September 16—20, 2013 Kyoto, Japan

www.jsap.or.jp www.mrs.org/joint-meetings

The Materials Research Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics are jointly sponsoring 23 symposia as part of the 74th Japan Society of Applied Physics Autumn Meeting, which will be held September 16–20, 2013, at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. This is the second recent collaborative effort between the two societies.

Symposia topics include nanocarbon devices and materials, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials by nanostructure engineering, smart materials, rare-earth-doped materials for photonic applications, nanodiamond–from basics to medical and other potential applications, and photovoltaics materials and devices for terrestrial and space applications. Akira Fujishima, President of Tokyo University of Science, will pre-sent the Kavli Lecture on photocatalysis.

More information can be accessed at www.mrs.org/joint-meetings.