2nd Materials Research Society of Indonesia Meeting (MRS-Id 2016)

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PrefaceThe Materials Research Society of Indonesia (MRS-Id) Meeting is a bi-annual society meeting of the MRS-Id or Himpunan Riset Material Indonesia (HRMI). The 2nd MRS-Id Meeting was held in Bandung from 24th to 26th October 2016 while the first one was in Bali in 2014. It was co-organized by Physics of Electronic Materials Research Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).The aim of this event was to deliver the focus of MRS Indonesia that is to promote materials related with science and technology in Indonesia, regional, and global. We were very pleased that this event could bring together scientists, researchers, and engineers in Indonesia, regional, and global to share their newest scientific works and discoveries in the field of materials science and engineering.Approximately 160 participants have attended the meeting. Among the participants, there were 6 plenary speakers, 26 invited speakers, and 121 contributed speakers. Based on the country where the participants came from, they were from 10 (ten) countries namely France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, UK, and USA. This MRS-Id Meeting consisted of 10 (ten) symposia that cover the broad spectra of materials science and engineering.The speakers of the meeting have submitted their full papers for possible publications in a proceeding of IOP Publishing (IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering) or a journal of IOP Publishing (Materials Research Express). After peer reviewed by experts in related fields, finally, this proceeding contains 36 accepted papers. In addition, there are 20 papers published in the journal after an additional peer-review process of the journal.The Materials Research Society of Indonesia (MRS-Id) acknowledges the enthusiasm of the participants and numerous sponsors, all members of the committees, the international advisory board, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of ITB, and all those who have contributed to the success of the 2nd MRS-Id Meeting.The next MRS-Id Meeting will be held in 2018. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 3rd MRS-Id Meeting!Prof. Khairurrijal KhairurrijalChairman of MRS-Id Meeting 2016 / Current President of MRS-IdDr. Ferry IskandarCo-Chairman of MRS-Id Meeting 2016Prof. Khairurrijal Khairurrijal (ITB, Indonesia), Prof. Kikuo Okuyama (Hiroshima University, Japan), Dr. Ferry Iskandar (ITB, Indonesia), and Dr. Satria Zulkarnaen Bisri (RIKEN, Japan)Editorial Board