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Materials in Focus

Metallic aerogels synthesized in one-step process
	Simple chemical reagents reduce noble metal salt solutions to form aerogels.
Engineers create stretchable camouflage skin inspired by octopuses
	Scientists have taken a page out of nature and created a type of stretchable skin that can quickly be turned into different shapes and textures.
Hydrogel grows organ-like structures for tissue repair
	This synthetic hydrogel can be used to culture human intestinal organoids and may one day help provide a treatment for intestinal conditions.
Nano Focus: Solidification technique at the nanoscale expands range of 3D-printable alloys
	By introducing nanoparticles, solidification can be controlled during additive manufacturing of alloys.
Energy Focus: Sponge electrode architecture provides safe, high-performance Ni-3D Zn battery
	Scientists and engineers are investigating new electrode and electrolyte alternatives in an effort to solve challenges in Li-ion chemistries.

Policy Focus

Materials research advocacy affects the US federal budget
As a general rule, MRS advocates for increases in the budgets of federal agencies critical to materials research, such as the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense (DoD). We sometimes advocate for specific programs, such as the basic and applied research programs within the DoD or the ARPA-E program within the DOE.


OF INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS COMMUNITY

Splitting CO₂ to produce syngas and hydrocarbon fuels: PEC and STC
Though very high efficiencies are within reach theoretically, demonstrated efficiencies are currently in the range of 5%. Efficiencies are limited by both engineering (reactor design) and materials aspects, and the interplay between the two.


MEETINGS UPDATE

Critical Meeting Deadlines

PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

JUST PUBLISHED

	An examination of the superplastic characteristics of Al-Mg-Sc alloys after processing
	Pedro H.R. Pereira, Yi Huang, Megumi Kawasaki and Terence G. Langdon, Journal of Materials Research
	Creep behavior of a γ′-strengthened Co-base alloy with zero γ/γ′-lattice misfit at 800 °C, 196 MPa
	Jan Midtlyng, Alexander I. Epishin, Nikolay V. Petrushin, Thomas Link, Gert Nolze, Igor L. Svetlov, and Walter Reimers, Journal of Materials Research
	Effect of Laser Welding on the Mechanical Properties AISI 1018 Steel
	M. A. Carrizalez-Vazquez, M. Alvarez-Vera, A. Hernández-Rodríguez, J. M. Orona-Hinojos, Gabriel Sandoval-Vázquez and J. L. Acevedo-Dávila, MRS Advances
	High temperature properties and fatigue strength of novel wrought γ/γ′ Co-base superalloys
	Lisa Patricia Freund, Sven Giese, Daniel Schwimmer, Heinz Werner Höppel, Steffen Neumeier, and Mathias Göken, Journal of Materials Research
	Light Induced Degradation of Nitrocellulose Lacquer Thin Films for Conservation of Art Objects
	Rebekah I. Webster and H. Francis Webster, MRS Advances

Bio Focus

	Degradation profiles of silk textiles in diverse environments: Synchrotron based infrared micro-spectroscopy analysis
	Zhanyun Zhu, Nicole Tse, Petronella Nel and Mark Tobin, MRS Advances
	DNA origami devices for molecular-scale precision measurements
	Carlos E. Castro, Hendrik Dietz, and Björn Högberg, MRS Bulletin
	DNA origami: The bridge from bottom to top
	Anqin Xu, John N. Harb, Mauri A. Kostiainen, William L. Hughes, Adam T. Woolley, Haitao Liu, and Ashwin Gopinath, MRS Bulletin
	Hydrogel-based microchannels to measure confinement- and stiffness-sensitive Yes-associated-protein activity in epithelial clusters
	Samila Nasrollahi and Amit Pathak, MRS Communications
	Nanometrology and super-resolution imaging with DNA
	Elton Graugnard, William L. Hughes, Ralf Jungmann, Mauri A. Kostiainen, and Veikko Linko, MRS Bulletin
	Sculpting light by arranging optical components with DNA nanostructures
	Mauricio Pilo-Pais, Guillermo P. Acuna, Philip Tinnefeld, and Tim Liedl, MRS Bulletin
	Spatially graded hydrogels for preclinical testing of glioblastoma anticancer therapeutics
	S. Pedron, H. Polishetty, A.M. Pritchard, B.P. Mahadik, J.N. Sarkaria, and B.A.C. Harley, MRS Communications
	Stretchable bioelectronics—Current and future
	Ishan D. Joshipura, Mickey Finn, Siew Ting Melissa Tan, Michael D. Dickey, and Darren J. Lipomi, MRS Bulletin
	Three-dimensional cell culture of human mesenchymal stem cells in nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogels
	Ioannis Azoidis, Joel Metcalfe, James Reynolds, Shirley Keeton, Sema S. Hakki, Jonathan Sheard, and Darius Widera, MRS Communications

Energy Focus

	Protons and the hydrogen economy
	Qianli Chen and Artur Braun, MRS Energy and Sustainability

SCIENCE AS ART

Two-Dimensional Crystals
Jennifer DiStefano, Northwestern University

This SEM image shows crystals of the two-dimensional material molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂). Here, we see many of these triangular crystals have merged together to create a stunning scene of MoS₂ stars.

A First Place Winner from the Science as Art competition at the 2017 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

From Denticles on Shark Skin to Ship Coating
2017 MRS Science Video Competition

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Winner. Award presented at the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston.


CAREER CENTRAL

Partial listing of classified ads from the January 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin

National Taiwan University
Director, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences

NEW PRODUCTS FOCUS

New Spiral Evaporator
	Asynt announces the new DrySyn Spiral Evaporator—a compact system offering rapid concentration of high boiling solvents such as DMSO, DMF or water, without the need to heat to high temperatures. Read more »
Thin Film Deposition System Platform
	A newly optimized entry-level deposition system that is uniquely suited for glovebox integration, the 2018 NANO 36™ Thin Film Deposition System Platform from Kurt J. Lesker Company offers increased deposition capabilities and a smaller system footprint.  Read more »

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