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Call for Papers
2015 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 29 - December 4, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract Submission Period: May 18-June 18, 2015 |
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Preregistration for the 20th International Conference on Solid State Ionics is Open!
20th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-20)
June 14-19, 2015
Keystone, Colorado, USA
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Materials in Focus
Kristi S. Anseth delivers 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lecture on biomaterials and regenerative medicine |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
For more science policy news, follow @MaterialsSciPol
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.
MEETINGS UPDATE
Critical Meeting Deadlines
20th International Conference on
Solid State Ionics (SSI-20)
June 14-19, 2015 |
Keystone, Colorado |
PREREGISTRATION OPEN
Register by 5:00 pm (ET)
May 29 and SAVE!
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73rd Device Research Conference
(DRC 2015)
June 21-24, 2015 | Columbus, Ohio
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION OPEN!
Register by 5:00 pm (ET) May 29 and SAVE!
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57th Electronic Materials Conference
(EMC 2015)
June 24-26, 2015 | Columbus, Ohio
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION OPEN!
Register by 5:00 pm (ET) May 29 and SAVE! |
2015 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 29 - December 4, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Submission Opens—
May 18
Submission Deadline—June 18
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2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 27 - December 2, 2016
Boston, Massachusetts
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline— May 15
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PUBLICATIONS UPDATE
Critical Publications Deadlines
January 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(1)
Early Career Scholars in Materials Science |
Submission deadline:
7/1/2015
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February 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(3)
Biomineralization & Biomimetics |
Submission deadline:
7/1/2015
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April 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(7)
Two-Dimensional Heterostructure Materials
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Submission deadline:
9/1/2015 |
May 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(9)
Advanced Materials and Structures for Solar Fuels
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Submission deadline:
10/1/2015
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June 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(11)
Reinventing Boron Chemistry for the 21st Century
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Submission deadline:
11/1/2015
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July 2016 - Journal of Materials Research 31(13)
Advances and Challenges in Carbon-based Tribomaterials
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Submission deadline:
12/1/2015
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MRS Bulletin’s webinar on Multiscale mechanics of biological, bioinspired, and biomedical materials is now available on OnDemand!
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Journal of Materials Research
April 2015, Volume 30, Issue 8
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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
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SCIENCE AS ART
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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.
A first-place winner in the Science as Art competition at the 2015 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
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Intel Corporation
Gordon Moore: Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law
This April marks the 50th Anniversary of Moore’s Law. Gordon Moore made a simple observation that has revolutionized the computing industry. |
CAREER CENTRAL
Partial listing of classified ads from the upcoming June 2015 issue of MRS Bulletin
IMDEA Materials Institute
Scientist Positions
Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral Position, Dynamic Failure/High Speed X-ray Imaging
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Director, Materials Research Laboratory
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Chair Professor | Junior Faculty, FIST
NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS
High Performance Air Condenser |
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The Asynt CondenSyn is a new high performance air condenser for synthetic chemistry experiments that requires no cooling water for operation. The robust design uses a borosilicate glass manufacturing technique and this, together with a proprietary multiple hyperbolic profile, ensures optimum heat removal as vapors pass along its length. CondenSyn additionally incorporates a non-roll feature to help prevent accidents if left on a lab bench. And by not using water as the condensing coolant, CondenSyn eliminates the environmental and running costs associated with the need for constant running tap water as well as potential issues associated with water leakage.
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Nanomechanical Test Stage |
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ZEISS announces the new Ultra Load Stage for ZEISS Xradia Ultra 3D X-ray microscopes (XRM). Xradia Ultra Load Stage uniquely enables in situ nanomechanical testing—compression, tension, indentation—with non-destructive 3D tomographic imaging. For the first time, researchers will be able to image the evolution of structure in 3D under load down to 50 nm resolution. This new capability applies to a wide range of interests, covering both engineered and natural materials.
[Contact: [email protected]] |
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