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Kristi S. Anseth delivers 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lecture on biomaterials and regenerative medicine
As the recipient of the 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lectureship, MRS Vice President/President-Elect Kristi S. Anseth addressed a rapt audience at the University of Pittsburgh on the evening of Thursday, April 23. In her lecture, Anseth highlighted the new materials systems her group has been focusing on for the past five years, and explained how these systems help to answer some basic biological questions that could improve regenerative medicine.

Device combination measures near real-time diffusion on atomic scale
Characterizing materials on the atomic scale is no easy task. Though major advancements have been made in electron microscopy and atom probe tomography, scientists are still not getting a full picture of what happens during structural changes. It is especially difficult to capture atomic scale changes in real time. A recent study published in the Journal of Materials Research uses an atom probe coupled with a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to observe atomic diffusion through a ceramic material one atom at a time.
Pens filled with enzyme-based ink pave way for DIY biosensors
A team of nanoengineers led by Joseph Wang at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has created enzymatic (enzyme-based), biocatalytic inks for do-it-yourself (DIY) biochemical sensors. In a recent study, these inks, when placed in roller pens, can be used to create renewable blood-glucose measuring strips, epidermal (on-the-skin) health monitors, and sensors that detect environmental pollutants when drawn on leaves.

Graphene meets metamaterial
The addition of graphene to a metamaterial can strongly influence the propagation of electromagnetic waves, according to a recent article published by Xiaoyong He, Zhen-Yu Zhao and Wangzhou Shi. Their team from Shanghai Normal University, China, showed that a metamaterial in combination with graphene has better modulation properties than existing materials in the near-infrared region, and is tunable.

Reusable encapsulated liquid sorbents rapidly capture CO2
The need for effective carbon capture is at an all-time high. With over a billion tons of CO2 produced by coal-burning power plants each year, finding a way to prevent that greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere is a high priority. But capturing carbon is not always an easy task, especially not at the rate at which it is produced. A recent article reports a novel carbon capture material: encapsulated liquid sorbents.

Glowing soft colloids give their structure away
Researcher E. Stiakakis and colleagues from the Institute of Complex Systems at Forschungszentrum Jülich combined smart material preparation and confocal fluorescent microscopy to visualize the microscopic behavior of two-dimensional (2D) lattices of polymer-coated particles.

People in Focus

Arthur Bienenstock honored with endowed professorship in his name


Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have established the first endowed professorship called the Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professorship. Arthur Bienenstock is professor emeritus at SLAC and Stanford and former longtime director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation donated $4 million to establish the professorship.

Industry Focus

Silicon Valley marks 50 years of Moore's Law

Computers were the size of refrigerators when an engineer named Gordon Moore laid the foundations of Silicon Valley with a vision that became known as “Moore’s Law.” Moore predicted 50 years ago that computer chips would double in complexity every year, at little or no added cost, for the next 10 years. In 1975, based on industry developments, he updated the prediction to doubling every two years. And for the last five decades, chipmakers have proved him right—spawning scores of new companies and shaping Silicon Valley to this day.

Policy Focus

Canadian government provides more than $20M funding for photonics-based projects

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, Greg Rickford, announced funding of $26.8 million Canadian dollars to support jobs and the development of clean technologies in Ontario, Canada. Approximately $21 million is targeted for photonics-based projects.

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OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

Profiles in Materials Science: Nancy Healy

Many years ago this bright and impassioned woman, then training to be a geologist, would go to her son’s elementary school to teach young students about the wonders of geology. These encounters eventually led Nancy Healy to a new branch in her science career: education and nanotechnology. In the past 11 years, her dedication to outreach and education at the National Nanotechology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) has ignited her passion to share nanotechnology with an even broader audience, from elementary students to adults. More.

Developing ice cream that forgoes traditional sugar

Students at the University of Connecticut’s Chemical Engineering Department are developing a form of ice cream sweetened with erythritol, a natural sweetener derived from corn. Erythritol is up to 70 percent as sweet as table sugar and has almost no calories. More.

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January 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(1)
Early Career Scholars in Materials Science

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February 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(3)
Biomineralization & Biomimetics

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April 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(7)
Two-Dimensional Heterostructure Materials

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May 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(9)
Advanced Materials and Structures for Solar Fuels

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June 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(11)
Reinventing Boron Chemistry for the 21st Century

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Advances and Challenges in Carbon-based Tribomaterials

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Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Interfaces: Concepts in Inorganic Materials
Gerald H. Meier; Reviewed by Karen Swider Lyons

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Journal of Materials Research
April 2015, Volume 30, Issue 8

A selection of papers:

Effect of a high axial magnetic field on the structure of directionally solidified Al–Si alloys
Dafan Du, Zhenyuan Lu, Annie Gagnoud, Yves Fautrelle, Zhongming Ren, Xionggang Lu, Rene Moreau and Xi Li

Following crack path selection in multifilm structures with weak and strong interfaces by in situ 4-point-bending
Bernhard Völker, Sriram Venkatesan, Walther Heinz, Kurt Matoy, Roman Roth, Jörg-Martin Batke, Megan J. Cordill and Gerhard Dehm

Influence of yttria and zirconia additions on spark plasma sintering of alumina composites

Dibyendu Chakravarty and Atul H. Chokshi

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From Volume 1670, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium E/H – Advances in the Characterization, Performance and Defect Engineering of Earth Abundant and Thin-Film Materials for Solar Energy Conversion:

Defect Management of High Efficiency Multijunction, Space and Concentrator Solar Cells
Masafumi Yamaguchi, Nobuaki Kojima, Kazuma Ikeda and Yoshio Ohshita

A Comparison of Surface Passivation Techniques for Measurement of Minority Carrier Lifetime in Thin Si Wafers: Toward a Stable and Uniform Passivation
Bhushan Sopori, Srinivas Devayajanam, Prakash Basnyat, Vishal Mehta, Helio Moutinho, Bill Nemeth, Vincenzo LaSalvia, Steve Johnston, N.M. Ravindra, Jeff Binns and Jesse Appel

Study Of Solution Processed Cu(In,Ga)S2 By Post-Deposition Treatments
J.C. Armstrong, J.B. Cui and T.P. Chen

SCIENCE AS ART

Graphene Tide
by Jiayu Wan, University of Maryland

A SEM image of holey graphene film. The film is made by 900 °C Polystyrene/Graphene Oxide free-standing film.

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Gordon Moore: Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law

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