Advanced Materials & Processes

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Articles in October 2006 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes

• Medical devices + collaboration = innovation.(MPMD)
  by Prabhakar, Samuel
• Hydrophilic coating enables stent to be inserted faster.(MPMD)
• Alloy technology reduces debris from metal-on-metal friction.(MPMD)
• Scandium golf club is lighter and stronger than titanium.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Alcoa supplies aluminum tube to Nike for baseball bats.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Carbon nanotubes grown vertically on silicon wafer.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• No-bake magnesium cast inlet frame reduces weight, saves time.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Nanocrystalline diamond coats silicon wafers for electronics.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Our mission ... to excite young people in materials, science, and engineering careers.(ASM TOMORROW: "BUILDING THE FUTURE")
• Sloter and Rose head new Defense Information Analysis Center.(Members in the News)
• Thermoplastic composite kayak weighs less, costs less, resists impact.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Biomedical microdevices at the Cleveland Clinic: BioMEMS is an enabling technology for ever-greater functionality and cost reduction in smaller devices for improved medical diagnostics and therapies.(MPMD)
  by Roy, Shuvo
• Titanium composite resists wear in medical implants.(MPMD)
• Titanium implants made via metal injection molding.(MPMD)
• Polyethylene fiber provides strength and stability in rigging.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Ski helmet has hard shell and soft energy-absorbing foam.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Semiconductor device made by painting liquid onto glass.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• Picoindenter enables direct observation of deformation.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
• Titanium heat pipes release heat for space power systems.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• New society members.(Directory)
• TMS has new executive director and technical director.(Members in the News)
• Small is better.(ON THE COVER)
• Collagen-mineral composite approved for spine repair.(MPMD)
• Co-Cr dental prostheses made via rapid manufacturing.(MPMD)
• Piezoelectric fibers increase torsional stability of snow skis.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Hot-pressed boron carbide armor, helmets protect troops.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• Nanocrystalline vanadium nitride stores more energy.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• Surface chemical composition determined by X-ray photons.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
• Machinable austempered ductile iron provides higher strength.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Harry H. Honegger.(In Memoriam)
• Nominations sought for 2007 Class of Fellows.(ASM NEWS)
• Modular hip has improved fit and adjustability.(MPMD)
• Femoral nail developed; bone-healing ultrasound approved.(MPMD)
• PTFE coated wire reduces friction for medical devices.(MPMD)
• Carbon nanotubes functionalized to reinforce tennis rackets.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Ceramic composite armor tiles pass key ballistic tests.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• Graphene-based sheets reinforce polymer composites.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• Fiberoptic strain sensors provide real-time image analysis.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
• Koenigsegg CCX has aluminum engine, carbon-magnesium wheels.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Nominations sought for George H. Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award.(ASM NEWS)
• The ASM Materials Education Foundation presents 2006 Scholarships.(ASM NEWS)(Company overview)
• Hip system provides enhanced proximal fixation and stability.(MPMD)
• Supercritical fluids designed for drug-eluting coatings.(MPMD)
• Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer enables less wear on implants.(MPMD)
• Polymer snowboard binding enables precise heel adjustment.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Effects of supersonic shock waves studied for steel and aluminum.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• Neutron scattering reveals material structure, properties.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
• SEM is combined with focused ion beam for imaging/analysis.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
• Plastic cable ties reconnect severed sternum.(OF MATERILAL INTEREST)
• Product spotlight: Alloy Phase Diagrams Center.(ASM NEWS)
• Osseointegration reduced with titanium aluminum nitride.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
• Two-piece spinal fusion parts distribute load more evenly.(MPMD)
• Ultrasmall precision components fabricated 100 times faster.(MPMD)
• Nanotech Summit.(OBSERVATIONS)
  by Roy, Shuvo
• Polyamide hinge and brackets resist impact in Snowbike.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Polymer composite missile flange has 20% more strength.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• EWI and ORNL collaborate to advance welding science.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Nanosize particles raise polymer strength exponentially.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Materials of life.(EDITORIAL)
  by Hunt, Margaret W.
• Training courses 2006.(ASM NEWS)
• Biodegradable polymer composite electrospun into vascular graft.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
• Nanotitanium dioxide coatings are harder and more adherent.(MPMD)
• Ceramic feed-thru designed for implantable neurostimulation.(MPMD)
• Two-phase iron.(TECH NOTES)
• Baseball bat combines amorphous metal and carbon composites.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Polyethylene unidirectional sheet protects British soldiers.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• Laser friction-stir welding designed for high-heat alloys.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Porous metallic tooling reduces cooling cycle times by 50%.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• ASM-Indian Institute of Metals lecturers announced for 2006.(ASM NEWS)
• Zinc and titanium nanosurfaces reduce bacteria on implants.(UNIVERSITY RESEARCH)
• Pastimes.
• Cardiac assist device covers heart with polymer cup.(MPMD)
• Adhesives from mussels combined with polymers for implant coatings.(MPMD)
• ISTFA 2006 rides into lone star state: the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society will hold its 32nd International Symposium for Testing & Failure Analysis (ISTFA 2006) November 12-16 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in the Texas state capital.
• Finite element analysis software helps design competition bicycles.(SPORTS MATERIALS)
• Army awards funding to develop joining of ceramic armor to metals.(MILITARY MATERIALS)
• Direct laser sintering makes parts of cobalt-chrome alloy.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)
• Aircraft engine ducts made of advanced composite materials.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
• Buckyball hydrogen tanks.(STRESS RELIEF)