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Some of the 2021 Materials Research Institute seed grant recipients include, from top left clockwise: Enrique Gomez, Randy Vander Wal, Tak-Sing Wong and Jennifer Gray. Image: Penn State MRI

Grants To Help Fund Variety Of Interdisciplinary High-Impact, Materials-Focused Research

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Image of a heterotube diode: This device contains a MoS2 semiconductor shell (blue), over the insulator hBN shell (purple), over the carbon nanotube core (green) of the heteronanotube covered with gold electrodes (yellow). Image: Elizabeth Floresgomez Murray/ Penn State

The recent synthesis of one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures, may lead to new, miniaturized electronics that are currently not possible, according to a team of Penn State and University of Tokyo researchers.

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Researchers at Penn State have found a way to use ultrasonic and acoustic guided waves to alter how light bounces off of objects, a phenomenon called optical reflection. Image: iStock/@Meindert van der Haven

Scientists and engineers have studied the numerous applications of sound waves for decades.

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Lauren Zarzar, assistant professor of chemistry (left IMAGE: PENN STATE) and Ganesh Anand, associate professor of chemistry (IMAGE: PROVIDED)

Two faculty members have been selected to receive Lab Bench to Commercialization (LB2C) grants from the Eberly College of Science in 2021.

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Researchers doped cobalt oxide with tin to create a more efficient electrode for use in supercapacitors. This microscopic image shows the new material on graphene film. Image: JIA ZHU/PENN STATE

A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers from Penn State and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

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Strategically placed cuts to structural films can create 3D nanostructures when force is applied to the films, similar to how kirigami cuts made to paper can create pop-up structures. IMAGE: Jennifer M. McCann/Penn State MRI

Using a technique that mimics the ancient Japanese art of kirigami, a team of researchers may offer an easier way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for use in electronics, manufacturing and health care.