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:
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- 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
Citation Formats
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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