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Highlights

Apr 30, 2014

International Activities with German Partner Organization IRTG 1524

Carol Hall, NCSU

Research Triangle MRSEC investigators have  numerous ( >30) international research collaborations with scientists in Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, Russia, China and Korea.  Most prominent among these interactions is
Apr 30, 2014

Supporting STEM Education, Career Development, and Collaboration through the REU Program

Catherine Reyes, Duke University

The long term goals of the Research Triangle MRSEC REU program are to maximize opportunities for undergraduate involvement in MRSEC research, recruit diverse undergraduate students from across the country, and support future careers in
Apr 16, 2014
MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering (2014)

Better Batteries Through Biology

Angela Belcher (MIT), Yang Shao-Horn (MIT)

  Lithium-oxygen batteries have a great potential to enhance the gravimetric energy density of fully packaged batteries by 2-3 times that of lithium-ion cells, thus greatly increasing the range of electric vehicles.
Apr 16, 2014
UChicago Materials Research Center (2014)

Soft nanoscale epitaxy

Sara M. Rupich, Fernando C. Castro, William T.M. Irvine, Dmitri V. Talapin

Researchers in the Irvine and Talapin groups at the University of Chicago MRSEC used nanoparticle membranes discovered by the Jaeger and Lin groups to develop a platform for studies of homo= and heteroepitaxy in nanocrystal assemblies.