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2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 30 - December 5, 2014
Boston, Massachusetts

Preregister by 5:00 pm (ET), November 14 and Save!

The 2014 MRS Fall Meeting App is Now Available!

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Use the web-based app on your laptop to browse events and create your Meeting agenda, then download the free mobile app to your favorite devices and manage your itinerary on the go! Plus network with fellow attendees, explore the Exhibit and more.

Call for Papers—JMR Focus Issues

September 2015 Issue
Advances in Thermoelectric Materials II
Submission Deadline—January 15, 2015

October 2015 Issue
Nitrides and Oxynitride Materials
Submission Deadline—February 15, 2015

MATERIALS NEWS


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Materials in Focus
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Dresselhaus Awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom

Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus is among 19 winners announced by President Barack Obama to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States. More

Scalable New Method Yields Porous Three-Dimensional Macrostructures

Two researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Materials Sciences have proposed a versatile new method that allows them to construct porous, three-dimensional graphene oxide macrostructures in a simple, versatile, and scalable way. More

3D-printed robots are powered by skeletal muscle

Recent advances in tissue engineering have allowed the construction of biologically inspired robots from soft tissues instead of hard materials, creating highly responsive machines that more closely mimic actual biological functions like locomotion. More

Electrolyte-free electrochromic device fabricated using graphene quantum dot-viologen nanocomposites

E. Hwang, H. (Hanleem) Lee, and their colleagues from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, have now introduced an electrolyte-free ECD that functions using graphene quantum dot-viologen nanocomposites. More

Inorganic-Organic Phosphors May Lead to Rare-Earth-Free LEDs

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society points toward a possible alternative to LEDs that use rare-earth metals: inorganic-organic hybrid phosphors that are free of any rare-earth metals that can be used to create an array of colors. More

Dynamic Duo Receives MRS Medals for Bionic Self-assembled Nanoparticles

By leveraging the traits of a biological material and an inorganic material, Sharon C. Glotzer and Nicholas A. Kotov of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, along with their research colleagues, observed the spontaneous formation of “supraparticles,” just as they had predicted. They achieved a bionic structure that can do more than each material alone. More

Industry Focus

Will a Breakthrough Solar Technology See the Light of Day?

Semprius, a Durham, North Carolina startup that might have a record-breaking solar cell, is in danger of going out of business. More

CORPORATE PARTNER PROGRAM

New system for flexible Hall measurement of wafer-scale materials

The new Model 8425 HMS from Lake Shore enables non-destructive measurement of wafer-scale samples (up to 51 mm in diameter) under vacuum and at variable temperatures. Featuring an integrated cryogenic probe station, the system offers DC fields to 2 T, resistances from 10 µΩ to 100 GΩ, and measurements at temperatures from 10 K to 400 K. Because the sample is under vacuum, the platform is ideal for testing materials that are reactive to air or require initial warming to drive out moisture. The system supports van der Pauw, Hall bar and gated Hall bar measurements. For details, visit www.lakeshore.com.

The Corporate Partner Program supports the Materials Research Society Foundation^®.

Team infuses science into “Minecraft” modification

Manchester Science Festival celebrations in Bolton

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.

iMatSci—Innovation in Materials Science
Monday, December 1 | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (ET)

Part of Technology Innovation Forum VIII, this new program provides a demonstration platform for technology providers to demonstrate their newest materials innovations in practical applications to industry leaders and venture capitalists.

Science Policy Forum
Tuesday, December 2 | 8:30 am – 10:30 am (ET)

This forum focuses on advocating for science and sustaining the research enterprise. Attendees will gain insight on the nexus between science and public policy, and the ways in which policy can impact the conduct of science.

Industrial Careers Workshop
Tuesday, December 2 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (ET)

Have you ever considered a job in industry? If so, you won’t want to miss these mini-workshops intended to introduce materials scientists at all levels to the wide range of rewarding careers in industrial research.

