MRS Bulletin Materials News Podcast
Materials News podcast by MRS Bulletin provides breakthrough news & interviews with researchers on hot topics including biomaterials, quantum materials, artificial intelligence, sustainability, perovskites, and robotics. Produced by the Materials Research Society.
Podcasting since 2019 • 114 episodes
MRS Bulletin Materials News Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 12: Lightweight shape memory alloy retains superelasticity at 4 K
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Sophia Chen interviews Sheng Xu from Tohoku University, Japan about his lightweight shape memory alloy that retains superelasticity at temperatures as cold as 4 K and as hot as 400°C. This range ...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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4:04
Episode 11: Synthetic hydrogel combines stiffness and self-healing properties
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Hang Zhang from Aalto University in Finland about his group’s creation of a composite material that is both stiff and self-healing. The composite involves a hydrogel where t...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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4:55
Episode 10: Relaxor ferroelectric thin film characterized at the nanoscale
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Sophia Chen interviews Lane Martin from Rice University about characterization of relaxor ferroelectrics, materials with noteworthy energy-conversion properties used in sensors and actuators. Mar...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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6:39
Episode 9: Stacking materials induces ferroelectricity into wurtzites
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Sophia Chen interviews Beth Dickey from Carnegie Mellon University about her new approach to inducing ferroelectricity into a material. Dickey’s research group worked with a class of materials kn...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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5:41
Episode 8: Two-beam interferometry experiment characterizes lightsail propulsion
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Harry Atwater from the California Institute of Technology about his study on lightsail propulsion in order to understand how the device can be developed to do fly-by space t...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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5:20