In this issue:
ULVAC Technologies Inc.
Magnetic Coupling Rotary Vane Pumps
SPI Supplies
Sample Preparation Equipment and Consumables
Goodfellow
Metals and Materials…
from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
Ted Pella, Inc.
Microscopy Supplies and
Specimen Preparation Tools
Harrick Plasma, Inc.
Plasma Cleaning
and Surface Activation
HORIBA Scientific
Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) /
Nano-Raman
American Elements
Now Invent.™
Rigaku
Using Rietveld Analysis
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Precise, High-sensitivity EDXRF Analysis
Lake Shore
Cryotronics Inc.
Precision Measurement in Variable Environments
Angstrom Engineering
Thin Film Deposition Equipment and Materials
Bruker
D8 ADVANCE Plus—Ease and Flexibility in XRD
MTI Corporation
Total Solution for
Material Research
AdValue Technology, LLC
Powders, Crucibles, Tubes, Plates, Custom Parts
Janis Research Company, LLC
ARPES to X-Ray;
10mK to 800K
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2017 MRS Spring Meeting
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March for Science
April 22, 2017, Washington, DC
Consistent with its mission, vision and core values, MRS supports peaceful and focused advocacy efforts to promote science worldwide. MRS is supportive of the published goals of the March for Science, predicated on the goal of promoting a non-partisan, bicameral effort to increase the awareness of the need for full and sustained federal funding for the US R&D enterprise across domestic agencies.
Learn more about this Earth Day event!
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MATERIALS NEWS
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Materials in Focus
People in Focus
Materials researchers Bao, Khashab, Simmons, and Spaldin receive 2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
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During a ceremony in Paris on March 23, 2017, materials researchers Zhenan Bao (Stanford University, USA), Niveen Khashab (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), Michelle Simmons (University of New South Wales, Australia), and Nicola Spaldin (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), as well as astrophysicist Maria Teresa Ruiz (Universidad de Chile) received their awards. Photos and videos of the researchers’ activities during the ceremonial week can be viewed on the L’Oréal-UNESCO facebook page. |
Industry Focus
Apple rumors: What’s so great about a curved iPhone screen?
Mass-producing the required organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays is complicated, but the benefits are considerable.
Policy Focus
Materials Minute: Trump budget release
This episode examines the Administration’s budget blueprint.
UK scientists prepare for break with European Union
The break may lead to an increase in UK funding for applied science and research collaborations with scientists in non-EU countries.
MEETINGS UPDATE
Featured Events at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting
Several Award Talk sessions will be featured at the upcoming 2017 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix. Below are just a few highlights. For a list of all Meeting activities, visit www.mrs.org/spring-2017-activities-events. To receive daily news from the Meeting, subscribe to the Meeting Scene.
Outstanding Young Investigator Award Talks Monday, April 17 | 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford University
Award Talk: Inside Out—Visualizing Chemical Transformations and Light-Matter Interactions with Nanometer-Scale Resolution
James M. Rondinelli, Northwestern University.
Award Talk: Discovering New Tricks in Older Complex Oxides
Graduate Student Award Finalists' Special Talk Sessions Tuesday, April 18 | 12:00 pm - 2:45 pm
The MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. Support our Graduate Students Award finalists by sitting in on these impressive talks!
2017 MRS Communications Lecture Award Tuesday, April 18 | 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Sharon C. Glotzer, University of Michigan
Award Talk: Rational design of nanomaterials from assembly and reconfigurability of polymer-tethered nanoparticles
Innovation in Materials Characterization Award Wednesday, April 19 | 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Joost W.M. Frenken, Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) SPM Goes Live—Seeing Dynamic Phenomena with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope.
Critical Meeting Deadlines
2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
April 17-21, 2017
Phoenix, Arizona
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION CLOSES at 5:00 pm (ET), March 31!
Register now and save! |
75th Device Research Conference (DRC)
June 25-28, 2017
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION OPENS
Early April |
59th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC)
June 28-30, 2017
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION OPENS
March 31
LATE NEWS ABSTRACTS
Abstract Deadline—May 1 |
XXVI International Materials Research Congress 2017
(IMRC)
August 20-25, 2017
Cancun, Mexico
A joint meeting of the Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales and the Materials Research Society |
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Deadline—April 7 |
International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017)
September 17-22, 2017
Washington, DC
exhibit opportunities available |
SAVE THE DATE
Abstract Deadline—April 28 |
2017 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 26-December 1, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Submission—
May 15 – June 15 |
PUBLICATIONS UPDATE
News
Journal of Materials Research appoints Susmita Bose
as Associate Editor
for Biomaterials |
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Susmita Bose, the Herman and Brita Lindholm Endowed Chair Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Washington State University, joins the editorial board to oversee publication of research that demonstrates a significant scientific advance or understanding in biomaterials. |
Critical Publications Deadlines
JUST PUBLISHED
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Consolidating Adhesive Project |
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R. Ploeger, C. Del Grosso, J. A. Poulis, D. Cimino, T. Poli, E. R. de la Rie and C. W. McGlinchey, MRS Advances
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Ferroelectric glass-ceramics |
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Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça and Manuel Almeida Valente, MRS Bulletin
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Glass-ceramics for nuclear-waste immobilization |
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John S. McCloy and Ashutosh Goel, MRS Bulletin
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Glass Material Modeling and its Molding Behavior |
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Gang Liu, Anh-Tuan Vu, Olaf Dambon and Fritz Klocke, MRS Advances
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Investigation of Ce incorporation in zirconolite glass-ceramics for UK plutonium disposition |
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Stephanie M. Thornber, Martin C. Stennett and Neil C. Hyatt, MRS Advances
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Opportunities in vanadium-based strongly correlated electron systems |
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Matthew Brahlek, Lei Zhang, Jason Lapano, Hai-Tian Zhang, Roman Engel-Herbert, Nikhil Shukla, Suman Datta, Hanjong Paik and Darrell G. Schlom, MRS Communications
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Pushing the detection limit of thin film magnetoelectric heterostructures |
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Volker Röbisch, Sebastian Salzer, Necdet O. Urs, Jens Reermann, Erdem Yarar, André Piorra, Christine Kirchhof, Enno Lage, Michael Höft, Gerhard U. Schmidt, Reinhard Knöchel, Jeffrey McCord, Eckhard Quandt and Dirk Meyners, Journal of Materials Research |
Bio Focus
Energy Focus
Nano Focus
SCIENCE AS ART
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Polycaprolactone
Kevin Golovin, University of Michigan
A thin film of poly(caprolactone) blended with a fluorinated molecule.
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
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Christopher Bettinger on biomedical materials innovation
MRS Bulletin
MRS Bulletin’s Anke Weidenkaff from the University of Stuttgart talks with Christopher Bettinger of Carnegie Mellon University. Bettinger is co-founder and CTO of AnCure. |
CAREER CENTRAL
Partial listing of classified ads from the April 2017 issue of MRS Bulletin
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
ETH Zurich
Professor, Multiscale Materials Modeling
NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS
New Year, New Nano Models
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The newest color and monochrome models in the Teledyne DALSA Genie™ Nano camera series offer high quality, versatility and power-over-Ethernet in resolutions of 8.9 and 12 Megapixels.
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Low Retention Pipette Tips Deliver Maximum Liquid Recovery |
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Based on its popular GripTips multi lobe design, INTEGRA’s new line of Low Retention pipette tips uses a unique polypropylene blend to prevent samples from spreading out enabling maximum liquid recovery.
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