On this final morning of MRS, I went to a few talks that were not really related to my research. I think it is refreshing to be able to listen to a talk out of just curiosity for a subject outside or my comfort zone. So I wandered into some discussions on carbon nanotubes and listened in on what people were doing.
The discussions after the talks were very interesting because the audience would not let any speakers off the hook to easy. While there wasn't any heckling, there were some very specific and nit-picky type questions. Fortunately the speakers handled themselves well and everything continued as a discussion rather than a one sided argument.
The most incredible, in my opinion, talk of the morning was about the temperature independent viscoelastic properties of carbon nanotubes. The speaker had a very high energy and the presentation had plenty of visual depictions of the material properties as well as videos showing her material in action. Even the name of the group was clever The Super Growth CNT Team.
I hope you were able to venture outside your specific research area and learn something new this week.
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