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SUMMARY:New Materials for a New Age - Professor Nicola Spaldin FRS\, Chair
 \, Materials Theory\, ETH Zurich
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 qwP1ciVWh37.\n\n*Abstract:*\n\nHistorically\, every era of human civilizat
 ion\, from the Stone Age\, through the Bronze and Iron Ages\, has been def
 ined by the material that dominated the time. The forthcoming end of today
 's Silicon Age\, in which aspects of society as diverse as commerce\, tran
 sportation and communication are underpinned by silicon-based microelectro
 nic devices\, offers therefore a unique opportunity -- defining the future
  of civilization -- and challenge -- how to maintain and improve our moder
 n way of life -- to materials scientists. I will discuss how new materials
  are essential for addressing many of the world's most urgent problems\, a
 nd present my favourite candidates -- the multiferroics -- for enabling be
 yond-silicon technologies.\n\n*Speaker Profile:*\n\nNicola Spaldin is the 
 Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zurich. She developed the class of ma
 terials known as multiferroics\, which combine simultaneous ferromagnetism
  and ferroelectricity\, for which she received the 2017 L'Oréal-UNESCO fo
 r Women in Science award. She is a passionate science educator\, coordinat
 or of her department’s curriculum revision project "The Materials Scient
 ist 2030\, Who is She?"\, and holder of the ETH Golden Owl Award for excel
 lence in teaching. When not trying to make a room-temperature superconduct
 or\, she can be found playing her clarinet\, skiing\, or climbing in the A
 lps.\n
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