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Title: Commentary: The Hash House Harriers and the winding path to materials discovery

Abstract

Materials science research can be both very demanding and extremely rewarding. In this Commentary, in my own research of new electronic and magnetic materials, I give numerous exemplars of the path followed to materials discovery. I also highlight the parallels between my research experiences with the pastime of running. I hope that my thoughts will help guide junior researchers along the often tortuous and exciting path to new materials and that I can teach them to be open minded and persistent about following new lines of discovery. “No-pain, no-gain” applies to many things in life, running and scientific research being just two examples, but I hope in the case of scientific research that I can convince you the gain normally outweighs the pain.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1201660
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11358
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
APL Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; zinc; superconducting compounds; quasicrystals; high temperature superconductivity; inorganic compounds

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Canfield, Paul C. Commentary: The Hash House Harriers and the winding path to materials discovery. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4917192.
Canfield, Paul C. Commentary: The Hash House Harriers and the winding path to materials discovery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917192
Canfield, Paul C. 2015. "Commentary: The Hash House Harriers and the winding path to materials discovery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917192. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1201660.
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author = {Canfield, Paul C.},
abstractNote = {Materials science research can be both very demanding and extremely rewarding. In this Commentary, in my own research of new electronic and magnetic materials, I give numerous exemplars of the path followed to materials discovery. I also highlight the parallels between my research experiences with the pastime of running. I hope that my thoughts will help guide junior researchers along the often tortuous and exciting path to new materials and that I can teach them to be open minded and persistent about following new lines of discovery. “No-pain, no-gain” applies to many things in life, running and scientific research being just two examples, but I hope in the case of scientific research that I can convince you the gain normally outweighs the pain.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4917192},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1201660}, journal = {APL Materials},
issn = {2166-532X},
number = 4,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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