Cell Systems, Stack/BOP Design, Gas Processing 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: 1. hydrogen or hydrogen-reformate fuel cells; 2. direct-fuel 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. hydrogen-reformate synthesis; 8. balance-ofplant (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, K. A. Perry 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 Presentations related to acidic fuel cells that discuss: 1. fuel cell electrocatalysts for hydrogen and hydrogen-reformate fuel cells (PEMFC, 17

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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. Section F: Polymer-Electrolyte Electrolysis Organizers: B. S. Pivovar, K. Ayers 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 obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Deborah J. Jones, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, email: Deborah.Jones@univ-montp2.fr; Felix Buechi, Paul Scherrer Institut, email: felix.buechi@psi.ch; Hubert Gasteiger, Technische Universitat Muenchen, email: hubert.gasteiger@tum.de; Adam Z. Weber, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, email: azweber@lbl.gov; Pezhman Alireza Shirvanian, Tennessee Tech University, email: pezhmanian@ yahoo.com; Karen E. Swider-Lyons, Naval Research Laboratory, email: karen.lyons@nrl.navy.mil; James M. Fenton, University of Central Florida, email: jfenton@fsec.ucf.edu; Thomas F. Fuller, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: tom.fuller@chbe.gatech.edu; Kazuhiko Shinohara, FC-Cubic TRA, email: k-shinohara@fc-cubic. or.jp; Peter N. Pintauro, Vanderbilt University, email: pn.pintauro@ vanderbilt.edu; Kelly A Perry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, email:

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perryka@ornl.gov; Hiroyuki Uchida, University of Yamanashi, email: h-uchida@yamanashi.ac.jp; Peter Strasser, Technical University Berlin, email: pstrasser@tu-berlin.de; Christophe Coutanceau, University of Poitiers, email: christophe.coutanceau@univ-poitiers.fr; Christophe Coutanceau, University of Poitiers, email: christophe.coutanceau@ univ-poitiers.fr; Shigenori Mitsushima, Yokohama National University, email: mitsushima-shigenori-hp@ynu.ac.jp; Thomas J. Schmidt, Paul Scherrer Institut, email: ThomasJustus.Schmidt@psi.ch; Robert A. Mantz, U S Army Research Office, email: robert.a.mantz@us.army.mil; Sri Narayan, University of Southern California, email: sri.narayan@usc. edu; Vijay Ramani, Washingon University, email: ramani@wustl.edu; Bryan S. Pivovar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, email: bryan. pivovar@nrel.gov; Katherine E. Ayers, Proton OnSite, email: kayers@ protononsite.com; Yong-Tae Kim, Pusan National University, email: yongtae@pusan.ac.kr; Hui Xu, Giner Inc., email: hxu@ginerinc.com.

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Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 11 (IMCC 11) High Temperature Materials Division

Ceramic materials that exhibit fast ionic transport or significant levels of concurrent ionic and electronic conduction continue to be of great interest among researchers worldwide for wide ranging uses including fuel cell components, battery components, sensors, membranes, electrochemical reactors and electrosynthesis. This symposium will provide a forum to share both experimental data and theoretical and simulation studies, and discuss research activities and needs in this exciting field. Both fundamental and applied aspects of ionic transport and mixed conduction will be included. Some of the topics that will be covered in this symposium are: Ionic Transport in Solid Electrolytes, Advances in Protonic Conductors, Lattice Strain Effects in Transport and Catalysis, Electrolysers for electrochemical fuel synthesis, Fuel Cells and Batteries, Mechanisms of Mixed Conduction in Ceramics, Role of Microstructure in Conduction, Dense Ceramic Membranes for Gas Separation and Production of Chemicals, Electrocatalytic Phenomena, Ceramic Sensors, Electrochemistry of Nanoceramics and Transport in Corrosion-resistant Ceramic Films. An “enhanced” edition of ECS Transactions is planned to be available at the meeting. All authors accepted for presentation are obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Xiao-Dong Zhou, University of South Carolina, email: xiao-dong.zhou@ sc.edu; Mogens Mogensen, Technical University of Denmark, email: momo@dtu.dk; T. M. Gur, Stanford University, email: turgut@stanford. edu; Tatsuya Kawada, Tohoku University, email: kawada@ee.mech. tohoku.ac.jp; E. Traversa, University of Rome Tor Vergata, email: traversa@uniroma2.it.

