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Energy Storage: New Materials Meet the Need for Better Batteries and Capacitors
Focus on Energy Storage - Winter 2011
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New Materials Meet the Need for Better Batteries and Capacitors
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Features
Energy on Call
Across the university, researchers are developing, testing, and deploying new materials for storing energy for the grid and the highway.
Interdisciplinary Science Building Opens Doors to Researchers
When Penn State's Millennium Science Complex opened its doors to researchers this fall, it inaugurated a new era of scientific discovery at the intersection of materials science, engineering, nanoscience and the life sciences at Penn State.
A Battery Powered Train Engine
Researchers at Penn state are working with Norfolk Southern to develop a train engine with zero exhaust emissions.
Departments
Research Snapshots
Reports on quantum dot solar cells, electronic optical fibers, a new type of symmetry, graphene on silicon, energy from wastewater, purifying nanoparticles, reducing the power drain in electronics, and the giant piezoelectric effect for energy harvesting.
Materials Day 2012: Converging on Materials
April 23 - 24, 2012: Make plans to attend the signature event of Penn State materials science.