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MRS Bulletin April 2008 Volume 33 No. 4 Harnessing Materials for Energy

Description: The MRS Bulletin special expanded issue, “Harnessing Materials for Energy,” focuses on the most important materials research challenges that need to be addressed to move toward secure, affordable, and environmentally sustainable energy to meet the world’s accelerating energy needs. The issue follows the full energy chain including production, storage, distribution, use, and efficiency. The articles are designed to present an objective and global view of the energy challenges within each energy … more
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: Arunachalam, V. S. & Fleischer, Elizabeth L.
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2009 International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS 2009)

Description: The ICNS provides a focal point for the worldwide neutron user community to strengthen ties within this diverse group, while at the same time promoting neutron research among colleagues in related disciplines identified as “would-be” neutron users. The International Conference on Neutron Scattering thus serves a dual role as an international user meeting and a scientific meeting. As a venue for scientific exchange, the ICNS showcases recent results and provides forums for … more
Date: August 5, 2010
Creator: Rao, Gopal & Gillespie, Donna
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Scientific/Technical Report

Description: This symposium aimed to bring together researchers working on quantifying nanoscale carrier transport processes in excitonic solar cells. Excitonic solar cells, including all-organic, hybrid organic-inorganic and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), offer strong potential for inexpensive and large-area solar energy conversion. Unlike traditional inorganic semiconductor solar cells, where all the charge generation and collection processes are well understood, these excitonic solar cells contain e… more
Date: November 21, 2012
Creator: Bommissetty, Venkat
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Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

Description: The two-and-a-half day symposium on the "Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials" will be the first comprehensive meeting on this topic held under the auspices of a major U.S. professional society. Spring MRS Meetings provide a natural venue for this symposium as they attract a broad audience of researchers that represents a cross-section of the state-of-the-art regarding synthesis, structure-property relations, and applications of nanostructured materials. Close interactions… more
Date: August 5, 2010
Creator: Dr. Frank (Bud) Bridges, University of California-Santa Cruz
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S09 Symposium KK, Structure-Property Relationships in Biomineralized and Biomimetic Composites

Description: The technical presentations and discussions at this symposium disseminated and assessed current research and defined future directions in biomaterials research, with a focus on structure-function relationships in biological and biomimetic composites. The invited and contributed talks covered a diverse range of topics from fundamental biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science to potential applications in developing areas such as light-weight composites, multifunctional and smart materia… more
Date: June 7, 2010
Creator: Kisailus, David; Estroff, Lara; Gupta, Himadri S.; Landis, William J. & Zavattieri, Pablo D.
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Scientific/Techical Report

Description: The ACNS provides a focal point for the North American neutron user community, strengthening ties within this diverse group, and promoting neutron research in related disciplines. The conference thus serves a dual role as both a national user meeting and a scientific meeting. As a venue for scientific exchange, the ACNS showcases recent results and provides a forum for scientific discussion of neutron-enabled research in fields as diverse as hard and soft condensed matter, liquids, biology, mag… more
Date: November 7, 2012
Creator: Dr. Chris Leighton, Neutron Scattering Society of American & Mr. J. Ardie (Butch) Dillen, MRS Director of Finance and Administration
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Technical Report

Description: The 2011 World Materials Summit, held on 10/9-12/2011 in Washington DC, provided a forum for top decision makers and energy experts from aropund the world to focus on the materials research needs for the growing energy economy. Organized jointly by the Materials Research Society (MRS), the European MRS (E-MRS), and the Chinese MRS (C-MRS), the goal of the Summit was to explore how the different regions of the world can work together on the critical issue of clean energy, including its relation … more
Date: February 1, 2012
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Soft X-ray synchrotron radiation investigations of actinidematerials systems utilizing X-ray emission spectroscopy and resonantinelastic X-ray scattering

Description: Synchrotron radiation (SR) methods have been utilized with increasing frequency over the past several years to study topics in actinide science, ranging from those of a fundamental nature to those that address a specifically-targeted technical need. In particular, the emergence of microspectroscopic and fluorescence-based techniques have permitted investigations of actinide materials at sources of soft x-ray SR. Spectroscopic techniques with fluorescence-based detection are useful for actinide … more
Date: January 3, 2004
Creator: Shuh, D.K.; Butorin, S.M.; Guo, J.-H. & Nordgren, J.
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A Chemical Approach to 3-D Lithographic Patterning of Si and GeNanocrystals

Description: Ion implantation into silica followed by thermal annealingis an established growth method for Si and Ge nanocrystals. Wedemonstrate that growth of Group IV semiconductor nanocrystals can besuppressed by co-implantation of oxygen prior to annealing. For Sinanocrystals, at low Si/O dose ratios, oxygen co-implantation leads to areduction of the average nanocrystal size and a blue-shift of thephotoluminescence emission energy. For both Si and Ge nanocrystals, atlarger Si/O or Ge/O dose ratios, the … more
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: Sharp, I. D.; Xu, Q.; Yi, D. O.; Liao, C. Y.; Ager, J. W., III; Beeman, J. W. et al.
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In/Si(111): Self-assembled one and two-dimensional electrongases

Description: We present angle-resolved photoemission measurements forultrathin In films on Si(111). Depending on the coverage, this systemself-organizes into a metallic monolayer with either 4x1 or sqrt7 x sqrt3symmetry relative to the substrate. Electronically, they behave likeideal one- and two-dimensional electron gases (1DEG and 2DEG),respectively. The 4x1 system has atomic chains of In whose energy bandsdisperse only parallel to the chains, while for the sqrt7 x sqrt3 system,the dominant reciprocal spa… more
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Rotenberg, Eli; Yeom, H. W.; Takeda, S.; Matsuda, I.; Horikoshi, K.; Schaefer, J. et al.
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Behavior of Uranium (VI) during HEDPA Leaching for Aluminum Dissolution in Tank Waste Sludges

