Venkatraman Gopalan (IMAGE) Penn State Caption Venkatraman Gopalan, professor of materials science and engineering and of physics, in his optical lab. Credit Seana Wood/Penn State Materials Research Institute Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC-ND Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.