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Progress Report of YSF Supported Science Program
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Conference Summary
| 56th Crystalline Organic Metals,
Superconductors and Ferromagnets |
The 56th Yamada Conference
on crystalline organic metals, super- conductors and ferromagnets (ISCOM
2001) was held in Rusutsu Resort, Hokkaido, Japan during 9-14 September
2001. This international conference was mainly supported by Yamada Science
Foundation, the principal activity of which is to sponsor the creative
research in the basic natural sciences, particularly in the interdisciplinary
domains that bridge established fields. We would like to cordially thank
the Yamada Science Foundation for the financial support to make this
conference. We also would like to thank Professors T. Isiguro, T. Mitani,
H. Kobayashi, S. Kagoshima, T. Takahashi, K. Kanoda, T. Nakamura and
H. Yamochi for their efforts for supporting many participants.
ISCOM 2001 was a forum of interdisciplinary discussion on all aspects (chemistry,
physics, materials science and technology) of crystalline organic molecular
solids in a variety of form (crystals, powders, films, etc.). This conference
was planned to discuss recent experimental and theoretical topics and future
prospects related to the synthesis, structure, phase transitions and electrical
and magnetic properties of the following organic materials: (1) organic
metals; (2) organic superconductors; (3) organic ferromagnets; (4) fullerenes;
(5) exotic organic conductors; (6) new multifunctional organic materials.
In order to vitalize the field of organic electronic and magnetic functional
materials, it is essential to develop new molecules, new synthetic methods,
new molecular and crystal designs, new concepts and methodologies to understand
the physical properties, structure-property relationship and phase diagram.
This meeting was the fourth ISCOM Conference; it followed ISCOM ’95
in Mittelberg, Austria, ISCOM ’97 in Sesimbra, Portugal, and ISCOM ’99
in Oxford, UK. We would like to thank the members of the International
Advisory Committee and the Program Committee for their cooperation.
The scientific program began in the morning of Monday, 10 September, and
ended on Friday, 14 September at noon. Registration and a get-together
party was held at the conference site on the afternoon of 9 September.
On Thursday, 13 September afternoon, there was an excursion (Lake Toya
and active volcanoes, Mt. Shouwa, and Mt. Usu) followed by a banquet (see
pictures http://www.ossc.Kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/iscom/iscom_photo/alubm_index.html).
The conference was held for four and a half days and was organized with
83 oral presentations including five plenary lectures (one for each morning
starting at 8:20 or 8:40 h) and 78 invited talks along with 165 poster
presentations, which ended at 23:00 h. Several hours were left free each
afternoon for informal discussions, exchange of ideas and collaborative
work. The conference concluded with two summarizing lectures on the final
day, by Professors D. Jerome and P. Cassoux from France, in which the next
ISCOM will be held, from the physics and chemistry viewpoints, respectively.
Totally 253 people (238 (men), 15 (women)) including 80 scientists from
abroad (Austria, China, Denmark, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Korea,
Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, UK, and US) participated.
During the conference, we had terrible news about the attacks of World
Trade Center buildings in New York by airplanes. All the committee members
of ISCOM 2001 sincerely express condolences to our American colleagues
about the terrible tragedy that occurred in the US. Even though numbers
of participants changed their schedules concerning the flight and other
confirmations, the scientific program was successfully ended.
In the present proceedings 204 contributed papers are included. We would
like acknowledge all the participants, authors and members of the board
of referees for their contribution to the success of the conference and
to the excellent quality of the proceedings. |
Gunzi Saito
(Chairman of ISCOM 2001 Rusutsu)
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