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MMM - the fifth decade – to 2005

Rejected Abstract1999 (44th) MMM Conference

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M. Muller, R. Victora and A. Arrottwith still-intact 50th anniversary cake

In Memoriam, W.F. “Bill” Egelhoff1949-2010

“The Dutch group from Philips Eindhoven established oscillatory coupling for [the Co/Cu] system also for epitaxial growth with [100] orientation. Bill Egelhofffrom NIST in Gaithersburg, well-known for very fine work in epitaxy, however, reproached vigorously. I still remember a MRS meeting in San Francisco where he defended his point. Then Professor Gradmann […] from Clausthal University in Germany stood up and said: "Bill I think I know what happened. Your samples are too good. You have very fine surfaces which nucleate antiphase domains that give large angle grain boundaries between the islands. Then you can get diffusion of Co along the boundaries and the formation of magnetic bridges. The resulting F-coupling swamps any possible AF coupling." Bill Egelhoff responded simply: "I like that". “

- Peter Grunberg, 2007 Nobel Laureate

Update on the 46th MMM Conference in Seattle, November 12 – 16, 2001[…]With the submission of 1676 abstracts via the new all-electronic format, the program promises to be a great success. Following the abstract deadline in early July, Janis Bennett of AIP indicated, “I lost a lot of sleep this week worrying because this is the first time we have used the system exclusively. Worrying was for naught. Everything has gone better than I dreamed.” The programming committee was pleased with the capabilities of the web-based system and was able to coordinate the program in record time. For the first time, the full program of the meeting will be available on-line by early August!

The program Co-chairs, Julie Borchers and Marcos Lederman are putting together an excellent program. The invited sessions and symposia include:

Spin Transfer TorquesLuc Berger, Frank Albert, Jean-Eric Wegrowe, Hans Christof Siegmann, Maxine Tsoi, Mark Stiles

Novel Superconductivity and MagnetismSiddharth Shanker Saxena, Warren E. Pickett, Young Lee, John M. Tranquada, Paul Canfield

Spin Polarization in Half MetalsR. A. de Groot, Boris E. Nadgorny, Yasuhide Tomioka, J. M. D. Coey, Marc Raphael, Randall Victora

Spin Injection in Ferromagnetic/Semiconductor MaterialsMichael Flatte, Can-Ming Hu, Klaus H. Ploog, Paul Crowell, Roland K. Kawakami

Thermal Magnetic Stability of Nano-Sized Magnetic DevicesNeil Smith, Roger H. Koch, Nick Rizzo, Jian-Gang Zhu, Jing Shi

Perpendicular Recording (Panel Discussion)Mark Kryder, Pantelis Alexopoulos, H. Neal Bertram, Mark Re, Mike Russak, Kazuhiro Ouchi, Norio Ota

MRAM - Overview and New DevelopmentsSaied Tehrani, William Gallagher, Yoshiaki Saito, Romney Katti

Another special activity associated with the conference will be the social event. This year there will be a half hour boat ride to Tillicum Village on an island in the Puget Sound. There a group will put on a show of native activities and culture to be followed by a sit-down barbequed salmon dinner. Bret Heinrich, the local has visited the facility and raves about the program and the food. The facility is limited in size so be sure to order your tickets early.

Everything is pointing to a meeting that will be active and stimulating. We look forward to seeing all of you in Seattle and chatting at the Bierstube!!!

Philip WigenGeneral Chairperson, 46th MMM

Call for Post-Deadline Supplemental Papers for the 46th MMM Conference

A few of our international colleagues are now faced with unforeseen travel restrictions as a result of recent tragic events. A limited number of presentations have been withdrawn from the 46th MMM conference. (As a reminder, a manuscript will not be published in the MMM Proceedings unless the paper is presented in person at the meeting by a co-author.) Since this unfortunate situation could lead to substantial gaps in some of the oral sessions, we have the opportunity to feature timely results in the meeting program. If you have new results that you would like to present, we invite you to submit proposals for supplemental papers. Some of these papers will be chosen for oral presentation at the meeting. Supplemental papers are a feature of the 46th Conference ONLY. This is a one time offer based on our troubled times. It will NOT be offered at any future MMM Conferences.

In the event of a withdrawn or “no-show” presentation in an oral session, the session chair may choose to call upon a speaker from a list of supplemental papers for that session. The chairman’s selection will be based upon the speaker’s description of the paper and the paper’s relevance in the session. The selection is solely at the discretion of the session chairman. The speaker must be present when he/she is called upon during the time slot of the withdrawn paper. Submission of a proposal for a supplemental paper does not guarantee that the paper will be chosen for presentation at the meeting. For the convenience of the supplemental speakers, the withdrawn papers will be indicated on the MMM website as they are received and a list of withdrawn papers will be provided to each conference participant at registration. “No shows” cannot be anticipated, but may occur during any oral session. Supplemental papers presented at the conference will NOT be included in the program or the proceedings of the meeting. We will consider only supplemental oral presentations and NOT supplemental poster presentations.

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