The April 2022 issue of ACerS Bulletin is now available online.
In this month’s issue, we look at materials for next-generation electronics. The cover story by authors Michael Hoffmann, Stefan Slesazeck, and Thomas Mikolajickk looks at the progress and future prospects of ferroelectric materials for negative capacitance electronics, and includes an introduction by Hoffmann. An accompanying application note previews FLEXINITY® connect by SCHOTT, an ultrafine structured glass for semiconductor packaging.
In addition to the feature stories, the “Deciphering the Discipline” column by Jake Evans considers the use of oxides for stable solar fuel production, and the “Business and Market View” column discusses different types of next-generation memory devices.
This volume of the ACerS Bulletin is being published during the United Nations International Year of Glass. A regular column highlighting the International Year appears in each issue, and the third column by Kathy Jordan looks at how the American Glass Guild unites artists and scholars of stained glass.
The April issue includes the first issue of Volume 3 of Ceramic & Glass Manufacturing, which looks at the growing demand for rare earths. The cover story by author David Holthaus overviews initiatives by Las Vegas-based MP Materials and Australia-based Lynas Rare Earth Ltd to increase production of rare earths outside of China, and it also looks at the work by Ames Laboratory’s Critical Materials Institute to improve the separation and recycling of rare earths. An accompanying article by Ariel Cohen and James C. Grant of the International Tax and Investment Center discusses why and how the United States should establish a reserve of critical minerals like that of the SPR for oil imports.
Finally, preview some of the upcoming ACerS meetings taking place in 2022, including the Glass & Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting (May 22–26), the Pan American Ceramics Congress and Ferroelectrics Meeting of Americas (July 24–28), and ACerS 124th Annual Meeting at MS&T22 (October 9–13).
You’ll find a lot more interesting content inside this—and every issue—of the ACerS Bulletin. The current issue is free to all for a short time, but remember that all the valuable content in more than one hundred years of past issues of the ACerS Bulletin is free only to members—so considering joining us today!
An important message for readers of our printed magazine
Attentive readers may notice that this Bulletin is more slender than usual. A normal Bulletin and C&GM combined issue would run 64 pages, but an acute, global shortage of the paper we use forced us to reduce the number of pages printed. After careful consideration, we opted to print less content rather than publish a magazine with content split between print and online. The paper shortage is expected to continue through spring 2022. For more information on the shortage, contact customer service at customerservice@ceramics.org.