(The following topics include but are not limited to)
Track 1: Solid Mechanics and Structural Analysis
Advanced material constitutive models and multi-scale mechanics
Fracture mechanics, fatigue damage and structural integrity assessment
High-temperature creep, thermo-mechanical coupling and extreme environment mechanics
Impact dynamics, high-speed deformation and wave propagation
Contact mechanics, tribology and interface behavior
Reliability mechanics of microelectronics and packaging structures
Soft matter mechanics and flexible electronic devices
Computational mechanics methods and numerical simulation techniques
Experimental solid mechanics and advanced testing technologies
Structural optimization, topology optimization and lightweight design
Multi-field coupling problems (force-electricity-magnetism-heat)
Biomechanics and biomimetic material mechanics
Track 2: Nanotechnology and Low-Dimensional Materials
Controllable preparation and growth mechanisms of nanomaterials
Carbon-based nanomaterials (graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes)
Synthesis and application of two-dimensional materials (TMDs, MXene, black phosphorus, etc.)
Nanowires, nanoparticles and quantum dots
Nanocomposites and interface engineering
Characterization of force, electricity, light and magnetism at the nanoscale
Nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and plasmonics
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and nanosensors
Applications of nanomaterials in energy storage and conversion
Nanocatalysis and environmental nanotechnology
Biological nanomaterials and nanomedicine
Nanomanufacturing technology and nanopatterning
Track 3: Materials Physics and Computational Simulation
Condensed matter physics and material electronic structure
Phase transitions, crystal growth and thermodynamics
Semiconductor physics and optoelectronic devices
Magnetism, spin electronics and multiferroic materials
Dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials physics
Optical materials and metamaterials
Disordered materials, amorphous states and high-entropy alloys
Material irradiation effects and irradiation damage
Machine learning in material discovery and design
First-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations
Phase field simulation and microstructure evolution
Materials genomics and high-throughput computing
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