Most recently, the 247^th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting defined a theme of “Chemistry & Materials for Energy”, primarily focused on advanced materials and chemical process involved in the process of energy production, storage, transportation, and usage. The annual meeting will be held in Dallas, Texas on March 16-20, 2013. The detailed information for basic requirement of abstract and abstract submission can be found in the relevant website of abstracts.acs.org.

The ACS, founded in 1876, is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. The ACS currently has more than 163,000 members at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields. It is the world's largest scientific society and one of the leading sources of authoritative scientific information. Its publications division produces dozens of scholarly journals including the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society for 125 years.

The topics of 2014 ACS spring meeting are as the follows:

1. Catalysis for clean energy technologies:
   biomass conversion; reduced emissions;
   electrocatalysts for batteries, fuel cells, and artificial photosynthesis
2. Harnessing the energy of the sun:
   photovoltaic; solar thermal; solar fuels; artificial
   photosynthesis, biomass conversion
3. Materials for extremes:
   corrosion resistant materials; materials for high T/P; next generation lightweight materials for transportation and other applications (e.g., carbon fiber, polymers, etc.)
4. Nuclear materials and fuels:
   fuel cladding, fuel recycle, radiation resistant materials (structural materials and concrete)
5. Energy storage materials:
   batteries and capacitors
6. New materials and systems for the grid:
   superconductivity; rare earths (substitutes,recovery); grid-scale storage; generation technologies
7. Materials for energy efficiency:
   thermoelectrics, solid state lighting, building materials (insulation, coatings, roofing, windows)
8. New technologies for enhanced recovery of fossil fuels
9. CO₂ sequestration and conversion