Professor Alex Volinsky

Professor Alex Volinsky
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Professor Alex Volinsky is an academic podcast where each episode covers one of the host's research publications in materials science.

  1. 4d ago

    The Note 7 Lesson: Why Lithium Batteries Fail

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In 2016, Professor Alex Volinsky explained the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery fires on Fox 13 News with a balloon analogy. Elena and Marcus revisit that segment and connect it to his own lithium-battery research: germanium anodes that survive 400% swelling, chromium and tungsten oxide anodes, vanadium pentoxide cathodes, and protective cathode coatings. Original 2016 Fox 13 News segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOt8kuklnbI Deep dives in this series: Episode 415 — Ion Beam-Mixed Ge Electrodes for High Capacity Li Rechargeable Batteries: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3234614 Episode 361 — Facile Route for Synthesis of Mesoporous Cr2O3 Sheet as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3233580 Episode 288 — Vanadium Sheets Power Batteries: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3230896 Episode 261 — Tungsten Oxide for Batteries: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3230841 Episode 272 — Nano Tungsten Oxide Anodes: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3230863 Episode 205 — Coating the Cathode: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3226323 Episode 212 — Amorphous Battery Boost: https://rss.com/podcasts/professor-alex-volinsky/3226334

    The Note 7 Lesson: Why Lithium Batteries Fail

  2. 4d ago

    Taking the Droplet Worldwide: The PCT Application

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Before the US patent was granted in 2014, the electrowetting invention traveled the world as an international PCT application, published in 2011. Elena and Marcus explain what the Patent Cooperation Treaty actually is (and is not — there is no "world patent"), why inventors file internationally, and how the Crane–Mishra–Volinsky droplet actuation invention was described and claimed for a worldwide audience, from its December 2009 priority filing to the granted US patent. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

  3. 4d ago

    The Droplet That Obeys Voltage: The US Patent

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! How do you move a tiny droplet across a surface without touching it? In this episode, Elena and Marcus explore a US patent granted in 2014 to Nathan Crane, Pradeep Mishra, and Alex Volinsky: bidirectional electrowetting actuation. By building diodes directly into the electrowetting surface, a droplet glides smoothly and continuously on a single circuit — and reversing the voltage polarity reverses its direction. No electrode switching, no top plate. A story of microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, and an elegant circuit insight. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

  4. 5d ago

    Sixteen in Baldwinsville NY

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In 1989, a 16-year-old Alex Volinsky flew to America as part of the "Children — the Creators of the 21st Century" exchange program. A month living with an American family in Baldwinsville, New York — attending Baker High School, being interviewed by Channel 3 news, and discovering that the world was bigger than Moscow. Narrated in his own voice. No music or sound effects. Note: narration voice is AI-generated.

  5. 5d ago

    The Tennis Ball That Changed My Life

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! When Professor Alex Volinsky was 12, a physics grad student at Moscow State University dropped a tennis ball frozen in liquid nitrogen — and it shattered like glass. That single moment of curiosity set him on the path to becoming a materials scientist. In this episode, narrated in his own voice, he tells the story of the butterfly effect of STEM education. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

  6. 5d ago

    One Patient, One Case Report (Ep. 62A) [NEW EDITION]

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! NEW EDITION - Episode 62A is a complete rebuild, now based on the full paper. We unpack "One Patient, One Case Report", published in Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine (2023). Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

  7. 5d ago

    Hot Deformation Behavior of Al2O3-Cu/35Cr3TiB2 Composites with Y2O3 (Ep. 31A) [NEW EDITION]

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! NEW EDITION - Episode 31A is a complete rebuild, now based on the full paper. We unpack "Effects of Y2O3 on the Hot Deformation Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of Al2O3-Cu/35Cr3TiB2 Electrical Contact Composites", published in Materials Characterization (2024). Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

  8. 5d ago

    Effects of Trace La on the Aging Properties of the Cu-Ti-Zr Alloys (Ep. 29A) [NEW EDITION]

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! NEW EDITION - Episode 29A is a complete rebuild, now based on the full paper. We unpack "Effects of Trace La on the Aging Properties of the Cu-Ti-Zr Alloys", published in Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025). Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated.

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