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	2017 MRS Spring Meeting—REGISTER ONSITE! The 2017 MRS Spring Meeting is fast approaching, but it’s not too late to register! On-Site Registration will be available Monday, April 17 through Friday, April 21 on the Lower Level of the Phoenix Convention Center. More information is available at www.mrs.org/spring-2017-registration. Join in the conversation with Meeting attendees by following #S17MRS on Facebook and Twitter.
	Download the FREE MRS Meeting App! All the information you need to have a successful and organized 2017 MRS Spring Meeting can be found using the MRS Meeting App. Visit mrsspring.zerista.com, or download the mobile app by searching “MRS Spring Meeting” in the app store. Log in with your MRS username and password, then, start planning your week!
	FREE WEBINAR— Materials Enabling Nanofluidic Flow Enhancement Wednesday, May 3  |  12:00 – 1:30 pm (ET) Speakers: Davide Mattia, University of Bath and Francesco Fornasiero, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Host: Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University Sponsored by American Elements—The Advanced Materials Manufacturer® Register today! Attendance for this and all MRS OnDemand Webinars is FREE, but advance registration is required.

MATERIALS NEWS

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Materials in Focus

Core–shell microfibers fight fires in Li-ion batteries
	The separator is made from a core of flame-retardant triphenyl phosphate encased in an unreactive polymer.
Flexible Si sensors allow for long-term electrophysiology
	The electrodes in the device are encapsulated in a barrier layer that prevents bio-fluids from penetrating into the sensitive electronics.
Soft graphene–polymer composite makes an extremely sensitive sensor
	Resistivity changes are based on the breaking of graphene nanosheet contacts and the easy movement of these nanosheets in the soft polymer material.
Finite-difference methods used to model photonic wave localization in 3D quasicrystals
	Quasicrystals could one day be precisely engineered to control localization of electrons, phonons, and photons.

People in Focus

Jennifer A. Dionne to receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award
	Jennifer A. Dionne of Stanford University will receive the MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award “for innovating new materials and methods to visualize and control nanometer-scale optical, electronic, and chemical processes in situ.” She will present her award talk at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 17, 5:15 pm in the Phoenix Convention Center North, 100 Level, Ballroom 120 D.
James M. Rondinelli to receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award
	James M. Rondinelli of Northwestern University will receive the MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award “for pioneering advances in the theoretical understanding of atomic structure-electronic property relations of complex inorganic oxides in bulk, thin film, and superlattice geometries.” He will present his award talk at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 17, 6:00 pm in the Phoenix Convention Center North, 100 Level, Ballroom 120 D.
Joost W.M. Frenken to receive Innovation in Materials Characterization Award
	Joost W.M. Frenken of the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography will receive the MRS Innovation in Materials Characterization Award “for the development, application and commercialization of high-speed, temperature-controlled, in situ scanning probe microscopy, leading to key insights in the structure, dynamics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces.” He will present his award talk at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 19, 5:15 pm in the Phoenix Convention Center North, 100 Level, Ballroom 120 D. MRS acknowledges the generosity of Professors Gwo-Ching Wang and Toh-Ming Lu for endowing this award.
Nicola Spaldin to receive the Mid-Career Researcher Award
	Nicola Spaldin of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETH Zürich) will receive the MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award “for creating a new theoretical framework describing multiferroics and for service to the materials community.” Spaldin will be recognized during the Award Ceremony at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., but will deliver her presentation at the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. The Mid-Career Research Award is endowed by MilliporeSigma (Sigma-Aldrich Materials Science).
Joseph M. DeSimone to deliver The Fred Kavli Distinguished Lecture in Materials Science
	Joseph M. DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present the The Fred Kavli Distinguished Lecture in Materials Science at the Plenary Session at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 18, 8:15 am in the Phoenix Convention Center North, 100 Level, Ballroom 120 D. His talk is title, “Future Fabricated with Light—Continuous Liquid Interface Production to Drive Additive Manufacturing.”

Industry Focus

Meet Vantablack: The Blackest Material Known To Science
Vantablack has the power to absorb 99.96% of light in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectrum. Now, the material has come out in a sprayable form.


Policy Focus

Materials Minute: March for Science
This episode describes MRS and the March for Science.

Materials Minute: Federal Funding for NSF and NIST
This episode explains the bi-partisan effort in the Senate to increase federal funding for key agencies.

