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	Materials & Engineering: Propelling Innovation — MRS Bulletin Special Issue MRS Bulletin celebrates its 40th anniversary with a Special Issue for December 2015 on Materials & Engineering: Propelling Innovation. This issue aims to capture the unique relationship between materials science and engineering—two disciplines that are closely intertwined—and how this relationship continues to grow with the expanding social demand for new products and processes. For more information click here. If you are attending the 2015 MRS Fall Meeting, don’t miss the MRS Bulletin Special Issue Session on Wednesday afternoon. Comprised of talks and an expert panel discussion, the session will focus on the translation of materials research into real applications, and how applications themselves push materials research forward.
	Call for Proposals—Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Focus Issues for 2017 Although each regular issue of JMR covers a range of materials research topics, Focus Issues are devoted entirely to a single topic and are published several times a year. Proposals are being accepted for JMR Focus Issues to be published in calendar year 2017. Lead a Focus Issue on your area of expertise! Propose a topic today. Submission Deadline: December 1, 2015

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Materials in Focus

Tattoo-like sensors create 2D blood flow maps
	Researchers have made an ultrathin electronic device that sticks to human skin like a temporary tattoo and maps blood flow in real time. The sensor could enable 24-hour blood flow monitoring of patients with vascular disease, such as diabetes or anemia, or kidney disease. It could also be placed on internal organs, implantable devices, and surgical tools for medical diagnostics.
Simple small-molecule platform achieves strongest mussel-inspired underwater adhesion
	A major challenge in materials science is creating adhesives that can function underwater or in wet conditions—a development that could be useful in a wide range of applications, from healthcare to the nanofabrication of electronics. For this, researchers have taken cues from nature, focusing specifically on the adhesive proteins of mussels and sandcastle worms. Studies of these animals suggest that charged and catecholic amino acids (a catechol is a simple ringed molecule consisting of benzene with two hydroxyl side groups) and coacervation (fluid-fluid phase separation) are both important for wet adhesion, and instilling these factors into synthetic materials could produce a new class of powerful adhesives.
Ni3TeO6 crystal structure exhibits interlocked chiral and polar domain walls
	Coexisting optical and polar domains have been found in single-crystal Ni3TeO6. Furthermore, these domains are intertwined-the optical orientation, directly related to structural chirality, determines the polar orientation and vice versa.
Bio Focus: Gold nanoparticles enable instant colorimetric hydration sensor
	During sports activities, monitoring hydration status before, during, and after exercise is essential for both performance and safety. Y. Zhou of Nanyang Technological University, Souhir Boujday of Sorbonne Universités in Paris, and their colleagues have now developed a gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric sensor that makes it possible to detect hydration balance and overhydration within minutes.

People in Focus

Jacob Klein Selected for 2015 David Turnbull Lectureship Award
	The Materials Research Society’s (MRS) David Turnbull Lectureship Award recognizes the career of a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to understanding materials phenomena and properties through research, writing, and lecturing, as exemplified by the late David Turnbull of Harvard University. This year’s award will honor Jacob Klein, Weizmann Institute of Science. Klein is cited “for discoveries which transformed our understanding of soft matter and interfaces, through sustained research, inspirational lecturing, and academic leadership.”
Richard B. Kaner selected as 2015 MRS Medalist
	Richard B. Kaner of the University of California, Los Angeles, has received the 2015 Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal. He is cited “for the discovery of efficient methods to synthesize water dispersible conducting polymer nano-fibers and their applications in sensors, actuators, molecular memory devices, catalysis, and the novel process of flash welding.”
Steven G. Louie to receive 2015 Materials Theory Award
	The Materials Research Society (MRS) has named Steven G. Louie, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as the 2015 recipient of the Materials Theory Award “for his seminal contributions to the development of ab initio methods for, and the elucidation of, many-electron effects in electronic excitations and optical properties of solids and nanostructures.” The Materials Theory Award is endowed by Toh-Ming Lu and Gwo-Ching Wang.

Industry Focus

Can VW catch up with electric-car technology?

Why did Volkswagen resist EV technology for so long? For one thing, the engineers there have publicly questioned the EV’s green credentials on the grounds that it merely shunts emissions from the tailpipe of a car to the smokestack of a generating plant. But big companies don’t like to leave stones unturned, and VW has in fact been working on EVs. In Europe VW sells the e-Golf.