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J—Luminescence and Display Materials, Devices, and Processing

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Luminescence and Display Materials: Fundamentals and Applications 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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: M. Raukas, OSRAM Corporate Innovation, email: madis.raukas@sylvania. com; Kailash C. Mishra, Osram Sylvania, email: kailash.mishra@ sylvania.com; Anant A. Setlur, General Electric Global Research, email: setlur@crd.ge.com; M. Bettinelli, University of Verona, email: marco.bettinelli@univr.it; Alok M. Srivastava, General Electric Global Research, email: srivastava@ge.com; Mikhail Brik, University of Tartu, email: brik@fi.tartu.ee.

K—Organic and Bioelectrochemistry Bioelectrochemistry for Green Processes

and Biological Electrochemistry Division, K01 Organic Energy Technology Division This symposium seeks contributions in the area of bioelectrochemistry or electron transfer through biomaterials with the goal to direct new chemical transformations or optimize existing ones. Fundamentals of electron transfer to biomolecules, small or large, will also be considered since understanding the pertaining kinetics and thermodynamics of these electrochemical systems can ultimately be used to benefit the sustainable chemical transformations that are targeted in this call. Contributions addressing adaptation of bioelectrochemical systems to the formation of added-value products such as fuels, pharmaceuticals, and other commercial products are also solicited. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to

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submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@ csuohio.edu; Ramaraja P Ramasamy, University of Georgia, email: rama@uga.edu.

L—Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry

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Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry General Session Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Alice Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Andrew C. Hillier, Iowa State University, email: hillier@iastate.edu.

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Photocatalysts, Photoelectrochemical Cells and Solar Fuels 8 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 solar water splitting; (6) capture or conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels; (7) conversion of renewable energy resources to fuels (hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, ammonia and other fuels); (8) photocatalytic disinfection and environmental remediation; (9) simulation and modeling of materials, interfaces, devices and systems for solar energy applications; and (10) corrosion and durability of solar energy materials and devices. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. All manuscripts will be submitted online, and must be in either MS Word or PDF format.

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Abstracts should be submitted electronically to ECS headquarters, and questions and inquiries should be sent to the symposium organizers: N. Wu, West Virginia University, email: nick.wu@mail.wvu.edu; Deryn Chu, U S Army Research Laboratory, email: deryn.d.chu.civ@mail. mil; Pawel J. Kulesza, University of Warsaw, email: pkulesza@chem. uw.edu.pl; Jae-Joon Lee, Dongguk University, email: jjlee@dongguk. edu; Eric L. Miller, US Dept of Energy, email: eric.miller@ee.doe.gov; Vaidyanathan Ravi Subramanian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, email: ravisv@unr.edu; Tetsu Tatsuma , University of Tokyo, email: tatsuma@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Heli Wang, SABIC Technology Center, email: hwang@sabic.com.

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Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry of Ionic Liquids 6 Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division

This symposium will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for researchers to present their latest research on topics involving physical and/or analytical electrochemistry in ionic liquids. Papers on both basic and applied research are encouraged. The topics will include, but are not limited to: (1.) electron transfer processes in ionic liquids; (2.) electrode kinetics in ionic liquids; (3.) the electrode/ ionic liquid interface; (4.) electrochemical characterization of ionic liquids (e.g., conductivity, ion transport, electrochemical windows); (5.) experimental aspects of electrochemistry in ionic liquids; (6.) the electrochemistry of solutes in ionic liquids; (7.) electroanalytical determinations in ionic liquids; (8.) electrodeposition in ionic liquids (e.g., nucleation, deposition of alloys, characterization of electroactive species, and surface characterization); and (9.) electrochemical aspects of biological materials and systems in ionic liquids. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Paul Trulove, USNA, email: Trulove@usna.edu; Robert Mantz, Army Research Office, email: Robert.a.mantz.civ@mail.mil; Luke Haverhals, Bradley University, email: Luke.haverhals@gmail.com; Vito Di Noto, Universita’ degli Studi di Padova, email: vito.dinoto@unipd.it; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@csuohio.edu.

