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 )
JULY 25, 2025 Research Highlight Analyzing the Stability and Aggregation of Copper Hydride Monomers After isolating copper hydride monomers, researchers identified the mechanistic details of catalyst aggregation and cluster formation. ( 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 23, 2025 Research Highlight Identifying the Active Species that Catalyze Low-Temperature Polyolefin Upcycling The low-temperature breakdown of polyolefins is driven by carbenium ions generated from chloroaluminate ionic liquids. ( 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 )
JANUARY 17, 2025 Article The Youth Are Our Future: Mentor Mariefel Olarte Invests in Interns PNNL chemical engineer Mariefel Olarte shares passion for mentoring students and the next-generation workforce. ( 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 )
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 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 )
NOVEMBER 15, 2024 Research Highlight Enhancing Single-Atom Catalyst Stability through Environmental Tailoring Tuning the environment of supported palladium atoms with hydrogen treatment enhances their catalytic activity. ( 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 )
OCTOBER 9, 2024 Research Highlight Reactant-Induced Activation of Single-Atom Rhodium Catalysts A switchable single-atom catalyst is activated in the presence of surface intermediates and reverts to its stable inactive form when the reaction is completed. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 Research Highlight Confined Ionic Environments in Zeolite Micropores Enhance Catalytic Activity Increasing the concentration of ions in zeolite micropores leads to a significant increase in the rate of acid catalyzed reactions. ( 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 )