Building off the success of previous editions, MCARE 2014 is tightly focused on emerging materials technologies aimed at the challenges of renewable and alternative energy technologies ranging from solar to energy storage, hydrogen, photonic and photovoltaic nanowires and nanocomposites, biomass, and natural gas.
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Nanotechnology zeolite materials with pores 7–10 nm in size are ideal for gasoline refining and other applications, according to Rive Technology, a company in the process of commercializing the technology.
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The effects of sequestration and uncertainty resulting from October’s federal government shutdown are impacting research efforts at universities and national laboratories that depend on federal funding for support.
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Kicking off ACerS’s 2014 meetings schedule is Electronic Materials and Applications 2014, which features new programming covering commercialization of electroceramics, computational design of electronic materials, and a tutorial recognizing the importance of interfaces in electroceramic materials.
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Indium gallium zinc oxide and low-temperature polycrystalline silicon are battling to replace amorphous silicon in backplane chips for mobile displays and other applications, and both technologies offer the promise of higher-resolution displays and reduced power consumption.
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