Materials Research Institute

Materials Research Institute

Petri dish with PSU printed in spheroids on the bottom

Machine sucks up tiny tissue spheroids and prints them precisely

Battery temperature image

High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles

Image of a bendable cellphone in three stages of bending.

Researchers identify breaking point of conducting material

yellow and purple blobs showing atoms

When bonding noble metals to 2D materials, interfaces matter

Barium titanate under a microscope

Cold sintering produces capacitor material at record low temperatures

diagrams of Raman scattering and electron excitation including missing band

New class of materials shows strange electron properties

An Arab-American woman stands in a laboratory.

Zoubeida Ounaies named director of Penn State Center for Living Material Systems

Man in lab holding up wound dressing sample

Academia-enterprise partnership aims to help people with diabetes

Image of wind power and energy storage.

Researchers look at novel methods to enhance battery performance

Birgitt Boschitsch at an event honoring the 30 Under 30 in Science by Forbes magazine for 2020.

Mechanical engineering alumna named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Science

A yellow laser beam shines on a chip and reveals a grain boundary defect

Method detects defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors

An Arab-American woman stands in a laboratory.

Mechanical engineering professor receives grant to explore soft smart materials

A man positions a light as two women take measurements on a pane of glass.

Engineering professor continues work on sustainable windows

Sensor

A wearable gas sensor for health and environmental monitoring

Transparency discovered in crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity

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