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 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 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 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 )
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 )
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 )
JULY 23, 2024 Research Highlight Understanding the Forces that Regulate Crystallization by Particle Attachment Fully identifying what controls nanocrystal assembly requires incorporating non-traditional forces into models. ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2024 Research Highlight Ionizing Radiation Stabilizes Gibbsite and Boehmite against Decomposition When exposed to a sufficiently high dose of ionizing radiation, gibbsite and boehmite are less susceptible to dehydration-induced breakdown. ( Read More )
APRIL 30, 2024 Research Highlight Attosecond X-rays Provide a Snapshot of Liquid Water IDREAM scientists capture electronic response to ionization. ( Read More )
APRIL 3, 2024 Research Highlight Cation Effects on Radicals from Nitrite IDREAM research shows the size of cations in highly concentrated nitrite solutions affects the production of radicals. ( Read More )
MARCH 26, 2024 Research Highlight Uncovering How Interfacial Water Structure Can Stabilize Nanoparticle Dispersion Researchers investigated how stable nanoparticle suspensions form using facet engineering on hematite nanoparticles, demonstrating that controlling the faceting of nanoparticles can effectively maintain particle dispersity. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 Research Highlight Surface Defects and pH Alter Gibbsite Dissolution Mechanisms Differences in water interactions lead to two gibbsite dissolution pathways modulated by solution acidity. ( Read More )
JANUARY 24, 2024 Article Studying Scarce Electrons Combining X-ray-based techniques allows researchers to locate and characterize small concentrations of electrons in complex semiconductor films. ( Read More )
JANUARY 2, 2024 Research Highlight Directly Measuring X-Ray Enhanced Dissolution of Gibbsite Irradiation in a sodium hydroxide solution increases the dissolution rate and particle roughness of gibbsite compared to dry irradiation. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 19, 2023 Article Mapping the Assembly of Hybrid Materials Elias Nakouzi brings 3D atomic force microcopy expertise to a project focused on understanding how hybrid bio-based nanomaterials assemble. ( Read More )