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News Release 08-167
NSF Awards 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
Includes five new centers in sustainable energy, bio- and soft-materials, and next-generation electronics and photonics
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![Photo of a flexible amorphous silicon solar cell.](/news/mmg/media/images/mrsec_f.jpg)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded grants to 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) that address materials research issues that are important to society. This is a flexible amorphous silicon solar cell made for the Renewable Energy MRSEC at the Colorado School of Mines by an industrial partner of the center, MVSystems, Inc.
Credit: Photo courtesy of MVSystems, Golden Colorado.
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