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Spectroelectrochemistry 4 Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division

Spectroelectrochemistry continues to provide new insights into electrochemical systems as investigators find clever new ways to combine spectroscopy with electrochemistry. The symposium will provide an interdisciplinary forum to discuss new techniques and results exploiting spectroscopic techniques for the evaluation of electrode/electrolyte interfaces as well new concepts and methodologies in the field of interfacial spectroelectrochemistry. Papers are solicited in all areas of electrochemical science in which spectroscopy has been used to provide new information. Examples include: (1) new methods of spectroelectrochemistry (novel approaches); (2) novel sampling configurations or applications; (3) new

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spectral theories; (4) factors that affect sensitivity, S/N; (5) intermediates: stable vs. transient in a spectro-electrochemical experiments; (6) single crystal electrodes (adsorbates and deposits); and (7) various system components, including bulk redox systems, electrolytes, and electrode surfaces. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Andrew Hillier, PAED Iowa State University, email: hillier@iastate.edu; Luke Haverhals, Bradley University, email: Luke.haverhals@gmail. com; Graham T. Cheek, U S Naval Academy, email: cheek@usna.edu; Scott K Shaw, University of Iowa, email: scott-k-shaw@uiowa.edu.

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Bioelectroanalysis Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Sensor Division

Papers are solicited on fundamental and applied aspects of bioelectroanalysis: including the design, fabrication, and evaluation of biosensors and bioprocess, as well as electrochemical lab-on-achip devices for bioanalysis and biomedical applications. All papers in electroanalytical techniques for biological molecules are invited, as well as papers focused on fundamental bioelectrocatalysis for sensing and analysis applications. Direct and mediated bioelectrocatalysis are of particular interest. Microbial, organelle, protein, and nucleic acid biocatalysts are of interest. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Shelley Minteer, University Utah, email: Minteer@chem.utah.edu; Scott A. Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University, email: scb@msu.edu; Jessica Koehne, NASA Ames Research Center, email: jessica.e.koehne@ nasa.gov; Mekki Bayachou, Cleveland State University, email: m.bayachou@csuohio.edu; Jessica Koehne, Ames Research Center, email: jessica.e.koehne@nasa.gov.

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Fundamental Aspects of Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Sensor Division

There has been growing interest in the electrocatalytic, bioelectrochemical and photoelectrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent greenhouse gas and a contributor to global climate change to useful carbon-based fuels or chemicals. The reaction products are of potential importance to energy technology, food research, medical applications and fabrication of plastic materials. This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary forum to present the latest research on the electrochemical, bioelectrochemical and photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: (1) mechanistic 20

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aspects of electroreduction of carbon dioxide, (2) novel methods for the production of small organic molecules (C1-C4) and other chemicals; (3) synthesis and characterization of highly selective and durable electrode materials and semiconductor photoelectrode materials; (4) importance of the reaction conditions including choice of supporting electrolyte; and (5) the ideas on the latest developments in electrode construction in a full single cell as well as stack configuration. Special attention will be paid to the development of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, including supramolecular assemblies and novel electrolytes (e.g., ionic liquids), that are proposed to induce the CO2 conversion. The symposium will include both invited and contributed papers on all aspects of the electrochemical and photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Pawel Kulesza, University of Warsaw, email: pkulesza@chem.uw.edu.pl; David Cliffel, Vanderbilt, email: d.clifel@vanderbilt.edu; K. Rajeshwar, University of Texas Arlington, email: rajeshwar@uta.edu; A. Bocarsly, Princeton University, email: bocarsly@princeton.edu; Nianqiang Wu, West Virginia University, email: nick.wu@mail.wvu.edu; Graham T. Cheek, U S Naval Academy, email: cheek@usna.edu.

Computational Electrochemistry

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Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

The goal of this symposium is to bring together scientists working in diverse areas of Computational Electrochemistry, in order to stimulate their awareness of common problems and group interests, facilitate exchange of ideas and opinions, and enable global, unifying views on this emerging interdisciplinary branch of electrochemistry and computational science. The symposium will be devoted to ALL ASPECTS of computer and computational method uses in electrochemistry, including (but not necessarily limited to): quantum chemical and molecular simulations in electrochemistry (ab initio, Monte-Carlo, Molecular Dynamics, etc.); digital simulations of electrochemical transport and kinetic/ electroanalytical problems (continuum modeling, including PDE/ ODE/DAE solving); multi-physics and multi-scale simulations in electrochemistry; computer-aided data analysis in electrochemical kinetics and electroanalysis; engineering simulations and other computations relevant to electrochemical engineering; software, problem-solving environments, expert systems, databases, web-based programs, grid applications, etc. for electrochemistry. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: S. Paddison, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, email: spaddiso@utk. edu; Iryna Zenyuk, Tufts University, email: Iryna.Zenyuk@tufts.edu.

