AUGUST 15, 2025 Research Highlight Controlling Speciation of N-Doped Carbon Materials Researchers developed a way to precisely control dopant structures and locations in carbon-based materials. ( Read More )
AUGUST 11, 2025 Research Highlight Graphene Oxide Sheet Size Controls Rare Earth Element Separations The size of graphene oxide sheets affects the ability of assembled membranes and adsorbents to separate rare earth elements. ( Read More )
JULY 21, 2025 Research Highlight Ion Incorporation Affects Mineral Behavior Trace amounts of iron and chromium can incorporate into gibbsite, affecting how the mineral dissolves. ( Read More )
JUNE 6, 2025 Research Highlight A Generalized Strategy for Synthesizing 2-D Core–Crown Heterostructures Researchers developed a pathway for the solution synthesis of core–crown heterostructures with controlled electronic properties. ( Read More )
JUNE 2, 2025 Research Highlight Rougher Materials Get Along Better: Surface Roughness Influences Nanoparticle Attachment Under an optical field, nanoparticle attachment in a model system heavily depends on surface roughness. ( Read More )
MAY 30, 2025 Research Highlight Evaluating the Performance of Ductile Phase Toughened Tungsten Under the Simulated Fusion Environment Researchers at PNNL studied the effects of high temperatures and ionizing radiation on tungsten heavy alloys. ( Read More )
MAY 20, 2025 Research Highlight Enabling Urban Mining of Critical Minerals from Domestic Electronic Waste A PNNL team has developed an energy- and chemical-efficient method of separating valuable critical minerals from dissolved solutions of rare earth element magnets. ( Read More )
MAY 20, 2025 Research Highlight Ion Behavior Near Interfaces Affects Aggregation Increasing concentrations of ions slows the rate of particle aggregation in boehmite suspensions. ( Read More )
MAY 8, 2025 Research Highlight Selectively Recovering Manganese from Surface Accessible Nodules Surface manganese mining from nodules in South Dakota is now possible with a new scalable selective precipitation process. ( Read More )
JANUARY 14, 2025 Research Highlight Unraveling Doping Effects on the Structure and Electronic Properties of Perovskite Oxides Chromium cations better adapt to changes in oxygen stoichiometry than iron cations. ( Read More )
JANUARY 9, 2025 Research Highlight Cobalt Slows the Low-Water Carbonation of Silicate Mineral Ores Cobalt substitution for magnesium in a model mafic mineral dramatically slows reaction with carbon dioxide to form a cobalt-doped carbonate. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 18, 2024 Research Highlight Unraveling Charge Transfer at Oxide Heterointerfaces Using interfacial charge transfer to control cation charges in oxide superlattices offers insights for designing functional heterostructures. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 12, 2024 Research Highlight Molecular-Level Understanding of How Electrolytes Affect Boehmite Particle Aggregation New IDREAM research explores the effects of electrolyte species on boehmite nanoparticle aggregation in legacy wastes. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 5, 2024 Research Highlight A Streamlined Process to Extract Magnesium from Seawater Precipitation with sodium hydroxide in a flow-gel device enables the rapid extraction of magnesium from seawater in a new scalable process. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 5, 2024 Research Highlight Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate Via a Dense Liquid Phase Calcium carbonate mineralization occurs through a multi-step process that begins with a dense liquid phase. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 30, 2024 Article Using Electron Microscopy to Understand Quantum Behavior A newly funded project will develop the fundamental understanding of phenomena that underpin material properties important for quantum applications. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 10, 2024 Article New Funding for Fusion Materials Projects PNNL researchers will pursue both fundamental and applied projects with this support from the Department of Energy ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 Research Highlight Residual Impurities Affect the Stability of Hydrogen Atoms in Irradiated Gibbsite Hydrogen atoms released and trapped in irradiated gibbsite are destabilized by synthetic-precursor residuals. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight An Alternate Approach to Fabricating Strengthened Steel Combining cold spray deposition and friction stir processing for a more efficient route to oxide dispersion strengthened steel. ( Read More )
AUGUST 13, 2024 Research Highlight Simulations Identify How Critical Elements Distribute in Abundant Mineral Ores The atomic-level distribution of nickel and cobalt in forsterite depends on the concentration of the different elements. ( Read More )