Molly Stevens, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Molly Stevens, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Jay Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Jay Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore

On 30th June 2015, in front of 1000 materials scientists at the 2015 ICMAT conference, Professor Subra Suresh, Chairman of the Elsevier Materials Science Council, introduced Materials Today's inaugural Materials in Society lectures. Designed to highligh the impact materials science has on our everyday lives in a series of online lectures that everyone can access, understand and appreciate. Materials Today's Materials in Society lecture series will reveal how materials science is tackling some of the world's biggest issues, and exploring the huge improvements the applications of research make to the way we live and work today.

The inaugural lectures, which are now available below, comprised:

Molly Stevens, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
“Tissue engineering: latest advances in materials science”
Highlighting novel approaches to the use of materials science in tissue engineering that are likely to prove very powerful in the engineering of tissues ranging from bone to cardiac tissue.
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Jay Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
“Innovating With Materials for Energy Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities”
Focusing on energy storage materials to address some universal themes covering the difficulties and opportunities that come with trying to create and bring new kinds of functional materials to the market.
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Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
"The Wonderful World of AIEgens: Respect nature, influence future"
The weak emission of AIE fluorogens (AIEgens) as molecular species and their bright fluorescence as nanoscopic aggregates distinguish them from conventional organic luminophores and inorganic nanoparticles, making them ideal candidates for high-tech applications in electronic, environmental and biomedical applications.
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These lectures are the first in a new series, and Materials Today now invites you to submit your suggestions for topics and/or presenters that will help demonstrate the role materials science plays in the 21st Century. To enter your nominations, visit the Materials in Society page.