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Advanced Techniques for In Situ Electrochemical Systems Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division, Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division, Sensor Division

In-situ methods help advance understanding of electrochemical systems developed to solve energy, environmental and biological needs of society. This symposium will provide a forum targeting advancements and applications of various methods for in-situ characterization of electrochemical systems. Solicitation topics include but are not limited to various electroanalytical methods and in-situ spectroscopy, spectrometry, and microscopy techniques. Of special interest are papers focused on synchrotron-based techniques for characterization of electroactive materials and electrochemical devices. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Svitlana Pylypenko, Colorado School of Mines, email: spylypen@mines. edu; Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University, email: s.mukerjee@ neu.edu; Graham T. Cheek, U S Naval Academy, email: cheek@usna. edu.

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Multi-electron Redox Systems for Next Generation Batteries Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Battery Division, Energy Technology Division

Future battery systems will rely on new technologies with performance metrics superior to those of lithium. Multi-electron redox systems have the potential to address these needs. This symposium will focus on the fundamental science behind use of multi-electron systems in battery technologies. The symposium welcomes submissions on all aspects of multi-electron redox systems relevant to battery technology including, but not limited to, fundamental studies of multi-electron redox systems, electrolytes suitable for multi-electron systems, interfacial behavior, spectroscopic studies, theory and simulation of multi-electron systems, and studies of both anode and cathode systems. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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. Buttry, Arizona State University, email: dbuttry@asu.edu; Robert A. Mantz, U S Army Research Office, email: robert.a.mantz@us.army.mil; Gang Wu, University at Buffalo-SUNY, email: gangwu@buffalo.edu.

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Education in Electrochemistry Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division, Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division

While the lion’s share of research is accomplished by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, there are a number of institutions that are undergraduate only who are making significant contributions to electrochemistry. These are wonderful opportunities for the students, but certainly present additional challenges to the primary investigator not seen at the more research focused institutions. This symposium calls not just for research methods and papers from an undergraduate dominated setting, but also teaching and curriculum ideas for incorporating electrochemistry into undergraduate programs. We look for this symposium to shed some light on what has been accomplished and some thoughts on how to train the electrochemists of tomorrow. Papers on basic and applied research and teaching in all areas of electrochemistry, electrochemical systems, bioelectrochemistry, and physics related to solid state and electrochemical science and technology are solicited. Keynote lectures will be presented by invited speakers. A undergraduate poster session is also 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 obligated to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than July 14, 2017. 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: Douglas M Fox, American University, email: dfox@american.edu; Alice Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu; Robert Lee Calhoun, U S Naval Academy, email: calhoun@usna.edu; Vaidyanathan Ravi Subramanian, University of Nevada, Reno, email: ravisv@unr.edu.

M—Sensors Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Session M01 General Sensor Division

This symposium will address all aspects of chemical and biological sensors, actuators and microsystems. Chemical and biological sensors find extensive application in environmental monitoring, health care, food security and industrial quality assurance, safety and process control. Sensors and actuators are often integrated into “smart” microsystems: microfabricated sensors and/or actuators combined with electronics which enable, for example, signal conditioning and data processing. The need for multifunctional, smart technologies, which depend on sensors, actuators and electronics, is expected to increase in coming years as further demands and expectations are placed on systems and devices. This general session welcomes papers on all aspects of chemical and biological sensors, actuators and microsystems not covered in other sessions. This symposium intends to bring together a range of interdisciplinary topics and covers all materials aspects of sensors, actuators and microsystems. Primary emphasis will be placed upon applied aspects of the materials, synthesis, evaluation and development strategies of novel materials/

