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Materials in Focus


Confining LiBH4 in mesoporous silica yields solid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries
A new study shows promise for a new all-solid lithium ion battery that could potentially cut down the weight of the batteries

Ferromagnetic thin film induces magnetism in graphene
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have determined a way to induce ferromagnetism in graphene, opening a new path of investigation especially into its spintronics applications.

Industry Focus

Resurrecting a Meltdown-Proof Reactor Design

A new take on an old reactor design could make nuclear power cleaner and safer, and therefore more competitive with fossil fuels. Terrestrial Energy, a startup in Ontario, Canada, is commercializing the reactor design, which is based on work done at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Terrestrial plans to start licensing the design in Canada later this year.

 

OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

Six supermaterials that could change our world

Graphene isn't the only game-changing material to come out of a lab. From aerogels nearly as light as air to metamaterials that manipulate light, here are six supermaterials that have the potential to transform the world of the future. More.

Head Health Challenge III: Advanced Materials for Impact Mitigation

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Football League, GE, and Under Armour have launched an open innovation prize in search of advanced materials with enhanced energy absorption or dissipation properties. It is hoped that such new materials will improve the performance of protective equipment not only for athletes, but also military personnel, first responders and others. More.

2015 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program now accepting applications

The L’Oréal fellowship program will award five post‐doctoral women scientists in the United States this year with grants of up to $60,000 each. Applicants are welcome from a variety of fields, including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering and mathematics. More.

The Minority Science Writers Internship

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Pitts Family Foundation is proud to offer a summer internship program for minority students interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing. The summer Internship takes place at the Washington, D.C. More.

 

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3D printing of biomaterials
February 2015

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Three-dimensional (3D) printing represents the direct fabrication of parts layer-by-layer, guided by digital information from a computer-aided design file without any part-specific tooling. Over the past three decades, a variety of 3D printing technologies have evolved that have transformed the idea of direct printing of parts for numerous applications. Three-dimensional printing technology offers significant advantages for biomedical devices and tissue engineering due to its ability to manufacture low-volume or one-of-a-kind parts on-demand based on patient-specific needs. However, many concerns remain for widespread applications of 3D-printed biomaterials, including regulatory issues, a sterile environment for part fabrication, and the achievement of target material properties with the desired architecture. The articles in this issue cover the important aspects of 3D printing of biomaterials.

3D printing of biomaterials
Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose and Suman Das, Guest Editors

Technical Feature
Design of bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial materials with superwettability
Ye Tian and Lei Jiang

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Journal of Materials Research
February 2015, Volume 30, Issue 3

Focus Issue: In-situ and Operando Characterization of Materials

A selection of papers:

In situ transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy studies of rechargeable batteries under dynamic operating conditions: A retrospective and perspective view
Chong-Min Wang

Structural evolution of electrodes in the NCR and CGR cathode-containing commercial lithium-ion batteries cycled between 3.0 and 4.5 V: An operando neutron powder-diffraction study
Wei Kong Pang, Moshiul Alam, Vanessa K. Peterson and Neeraj Sharma

Nanoscale mapping of in situ actuating microelectromechanical systems with AFM

Manuel Rivas, Varun Vyas, Aliya Carter, James Veronick, Yusuf Khan, Oleg V. Kolosov, Ronald G. Polcawich and Bryan D. Huey

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From Volume 1655, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium OO – Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials:

Structure-Stability Correlations in Li-ion Battery Cathode Materials
Christopher Patridge, Corey Love, Wojtek Dmowski, David Ramaker, Michelle Johannes and Karen Swider-Lyons

From Volume 1655, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium OO – Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials:

Multishell EXAFS Fitting Analysis of a Compositionally Precise Thiolate-Gold Nanocluster
Daniel M. Chevrier, Amares Chatt, Peng Zhang, Chenjie Zeng and Rongchao Jin

SCIENCE AS ART

A Hungry Monster
by Enzo Di Fabrizio, KAUST

2 day in vitro hippocampal neurons drop-plated on superhydrophobic nanostructured silicon devices clustered before die looking for nutrients and oxygen. Credits Tania Limongi, F. Benfenati and A. Falqui and collaborators.

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Nanometrics Incorporated recently announced the launch of its NanoSpec® II standalone metrology system, the latest model in its NanoSpec line of economic film metrology systems. With a streamlined design based on the long-proven NanoSpec tabletop architecture, the NanoSpec II standalone is a fully automated non-contact optical metrology system for advanced material characterization on substrates up to 200mm. For films analysis, the NanoSpec II enables process control metrology and characterization on full-stack, multi-layer films and optical constant variation monitoring. New system hardware and software enhancements make the NanoSpec II the industry's most powerful and cost-effective film metrology system in its class, ideally suited for industrial and research environments.

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