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

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

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 t...

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Main Author: Paul C. Canfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-04-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4917192
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spelling doaj-a1b407a38b134aedbfb445500e5c407f2020-11-24T20:48:54ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Materials2166-532X2015-04-0134041001041001-410.1063/1.4917192005504APMCommentary: The Hash House Harriers and the winding path to materials discoveryPaul C. Canfield0Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USAMaterials 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4917192
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description 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.
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