Policy Focus

Federal agencies announce materials data challenge

Fifty thousand dollars is up for grabs for the winners of the Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge, launched earlier this year by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Science Foundation. The goal: to leverage existing digital data to incentivize advancements in materials science and engineering knowledge.

Nuclear deal to free Iranian scientists professionally but not politically

In the wake of the recent Iranian nuclear deal, scientists in Iran are hoping to turn a page on a decade that has left a lasting impression on the nation’s science program. A sea change is expected in international mobility and cooperation, scientific infrastructure and ease of publication. But no substantial improvement in academic freedom for researchers, particularly nuclear scientists, is forecast.

For more science policy news, follow @MaterialsSciPol

OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Program accepting Fellowship Applications

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. The application will open on Monday, November 30, 2015 and will close on Friday, February 5, 2016. More

MEETINGS UPDATE

Featured Events at the 2015 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-2015-activities-events. To receive daily news from the Meeting, login to MyMRS and subscribe to the Meeting Scene newsletter.

New—Focus on Sustainability Booth
Sunday, November 29  - Friday, December 4
Do you have a specific interest in sustainability? Stop by the new Focus on Sustainability Booth at the Public Outreach Center! Meet with MRS sustainability leaders to share information and discover the valued role of sustainable materials practices to a sustainable world.

Science Policy Forum
Monday, November 30  |  8:30 – 11:30 am
The voice of science is critically important to ensure robust federal research funding and to provide input on particular policy issues. The federal budget has a tremendous impact on the research enterprise. In order to be successful and ensure the health of the international research community, scientists need to understand the research budget process and how they can be effective advocates for it. This session will provide insight on the nexus between science and public policy and the ways in which policy can impact the conduct of science.

Data Management Plan—Insights from Program Managers
Monday, November 30  |  5:30 – 6:30 pm
In February 2013, the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy released a memo outlining U.S. efforts for “increasing access to the results of Federally funded scientific research.” This resulted in new and substantial requirements being imposed upon U.S. researchers in the form of requirements associated with Data Management Plans. This panel brings three program officers together to discuss these requirements and to assist researchers in understanding the elements of a compliant plan.

Technology Innovation Forum IX
Wednesday, December 2 | 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Keynote Speaker: Colin Humphreys, University of Cambridge.
This year's Forum, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the International Year of Light—Approaches in Europe and America, features innovation and investor topics around materials for light emission and instrumentation using light and other spectroscopies for materials characterization, shedding light on possible pathways in Europe and the U.S.

Critical Meeting Deadlines

Through its Endorsed Meetings Program, the MRS Meetings Committee vets and recommends meetings that are of interest to the international materials science community.

These include, but are not limited to, the topics around Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Magnetism, Biomaterials, as well as multi-topical conferences in cities including, for example, Philadelphia, Sheffield, Glasgow, Montreal, and Darmstadt. 

For a complete list of MRS endorsed meetings along with links for more details, please visit: http://www.mrs.org/endorsed-meetings/

If you are hosting a conference in 2016 or beyond and seek MRS endorsement, details on how to apply are also included via the web link above.

PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

Critical Publications Deadlines

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MRS Bulletin Follow @MRSBulletin Mesoscale materials, phenomena, and functionality November 2015

Selected Theme Article
Understanding materials microstructure and behavior at the mesoscale
A.D. Rollett, G.S. Rohrer, and R.M. Suter

Technical feature
Nanomaterials under stress: A new opportunity for nanomaterials synthesis and engineering
Feng Bai, Kaifu Bian, Binsong Li, Huimeng Wu, Leanne J. Alarid, Hattie C. Schunk, Paul G. Clem, and Hongyou Fan

Energy Quarterly
Editorial
Don’t waste the waste
Russell R. Chianelli

Posterminaries
The Moore’s Law of Moore’s Laws
Ted Sanders

Book Reviews
Essential Biomaterials Science
David Williams
Reviewed by SuPing Lyu

Materials in Energy Conversion, Harvesting, and Storage
Kathy Lu
Reviewed by M. Stanley Whittingham

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CAREER CENTRAL

Partial listing of classified ads from the December 2015 issue of MRS Bulletin

Binghamton University, State University of New York
Director, Solar and Thin Film Energy Research Center

Georgia Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Materials Science

Lehigh University
Faculty Position, Department of Materials Science & Engineering

University of Washington
Associate or Full Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Virginia Tech
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