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Volume 33 - March 2008

Contents

Page 9 of 13

MRS News

  • Preview: 2008 MRS Fall Meeting

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    31 January 2011, pp. 936-937
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Research/Researchers

  • Growth of Metallic-Insulator Bilayers Yields Interfacial Region Exhibiting High-Tc Superconductivity

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    31 January 2011, p. 1135
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Solar

Research Article

  • Thermoelectrics: Direct Solar Thermal Energy Conversion

  • Terry M. Tritt, Harald Böttner, Lidong Chen
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    31 January 2011, pp. 366-368
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  • The field of thermoelectricity began in the early 1800s with the discovery of the thermoelectric effect by Thomas Seebeck. Seebeck found that, when the junctions of two dissimilar materials are held at different temperatures (ΔT), a voltage (V) is generated that is proportional to ΔT. The proportionality constant is the Seebeck coeffcient or thermopower: α = −δV/ΔT. When the circuit is closed, this couple allows for direct conversion of thermal energy (heat) to electrical energy. The conversion effciency, ηTE, is related to a quantity called the fgure of merit, ZT, that is determined by three main material parameters: the thermopower α, the electrical resistivity ρ, and the thermal conductivity κ.

MRS News

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    31 January 2011, p. 708
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Other

  • International Union of Materials Research Societies

  • Jennifer Shanahan
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    31 January 2011, pp. 631-632
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Research/Researchers

  • Surface Plasmon Resonance and AFM Targeting Selectively Melts and Evaporates Gold Nanoparticles

  • Thad Aweeka
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    31 January 2011, p. 727
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Science Policy

  • Science Policy

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    31 January 2011, pp. 170-171
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MRS News

  • Preview: 2008 MRS Spring Meeting

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    31 January 2011, pp. 132-149
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Classified

  • Classified

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    31 January 2011, pp. 154-160
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Research/Researchers

  • News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers

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    31 January 2011, p. 1136
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Interfaces

  • Taking the lead

  • Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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    31 January 2011, pp. 730-731
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  • Strathclyde University Going Solar in The Gambia

  • Mike Dolan, Robert Currie, Scott Strachan, Graham Ault
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    31 January 2011, pp. 502-503
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MRS News

  • 2008 MRS Secretary, Treasurer, and Governing Committee Chairs Announced

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    31 January 2011, pp. 232-233
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  • 2008 MRS Fall Meeting Lodging and Travel

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    31 January 2011, p. 938
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Interfaces

  • The Rank Prize Funds: Nurturing Advancement in Optoelectronics

  • Carol Trager-Cowan
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    31 January 2011, pp. 999-1000
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Image Gallery

  • The Art of Photography Applied as a Scientific Tool

  • Chrissie Bradley, Shagane Barsegian Launey
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    31 January 2011, pp. 826-827
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Calendar

  • Calendar

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    31 January 2011, pp. 61-62
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Solar

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  • Off-Grid Solar for Rural Development

  • Wole Soboyejo, Roger Taylor
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    31 January 2011, pp. 368-371
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  • The World Bank estimates that over two billion people on the planet live their daily lives without access to basic, reliable electric services. Rural populations in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and island nations need clean water, health services, communications, and light at night. Small, simple, solar electric systems are part of the solution—increasing the quality of life, often at a cost that is less than what is presently being spent for kerosene, dry-cell batteries, and the recharging of automotive batteries that must be lugged to the nearest town on a weekly basis (see Figure 1).

Meeting Report

  • Upcoming Conferences

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    31 January 2011, p. 633
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Upcoming Conferences

  • 2nd International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCO2008) to Be Held in October 2008

  • George Kiriakidis
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    31 January 2011, p. 709
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