IN FOCUS

	2017 MRS Spring Meeting—Preregistration is Open Preregistration for the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in Phoenix, Arizona is open. 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
	Postdoc Hardship Registration Grant A limited number Postdoc Hardship Registration Grants are available for the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix. Grants will reimburse half of the pre-registration fee. Preference will be given to postdocs who have accepted papers for this meeting and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply for a Postdoc Hardship Grant Today! Submission Deadline—5:00 pm (ET), March 24
	2017 MRS Communications Lecture Award Congratulations to Sharon C. Glotzer, University of Michigan, for being named the 2017 MRS Communications Lecturer. Read the winning paper! “Rational design of nanomaterials from assembly and reconfigurability of polymer-tethered nanoparticles,” Ryan L. Marson, Trung Dac Nguyen and Sharon C. Glotzer (MRS Communications, Volume 5, Issue 3).

MATERIALS NEWS

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Materials in Focus

Soft robotic sleeve compresses and twists to restore heart function
	After acute heart failure, a pig’s heart was restored to near-full capacity with this pneumatic device.
Impact of local structure on ultrahigh piezoelectricity quantified
	Polar nanoregions lead to an increase in piezoelectricity of 50–80% at room temperature when compared to a crystal without polar nanoregions.
Silk with programmable functionality responds to light, strain
	In the changing landscape of healthcare, materials need have functionality to be responsive to the environment in which they are placed.
New simulations suggest cost-effective materials design for H2 storage
	The fundamental understanding provided by this study offers a promising application for computational materials design.
Metallurgical phase transition reveals pattern in new decorative steel
	The new steel is made differently from ancient Damascus steel and modern “pattern-welded” steels used to make custom knives or metal jewelry.

People in Focus

Mildred S. Dresselhaus, 1930–2017
	Mildred S. Dresselhaus, a professor emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose research into the fundamental properties of carbon helped transform it into the superstar of modern materials science and the nanotechnology industry, died on February 20th in Cambridge, Mass. She was 86.

Industry Focus

Policy Focus

Europe’s Graphene Flagship produces intended results
Its founding aims were to stimulate industrial applications and help boost economies. According to those involved, it is making good on its delivery.


MEETINGS UPDATE

Featured Events at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting

Several special events will be featured at the upcoming MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, but you do not have to register for the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting to attend these three FREE events.

Impact of Materials on Society Implementation Workshop (IMOS)
Monday, April 17  |  8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

This introductory level course is for undergraduates and community college students. IMOS teaches students that engineering shapes and is shaped by social and cultural variables, and that a career in engineering is not only about math and science, but about social problem-solving. This workshop is designed for instructors who want to implement the course into their curriculum.

Register now! Space is limited and preregistration is required.
Registration Deadline:  March 31


Science Writing Workshop
Monday, April 17  |  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This is an interactive one-day workshop for researchers, scientists, science educators and students who are interested in journalism and science writing. Any article, science-themed or otherwise, is most effective when it tells a story. Details in the story are most vibrant when they're gleaned from interviews.

Apply now! Space is limited to 12 participants.
Application Deadline:  March 17

Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050
Wednesday, April 19  |  6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Our ability to achieve an energy-efficient, low-emissions future will depend on achieving significant materials advances over the coming decades. This Panel Event will convene top experts to discuss the fundamental materials R&D needed and the geopolitical and international supply-chain implications of possible pathways to realize this vision. A reception will follow.

Advance registration requested.  Learn more or register here.