CORPORATE PARTNER NEWS


American Elements serves as suppliers to the aerospace industry
American Elements scientists and engineers have decades of experience supplying major global manufacturers including NASA, Boeing, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, JPL, SpaceX, and Lockheed Martin. Their advanced, high-performance materials meet OEM and MRO standards for aerospace and are suitable for all coating techniques including thin film deposition (ALD, PVD, CVD, PECVD, MOCVD), thermal spray coating, sputtering, conversion coatings, and other cutting-edge technologies.  Products include:

• ultra-high purity oxide powders including gallium oxide and gallium-doped zinc oxide
• metal and alloy powders
• refractory ceramics (carbides, tungstates, molybdates)
• chemicals and organometallic precursors such as cerium citrate
• specialty pigments
• carbon fibers and composite materials
• graphene and carbon nanotubes
• custom alloys  

OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

MEETINGS UPDATE

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PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

JUST PUBLISHED

	Are lead-free piezoelectrics more environmentally friendly?
	T. Ibn-Mohammed, S. C. L. Koh, I. M. Reaney, D. C. Sinclair, K. B. Mustapha, A. Acquaye, and D. Wang, MRS Communications
	One-step synthesis and deposition of few-layer graphene via facile, dry ball-free milling
	Abdul Hai Alami, Kamilia Aokal, Mhd Adel Assad, Di Zhang, Hussain Alawadhi and Bilal Rajab, MRS Advances
	Research Progress of Graphene-based Microwave Absorbing Materials in the last decade
	Jun-Sheng Li, Hui Huang, Yong-Jiang Zhou, Chao-Yang Zhang, and Zhao-Ting Li, Journal of Materials Research
	Transition of Dislocation Glide to Shear Transformation in Shocked Tantalum
	Luke L. Hsiung and Geoffrey H. Campbell, MRS Advances

Bio Focus

	The Influence of Metalized Graphene Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide and Sulfonated Polystyrene on Dental Pulp Stem Cell Differentiation and Protein Adsorption
	Rachel Sacks, Gila Schein, Rebecca Isseroff, Vincent Ricotta, Marcia Simon, Miriam Rafailovich, MRS Advances
	Three-dimensionally printed cellular architecture materials: perspectives on fabrication, material advances, and applications
	Manpreet Kaur, Seung Min Han, and Woo Soo Kim, MRS Communications

Nano Focus

	Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymer:fullerene nanoparticle films with thermally stable morphology for organic photovoltaic applications
	Natalie P. Holmes, Ben Vaughan, Evan L. Williams, Renee Kroon, Mats R. Anderrson, A.L.David Kilcoyne, Prashant Sonar, Xiaojing Zhou, Paul C. Dastoor, and Warwick J. Belcher, MRS Communications
	Effects of carbon nanotube content on morphology of SiCp(CNT) hybrid reinforcement and tensile mechanical properties of SiCp(CNT)/Al composites
	Shisheng Li, Yishi Su, Huiling Jin, Yu Huang, Qiubao Ouyang, and Di Zhang, Journal of Materials Research
	Flows in one-dimensional and two-dimensional carbon nanochannels: Fast and curious
	Mainak Majumder, Alessandro Siria, and Lydéric Bocquet, MRS Bulletin
	Impurity Stabilization of Nanocrystalline Grains in Pulsed Laser Deposited Tantalum
	Olivia K. Donaldson, Wenbo Wang, Khalid Hattar, and Jason R. Trelewicz, Journal of Materials Research
	Materials enabling nanofluidic flow enhancement
	Alan J.H. McGaughey and Davide Mattia, MRS Bulletin
	Modeling slip and flow enhancement of water in carbon nanotubes
	Sridhar Kumar Kannam, Peter J. Daivis, and B.D. Todd, MRS Bulletin
	Modeling the effects of material chemistry on water flow enhancement in nanotube membranes
	Francesco Calabrò, MRS Bulletin

SCIENCE AS ART

Dragon egg Ji Hao, Northeastern University A scanning electron microscopy image of a carbon ball made from bundles of carbon nanotubes treated by an electrical method. See more 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

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

New Semiautomated Acoustic Microscope
	The new J610™ from Sonoscan® is a large-area scan bed, semiautomated acoustic microscope used for component screening applications and analysis. Read more »
Intelligent Pipette Asset Management System
	The Rainin SmartStand from METTLER TOLEDO is an intelligent, highly scalable pipette asset management system that helps busy labs and lab managers proactively manage compliance and save time on recordkeeping and reporting. Read more »

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