
Winter 2006
In This Issue:
Focus On Electronic Materials
Features:
Dielectric Materials for Wireless Transmission and Energy Storage
Penn State responds to the energy challenge
Materials Research and Life Sciences Meet at CrossOver 2005 Conference
Chemists, biologists, and physicists ponder the underlying properties at the borderline of organic and inorganic materials
Stopping to Smell the Scientific Flowers: A Tour Through Tom Mallouk's Lab
The DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and director of the Center for Nanoscalle Science offers a look at his latest research
Middle School Students Take a Look at Materials: Photo Essay
Over 200 eighth graders from a Harrisburg area public school spent a day looking at materials and future transportation
Director's Message
Materials discovery and development hold a central place in the technological revolutions that have reshaped our world over the last fifty years.
Faculty Spotlight: Suzanne Mohney
Designing electrical contacts for improved performance
New Approach to Lighting Could Provide Huge Energy Savings
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) could replace regular light bulbs, providing tremendous energy savings worldwide.
Visiting Japanese Scientist Studies New Materials
Visiting scientist Masato Iwasaki does research on metamaterials, an amazing man-made material
Papers by Penn State Nano Researchers Among Top 20 Most Read
Who are the readers of Nano Letters reading?
Materials Day 2006
The year's biggest materials event is coming April 10th-11th

