Meghan Lafferty September 11, 2006

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Meghan LaffertySeptember 11, 2006
Brief introduction to materials science for the
information professional
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MY AGENDA

• What is materials science?
• General trends in research
• Resources in materials science

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EARLY MATERIALS SCIENCE
http//www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?CmdViewContent
ContentID14960
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MATERIALS SCIENCE IS

• Relevant to our lives everyday
• Travel
• Airplanes
• Cars
• Communication
• Cell phones
• Laptops
• Home
• Silicone kitchen tools
• Watches
• And our future
• Energy!

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MATERIALS SCIENCE IS

• Highly interdisciplinary
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Electrical and computer engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Chemical engineering and materials science
• Orthopedics
• Aerospace engineering
• Civil engineering
• And more

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A LITTLE HISTORY
http//www.iom3.org/divisions/mpem/contents.htm
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PARADIGM OF MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING
Committee on Materials Science and Engineering,
Solid State Sciences Committee, Board on Physics
and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences,
Mathematics, and Resources, and National
Materials Advisory Board, Commission on
Engineering and Technical Systems, National
Resource Council. (1989). Materials science and
engineering for the 1990s maintaining
competitiveness in the age of materials.
Washington, DC National Academy Press. Retrieved
September 5, 2006, from http//www.nap.edu/books/0
309039282/html/index.html
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MAJOR CATEGORIES OF MATERIALS
1. http//www.scrap-metal-recovery.co.uk/customers
.php 2. http//amweb.free.fr/andart/fr/txt/17_port
ug.htm 3. http//peeron.com/inv/sets/8593-1?showpi
c333 4. http//www.microphotonics.com/labthicknes
s.html 5. http//discount-sporting-goods-supersto
re.ishoproute.com/1506.html
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INCREASE IN STRENGTH TO DENSITY RATIO OF
MATERIALS OVER TIME
Committee on Materials Science and Engineering,
Solid State Sciences Committee, Board on Physics
and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences,
Mathematics, and Resources, and National
Materials Advisory Board, Commission on
Engineering and Technical Systems, National
Resource Council. (1989). Materials science and
engineering for the 1990s maintaining
competitiveness in the age of materials.
Washington, DC National Academy Press.
Retrieved September 5, 2006, from
http//www.nap.edu/books/0309039282/html/index.htm
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MAJOR TRENDS

• Biomaterials biocompatible materials
• Energy
• Self-assembled materials
• Nanomaterials

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BIOMATERIALS BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS

• Drug delivery devices
• Replacement parts
• Hearts
• Joints
• Regeneration of tissues
• Blood
• Bone
• Skin

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ENERGY

• Recognition of problems with fossil fuels
• Environmental effects
• Dwindling supply and increasing costs
• Two aspects of particular interest
• Fuel cells
• Solar cells

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FUEL CELLS

• Continuously fueled electrochemical devices
• Fuel (hydrogen or hydrocarbons) in anode
• Oxygen in cathode
• Output electrical energy
• Important to hydrogen economy

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SOLAR CELLS

• AKA photovoltaics
• More environmentally friendly
• First generation
• Silicon wafers
• Second generation
• Thin film technologies
• Third generation
• Hot carriers
• Multiple electron-hole pair creation
• Thermophotonics
• Organic-based photovoltaics

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SELF-ASSEMBLED MATERIALS NANOMATERIALS

• Self-assembled materials
• Allows greater control of structure
• Of interest for many different kinds of materials
• Nanomaterials
• Broad appeal
• Numerous applications make use
• Biomaterials
• Drug or iron delivery in bloodstream
• Fuel cells
• Increasing surface area of catalysts
• Semiconductors

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RESOURCES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE

• General
• Materials science
• Other disciplines
• For specific types of materials
• Ceramics
• Metals
• Nanomaterials
• Polymers
• Semiconductors

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HANDBOOKS AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. http//www.monitor-data.com/books/0849326966.ht
ml 2. http//maruzen.jp/cgi-bin/mis?Cgifromm2-ez
y-03MBN0159884 3. http//www.ybp.com/ereference
/science_direct/matl_sci_tech.htm
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INTERNET SOURCES
www.matweb.com
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SEARCH OPTIONS IN MATWEB
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NIST MATERIALS RESOURCES
http//www.nist.gov/srd/materials.htm
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CENTER FOR INFORMATION NUMERICAL DATA ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS (CINDAS)

• Purdue University
• Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database
• Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database
• Licensed through CSA (Cambridge Scientific
  Abstracts)

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DATABASES

• CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX
• Aluminium Industry Abstracts
• Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
• Copper Data Center Database
• Corrosion Abstracts
• Engineered Materials Abstracts
• Materials Business File
• METADEX
• WELDASEARCH
• Can search separately

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OLD FAVORITES
1. http//www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-103461
.html 2. http//www.ippbooks.com/store/product.ph
p?productid17844 3. http//www.samfundslitteratur
.dk/shop/books/publisher.do?actionpublisherid18
567
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CORNUCOPIA OF ENGINEERING HANDBOOKS
http//www.knovel.com/knovel2/library/default.jsp
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SAMPLE SEARCH IN KNOVEL
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EVEN MORE ENGINEERING HANDBOOKS
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COMPENDEX
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LITERATURE

• Literature relevant to applications of interest
• Semiconductors EE literature
• IEEE Xplore
• Journals and magazines
• Conference proceedings
• Standards
• Books

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RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC MATERIALS

• Ceramics
• Metals
• Nanomaterials
• Polymers

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CERAMICS
http//www.ceramics.nist.gov/webbook/webbook.htm
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STRUCTURAL CERAMICS DATABASE
http//www.ceramics.nist.gov/srd/scd/scdquery.htm
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METALS PROPERTY DATA
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NANOMATERIALS
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POLYMERS ENCYCLOPEDIAS
1. http//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0
471800503?vglance 2. http//www.book-info.com/isb
n/0-471-28824-1.htm?ID405f71c1fc95beee53aa9a917b8
3ca14
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POLYMERS PROPERTY DATA
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POLYMERS PROPERTY DATA
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Any questions?