IN FOCUS

	MRS Advances Announces New Editor-in-Chief— David F. Bahr, Purdue University The journal reports snapshots of work in progress on key materials topics and is designed to reflect the way materials researchers work, write, publish and share their results. Find out more about MRS Advances!
	PREREGISTRATION—2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit      Join us in Phoenix for a perfect mix of science, sun and scenery! 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit April 17-21, 2017  |  Phoenix, Arizona Preregistration Opens—mid-January
	CALL FOR PROPOSALS—Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Proposals are now being accepted for JMR Focus Issues to be published in 2018! Focus Issues comprehensively examine the current research in a particular area of interest to JMR readers. See www.mrs.org/jmr-focus-proposals for proposal requirements. SUBMISSION DEADLINE—January 12

MATERIALS NEWS

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Materials in Focus

Color-changing humidity sensor allows touchless electronics control using breath
	The touchless control system allows users to switch a light-emitting diode using their breath.
Immobilized liquid surfaces prevent device-associated infections
	Inspired by pitcher plants, this system is comprised of a membrane of expanded poly-tetrafluoroethylene and one of three fluorinated lubricants.
Brush-like interlayer prevents capacity loss in Li-S battery
	Li-S cell utilizes a nanostructured interlayer to trap soluble polysulfides that contribute to capacity loss over successive charging cycles.
Bio Focus: Nanopatterned self-folding origami may open up new possibilities in tissue engineering
	Basic shape-shifting modes, including rolling, twisting, wrinkling, and their combinations, can be programmed in such structures.
Nano Focus: He droplet method produces narrow distributed nanoparticles as stable catalyst
	The method results in a remarkably narrow size distribution, offering a significant improvement over previously reported synthetic methods for NPs.
Nano Focus: Growth of low-temperature Si nanowires suitable for electronic memory devices
	Si nanowires exhibit long charge retention time and electrical bi-stability conducive for two-terminal nonvolatile memory devices.

People in Focus

Robert Nemanich named Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University
	Arizona State University’s Regents’ Professor is the highest faculty honor and is conferred on full professors who have made remarkable achievements that have brought them national and international distinction.

Industry Focus

Google to run 100% on renewable energy in 2017
Google announced it will get all its 2017 energy from solar and wind.

Policy Focus

Policy report on helium proposes long-term solutions
This important resource is the topic of a recent policy report released by the Materials Research Society (MRS) in conjunction with the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).

China forges ahead in global research
A report released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences concludes that China is performing “outstanding” research in a number of emerging scientific topics, putting the country's output on a par with the UK but still behind the US. 

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OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

Nuclear power and nuclear safety
Lessons learned from Fukushima: An editorial by Frank N. von Hippel of Science and Global Security at Princeton University in response to his participation in the four-year-long study by the National Academy of Sciences. 

11 exciting new materials designers should watch
Material ConneXion’s materials library identifies a handful of the cutting-edge materials that may be important to designers over the next few years.

Applications for the 2017 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program – Deadline is February 3, 2017
In the US, the For Women In Science fellowship program awards five postdoctoral women scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each. Applicants are selected from a variety of fields, including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering, and mathematics.


MEETINGS UPDATE

Featured Events at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting

iMatSci innovation winners announced at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting
Prizes were awarded to Roger Diebold, Samuel Shian, and Matthew Aprea of Solchroma Technologies, Inc. for first place; Jinxin Fu, Xujun Zhang, Rachel Borrelli, Mohan Srinivasarao, and Paul Russo of MetaOptics, Inc. for second place; and Daniel Hayes of The Pennsylvania State University for third place.

Critical Meeting Deadlines

JUST PUBLISHED

	Advances and opportunities of ultrafast laser synthesis and processing
	Steven M. Yalisove, Koji Sugioka, and Costas P. Grigoropoulos, MRS Bulletin
	Fundamentals of ultrafast laser-material interaction
	Maxim V. Shugaev, Chengping Wu, Oskar Armbruster, Aida Naghilou, Nils Brouwer, Dmitry S. Ivanov, Thibault J.-Y. Derrien, Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Wolfgang Kautek, Baerbel Rethfeld, and Leonid V. Zhigilei, MRS Bulletin
	Group IV Heteroepitaxy on Silicon for Photonics
	Erich Kasper, Journal of Materials Research
	Racah Materials: Role of Atomic Multiplets and Intermediate Valence in f-Electron Systems
	A. I. Lichtenstein, J. Kolorenc, A. B. Shick and M. I. Katsnelson, MRS Advances
	Underlying causes of the magnetic behavior in surface patterned NiFe2O4 thin films
	Goran Rasic, Branislav Vlahovic and Justin Schwartz, MRS Communications

Bio Focus

	“Green” electrospinning of a collagen/hydroxyapatite composite nanofibrous scaffold
	David A. Castilla-Casadiego, Michael Maldonado, Paul Sundaram, and Jorge Almodovar, MRS Communications
	The Use of Scallop Shell Powder as a Method of Extracting Strontium
	Fumihiro Mihara, Ken Takeuchi, Sanae Tamura, Yasushi Idemoto and Yasuo Kogo, MRS Advances

Energy Focus

	First Principles and Experimental Studies of Empty Si46 as Anode Materials for Li-ion Batteries
	Kwai S. Chan, Michael A. Miller, Wuwei Liang, and Carol Ellis-Terrell, Journal of Materials Research
	High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells through Surface Modification, Mixed Solvent Engineering and Nanobowl-Assisted Light Harvesting
	Xianghong He, Yang Bai, Haining Chen, Xiaoli Zheng and Shihe Yang. MRS Advances

Nano Focus

	A robust method for extracting the mechanical properties of thin films with rough surfaces by nanoindentation
	Naoki Fujisawa, Teng Fei Zhang, Byoung Hun Lee and Kwang Ho Kim, Journal of Materials Research
	Ultrafast laser-induced morphological transformations
	Michael J. Abere, Minlin Zhong, Jörg Krüger, and Jörn Bonse, MRS Bulletin
	X-ray reflectometry investigation of interfacial structure of CrAlN/TiAlN multilayers
	Xiaoming Du, Minpeng Wang, Gang Zhang, and Yan Wang, MRS Communications

SCIENCE AS ART

Walls of Water William Wong, The Australian National University An Australian dollar coated with an ultra-transparent superhydrophobic composite coating. Walls of water were created around the coin, in a phenomenon known as the "Moses Effect." 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

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

New Thin Film Deposition System Platform
	Kurt J. Lesker Company recently introduced the 2017 PVD75 PRO Line Thin Film Deposition System Platform. Building upon the successes of the workhorse PVD75, the 2017 PRO Line Series has been redesigned so that the user can achieve true personalization while “designing” their system. Scientists can configure the system to meet their unique requirements by selecting from leading edge options such as HiPIMS and pulsed DC sputtering, high temperature (up to 1000°C) heating options, ion assisted deposition, zero footprint clean room installation, glove box interface, and “smart” system monitoring and control. Contact: [email protected] or 412-387-9200
Eliminating Solvent Bumping & Foaming during Evaporation
	Genevac reports that its proprietary Dri-Pure® technology, available as standard on Series 3 HT, EZ-2 and Rocket Synergy evaporators, enables scientists to rapidly dry their samples without foaming, cross-contamination or loss of sample due to solvent bumping. The unique Dri-Pure® technology works by reducing pressure in the evaporation chamber in combination with an increase in rotor speed to achieve greater g-force and carefully controlling heat flow to the sample during the pressure ramping stage.  Contact: [email protected] or 44-1473-240000

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