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NEW! The MRS Postdoctoral Award recognizes postdoctoral scholars who are showing exceptional promise that may include, for example, excellence in scientific research, leadership, advocacy, outreach, or teaching, during their postdoc assignment. The nomination deadline is August 31.

Technology Innovation Forum—New Event Added for the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting!

iMatSci—Innovation in Materials Science is a new program that is being added to the lineup of activities at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting Technology Innovation Forum. It is a limited space event where select innovators will be invited to pitch new technologies to companies from a variety of industries as well as investors. Innovators interested in demonstrating an applied technology should complete an application form before September 15, 2014. More

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A New Use for Phosphorus in Flexible Circuits and Optoelectronics

Researchers are revisiting an old material, black phosphorus, which shows new promise for flexible electronics. Last month in the journal Nature Communications, researchers led by Fengnian Xia and Han Wang, assistant professors of electrical engineering at Yale University and University of Southern California, described work on transistors made from thin films of black phosphorus. More

Aluminum-Indium Precursor Creates Low-Defect Dense Film

As the demand for transparent electronics is on the rise, so is the search for cheaper means of production. For a large scale application, the thin film electronics would not only need to be made cheaply, but would have to comprise relatively inexpensive materials. In a new paper published in Inorganic Chemistry, a proof-of-concept design shows how a transmetalation process can be used to create an aluminum- and indium-based aqueous precursor for thin film metal oxide design. More

Ultrafast Cooling Finally Produces Monatomic Metallic Glass by Vitrification

Ultrafast cooling of a novel nano-tip device made of a single metallic element placed inside a TEM vacuum chamber has enabled scientists to finally succeed in making an elusive material—monatomic metallic glass. More

Industry Focus

Andor iXon 897 Visualizes Simulated Quantum Matter

A team of physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics is gaining unique insights into the nature of solid materials by monitoring the behavior of quasi-crystalline ‘super atoms’ created inside a giant, room-sized Quantum Simulator, capturing the interactions with an Andor iXon 897 EMCCD camera. More

JUST PUBLISHED

Research Letters:
Comparison of the Young's moduli of polymers measured from nanoindentation and bending experiments
Ricardo Martinez and L. Roy Xu

Mechanical annealing of Cu–Si nanowires during high-cycle fatigue
Charlotte Ensslen, Oliver Kraft, Reiner Mönig, Jin Xu, Guang-Ping Zhang and Reinhard Schneider

Doping of TiO₂ nanopowders with vanadium for the reduction of its band gap reaching the visible light spectrum region
Majid Ahmadi and Maxime J-F. Guinel

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MRS Bulletin

New Materials for Post-Si Computing
August 2014

It is now widely recognized that continued performance gains in electronic computing will require new materials, both in the short and long term. New materials can not only boost performance, but can also add new functionalities, such as on-chip photonics, which can vastly improve interchip interconnects. Replacement technologies must outperform conventional silicon technology, but also be compatible with the vast infrastructure of silicon manufacturing.

Introductory Article
New materials for post-Si computing
C.W. Liu, M. Östling, and J.B. Hannon, guest editors

Technical Feature
Shape-controlled metal nanocrystals for catalytic applications
Aleksey Ruditskiy, Sang-Il Choi, Hsin-Chieh Peng and Younan Xia


Journal of Materials Research
July 2014, Volume 29, Issue 14

A selection of papers:

Damage-tolerant Zr–Cu–Al-based bulk metallic glasses with record-breaking fracture toughness
Jian Xu and Evan Ma

Optical analysis of room temperature magnetron sputtered ITO films by reflectometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry
Tivadar Lohner, K. Jagadeesh Kumar, Péter Petrik, Aryasomayajula Subrahmanyam and István Bársony

Hidden energy dissipation mechanism in nacre
Zaiwang Huang, Zhiliang Pan, Haoze Li, Qiuming Wei and Xiaodong Li

MRS Online Proceedings Library

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From Volume 1621, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium H/C/D/J – Advances in Structures, Properties and Applications of Biological and Bioinspired Materials:

Composites and Structures for Regenerative Engineering
Cato Laurencin and Roshan James

Reducing Infections Using Nanotechnology
Thomas Webster

IN PRINT — MRS Symposium Proceedings Series
From the 2013 MRS Spring Meeting – San Francisco, CA
                                 
Advanced Materials for Biological and Biomedical Applications
Editors:  M. Oyen, A. Lendlein, W.T. Pennington, L. Stanciu, S. Svenson, M. Behl
Volume 1569
ISBN 9781605115467

SCIENCE AS ART

A Finalist in the Science as Art competition at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting.

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EDITOR'S CHOICE VIDEO

Interview with Biwu Ma, Co-Organizer of Symposium C at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting

Biwu Ma, Co-Organizer of Symposium C concerning the Synthesis and Processing of Organic and Polymeric Materials for Semiconductor Applications, gave MRS TV an overview of the one of the biggest symposia at the 2014 MRS Spring Meeting.

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OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

What do National Geographic and MRS have in common?

Ainissa Ramirez, a member of the MRS public outreach committee and science evangelist has been selected for the Advisory Council for National Geographic’s Expedition Granted contest. Hear her story at http://youtu.be/Sey0XhSyvjs.

Want your shot at $50,000 to fund the project you’ve always dreamed of? All you need is an idea that pushes boundaries and forges new territory. National Geographic is giving you the opportunity to do just that. But you must hurry. The deadline to submit your two-minute video is August 31st.  More

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

Compact Thermal Imaging Camera with Cooled InSb Detector

FLIR Systems announces the FLIR A6700sc, an affordably priced, compact thermal imaging camera designed for industrial R&D applications that need better image quality, more sensitivity and a higher frame rate than what can be obtained from a camera with an uncooled detector. The FLIR A6700sc camera works seamlessly together with FLIR ResearchIR Max software enabling intuitive viewing, recording and advanced processing of the infrared data provided by the camera. Each camera comes standard with this especially for R&D applications developed software. [Contact: [email protected] or 32-3665-5100]

Odour Free Evaporation on Your Lab Bench

Genevac announces a proprietary “odour reduction” function for its EZ-2 evaporator which enables it to be sited on the open bench rather than taking up valuable fume hood space. Many solvent evaporators are routinely sited inside fume extraction hoods because residual solvent vapour, remaining in the chamber at the end of a run, can expose the operator to potentially harmful odours when the system is opened. The EZ-2’s Reduce Odour function automatically adds a repeated vent and vacuum cycle to the end of a method, which purges the evaporation chamber of residual solvent vapors. Three settings are available to optimize vapor removal without releasing trapped solvent from the cold trap. [Contact: [email protected] or 44-1473-240000]

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