AUGUST 2, 2022 Article Lithiation-Assisted Epitaxy for Materials Discovery A new approach to epitaxial growth can produce different complex oxides through ion movement. ( Read More )
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 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 13, 2022 Article An Automated, Faster Way to Analyze Aerosols Researchers use machine learning to speed up the analysis of aerosol datasets from mass spectrometry. ( 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 )
MAY 2, 2022 Research Highlight Ion Filtering Improves Detection of Proteins in Single Cells PNNL scientists have developed a new mass spectrometry method for in-depth analysis of proteins in individual cells. ( 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 26, 2022 Research Highlight New Software Enables Processing of High-Dimensional Mass Spectrometry Data Data from increasingly complex mass spectrometry instruments met with adaptable data analysis solution. ( Read More )
APRIL 19, 2022 Research Highlight Proteomics Reveals How Drug Delays Early Onset Type 1 Diabetes Proteomics revealed molecular mechanisms by which the drug Verapamil could prolong beta cell function in early-onset type 1 diabetes patients. ( 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 29, 2022 Research Highlight The Gut Microbiome Modifies Host Response to Environmental Exposures Study highlights microbiome’s role in regulating xenobiotic metabolism. ( Read More )