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News & Publications

OCTOBER 28, 2021
Feature

Catalyzing a Sustainable Future

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ultra-high vacuum low temperature scanning probe microscope
OCTOBER 27, 2021
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Atomic-Scale Images for Energy Science

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OCTOBER 25, 2021
Staff Accomplishment

Kovarik Named Inventor of the Year

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OCTOBER 18, 2021
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Scott Chambers Searches for New Materials, One Atomic Layer at a Time

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OCTOBER 5, 2021
News Release

Silicon Anodes Muscle in on Battery Technology

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EVs Charging
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
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Hydrogen Compatibility Study Characterizes Performance of Rubber Additives

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Researcher Robert Seffens works with the sight flow vessel
AUGUST 18, 2021
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To Reduce Vehicle Pollution, a Single Atom Can Do the Work of Several

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Male scientist reaching to adjust equipment
JULY 29, 2021
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Electron Microscopy in the Age of Automation

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MAY 17, 2021
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Chongmin Wang Named Microscopy Society Fellow

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Chongmin Wang
MARCH 24, 2021
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Better Together: Collaborations for Stronger Science

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PNNL Joint Appointees feature image for Women's History Month
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
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Spurgeon Elected to Lead Microscopy Society of America Interest Group

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Spurgeon
OCTOBER 27, 2020
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Enabling the Data-Driven Future of Microscopy

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An illustration showing the concept of how a large electron microscope solves scientific mysteries.
OCTOBER 26, 2020
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PNNL Gets X-Ray Vision

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OCTOBER 21, 2020
Feature

What A Crystal Reveals About Nuclear Materials Processing

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Optical microscope image of a single radioactive microcrystal
OCTOBER 19, 2020
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Nuclear Science Week Honors Nuclear Science, Technology, Engineering

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Scientists Sue Clark and Amanda Lines use a laser for nuclear chemistry research.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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Exploring Oxidative Pathways in Nuclear Fuel

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Scientist Steven Spurgeon sits at a desk with a keyboard and multiple monitors while he controls a huge microscope in the room.
APRIL 16, 2020
Feature

Rad Revelations from Noble Metals

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Noble Metal
MARCH 3, 2020
Research Highlight

Oxide interfaces in disarray

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
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Charting the Frontier of Electron Microscopy

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MARCH 7, 2019
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New Microscope Reveals Xenon in Fuel Cladding

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JEOL GrandARM RPL 2018
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
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Team Receives Patent for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

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PNNL researchers part of a team that received a patent for its work with electron microscopy.
JULY 23, 2019
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Molecular Mayhem at Root of Battery Breakdown

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Chongmin and Scanning Electron Microsope
JULY 15, 2019
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Surprise Finding Uncovers New Capability for Semiconductor Material

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Silicon wafer bombarded with X-rays reveals surprising electrical current
JUNE 24, 2019
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Scientists Show How One Cause of Weak Enamel Unfolds on the Molecular Level

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Tooth enamel X-ray
APRIL 23, 2019
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Researchers Study Radioactive Material Behavior—Without the Radioactivity

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  • Spurgeon SR, M Sassi, C Ophus, JE Stubbs, ES Ilton, EC Buck. 2019. "Nanoscale oxygen defect gradients in UO~2+x~ surfaces." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Aug 2019, 116 (35) 17181-17186; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1905056116
  • Badwe N, X Chen, DK Chen, et al. 2018. Decoupling the role of stress and corrosion in the intergranular cracking of noble-metal alloys. Nature Mater 17, 887–893. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0162-x

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