Description: Batch adsorption/dissolution experiments were conducted toexamine the interactions between 233U(VI) and a synthetic aluminumoxyhydroxide (boehmite, g-AlOOH) in 1.0M NaCl suspensions containing1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDPA). In the pH range 4 to 9,complexation of Al(III) by HEDPA significantly enhanced dissolution ofboehmite. This phenomenon was especially pronounced in the neutral pHregion where the solubility of aluminum, in the absence of complexants,is limited by the formation… more
Date: January 4, 2006
Creator: Powell, Brian A.; Rao, Linfeng; Nash, Kenneth L. & Martin, Leigh
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Strain and Texture in Al-Interconnect Wires Measured by X-Ray Microbeam Diffraction

Description: The local strain and texture in Al interconnect wires have been investigated using white and monochromatic x-ray microbeams on the MHATTCAT undulator beam line at the Advanced Photon Source. Intergrain and intragrain orientations were obtained with ~0.01 degree sensitivity using white beam measurements on wide Al pads (~100 Mu-m) and thin (2 Mu-m) Al wires. Orientation changes of up to 1 degree were found within individual grains of the (111) textured Al interconnects. Deviatoric strain measure… more
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Budai, J. D.; Chung, J.-S.; Ice, G. E.; Larson, B. C.; Lowe, W. P.; Tamura, N. et al.
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Electronic and Optical Properties of Energetic Particle-IrradiatedIn-rich InGaN

Description: We have carried out a systematic study of the effects of irradiation on the electronic and optical properties of InGaN alloys over the entire composition range. High energy electrons, protons, and {sup 4}He{sup +} were used to produce displacement damage doses (D{sub d}) spanning over five orders of magnitude. The free electron concentrations in InN and In-rich InGaN increase with D{sub d} and finally saturate after a sufficiently high D{sub d}. The saturation of carrier density is attributed t… more
Date: April 13, 2005
Creator: Li, S. X.; Yu, K. M.; Jones, R. E.; Wu, J.; Walukiewicz, W.; AgerIII, J. W. et al.
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Germanium Nanocrystals Embedded in Sapphire

Description: {sup 74}Ge nanocrystals are formed in a sapphire matrix by ion implantation followed by damage. Embedded nanocrystals experience large compressive stress relative to bulk, as embedded in sapphire melt very close to the bulk melting point (Tm = 936 C) whereas experience considerably lower stresses. Also, in situ TEM reveals that nanocrystals ion-beam-synthesized nanocrystals embedded in silica are observed to be spherical and measured by Raman spectroscopy of the zone center optical phonon. In c… more
Date: April 15, 2005
Creator: Xu, Q.; Sharp, I. D.; Liao, C. Y.; Yi, D. O.; Ager, J. W., III; Beeman, J. W. et al.
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AnGa{sub 2}O{sub 4} Thin-Film Phosphors Grown by Pulsed Laser Ablation

Description: The growth and properties of undoped and Mn-doped ZnGa{sub 2}O{sub 4} thin-film phosphors on (100) MgO and glass substrates using pulsed laser ablation were investigated. Blue-white and green emission were observed for as-deposited undoped and Mn-doped films, respectively. Luminescent properties as well as crystallinity were considerably affected by processing conditions and film stoichiometry. Films with enhanced luminescent characteristics were obtained on single crystal substrates without po… more
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Lee, Y. E.; Rouleau, C. M.; Park, C. & Norton, D. P.
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Z-Contrast STEM Imaging and EELS of CdSe Nanocrystals: Towards the Analysis of Individual Nanocrystal Surfaces

Description: We have applied Atomic Number Contract Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (Z-Contrast STEM) and STEM/EELS (Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy) towards the study of colloidal CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals embedded in MEH-PPV polymer films. Unlike the case of conventional phase-contrast High Resolution TEM, Z-Contrast images are direct projections of the atomic structure. Hence they can be interpreted without the need for sophisticated image simulation and the image intensity is a direct … more
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Erwin, M.; Kadavanich, A. V.; Kippeny, T.; Pennycook, S. J. & Rosenthal, S. J.
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Characterization of chemical bonding in low-k dielectric materialsfor interconnect isolation: a xas and eels study

Description: The use of low dielectric constant materials in the on-chipinterconnect process reduces interconnect delay, power dissipation andcrosstalk noise. To achieve the requirements of the ITRS for 2007-2009minimal sidewall damage from etch, ash or cleans is required. In chemicalvapor deposited (CVD) organo-silicate glass (OSG) which are used asintermetal dielectric (IMD) materials the substitution of oxygen in SiO2by methyl groups (-CH3) reduces the permittivity significantly (from 4.0in SiO2 to 2.6-3… more
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Hoffmann, P.; Schmeisser, D.; Engelmann, H. J.; Zschech, E.; Stegmann, H.; Himpsel, F. et al.
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Complexation of actinides with derivatives of oxydiaceticacid

Description: Complexation of Np(V), U(VI) and Nd(III) with dimethyl-3-oxa-glutaramic acid (DMOGA) and tetramethyl-3-oxa-glutaramide (TMOGA) was studied in comparison with the complexation with oxydiacetic acid (ODA). Stability constants and enthalpy of complexation were determined by potentiometry, spectrophotometry and calorimetry. Thermodynamic parameters, in conjunction with structural information of solid compounds, indicate that DMOGA and TMOGA form tridentate complexes with the ether-oxygen participat… more
Date: January 4, 2006
Creator: Rao, Linfeng & Tian, Guoxin
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