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device configurations for sensing and actuating functions as well as integrated microsystems. Papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas: (1.) physics and chemistry of sensor and actuator materials, fabrication, and characterization of novel compositions; (2.) novel sensor and actuator concepts, design, modeling, and verification, system integration and actuating functions; (3.) sensing systems that include sampling systems and actuators, like sensor arrays, and electronic noses/tongues; (4.) chemical and biological sensors and actuators based on various transduction mechanisms including electrochemical, resistive, fluorescence, surface plasmon resonance, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, fiber optics, radio frequency, microwave and surface acoustics; (5.) emerging technologies and applications including chemical and biological sensors based on nanotechnology, (6.) wireless integrations; and (7.) novel techniques to expand and ensure sensor stability and reliability. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Dong Joo Kim, Auburn University, email: kimdon2@auburn.edu; Nick Wu, West Virginia University, email: Nick.wu@wvu.edu; Jessica Koehne, NASA, email: jessica.e.koehne@nasa.gov; Leyla Soleymani, McMaster University, email: leyla.soleymani@gmail.com; Mike Sailor, University of California, San Diego, email: msailor@ucsd.edu; Sushanta Mitra, York University, email: mitras@yorku.ca; Peter Hesketh, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: peter.hesketh@me.gatech.edu; Shekhar Bhansali, Florida International University, email: sbhansa@ fiu.edu; Praveen Kumar Sekhar, Washington State University, email: praveen.sekhar@vancouver.wsu.edu; Milad Navaei, Georgia Institute of Technology, email: milad.navaei@gtri.gatech.edu.

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Practical Implementation and Commercialization of Sensors 2 Sensor Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division

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policy experts and sensor technology champions to discuss challenges and successes in commercialization of new sensor technologies. The symposium will examine, through invited and contributed papers, a range of issues that bear on successful transition of science into technology and then to the marketplace. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: business development issues for chemical sensors, case studies in sensor product development and recent success stories (as well as failures) with instructive lessons learned. Papers addressing real challenges to successful sensor commercialization, such as market drivers, sensor stability, reliability and manufacturability, are of interest. All types of chemical and physical sensors and applications areas are of interest, the only restriction being that the papers focus on the practical/commercial problem. Contributions from industry as well as academic groups that have spun out or commercialized technologies are invited. Contributions are also sought on emerging trends in chemical sensors with respect to their societal implications, such as in IoT and wearable sensors. The symposium will include a panel discussion session at the end of the day, featuring invited speakers addressing key issues in this area. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Mike Carter, KWJ Engineering, email: mtcarter62@comcast.net; Larry Nagahara, Johns Hopkins University, email: larry.nagahara@jhu.edu; Rangachary (Mukund) Mukundan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, email: mukundan@lanl.gov; Petr Vanysek, Northern Illinois University, email: petr.vanysek@gmail.com; Jin-Woo Choi, Louisiana State University, email: choi@ece.lsu.edu.

Z—General

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Chemical sensor research and development is an active pursuit in academics and industry worldwide. Chemical and physical sensing is becoming increasingly important in such diverse areas as transportation security, caring for and preserving the independence of an aging population, the emerging use of point of care diagnostic devices, wearable sensors for health and fitness, environmental monitoring, personal exposure monitoring and the problems of clean air and water. Trends in wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT) suggest an ever-growing role for chemical and physical sensors in our daily lives. There is also a growing trend toward ubiquitous sensor deployment, enabled by a high degree of internet connectivity (IoT). The “smart cities” movement is one example of this. Many exciting and potentially enabling developments with direct application to sensing and detection have been reported including advances in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, MEMS devices, plasmonics, printed electronics and new biorecognition strategies. Despite the on-going basic scientific progress, translation into practical commercial products remains a challenge with its own set of issues that are quite distinct from the science and technology. A number of technical, business and sociological factors come into play in commercialization that are not often discussed in technical forums, but are critical components for overall success with new products for society. The goal of this symposium is to bring together sensor scientists and engineers from industry, academia and government as well as market analysts,

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General Student Poster Session All Divisions

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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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 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; Ms. Pallavi Pharkya, Lam Research Corporation, email: pallavi.pharkya@gmail.com; Alice H. Suroviec, Berry College, email: asuroviec@berry.edu.

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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.

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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. A “standard” issue of ECS Transactions is planned for this symposium. All authors accepted for presentation are encouraged to submit their full text manuscript for the issue no later than October 22, 2017. 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: Oana M. Leonte, Berkeley Polymer Technology, email: odleonte@comcast.net; Christina Bock, National Research Council of Canada, email: Christina. Bock@nrc.ca; Jessica Koehne, NASA Ames Research Center, email: Jessica.e.koehne@nasa.gov; Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky, email: zhichen@engr.uky.edu.

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