Focus On Materials Magazine

Focus on Materials is the research bulletin of the Materials Research Institute and the faculty, students, and industrial partners engaged in materials research at Penn State. In this publication, you will find a range of informative stories on developments in electronic, optical and bio/medical materials, as well as energy, nanotechnology, and the environment. To be sure that you receive this free publication in the form that is most convenient for you, please take a moment to visit our online subscription management.

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Focus on Materials Winter 2011 Publication Cover

Energy Storage: New Materials Meet the Need for Better Batteries and Capacitors - Winter 2011

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Focus on Materials Publication Archive

Winter 2011

Focus on Materials Winter 2011 Publication Cover

Basic Science Drives Innovation

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Fall 2010

Focus on Materials Fall 2010 Publication Cover

Focus On Ultrasound

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Winter 2010

Focus On Materials - Winter 2010 - Instruments of Discover: Tools for the study, characterization, and metrology of materials

Instruments of Discovery: Tools for the study, characterization, and metrology of materials

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Summer 2009

Focus On Materials - Summer 2009 - Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Infrastructure for the 21st Century

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Winter 2009

Focus On Materials - Winter 2009 - Advanced Coatings

Advanced Coatings

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Fall 2008

Focus On Materials - Fall 2008 - Electronic Materials

Electronic Materials

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Spring 2008

Focus on Materials - Spring 2008 - The Virtual Experimentalists

The Virtual Experimentalist

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Fall 2007

Focus on Materials - Fall 2007 - Engineering the Brain

Engineering the Brain

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Summer 2007

Focus on Materials - Summer 2007 - Metamaterials

Metamaterials

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Winter 2007

Focus on Materials - Winter 2007 - Energy at the Crossroads

Energy at the Crossroads

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Fall 2006

Focus on Materials - Fall 2006 - Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of Light

Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of Light

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Spring 2006

Sensor Research for Health and Homeland Security

Sensor Research for Health and Homeland Security

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Winter 2006

Focus on Materials - Winter 2006 Issue - Dialectric Materials for Wireless Transmission and Energy Storage

Dialectric Materials for Wireless Transmission and Energy Storage

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