Materials for Sustainable Development - MRS Bulletin Special Issue
Many technologies in the materials, manufacturing, energy, and water sectors that currently provide important benefits to humanity cannot continue indefinitely and must be directed toward a more sustainable path. This special issue of MRS Bulletin introduces the critical roles that materials science plays in this field of sustainable development.
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Landscape
- Introduction
Materials for sustainable development
Martin L. Green, Laura Espinal, Enrico Traversa,
and Eric J. Amis
- Meet Our Authors
- Materials Opportunities
Materials science and engineering’s pivotal role in sustainable development for the 21st century
Diran Apelian
Manufacturing
- Materials Supply Chain
Will metal scarcity impede routine industrial use?
T.E. Graedel and Lorenz Erdmann
- Recycling
To recycle, or not to recycle, that is the question: Insights from life-cycle analysis
Linda Gaines
- Recycling
Opportunities and limits of recycling: A dynamic-model-based analysis
Markus Reuter and Antoinette van Schaik
- Metrology & Standards
Measurements, standards, and data in support of the sustainable use of materials
Dianne L. Poster, Michael J. Fasolka, Richard R. Cavanagh, and Ellyn S. Beary
- Human Health Concerns
Human health and ecotoxicological considerations in materials selection for sustainable product development
Oladele A. Ogunseitan and Julie M. Schoenung
Transportation
- Automobiles
Materials challenges and opportunities for enhancing the sustainability of automobiles
Gregory A. Keoleian and John L. Sullivan
- Composites
Do fiber-reinforced polymer composites provide environmentally benign alternatives? A life-cycle-assessment-based study
Joost R. Duflou, Yelin Deng, Karel Van Acker, and Wim Dewulf
- Aviation
Materials for sustainable turbine engine development
Doug Konitzer, Steve Duclos, and Todd Rockstroh
Infrastructure
- Construction Materials
Sustainable development and physical infrastructure materials
Robert Heard, Chris Hendrickson, and Francis C. McMichael
- Construction Materials
Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge
Krystyn Van Vliet, Roland Pellenq, Markus J. Buehler, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Hamlin Jennings, Franz-Josef Ulm, and Sidney Yip
Energy & Water
- Critical Elements
Energy-critical elements for sustainable development
Alan J. Hurd, Ronald L. Kelley, Roderick G. Eggert, and Min-Ha Lee
- Materials & Energy
Energy limitations on materials availability
Igor Lubomirsky and David Cahen
- Nuclear Fission
Is nuclear fission a sustainable source of energy?
Matthias Englert, Lindsay Krall, and Rodney C. Ewing
- Photovoltaics
Sustainability metrics for extending thin-film photovoltaics to terawatt levels
Vasilis Fthenakis
- Carbon Mitigation
Materials challenges in carbonmitigation technologies
Laura Espinal and Bryan D. Morreale
- Water
The energy–water nexus: Water use trends in sustainable energy and opportunities for materials research and development
Anthony Y. Ku and Andrew P. Shapiro
Teaching Sustainability
- Education
Teaching sustainable development in materials science and engineering
R. LeSar, K.C. Chen, and D. Apelian
This issue of MRS Bulletin was sponsored in part by:
Materials For Sustainable Development Organizing Committee
Martin L. Green (Chair), National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Eric J. Amis, United Technologies Research Center, USA
Joseph J. Berry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Laura Espinal, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Rodney C. Ewing, University of Michigan, USA
Thomas E. Graedel, Yale University, USA
Igor Lubomirsky, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Christina Meskers, Umicore Precious Metal Refining, Belgium
Enrico Traversa, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China; University of Rome, Italy
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