ISBB2019
20th InternationalSymposium
on Boron, Borides andRelated Materials
September 22th (Sun) - 27th (Fri), 2019
"Toki Messe" (Niigata Convention Center)
Niigata City, Niigata, JapanFIRST ANNOUNCEMENTInternational Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials (ISBB) began at Asbury Park,
New Jersey in 1959. More than half century passed from the first symposium ISBB will reach 20thSymposium which will be held in beautiful town Niigata, Japan in 2019. 20th Symposium will be
devoted to recent progress on physical and chemical properties and practical applications of exoticboron and related materials. We hope to meet you in Niigata, the center of the coast of the Sea ofJapan with gourmet and nature.
Further Information will be available at:
ISBB2019 web site: http://www.sogalabo.jp/isbb2019/

Scientific Program
The Symposium will integrate both basic and applied interdisciplinary research that is centeredon Boron, Borides and Related Materials.
Oral and poster contributions are invited in the following areas: Preparation of New Materials (single crystals, thin films, nanomaterials, ceramics, coatings,glasses, composites, biopolymers etc.) in normal and extreme conditions (super-high pressure,ultracentrifuging, microgravity).
 Crystal Structure and Chemical Bonding (nonstoichiometry, defects, clusters, quantumchemical calculations).
 Physical and Chemical Properties(band structure, phonon spectra, superconductivity, optical, electrical, magnetic, emissive,mechanical properties, phase diagrams, thermodynamics, catalytic activity etc.) in a wide rangeof temperature and pressure.
 Applications and Prospects(memory elements, thermoelectric converters, composites, ceramics, coatings, biomedicine etc.)
Plenary lectures and Special Session are planned. English will be the Symposium language.

Registration
Participants should register preliminary through the following ISBB2019 web site.
ISBB2019 web site: http://www.sogalabo.jp/isbb2019/

Proceedings
Solid State Sciences (Special Issue)

Location
The Symposium will be held in Niigata City, Niigata (http://enjoyniigata.com), at the Niigata
Convention Center "Toki Messe" (https://www.tokimesse.com/english/index.html), situatedwithin 10 minutes by public transport or 20 minutes on foot from the downtown. In the end of
September, hot and humid weather will almost finish in Japan, and we are certain that you and yourfamily will enjoy many places of scenic, historical and cultural interests offered by Niigata City.
Japan is facing two large units of ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. Located at thecenter of the coast of the Sea of Japan, Niigata has been one of the important places for marinetransport from ancient time. Also, it has been a cultural contact point between the Eurasia and Japan.
With famous quality rice, seafood and Sake (Japanese rice wine), Niigata is one of the most
attracting places to visit in Japan.

Organizing CommitteeK. Kimura, Chairman (The University of Tokyo)
M. Takeda, Secretary (Nagaoka University of Technology)
Takuya Fujima (Tokyo city University)
Kaoru Kozu (Kokushikan University)
Iwao Matsuda (The University of Tokyo)
Ai Momozawa (Tokyo City University)
Takao Mori (National Institute for Materials Science)
Junpei Okada (Tohoku University)

Shigeru Okada (Kokushikan University)
Koun Shirai (Osaka University)
Toetsu Shishido (Tohoku University)
Kohei Soga (Tokyo University of Science)
Takashi Yamasaki (Kokushikan University)
Kunio Yubuta (Tohoku University)

Symposium Addresses
Symposium Chair

Symposium Secretary

Kaoru KIMURA
Department of Advanced Materials Science,
The University of Tokyo
502, Kiban-toh, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwashi
Chiba 277-8561, Japan
TEL：+81-4-7136-5456
FAX：+81-4-7136-3758
E-mail：kbkimura@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
E-mail：bkimura@phys.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Masatoshi TAKEDA
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Nagaoka University of Technology
1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka-shi
Niigata 940-2188, Japan
TEL：+81-258-47-9714
FAX：+81-258-47-9770
E-mail：takeda@mech.nagaokaut.ac.jp