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THE RESULTS ARE IN—2017 MRS Officers & Board Members
MRS is pleased to announce Sean J. Hearne, Sandia National Laboratories, as the 2017 MRS Vice President/President Elect. Eric A. Stach, Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected as MRS Secretary. The election also brings five new members to the MRS Board of Directors, who will each serve three-year terms beginning January 1, 2017. Read more. |
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CALL FOR PAPERS—2017 MRS Spring Meeting
The abstract submission site for the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit is now open! Don’t delay; submit your best work today.
Abstract Submission Deadline—October 13, 2016 |
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PREREGISTER AND SAVE—2016 MRS Fall Meeting
Preregistration for the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts is now open. Preregister today to ensure discounted rates.
Preregistration Deadline—5:00 pm (ET), November 11, 2016 |
MATERIALS NEWS
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Materials in Focus
People in Focus
Industry Focus
Welcome to the rare metal age
In the Rare Metal Age, materials will rule. Access to the core ingredients of clean energy will shape not only the success or failure of green tech entrepreneurs, but the success or failure of our efforts to halt climate change.
Evonik crowdsources students for new ideas
Evonik Industries’ North American unit has launched a competition, using the college student crowdsourcing website MindSumo, to gather ideas on friction-reduction techniques for its lubricant additives business.
CORPORATE PARTNER NEWS
CAMECA EIKOS™: The Atom Probe for Research & Industry |
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Building on 30 years of success in Atom Probe Tomography (APT) instrumentation, CAMECA now offers EIKOS, a new Atom Probe microscope that provides accessibility to APT with increased ease-of-use and a low cost of ownership. EIKOS delivers nanoscale structural information enabling new understanding of materials for research and faster development of products for industrial applications including steels, light alloys, super allow high entropy alloys, bulk metallic glasses, nuclear structural materials, thin films & coatings
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Policy Focus
Clinton, Trump, Johnson, and Stein answer 20 questions on science
The leading US presidential candidates have detailed their stances on important science, medical, and environmental issues.
For more science policy news, follow @MaterialsSciPol
OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY
Engaging bright minds to create a bright future
In the majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, ∼25% of the population has access to electricity. In much of the developing world, the annual per capita use of electricity is less than 500 kWh. This is the equivalent of operating two 60-watt light bulbs for 12 h a day. Yet, access to electricity, particularly at these low consumption levels, is highly correlated with the quality of life.
Local materials and know-how key to sub-Saharan Africa’s energy shift
The energy landscape in sub-Saharan Africa is bleak. Half the energy supply comes from biomass, mostly wood and charcoal, burned in inefficient cook stoves. The resulting smoke and particulate matter pollution is linked to around 600,000 premature deaths. But the region is now poised for an energy revolution.
Takin’ it to the streets
It was March 2011, the Spring Meeting in San Francisco. What weighed most heavily on me at the time was that it had been only five months since my research advisor had passed away. Our project and my graduate career were just gaining momentum when everything got put on hold. This trip was my chance to carry on the legacy of my mentor’s work and share it with a broader audience. That’s exactly what happened, but not how I expected.
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MEETINGS UPDATE
Featured Events at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting
iMatSci Innovator Showcase – Submission deadline is October 7, 2016
Call for Innovators at MRS’ third annual iMatSci Innovator Showcase. iMatSci provides early-stage innovators with the opportunity to show off their materials-based technologies and network with industry leaders, investors, and potential partners from around the world, with a goal to accelerate the adoption of new innovations for real-world applications.
NEW! iMatSci Innovator Sponsorship Package - Submission deadline is October 7, 2016
Represent your university or institution at MRS’ third annual iMatSci Innovator Showcase with our Innovator Sponsorship package. This package provides you with a prime opportunity to expose your program to thousands of materials science professionals from academia to industry, government labs and more.
