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	2017 MRS Spring Meeting—Preregistration is Now Open Preregistration for the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona is now open at www.mrs.org/spring-2017-registration. Don't delay. Register today and save! Join in the conversation with Meeting attendees by following #S17MRS on Facebook and Twitter. Preregistration Deadline—5:00 pm (ET), March 31
	CALL FOR PAPERS—Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Early Career Scholars in Materials Science 2018 This third annual issue invites full-length research and review articles by materials researchers who have completed their Ph.D. but not yet achieved the level of full professor or senior scientist at the time of submission. The full Call for Papers is available online at www.mrs.org/jmr-early-career-scholars. Submission Deadline—June 1
	2017 Journal Publication Opportunities We invite you to submit to the MRS Journal that best fits the current stage of your research. Access to MRS Journals is free online to all MRS members, so your research will enjoy broad exposure within the materials community. Visit www.mrs.org/journals for more information on each journal and links to submit.

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Materials in Focus

Multicolor electron microscopy paints multiple cellular structures
	Lanthanide ions provide unique signals to identify two different cellular structures using multicolor electron microscopy.
Bio Focus: Twisting and coiling design of polymer fibers better mimics muscles
	The fibers, made of a chemically crosslinked poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), offer significantly higher tensile actuation than previously developed fibers.
Nano Focus: Proton irradiation enhances critical features simultaneously in iron-based superconductors
	Researchers succeeded in enhancing two counteracting properties of iron-based superconductors, which is very important for applications.

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JUST PUBLISHED

	Electrically coupling complex oxides to semiconductors: A route to novel material functionalities
	J.H. Ngai, K. Ahmadi-Majlan, J. Moghadam, M. Chrysler, D. Kumah, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn, T. Droubay, Y. Du, S.A. Chambers, M. Bowden, X. Shen and D. Su, Journal of Materials Research
	Optimization of amorphous semiconductors and low-/high-k dielectrics through percolation and topological constraint theory
	Michelle M. Paquette, Bradley J. Nordell, Anthony N. Caruso, Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Sean W. King, MRS Bulletin
	Phase-change materials and rigidity
	Andrea Piarristeguy, Annie Pradel, and Jean-Yves Raty, MRS Bulletin
	Strain-induced modulation of oxygen vacancies and magnetic properties in La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 thin films
	Ji Ma, Yujun Zhang, Liang Wu, Chuangye Song, Qinghua Zhang, Jinxing Zhang, Jing Ma and Ce-Wen Nan, MRS Communications
	Topological engineering of doped photonic glasses
	Shifeng Zhou and Jianrong Qiu, MRS Bulletin
	Understanding the Shape Memory Behavior of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers with Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations
	Md Salah Uddin and Jaehyung Ju, MRS Advances

	Biosilica from diatoms microalgae: smart materials from bio-medicine to photonics
	Roberta Ragni, Stefania Cicco, Danilo Vona, Gabriella Leone and Gianluca M. Farinola, Journal of Materials Research
	Poly(HDDA)-Based Polymers for Microfabrication and Mechanobiology
	Daniela Espinosa-Hoyos, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X. Fang and Krystyn J. Van Vliet, MRS Advances

	Solution-based synthesis of carbon–hematite composite thin films for high-performance supercapacitor applications
	Jinzhan Su, Shangpu Liu, Jian Wang, Cong Liu, Yufeng Li and Dongyang Wu, MRS Communications

Nano Focus

	Anodically grown functional oxide nanotubes and applications
	B. Manmadha Rao, Aida Torabi and Oomman K. Varghese, MRS Communications
	Nanoengineering of concrete via topological constraint theory
	Mathieu Bauchy, MRS Bulletin
	Nanoindentation of compliant materials using Berkovich tips and flat tips
	Congrui Jin and Donna M. Ebenstein, Journal of Materials Research
	Synthesis of sub-millimeter tall SWNT forests on a catalyst underlayer of MgO single crystal
	Takashi Tsuji, Kenji Hata, Don N. Futaba and Shunsuke Sakurai, MRS Advances

SCIENCE AS ART

Nano Lord Voldemort Armin VahidMohammadi, Auburn University Colored SEM image of the layered Ti2C MXene showing similarities to the face of Lord Voldemort, a character in the Harry Potter movie series. A First Place Winner from the Science as Art competition at the 2016 MRS Fall 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

Rick Muisener on feeding the innovation pipeline MRS Bulletin MRS Bulletin’s Paul Drzaic talks with Rick Muisener, business technology scout for Evonik.

CAREER CENTRAL

Partial listing of classified ads from the February 2017 issue of MRS Bulletin

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Faculty Positions, Chemical Science Program

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Faculty Positions, Chemical and Biological Engineering Program

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Faculty Positions, Material Science and Engineering Program

University of Washington
Chair, Materials Science and Engineering

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

Gold Coated Polycarbonate Filters
	Sterlitech Corporation announced the launch of gold-sputtered polycarbonate membrane filters. These new filters are ideal tools for environmental monitoring, capturing and visualizing the smallest particles, and surveying the workplace for dangerous airborne particles like asbestos. Read more >>
New Benchtop X-ray Powder Diffractometer
	PANalytical recently announced the launch of Aeris, their new X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) benchtop instrument. Ease of use and maximum benefits for the user have been the key aspects of this newly developed system, which provides fast and precise phase information of the materials analyzed. Learn more >>

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