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Fundamental Understanding and Applications of High-Entropy Alloys
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High entropy alloys (HEAs) and the more broadly defined multi-principal-elements alloys (MPEAs) represent a major paradigm shift in alloy design. HEAs focus on the compositions near the center of a multicomponent phase diagram. By contrast, traditional alloys focus compositions on the boundaries (vertices, edges, or faces) of a phase diagram and typically consist of one principal element. Therefore, HEAs represent a tremendously vast compositional space that is largely unexplored by science. As an emerging field, research on HEAs has attracted rising worldwide attention and interest from both academia and industry since 2004. The number of published papers has increased rapidly each year, and there have been many dedicated conferences, symposia and workshops on HEAs. Traditional physical metallurgy principles as well as novel processing methods have all been applied to HEAs, and new materials with extraordinary properties have been reported. New results also show that traditional materials science concepts are inadequate to explain some of the newly observed behaviors, fueling intense development of new models for complex, concentrated alloys. The high-entropy concept has now been extended to ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and a broad range of functional materials. As a result, the whole field has advanced dynamically and rapidly in almost every aspect of materials science and engineering.
The objective of the October 2018 Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Focus Issue on High-Entropy Alloys was to give a timely review of the present fundamental understanding of HEAs and their potential applications. This webinar expanded on the Focus Issue with talks and live Q&A with issue authors.
Data-Centric Science for Materials Innovation
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AFM Characterization of Emerging Photovoltaics
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Presented by Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
Machine Learning, AI, and Data-Driven Materials Development and Design
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Materials are an important contributor to technological progress, and yet the process of materials discovery and development has historically been inefficient. In general, the current innovation workflow is human-centered, where researchers design, conduct, analyze and interpret results obtained through experiments, simulations or literature review. Such results are often high-dimensional, large in number and heterogeneous in nature, which hinders a researcher’s ability to draw insight from this data manually.
This webinar explores the synthesis of machine learning with materials research, highlighting a broad spectrum of topics in which machine learning, artificial intelligence, or statistics play a significant role in addressing problems in experimental and theoretical materials science. It also generated discussion on the fundamental connection between machine learning and material science, and its future application and impact.
This webinar was held in conjunction with the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting symposium of the same name.
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Lead-free Piezoceramics
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With restrictions on hazardous substance usage in various applications comes lead-free compositions in certain piezoceramic applications. The current knowledge of primary piezoelectric properties has reached a sufficient level for use in applications, but research efforts continue toward a better understanding of secondary properties. Efforts to reduce the production and waste disposal of toxic lead has resulted in open avenues for new materials with properties better than lead zirconate titanate.
The August, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin focused on Lead-free Piezoceramics, and this webinar builds on the information presented in the issue. Attendees were able to participate in a live Q&A session with the speakers at the conclusion of each talk.
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Ultrafast Imaging of Materials Dynamics
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The advent of short-pulse electron and x-ray sources has enabled pump-probe approaches for elucidating ultrafast materials dynamics. The July, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin provides a cross section of the vigorous activity occurring in the study of light-induced ultrafast materials dynamics as it relates to various approaches.
The approaches highlighted are leading to new physical insights, possibilities for engineering the properties of matter, and a new understanding of materials functionality of ultrasmall and ultrashort spatiotemporal scales.
The talks in this webinar will build upon the information presented in the MRS Bulletin issue, and a live question-and-answer session with the speakers will follow each talk.
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Materials for Nonreciprocal Photonics
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For photonic systems, breaking reciprocity using nonreciprocal materials is a fundamental challenge and opportunity, which is both of scientific interest and of technical importance. It allows for the development of key photonic components, such as optical isolators and circulators-on-a-chip and also provides revolutionary ways to transport and process data in photonic systems. In the June, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin, several representative research directions toward realizing integrated nonreciprocal photonic materials and devices are summarized.
The talks in this webinar expanded upon the MRS Bulletin issue, and attendees were able to interact—in real time—with the webinar presenters.
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Materials for Advanced Semiconductor Memories
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Sponsored by American Elements
The need for new memory with non-volatility and low power-consuming performance is rapidly increasing. In both emerging and current memories, material innovation is of central importance. In the May, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin, the recent improvements in this field are reviewed, especially emerging and novel materials for disruptive memory concepts. Progress in scanning probe-based memory devices is also described.
The talks in this webinar expanded upon the MRS Bulletin issue, and attendees were able to interact—in real time—with the webinar presenters.
Materials Enabling Flexible Hybrid Electronics
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In partnership with NextFlex.
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Materials for Energy Harvesting
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Future society will require materials and methodology for energy harvesting to enable smart systems and embedded automation. As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes a reality, there will be need for a trillions of sensors to enable automated intelligence (AI) applications, for example to automate the care-taking operation for aging populations. Changing batteries for these trillion sensors is not feasible, as all of us experience that even recharging batteries of everyday mobile devices is quite challenging. It will be vital to develop energy harvesting materials and technologies that can dynamically harvest energy from surroundings to generate electrical power for sensors and devices. The March, 2018 issue of the MRS Bulletin, will feature articles on the forefront of developing cutting-edge energy harvesting to address these pressing issues.
The talks in this webinar will expand upon the MRS Bulletin issue, and attendees will be able to interact—in real time—with the webinar presenters.
Sponsored by Millipore Sigma (Sigma-Aldrich Materials Science)