Critical Meeting Deadlines
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors
(IWN 2016)
October 2-7, 2016
Orlando, Florida
exhibit opportunities available |
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
begins Sunday, October 2 at 12:00 pm in the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista |
2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 27-December 2, 2016
Boston, Massachusetts
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Preregistration Deadline
— November 11, 2016 |
2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
April 17-21, 2017
Phoenix, Arizona
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN
Abstract Submission Deadline
—October 13, 2016 |
International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017)
September 17-22, 2017
Washington, DC
exhibit opportunities available |
SAVE THE DATE |
PUBLICATIONS UPDATE
Critical Publications Deadlines
JUST PUBLISHED
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A new orthorhombic boron phase B51.5-52 obtained by dehydrogenation of “a-tetragonal boron” |
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Evgeny A. Ekimov, Yuliya B. Lebed, Naoki Uemura, Koun Shirai, Tatiana B. Shatalova, and Vladimir P. Sirotinkin, Journal of Materials Research
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Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) in high-mobility channel devices with high-k dielectric stacks: SiGe, Ge, and InGaAs |
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J. Franco, B. Kaczer, A. Vais, A. Alian, H. Arimura, V. Putcha, S. Sioncke, N. Waldron, D. Zhou, L. Nyns, J. Mitard, L. Witters, M. Heyns, G. Groeseneken, N. Collaert, D. Linten and A. Thean, MRS Advances
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Computational modeling of the mechanics of hierarchical materials |
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Stefano Signetti, Federico Bosia, and Nicola M. Pugno, MRS Bulletin
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Effects of 250 MeV Au-ion Irradiation on the Superconducting Properties of Ba1−xKxFe2As2 Single Crystals |
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Laura Gozzelino, Roberto Gerbaldo, Gianluca Ghigo, Francesco Laviano and Tsuyoshi Tamegai, MRS Advances
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Frontiers in Strain-Engineered Multifunctional Ferroic Materials |
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Joshua C. Agar, Shishir Pandya, Ruijuan Xu, Ajay K. Yadav, Zhiqi Liu, Thomas Angsten, Sahar Saremi, Mark Asta, R. Ramesh, and Lane W. Martin, MRS Communications
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Geometrical lattice engineering of complex oxide heterostructures: a designer approach to emergent quantum states |
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Xiaoran Liu, S. Middey, Yanwei Cao, M. Kareev, and J. Chakhalian, MRS Communications
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Hierarchical zeolites |
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Valentin Valtchev and Svetlana Mintova, MRS Bulletin
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Mechanics of Interfacial Bonding in Dissimilar Soft Transient Materials and Electronics |
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Reihaneh Jamshidi, Yuanfen Chen, Kathryn White, Nicole Moehring and Reza Montazami, MRS Advances
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Mesocrystal Embedded Functional Oxide Systems |
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Jan-Chi Yang, Heng-Jui Liu, and Ying-Hao Chu, MRS Communications
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Why steel in construction |
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Barbara Shollock, Digvijay Thakur, and Graham Couchman, MRS Bulletin |
Energy Focus
Nano Focus
SCIENCE AS ART
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The Crystal Road
Kevin Guilloy, CEA/INAC
Core-shell germanium nanowires.
See more from the Science as Art competition at the 2016 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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MRS Bulletin: Material Matters
Fiona C. Meldrum, Chair of the Editorial Board of MRS Bulletin
“It’s a million dollar question, isn’t it: What is going to be the next hot topic?”
MRS Bulletin’s Sabrina Sartori from the University of Oslo talks with Fiona C. Meldrum of the University of Leeds.
This is the first interview in the MRS Bulletin new Video Series. |
CAREER CENTRAL
Partial listing of classified ads from the October 2016 issue of MRS Bulletin
Georgia Institute of Technology
Faculty Openings, Materials Science and Engineering
IST Austria
Assistant Professors and Professors, Physics
San Diego State University
Faculty Position, Multiscale Modeling of Materials
Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
Tenure-Track Assistant, Associate or Full Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor, Materials Department
University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Faculty Positions, Open Rank, Materials Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor in the Energy Cluster
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Experimental Quantum Condensed Matter Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Positions, Materials Science and Engineering
NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS
New Slide Hybridizer |
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Boekel Scientific recently introduced the RapidFISH slide hybridizer designed to simplify Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization (FISH) procedures for FFPE (formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue) samples, cell suspensions, and other tissue preparation procedures. The system has an easy to use control system for controlling temperature, time and controlled temperature steps. FISH testing is used worldwide to identify biological markers in the form of DNA/ RNA.
Contact: [email protected] or 267-989-1107 |
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Glow Discharge System for TEM and Surface Modification |
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Quorum Technologies recently announced the release of the GloQube®, a new, compact, easy to use glow discharge system primarily for users of TEM. Available in two formats, the GloQube® is used for the hydrophilisation (wetting) of TEM support films and grids and for surface modifications, for example polymer bonding.
Contact: [email protected] or 44-13523-810981 |
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