Critical Meeting Deadlines

PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

Critical Publications Deadlines

JUST PUBLISHED

	Design of multi-layered TiO2–Fe2O3 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting: patterning effects on photocurrent density
	Myeongwhun Pyeon, Meng Wang, Yakup Gönüllü, Ali Kaouk, Sara Jäckle, Silke Christiansen, Taejin Hwang, KyoungIl Moon  and Sanjay Mathur MRS Communications
	Effects of Reaction Conditions on MoS2 Thin Film Formation Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Organic Precursor
	S. Ishihara, Y. Hibino, N. Sawamoto, T. Ohashi, K. Matsuura, H. Machida, M. Ishikawa, H. Sudo, H. Wakabayashi and A. Ogura, MRS Advances
	Enhancement of dielectric properties with the addition of bromine and dopamine modified barium titanate particles to silicone rubber
	Liang Jiang, David Kennedy, Stephen Jerrams and Anthony Betts, MRS Communications
	Epitaxial lanthanide oxide thin films on Si for high-k gate dielectric application: Growth optimization and defect passivation
	Ayan Roy Chaudhuri, Andrea Fissel and Hans Jörg Osten, Journal of Materials Research
	Flexible and stretchable sensors for fluidic elastomer actuated soft robots
	Shuo Li, Huichan Zhao, and Robert F. Shepherd, MRS Bulletin
	Growth process and morphology control of SBA-15 particles: Synergistic effects of tetraethoxysilane and Pluronic-123 concentrations
	Kai Zhuang, Guangfu Yin, Ximing Pu, Xianchun Chen, Xiaoming Liao, Zhongbin Huang and Yadong Yao, MRS Communications
	Imperceptible organic electronics
	Takao Someya, Siegfried Bauer, and Martin Kaltenbrunner, MRS Bulletin
	Intrinsically stretchable field-effect transistors
	Jiajie Liang, Kwing Tong, Huibin Sun, and Qibing Pei, MRS Bulletin
	Theoretical and experimental investigation of point defects in cubic boron nitride
	Nicholas L. McDougall, Jim G. Partridge, Desmond W. M. Lau, Philipp Reineck, Brant C. Gibson, Takeshi Ohshima and Dougal G. McCulloch, MRS Advances
	Top Down Method to Introduce Ultra High Elastic Strain
	Thomas Zabel, Richard Geiger, Esteban Marin, Elisabeth Müller, Ana Diaz, Christopher Bonzon, Martin J. Süess, Ralph Spolenak, Jérôme Faist and Hans Sigg, Journal of Materials Research
	Understanding mechanical behavior and reliability of organic electronic materials
	Jae-Han Kim, Inhwa Lee, Taek-Soo Kim, Nicholas Rolston, Brian L. Watson, and Reinhold H. Dauskardt, MRS Bulletin
	Using handheld pXRF to study medieval stained glass: A methodology using trace elements
	Laura W. Adlington and Ian C. Freestone, MRS Advances

	Gold Nanoshell Arrays-Based Visualized Sensors of pH : Facile Fabrication and High Diffraction Intensity
	D.D. Men, F. Zhou, H.L. Li, L.F. Hang, X.Y. Li, D.L. Liu, W.P. Cai, L.M. Qi, L.B. Li and Y. Li, Journal of Materials Research

SCIENCE AS ART

Dendrites Inside Li-ion Battery Andrew Ilott, New York University A 3D image of the inside of a charged Li-ion battery taken using MRI, showing regions of dendrites growing between two disc-shaped electrodes. A Second 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

Howard Katz on emerging areas of materials research, and on publications MRS Bulletin MRS Bulletin’s Linda Olafsen of Baylor University talks with Howard Katz of Johns Hopkins University.

CAREER CENTRAL

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

Army Research Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellowship

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

National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Young Scientists
Research Position

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

Introduction to Radiation Resistant Lenses
	A new brochure available from Resolve Optics provides an informative introduction to radiation resistant optics—their capabilities, areas of use and specifications of standard lenses available off-the-shelf. Read more »
New Back-Illuminated CCD Camera
	A new addition to the HORIBA Scientific family of deep-cooled scientific CCD cameras, the Syncerity VUV features CCDs sensitive in the far ultraviolet, with 58% Quantum Efficiency at 120 nm without an anti-reflective coating. Read more »

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