The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) advanced a new paradigm for materials discovery
and design, namely that the pace of new materials deployment could be accelerated through …

The temperatures of airfoil surfaces in advanced turbine engines are approaching the limits
of nickel-based superalloys. Innovations in refractory metal-intermetallic composites (RMICs) …

This introductory article provides the background for the September 2003 issue of MRS Bulletin
on Ultrahigh-Temperature Materials for Jet Engines. It covers the need for these materials…

The high-efficiency combinatorial approaches used for parallel synthesis and screening of
large composition libraries of functional materials inspire the possibility of rapid screening of …

A methodology is developed which extends the combinatorial approaches to structural
materials research and development. This high-efficiency methodology employs diffusion …

This article will provide an overview of state-of-the-art combinatorial/high-throughput
methodologies and tools for accelerated materials research and discovery. Combinatorial thin films …

Ceramics are an important class of materials with widespread applications because of their
high thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability. Computational predictions based on first …

Phase diagrams are" maps" materials scientists often use to design new materials. They
define what compounds and solutions are formed and their respective compositions and …

11 B NMR spectroscopy has been employed to identify the reaction intermediates and
products formed in the amorphous phase during the thermal hydrogen desorption of metal …

The decomposition of crystalline magnesium borohydride upon heating was studied using
thermal desorption, calorimetry, in situ X-ray diffraction, and solid state NMR. Hydrogen …