Critical Meeting Deadlines

JUST PUBLISHED

MRS Communications

Research Letter:

Novel superflexible resorcinol–formaldehyde aerogels and combining of them with aramid honeycombs
Marina Schwan, Barbara Milow and Lorenz Ratke

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MRS Bulletin
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Biological interactions of oxide nanoparticles: The good and the evil
November 2014

The biological effects of engineered nanoparticles are of great interest, due to their therapeutic and diagnostic potential for drug delivery and controlled release. However, this also raises unprecedented safety issues. The articles in this issue of MRS Bulletin focus on the prospective use of metal oxide nanoparticles in nanomedicine, which promises great advances in anticancer and antioxidant therapies. The potential hazards of the use of these nanoparticles are also discussed. On the cover are examples of titania (TiO₂) films with two different phase compositions and surface topographies that show different bioresponses, as manifested in different cell growth patterns and proliferation behavior. Pure nanocrystalline TiO₂ surfaces (top) were found to be highly bioactive, while TiO₂ films having residual chloride contents significantly inhibited cell growth, leading to apoptosis or cell death (bottom).

Biological interactions of oxide nanoparticles: The good and the evil
Lina Ghibelli and Sanjay Mathur, Guest Editors

Special Feature
Memories of Arthur von Hippel, 1898–2003
Mildred Dresselhaus

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Journal of Materials Research
October 2014, Volume 29, Issue 20

A selection of papers:

Coupling of magnetism and structural phase transitions by interfacial strain
Thomas Saerbeck, Jose de la Venta, Siming Wang, Juan Gabriel Ramírez, Mikhail Erekhinsky, Ilya Valmianski and Ivan K. Schuller

Time-resolved analysis of charge responses determining luminescence properties
Masashi Ishii

Physical response of gold nanoparticles to single self-ion bombardment
Daniel C. Bufford and Khalid Hattar

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 1626, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium K – Micro- and Nanoscale Processing of Materials for Biomedical Devices:

Electrochemical Deposition of Platinum Interconnects on Flexible Biocompatible Substrates
A. Radisic, B. M. Morcos, M. Op de Beeck, J. M. O’Callaghan and C. Van Hoof

From Volume 1628, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium M – Large-Area Processing and Patterning for Active Optical and Electronic Devices:

Fabrication of Organic Thin Film Transistor Arrays on Plastic and Paper Substrate for Flexible Display Application
Y. Fujisaki, Y. Nakajima, M. Nakata, H. Tsuji and T. Yamamoto

IN PRINT — MRS Symposium Proceedings Series
From the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California
                                 
Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures—2004
Editors: D. Futaba, Y.K. Yap
Volume 1700
ISBN 9781605116778

For a complete list of volumes in the MRS Symposium Proceedings Series visit  www.cambridge.org/us/mrsproceedings

SCIENCE AS ART

Red Horizon
by Du Nguyen

Sunset over a PDMS foam.

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

Solve for X

Julia Greer—3D Architected Structural Meta-materials

Julia Greer discusses how the creation of extremely strong yet ultra-light materials can be achieved by capitalizing on the hierarchical design of 3-dimensional nano-architectures. As a recipient of the Kavli Early Career Award in Nanoscience, she will present an award talk at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting.

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

Miniature Reflective Beam Expanders

New smaller diameter (25-60mm) Reflective Beam Expanders have been introduced by Optical Surfaces Ltd. for space restricted applications such as high power lasers and multi-wavelength interferometry. OSL reflective beam expanders are aspheric mirror-based devices offering either beam expansion or reduction capabilities. Incorporating high precision off-axis mirrors, OSL reflective beam expanders provide an unobstructed output and highly efficient transmission and can be used with collimated polychromatic light without the need of any fine focus adjustment.
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High Performance 2-Color Sensor Series

Process Sensors Corporation introduces its newest self-contained pyrometer models, the stand-alone PSC-SR56N Series. With a choice of four sighting methods, the PSC-SR56Ns deliver high resolution fixed focus optics with small spot sizes, digital RS485 communication interface, analog 4 to 20mA output and fast speed of response. The PSC-SR56 Series pyrometers are ideal for applications in induction heating, kilns, composites and sintering, steel and metals processing, vacuum furnaces and welding, as well as demanding research and development environments.
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