AUGUST 1, 2022 Research Highlight The Surprising Effect of Buried Homojunctions The buried interfaces between sections of a doped material can play a key role in the overall electronic properties of the system. ( Read More )
JULY 20, 2022 Article Pricier Power, Possible Energy Outages Await Future U.S. West Coast New research simulates power demand, supply, and cost in a hotter, drier climate. ( Read More )
JULY 14, 2022 Article How Proteins Form Tooth Enamel Protein ribbons direct and facilitate the formation of a calcium-based mineral that forms tooth enamel. ( Read More )
JUNE 30, 2022 Research Highlight Using AI to Explore Possibilities in Advanced Manufacturing PNNL researchers created a model that helps materials scientists not only predict what is, but what could be. ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2022 Research Highlight Machine Reasoning for More Intelligent Microscopy PNNL researchers design an artificial intelligence-guided electron microscope in a Laboratory Directed Research and Development study. ( Read More )
JUNE 24, 2022 Research Highlight Revealing Oxygen Mixing Mechanisms at Surfaces Researchers are studying the chemical reactions that occur when oxygen mixes into the surface of oxide materials. ( Read More )
JUNE 24, 2022 Article Directing Hydrogen for Bond Breaking Tuning the environment and platinum-group metal allows researchers to control which bonds the catalyst breaks using hydrogen. ( Read More )
JUNE 14, 2022 Research Highlight Atomically Visualizing the Oxidation of Model Steel Combining multiple experimental techniques allowed researchers to observe the early stages of oxidation in a model material. ( Read More )
JUNE 6, 2022 Research Highlight Crystal Structures Reveal Hydrogen-Bonding Patterns in Concentrated Aluminate Solutions The size of the alkali metal within the material influences the crystallization pathway. ( Read More )
JUNE 1, 2022 Article New Capabilities in Fusion Energy Sciences PNNL scientists developed new capabilities to study materials under extreme conditions. ( Read More )
MAY 11, 2022 Research Highlight No Ball Milling Needed: Alternative Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened Steel Manufacturing Combining advanced powder synthesis with solid state processing allows researchers to streamline oxide dispersion-strengthened steel fabrication. ( Read More )
APRIL 27, 2022 Research Highlight Ionic Liquids Tune Graphene Oxide Membranes for Efficient Separations Ionic liquids bound to thin layers of graphene oxide produces more selective and efficient multi-layer membranes for water filtration. ( Read More )
APRIL 15, 2022 Research Highlight Particle-Based Crystallization at Extreme Conditions is Invariant to Initial Nanocrystal Morphology Under high temperature conditions, hematite nanocrystals change shape to expose the (001) facet and attach to form one-dimensional chains regardless of their initial structure. ( Read More )
APRIL 8, 2022 Research Highlight Discovering New Kinds of Crystal Defects Researchers in the IDREAM Energy Frontier Research Center unearth new defects during gibbsite crystallization using a multi-instrument approach. ( Read More )
APRIL 1, 2022 Research Highlight Revealing the Distribution of Helium Cavities in a Toughened Tungsten Composite Different sized helium cavities that form after ion irradiation are unevenly distributed in a ductile-phase toughened tungsten composite. ( Read More )
MARCH 23, 2022 Research Highlight Understanding the Interfacial Compatibility Between a Potential CO2 Separation Membrane and Capture Solvents Surface characterization allows researchers to explore the compatibility between different solvent-membrane combinations. ( Read More )
MARCH 23, 2022 Research Highlight A New Methodology for Generating Building Temperature Setpoint Schedules New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations. ( Read More )
MARCH 7, 2022 Research Highlight Enhancing Electrochemical Separations with Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid Clusters Using size-tunable ionic liquid clusters make electrochemical separations more efficient. ( Read More )
MARCH 4, 2022 Research Highlight Novel Energy Exchange Mechanisms Lead to Water Ionization and Desorption from Nanoparticle Interfaces Newly determined energy transfer mechanisms help identify how water releases from and damages irradiated interfaces. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 23, 2022 Research Highlight Unraveling Water Radiolysis on Ultrafast Timescales Developing an understanding of how water breaks apart after radiation exposure. ( Read More )