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The next twenty years

Nature Materials volume 2, pages 563–565 (2003)Cite this article

The European Materials Society — now 20 years old — offers a focus on functional materials and a willingness to engage in policy issues. The success of present and future activities depends on its ability to remain flexible.

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  1. Hermann G. Grimmeiss

    Present address: the current president of the E-MRS,

  2. Paul Siffert

    Present address: the current E-MRS General Secretary,

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  1. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK

    Ian W. Boyd

  2. Fichtestr. 14, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany

    Peter Glasow

  3. the past president of IUMRS,

    Peter Glasow

  4. Solid State Physics Department, University of Lund, Box 118, Lund, S-22100, Sweden

    Hermann G. Grimmeiss

  5. MPI für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, Stuttgart, D-70569, Germany

    Hanns-Ulrich Habermeier

  6. BP230, Strasbourg, 67037 Cedex 2, France

    Paul Siffert

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