ECM 2014 - 1st International Electronic Conference on Materials

I am pleased to welcome you to the 1st International Electronic Conference on Materials (ECM).
This first edition will cover “Functional Materials and Interfaces”, a field which is currently a high priority among scholars. The conference will comprise the following sections:
Functional Materials and Interfaces in Food (Section A)
Functional Materials and Interfaces for Sustainable Development (Section B)
Functional Materials and Interfaces for Energy (Section C)
Functional Materials and Interfaces for Biomedical Applications (Section D)
All participants will have the chance to exchange their knowledge and latest research with other experts from the community, bringing a rich contribution to this important field. Researchers from both theoretical and applied fields will convene to discuss their latest investigations.
By using sciforum.net, a platform providing the technology to host digital conferences, we address many of the difficulties that come with participating in a physical conference: ECM offers you the opportunity to participate at this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel. In addition, participation is free of charge?both for authors and attendees. Furthermore, the e-conference offers you a rapid and direct exchange with the scientific community, and allows you to receive fast, high quality feedback on your latest work.
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Materials is sponsored by the open access journal Materials (2012 Impact Factor: 2.247; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials). Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference, and selected papers will be considered for publication in Materials. Papers related to functional biomaterials can also be submitted to the Journal of Functional Biomaterials (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jfb).
I hope you will help make this first edition a full success and at the same time, enjoy participating.