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2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 30 - December 5, 2014
Boston, Massachusetts
Preregister by 5:00 pm (ET), November 14 to ensure discounted rates!
Become an MRS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow!
Participate in, and contribute to, the federal policymaking process, while learning firsthand about the intersection of science and policy. Apply for one of two Fellowship positions!
Submission Deadline—January 2, 2015
Call for Proposals—2016 JMR Focus Issues
Are you knowledgeable about a materials science topic that is currently seeing a lot of groundbreaking research? Consider proposing a Journal of Materials Research Focus Issue on that topic! Proposals are being accepted for JMR Focus Issues to be published in 2016.
Submission Deadline—December 15, 2014
MATERIALS NEWS
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Materials in Focus
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Bottom-up method enables high-quality graphene-oxide interface
An alternative and novel method of producing graphene-oxide interface for emerging nanoelectronics has been reported in a recent issue of the journal Nature Communications by an international research team led by Alessandro Baraldi who has joint appointments at the University of Trieste, Elettra-Sincrotrone, and IOM-CNR, Italy. The researchers used Ni3Al as a substrate on which they grew graphene by CVD. The researchers then oxidized the substrate so that an alumina nanosheet, 1.5-nm thick, formed beneath the graphene. More
A Battery Charged by the Sun
A device that combines a rechargeable battery with a photoelectrode could help bring down the cost of residential solar-power systems by as much as 25 percent. Researchers at Ohio State University call this device, the first of its kind known, a solar battery. More
Crumpled Graphene Paper Could Power Future Stretchable Electronic Devices
A research team led by engineer Xuanhe Zhao of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has now created stretchable, high-performance supercapacitor electrodes out of crumpled graphene paper. More
Study Identifies an Optimum Molecular Composition for Concrete
A new study published in Nature Communications uses database modeling and a combinatorial approach to isolate the perfect molecular make-up of concrete, pointing toward a greener, stronger concrete. More
Marvin L. Cohen to Receive Materials Research Society's Highest Honor
The 2014 Von Hippel Award will be presented to Marvin L. Cohen, University Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley (UC–Berkeley) and senior scientist in the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Cohen is being recognized for “explaining and predicting properties of materials and for successfully predicting new materials using microscopic quantum theory.” More
Rodney S. Ruoff Awarded 2014 David Turnbull Lectureship
This year's David Turnbull Lectureship Award will honor Rodney S. Ruoff, Director of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and Distinguished Professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) for "pioneering discoveries related to carbon materials and their innovative preparation, characterization, and mechanics." More
Larry Marshall named as CSIRO’s new Chief Executive
The appointment of technology innovator Larry Marshall as the new Chief Executive of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was announced earlier this month by the Chair of the CSIRO Board, Simon McKeon. More
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announces 2014 Fellows
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced the 2014 Fellows including Trisha Andrew, University of Wisconsin, Madison; James Cahoun, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Liang Fu, Lena Kourkoutis, Cornell University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Alison Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania, who work in materials. More
Industry Focus
Are old secrets behind Lockheed's new fusion machine?
The defense firm Lockheed Martin revealed a few details of a “compact fusion reactor” (CFR) that a small team has been working on at the company’s secretive Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The company says that its innovative method for confining the superhot ionized gas, or plasma, necessary for fusion means that it can make a working reactor 1/10 the size of current efforts. More
Agilent Will Shut Down NMR Business
Agilent Technologies is shutting down its nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation business in Yarnton, England and Santa Clara, Calif. More
OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY
Superheroes teach lessons in real materials science at Toonseum exhibit
Comic-tanium: The Super Materials of the Superheroes, developed by the TMS Foundation, TMS, and the ToonSeum, is now on exhibit in Pittsburgh, PA. More.
Creating space for the voices of early-career scientists in policy
Inspired by the inaugural Global Conference on Science Advice to Governments, hosted in New Zealand on August 28-29, 2014, Kimberly Nicholas, Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University, invites early-career scientists to engage in the conversation. More.
CDRH Industry Basics Workshop (Webinar) in November
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health will present a webinar that provides information on the fundamental concepts of medical device regulations. The webinar is scheduled for November 4, 2014, 10:00 a.m. for 4:00 p.m. More.
MEETINGS UPDATE
 Featured Events at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting
Several special events will be featured at the upcoming MRS Meeting in Boston. Below are just a few highlights. For a list of all Meeting activities, visit www.mrs.org/fall-2014-activities-events.
Essentials of Getting Your Work Published—I’ve Done My Research, Now What?
Sunday, November 30 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm (ET)
Whether you are a student preparing to publish your first paper, an early-career researcher hoping to polish your publishing skills, or if you just have questions about the publishing process, plan to attend this interactive “how to” session and learn the fundamentals of successful scientific publishing from MRS journal editors-in-chief.
Focus on Sustainability
• The Research/Corporate Nexus
Monday, December 1 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am (ET)
• Corporate Social Responsibility Roundtable
Monday, December 1 | 10:15 am - 12:00 pm (ET)
Join the morning symposium session and this unique and exciting roundtable discussion with invited corporate social responsibility and technology officers from industry.
Materials Hackathon (MatHack)
Tuesday, December 2 – Wednesday, December 3
In just 24 hours, pitch your idea for new materials-related software, form a team around that idea, bring the concept to life with working code, and present the results to an esteemed panel of judges from across the materials field. Sign up by November 14 to secure a spot.
