Energy Storage Solution Combines Polymers and Nanosheets
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Squid-inspired proteins can act as programmable assemblers of 2D materials, like graphene oxide, to form hybrid materials with minute spacing between layers suitable for high-efficiency devices including flexible electronics, energy storage systems and mechanical actuators, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers.
An investigational compound developed by Penn State researchers that targets and destroys cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed has been approved for phase one clinical human trials by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Finding practical hydrogen storage technologies for vehicles powered by fuel cells is the focus of a $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, awarded to Mike Chung, professor of materials science and engineering, Penn State.
Materials Day 2017 will dig deep into a number of the emerging "Hot Topics in Materials" research.
An opportunity to spend time "outside the box" developing new ideas and leveraging the collective expertise.
October 17-18 is Materials Day! Featuring experts from government, industry, and academia in informal break-out sessions across two days, Materials Day 2017 will tackle topics that matter, from advanced, sustainable manufacturing to materials for next generation healthcare. Be sure to mark your calendar!
Organic chemists are very good at synthesizing small carbon molecules, millions to date, but the number of completely crystalline and especially single crystal carbon “extended solids” such as diamond, graphite, and carbon nanotubes with bonding in multiple dimensions is very limited. Still, these few examples attract great attention because they often have superlative properties, such as high electron mobility, extremely high strength, and sometimes even superconductivity, so it is interesting to synthesize new ones. I will show how the small molecule benzene can be crushed under pressure to form crystals of carbon nanothreads, a new low dimensional carbon nanomaterial akin to “flexible diamond” that may uniquely combine extreme strength with flexibility, insensitivity to defects, and resilience.
Plant-Herbivore Interactions and the Chemicals that Mediate Them
With a deep history of plant-animal interactions, it’s no surprise we find relationships that span from mutualisms to all out warfare. A brief overview of the chemical relationships that have been established between herbivores and their hosts will be discussed with a focus on behavior and chemical ecology.
Penn State’s investment in its interdisciplinary research institutes, including the Materials Research Institute (MRI), has created a culture of strong collaborations across disciplines. At Penn State, many researchers have the support of both their academic departments and the university-wide institutes, such as MRI. By encouraging crosscutting research, MRI and its sister institutes open up traditional silos of knowledge to the stimulus of other viewpoints and new ideas. This mingling of disciplines, often called “convergence,” brings together the physical and life sciences with engineering and computation to solve the most complex problems facing society today and in the future.
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