Highlights
Jan 20, 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A story of two spin off companies
Fundamental MRSEC research often leads to new technologies that in turn create innovative start-up companies. QD Vision and Luminus Devices are two exciting examples of this process. In both cases, MRSEC-supported research at MIT helped to develop the basic platform for these new technologies.
Nov 28, 2007
Stanford University
Closing the Loop on Recycling: Can We Stop the oil-to-Landfill Treadmill?
James L. Hedrick, Robert W. Waymouth
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), a widely used engineering thermoplastic for carpet, clothing (fibers), tire cords, soda bottles and other containers, film, automotive, electronics, displays etc., will contribute several billion pounds of waste to landfills this year alone! According to the American Plastics Council, PET packaging was originally used for soft drinks, but packing applications today include other beverages such as water, juice, beer, in addition to other foods such as peanut butter and ketchup and a variety of other household products.
Nov 13, 2007
University of California, Santa Barbara
Chocolate Finally Understood: UC Santa Barbara and Nestle Uncover the Physics of Self-Aggregating Foods
Scientists from UCSB's Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) and the Nestle Research Center (NRC), Lausanne, Switzerland have resolved a long-standing problem in the self-assembly behavior of lipid molecules in water.
Oct 23, 2007
Northwestern University
Electrical Conductivity of Polymorphic Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystalline Powders
The article entitled "Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of the Polymorphic Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystalline Powders" received the Edward C. Henry Award from the American Ceramic Society for the best Electronics Division paper in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society during 2006.
Oct 17, 2007
Northwestern University
Polymer Surface Viscoelasticity Affects Organic Thin-Film Transistor Performance
Thin polymer films exhibit glass transition temperatures (Tgs) that are depressed from the bulk material Tg because of increased degrees of chain motion. Using such films as gate dielectrics in organic thin-film transistors provides a sensitive new probe of polymer surface motional characteristics at the buried semiconductor-dielectric interface.
Oct 10, 2007
University of Pennsylvania
Brownian Motion of an Ellipsoid
Han, Y., Alsayed, A.M., Nobili, M., Zhang, J., Lubensky, T.C., and Yodh, A.G.
Brownian motion, the tiny random movements of small objects suspended in a fluid, has served as a paradigm for concepts of randomness ranging from noise in light detectors to fluctuations in the stock market.
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