Critical Meeting Deadlines
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MRS Communications
Research Letter:
Microbial induced synthesis of hollow cylinder and helical NiO micro/nanostructure
Shashi B. Atla, Chien-Yen Chen, Ching-Wen Fu, Ting-Che Chien, An-Cheng Sun, Chuan-Fa Huang, Chien-Jung Lo and Tsui-Chu Yang
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MRS Bulletin
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Topological Insulators
October 2014
This issue of MRS Bulletin focuses on topological insulators, which represents a new state of matter based on the topology of the electronic structure. Topological insulators are materials with a distinguished electronic structure, equivalent to a Möbius strip. Most semiconductors and insulators, including the vacuum of the universe, are topologically “trivial,” with an electronic structure like a cylinder or donut shape. The Möbius strip electronic structure on the other hand cannot be continuously transformed into a donut, and, consequently, a metallic surface state (Dirac-type cone) develops in topological insulators while the bulk material remains an insulator, as represented on the cover.
Introductory Article
Topological Insulators
Claudia Felser and Xiao-Liang Qi, Guest Editors
Book reviews
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanomaterials
Dinesh C. Agrawal
Battery Systems Engineering
Christopher D. Rahn and Chao-Yang Wang
Graphene: A New Paradigm in Condensed Matter and Device Physics
E.L. Wolf
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Journal of Materials Research
Focus Issue: Optical Ceramics Science
October 2014, Volume 29, Issue 19
A selection of papers:
Low absorption magnesium aluminate spinel windows for high energy laser applications
Guillermo Villalobos, Shyam Bayya, Woohong Kim, Colin Baker, Jas Sanghera, Michael Hunt, Bryan Sadowski, Fritz Miklos and Ishwar Aggarwal
Particle size effects on yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) phase formation by solid-state reaction
Elizabeth R. Kupp, Sujarinee Kochawattana, Sang-Ho Lee, Scott Misture and Gary L. Messing
Expanded phase stability of Gd-based garnet transparent ceramic scintillators
Zachary M. Seeley, Nerine J. Cherepy and Stephen A. Payne
MRS Online Proceedings Library
Visit the MRS Online Proceedings Library and read about the latest research presented at MRS Meetings. Access is free to MRS members.
From Volume 1622, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium E – Fundamentals of Gels and Self-Assembled Polymer Systems:
Field-Assembled Polymer Composites
James E. Martin
From Volume 1625, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium I – Multiscale Materials in the Study and Treatment of Cancer:
Bone Microenvironment Tissue Surrogates Engineered for Reporting of Metastasized Breast Cancer Osteolytic Activity
Jerald E. Dumas, Akia N. Parks and Manu O. Platt
SCIENCE AS ART
Save the Planet
by Yu Ning, Beijing Jiaotong University
The mixture of the Cu2S nanoplates and Au nanoparticles.
A Finalist in the Science as Art competition at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting.
Copyright for all Science as Art images belongs to the Materials Research Society. To request permission to re-use the images, please contact Anita Miller.
EDITOR'S CHOICE VIDEO
University of Michigan
Michigan Engineers Create Nanolobes
Engineers at the University of Michigan have made curved ordered crystals in designs that mimic the texture of starfish shells. Such shapes are found readily in nature, but not in a lab. Crystals engineers typically make either have facets with flat surfaces and hard angles, or are smooth but lack a repeating molecular order. The researchers call them “nanolobes.”
CAREER CENTRAL
Partial listing of classified ads from the upcoming November 2014 issue of MRS Bulletin
African University of Science and Technology
ACBF Chairs/Faculty Positions, Materials Science and Engineering
Auburn University
Faculty Position, Materials Engineering
Bilkent University
Faculty Positions, National Nanotechnology Research Center
Department of Energy
Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship, National Nuclear Security Administration
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Faculty Position, Materials Electron Microscopy
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Faculty Position, Biomaterials
Gemological Institute of America
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Gemology
Lehigh University
Faculty Position, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Positions, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
National Taiwan University
Faculty Positions, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
North Carolina State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Princeton University
Professor, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Princeton University
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Purdue University
Turner Professor of Engineering, School of Materials Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, San Diego
Full, Associate, or Assistant Professor, Department of NanoEngineering
University of Central Florida
Faculty Positions
University of Central Florida
Faculty Positions, NanoScience Technology Center
University of Michigan
Faculty Position, Materials Science and Engineering
University of South Florida
Faculty Positions, Experimental Materials Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tenure-Track and Tenured Positions, Grainger Institute for Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Faculty Search, Materials Science and Engineering
NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS
Plasma Cleaning System for OEM Electron Microscope Market
XEI Scientific Inc. recently released the Evactron ® ES, a new approach to plasma cleaning designed for OEM scanning electron microscope and high vacuum chamber manufacturers. The ES model starts easily with patent pending “POP” plasma ignition process. The simplified Evactron Plasma Radical Source (PRS) performs high efficiency cleaning in almost any high vacuum system. The ES model offers premium cleaning power at a low cost that allows it to be deployed on both low cost basic or premium SEMs and FIBs.
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Top View Probe for TERS Application
Taking advantage of its unique nanofabrication technology, NaugaNeedles now offers special AFM probes for Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS). Standard AFM probes in the market are conical shaped that block a large portion of the illumination. In order to enhance top-illumination for TERS applications, we grow individual high aspect ratio Silver/Gallium (Ag2Ga) nanoneedles at the end of top view cantilevers. These tips are offered in contact mode and non-contact mode (Tapping mode). Per customer requests, different coatings, including gold, silver and platinum, are offered.
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