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Archeo‐Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Silent Guardian: The 15th New Jersey Monument

open access: yes, 2015
This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka interns working on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.
Smith, Elizabeth A.
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Radiation‐Resistant Aluminum Alloy for Space Missions in the Extreme Environment of the Solar System

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A novel ultrafine‐grained aluminum crossover alloy exhibits unprecedented radiation resistance and mechanical stability under extreme irradiation doses up to 100 dpa. The exceptional resilience arises from thermodynamically stable T‐phase precipitates, enabling lightweight structural materials for next‐generation spacecraft and extraterrestrial ...
Patrick D. Willenshofer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (And Away From Camp): How Soldiers Used Sports to Cope During War Time

open access: yes, 2016
Snowball fights during the Civil War were a pretty big deal. In fact, sports and fitness in general played a role in shaping ideals of honor, courage, and idolization among the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia, and they proved to have an ...
Jensen, Anika N.
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Stabilizing Frustrated Phase Transitions in Selective Oxidation Reactions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Using multimodal operando spectromicroscopy, the frustrated phase transition responsible for selective oxidation over cobalt oxide spinel catalysts is identified, corresponding to combined surface reaction and Mars‐van Krevelen (MvK) dynamics. This regime is disrupted by the formation of mobile vacancies and the depletion of active oxygen at high ...
Luis Sandoval‐Diaz   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Missing Link: The Search for the Connection Between Young Americans for Freedom and Charles Willoughby

open access: yes, 2016
Last semester, Gettysburg College was abuzz with controversy over the ultra-conservative messages that the Young Americans for Freedom organization was spreading around campus.
Lauck, Jeffrey L.
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Perspective: OLED Displays Singing with the Blues

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
While blue pixels consume approximately 50% of the energy of OLED display front planes, in the 25 years since their invention, 100% internal efficiency triplet‐controlled phosphorescent OLEDs have not met the stability standards necessary for their adoption.
Stephen R. Forrest   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Special Collections Roadshow — Episode Ten: Union Uniform

open access: yes, 2016
Special Collections Roadshow was created by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College in the Spring of 2014. It normally showcases various artifacts from Special Collections at Gettysburg College.
McNish, Megan E., Sutter, Meg A.
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