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2017 MRS Fall Meeting REMINDERS
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FREE WEBINAR—Catalysts for Nanocarbon Growth
Wednesday, November 22 | 12:00-1:30 p.m. (ET)
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS—
MRS Communications Lecture Award!
The Lecture Award recognizes excellence in materials research through work published in MRS Communications.
The senior author of the chosen paper will be invited to present a lecture about the related research at the 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit. Download and complete your nomination form today!
NOMINATION DEADLINE—January 19.
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MATERIALS NEWS
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Materials in Focus
Policy Focus
Materials Minute Podcast
Report on recent hearing by the US House Science Committee on quantum materials.
MEETINGS UPDATE
Featured Events at the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting
Several special events will be featured at the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. Below are just a few highlights. To receive daily news from the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting, subscribe to the Meeting Scene, or visit 2017 MRS Fall Meeting Activities & Events.
Special Workshop on Nanomaterials and Their Applications
Monday, November 27 | 8:00 am – 5:15 pm
Join us as we honor “Professor Millie Dresselhaus for Her Lifelong Contribution and Impact to Materials Research”.
Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050—The Role of the Circular Materials Economy
Tuesday, November 28 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
MRS will convene top experts to discuss the role of the circular economy in bringing about energy sustainability by 2050, including related materials science challenges and socioeconomic and policy factors. The special program will include audience Q&A as well as real-time interactive audience polling using your smartphone. Advance registration requested. Space is limited.
Late Breaking News—U.S. Metamaterials Manufacturing: Key R&D Priorities
and Action Items
Wednesday, November 29 | 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Join this panel of manufacturers, leading academic researchers and government agencies as they offer recommendations to address the challenges and opportunities of metamaterial manufacturing in the United States. They will share insights from a recently-released report produced by MForesight: Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight in conjunction with Dr. Chris Spadaccini.
Frontiers of Materials Research—National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday, November 29 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Take part in this Town Hall Meeting as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine seek community input for a study on the future of materials research.
Quantum Materials Special Session
Wednesday, November 29 | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
This session will be held in conjunction with Symposium EM08—Emerging Materials for Quantum Information.
Critical Meeting Deadlines
2017 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
November 26-December 1, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE
Register by 5:00 pm (ET), November 10 for discounted rates! |
2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
April 2-6, 2018
Phoenix, Arizona
exhibit opportunities available |
PREREGISTRATION
OPENS
Mid-January |
12th New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference (NDNC)
May 20-24, 2018
Flagstaff, Arizona
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS
OPENS
November 15 |
American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS)
June 24-28, 2018
College Park, Maryland
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS
OPENS
Early January |
60th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC)
June 27-29, 2018
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
exhibit opportunities available |
CALL FOR PAPERS
OPENS
December 7 |
PUBLICATIONS UPDATE
Critical Publications Deadlines
JUST PUBLISHED
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Interaction between semicoherent interfaces and Volterra-type dislocations in dissimilar anisotropic materials |
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Aurélien Vattré and Ernian Pan, Journal of Materials Research
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Kinetic Study of the Growth of Hard Layers on a Low Carbon Steel |
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Daniel S. Huerta, E.D. García Bustos, D.V. Melo Máximo and M. Flores Martinez,
MRS Advances
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Palladium Germanides for Mid- and Long-Wave Infrared Plasmonics |
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Evan M. Smith, William H. Streyer, Nima Nader, Shivashankar Vangala, Richard Soref, Daniel Wasserman and Justin W. Cleary, MRS Advances
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Two-dimensional Frank - van der Merwe growth of functional oxide and nitride thin film superlattices by pulsed laser deposition |
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Michael Lorenz, Haoming Wei, Florian Jung, Stefan Hohenberger, Holger Hochmuth, Marius Grundmann, Christian Patzig, Susanne Selle and Thomas Höche,
Journal of Materials Research
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Ultrathin oxide films: Epitaxy at the two-dimensional limit |
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Thomas Obermüller, Nassar Doudin, David Kuhness, Svetlozar Surnev and Falko P. Netzer, Journal of Materials Research |
Bio Focus
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Microgels Derived from Different Forms of Carrageenans, Kappa, Iota, and Lambda for Biomedical Applications |
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Nurettin Sahiner, Selin Sagbas and Selahattin Yılmaz, MRS Advances
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Modulated nitric oxide delivery in three-dimensional biomaterials for vascular functionality |
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Zuyong Wang, Feng Wen, Rongkai Zhang and Qinyuan Zhang, MRS Communications
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Three-dimensional nanofiber scaffolds with arrayed holes for engineering skin tissue constructs |
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Lina Fu, Jingwei Xie, Mark A. Carlson and Debra A. Reilly, MRS Communications
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Tissue engineering toward organ-specific regeneration and disease modeling |
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Christian Mandrycky, Kiet Phong, and Ying Zheng, MRS Communications |
Energy Focus
SCIENCE AS ART
It's beautiful when everything falls into line...
Andrew Minor, University of California, Berkeley
Optical image of microtomed polymer beads floating on water, by Nathan Velez & Andy Minor.
See more from the Science as Art competition at the 2017 MRS Spring 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
Vladimir Matias of iBeam on innovation
MRS Bulletin Material Matters
“One doesn’t always know where basic research will lead to.”
MRS Bulletin’s Sabrina Sartori, from the University of Oslo, talks with Vladimir Matias, founder of iBeam Materials, Inc., on innovation.
NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS
Flow Chemistry System for Heterogeneous Catalysis |
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An optimized flow chemistry system for heterogeneous catalysis applications, the FlowLab Column™ from Uniqsis is designed to provide highly efficient mixing, excellent control over reaction parameters and unmatched performance.
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Polyvalent Hyperspectral Imager |
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The GRAND-EOS is a new polyvalent Hyperspectral Imager developed by Photon etc. that combines micro and macro modalities with both VNIR (400-1000 nm) and SWIR (900-1700 nm) spectral ranges.
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