MARCH 6, 2023 Research Highlight Electron Localization in Substrates Directs the Growth Path of a Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework A combined experimental and modeling study shows that electronic interactions direct how a metal-organic framework grows. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 28, 2023 Research Highlight Identifying What Controls Reactivity in Concentrated Alkaline Aluminate Solutions Hydrogen bonding and proton transfer control the identity and reactivity of molecules in highly concentrated and alkaline aluminate solutions. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 23, 2023 Research Highlight Low-Temperature Upcycling of Polyolefins into Liquid Alkanes A new system can convert common plastics into valuable fuel molecules. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 21, 2023 Research Highlight Identifying the Maximum Impact of Ionic Strength on Reaction Rates within Zeolite Pores Within zeolite pores, rates of alcohol dehydration increase with ionic strength until reaching a maximum and then decreasing. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 7, 2023 Research Highlight Exploring Assembly and Metal-Ligand Bonding in Plutonium Hybrid Materials Researchers combined crystallographic data and computational studies to investigate plutonium-ligand bonding within a hybrid material construct. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 2, 2023 Research Highlight Open Circuit Potential Plays a Critical Role in Controlling the Hydrogenolysis of Benzyl Alcohol in Water In a water-containing system, the open circuit potential stabilizes positively charged species and lowers the energy barrier of the reaction. ( Read More )
JANUARY 18, 2023 Article The University of Guam and PNNL Collaborate to Generate Clean Energy from the Sea Harnessing the sea for decarbonized energy is the focus of a new collaboration between PNNL and the University of Guam. ( Read More )
JANUARY 13, 2023 Research Highlight A New Approach to Simulating Strongly Correlated Systems with Quantum Computing A new approach broadens the reach of quantum computers to previously challenging systems. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 12, 2022 Article Atomic Fortune-Telling: Forecasting the Evolution of Chemical Reactions Researchers developed a machine learning model that can analyze chemical reactions as they happen in an electron microscope. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 5, 2022 Article PNNL and Georgia Tech Launch Joint Institute PNNL and Georgia Tech launch a joint institute focused on accelerating security for the critical infrastructure community. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Article Developing Collaborations through EPSCoR PNNL researchers are moving energy research forward through collaborative projects with universities across the United States. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Research Highlight Environment Does Not Determine Light-Driven Organic-Nanoparticle Electron Exchange Efficiency The nature of an iron oxide mineral and amount of light control electron movement from a light-absorbing molecule to the mineral, rather than the conditions of the surrounding aqueous environment. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Research Highlight Structural Insights into How Ions in Basic Solutions Transform Researchers identified a new intermediate phase that forms during the crystallization of hydrated aluminum-containing salts. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 22, 2022 Article Modeling and Mimicking Nature One year into an Early Career Research Program award, Marcel Baer is developing new workflows to model biologically inspired systems more efficiently. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 22, 2022 Article Combining Carbon Dioxide Capture with Rare Earth Element Recovery A new project will produce a database of optimized conditions for efficient, carbon negative recovery of energy-relevant minerals in red mud waste. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 21, 2022 Research Highlight Optimizing Random Forest Machine Learning Models to Predict Water Quality Data-driven experiments can help determine best practices for Random Forest machine learning to predict water quality, particularly nitrate levels. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 7, 2022 Research Highlight Identifying Key Research Directions for Predictive Carbon Mineralization at Nanoconfined Interfaces A review article examines a decade of work on the atom-scale process of turning carbon dioxide into stable minerals. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 28, 2022 Research Highlight Deep Learning to Understand Heterogeneous Catalysts A new deep learning approach allows researchers to rapidly analyze three-dimensional representations of multi-component catalysts. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 28, 2022 Research Highlight Revealing the Effects of Molybdenum Doping on Carbon Dioxide Conversion Where molybdenum dopants sit within catalytic material affects catalysis at a mechanistic level. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 28, 2022 Research Highlight Controlling Hydrogenation through Molecular Structure and Electric Potential Using electrocatalysis offers a different path for reactions involving polar groups. ( Read More )