1. Why Do Basic Research? And Why Double It?

   • Harry Atwater

   Letter from the President 31 January 2011 Pages: 3 - 4

2. High Electron Mobilities Achieved with an Organic Field-Effect Transistor Material

   • Tim Palucka

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 4 - 4

3. Individual Layer Thickness of Sol-Gel-Derived BST Thin Films Directs Film Properties

   • Cora Lind

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 4 - 5

4. Broadband Frequency-Tunable Micromechanical Oscillator Promises to Extend the Applicability of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

   • Steffen K. Kaldor

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 5 - 5

5. High-Q Microcavity Based on Whispering Gallery Modes Constructed from Microsphere-Core-Shell Quantum Dot Structure

   • Iulia C. Muntele

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 5 - 5

6. Microprobing Silicon Surfaces Reveals Low-Resistance Surface Reconstructions

   • Claudiu Muntele

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 5 - 6

7. Holographic Two-Photon Polymerization Increases Speed of Switchable Gratings

   • Greg Khitrov

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 6 - 7

8. Fullerenes Control Grain Size and Orientation in Nanomagnetic Thin Films

   • Tim Palucka

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 7 - 7

9. Surface Conductivity in Hydrogenated Diamond Requires Exposure to Air

   • Wirawan Purwanto

   Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 7 - 8

10. BaZrO₃ and BaCeO₃ Solid Solutions May Allow the Applicability of Doped Perovskites in Low-Temperature Fuel Cell Applications

    • Siari S. Sosa

    Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 8 - 9

11. Infrared Absorption Measurements Confirm the Existence of an Isolated Hydrogen Defect in Proton-Implanted Germanium

    • Claudiu Muntele

    Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 9 - 9

12. Hänsch Receives ICALEO® 2000 Schawlow Award

    Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 9 - 9

13. Chain T. Liu Receives 2001 Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal

    Research/Researcher 31 January 2011 Pages: 9 - 9

14. Technology Advances

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2020 Pages: 10 - 12

15. Washington News

    BriefCommunication 12 November 2020 Pages: 13 - 13

16. Editor’s Choice

    BriefCommunication 12 November 2020 Pages: 14 - 14

17. The Materials Science of Food

    • Athene M. Donald

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 16 - 19

18. High-Amylose Starches: From Biosynthesis to Their Use as Food Ingredients

    • Paul H. Richardson
    • Roger Jeffcoat
    • Yong-Cheng Shi

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 20 - 24

19. The Materials Science of Chocolate

    • Peter Fryer
    • Kerstin Pinschower

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 25 - 29

20. New Approaches to Characterizing Food Microstructures

    • Anne-Marie Hermansson
    • Maud Langton
    • Niklas Lorén

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 30 - 36

21. The Materials Science of Eating and Food Breakdown

    • Peter J. Lillford

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 38 - 43

22. Physical Challenges Underlying Food Safety

    • Peter Schroeder

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 44 - 47

23. MRS News

    • Susan Ginsberg
    • Rustum Roy
    • Jagdish (Jay) Narayan

    News 31 January 2011 Pages: 49 - 49

24. Library

    BriefCommunication 31 January 2011 Pages: 50 - 51